Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-01
.SATAN'S FIRE IS OUT
TWenty-Six Degrees Below
Zero at DEVILS Lake.
COLD is COMING EAST FAST
Mercury Shrivels Up in St. Paul,
Mimi.
SNOW OVER THE MIDDLE WEST
Worst Spell of the Winter-Storm
Signals Out at the Coast Ports.
New York Shivers.
COLD is COMING EAST FAST
SNOW OVER THE MIDDLE WEST

following the cold spell which the city
has lust passed through After snow had
fallen for a time it ceased. and later rain
came down in torrents. making the streets
slushy and decidedly uncomfortable for
pedestrians.
| Despite the rise in the temperature the
municipal lodging house was filled to its
utmost capacity, and many poverty
stricken men and women were early to-
day sent over to the charity department
pier at the foot of East Goth street when
there was no more room for them in the
city rooming house.
The turning of the snow into rain made
conditions even worse for the poor. An
kle deep in slush and water many men,
women and children were waiting outside
the various charitable institutions. where
food and clothing is being distributed
today. Few of them had shoes that were
without gaping holes in both the sides
and soles and none had rubbers.
Much of the snow which had not been
| removed by the snow contractors was
washed into the sewers by the rain. and
thousands of dollars saved the city by
| the storm.
! Weather experts have discovered sec
ond cold wave. which is expected here
this afternoon or early this evening from
| the west. This storm is coming from
the northwest and will be accompanied
/ by high winds All steamships leaving
the Atlantic ports today have been
warned by the naval and maritime sta
tions to look out for one of the most Sc
we're gales that has swept the Atlantic
| in some months.
Coolest Spot Today.
ST. PAUL, February IA strong wind
from the northwest sent the mercury to
3 below zero here today. This cold is
coming from Regina, N. W. T.. where
the mercury registered so below today.
The coldest spot in the United States to-
| day was Devils Lake. N. D.. where
| the mercury registered 26 degrees below
| zero. The weather forecaster says the
| cold will continue until late Sunday night,
| when it will pass on to Chicago and to the
south and east. Territory to the south
| and east of here was covered today with
snow to the depth of ten inches in some
| places.
Nebraska Trains Late.
| LINCOLN. Neb.. February Intense
| cold and drifting snow this morning de-
| layed railroad trains in southern and
southeastern Nebraska. AT Lincoln the
minimum temperature was 3 degrees be-
| low zero. At McCook it was 10 below.
Blizzard in Missouri
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. February North
west Missouri is in the grip of the first
| blizzard of the winter. The mercury
reached zero early today, and snow fur
ries and high wind caused much suffering
| to livestock
Cold Wave in Kansas.
| TOPEKA. Kans. February IA cold
| wave prevails over Kansas today. The
! temperature stood a ; degrees below zero,
| the coolest day of the winter.
Record in Colorado
| DENVER. Col. February Last night
was the coolest of the winter in Colorado.
10 degrees below zero being recorded at
the weather bureau in this city.
Storm in Middle West.
/ CHICAGO February IA snowstorm
ragged last night over the Lake Michigan
and Lake Superior regions and in I'LL
nois. Indiana. Missouri. Wisconsin. Min
nese ia. the Da kotas. Iowa. Nebraska
and Kansas. The snowfall was accom-
panied by a high northwest wind. and
reached it's greatest severity in northern
| Iowa and the Dakotas. where low tenn
| peratGres were recorded.
| The wind reached "A velocity of thirty
| miles hour in Chicago. driving the
heavy wet snow before it with tremendous
! force and seriously interfering with street
! traffic. In the outlying districts traversed
by surface lines of street cars much diff
Guilty encountered in keeping the
| tracks open
In the height of the storm train on
the Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric
I line collided with motor car. the acci-
dent being due to the binding snow,
| which obscured the view Of the motor
man. Twentyfour persons were more or
less seriously injured. though none was
| fatally hurt. The injuries were chiefly
bruises and cuts from flying glass.
Storm From the Lakes.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. February l.
| Driven by Il northwesterly gale with a
| ~cIocity of forty to fifty miles an hour. a
! heavy fall OF sleet and snow last night
| anI early today caused serious inter
ruption to telegraph and telephone serv-
ice. and also resulted in delay to railway
/ traffic. The trains from the east were
! especially delayed by the storm the Lake
Shore limited from New York arriving
nearly two hours late this morning. The
street railway companies found great diff
Guilty in maintaining service. A Scovill
avenue car jumped the track on East 9th
street, as the result of a misplaced switch,
and swinging around on the icy pavement.
struck two men who were crossing the
| thoroughfare Both were badly hurt and
one will probably die.
Blizzard in Binghamton.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, February l.
With the thermometer near the zero
mark Broome county Is in the midst of
blizzard today. which crippled street car
service and delayed trains. The unem-
ployed are making applications for tempo
/ rary relief from the city.
ITO Victims Of Boyertown Disaster.
j ROYERTOWN. Pa, February death
last night claimed its 10th victim of the
/ apera house fire when Mrs Eva Toms