Evening star., 1897-01-26
SOMEWHAT WARMER
Weather Slightly Moderates in Chi.
cago and New York.
RESPONSE TO MAYOR SWIFF'S APPEAL
Fully Two Thousand Persons Shell
tered Last Night
NEW ENGLAND SURPRISED

| CHICAGO. January 26.-At . O'Clock th'
| morning the government thermomete
| showed temperature of Is degrees below
| zero. Ihis Is 3 degrees warmer than AT
| the same time yesterday, but there was
| little comfort derived from that fact r.
4 being one degree colder than at a m
| The signal service today reported the cold
| area extending all over the west and north
west, and no prospect of a material let-up
| IN the intensity of the cold for at least
| twenty-four hours. All trains today were
| more or less delayed by snow drifts ana
| ihapihty TO make steam. A general COM
paint was raised by the people living i'm
| the suburbs At many of the suburban
| stations no shelter is afforded the passen-
| gers, and many cases OF frost bite have oc-
| CURED.
The proclamation issued by Mayor Swift
| mas met with a hearty response. Besides
| over Sl3,HD IN cash, hundreds of tons of
coal ana almost unlimited supplies OF pro-
| visions have been Gent in and promptly
| distributed Seven hundred of the more
| desperate cases of desututIon have ALREADY
| heen relieved, and the work is being car
| fled on without cessation.
| Thousands Given shelter.
Fully 1900 people were given shelter last
| night at the different police stations and
|
| ton hospital was thrown open today, the
council having appropriated slo.0oo for that
| purpose, and II will be used for cases of
| contagious disease among the poor II will
| also nave the effect of relieving the con-
| SeSted condition of the city and county hos
| pitals, winch are so crowded that not a
| case of contagious disease has been taken
| IN since Friday. Eight hundred new cases
| OF families requiring immediate aid were
| reported to the police today and supplies
| were furnished as fast as possible
| AT III o'clock the government thernome-
| ter registered 11l2 degrees below zero a
| rise OF ~ degrees since yesterday morning
| when the low mark of the present cold
| snap-aO degrees below Zero-was recorded
| The thermometer today is keeping about >
| degrees above yesterdays registrations
In West Pennsylvania.
| PfTTSBURG, Pa, January 26.-Western
PennsylS ANA is still in the grasp of the
| worst blizzard in twelve years. Last night
| the mercury IN the signal service Their
| mometer dropped TO > degrees below zero
| but more exposed thermometers registered
anywhere from ) to 10 degrees lower.
The cold caused great suffering among
| the poor, and one life was sacrificed. Mrs
| Mary Morris. a colored woman Of Home
| stead, WAS overcome on the street and died
| in few minutes. Michael Connolly. a
| tramp, who boarded q Panhandle train in
| Ohio was taken from cattle car alnos,
| dead but prompt attention soon revived
| him. All freight trains and many through
passenger trans were delayed by the t;.z-
zard yesterday and last night. and frost
| bitten hands, feet and ears Were frequent
| among trainmen. The Indications are for
| slightly warmer weather today.
In Colorado.
| DENVER, Col, January 2G.-Below zero
weather continues in eastern Colorado.
| thermometers registering 10 degrees below
| in this city this morning. \ little snow
| fell last night Today the weather is clear
with 10 wind. 1t is curious fact that the
| cold wave did not extend to the noun
| tain regions until last night, forty-eigat
hours after ii reached The plains.
At Leadyllle yesterday the temperature
was In the thIrues, and the street sprink-
| lers weie at work But last night the
temperature quickly fell below zero.
| Moderation in New York.
NEW YORK, January e6-While the fig
ures show ed a slight moderation in the
| temperature here today as compared with
yesterday, it was SO slight to be not APP
preciaple. AT 4:3o the official record
was sos degrees above zero, the velocity
of the wind being nIty-two miles an hour.
At O'Clock the mercury had risen to 4
degrees, the wind having subsidized some
what meanwhile. In the interior, there
mas been a more marked rise in temperature
than the coast, moderation beng also
quite marked in New England and Canada.
SNOW is r<ported in many places in this
state, althol sh here the sky is unclouded.
BUFFALO, n. ", January 2G.-This city
was swept all night by sixty-mile breeze,
which made the weather seem more severe
although the cod moderated somewhat AT
am. the thermometer registered l. de
greeS above.
Buffalo is again experiencing a water
famine. In all parts OF the city the pres
sure this morning was impotent to cause
water TO flow from second-story faucets,
q
draw any water at ALL The trouble is
caused by slush ice in Niagara river, which
is sucked in at the inlet pier and clogs the
pumps. forcing the engines TO shut down
at times.
NIAGARA FALLS, ". Y, January %
he cold is intense here, and the gliIterine
ice bridge has formed in the gorge. The
frozen spray upon The trees of the parks
and the faces of the lifts presents a daz-
zling spectacle, and Central trains are
bringing many sightseers.
WATERFOWL, n. Y, January 26.-The
weather I'm this city has moderated con-
sderably since yesterday The thermome-
ter at = O'Clock this morning registered ~
degl ees above zero. A'heavy snow fell
during the night, and continues. The high
wind continued all night, filling in the GUS
on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
railroad. The railroad is tied up, passen-
ger trains being hours behind time.
At baltimore.
BALTIMORE, January 26.-The cold snap
continues here with unabated force, with
high northwest winds. but with uncloudej
skies, which makes II less uncomfortable
The minimum temperature thus far regis
tered by the official thermometer was
degrees above zero at S O'Clock this morn
ing the maximum being Is above at 3
ID m. yesterday. Much suffering is reported
among the very poor, and public and pri-
vate aid is being given them. The suffer
ing among the Chesapeake bay boatmen
a,h star haC heal Isaf
fatalities have been reported.
Warmer in New England.
BOSTON. January 26.-Contrary to the
prediction of the weather man vester-
day, the temperature has moderated all
over New England, and reports at hand to-
day show that the mercury stands from
10 to % degrees higher than 1t did yester-
day. The wind is sttll sharp from the
northwest.