The evening times., 1896-03-03
SNOW STORM PREDICTED
Ii Will Probably Reach Washing.
ton by Tomorrow Night.
TIE rROLICS OF THE WIND
The High Gale Bothered Pedest rians
and Played Havoc With Telegraph
and Telephone Wires-At One Time
Last Night II Reached II Velocity
of Sixty Miles an Hour.

The people at the Weather Bureau are
| tickled 10 death: that is, in their official ca
| pacity. Aside from that. they are as sus-
| ceptibe to the inconvenicnces and disagree
| able effects resulting from the wind as the
| rest of the blown-away citizens.
The reason for This ha ppincss, which seems
SO out OF place at the present time, when
everybody else is miserable, is that March
came in just as it should. according TO the
old aIage, Like a lion 1t will proba
bly, drift out like lamb" AT least. that
is what the eweathcr-mI kers a re counting on.
This cold. windy condition OF affairs prob
ably means the brea king of winter. and when
things right themselves once more spring
will be here. No more cold waves after
this month.
or course this is all very pleasant to con-
template, but it does not relieve the present
suffering. And. to make matters worse, a
snow mis- promised for tomorrow night
Snow and wind, Lord pity those who have
To brave the elements.
AT THE WEATHER BUREAU
When a Times reporter called at the
Weather Bureau this morning, he found
that the wind was no rcspecter OF persons
or properties, and took as many liberties
with Uncle Sans possessions as it did
with those of individuals.
Outside the tall, bare trees swayed and
ben: as the blasts shrieked through their
leafless branches. and the government horse
that pulls the government wagon bearing
the sign, ~ s. Weather Bureau" looked
longingly al his ma ster, as much as To say:
PLEASE. sir. If the general public must
be inflicted with this miserable weather,
can't us fellows on the inside have some
relief? What's the good Of being a govern
ment horse if you can't have things your
own way"
But no attention was paid to the steed,
and the cold, wintry wind penetrated to the
very marrow of his bones with fiendish glee.
Inside the big building where all kinds of
weather is manufactured and served to the
public at cost price, the little instrument
which records the velocity OF the wind was
having merry dance. During the past
twenty-four hours the wind has been un-
steady, in one sense. but quite steady enough
In another. Its velocity has varied. but
the minimum rate Of speed reached by the
gale is altogether too high to suit those
who have to do business with it.
VELOCITY OF THE WIND.
At one time last night the wind got
hump on itself and the little dial on the
recording instrument showed that it had
blown at the rate of so miles an hour. Then
1t would drop to about 40 miles, and linger
would go again, With the rising of the
sun the wind abated little, its average
velocity this forenoon being 80 miles.
This is northwestern remarked Prof
Moore to the reporter, land it is liable to
blow for some time yet. The North is
catching il heavier than We arc, q terrific
gale having ragged on the New England coast
for the past two days.
There is prospect of Washington being
treated to n snow storm tomorrow night.
A well-defined storm Is developing in the
Mississippi Valley this morning, and the
States in that section will surely catch it.
1t may turn to rain before reaching us, but
/ do not think II will. We have the
best chance of getting a fall of snow before
tomorrow night that we have had this
year.
"The wind will abate a little tonight.
but it will veer around to the northeast
or east and freshen up gain. We must look
for wind all this month";
Notwithstanding the heavy blow, no Sc
rious damage has been reported. A num-
ber OF outhouses were blown down last
night and telephone and telegraph wires
suffered to some extent.
Many amusing sights were witnessed on