The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-17
UNIVERSAL COLD WAVE.
THE ORANGE GROVES Nv FLORIDA
NOT BADLY DAMAGED.
Intensely Cold in other Portions OF the
south-Sufrering in Tennessee--Boreal
Weather In the Northwest.


cial.-Florida is experiencing the coldest
weather of years. The vegetable crop
north of Titusville and Tampa is entirely
ruined, and the unpicked orange crop In
exposed places is badly frosted. Probably
a half million boxes are damaged
While the mercury has not been as
low as it was in sc, when it registered
Is degrees, yet the length OF the cold
snap is greater than in thirty years
This January weather is about degrees
lower per day than the average.
Early this morning the thermometer
registered q degrees in the western coun-
ties, where few oranges are grown; =
degrees in Jacksonville, at the beginning
Of the orange belt, and gradually increas-
ing southwark and covering st. Johns
river country, where most OF the oranges
are grown.
Saturday was the coldest day OF five
yearG, the mercury standing "A degrees
and to-day it is one degree warmer. The
orange trees are not badly hurt, because
there has been no rain, and because the
sap is down. Such a cold snap two
months later. when sap is up, would
have ruined half of the groves In the
State.
Ponds and creeks in the northern por-
tions of the State were covered with
thin coats of ice to-day.
Suffering From Cold In Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, TENN, Jan. 6.-Never in
the history Of the central South has there
bt en- so much suffering from cold weather
AS at present All the rivers are blocked
with ice and snow rendering passage
over them impossible. Many trains are
late. and some abandoned by their suf-
fering crews. The most intense suffering
is prevalent amOng rountaineers. The
snow IS from ten inches to three feet
deep IN Eastern Tennessee and Western
North Carolina and Eastern Kentucky,
and all kind Of labor IS suspended.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. Jan. l6.-Not Tor
thirty years has there been such severe
weather as now prevails in this section.
The thermometer is far below zero, and
n dozen or more people are reported
frozen 10 death. Business OF all kinds
| Is suspended. and the united efforts or the
city officials and church members are
being utilized 10 aid the poor. All trains
are late, and 1t is difficult 10 run them on
anything near schedule time.
The Weather in South Carolina.
CAMDEN, S. c., Jan. 1.-THE ther-
mometer was down early this morning to
ten degrees above zero, and the Wateree
river mere ~ llOLch OFNis AAAA' - N'A-
longest cold spell that has ever occurred
/ here.
Cold weather I'm the Northwest.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 16.-After three
winters that scarcely deserved the name
the Northwest is now experiencing one
! OF the old fashioned kind.
The present January has beaten the re-
| cord for intense and sustained cold
| weather, and there Is no prospect for a
| change
The mercury went below zero in Novem-
| ber. and has been above that mark only
at rare intervals since. On Christmas
| day IL was twenty-five below, about the
| same on New Years and maintained
steady gait ever since. Al 81: vincent
| and NinnedoZe forty below has been
reached. and the cold has been nearly as
severe all over the western and north
western mart OF the State. Yesterday
| cube of ice six feet thick was cut from
| Vadnais lake, just outside the city, ana
| Ia the heaviest ice seen since the FAMOUS
| block which formed the corner stone Tor
| the ice palace in 1886 The cold has, how
| ever. been entirely without the blizzard
| feature. and moi only has there been an
| entire absence Of fatalities but not
| case of suffering has been reported.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS, Jan. l6.-Dis-
patches from all parts Of the State re-
| port the coolest weather for years. In
| Milwaukee it was fourteen degrees below
| yesterday.
At Sparta the mercury froze solid at ~
| below. at White Hall it was 40 below, La
Crosse &c. Medford 42. Neenah 2o, Water
| town 30, Kaukaun %. The Winnebago
| Indians on the reservation near Black
| River Falls are suffering terribly.
Heavy lee in the Ocean.
CAPE MAY, n. j., jan 1.-THE ice is
| very heavy in the ocean on thlS place
| For some distance out from shore there
Is Il solid mass This morning large
lighter and coal barge We're drifting
about in the ice. No one was seen aboard
either craft. Teams have not yet ven
| tured out on the ice
Mississippi Navigation Suspended.
MEMPHIS. TENN, Jan. l6.-The Mis-
sissippi river is full of floating icebergs
from Cairo to Vicksburg, and the pros
poets for navigation for the next three
weeks are exceedingly gloomy
All OF the boats in the Memphis trade
have been placed in safe harbors, and
| they will not be put in commission again
until all danger from ice is removed.
The suspension OF river traffic has
| caused widespread destitutlon throushouI
| this section OF the Mississippi Valley.
| Thousands OF negroes have been thrown
| out of employment, and hundreds OF them
| are on the verge OF starvation. The mu-
| nuicipal government and number OF
wealthy citizens have taken steps TO
establish places In different portions OF
the city where soup and lunches may be
furnished TO the destitute free OF charge
until they can find employment. Reports
from other ports along the river disclose
an alarming condition OF affairs. Az New
Madrid. No, Osceola, Ark, and Gold
Dust. Tenn, the negroes have been driven
10 desperation from hunger. scores OF
them have become highwaymen and Dur
glars TO secure money to keep BODY ana
soul together. 4 similar state OF anairs
exists az several points below Memphis.
The Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
are frozen over from the head waters 10
the Ohio. for the first time in thirty-nve
years. At Sheffield Ala, the Ice Is three
inches thick in the Tennessee, ana the
water works are frozen. water famlne
prevails. and II a fire should break out
the whole town would be destroyed.
Cold Weather in Europe.
LONDON. Ian. 16.-Rerorts Of extreme
cold come from all parts OF the Colu-
mont The harbor Of Kiel is completely ice
hound. All over Europe railway traffic
is DELAYED. and in some parts suspended
Baltimore Under Blockade.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 1e.-Baltimore Is
under hlockade by ice. Only the largest
,,,g-heats work their way through, ana
then only under & full heao or steam
TIE tug. boat men positively refnse 10
n,c.va steamers form their piers. ana, by
This refusal. the FulIwell, grain laden