Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-29

ing ice hard and knit the cakes together.
New ice from an inch to ywo inches In
thickness forms every night and the snow
that has fallen in the river in the past
twenty-four hours put 1t just right for a
good freeze. The snow In many places is
lying on the water In mushy mass and
little cold weather will soon make 1t hard
ice From Alexandria to Glymont the river
is full of ice, but below GlymoY it is COM
paratively free.
General Weather Conditions.
According to the weather bureau the dis
turbance noted yesterday morning in the
Gulf of Mexico has moved slowly north
eastward, its center this morning being
some distance of the Carolina coast. Its
movement northeastward has been attended
by rain in the coast districts 3of the south
Atlantic states and Florida. and heavy
snow from western North Carolina north
eastward to New York city. The heaviest
fall was about seven inches, in western
North Carolina and along the eastern slope
of the Appalachians, in Virginia and Mary
land. Snow has also fallen in southern New
England and locally in the Missouri valley.
1t was colder this morning In the middle
Mississippi valley and decidedly warmer in
the northwest, where temperatures have
risen 80 to 40 degrees in the last twenty
four hours.
Snow will continue in the middle Atlantic
states tonight and rain along the south At
lantic coast. The weather Saturday will be
generally fair. with rising temperature in
the Ohio valley. the lower Mississippi val
ley and the east gulf states.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh to brisk northwesterly; on the
south Atlantic coast light to fresh north
westerly and on the east gulf coast light
to fresh northerly. 49,
Storm warnings are displayed on the At
lantic coast from Eatteras to Cape Cod
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
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Vessels Delayed.
The steamer Calvert of the Weems line,
which left here yesterday afternoon at B
o'clock, on her way to the lower river land
ings and Baltimore, was detained over
night at Alexandria by the binding snow
storm and Ice in the Potomac between this
city and Glymont She left Alexandria
about 1880 o'clock this morning In order to
have daylight to ruin through the Ice.
The Randall line steamer Wakefield. due
here early this morning from lower Poto-
mac landings, did not arrive here until
about / pm, having been detained by the
snow and heavy ice. Capt Reed reports
ice in the river below Indian Head to this
city.
On the Speedway.
Tomorrow is speedway day on the 18th
street park drive. If the snow lasts until
then the members of the Road Drivers
and Riders Association and their friends
contemplate a gala day with their
sleighs.
There are number of very fast road
horses in the city, and among the lot sew
eral crack snow gOerS, whose owners are
anxious to have contest with each other
over the beautiful"
If the snow affords proper footing it is
proposed to rendezvous at list street and
Maryland avenue at I o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and proceed on runners in pro-
cession to the entrance to the temporary
speedway and there round up the after
noon with speed contests
The ASSOCIATION invites all lovers of the
sport to participate. Srs