Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-07

flgnt degrees above zero.
The record cold wave of the present
winter reached Washington this morning.
1t came down from the Canadian north
west. where they cook things with fri
gidity instead of heat. Accompanying
the wave were marrow-chilling winds
that blew with gale-like velocities from
the icy northwest.
The mercury in the weather bureau
thermometers reached the eight-aboye-
zero point at Q o'clock this morning and
continued at that marked down" figure
| until Z o'clock, when 1t began slowly to
rise. reaching degrees bysS O'clock In
the early morning hours the atmosphere
fairly cracked with its crispy coldness
Record Cold of Winter.
The record cold temperature of the
winter and the year was reached this
morning" Prof. Edward B. Garriott said.
1t was just one-tenth of a degree colder
| than the previously coolest day. Decem-
Der 30. when the mercury registered 1t
lilo degrees above the zero mark. Con-
ailons VIII moderate slowly in the next
Few days The atmosphere will be a few
degrees warmer tonight than II was last
night and this morning.
Inc cold wave was central yesterday
over the upper Mississippi valley. II
started on its journey from the Hudson
pay region At Canton, n. Y, this
morning the thermometers gave read
ing Of y degrees below zero making
canton the coolest place in Uncle sans
domains. At Northfield, Vt. 1t was IL
oeIo". ~ below at Albany and above
zero at New York city Reports from,
the interior and western sections state
tnat 1t is warming up some With the
exception of some rain in Texas there
is no precipitation reported or is there
any expected.
The drop in the temperature here from
yesterday to this morning was "a de-
grees. The prevailing winds added to
the discomfort. and made conditions ap-
pear TO be worse than they really were
Polar Bears Like It.
me grounding prediction finds addf-
tlonai verihcation by the prevailing north
pole brand of frigidity. The only creatures
hereabouts that really enjoyed the change
were the polar bears at the Zoo. They
fairly reveled in the extreme iciness, the
keepers said.
Government clerks and others going ia
thelr places of business this morning in
the biting air wore their greatcoats but
toned up to their chins. and earlets, muf-
fiers and the like became fashionable
VI AZURE the n0nce.
There was fiuster of snow just after
noon yesterday, but the silent work Of
the skies soon ceased, and people re-
marked 1t was too blamed cold to snow
The Eastern branch of the Potomac was
frozen from shore to shore, and there
We're other evidences that the hoary old
! Ice King was 'on the job" Cold wave
| flags were flying from many weather sta
tions and at headquarters in this city
| The intense cold caused much suffering
among the poor in the alleys and tene-
ments of the District. Homeless men
Mis- sion, the Gospel Mission the municipal
| lodging house and other similar places
| to get under cover from the pitiess ele-
ments Cast-off clothing was given to
the needy.
More than 100 unemployed men were
in the bread line at the Gospel Mission.
lG'0 pennsylvania avenue, this morning.
They were given hot coffee and bread.
River Steamers in Ice.
In spite of the heavy northwest gale OF
last night heavy ice formed on the Po-
tomac and the officers of the steamers
arriving here this morning from river and
bay ports report having run through it
from a point about fifty miles down the
river to this city. The ice in the vicinity
of Clifton Beach and from that point al
most to Fort Washington varies from an
inch and a half to three inches in thick
ness and interfered considerably with
navigation
The weather on Chesapeake bay and
the river was the coldest Of the season,
and the steamers coming into port were
covered with ice from pilothouse to
waters edge The spray, whipped up by
the wind, froze as it struck the hull and
house of the steamers, and formed q
Goa ting an inch more in thickness all
over them. Navigation is completely
closed to sailing vessels and until the
ice melts or is blown ashore a tugboat
will be needed to take them up or down
the river.
Rough weather was experienced en
Chesapeake bay last night by the boats
of the Norfolk lines, the spray from the
seas striking the steamers bows. flying
at times completely over the tops Of the