Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-14

TWO CENTS.
| perature has risen continuously until at o
| o'clock it had passed the 20-degree mark
Staten Island is perhaps the greatest suf-
| ferer from a tie-up of transportation facil-
| tiles. Neither trolleys ror steam cars are
| In operation. and most of the residents
| there are unable TO leave their homes.
| Two more deaths from the effects of the
| storm are reported this morning. Mrs.
Charles Morrissey. a widow, aged seventy
Of Jersey City, was out in the storm yester-
| Gay when she sank exhausted I'm the snow.
| she was carried into a nearby store hut
| died before medical assistance could arrive
Mary Do.an; aged seventy, found
| liozen TO death in her room on 1st avenue
TINS city, this morning. She had appar-
el'tIy been dead couple of days.
Legislators Are Snowbouud
| ALBANY. n. Y, February 14.-Up to the
! hour for the converting of the legislature
no trains had yet arrived In Albany from
any direction. The train which left New
York at l O'Clock yesterday afternoon is
still stalled down the river. and MANY mem
bers of the legislature are detained there.
! 1T is said at the office of the New York
| central railroad that the train known as
the legislative train. which was due here
| at 4 10 yesterday, is not expected TO arrive
| until late this afternoon.
| This is the first time that legislative sas-
/ slons have been interfered with because OF
| a. blockade of traffic for two successive
| Gays since 1883.
| The Hub Under Deep Snow.
BOSTON, February 1i.-Boston and vi
entity Is snowbound today after two days
| and two nights continuous snowfall The
streets are badly blocked. trains are stalled
| and on all sides the snow is piled into great
| drifts, some of which In the suburbs reach
| TO the second-story windows
| The street-car lines, by continuous effort
| on the part of the management, wore kept
| reasonably free from snow and cars were
| kept running all night. This proved of
| great advantage to suburban residents this
| morning, as the electrics were able to make
| iair time, while on nearly every steam road
| everything was tied up. Hundreds of men
| were at work, however, and engines and
snow ploughs were pulling on all sides and
| there was promise that the tracks soon
| would be cleared.
| SPRINGFIELD. Mass. February 1.-THE
city Is buried under eighteen inches of snow
| All traffic on street and steam railroads is
| practically blocked The Boston and AL
| bany had NOT sent out any trains up to $50
| TINS morning, and the officials stated that
| rome would be started before noon The
| street railway company has large gangs of
| men at work cleaning their tracks. but the
| wind is so high that the work is slow
Business is at standstill 1t will cost
| the city of Springfield $4,000 to clear the
streets so that travelling will be possible.
NORWICH, Conn, February 14.-Norwich
| is literally isolated a result of the biz
| Zard, and citizens are busy digging them
| selves out of the great drifts Of snow. Traf-
| fic of all kinds is entirely suspended. The
| railroads have been completely blocked since
| IL o'clock last night
Sunshine in Baltimore.
| BALTIMORE, Md, February 1.-THE
| weather of today affords perfect contrast
to that of yesterday. The wintry blasts
| have gone and are replaced by the mildest
| breeZpS he
given way to clear skies and the sun is
shining brightly. AT IL o'clock the ther-
mometer recorded l. degrees above zero,
| and Is rapidly rising
! The effects of the blizzard are still to be
seen, however, in great drifts everywhere.
The streets are lined with banks of snow
and ice ten to twelve feet high, the street
| cars are blocked in all parts of the city,
| but two lines being open before noon.
I The markets are closed and the food sup
| ply of all kinds is short because of ina bility
| OF grOcerS, butchers, dalrymen and others
to make deliveries. Oysters. fish and other
sea food are scarce and growing scarcer,
| because of the heavy ice in the bay and
| river, which hastily suspended navigation
Trains on the various railways leading
into Baltimore have not Yet been resumed
! and with few exceptions no effort is beng
made to run them, the entire attention of
the railway officials being devoted to an
EFFORT to clear the tracks within as short
time as possible.
Freight ana passenger traffic on the Bal
umore and Ohio railroad between Cumber-
land, Washington, Philadelphia and inter-
mediate points and this city is completely
at standstill. Last night ended all eff
forts to get trains through the immense
drifts at some places, where the tracks run
! between embankments nearly fifty feet
deep. AT the office of General Superinten-
dent Fitzgerald in Camden station II was
said that the tracks between here and
Washington and also between here and
Philadelphia would probably be passable
py night and that tomorrow it was expect
ed that the main line to Cumberland and
points in Virginia would be Open
Reports from all parts Of the CITY and
outlying country tell of dozens of cases of
prostration by the fierce cold of yesterday
and last night, and many narrow escapes
| from death are related.
| WILMINGTON, Del, February 14.-UiI-
| mington emerged from the blizzard this
| morning bright and smiling but buried un-
| der snow drifts that completely stopped
travel on all the steam railroads passing
| through the CITY
The through trains from New York for
| Washington that started out yesterday, but
| could not get Though We're held at Havre
de Grace and this city. The passengers are
being entertained at hotels until the road
| is opened. Gangs of men with locomotives
| and snow plows, are at work and IT is
| expected to have trains under way by even
| ing.
| Situation at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-THE
storm has abated in this vicinity and 10 a.
m. the sun is shining brightly, the wind
is blowing only moderately and the ther-
mometer registers degrees above zero.
The snow ceased falling about a. m. with
record of nineteen inches since Saturday
night This came or top of about ten
| inches that had fallen during the last week
| Trahic of every sort is absolutely at a
| standStill. The trolley tracks are buried
| under yards of drifted snow and the task
| OF digging them out, which was started al
/ daybreak by thousands of men, seems a
| hopeless one. As the snow is too deep TO
| allow the passage of cabs and wagons only
| minimum amount of business is being
| transacted The railroads are almost COM
| petely tied up.
| Trying to Clear Coal Roads
| POTTSNILLE, Pa, February 14-FulIy
| lo,o0o men are at work in the coal regions
| clearing the railroad. The PENNSYLVANIA
| Railroad Company has posted notices call
| ing for hundreds of men to clear the tracks
| The Reading Railroad Company has called