The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-26
Ere zingJ Winds I Is: lFl'J' Hold
High 4! II Carnival {, a, i ! / a I,
81Ss 01Si VI Here n:
PEDESTRIANS FACED 4
STIN GIN g SIN J \ O'vN'F 1 | FALL. 4 u J.
While Street Car Car and Rally Railway
Traffic Was Not No Interferedtss :stss \
With seri riously, 4, WI,aallkin'g al I &,
a " md Hauling Was ial' Haz-. EaE'la
xardous and Dis )l| y.
~ Is agreeable. &

agreeable. n
northumberland ,sit1 common wi til almost the
entire c,,ur,try with the possible excer:-5
tio,i H OF 81 tho Pacific coast g nj satfc gull
shore, !, . in the frigld clasp Of q mighty
Il eod wave. Al j i u extends oyer the entire
area between tho Rockies and lle-s
shanies. the Mercury dropping tot ,A,Is sero
and far below Iii tho OK trelrle mort
n cr,iS portIors of the country,t " icrc sue
alow temperatures urc not unusual tl. here
l IL iio snoH " iii Is Tho II area bet Y cen thoE
I'm ROCK ics and tl,c mississippi River. but
24, many portions of n ho area ea q tho
mighty rivor congclatio 81. ir,55i5 apds y 5
there il rlorc or less sno NJ q u
@lys low md lowering teinperntn lures. .5ss
$In the region embruclng The idle 4 t-
s1antc ana Northern tlant tic s'a tes con-
@dltiops approxlnating q blizzard of 1 trl.s
s#ts,la severity prevail Till city rs near
3#tc, southnI1i boundary ot the storm arei,
ai,l In ca tchingg tho scvcrcst 'vcat hur 81
Tho Wi Tor. es yn by long ODDS dds
thc most greeabe da he seas
a son IL riot tho coldcst thc Y; NJ fNari; theri-
1nnnctrlc rocords. The yn u guar rd q fS3 the
aSstorn 1 fls t blew sont OF tho vest q arriy
lesd,ty night in THO form of a rlzz llpE,
cold rain. hardly more han 2 MIST ats y
Mfrst, but developing ter ID ~ q tdo|h
i,o,ir % fine. drops, y du the s
might devc cloped ssno VI q p s lltle sglt,
S$nccot1inanied by a kean nor ives Niflu uS
TINT drove the sharp Icy q kcs scurtyi 81
into Tie eyes of ped cstria Iis. The wind
$Jas $Jncrea sed vi, velocity M tho sno pc gan,
s88and while less than an Il In IA of snow
a covered tho ground ut dawn, II 8had pecn5 II
%hlow,,I to ;l4 greater dcpt h In many places
with the snoa can y crop .1l5
tcmpera tire. until nlornln tStnes$
mercury tes rees - s4 III
showed All Day IlS5ss,
pro a Of suiisR earl r. the unE
SS morning was soon III aWal wed " UP M 2
81 rruy misty atnosphe and the Witla 70
@acrca sed in velocity alid keenness. driylng
The fallen flakes through he II ana 31hto
ii Tie faces of the hurrying thousan s,. nds 8on
t tho streets. III Then came "a lptiooiAi q
sthc cold furry OF sno con tlnulng Spralc-
@ticajly All dny y.S al 40 N no 4
#,,,, III, i a,, ahowcd little change OF tcnl-
neraturc; +; ana the noon report was out 2
aerrcc or two better. During tho aftcr-I s.
noon5 inc shining liquid crept5 graduaal!ly
3,,,,u, a until about & ]. . 81, wi On q was
4 rcyistcred. I. From that time on there was
4 rradlal drop. until % yy;ls n rea g G ched &c
81 about II r. NJ From hat = our On On ware st
into tho night the glittering giopule STOW,
Nv sank In tho tube I'M ~ - ~ n Se'.
down In the teens, with the protn.ses t,,n
ut would reacl singlo fes 'sI
dawn to- \, !. J, - ], I ~
rrI OH, tnH Il hat ksaSt
.an,nern t,1ra seem even me roa asev ~ aug "
nersons on the street last night geneTlaalliv l,,
$8 rsn,a rl,cd on the cold. The skies nre sun sun
,,aden under gray u cloud banks that l
,hwers over tho Garth, threatening a a re- rei
Il sumption Of the snow fali # Y
sss Not in the Way Much.
s II, Y - y ID not sufficiently daep In this
~ or ia this section to Int ferei seri
ivI'n,the,.a with railway or s street ral q! way
afficI Trains generally are 81 g pout b 9 oll
81 tirna. ~ nut little delayed, Business shriV-
c'nd beforc tho blast yesterday ahd 3tne = q.
stractY were almost deserted, even c ~ Ftis ".
busiest hours OF the feW golns ~.
Ii save tho SO who had ln,pcra We pus '
.outdonr1 M s work of almost every sort was
T. @8snsnended. ana man. spent the day Q aroulN'a "
59,ha 9fires ide instead OF out OF doors,
#5SH,rhn 4 20 n,ngf OF tho cold wave ca'lgMht ny
many persons short OF fuel and y ere .Was y! Y.
4 T,,sh. OF orders for coal and Woo, , Wilct
tho dealers found n 1t difficult to Supply
FL on account OF tho slippery streets n,la n,
the unavoidable delay ~ de elivers ", ~ ~
& varo,,s dealers had I'LL tlclrs teams busy
8yesterday hauling fuel to patrons rlccs
~ 5i,nveS not been further advance s,.. 4.
33 n'he tya rious charitable antzn tons iall
S$ rnoliZe1 that the advent OF 4 an lmpcn
Ing blizzard would bring demands Il upon
them una are gener9lly endeayoring t g
supply the needs Of those who cal !! ior q
mid. Many trainps drfted into g, 1tle. cllS
for shelter, aud al fonna
#odists Institution at Main ana q Alileleppttn
AZ Streets, and tho Baptist Nc)g hhor : l'ood
House on East Franklin street, !, man y p
plied for food or lodging or bot thsl Alost
&oftheso were made comfor rtable with hot
food and giye, work by mea ms OF which
they might earn q lodging fa no 9 io9a @ !,
The police stations, oe & !, oiten.st
RI shelter Ia those who applied, At the t,lrs
NJ station last night two Etianps were s'Ve'
5lia lodging, and tho same N lumber hau ul'-
Il nlcd and been given quarters at the SEQ
g&ond Station, H a 81 gs n *
Demands From the Poor y.
III with the coolest weather Of the season
predicted for to-day, there Is eYery proar
n pect that many demands Will be mas q
N upon the organized charities Tor reliaf and
assistance. Contributions Of money and
donations Of clio hing, bedding, food ard
II fuel, shoes and q arel OF every sort VIII
be utilized for The 5rellef f&of des1i tlon.S S
Despta The high Winds, the yarso +
IA railways md telegraph cofnranle les report
M their wires In good shape Wit h no @tnfer,
Eruption of business. Tho Western Uni Nv
had some troubl wit til a Wire northward
Yesterday, hut AT was soon remedled,a n The
fact that the ground lad 3becomel harderl-
8 cd and frozen be foro tho wind came erl7
Eabled tho poles and Wires 10 8hetteri With
stand the forco OF the wind. UsuallS
greatest damaga y done e. wltes when
4 poles ave thus easily prostrate te9