Evening star., 1908-01-30
KING WINTER IS BACK
Plays a Return Engagement in
This Region.
MERCURY WAY BELOW ZERO
How Would You Like to Be the
Coal Man!
BOSTON IS NICELY ICED UP
Chicago Is Not So Cold, But the
Rest Of the Northwest Has
the Shakes.
MERCURY WAY BELOW ZERO
BOSTON IS NICELY ICED UP
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK January :so-A cold wava
that came whooping ont OF the north
/ west yesterday afternoon and sent the
mercury tumblng was very much in eNi-
dence today. At sunrise this morning thc
official thermometer registered degrees
above zero Al 10 o'clock ii was de
grecs warmer.
I The coolest day of the winter was re-
ported from upstate points. being very
severe in the Adirondack region. The most
/ frgid spot Mountain View. where
the mercury dropped TO "a degrees below
zero. At Owls Head Is was 81 below, and
al Malone 80 below.
Western cities reported cold weather.
| Chicago degrees above zero. and Buff
| falo 6 above. Cincinnati had 1t com
! paratively warm. however. with d temper
ature of Il degrees above. 1t was ger-
orally fair in the northern part Of the
country
! The icy blasts which swept down on tie
! city sent the mercury tumbling TO the
lowest point of the present season and
brought intense suffering to thousands
and even death came to some.
Patrick Allen. who for forty years had
/
cold and exposure just as he was about
to finish his nights work and tumbed
from the platform of his car into the
street lie was taken to the hospital IN
| a dying condition.
i John j. Harrington news dealer. Was
! found lying in roadway in the Bronx, SO
badly frozen that he died soon after being
| taken to a hospital.
| 4 man who said he was Ginter Empei.
! twenty-eight years old. was found lying
insensihlc in Union Square. He had
slipped on the icy pavement and sus-
tained a fracture OF the hip and had been
lying helpless "A long time before he was
found. He is in Il hospital in critical
condition. Sixteenyear-o Charles Jack.
son also is in serious condition at
hospital, result of exposure.
From O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
when the temperature stood at 30 degrees
above zero. the cold increased steadily
until = o'clock this morning. when the
mercury stood ut only g degrees above.
\ high wind came with the cold wave.
Zero Weather in New England.
BOSTON, January 30-New England
today for the first time this winter is eN-
periencing zero weather. The cold wave
was particularly welcomed by the ice
dealers. especially those i'll southeastern
New England \ stiff gale blew all last
night. and incoming shipping not onlY
showed the effects Of the battering. but
some of the vessels were badly iced UP.
In some parts of Connecticut the ther-
mometer registered I. below zero. Ice
harvesting this wear is being done ut low
rates on account of the large number Of
men out of work. The men in Winsttd
and vicinity are paid 10 cents an hour on
the pond and 13i2 cents III the houses,
these beng the lowest rates paid i'll years.
The crop far has been light.
Eastern Pennsylvania Around Zero.
PHILADELPHIA. January 3o.-The
coolest weather OF the winter in eastern
Pennsylvania was experienced today when
the temperature in the mountain regions
i went below the zero mark. The minimum
| temperature in this city was IL degrees
above zero The weather in the western
part OF the state is warmer than that in
the east.
SO Degrees Below Zero.
4 CHICAGO, January 30.-The coolest
weather Of the season came TO Chicago
Yesterday. The lowest point reached i'll
the city was at $50 am, when the gov
ernment thermometer registered two
| tenthS of "A degree above zero. In The
! suburbs lower temperatures were re-
ported Many Chicago street Their
/ mometers recorded > degrees below. Char
ity associations today began preparations
| to alleviate the SufferinSs caused by the
! cold weather.
i Reports received from the northwest
/ give Green Bays temperature as II be-
i low: Madison. 10. Duluth. 2s; st. Paul. -.
/ and Milwaukee. d. Superior, Wis. WAS
I the coolest point on the weather map,
/ thermometers there registering 32 below
zero.
Zero Weather in Maryland.
! Special Dispatch The Star.
/ HAGERSTOWN Nd January Cicero
weather prevailed al a number of points
| in this section OF Maryland this MORN
ing there having been decline of 20
degrees in tile temperature since yester-
/ Glr Today is the coolest OF the winter.
4 thermometers ranging from to 10 above
| in HasarStown. All small streams and
! ponds are frozen over and indications
| point to a iine harvest OF natural Ice.
Special Dispatch The star.
/ FONDA, y T., January After mid
! night last night. the thermometer dropped
IN The Mohawk Valley from Il to 20 de-
sreeS below zero. the coldest weather by
I II degrees this winter. Many telegraph
I and telephone wires have been broken be-
/ cause OF the extreme cold weather.
Firemen Suffer Intense Cold.
I Special Dispatch The star
+ MONTREAL. Quebec January go
i With the mercury - below zero. causing
/ intense sufferins among the iire-iighters,
i 4 fire swept through the wholesale dis
\ trict cary this morning, starting N the
wholesale paint and o.l house of +. ID.
/ Dods &, Co. in McGill street aud spread
ing both north and south, damaged the
/ buildings occupied by Hermann Wolf &
/ Co. wholesale woolens and +. f.. Walker
&; Co. wholesale hardware. The total loss
! will be SltD,pbi
/ Firemen after paying upon the fl imss
! from ladders. found themselves frozen
/ fast and their comrades were DOL Sed 10
cut them out be.ore they could get from
| their positions.
/ Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
| PLATTSBURG, y. V. January :W.-1he
! thermometer registered Is below zero IN
/ this city today. Al Lake Placid II was
! 80 below; Saranac Lake. <. below; Dan
! namora. - below, and Paul Smiths .S
below.
UTICA y. Y. January 3U.-csntral
| and northern New York experiences the
coolest weather of the season last night.