Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22

TIC dlteiuoOil II Was 1UU degrees ABOVE zero
In the sun. At jamestown, N. Y, they
were using open trolley cars and the
passengers were enjoying the experience.
Cleveland Ohio, reported one case of
heat prostration. Philadelphia said that all
its parks were full of pedestrians and We
hicles. -
Caterpillars were reported to be crawl
Ing about in Burlington, VT, and stray but
terflies were seen in Rutland. Navigation
was open on Lake Champlain, an almost
unheard of thing at this time of the year.
and the st. Lawrence was not blocked with
ice.
Blizzard From Southwest.
While all this was going on. from the
southwest, from Oklahoma and the ad-
joining districts came reports of the bliz-
card. st. Louis, which might be expected
to participate in warm. weather. announced
that sleet had stopped it's street cars Snow
was falling further in the southwest, and
the peach crop of the district was said to
be entirely destroyed.
How far the temperature will fall tonight
could not be estimated. The cold wave will
bring drop of forty degrees for the mid
Ole west but the wave is becoming weaker
ana there may not be a drop of more than
ten or fifteen degrees. There may he local
rains and in the states to the west some
sleet or hail, but there Is no radical change
yet in sight
Weather experts. who acknowledge this
~ pN q iculdIhdDIS winter, dScrlbe II all
TO the detection of the areas of depres-
sion This year they are detected into
the st. Lawrence region instead of coming
eastward, and that causing a suction draws
INTO INTO the eastern district the warm airs
from the gulf stream and the south So
soon as the waves can travel directly east
ward there will be plenty of cold weather
but when that time is to come is not
definitely known.
1t was just one year ago that this same
district OF spring weather was making
ready for blizzard, which ended week
!ater IN being The worst one since the
blizzard of 1883.
Pittsburg SHELTERED; One Frustrated.
Pittsburg was the hottest city in the
country yesterday. The thermometer reg
istered l4.5 degrees, which was half a de-
gree above the record. One man was pros
trated, Stephen Hymes of Mingo Junction,
Ohio, who dropped into Pittsburg on
visit He is in the Pittsburg Hospital in q
serious condition
All the drug stores put on extra holm ana
the slzz of the soda water fountain and the
rattle or Ice cream spoons drowned out the
call OF the church bells. Early in the morn
ing lhe street car company posted up the
summer Sunday schedule. The company
calculated well, for 1t carried So 900 persons
to the parks alone.
Every vehicle in the city was out, porch
parties were the popular form of amuse-
placed furs. Overcoats were worn on the
arms, when carried at ALL At midnight the
streets were crowded by residents of the
congested districts, who were seeking fresh
er and cooler air than that of their own
neighborhoods.
Caterpillars on Streets in Vermont
At Burlington yesterday the government
thermometer touched 81 degrees in the af-
ternoon. The streets were muddy and cater
It'll
Champlain is free of ice.
At Rutland a maximum temperature or
Go degrees prevailed and delightful weather
conditions, many people occupied their
piazZas, doors and windows being left wide
open. Snow has disappeared ana butter
flies We're seen for the first time this year.
In New York Cities
At Troy the thermometer touched 81 de-
grees above zero and was still 80 degrees
above at 10 o'clock last night. Wasps were
flying about Local icemen have not yet
harvested a cake of ice and are fearful that
they will not be able to do so this season.
AT Syracuse genuine summer weather
conditions prevailed. The local weather bu-
reau station was closed and no official tenn
perature taken, but from y to IA degrees
were registered in many parts of the city.
At Buffalo the temperature was the high
est ever recorded in January. The mercury
touched % IN the 1t was 81
degrees year ago. The nearest approach
to yesterdays record was in 1874, when II
was 30 degrees.
AT Binghamton 1t was the warmest Janu-
airy day for thirty years. The temperature
was TO-
At Schenectady the atmospheric condi-
tons We're phenomenal for this season. The
thermometer registered 50 degrees above
zero and the humidity was high.
At Poughkeepsie midsummer crowds
thronged the streets because of the weather
conditions. The maximum temperature reg
istered 65 degrees.
At Gloversville at 3 o'clock yesterday the
thermometer registered 80 degrees, the
warmest January day on record and % de-
grees warmer than year ago
At Albany the weather was like that of
later April The streets were filled with
Easter-like crowds. The temperature reach
ed IS, the highest here in January since
1890.
Too Hot in Philadelphia.
At Philadelphia yesterday a maximum
temperature of 50 degrees prevailed at 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and the hu-
nudity averaging more than 90 per cent.
The city experienced the warmest twenty
four hours of the winter. The minimum
temperature was AS degrees att 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
Ealmy spring-lke weather brought out OF
doors an unusually large number of per-
sons Fairmount Park and other favorite
promenading places were filed with per-
sons who found the warm sun and unsea-
sonable temperature bit uncomfortable.
Lowest Temperature Saturday.
The vagaries of the weather are mysteries
even to the weather-wise scientists who
look after the governmental weather re-
ports Both last winter and winter before
were very cold. and at this time of the year
Washington was icebound, and a hot fire
was comfort. So far this year the wealth
err has been fine. but little snow. no ice, and
no necessity for a big coal bill to keep
warm.
Yesterday the lowest temperature regis
tered was 80 degrees year previously on
the corresponding day the thermometer
registered % degrees, and tightiy-b'sttoned-
up coats were In order. January 10 of both
this and hast year the temperature was the
same--33 degrees being the lowest record of
both days. January is this year the record
shows minimum Temperature of 81 de-