Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-20

lower lake region and the middle Atlantic
states, and higher temperatures also pre-
vailed in the middle Mississippi valley, Ar
kansas and the southwest
An area of high pressure and colder
weather has moved southeastward from the
British possessions, and extended TINS
morning well into the Mississippi and upper
Mississippi valleys. Pressure is relatively
low over the southwest and trough or
low pressure extends from Kansas north
eastward to the lake region.
There will be rain tonight in the lower
Mississippi valley, Tennessee, the Ohio val
ley, and thence northeastward to the mid
die Atlantic states In the last named
snow will turn to rain Thursday, and the
rain area will extend into the cast gulf ana
south Atlantic states.
1t will be colder tonight In the lower
Ohio valley, and colder Thursday in Tennes
see. the lower Mississippi valley and the
Ohio valley. Warmer weather will prevail
tonight in Atlantic coast districts.
The winds along the Atlantic coast will
be mostly southwesterly; on the east gulf
coast fresh southeasterly, increasing.
ports will have light to fresh southerly
winds and snow or rain to the Grand
Banks.
The Mercury Ascends.
In Washington there has been a steady
rise of the mercury since the lowest notch
was touched yesterday morning at 8
o'clock when 2 degrees were registered,
making that the lowest record for several
years. At IL o'clock last night the record
was II degrees; at l o'clock 1t had dropped
to 10, where it remained for two hours.
then assembled at the rate of one or two
degrees an hour until today at noon, when
it registered 81 degrees Still rising. 1t had
touched 50 degrees at o'clock, and was
bouncing toward the top of the tube. 1t is
not likely that there will be even freezing
weather tonight. Too warm to snow, the
rryon OF mo hrfp vain br,f
probably not within twelve hours
In the frost-bitten sections of New York
and Pennsylvania the weather has even
more rapidly moderated than 1t has in this
city, the mercury having risen from 20 to
40 degrees throughout the section where 1t
resembled Greenland yesterday morning.
There is no sign of the second cold wave
that origtnat ted in the lake section yester-
day morning, and 1t Is believed that 1t took
turn toward the north and passed to the
coast via Canada, for which within Of the
weather there are many thanks being given
in Washington and elsewhere where yes
terday's wave got In it's work.
Gases of Destitution.
Many applications for aid are being
made at the police stations, but the police
are not supplied with food OF fuel to be
dispensed to the poor. The applicants are
referred to the Associated Charities. In
some few instances, where there was suf-
fering and immediate help was necessary,
the police contributed money for the pur-
pose. A number of persons have appear
ed during the present long siege of cold
weather who had not been forced to ask
for help for number of years. Some of
them wanted to know the location Of. the
"soup house. and had their buckets with
them
Speaking upon the subject of charity,
policeman said to a Star reporter that he
thought the establishment of several of
the 9p-oallai 70
buckets of hot soup. such as was done
years ago, would be a great aid to the
suffering poor and would be the means Of
doing the most good for the least money
Suffering for Food.
Sunday the Anacostia police were ap-
pealed to in a case in which a woman and
four children were suffering for the want
Of the necessaries of life. The last Of the
fuel on the premises was in the stove, and
the sick woman was seated near the stove
trying to keep warm. Her condition was
such that hospital treatment was neces-
sary and she was sent to Providence Hos
pHal.
The police say there was delay of some
thing like six hours in getting the woman
to the hospital, because they were unable
to get an ambulance sooner. The police
took up collection, and after dark they
had a grocer open his store and sell them
provisions, in order that the children might
be fed and saved unnecessary suffering
Samuel Frazier of Anacostia gave the fuel
that was necessary to keep the children