The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-29
THE FROST KING.

According to the'records of the W Gather
Bureau, Sunday last was the coolest day
in Chicago in twenty-five years. At no
tine since the Chicago station has been
established has there been SO low a maxi
mum temperature recorded. 1t was a
steady cold. There was a variation of but
four degrees in the twelve hours from six
o'clock in the morning until the same hour
in the evening. At eight o'clock at night
the signal service reported twelve below.
that.
The suffering among the poorer class is
intense, and number of cases of dcstitu-
ton were reported to the police.
At Grand Crossing thirty three families,
with eighty-sx children, were found in
their poorly protected novels unable to
care for themselves.
Ears, noses and hands were whitened
and benumbed by the cold. They were
cared for, and physicians summoned to
| render relief In South Carolina five fam
lilies were found actually freezing to death
These were also removed by the police to
warmer quarters, where proper treatment
was given them. A number of other cases
were found in other parts of the city.
To aid the poor on account of the ex-
IRENE severity of the weather, the county
coal contractor delivered four hundred
loads of coal to destitute families. This
is the first time such Il delivery has been
made on Sunday Food and clothing were
also given out.
Up to eleven o'clock at nj ght there were
between fifteen or twenty cases reported
to the police of people being found in the
streets suffering from frozen hands, feet,
ears and noses. OF these, two or three
are in Il serious condition. Only one death
from cold was reported-that of a child
By midnight the thermometer registered
| seventeen degrees below, having dropped
five degrees since eight o'clock. The cold
was made more intense, as it was accom-
panied by Il brisk sharp wind.
The sutferings of the poor in Washing
| ton have increased greatly and there nu-
| merous appeals to the charitable organi-
cations for food and fuel and to the free
| lodging houses and police stations for
shelter from the biting blasts.
William Yates, an agent, living at 4Ss
Maryland avenue, was found near the fish
commission building Monday night about
nine O'Clock overcome by the cold and al
most frozen. He will recover
The Washin gton sta says The cold
wave has caused increased suffering anon 9
the poor people and the calls upon the po-
lice and superintendent of charities have
largely increased during the past forty
eight hours. At the police stations there
were great many hcartrending scenes.
Poorly clad women and children sutferin 9
from cold and hunger made litiful APP
peals for aid. Many of them had come
! from houses in which there was no food
or fuel and in which there had been none
of the families represented varied from
two to Il dozen, and in a number of cases
| sickness was present in the families, only
to increase both the physical and mental
sutferings of the unfortunate ones. At
police headquarters there were also many
applicants and most of them were women
Some of the females brought their children
with them. One mother said she had
brought her children because she knew
they could warm while waiting in the Of
flee aud She had no fire at home