The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-09

advices the crew Of the other schooner
rad not vet been saved. They are
lashed TO the rigging and must suher IN
tensely.
is safd 20 he ashore at Long Beach, but
cannot confirm the statement. Far Rock
au,av also reports a serious railroad acci-
dent near that place.
An engine on the Long Island railroad
was derailed and overturned. The fire.
man wss klled outright and the en-
srfnoer vas c,i,ght under the wreck. badly
scaIded and held fast until he died. The
temperat,Ire at the spot was eight be-
low.
INDIAN HAD ISOLATED.
w.srtt%GTON. u. g., FEB. S.-Tho
naval station at indian Head is cut of
from, the world to-day the single tele-
phone line having broken last night ne
settlement which is about thirty miles
below Washington, has population o.
about fifty persons i-leqlehahI 6e1I ~ -.
Mason. Inspector Of Ordnance, Is IN
charge. the other officers being Ensigns
Charles 2. PIunkett. +. w. Jenkins and
Marcus l. Miller. Assistant Surgeon {.
u. Brownweii and Gunner Peter &. nan
lev. airs. Mason. Mrs. Punkett, Mrs.
Miller and Mrs Hanley live on the reSeT-
vatou with their husbands. ne HS'
message from the proving sro"hd came
Yesterday. Il stated that the lee was
over six inches thick. and no vessel coula
reach the dock The proving ground, win
its battery Of big guns, Is IN a hollow,
surrounded. except ON one side, by mus
II is filled with deep snow drifts, and 1t
was necessary 10 suspend tests several
davs ago. The hydraulic mechanism
which operates the big rifles i5 frozen
solid. The residences of the oihcers are
on the heights above the testing ground,
and no alarm is manifested by the IN
mates, as they have stores OF provisions
and coal for at least thirty days ahead
n is estimated that at least a week Of
warm weather Will be necessary to thaw
ont the testing apparatus Of the proving
ground.
IMPROVING IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. ILL, Feb. S.-There was
general Improvement in the weather con-
ditions throughout the northwestern
States to-day Chicago this morning be-
ing colder than the other suffering cities
nearer the north pole. At 6 \. VI. the
official temperature was l6 degrees be-
low zero, the coolest mere for several
years The thermometer however, had
sky upward tendency during the day. and
tonight the record Is three below, with
Indications Of a continuance at that figure
for several days The rise I'm tempera tUre
improved the railroad and mail situation
at nearly all points north and west of
Chicago. The storm passed TO the east,
and trains from that direction are now
the victims. Some Of them are nearly
half a day late. Fifteen day trains from
the East did not arrive until during the
night. Reports from the West show an
Improvement in the weather.
TRAINS STUCK IL sSow-DR ITS.
ST. LOUIS. MO-. Feb. S-Ths is the
coldest weather ever recorded by the
Signal Service here i'm February. Seven
degrees below were the figures. 4 high
wind drove tie dry snow in binding
storm. Tonight the mercury is at zero
and slowly rising Snow has drlfted on
the suburban railways tracks i'm the hol-
lows eight feet and travel is abandoned
on all except paved streets. With favor
able weather it. viii be s~C days before
travel can be resumed I'm the suburban
towns No locality within 500 miles west
and southwest Of the city escaped the
storm. Al JOslyn, Mo, near the Kansas
line, the mercury dropped 10 eighteen be-
low. At \. 81. il was eight below at
Fort Gibson. !. r. Throughout northern
Texas, where the railways are not pre-
pared to battle with snow drifts. all the
trains are late, and some have been
abandoned. Two Missouri Pacific passel-
ger trains have been immovabic Ia snow
drifts near Yates Center, Kan, since
Wednesday. Snow plows failed 10 re-
lieye them, and at noon to-day sre-
ciai train. carrying 1919 men, left for
Fort scott. Kan, TO shovel out the inn
prisoned trains. All St. Louis and Kan
sas city passenger trains were delayed,
and one was snow bound at Waveriy.
Kan. The railway companies are feed
ing the embargoed passengers on sup
plies obtained from farmers Only under
the best conditions can these trains be
released before tomorrow noon. Pri-
vate kilograms from passengers say
there is no suffering, their only fear be
ing that the coal supply may be ex-
hausted before relief comes. Trains
which left here tonight are reported be
hind time at various points. while all
incoming trains are from thirty minutes
tu pix hours late. The Mississippi is
frozen over, nine inches thick.
FIGsr TRAIN TBoN The SOUTH.
WASHINGTON, -. c., Feb. S.-A day
Of intense cold and discomfort, heighten-
ed by driving gale has been followed
w night quite as frigid and windy. The
Potomac, from the Maryland TO the Nir-
guid shores, is, Tor a considerable dis
tance down the river, a strong and COM
tious still fail 20 arrive on scheduled
time. and. as a consequence. all mails
are delayed. The street railways are
making their regular trips, but the con-
ductors and drivers have, notWithstand-
ing a generous bundling and padding OF
garments, suffered as never before. The
streets have been deserted by all, except
ing those who were absolutely forced TO
be i'm the air. and the prospect for tenn
Vt-f11 ha apraegi ifip IL
yet some hours distant. A driving west
erlv wind. that "cuts Ike a razor" piles
higher tonight the drifts Of last nights
storm. and drives promptly to cover all
who are not obliged 10 submit to its chill
embrace. Altogether, il has been An un-
precedented winter day i'm Washington.
The first train from the South since yes
terday rolled into the Pennsylvania depot
at 1910 tonight and her passengers re-
tailed a stormy experience that none OF
them care to repeat.
PERSISTED by THE COLD.
GALLIOPOLIS. OHIO, Feb. s.-Leeds
Henry. a four-year-old boy, living in
Huntington township, wandered away
from home last night while his parents
were absent. lie was overcome by the
cola and perished. being found dead In
ravine az 1 o'clock this morning, covered
with snow.
BOILED ALIVE
OMAHA, NEB., Feb. s.-Charles For
man was boiled alive by the explosion OF
a steam heater in his fathers residence
this morning The water pipe froze and
the heater exploded.
NAVIGATION STOPPED.
MEMPHIS, TENN, Feb. S.-The ther-
mometer here this morning reached
22-lO below zero. The river Is full OF
heavy ice and navigation Is stopped. All