The record-union., 1899-02-15
THE WEATHER
MODERATING.
The Extreme Cold Snap in Eastern
States Broken.
A General and Decided Rise in Tempera-
lures in Nearly All Sections.
right Sunshine at Washington
City Takes the Place Of the B1ix-
zard-Clear Skies and Warmer
Weather Enables New Yorkers
to Start to Dig Themselves Out
Of the Snow.

to Start to Dig Themselves Out
| Of the Snow.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE great
storm has practically disappeared off
the northeast Canadian coast, after a
combina ton of snow and high winds
that must hereafter stand as a record
| for almost the entire Atlantic Coast
region.
| With the. exception of a limited ter
ritory in the southwest and the east
ern portion of the Northern Slope, there
has been a general and decided rise in
the temperatures, and they are once
more above freezing point west of the
Mississippi River in Florida and in the
Gulf States, except Northeast Ala
bama. They still continue compare
lively low in the Atlantic States
The storm swept past Washington
about midnight, and this morning the
sun shone bright on city buried under
| approximately three feet of snow A
single car line running to the eastern
| end Of the city was the only one in
| operation. the underground electric be-
ing absolutely blocked
| Many persons become bewildered and
exhausted during the blizzard yester-
day and night, and fell into snow drifts.
! Two score or more persons were picked
up partly or wholly unconscious, and
there are many cases of serious FROST
bites. The only sign rescuer had of
i one woman whom he dragged uncon-
scious from snow drift was a bunch
of feathers sticking out of the snow.
To-day large force was at work under
direction of the District Government
clearing way through the streets, and
those gangs as we'll as the police had
| orders to search all large drifts for un-
fortunates. 1t is thought likely that a
number of deaths, due directly or in
directly from the storm, will be report
| ed in the city and vicinity before the
week is out. e
The river is frozen clear to its mouth,
and the ice is covered with a heavy
coating of snow. 1t will be some time
before communication can be had with
the many small hamlets along the
shore, where much suffering will be
| occasioned by the storm. The prices
of necessary supplies of fuel and food
have risen greatly, and much suffering
table organizations are doing all they
can to relieve this state of things, and
the Post" and Evening Star" have
opened special relief subscription lists.
| Generous responses have been made to
those appeals. The President sent a
check for S100 to the relief organiza-
ton; the British members of the High
Joint Commission contributed literally,
T., Joo - I'll
actress, who is playing here, sent a
check for $1,000 for the relief of the
poor.
The interruption to railroad traffic
caused by the storm still continues Not
| through train on the Pennsylvania.
Baltimore and Ohio or Southern Roads
has reached the city to-day or up to
1870 o'clock tonight All the com
panies are putting forth their best eff
forts, however. and confidently expect
to resume through business north and
south tomorrow. The Pennsylvania
started a train for New York at 4:3O
| to-day and the other lines expect to
get trains out before morning.
The storm suspended large part of
the business of the city and also many
social functions. The President to-day
ordered that the reception to the gem
! eral public. which was to have been
held tonight, be postponed until the
weather is more auspicious.
| Coal has gone up over a dollar a ton.
Eggs have advanced from % to 50
cents dozen; pork has gone up seven
cents a pound: Irish potatoes have
jumped from 45 to S5 cents and vege-
table prices have advanced IS per cent.
MUCH WARMER IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14-With clear
skies and warmer weather New York
started to dig itself out of the snow
| this morning. BY noon the mercury
had reached 25 degrees above zero. and
there was not a cloud in the sky
| After Saturdays half holiday and the
Suspension of business on Sunday and
Monday to-day's street traffic was tre-
merdous, with the result of blockades
everywhere. The snow contractor es-
timated that upward of $4,000 loads of
snow were removed from the streets up
to G o'clock tonight
At & O'Clock a night force of about
1,S0O men started to work, with be-
tween 800 and 1000 carts. All the
night force was practically concentrated
on Broadway, and it was expected this
thoroughfare would be cleared by the
time of opening business tomorrow
from Forty-second stree. to the Bat
| terry.
! At midnight tonight the thermome-
ter on lower Broadway recorded II de-
grees above zero. and the temperature
was rising rapidly.
| The first through out -of-town mail to
reach the Postoffice since Sunday
morning arrived at 4:3O o'clock this
afternoon. 1t was the through mail
from Boston, which should have
reached this city at 7:5O o'clock Mon
day evening. Shortly after noon mail
was reached from Philadelphia, inclos-
ures of which We're postmarked 4:3O
Monday afternoon. The o'clock train
on the Pennsylvania took out the first
mail over that route for the West
More than 1000 persons were fed at
the Salvation Army headquarters on
Fourteenth street to-day. About 5000
persons were fed at the various halls
of the army in the city
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ATLANTA (Ga.), Feb IA. = Te,e-
graphic communication to Florida has
been kept up spasmodically only the
past two days, all wires being down