The evening times., 1899-02-01
REIGN OF THE SNOW KING
In THE CAPITAL CITY
INDICATIONS FOR TOMORROW
January Dsprovcs an Old Theory.
A Harvest for Cabmen-0ne
Accident Reported.

go out like a lamb
January found this city covered with
fall of snow the like of which had not
been seen here for many year. January
81 departed just as the heaviest snowfall
of the season had concluded and with the
coldest kind of weather.
Washington has been suffering intensely
from cold weather during the present
week and the snow and rain have also
helped to make things uncomfortable. The
cold weather set in early Tuesday morn
ing with light fall of snow. All day
yesterday clouds passed over the sky and
obscured the sun, making the day much
colder than it would otherwise have been.
The thermometer commenced to sink aft
er noon and the barometer started TO rise
and when night came the one was very
near the zero point, and the other was still
climbing up.
At 6 o'clock hard cold snow commenc-
ed to fall. 1t was not the usual snow
which comes in large thick fakes and
makes the air beautiful with its pure SIM
plicity. The snow last night was OF the
fine cutting variety which gets into the
eyes and stings. 1t beats against the face
and causes intense irritation to the skin.
No one who was compelled to be out last
night could contemplate the warm glow of
the hearth fire that shone through the
cut last night who was not compelled to
be out
me street car operators were the first
TO find that the snow was not like the
SHOWS that usually come TO this city The
motormen were blinded with small, hard
particles, which lodged in their eyelashes
and covered their coats with crust that
stihened their garments and made them
uncomfortable. The lights of the cars were
not visible 100 feet away, and the track
was blur 10 yards in front of the cars.
Ii soon became evident to the railroad off,
cials that they would not be able to run
trains of two cars through the storm, and
the extra car was taken off Even then
the motormen experienced some difficulty
in getting a hold on the slippery tracks
with the wheels, despite the fact that
snowplows were sent out at frequent in
tervals and sand literally used This diff
Guilty was obviated this morning and the
cars are running as usual.
The cabmen and hackmen came in for
a good time. They did more business with
the persons who were out late seeing
friends and on business than they have
done for some time past. Their horses did
not enjoy the experience, however, as they
slipped and slid about in a startling man
ner, as though they had imbibed an extra
amount of good spirits.
Mrs. Ellen Taylor fell on the sidewalk
last night and broke her ankle. She was
removed to Freedman's Hospital, where
/ her injuries were dressed and she was
! then sent to her home, 1l3 Street north
! west This is the only accident reported
! To- the police as a result of the snow fall.
! The suffering occasioned by the bitter
| cold weather among the poor of the Dis
/ trict is intense although il is not felt so
! severely as has been the case in years
| gone by. Washington has been rather cold
! than otherwise this winter and the con-
| tributions to charity have been very lib
eral. Whenever a case of destitution was
brought to the attention of the public
or in any other way, generous donations
/ through the medium CT the newspapers
have followed for their benefit
The funds in the hands of the various
charitable organizations whose duty il is
| TO dispense relief to the needy is rather
| large this year and those who have suf-
! fered have done so either because of the
| inefficiency of the officials who are sup
posed TO distribute the money. food, and
| clothing to the poor or because the poor
have not applied for relief
Sufferers from the grip hail this wealth
er with delight. The dry cold air that
| has prevailed and will probably continue
! is the very worst thing for grip in the
! world. 1t stamps out the dread malady
more quickly than any medicines and
leaves the patient strong and we'll When
the snow commences to melt away the
grip will rise again. the physicians say.
and rise very rapidly.
! There Is nothing that brings sorrow that
does not also have its quota of good. The
! snowstorm was godsend to some people
| The men who have been walking the
| streets for the last three months without
! employment were able 10 go to work to-
day. The street cleaning department
] Tn -nrI n-f,. IS
hundred men with one hundred carts 10
| clean the streets of the snow and haul ii
| away. These men will receive about 81
per day apiece and from the present pros
poets the work will last for several days
The cold weather shows no signs of
abating and the snow will therefore re-
! main with us for some time.
! The sleighing on PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
and other wide streets of the city was fine
| last night, and despite the lateness of the
hour and the general frigidity of the at
mosphere many persons turned out to have
a try at the snow before il disappeared as
experience had taught them not TO trust
Washington weather.
All day today the air has been ringing
with the merry S.eighbells and the streets
OF the city have been made the paths to
happiness by hundreds of people who have
horses and sleighs and money and time to
| spare
| 1t is expected that there wilLsbe regu-
| lar carnival on the Avenue tonight. AL
| ready preparations have been made by the
! hverymen of the city. VINO expect to fly
| from poverty to affluence with the money
| received from tonight's sport
! No mishaps OF any kind have been re-
| ported by the railroads running into the
! city, though all felt the storm to some ex-
! tent. Train No. "A on the Baltimore and
Ohio, that should have been here at 7:4O
this morning. did not arrive until $40. and
several other trains this road were de-
layed. All of the early trains on the Penn
sylvania were from an hour to an hour
and a half late. Those on the Southern
and Chesapeake and Ohio came along well
| on time.
The forecast till p. M Thursday: For
| the District of Columbia, Delaware, and
Maryland, fair; continued cold tonight;
Thursday fair; not quite so cold; light to
fresh winds, becoming easterly.
The storm which occupied the Gulf
| States Tuesday morning moved off the
| middle Atlantic coast during the night
after causing general rains and SHOWS
throughout the district, the snow extend
! ing TO the northern borders of the Gulf
States.
The high pressure area and the cold
| wave, of which due warning was given,
has continued eastward and southwark
and the temperature has fallen from 10
degrees to 80 degrees in the Gulf and mid
die Atlantic States, except eastern Flori-
da, with freezing temperatures almost to
the Gulf line. Throughout the interior of
the country low temperatures have con-
tinued with clear weather, except snow
fiurries in the lake regions and light SHOWS
in portions of the Northwest and eytreme