The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-29

flashes he Of binding blue light gllnted q
across the snow * car would move q
Fey rect ana ston then ga.hsT Fl FaE ANY,
ana then for a second time come to
halt. The best Of this sort of moving
was bad For spells of an HOUR n tn the
West End car could not v BE- nG9a tere
was no help for the situation
ounering Among Poor.
The aesthetic value Of snow v,s, ,as IS
f fution y i i ieave ssA in i It's wake
within \ Ii the ruddy glow Of a warm fire
side and gaze from front window, over
the housetops, over the hills and ID . far e,
away It was oil White pure ana er gea and
the osuislde. Each f6ake was prism as
it passed between the gas lamp al ana IL a,ie
man who looked 1t was beautiful. raw
ishing -
In his hovel the beggar crlnsed and a ID
gnsped for help The sp hn dpoy his un ery
f Are de- Id aid cheerless areside as #
was. In a corner shiverlng, his wire ,a
his child were hngg 4, hs each 4ener was IS
no bread In the cupboard; no th IRE y, r. th ro
stove; no hope in the heart. me n sui T.
ing was intense. and 1t pressed heuViiy
gun. The Methodist Mission was over
come yesterday with gaunt, hungry, sne a :
filled but many had to be turned away va. =
The police stations harbored few, This
mornng Min Wiley VIII dSih Ts 9se p n05
Vide for some Of the suffering ones. The
Citizens relief Association and the other
i charitable organizations VIII grapple VIII
{ Sut c9 hey are EaSy han 81
| lack Of funds Is distresslng:., the, SLOT
Of supplies is very scan1ty me c,,z1 hs
i Work. Of relieving a suffering humanity.
conditions Are Similar.
There is no telling what today wi wi,
bring. At the present writing the storm
Is put partially aba5ed the tbern IN no
B the Slightest Indication. Hof a change.
The weather man said yesterday ~ !, Una q,
the ouleok was for o f9nt u 5nn E 20 @
got GOT warmer sai; ifinot, it would snow. |
Ras not gotten wartner.lThe official fore 9.
cast Is for probable snow ORA or ram ann woie
cause ''I rain. with possibility Of slee ct
If it got colder after that. To-day is N!
anniversary OF storm OF Sleet ana ma, f't TN
conditions yesterday were In many re
spects Identical with those, OF Februa1;. J..
ii. 1899, the first day, Of the long . o oha
of snow fell then. The storm began 4,
500 on the afternoon Of February 18th
and ended al $50 p. NJ. on .,Eebruar:
Hin. What the city LOCKED hi ike Sea ife'
map map Of February ii, 1890. was cqmpqre'
yesterday with the weather map OF Jan
uary 2S 1904. The essential features wer
practically Identical. In the West wa
a region Of high temperature on bon
in the East, parallel with u, was SIN ~
gulf copst. was the low temporarily
from which the storm had come; w;
there be repetition Of the 1897 bllzZard
The indications thus far are distinctly
favor Of such thing The weather M
Of Yesterday contains the following 1ul
letin of conditions prevailing throughou
. the country: L.,
, ''The barometer pressure Is highest owe e
!, the North Pacific slope, IN the uppe
Missouri Valley and in the Middle a.
9 lantic and New England states ana
2 is lowest In the east Gulf region. ~
1 area OF relatively low pressure also e. eS
= lists in Montana. Tho temper atures nay
= risen lin the Mississippi Valley and POI
9 tons Of the Southern. and south a,
i iantic States: fallen In the upper Nilsson
= Valley and the northern Plateau rsglol
also as'i IN the New England States and p r.
: mained about stationary elsewhere p e.
q cipitaton has occurred during the RI
E twenty-four hours in the Gulf ana SOUL
4 crn States. the lower Lake reglon an
! the Missouri and upper mississippi w
leys, Light fog Is prevailing at IaHpa'