The evening world., 1894-06-12
JUST AS HOT TO-DAY.
Mr.. Dunn Says So and Has Evix
dence to Prove It
But to New Workers the Weather
Seems Cooler than Yesterdays
Suspicion that Saloon Keepers Have
"Doctored" Thermometers,

Weather Forecaster Dunn ran to thu
thermometer. then to the p~luviometcr.
then to the barometer and to the there
mometer, and pronounced all his prog
nostications verified, the first thing he
did when he got into his Office this
morning.
1T is generally fair" he exclaimed.
the wind Is In the west, and we have
continued high temperature"
A waiting reporter. whose scientific
knowledge probably struck the altitude
of an Observation-Disclosures, stupidity
ventured the opinion that it was much
cooler to-day than at the same hour
yesterday.
AS Mr.. Dunn's prophetic ~reputatiou
rested on sustained heat, this expression
OF opinion brought him out vigorously.
1t Is not and cannot be much cooler, =
ne said. AT 8 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing the temperature was 70 degrees, ana
at the same hour this morning II II III
There is a difference Of but 3 degreeav
and that is offset by a reduced velocity
OF wind which Is only five miles an hour
this morning. while 1t was between eight
and nine miles In hour yesterday. Yom.
will find 1t quite as warm and uncdrn-]
Portable to-day as yesterday. The cIe13
point In to-day's favor is thatS yne 1u@.
mildly is Ave per cent. less than yesterv'
day at this hour"
This data is incontrovertible, but It Il
falr to say that the great Now York pub
lie turning out for the day in the early I
hours found the weather more bearnblo
than 1t was at corresponding hours o day
before.
A fog like haze hung over the city. Mr..
Dunn says that this was not cloud. but
dust and smoke particles that will occa-
| Rlnnnlv prnItnt npafhar In rlotr1 affDrta o.
IF you happened to live in such places
as Cincinnati, st. Louis or Chicago.
where they burn soft coal extensively"
said he. you would get used to haze. Il
Is a common condition during their
feated terms"
The haze had a curious effect upon the
ing hours.
On days so lowering and dark as this
the sun is usually not to be COATED at
bright spot on the gray canopy. This
morning, however, the orb of day was
clearly to be seen. much more clearly,
in fact, than upon a cloudless day. II
shone through the vapors round and
ruddy ind sharply defined, like the fult
moon when low in the heavens. NJ eye
could be easily kept upon II, as the mist
had the mellowing effect OF smoked glass
The darkened areas upon It's surface.
commonly LIZA called led s s1iosetSsr t Soai cre e
luminary beamed upon US with an e.
preston OF countenance seldom assumed
towards mundane mOTlulS. $3.50
Here is Mr.. Dunn's statement OF ~
condition of things throughout the coun-
trv at So'clock this morning:
The temperature was high and aimose
stationary in all parts east of the Mis-
souri, River. except over the lake re-
gions and in New England States.
where 1t was slightly cooler. It remains
cool In the Dakotas. Montana, Wyoming
and the Rocky Mountain States,
1.-The temperature at important points
was reported as follows: Boston, 90; Al
bany, &C; Buffalo, "a: washington. 50:
Is: St, Louis, ~: st. Paul, a; Helena.
46; Denver, 90; San Francisso, % The
and Indianapolis, with so degrees re-
spectively, and lowest at Roseburgs
Ore, with "A.
at was generally fair ~everywhere, ex-
cept for scattered showers In the North
west and heavy local rains on the West
Gulf coast" said he.
THE forecast for the rest Of to-day
and tomorrow Is fair. stationary tenn
perature and westerly winds. Ther4
will be no marked let up to the heae
for n day or two"
This is the heat record for to-day: