Evening star., 1899-02-01
The Emblem Displayed Today at
the Bureau.
NO PRESENT RELIEF FROM COLD WAVE
Washington Not Alone Sufferer
From the Snap.
CONDITION OF THE POOR

Washington and throughout the east for
the next few days If all the signs known
to the weather makers art do not go awry.
The mercury in the city thermometers,
which last night took tumble down to the
6 degrees mark on the scale, will rest in
comparative peace in it's lowly position, for
there is no immediate prospect of a warmer
temperature. Tonight the weather will be
as cold as it was during the early hours of
today, but 1T is stated at the bureau that
tomorrow will bring a slight rise This up
ward movement of the thermometric fluid
will not be great enough however, even
then to cause any widespread alarm among
the cold weather cranks who are abroad to-
day declaring the conditions prevailing TO
be the finest everi' The snowfall is COM
pleted, but sleighing will be the sport for
some days TO come, according to the pres
ent outlook
The American, to find balmy weather to-
day, must HE himself to some of the colon
ial possessions resulting from the recent
conflict with the Spanish arms. From
Maine to Florida the cold prevails. So lar
the thermometer in Florida has not reach
ed the freezing point, but along the north
ern border of the state of oranges this de-
gree of GOODNESS is predicted Tor tonight,
and warnings have been sent out to the
fruit growers to protect their crops from
the biting weather. In the extreme north
west a new cold wave of fierce severity has
developed, and the thermometer in that sec
tiOu is reported today from twenty to thirty
degrees below the nothing point.
Washington Coolest Point.
Washington is the coolest place in the
middle Atlantic states. Those who have
been compelled to be out much upon the
streets will not doubt this statement. In
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Penn
sylvania the weather is milder than it is
here. and the snow fall in the states men,
toned was not SO heavy, leaving the capital
city as the principal sufferer from the
storm. 1t is sagely observed, also, that cold
waves cannot always be depended upon,
and while the northwestern Jack Frost is
now headed for the southwest. a slight
change in the barOmetric pressure may
bring the wave in this direction, which
would mean the prevalence for many days
of extremely cold weather. These dire
things may not happen. however, so Wash
ingtonians may congratulate themselves to
some extent.
Three and -ore-half inches of snow fell
yesterday and last night, according to the
registering instruments at the weather bu-
reau. One and one-half inches of this
amount fell during the first storm, which
began early Tuesday morning. The other
two inches fell during last night. beginning
with the first shades of the evening and
continuing until past midnight When the
sun peeped above the hills this morning not
a cloud was to be seen anywhere. and a
beautiful azure sky has marked the prog
reSs of Old Sol to the west. In many parts
Of the city the snow is much deeper than
the figures given out at the weather bureau
The staple was fine and dry, and the white
covering piled up readily to half foot in
depth. In drifting places this depth was
surpassed
Severity of the Weather.
The present cold spell has been felt per-
haps more generally than that marking the
advent of the new year, when the ther-
mometor, the morning of January ., in this
city, registered as low as one degree below
zero The cold wave on that occasion came
quickly, how ever. ard vert in the same
manner. While six degrees above the zero
mark is the lowest poirt reached by the
m marcury during the prevalent spell Of cold
ness, the frigid conditions have been in ovi-
dence for number of days and every one
is thoroughly chilled.
AT o'clock last night the thermometer
r gistered 20 degrees. 1t then began it's
downward career which continued for ex-
actly twelve hours. the coolest weather he
ing reported at o'clock this morning-six
degrees above. But tn sun warmed up
things pretty generally, and at noon the
uniucky figures II played a prominent part
in the thermometric register
Tha snowfall of Yesterday extended
through Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey
ard eastern Pennsylvania The fall was
lightest In Virginia. and, as stated, was the
heaviest IN Washington. Today fair waath-
section OF the country.
Removing the Snow.
The work of removing the snow from the
street crossings and the principal business
thCroughfares of the city is consuming the
whole attention of the street-cleaninc force
today. On the avenue big gang of work,
men are endeavoring to make short shrift
OF the neecy staple with some show of sue
cess Ihe loose surface snow is shoveled
into pilss which resemble miniature white
me untain peaks Then the carts come alone
and remove the mountains Sleighing is
being enjoyed by large number Of people
Inc rigs which were brought out and mol
lshed for the last snow ware not put
away, and there was little DELAY in tha an
pedTdhce OF nne cutters on the streets once
the snow had fairly covered the surface
me rapid transit street car lines all well
equipped for the combat with the snowy
element. experienced but little 5eIav In
some instances the slippery tracks neces-
STATED the running of single cars instead of
trains, but even this slight Inconvenience
was of short duration. The snow plows did
noble duty throughout the day ami evening
and today all the tracks are clear. The
morse car lines We're delayed to some ex-
tent. Four horses We're worked instead of
two and by this arrangement traffic was
continued as usual.
The Suffering Poor.
The cold has caused no end of suffering
among the needy residents of Washington
and vicinity The charitable organizations
and societies have been called upon to meet
unusual demands, and are consequently in
need or contributions. Practically all of
the cold weather of the winter has come
upon the poor people within the last thirty
days, ana their resources, always meager
and limited. have about failed. A number
of cases of dire distress have been reported
and relieved as far as possible The snow
hampers to some extent the operations of
the charities, or at least makes the work
of Succor more expensive. The police are
working in conjunction with the agents and
volunteers of the charitable organizations
and all that is possible is being done to re-
lieve the poverty stricken people.
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