The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-10
EACH DAYIT GETS WORSE
Reports Of Awful SHflrins On Account
Of The Cold.
FLORIDA MEETS GREATLOSS
1t Is Said Ten Million Dollars
Worth OF Property Has
Been Destroyed In That
State Alone.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb 9.-The freez
ing weather continues. The mercury was
10 at sunrise this morning and 26 at II
O'Clock. The prediction of the weather
bureau is that the freezing weather will
continue until Sunday night. The best
Informed orange grower in Florida, James
A. Harris, says that 96 per cent. of the
| crop Is killed outright and that next year S
crop will not reach 10000 boxes, against
| 5,OOO.OOO boxes this year. The early veg
| etable crop. the entire strawberry crop
and four-fifths of the pineapple plants
are destroyed. The aggregate loss is con-
servatively estimated at S1O,O0O,O 900.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 9.--The Cunard
steamship Etruria, from New York Feb. .,
has arrived and reports she saw no signs
of the French line steamship La Gas
coigne.
GLASGOW, Feb. 9.-The Anchor liner
| Anchoria, from New York Jan. 90, several
| days overdue, was sighted off Tory island,
north of Ireland, at s: 40 o'clock this morn
ing.
New YORK, Feb. 9.-The French line
steamer La Gascoigne, from Havre Jan.
20, had not been sighted up to IL o'clock
this morning. She is now six days over
due. The cause of the La Gascoigne's
non-appearance can only be coniectured,
but there can be little doubt that her
machinery is in some way disabled and
she is working her way for port under re-
duced steam.
The Red Star liner Rhineland, from
Antwerp, is still out. 1t is II days since
she left Antwerp.
The Bolivia is 16 days out from Gibral-
ter.
The landau City is IS days from Swan
sea.
The Manitoba is Is days out from Lon
don.
The Witekind is Is days from Bremen.
The Taomnia is 16 days out from Ham,
burg.
The Cunard liner Umbria, from Liver
pool and Queenstown, is due to-day, but
under the existing weather conditions,
will not likely reach port to-day.
New YORK, Feb. 9.-The Teutonic, from
Liverpool, reached here to-day after hav-
ing been delayed outside over II hours,
owing to the blizzard. At 2 p. m. yester-
day the Teutonic sighted the steamer
Josie Reeves of New York, flying signals
of distress. A life boat with five men was
lowered, but returned after hours of I'M
successful effort. At 1880 p. IN. the Teu-
tonic sailed alongside the Reeves and
nine men were hauled on board.
PITTsBURG. Feb. "a blizzard swept
over this section furiously all night. caus-
ing great suffering among the poor. Of
fetal record below zero. Trains arrive
from one to two hours late.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The thermometer
reached zero at o'clock this morning and
at 1920 o'clock was degrees above. At
Sandy Hook the wind was blowing sc
miles an hour. The southern point of the
zero line to-day is Knoxville, Tenn. Com
missioner Warning estimates 1t will take
10 days and 100000 10 clear the snow
from the city's streets.
EAsTPoRT, L. l., Feb. All of the
crew of the unknown three-masted
schooner ashore near Lone Hill life saving
station are lost except two men, who
are still in the rigging. The life-savinp
crew will attempt to reach them at low
water.
FIRE ISLAND, n. Y, Feb. 9.-At H.
A steamer is reported 80 miles east of
here. She seemed to be going along at
the usual speed and should be off Fire
island about IL p. m,
CARLISLE, Penn, Feb. AT noon the
Valley railroad called in all
hands and announced that all trains
would be abandoned. Nothing more will
be done until the storm abates. The Phil
adelphia Reading also abandoned all
trains in this section. Four trains and
five engines are in the drifts in this neigh
borhood.
SANDY HOOK, n. j., Feb. 9.-The large
four-masted steamer Patria of the Ham, |
burg-American line, while proceeding to
sea this afternoon, grounded in the main
ship channel opposite the Western Union |
Telegraph observatory. She will proba- |
bly, remain aground until tomorrow MORN
ing's flood tide.
HALIFAX, n. S., Feb. 9.-The steamer
Parcoa is now seven days out from New
York TO Halifax. The general impression
is some accident to her machinery has
happened.
New YORK, Feb. 10, . a. mat this |
hour no news has been received of La |
Gascoigne and Rhineland.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 9.-Annapoiis is snow |
bound. Reports come from there that /
seven mon and horses were frozen to-day
in an attempt TO cross the Severn river on /
the ice.
NEW YORK, Feb. New York was to-
lay practically icebound. The bay from
he Narrows to Sandy Hook is almost n
solid field of ice. The storm continues