Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
SOUTH NOT EXEMPT
Cold Wave Warnings Sent to Points
in Florida.
MOST SEVERE SPELL OF TEE WINTER
Present Conditions to Continue
Two Days or More.
PREDICTION FOR TOMORROW

II any one contemplates visiting Florida
or the south to escape the cold wave he
or she should beware. When a Star re-
porter visited the weather bureau this
morning warnings in the shape of tele-
graphic messages were being sent out by
the forecasters to points as far south as
Tampa, Fla, where the cold wave will
penetrate tomorrow and send the mercury
down to 3 or degrees below freezing
Jacksonville is promised temperature
minimum, of course, of 20 degrees. There
is suffering enough in Cuba and the wealth
er people, as good Americans in sympathy
with their brethren, will not allow the cold
to penetrate as far south as the beleaguer-
ed Isle, but will check the cold before 1t
gets beyond the Florida coast.
In order that the coal people might not
be tempted to drop it and exchange their
stock in trade for ice 1t was determined to
give just one touch of winter. There are
persons in Washington from all over the
world, every country, every Cline so that
| 1t would hardly be fair to everybody If all
| sorts OF weather were not given. No in
hospitality or slight Is intended for Pres
1dent Dole that the temperature should be
| made so much lower than that to which
he is accustomed in his island home
1T will give some of his many admirers
chance to present him with seaskin
| coat, an eiderdown coverlet something
| or the Sort one of the weather men said
In explanation of the cold which had been
sprung so suddenly.
Implements Getting Rusty.
You see," he continued, ''our frost aei-
tators were getting bit rusty, and we do
not care to let them wear out altogether
from disuse. A little cold is needed once in
awhile, to clear the atmosphere so the but
ton was pressed but slightly, very slightly.
! ~ was mere touch, it were. Nothing
fha Nrc1,
Potomac used to freeze and they used TO
nave to hunt for the Capitol with pick and
shovel. AS for Mr.. Dole we just wanted
70 con MIN little. SO that we could con-
Oole with him bit, you know
AS matter of fact 1t was rather cold in
washington last night and early this NOR
ing, put only In comparison with the balmy
springike weather which has been enjoyed
mere all the winter so far. The minimum
was reached at O'Clock this mornin0
When the thermometer registered IA de-
srees, which was the coldest nip tha. has
peen- n-eAperienced here for long period.
AS preolcted, the weather cleared last
Asnt ana the temperature grew much
co.aer. The moon Lad a circle about ii as
x : lhe man or woman in 1t was feeling the
eHects of the cold here and had do,nad
sc me sort of a.teecy muf1ier. The Ind
WAS still blorfing.s hcwever Al nnidniat,f
tne mercury registered IS degrees. n f,ieh
was only SIX below freezing. 1t continued
TO grow colder, and at a m the fherrno,o
eter registered 20 degrees At O'Clock II
was down to IL, which was the lowest, Al
Loon the mercury had risen three degrees
Inc pfemcuon for tonight is that by
c'ciock the temperature will have fallen IN
or ~ degrees above zero.
Forecast for Tomorrow.
The forecast for tomorrow is for c,..r
cold day. The wind, it is thought, will die
down tonight and the day will be calm and
exhilarating-a touch of the Klondike, in
fact Washington, II is explained, is on the
southern periphery of the cold wave which
mas not yet reached New York where the
temperature this morning was 20 degrees at
O'Clock, which was degrees warmer than
mere. II VIII be much colder in New York
though. Heavy snow has fallen In Albany
and In that region. There is a cold wave
extending through New England Middle
11tlantic states, PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio
yesterday notifications 10 look out for a
FROST were sent to the truck farmers in
Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro-
ma ana the truck raisers and fruit growers
down in Florida to expect a freeze and nre
pare for 1t. 1t was warmer in New E.nr
land thls morning than here as the coIj
wave is yet to strike there in full force.
me cold has made little trouble in Wash
lngtcn Perhaps there are not SO many
persons on the streets, which was rot s,,r-
pr1sing, as some OF The sidewalks were a
glare Of ice. Walking eggs was almost
pleie1aoIe 10 creeping over them, and
would nc doubt have proven not nearly so
hazardous. ~
The cold has served to put ginger in
nose nose VINO nae to be out. ard the way they
shpped and moved about would have nut
10 shame hrst-class ballet with mem
bers not above forty years of age
"A little hot, to keep out ta- cold of
course, was the password this morning in
many OF the places where the male portion
OF Washington sometimes congregate The
almost stereotyped countersisn of "one
beer" had apparently become Obsolete, al
least for the time being.
Fine SleiRhfns.
The sleigning today on some OF the leas,
frequented streets was all that could be
desired, and a number of Cutters were
out. NJ street in front of the weather bu-
feau was in excellent condition, and per
sens who had come in from the country
stated that "a the suburbs the roads were
tn Gcod form for sleishing.
1tWes stated at the weather bureau that
the cold would last probably two or three
days, the temperature then returning TO
its normal state.