Evening star., 1896-01-04
THE PRESENT COLD WAVE
1t Extends Throughout the Entire Country
Except the Pacific Coast.
The Lowest Point in This Locality
Will BE Reached Tomorrow
Where 1t Originated.

The cold wave will do it's worst in Wash
ington tonight. The temperature, which
was at II degrees above zero at 8 o'clock
this morning, viii fall to zero. All day to-
morrow it will be cold, but on Monday the
weather will moderate.
This is the prediction of the weather bu-
reau. made by Prof. F. H. Bigelow, fore
cast official, when a Star reporter called
upon him today. The weather bureau has
announced the present cold wave from
twenty-four to thirty-six hours ahead OF
it's arrival, so that all who have watched
the weather bulletins have been prepared
for the fall in the temperature.
Extent of the Cold Wave.
The present cold wave is about as wide
spread as it is possible for any cold wave
to be. 1t extends from the northern bound
ary of the United States throughout the
entire country, with the exception of the
Pacific coast and portions of the extreme
southwest. 1t goes as low as the southern
point of Florida, and the freezing point
will probably be reached in middle Florida
tomorrow. The low temperature expected
to prevail in Florida Will be equal to that
attending the cold wave in that state last
year. when much suffering was endured by
the destruction of orange and other trees.
The cold wave began in the 'Dakotas,
with drop of 40 degrees on Wednesday
hight, anu Ou lHuTSudy morning at .
O'Clock it had spread all over the north
western states and the Missouri valley and
as far east as the upper Mississippi river,
reaching to the southwark to the borders
the temperature fell from 20 to 40 degrees
ReinfOrcements Yesterday.
Friday morning this cold wave was REIN
forced by another heavy drop in the tenn
perature in the Dakotas, which additional
70 xSyoU from uyao
station reported a temperature of 30 degrees
below zero. 1t was last night that this
double cold wave reached the Atlantic coast
and the temperature fell over this region
from 20 to 10 degrees. At 3 O'Clock this
nj ming temperature Of about 10 degrees
above zero prevailed throughout the New
England states. In the middle Atlantic
states the thermometer registered about
twelve degrees, while in the south Atlantic
states II fell below freezing point. In m ddle
Florida the temperature at o'clock this
morning ranged from 40 to 80 degrees above
zero and it is expected to fall below freezing
point tonight.
Not Much Snow or Rain.
The fact that this cold wave has been ac-
companied by very little fall of rain or snow
causes it to be much less destructive than
might otherwise be the case. A little rain
fell in the Ohio valley and about the lake
regions there was a light fall of snow. but
otherwise the weather is fair over the entire
region over which the cold wave has swept.
This condition is of great advantage to all
railroads. as there will be no stoppage of
trains or injury to railroads which so fire.
quently attend cold waves when accompa-
MED by falling weather.
Coffee for Car Drivers.
Miss Anne C. Dorsey writes to The Star
calling upon the people of Washington to
start tonight coffee station somewhere on
the route of the cable and electric cars
where the mer employed by the car COM
panies can get good strong cup of coffee
at night, If not all day long. She adds: 'I
will gladly begin the list of contributions by
s.. and would suggest that subscriptions
even to cent be accepted: 7 will lend a
cooking gas stove, and be on hand at n ght
anywhere appointed, for one night at least
oftener If necessary, to aid in making and
distributing. conductor suggested that
the Navy Yard end of the route would be
the best as there they had six minutes stop
over. 1 am a bread-winner myself. and
can't get off in the daytime, or would be
glad to do more. Can't some lady, not
closely occupied of necessity or some whole
hearted man take it up and make our dear
old city proud of itself?'