Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-07

NcuTsy OuC HIGH Ol E0Bu ACah ~ |
[ the District last night.
A cold wave is the next event on the
Exchange program for the District of
| Columbia.
| Some enterfa inment billed by the man.
agement-the United States weather bu-
| reau-for this theater has had to be
omitted because of non-arrival of the
| performers-blzzard and snow, for in
| stance. The rain of last night was near
| ~ up to prospectus promise-a heavy
downpour-which. however. did not do
/ the trick Of turning into the deepest
snow of the winter as advance notices
/ intimated.
| The frost king is due on the stage here
| by tomorrow morning. 4 shrinkage of
about twenty degrees i'll the mercury is
to be his most notable accomplishment.
May Reach Twelve Above.
The minimum thermometer reading in
| this city in the past twenty-four hours
was recorded at s o'clock this morning,
when the mercury reached 80 degrees,
freezing point BY the same hour tomor-
row morning it is predicted the tempera-
above zero.
The frigidity moving rapidly in this d-
rection was much in evidence this MORN
ing in Iowa and Wisconsin, where tenn
peratures ranging from 10 to 30 degrees
below zero were recorded The minimum
80 below re. o-WaS reached at Charles
City. Iowa. The temperature is below the
freezing point along the gulf coast, with
26 degrees at New Orleans. 80 at Calves
ton and 80 at Brownsville, Tex.
rroI1 ,t~<
is also bitter cold in the interior. The
thermometers at Louisville registered 4
degrees above zero this morning. while
the instruments at Nashville gave read
ings of above. Throughout the west and
northwest the temperature is gradually
rising.
| The fall of rain predicted by Prof. Gar
riott began to patter down about $3.50
o'clock last evening. 1t increased in vol
ume until before midnight the fall was
| heavy. Between last evening and this
| morning the total rainfall was nearly an
| inch.
There were also heavy rainfalls in the
Atlantic and east gulf states. More than
an inch and half of rain fell in Phila-
delphia and one inch In New York. There
were f1urries Of snow this morning in
the wake of the heavy rain of last
night.
"The coming cold wave will extend to
FLORIDA tonight" Forecaster GarTiott
said. After tomorrow the temperature
here will begin to gradually moderate.
No further storms are indicated for this
section In the next two or three days."
Heavy Fog on River.
The warm atmosphere above the cold
ice fields In the river was an unfortunate
combination for the steamboat men,
causing, as 1t did, heavy fog that gave
them considerable anxiety In navigating
vessels through it. All day yesterday
| heavy banks Of fog overhung the river
and about dusk last night a heavy fog
set in.
Between this city and Alexandria for
several hours last night the fog banks
were SO thick that lights on shore could
not be made out at all. At Alexandria
the landing places could not be made
out by steamers until almost upon them.
| The breeze that came with the heavy
| rain showers finally dispersed the fog
| clouds Steamers were then able to con-
| tinue their trips unhampered except by
the ice fields between Alexandria and
Glymont.
| The Icy sidewalks were responsible for
| several accidents additional to those al
ready recorded by the police and hospi-
| tails.
| G. w. Martin, forty-nine years old, was
| removed to the Emergency Hospital from
the Central Union Mission about $50
o'clock last night and treated for pain
| full injuries received by a fall on the
| slippery pavement in front of the mis-
| sion.
| G. F.. Lowe. thirty-nine years old hurt
his hand by falling on the ice near Seat
Pleasant, where he lives. He was treated
at Emergency Hospital.
| A peculiar accident happened on Capitol
| Hill. midway between the House side OF
| the building and the foot OF the Hill, yes
terday afternoon. A delivery wagon being
driven down the steep incline by a colored
| man skidded and threw the horse
h. IL
after reversing it's position, pulling the
animal after it. One Of the legs of the
horse was broken. 1t was necessary to
| kill 1t.
Coolest Day in Years.
CHICAGO. January 7.-Chicago expert
enced its coolest weather in several years
today when. according to the weather bu-
reau. the thermometer registered de-
grees below zero from 8 am. to am.
Thermometers on the streets recorded
| temperature low as 10 degrees below
| In Tennessee and southwestern Ken
| lucky the coolest weather In many years
| is reported. Freezing temperature pre-
vailed as far south as the Gulf Of Mexico,
| and as far east in the southern count ~
| as tine Apalachicola river in Florida.
| The snowstorm which has prevailed for
more than twelve hours over eastern
| Arkansas and northern Mississippi has
subsidized. Memphis reports tempera-
ture of Il above zero: Nashville, Z;
| Knoxville, Is: Atlanta, 20: Mobile %,
| and New Orleans. %.
Coolest in Twenty-Four Years.
PADUCAH. KY. reports below zero
the coolest since 1885. The lowest figure
recorded in Louisville was above
| The government thermometer in Des
Moines, Iowa. registered IA below zero
last night, the coolest of the winter
Except at few places the Mississippi
river Is frozen over from st. Paul Mimi
to Grand Tower. H., for the first time
in years.
Ice in st. Louis, Mo-, harbor is from
one to five feet thick.
Ice Gorges frightened by Cold.
LOUISVILLE, KY, January AT
tending the snowfall, unprecedented i'll
this section, for twenty-five hours there
has been a return of cold weather which
has served to tighten the numerous
gorges in the Ohio between Cairo and
Cincinnati.
| Packet companies here and at points
Iabove and below OH the Ohio are certain