Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-14

his bed this morning. The official tenn.
perature early this morning was IA be-
low. the coolest ever known. The en-
listed men at Camp Shipp are well
equipped and suffered no Inconvenience
from the cold. Many sentrles, mainly
negroes. however, fell on their beats
from numbness and had to be taken to
the hospital to be thawed out.
AT ASHEVILLE.
Asheville, N. c.. Feb. 13.-The NOR
curry reached IA below zero here last
night, the coolest ever known but at
noon had moderated to 10 below. There
is much suffering.
IN FLORIDA.
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 13.-IJnprec-
edented weather visited northern Flor
IDA to-day. Sleet was followed by light
snow early this morning in all of west
ern and middle Florida. The lowest
temperature was two degrees below
zero Ut Tallahassee, nine degrees above
at Jacksonville and a tempera ture of
from 10 to 30 degrees in the orange
pelt. Winter growing vegetables were
Killed What damage was done to
orange trees is yet in doubt, subse-
Huent weather being an important fac
Tor IN determining. In the orange belt
the temperatures were not so low as
they have been. In northern Florida
the weather was unprecedented. The
SNOW or between midnight and daylight
was ioliowed by sunshine and q clear
SKY but with cold'northwest wind.
in PENNSYLVANIA
Hurrispurs, Pa, Feb. 13.-Harrisburg
- Storm bound. Twenty inches of
snow have fallen in the past twenty
TOUR hours. Passenger trains on the
railroads are from four to eight hours
late. i'oui
a handful of Senators and members
met IN JOINT Assembly at noon and went
through the form of balloting for n
uilited states Senator. There was no
was no choice for Senator.
IN NEW YORK.
New York. Feb. 13.--The storm
Mhich mas been raging since Saturday
nlsnt increased in violence to-day. be-
coming n thorough blizzard. SNOW reI-
an an DAY and is stiTl coming down. A
~, ,'sSr northwest wind drives the snow
In clouds through the streets s,nooni,,,
me sidewalks in some places and I'm
LINERS ,,,, ping up three feet snow drifts
ne street cleaning department aftor
Struggling for thirty-siX hours to cIoo =
me principal streets. gave up entirely
even surrenderng Broadway TO the
wind and snow.
III the suburbs. where the winds have
Tree sweeps. drifts are five to tom foot
high; street railroads have stopped nj
tosetner and suburban steam raiKPsd s
are blocked. Many neighborinr TOWNS
are cut off from New York altopetbar
courts had to be closed because of
me cold and the special Lincoln day
celebration and the theatres wars
thinly attended
All the charitable societies are taxed
beyond their resources, owing to IN.
suuuen demands. made upon them.
vi the $4,000 destitute families in tht,
CITY. as estimated by Blair. superlntep.
ueht OK the Outdoor Poor. nearly all
are either freezing or starving to-day
ihe task of Keeping railroad trains
In motion was almost herculean .rrain.
on all the roads are running behin6
time. e Deii'iio
AT CHICAGO.
Chicago. February 13.-After ba,ro
adrft on an ice foe in Lake NIichigan
LOT over fifteen hours, the five people
who were carried out SUNDAY evenine
by the breaking of the ice were res.
cued' and 1t is not expected that any
Oh them will be much the worse for the
experience Miss Orel Mannley, the
the only girl in the party. was uncon.
sclons from cold and exposure.
Young Arthur Fletcher, who made
an heroic effort TO bring them ashore
in his boat and who padded around
all night In the frail craft did not fare
so well, both his feet being badly
frozen. 1t is expected that he will be
cripple for life.
SEVERE SHOCK AT RADFORD.
Richmond. Va. Feb. 13-Radford. in
Southwest Virginia, reports an earth