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wout, are making regular trips to Indial
Head and Fort Washington.
Snow and Misery in New York.


Snow and Misery in New York.
NEW YORK. January New York.
after one Of the coolest nights of the
winter, Is enveloped in snowstorm to-
day. -.-..--
The sufferings of the night, induced by
minimum temperature of degrees
above and a biting wind. were intense
in the poorer quarters. The municipal
lodging house alone entertained nearly
800 persons. over score of them women
One man and two women fell from the
waiting line at the lodging house and
had to be taken to- hospitals suffering
from exposure One woman may die.
A thinly clad wanderer was picked w
dead on the street today. He had died
from exposure.
Another unidentified man fell uncon-
scious in the snow. He was taken to
a hospital in dying condition.
Cold Wave Grips Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. January 5.-Phfla
delphia today was in the grip of the
coldest weather of the winter
The crest Of the cold wave which ar.
rived from the west Monday night
passed this section during the night. A
pected.
The weather bureau thermometer here
registered minimum temperature of 6
degrees above zero at am, the loves,
or the present season and eQualing the
coldest day of last winter. Zero weather
Is reported from the mountain districts
of the state
Following the warning sent out by the
weather bureau yesterday all railroads
and street car lines have prepared to
meet conditions in the event of a heavy
SnOwstOrm. Snow from the last storm is
still piled high in the city streets and
along railroads. Another heavy fall is
viewed with apprehension by the trans
pOrtatiOn companies.
Rivers and streams are frozen tight.
There is little danger of floods, unless
very warm weather. accompanied by
heavj rains, sets in.
Warmer in Southwest.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. January 5.-RaiI-
road schedules throughout Western Mis-
souri,, Kansas and most of Oklahoma
were demoralized today.
Telegraph and telephone wires We're
laden with sleet. Many We're out of COM
mission.
Temperatures slowly began climbing
upward today.
The mercury reached the lowest mark
=.
registering degrees beow zero In Kan
saS City 1t was zero. Southern Okla
hOma reported 22 above zero.
This is unusually cold weather for Ok
lahoma. Vegetation there has been
frozen.
Long Ice Gorge in Mississippi.
ST. LOUIS Mo, January o.-Floa ting
Ice in the Mississippi river today added
to the gorge which formed recently a,
Jefferson barracks. The gorge is now
ten miles long.
The gauge in the river stood at zig
feet this morning, rise of six inches
in twenty-f6ur hours. The two gorges
between Jefferson barracks and Chester
H., continue to increase.
Sleet Falls in Chicago.
CHICAGO. January 5.-Delay to steam
and elevated railroad trains today fol
lowed the stinging sleet storm of las,
night. A light rain, which froze as j,
fell. this morning made walking difficult
and impeded street traffic.
Blizzard Passes Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, January 5.-The
blizzard which prevailed throughout the
night abated early today, followed by
considerably lower temperature. Consid.
erable damage to telegraph and telephone
wires is reported.
Omaha's Coldest Day.
OMAHA, Neb.. January o.-At O'Clock
am. the mercury registered 10 degrees
below zero, the lowest of the winter in
Omaha. Lincoln reported IA below.