1 he News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. ’5.
»tJ tliliaffiyAl lalidibliPAhi ilf^Ea«B)yANililtoM
FOUR PER CENT BONDS
THE PRESIDENT hOTIMTS CON
GRESS OF ARRAVGEMENTS
FOR A NI- H IS*UE.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CONGRESS.
If, WilMaTea D«y*.Coi»gre** An h-r
--|*t>* ihr Ibmip of 3 Prr * cnt “Gold”
Iloml* Thcf VV ill be for
the Pr *po*ed 4 Per C ent., 30-Year
“Cola” Bmilfol his, the Preside*!
Estimates, Would sate >l<*re Thaa a
Million Dollars in the Thirty Years.
Washington, 1) C., Feb. 8 —The
President Rent the following menage to
Congress at noon to day:
“-ince my recent communication to
Coner -s calling attention to our finan
cial con lition ami suggesting !< gis’ation
which 1 d eased ess* ntial to our national
cred't. the anxiety and aeprehen.-i m
existing in business circles have eon
tin u d
“As a precaution, therefore, against
tha failuie of timely hgsative aid
through congressional acti *u, cautious
prepatatioos have been pending to ent
ploy to the b*st possible a< I vantage, in
default of better means, such legislative
authority as uiay, without additional leg
islation, be exercised for the purpose o
re iufotcing and maintaining in our
Tre eury an adequate ami safe gold re
serve. .
“In the judgment of those especially
charged with this responsibility, the
business situation is so critical and the
legislative situation so u promising, with
the omisdon thus fur ou ilje of the
Congress to beneficially enlarge i he pow
ers of the >oefe r ary of the Treasury in
the pi eiu's*B, as to enjoin immediate ex
ecntive action with the facilities now at
hand
Thirty-Year, Four Per C ent, llonds.
“Th»nfore, In pursuance of section
13700 of the revised statures, ‘he details
of an arrangement have this • ay been
concluded with parties abuudauily able
to lultlll their undertakings, wheieby
bonds of the United Mates, authorized
under the act of July 14. IN,. 1 !, payable
In coin thirty years after ibe« date,
with inter-st at the ““i 1 of 4 p r cent
per anio‘—« t 0 he snaouut of a little
tIT-o ihan sixty-two millions, and four
hundred thomaud dolUrsare to be issued
for t tie purshase of gold coin amounting to
asamslightly inexcessof sixty fiveu i don
d<•11.11s, io be delivered lo ihe treasury
of the United States, whuhsum, added
to the gold now held in our rerorve, will
so restore such reserve as to make it
amount tt» something ni'*re than one
hundred millions of dollars. Such a
premium is to tie allowed to ihe govern
tnent upon the bonds as to fix the ra»e
of interest up u the amount of gold
realized at three and thi ce fourths |ht
cent per annum At lea-c one half o!
the gold to la; obtain* d is to be supplied
from abroad, which is a very imp* rtaut
and favorable feature of the transaction.
Congrriß Given Auolher Chance.
“The privilege is especially reserved
to the government to substitute at par
within len days from this date in lieu of
the four per cent c »in bonds, other
bonds in terms payable in gold and bear
ing only three |>er ceut iutereft if the
issue of the same should in the mean
time be authoriz'd by the Coi gress.
“The arraugemeut thus completed,
which afier careful inquiry, appears in
present circumstance s and considering
all objects desired to be the bust
attainable, develops such a dif
ference in the estimation of in
▼estors lajiween bond* made paya
ble iu cin and those specifically
made payable in gold m favor of tne
•latter, as is represented by three f urths
of a cent in annual interest. Iu the
agreerm nt just concluded, the annual
saviug iu interest to the government it
8 per cent gold bonds should l»e .>ubsti
tuted f«»r 4 per cent coin bonds und r
the privilege reserved would be tive i
hundred and thirty-nine thoussud oiu
huudre • and fifty nine doll «rs, amount J
ing in thirty years, or at the maturity of ,
the coin boons, io sixteen million, out j
hundrvd ami sev* nty four th usaud, ]
seven hundred and seventy dollars.
The Dittcrence In lut« rest.
“Os course, there never should lie a 1
doubt in any quarter ns to the redetup
tiou in go'd of the bonds of the govern
ment which are made payable in gold.
Therefore, tie discrimination in the
indgeme t of investors, between om
bond oblig; tioi s pay abb in coin and j
those specifically made payable in gold, I
is very sigmfi ant.
“It is bar ly mce-sary to suggest that I
whatever may N* our views on 'he sub- I
ject, the Bentimeuts <r pre'trenc s of|
those with whom we must tegottaiein
disposing of our bonds tor gold, are no: j
subje* t to our dictation
* 1 have only to add hat in my < pin
ion. the transaction herein detailed for
tbe informal ion of Congress promises
better results than ihe '(Torts picviously
made iu the d-recti' nos effectively add- J
ing to * ur gold reserve through the sale
of bonds, and I befit to it will tend to 1
meet the determination expressed in the :
law rqvealiug the purchasing clause
of the act of July 14. 1890, j
and in that, in the language
ot such repe ling act, the arrange 1
ment made will aid our efforts to “in
•ure th*' maiutei anc* of the parity in j
valu.t of the coins • f the two metals and
the equal power of every dollar at all
tim«B m the markets audiu the payment
of debts ”
(Signer!) Qrovkr Cleveland.
Extent iw Mansion, Ftb. 8, 1895.
THE CONTRACT CO.VIPLEI ED
! All Airangemeats Have Item .Made
tor the New Bund Issue.
Washington, I>. C., Feb. 8 —Unless
j Congress in teu days pas. es a law au
| th#» iziug the s-tie of gold bonds bear
| ng three per cent bonds running tinny
I years, or otherwise relieves the Tr< a-urj
i in the repl. uis ment of the gold re-erve.
I Secretary Carlisle will, by uir*ction of
j >h* Pr« sidei t. Si 11 four |>er cent bonds
to the amount of $82,400,000 for gold.
Arrangements whereby this can be don*
aud $65,000,fH)0 in g *ld be received for
the bonds have been perfected aud the
contingent contract t-igned to d.*y
This official metnorai dumof the trans
action was made public at tho'Treasury
tuis afternoon.
“The contract was made wish Antzu<i
Belmont an i Company, of N*-w York o*
tieha'f of Messrs. N. M Rothschild and
<ons, of Loudon, and J P Morgan and
Company, of New York, ou benalf of .1.
8. Morgan and Company, of London,
and themself* s, and provides for the de
livery to the United States ot 3.500,000
ounces of standard idold coin of the Uui
t, d States, to be paid for in United Slates
4 per ceut bouds. A large number of
other banks and linaueial institu
tions are interested in the transaction,
but their names are not giveu iu the
contract itself. The department does
not know in what proportion the vari
ous parties are to furnish the gild
com or receive the bonds, as this a mat
te'.- for arrangement between themselves
“ By t he terms of t he com raet t he parties
are to bear all the expense of bunging
gold from abroad aud they are so far as
it lies m their power, to exert all tbeir
financial influence, and make all leg ti
m.tte 'lions, to protect the Tieasury
aga.Qßt witbdrawlsof gold peudiug com
plete performance of the contract. No
I bonds a>e to be delivered except in pay
; meut for goM actually delivered. Iu
view of the possible failure of legislation
in Congress negotiations have been pend
ing for some tune here aud abroad »i d
the terms of this contract are the hot
that could be procured with a c-»in b »nd.*'
lid nils ot U»e Contract Completed.
The contract was drawn up during ihe
day by Attorney Gcueral O uey ami S»*c
rotary Carlisle, aud submitied to J
Lynde Stetson, counsel for the bankers
Mr. J. Pierpout Morgan, the New Y**rk
financier, arrived here early this morn
ing and had a conference with Secretary
! Carlisle at the Trea-ury at 10 o’clock,
when all unfinished details were per
fected.
Mr. Belmont, it is understood, started
for Washington this morning, but was
snow bound en route and therefore took
no per -onal part in completing the de
tails.
Representative Wilson, of W. Virginia,
the chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, to whom the President's
bond message was referred, will call the
committee together at 10 o’clock to mtr
row morning.
AMEttIC vNS TO HIE.
Farther Particular* of the Royalist
Revolt in Hawaii.
Washington, D. C., Feb. B.—The
Presid' d to day sent <o O ngr* ss the
latest telegram ftom Minister Willis and
Secretary Gresham's instructions aud
rep y, showing a more serious c mditioii
of affairs than are repor ed in the pre-s
dispatches. The dispatches are as fol
lows :
Mr. Willis to Mr. Gresham. (Te’egn.m.)
“Honolulu, Jan 80, 1805
(San Francisco, Feb. 6, 1895 )
“Revolt over Wih Casualties. Gov
ernment one; Royalists two. C ur*
martial convened 17th; has tried 33
cases; 200 on>re t<> be tried and daily ar
r st-i G dlick, foimer miuister, au*i
Seward, Major iu Federal army, b -th
Americans, and Rickard. Englishman,
fcutenoed to death; all heretofore prom
inent in p -lnics
“T. B w Hiker, formerly in the Ui ited
States army, impri-omueut or life aud
$5,000 fine Other sentences not <n»-
clus* d but will probab ybe death. Re
quested eo,-ies of lecord for our govern
ment to determine ns duty befuie li >al
sentence, but no answer jet Bdtei
feeling and thr»ais of mob violeuce,
which arrival of Philadelphia may pie
vent. L'Lu k.dani made prisoner on
lsih; on 24fh r* lit (pushed a l cUimsand
s»»ore alegiame to republic, imploring
clemency for Hawaiiaus. Goveium*ut
replied io Liliuokaluni:
“ 'This domment cannot be taken to
exempt y »u iu the slig test degree from
p-rsonal and individual for
complicity m the late conspiracy. Denied
ihat she had any rights January 14.
1893. when she attempied a new cou-ti
tution. ‘Fully appr dates her call to
the dis.»ff ct*d to reooguixe the liepub
lie, and will give full consideration io
tier unselfish appeal for clemency’ for
paiticijvaut*.
“ 4 lbkrt 8 Willis ’’
Mr. GrewhHiiCs Telegram.
“Department ok State.
“Washington D 0., Feb 7, 1895.
“Cooper. U. S Dispatch Ageut, San
Fiaiicisco Cal.
“Forward the following by the first
steamer to A. S Willis, U. S. Miuister,
Horn iuiu :
“‘lf American citizens were con
deoined to d-ath bv a military tribunal,
nottoracfual participation iu r* ported
revolution, but for complicity ouly, if
condemned to death by such a tribunal
for actual participation but not after
open fair trial with opportunity for de
feuse; demand delay of execution, and
in either case report to your government
evidence relied on to support death seu
tenee.
“ ‘Gresham.’ ”
RA4.EIGH, N. C.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1895.
STILL WASTING TIME
CONGRESS SPENDS THE DAY
DISrirSMNG APPKOPRI V
TION BILLS.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE READ
The Hawaiian **i»uati*Mi Attracts At
tention am! Causes Considerable
cn»*ion—The Quest ion of Providiug
|f|prk< for the Nemb n rs Raises a
Ilreexe in tlie liou-e—slo,ooo Ap
priated for Relief of ibe Poor in the
Di-tiic ot Colombia.
Washington, D. C., Feb. B.—Th*-
House to-day entered upon the consider
ation of the leci-lative and judicial ap
propriation bill for the year ending Juue
30, 1596 but made little progress.
An amendment to the paragraph pro
viding for the pavment of clerks to
mends nt offered by Mr. Bartlett, (Dem),
of New York, and to make ihem annual
instead of session employ* s, led to an
animated debate upon the economy and
wisdom of giving members the assistance
of clerks.
Considerable bitterness was displayed
at times and various propositions were
made to amend or to substitute Mr.
Barlett’s motion. They were all ob
jected to. but upon tho adoption of Mr.
Birtlett’* proposition did not vote.
AU efforts to secure a quorum proved
futile, and finally they were abandoned
and tlie further consideration of the biil
postponed.
The messages from the President an
nouncing the sale of bouds and the pro
test ot the government agamst the exe
cution of the court martial sentences
upon citiz -ns of the United States who
engaged in the recent revolt in Hawaii,
were received and referred,- the former
to the committee on Ways and Means,
snd the latter to the committee on For
eign Ass *irs.
Mr Boutelle endeavored to secure a
ref fence of the Hawaiian corresjion
denc" to the committee of the whole on
the state of the Union, but the Speaker
held that a motion to that effect Would
not l»e in order.
A Senate bill was passed appropriat
ing $lf»,000 for the relief of the poor o
the District of Columbia: also fourteen
private peusion bills.
The usual Friday night session for the
consideration of private pension bills was
omitted by unanimous consent.
THE DAY IN THE (SENATE.
Two Very Important Communications
from the Pres dent Read.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 7.—Two
important communications from the
President were presented in the Senate
t"-d y and were referred to their appro
priate committees.
The first notitud Congress that, as a
precaution against its failure to give
legi-lative aid to the treasury, ar
raugem* nts had been made for a four
per cent “coin” bond to run thirty
years, at a premium which would make
the actual interest 3 3-4 per cent, but
coupled wiih the cot dition that if a 8
I»er cent, “gold” bond were authorized
by Ooogr* ss within ten dajs, they would
be substituted for Dm 4 per ceut. bonds,
thus saving $539,159 in annual interest,
and saving $15,176 770 in interest for
the full term of thirty years. Without
any comment, but with an apparent
sense of importance of the President's
representations, the measure was re
ferred to the committee on fiuance.
The other measure «f the President
attracted equal attention and gave rise
to considerable discussion, after it, was
referred to the committee on foreign re
lations It had reference to the death
sentences imposed upon the persons con
v eted of engaging in a revolutionary
movement in Hawaii.
The general tone of the debate indica
ted the depth of fetlinr which exists
against- such a sanguinary mens
ure—the only expression to the
contrary coming from Mr Morgan, who
said that he had no advice to give to
the Hawaiian government, but that if it
intended to remonstiances of any other
government in such a mutter it might
as well turn over its power again to
Queen Lilitt* kalani.
The Diplomatic Appropriation 811,
w ; th the amendment as to the telegraph
c-ble to Hawaii, was went over without
acioti and is to be voted ou at 2 p m.
to mor ow.
At 5:45 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
Ihe Übe Disaster Inquiry,
London, F* b. 8. —The crew of the
British s'emn r Crathie, which sunk the
N'orth Get man Ll*\d steamer Elbe, are
at Aberdeen, where thev are being exam
in <1 by a committee of the Board of
Trade.
Tho<e examined to-day stated that
after the c »lli-ion the lights t f the Elbe
** ere seen n< arly thre * quarters of a m le
away, and at that time it was belbved
on Itoard the ('rathie that her engitns
were still working. Distress rockets
were seen, but un explosion was heard
during tbe two hours occupied by the
Grathie's crew* in clearing away the
wreckage ou their own vessel.
After the wreckage hid been cleared
away the Crathie steered back for R >t
terdaui.
ll* Hh> tloiled to Heath.
Om\ha. Neb. F* b. B.—Charles For
mau w.s boiled alive bv the explosion of
a steam healer in his father's residence
this m ruing. The water pipe froze and
the heater exploded.
FIRE AT ASHEVILLE.
It Took Three Honrs to Mnbiliie the
FlHmfi«..Urrat Hnmace Hone.
Asheville, N. C, Feb B.—About
midnight la-t night fire broke out in
the Alexander building on Court Square.
The m* renrv was four degrees Mow
zero, and the water supply was 1 »w.
•'he guests of the Western H*-tel ad
joining tbe Johnson bl x k, got out at the
fir-t, alarm and hurried to other hotels
naif dress*d. A fierce, iev wind was
blowing and the desi>er«tely fighting
volunteer firemen and citizens kept tbe
flames witbm three blocks.
I hebusinospartof ihe town was threat
ened at one time, when the water was
lowest. Two upper stories of the John
-rn building contiiuing the Western
Hotel, were gutted, and John Rich’s
hardware store on the first fl w>r, was
h.idlv damaged by fire and water The
tdjoining block, belonging to IC- lly F
\lexander, was gutted, nothing tieing
left but, the walls.
The Western Carolina Bank budding,
also owned by Alexander, was ft *oded
with water aud the upper story burned
out. The fire gained a foot-hold in the
rear of a building facing on Patton Ave
nue. but did not spread.
The firemen fought the flames three
hours before the fire yielded The m-r
cury was falling all the time. Many
citizens aid'd the firemen, and frost
bitten ears and hands resulted.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
The Cold Ware ha* Seriously Influen
ced (he Trade iu all Staple Line*.
Nr.w York, Feb. 8 —Braistreet’s to
morrow will say: “Extremely low tem
perature, snow aud high winds have
vi- ited the greater portion of the coun
»ry this week and exercised a marked in
fl lence by restricting orders received by
jobbers in all staple lines.
But they have tended to stimulate
purchases on seasonable goo *B.
General trade at larger eastern een
ters remains unchanged. Philadelphia
reports cominmd fr»e sales of dry
goods. At Baltimore bills sent South or
South west have b< en paid more promptly
than expected
Amomr Southern correspondents,Chat
tanooga reports that the volume of trad*-
there for January, iu spite of the lower
range of pr es, is equal to that for 1894.
hi contrast D a d*crease in all luus at
Augusta, with commercial collections
unsatisfactory. Busin* ss has fa’len off
at Atlanta, but at Savann -h the situa
tion is unchanged, wi'h jobbers cautious
as toopenii gaceouats A fair volume of
business at New Orleaus, but collectiots
are poor i>t*cau"e of the non payment ot
the sugar bounties.
No change is reported from Memphis,
Charleston or Gil vestou. The damage
bv the Florida freeze was exaggerated.
A large poruua of the orange crop has
already been marketed. The late crop
and that held for higher prices was
caught and destroyed. Some young
trees were hu*t, but old groves were
practically uninjured. Heavy losses fell
on large growers. A good but small
crop is expected this year. Results of
Florida naval stores and phosphate in
dustries are said to have been fairly sat
isfactory.
TIIREE HANGINGS*
Eugene Byars Pay* the Penalty lor
Killing Hi* Cousin.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. B—Eugene
Byars, who, on January 6. 1894. mur
dered and robbed his cousin. Eugene
Walker, a sergeant in the United States
Army, while the latter was en route from
Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, to Eld ridge,
Alabama, his home, with a th usand dol
lars in Ids pocket, was hanged to dav in
the jail yard in the preset ce of a hun
dred people. Bjars pro'ested his inno
c- nee to the last. The hanging passed
off qu etly.
Hanged for Killing a Police Officer.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 8 Jabez Wil
li mis, colored, was hanged here to d*y
in the j-ril yard at 12 43 The crime for
which Wil iams suffered the death pen
ally w.is th.'killing of Police Officer Mur
ray, while attempting to arrest illiams.
Protested Innocence to the Last.
Fort Madison, lowa, Feb 8. —J. K
Cumberland w r as banged here for mur
d«-r at it o’clock this morning. He was
unmoved and protested his innocence to
the lii-'t.
Cold YVeatber in Frankiinton.
Special to t he News and Observer.
Frankunton, N. C , Feb 8.
It is very cold here io-d *y. The thei
roomefer stood precisely at zero at 3 a
m ;at 9 a m , 2 abov*; at 10 a m , 6
above; at 11 a. m., 8 above; at 12 m , 8
above; at 1 p ra , 10 ab ive; at 2 p. m ,
It above; at 3 p. m , 18 above, with the
reflection of the suu since 1 o’clock
This is in front of the post office and
not the coldest pi ce in town by large
(aids. Water froze in the pore* lain cup
on an open Franklin stove in a room
here lasr nighs. Fireiu the stove had
not been out for several dais
Wandered Away and Froze to Death.
Galliopolis, O, Feb. 8 —Leonard
Henry, a tour year old bey living iu
Huntington township, wandered away
from home last night while his patents
were absent. He was overcome by ihe
cold and perish.-d, being found dead in
a ravine at 1 o’clock this morning, cov
red with snow.
Three Killed and Fourteen lujured.
Paris, Feb. 8 An explosion occurred
in a fou-tdry at Joinville, in the Depart
in' nt of li»ute Marne to day, ki.hng
three men and injuring fourteen.
IS A RECORD BREAKER
THE RLIZZYKD II AS SWEPT
OVER ALMOST THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE KNOWN.
Tram* in Pie Aonh and AA est are Snow
Round and all Traflie i* Stopped--
The River* are Frozen Orrer and
Choked with Ice—Storm to New
York I* ihe AVor*te?er Known—Pea
Crop In Georgia Killed —North Caro
lina Snun t* Frozen Over.
New Y’ork. Feb 8 —The great snow
storm that raged in this vicinity to day
was worse »han P>at memorable blizzard
of March 13 15. 1893, in three ways—in
wind velocity, in temperature and are*
covered. The wind to-day averaged 60
mile-* an hour against 50 in the blizzard
of ’88; the temperature to-day hovered
about zero, while in ’BB it was five above;
five aud a h-df inches of suow fell to
day’, against twe feet then.
In the area of the storm, however, is
the greatest difference noted. The bliz
zard today swept almost the entire
country instead of the mere radius of
400 miles around New York then co?
ered.
The Storm in New York.
The storm swept down on the city
early last night, an I by this morning
.was in full possession. It did not seitb*
down softly and quietly in nice, big
fl ikes. On the contrary, it was driven
along with b inding force by a furious
north-west gile of bitter coldness, in
minute particles that seemed to be
cover'd with sharp points, like the end
of a need'e, and stung the faces of be
lafed pedestrians as they toiled along
th'ongh the drifts. It was so dry and
light that it was piled up in great heap.-
and ridges in every shelt- red point
for wherever the gale had full
play it swept the streets and
sidewalks clean. Under these con
ditions it was no wonder that this
city was at sixes a* d to d*y
Suow was drifted high in the str*ets
traffic on surface and elevated lines was
impeded, tanks and pipes were fiozen,
persons were overcome by tin* cold, and
frost bitten noses, ears aud hands were
plentiful.
In Brooklyn but few street cars were
running and the elevated roads could
not work as well as usual. Omljing
wards and neighboring Long Island
towns were comple'ely cut off in many
instances with the ouGide world. There
were large fi-Ids of ice in the bay and sev
eral ships were caught in them. Other
vessels were frozen fast at their docks.
Navigation M**i>ped,
The Narrows were gorged with ice,
and it was impos-ible for any cra% big
or little, to uavigate there without tak
ing big risks.
Traffic on the different ferries was
seriou-ly impeded. B »th the North and
Easf rivers were filled with huge masses
of drifiing ice. aud the utmo-1 care had
to be exercised in taking the boats
across.
Late in the afternoon the Hamilton.
South, Wall Street and Thirty-ninth
S'reet ferries stopped runuing on ac
count of the ice. The only serious ac
cident thus far reported, aud which was
attended with probable loss of life,
occurred late last night in the lower bay,
where a fishing schooner, the Emma,
caps zed. Four of her crew took to a
boat and attempted to reach shore, hut
have not since b**eu heaid from. Three
others remained in the rigging four or
five hours, and then reached shore,nearly
fr< z *n, in a sm ill boat.
All of the railroads entering this city
were practically tied up. A tew train*
got through but they were mostly locals.
All the mails due here to day were de
lajed. Some are reported stalled aloug
the routes. The mails from the North
and Canada are scheduled as two hou s
lat,**.
The storm on Long Island was unusu
ally severe. Travel is blocked nearly
everywhere. Much suffering is reported
Koine Serious Accident*.
Reports from Rockaway Beach, Corey
I-land, Fi*e Island, Sag Harbor, East
Hampton, Gremport, Northport, Free
port and many other points say ihe
storm is the worst known iu many years
Fire Island reports two schooners ashore
near there, one at Point of Woods, the
other at Lone Hill. The crew of the
schooner ashore at the first named place
were safely landed, but at last advices the
crew of the other schooner had u *t yet
been saved They are lashed to th
rigging and must suffer intensely.
Far Rockaway rep >rts th t a steamer
is said to bo ashore at Long 8.-acii, but j
caunot confirm the statement.
Far R ckaway a’so r« ports a serious i
railroad accident near that pl.ee. An;
engine on the Long 1.-laud railroad va* I
derailed and oveiturned. The fireman i
was killed outrighi and the engineer was
caiwht under the wreck, badly scalded j
and he'd last until he died. The tern- j
peiaturc at the spot was 8 below.
Train*Know-Round iu the North.
Philadelphia, Pa , F*b 8 —The en
tire Pennsylvania railroad system from '
New York to Washington iu the ea-t,
and as far West as Pittsburg is seriously
crippled because of snow drifts In sum
places, particularly at Mifflin, 45 rnilvs
West of Harrisburg, the sn *w has drifted
as high as the car tops. A few lrains*-n
the Hariisburg div sion departed for
Philadelphia this morning, but the drifts
interrupted their passage at intervals
every few miles.
Sis cial traius have been snow-bound
at Mifflin since last night
The suow has drifted badly on the fa-
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
j tnous “horseshoe curve,” which is in
the Alleghany mountains five miles west
j «>f Altoona, and a fre-ght train was
| -fa 1 led throughout the uight at that
place.
Oa the New York division and on th#
Maryland division the situation is prao
i tiertllv the same as on the main line as
i regards irregular train service, although
| the drifts art* not so had.
The high winds bio v the snow into
j heaps on the tracks almost as Last aa
workmen cleir it away, and the cold is
; growing more intense hourly
The Reeding Road is also in bad shape,
! particularly at Reading and iu the coal
j regions.
An east-bound passenger train on the
East Pennsylvania Railroad is snow
bound near Lyons station and is a most
e mplef* ly hidden from view.
The Schuylkill and L*>h’gh branch is
j snowed up completely, and no attempt
| was made to start tnmis.
The Reading and Columbia branch is
; also snow-bound, and tr*ffit is at a
i stand-still. There is apparently no let
i un in the storm, and the air is filled with
] living snow. Railroad m**n aiy the con*
I ditions are equally as bad as in the blix
| zard March, 1888.
Rivers Choked U|» With lee.
Pittsburg, P.a , Feb 8. —The mercury
- this tnnrumg recorded four degrees be
i low zero. In oxposed places it was fire
degrees lower. Indications are for
colder weather. Trams on all roolsen
foring Pittsburg are delayed by snow and
frozen water tanks. Eastern trains were
five hour* late, while those from the west
were from two to three hours behind.
The suffering from the oold is wide
spread, principally on account, of unpre
cedented shortage of fuel gas. Coal
dealers are overwhelmed with rush or
ders and are working night aud day to
meet the ever-increasing <h maud. The
run ou a l of the charitable institutions
in the city continues. Produce dealers
report a scarcity of supply and no re
ceipts and prices are advancing.
Horses are crossing the rivers on the
ice, drawing heavily loaded wagons.
Tbe river m*»n are convinced that river
property will be in great danger of de
struction when the ice breaks up. The
Ohio river is cl *se<l between Put-burg
and Wheeling. The Alleghany and Monon
gahela rivers are ice-lock'd tl roughout
1 heir length. There can lie no changes
in the conditions of the big gorges in th#
Alleghany river until a rain or thaw
causes the river to rise several feet.
Swept Away bv a Tidal Wave.
Boston, Mass., Feb. B—A Halifax
despatch to the Globe says: ‘One hun
dred houses and business buildings hav#
beeu swept away at (Jape Breton by an
awful tidal wave. It is believed many
lives were lost.
Below Zero in Tent»e*#ee.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. B—The ther
mometer here this morning reached
2 2-10 below zero. The riv«r ; s full of
heavy ice, and navigation is stopped.
All trains are on time.
The Fen Crop Killed.
Savannah, Ga.. Feb. B.—Farmers re
; port that the English pea crop was (he
j only large crop planted here and it was
| killed by the cold. Some potatoes were
, in the ground but being plauted deep,
! are not damaged.
Cabbage and a small lot of other vege-
I tab es which were up were ki I>*l out
-1 right. As the large prop *rtlon of the
! spring vegetable crop had not been
! plauted, the loss will not he serious.
North Carolina Hound* Frozen.
NosroLK, Va., Fob B—The coldest
i day iu thi-* history of the weather bureaw
; iu this city was to-day, when the mer
cury registered two d gr* es above zero,
this being two degrees colder than any
previous lecord. The North Carolina
sounds are froz-n. as are all inland
streams. Early crops are protected by
their blankets of snow.
Galveston Ray Frozen Over.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. B.— For th#
second li lo in the history of Galveston
the bay froze over. The flr*t time was
January, 18*6, and since then the ther
mometer never fell so low as it did to
day. when it stood 15 ai*ove z-ro, which
was one point lower than >e.-*teriay.
Millions of fish were ftozen, and the
jetties and reefs along the water’s edg#
are lined with them. Tnousaudsot the
fish were gathered up by- the p «>r Th#
t>a\ did not fretzo as completely as in
1886.
Flayed Havoc iu Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb B.—The blis
zard has wrought havoc iu Forida.
Thousands of aer* sos young vegetanlea
are killed. Grange trees are more hurt
than in the freeze of Decern! er on ao
! count of being fi led with snug sap.
| Many were just t uddmg. Eveu straw
! heiries w«-re killed.
AII Vegetable* Destroicd.
Charleston, 8 0., Feb 8 lhe ther
mometer registered 12 degrees this
morning, the lowest on record for Feb
ruary. Everything iu the way of vege
tables is destroyed.
Hutine** Sn-pended in Charlotte.
Charlotte N. C., reb. 8 —Business
here has tueu hung up all this after
no* m, when the ground was covered
with snow and ice. Tne meteury this
morning was 1 below.
Temperature at WilminctoD.
WiLMiNGTON, N. C , Feb. 8 —The
weather today was the coldest of ihe
season. The minimum teuqterature this
morning was ten degrees, one degree
higher tnan the lowest on record. Th»-re
was a light f*ll of snow 1 **t night. Tne
mercury at 8 o’clock to-niuht stood at
18 dexrecs, but will probably fall to ten
or less by morning.