Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-28
A LITTLE COOLER,
| Showers Promised Tonight and Decidedly
| Lower Temperature Tomorrow.


At g o'clock last night the mercury dropped
fourteen degrees in about two minutes. All
during the night it remained in the
seventies. This morning il made q des-
perate effort to recover itself, starting
with IS at o'clock, but by IL o'clock had
only succeeded in reaching sc. 1t was thought
at the Weather Office that the most it could do
today would be to reach IS. There is q tone of
freshness In the air, however, that ameliorates
the otherwise oppressiveness of the heat at this
figure. Tonight another shower is expected and
still cooler weather is billed for tomorrow.
COOLER WEATHER EVERYWHERE.
There is cooler weather all over the country
today. In the far northwest the thermometer
registers from IS to 40. In the Lake region it
averages about Is, and north and east of here
it is encouragingly cooler.
The maximum figure reached at Washington
Yesterday was SO. Norfolk, Baltimore and
Raleigh were in the same list, while Lynchburg
marked 100. Philadelphia was So. New York 80
and Boston "a. Chicago was 90, Cleveland and
st. Paul So, and the towns on the Mississippi
river between st. Paul and st. Louis registered
%. In Maitana it was Is and at San Francisco
So. Yuma was called and showed l02.
LAST NIGHTS STORM LOCAL.
The storm which broke over Washington last
night was local in its character. It was not
over thirty miles vide by sixty or seventy long,
with Washington in the center. The wind
attained maximum velocity of forty miles
and there WAS about an inch OF rainfall within
few minutes.
THE HOT SPELL BROKEN.
The weather bureau furnishes the following
special bulletin:
The cool wave reported last night and this
morning from the region between the Rocky
mountains and the Mississippi and which viii
probably advance over the Ohio valley and lake
region by tomorrow marks the termination of
protracted period Of unusual heat which has
prevailed over those districts, except in the
northern portions. Since Monday, the 18th
instant, maximum temperatures of 80 degrees
and above have occurred almost daily through
out this entire area, and from the 18th to the
oath the temperature rose every day to 100 de-
grees and above in Nebraska and Kansas
beginning with the present week unusually
high temperatures (from 50 degrees to 100 de-
grees) have also occurred throughout the
southern aad middle states and New England
except in localities on the immediate coast
Temperatures of 100 degrees occurred at Phiia-
delphia and Baltimore Qp the 26th, at Lynch
burg on the 26th and 9th, and 80 degrees ut
Washington city on the 26th. These tempera-
lures were from l to degrees higher than any
the third decade Of July.
Temperatures Of IS degrees and above have
occurred at Lynchburg four days, at Washing
ton. Baltimore, Parkersburg snd Pittsburg
three days. at Philadelphia two days and at
New York and Boston one day during the pres
ent week. including Wednesday.
The daily maximum temperatures this week
at Atlantic City have been respectively rs, 80,
SO and "a degrees.
The high temperature is likely to continue
throughout the middle Atlantic states until to-
morrow, with local showers in the evening,
but cooler weather may be expected by Friday
night.
The cool wave Of this morning in the west
and northwest IL accompanied by unpre-
oedentedly low temperatures for this season Of
the year, q minimum Of 40 degrees being re-
ported from Cheyenne, Wyo.. and one Of 80
from Havre, Mont, which are respectively
degrees and IS degrees lower than any pre-
viously recorded during the last decade Of July.
WHAT THE THERMoMErERs SAT TO-DAY.
The following is the range Of the thcrmom-
eter at various parts of tho city this afternoon
at2 pm: -'-''.'''
scheller 4 Stevens, 9Th and Psnnsylv.ni.
avenue, 100.
Osrnm's, Pennsylvania avenue between 18th
and 18th, 06 degrees.
Acker Kennsr, Psnnsyivania avenue be-
Thompsouis, 18th between @ and Il, 81 de-
grees-
williams, 9th and F streets, ss degrsea
DEATHS FRoM THE HEAT.
Many Fatal Results from the Oppressive
Wesfher Yesterday.
Thsre we're several Sudden dss&hs yesterday,
resulting from the heat, in addison 10 those
mentioned in yesterdays srAa, and several
persons who were not cared for BY the police
were overcome by the heat and had 70 b
treased by physicians In order - ave their
lives. One who did from ths sl1so6s Of he
weather was Mr.. John Curry, broxAse Of
NJ. Daniel =. Curry, elerk IN ths
ofhces Of the District Oommissionss.
Tuesday night he eomplsinsd of ne
hot weather., but h sss- bis npp~ -
usual and retired early. Dsfure dayhfeak yso-
terday morning the hs.t had gos the bssesr q
him, and although phyacian wss q Nh do .
few minutes after he wAs ta1Esu u be soon
died. His funeFal Win taAs p1Acs fu0 ~ late
restdsuee, No. 90 4 stsest uortAsask
Robert p. Clancy elso Did auaAsaly iron
TIE e0eots Of tie haak He was thtr4y-ons
years old and va employed ct one Of The con-
inissiou huusos On Louisiana svenns. About
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