Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-23
STILL THE HOTTEST DAY.
4 Record of 04.2 at 2 O'Clock and the
Mercury Still Climbing.

The mercury Is still ambitious. 1t achiev-
ed a high record yesterday. Today 1t pro-
ceeded to beat that record. Tomorrow 1t
II uncertain what 1t will do. The probable
tiles blaze q way to still higher attitudes
Yesterday the maximum was 80 7-1O. To-
day at O'Clock the mercury had reached
9&2, and was still climbing. This Is what
was reported at the weather bureau. In
less favored localities the score was still
or degrees between the temperature in
which the weather bureau instruments are
located and that in which the average
citizen exists. The general run Of citizens
suffered in q temperature Of about 80 today,
and the heat continued to increase. Thus
day of the season.
The weather prophets Of the government
see nothing especially hopeful in the i'm
mediate future. There are some favorable
indications In the Ohio valley of a change
which. II 1t reaches here. will probably be
some time tomorrow afternoon. may cause
the weather to become a little cooler. 1t
may be q source Of feeble consolation to
some to know that the weather at this
time of the year Is not extraordinary, as
last year on the 10th Of June the tempera-
ture recorded a maximum Of 95. The hot
test day last year was on the 26th Of
July. when the mercury reached ". 1t 10
not known whether this year will De the
banner year In hot days or not. There Is
=
perature recorded in recent years was In
1881, when people In Washington lived In q
temperature Of 104. The weather buraAi
has no Information of the approach TO our
shores Of icebergs. There Is nothing in
the reports received which causes the
weather observers to send out a warn. .ng
to ships to beware Of floating masses Of
Ice near the American coast.
Red Hot In the Senate. F.
The Senate is having a re1hot time If it
today. This does not altogether refer to
the fight on the tariff bill. which. goodness
knows. Is fierce enough all the time. but to
the state Of the atnc sphere. Seventy de.
grees Is recognized by authorities as the
normal healthful room temperature. At 2
o'clock this afternoon, however the coolest
part Of the Senate floor contained air at a
temperature OF 81 degrees. This probably
was the lowest point In the vicinity Of the
Senate. In the lobby just north Of the
Senate chamber the thermometer recorded
So. while the correspondents in the press
gallery sweltered In an atmosphere at 50
degrees.
Thermometers in the windows on the
north side though shielded from the sun
and famed by the breeze. gave W. while
the officiaI thermometer on the roof. re-
cording on an automatic cylinder in the
marble room lobby. gave the modest record
OF VI. the highest Of the year
This Is at least four degrees higher than
the official records at the Senate branch OF
wtthstanding this terrific temperature, the
Senate has been working hard all day, and
the question OF the hour now Is whether Mr..
Harris intends to keep his promise to main
tain the session until a sufficiently late
hour tonight to enable the committee of the
whole to rise and report the bill to the Sem
ate. Opinions as to the probabilities differ
greatly. but the prevailing sentiment, among
the opponents Of the bill at least, is that
1t will be simply impossible for Mr.. Harris
to maintain q quorum throughout the
evening.