New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30
HEAT MITIGATED BY RAIN.
A COOL WAVE OVER THE COUNTRY.

A COOL WAVE OVER THE COUNTRY.
THE MERCURY 40 HGuEE THAN 900 YESTERDAY
A hard SHOWER FOR An HOUR EFFECTS OF
TIE HEAT on TIE CIrY's DEATH RATE
The trOpIc heat that has held ruthless sway over
the metropolis for n week has at last been van
quishcd. for a time at least. The incipient cold
wave which was lowering about the frontier of
the extreme Northwest for several days, trying
in vain to get foothold in the country.
crossed the borders in the night, surprised
the outposls and carried everything before il yes
terlay. Il swept with irresistible force across the
Northwest through the Upper Lake region, down
the Mississippi Valley eastward through the Lover
Lake region and penetrated 10 the remotest parts
of both the North and South Atlantic States. New
York was reached between and o'clock ycstcr-
day morning. and the mercury sank IN Had
nuts Thermometer from 76o to 10 in response
to the commands oe the cool visitor from DakOta
People aVOkc mole refreshed after their night 5
sleep than for many days, and tho look OF patent
despair that had settled upon nearly every countc-
nance WIS CHANGED to one of huOyant hope. Tic
air. besides b ing cooler, was clear AMI in meas
IRE invicolating early IN the morning and there
were huge white " thundci-hca,s" rolling them
selves up AGAINST n BACKGROUND OF gray clouds II a
way that lei TO a hope OF ram before sunset. There
was more life and hustle in the liner ased crowds
were numberess evidences thai wcig Mt had been
lifted from ,hc citys mind. The sun made ucsp3r-
ate effort to regain his lost power. but after hard
struggle he could only laLe the mercury To ~ at
9 o'clock and TO So at high noon.
There were cool broczes wandering about
the streets dong many crraAds Of
mercy especially among the tcnc
mont houses. II viii take several days Of cool
weather. however, TO relieve the distress in those
oycIcrowdcd regions to amy considerable extent;
Great MASSES Of ave and sIx-siory buildings filed
with dirty closets of rooms in which frOm two TO
five people i've eat and sleep cannot cool oil III u
day after such tOrrld we k - tie Last has ucah
HE Squares and parks were filled al day with pee
pie NhO left rooms that were Sflll sitting Tor
breath of the fresh AR flowing INTO the
cIty. The Battery ParK WAS more crowded than
ever with motley assembly, who watched Wl'h
eager gaze he clouds that were forming IN tantas-
TIC shapes all around ana above the Bay. by l
p. III. the mercury had been forced up by the panic
stricken Sln TO JOo There it hung tor n time, and
then Il icl back before lie c00l currents OF air that
were pouring IL from The southwest, whore biA'k
sormclOuds were gathering RAPIDLY. and an occ1-
sional growl oil distant thuhuer was h."In'
soon the wind went tearing through the streets,
raising clouds of dust that no one complained OIL ana
al $50 the long wishcd-icr rain came down III tor
rents 1t poured hard ana fast tor an hour stop
ping at $3.50 and leaving tie mercury IN hopeless
state vi inanitIOD at So, hOm when II ana NOT re-
cover ag an AT D. III. IL stul remained helpless III
$50.
Al the Signal Service Station on the Equitable
Building the barometer registered 2J03 Incncs,
and the mercury was falling. The maximum tenn
peraturc Tor the day was $50. During the h0ur
oil ram 10 of an inch icll. HE WIND was blowing
ire SHY from thc southwest, with velocity OF seven
nj cs IN hour. Boston still remained the Warinest
place in the North, with the mercury AT So The
hottest place IN the country was san Antonio,
Texas which was out OI the llnc OF the cool wave
Storms were threatened IN the Northwest, n me cX-
trcmc South, and al different points IL the Lower
Lake region. Tue indications were slld
by the officers TO be OI cooler, cloudy
weather to-day with possibility of local showers
like That OF yesterday.
Ii has bcen noticed that people who have come to
the city from Southern climates recently, haze SUI
fercd from the heat of the last week extremely.
Don rnandO Cruz, Secretary OF state 10 Pre- ldcnt
BIIriOs, OF Guatemala, sid yesterday: We 90
moi nave such heat IN Guatemala as
You have here. he weather there Is
moro like that OF perpetual spring. Oar
,rv The former begins III may and lasts TIL Octo-
ser the latter begins III October ana cJntlnucs I'LL
Nav or 5unc We never use stoves Tor heating puI-
poses and therefore nave no chnn"ys IN our houses
We ind the heat here Ia Ncw-lOIk almost uhcn-
durable"
The number OF deaths reported at the Bureau OF
Vital statistics yesterday was us, OF which IZJ
were OF children under Ye years old. These hgufcs
show "a mortality greater than at any oth r scd son
of The present year, and IL Is certain that the III
crease was duc TO the heat. The deaths Tor last
week III the city numbered III, the dcath-rate be-
ING higher than Tor any previous week OF the year.
The following table OF deaths Tor four WeehS ol the
present month Indicates the elects oi the heat;