Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
COLD WAVE RECEDES
NO MORE SEVERE WEATHEI
PROBABLE HERE.
of Weather Bureau Verified,
However, by Drop in Mercury
Last Night.

The officials of Uncle Sans weather bu-
reau wear an expansive smile, due to the
fulfllment of their predictions as to the
character and species of weather that would
be served up to Washington today.
1.-The cold wave has done it's worst was
the encouraging salutation that Chief Will
lis Moore and Prof. Garriott, chief Of the
forecast division, extended to callers at the
bureau today. The officials had expected to
give Washington much colder weather than
was experienced today. However, their
prophesies as to the coming of the cold
wave were fully realized
The promised cold wave came on sched-
ule time. 1t originated in the southwest
and has been playing havoc the last few
days with the territory lying between the
eastern slope of the Rocky mountains and
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the
lake regions. 1t extended to Montana on
the north and Arizona on the south, then
started for the eastern states. AS it APP
preached the Mississippi the wave swung
to the northeast to a small extent, and as
result the gulf states, Alabama, Louisiana
and Florida, felt only the ''eddies'' of the
stiff breeze.
Begins Operations
AS had been predicted, the cold wave be-
gan to tinker with local thermometers last
evening. The mercury remained at the
thirty-one degree ledge the greater part of
Yesterday afternoon but the wave had a.
telling effect upon the mercury at o'clock
BY O'Clock it had fallen two degrees, and
at 10 1t registered twenty-five degrees. The
intensity of the wave became more pro-
nounced as the night wore on, and at mid
night the mercury lowered close by the
twenty-two-degree mark Two hours later
1t dropped nineteen degrees. AT o'clock
this morning the mercury was resting at
fourteen degrees above.
Old Sol put in an appearance this morning
and somewhat altered the plans of the
weather bureau for general freeze up"
Its rays were very penetrating, and warm
ed up the air, causing the thermometer to
climb six degrees between the hours of 8
and 10. By II O'Clock it had arisen to twen-
ty-two degrees and remained there for sew
eral hours. 1t is not probable that it will
go any higher this afternoon. On the con-
trary, the temperature will decrease as
evening approaches, and it is thought the
mercury will drop to fourteen degrees above
zero.
Following in the wake of the cold wave
the temperature in the west and southwest
has experienced general rise. When the
wave arrived here 1T went out of business.
Tkere is, at present, no more cold weather in
sight.
Infraction Of Snow and Tee Law.
Up to noon today the police department
reported to Warner Stutler, superintendent
of street cleaning, 1000 cases wherein the
snow and ice had not been removed from
In front of vacant houses and unimproved
lots within the fire limits. There were still
four police precincts to hear from, and II
is estimated that by evening at least 1900
cases of violation of the new snow and ice
law will have been reported.
Mr.. Stutler today sent out his regular
street cleaning force of about 500 men, who
were instructed to remove the snow and ice
from the sidewalks in front of these va
cant lots when possible, and in cases where
the ice could not be conveniently removed
to sprinkle sawdust on the walks. The
owners will be fined IS for each violation
of 81 will be levied against each lot of
twenty-five feet front from the sidewalk
of which the District removes the snow and