Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14


| day. From 10 below zero yesterday the
| mercury rose today to above zero Rail
road traffic. however, is yet considerably
| interfered with.
Coolest Since 1898.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, February 14.-The
government thermometer here today regis
tered degrees below zero 1t is the coolest
| day since February 13, 1898.
! CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 14.-In-
| tense cold continued today the official low
record in this city being below zero, che
| coolest day of the winter. In all points of
| the Ohio valley below zero temperatures
prevail. Along the ice-gorged river the sit
uation continues critical
Improvement in Southwest.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, February 14.-The
| temperature today in western Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian territory
points is thrty-five degrees higher than
yesterday, ranging from above at Spring
field Mo-, to "a above at Concordia, Kan.
Railway schedules have approached normal
conditions.
OMAHA, Neb., February 14.-Weather
conditions greatly improved today. A min
in,um of 90 degrees below zero was the rec
ord yesterday, but today it was % above
zero.
Conditions in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 1.-THE
official temperature in this city at o'clock
today was 6 degrees above zero. At the
same hour yesterday morning the murcury
was "a degrees above. In the suburbs, ac-
cording to the weather forecaster the tenn
perature dropped to zero.
Bitter Weather in Pennsylvania.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. February 14.--At
s o'clock today the mercury at Eaglesmere
registered IS degrees below zero, while at
Muncy Valley seven miles south of this
city, it was 30 below. In this city and
throughout West Branch Valley there was
an average of below.
ALTOONA, Pa. February 4.-This sec
ton of the state is experiencing bitter
weather Last night the temperature drop
ped to 10 degrees below zero. Passenger
trains over the Pennsylvania railroad are
running from one to four hours late.
POTTSVILE, Pa. February 14.-The
temperature registered II degrees below
zero in Schuykin county, north of the
Broad mountain today. In this city it was
) below.
PITTSBURG, Pa, February 14-Ther-
mometers registered from to 10 degrees
below zero in this city today. while in the
suburbs the lowest record was ID degrees
below. This is the coolest weather since
registered.
A shortage of natural gas caused much
suffering and Inconvenience in several por-
tionS of the city.
The cold weather has again closed the
Monongahela river.
In Southern Cities
LOUISVILLE, KY, February 14-Dan-
vile, Ky, today reported the coolest
weather in its history, the government
thermometer registering 12 degrees below
zero In Louisville it was five below. In
the south the low figure of s below is held
by Fort Smith, Ark.
Other reports follow: Chattanooga, be-
low; Little Rock. zero; Atlanta, Ca. .
above; Memphis, 2; Palestine Tex, 6, and
Montgomery and Vicksburg, 10 above
The minimum at Jacksonville was 26 de-
grees above, a fall of 80 degrees
The Ohio river remains frozen at Madi-
son, Ind The ice gorge atoLouisville has
moved slightly, but there has been a gem
eral checking of the ice by the cold wave
Maysville reports heavy floating ice and
a bad situation.