Evening star., 1896-08-13
HEAT AND HUMIDITY
Washington is Still Victim to t. Q
Combination.
NO DECIDED RELIEF IN SIGHT
1t May Not Be Quite as Warm
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L ii f ID ATH RECORD

"hlle the Thermometer at the weather
bureau showed temperature at ( O'clock
this morning of IS degrees or four dcgrees
less than yesterday al the same time the
change was not sufficient to effect any an
preciable diminution of the actual cond!-
uons felt by suffering people because IL
was Offset by an Increase of eleven degrees
in the relative humidity The figures for
this condition yesterday and today beng.
respectively. 65 and 76 degrees 1t is The
| combination OF high humidity and high
temperature that makes weather IN the
dog days so dangerous, and the deadly
| record made by the prevailing hot spell kas
| been due to this condition.
This mornings weather bulletin read as
/ follows: Generally fair, but conditions
| continue favorable for local thunder
storms. Not quite so warm Friday morn
| ing"
| The wind, which has been steadily from
| the south and southwest for several daTs,
reered around to the north last night. and
Major Dunwoody This morning believed
| IL would soon be from the east. tie
| thought there would he some relief from
| TINS quarter providing the breeze in
creased In energy.
At 1 o'clock the weather bureau re-
ported the mercury at 81 degrees. having
reached 92 earlier in the day, and at
/
and 18th street. the record at the same
hour was IS
Suffering at the White House.
The police force duty al the White
House has suffered severely from the e.
fects of the excessive heat Officer LYDIA
was overcome several days ago ard is
now reported to be seriously III with ty-
| phoid malaria and Inflammation of the
bowels. Officer Sawyer was stricken down
at his post last evening, and was removed
to Garfield Hospital for treatment. His
trouble was due to the heat, and il is said
he narrowl ly escaped a severe case of ',un-
stroke. All the other members of th. force
on duty at and about the mansion are more
or less under the weather, and are thank
ful that their duties are comparatively
light. owing 20 the scarcity Of sig ghtseers.
Additional Deaths Yesterday.
The hot weather caused the sudden death
| OF William, who was Familiarity known
as BILL, Boss. Yesterday afternoon
about o'clock he was found sitting in a
chair near window at his residence No.
6ol 9TH street southwest unconscious His
son-in-law. Mr.. H. H. Mullineaux, of the
bureau of engraving and printing, found
4 him, and he called in a physician, but his
| condition was such that medical aid was Of
no avail, for he remained unconscious un-
| I'll death claimed him, at 3 O'Clock this
morning.
The deceased who was a native of this
| city, was more than seventy years Old In
! the early days of Washington he was n
| police constable. and did duty in the old
| Capitol prison. He was also connected with
several newspapers, among them The Even
| ing Star, the National Intelligencer and the
National Union. The deceased leaves five
! children one of them, Foreman Boss of No
| l engine company. His funeral Will take
| place Saturday afternoon from his LATE 7, ST.
dence. The interment will be made i'm Com
greSsional cemetery.
| Coroner Hammett last night gave A GER
| uiicate of death from heat stroke in the
case of John B. Warren, the old soldier who
| was found dead in his bed at No t22 Penn
| sylvan:a avenue yesterday morning
| The next victim OF the days terrors was
| Miss Catherine DAILY of No. 151S North Capi-
| tol street, who was overcome about 3:30
| pm. yesterday, while walking along p
| street near her home. She was removed to
| Garfield Hospital, but was beyond the power
| OF medical Skill and died in few minutes.
| Ricaard Edwards, colored, who was an
| employe OF the Mt. Vernon Electric road
| was overcome at O'Clock in the afternoon
| He was removed to his house in A,eXau-
| dfta, where he died two hours later
There Were many cases of prostration
John Willis, a colored laborer, while at
work in Stanton Square yesterday after
| noon about ! o'clock. was oNere nm. Iy The
| heat he Is sixty-four years old ana lives
| at 92l Golden street. The police removed
MIN to his home in the patrol wagon.
| About $50 O'Clock an unknown woman
| was found unconscious on ID street north
| east between 1st and ID streets She was
| taken In house 135 ID street, ami art,-r b.-
| ing attended by DIR. Dawson was sem 10
| Providence Hospital.
| John Book Of Hyattsville was overcome
| in the sixth precinct and was relieved at
| Garfield Hospital.
Cases were sent to Emergency Hospital
| as follows:
| Shirley Williams, a coiored bow of ol47
| u street northwest, was prostrated while
| at work. but was soon restored
| Mary Postridge, washerwoman living
IN Mt. Pleasant, was overcome She WAS
| soon out of danger.
| William NJ Buckley of Anacostia suffered
| a heat stroke, but was shortly relieved
| Policeman c. b. Willis was overcome
| about o'clock while chasing some bows
| He was treated at the hospital and removed
to his home.
Fannie Williams, colored. who was over
come by the heat, was removed TO Freed
| mans Hospital for treatment
Policeman Thomas HollingberSer of the
first precinct, who was stationed at me
White Horse for several years is in a
critical condition from the effects of a sum
| stroke he received on Tuesday, and II is
feared he may not recover.
The First Prostration Today.
At O'Clock this afternoon Benjamin
| Williams. colored boy, living at No. 3
Johnsons court, was taken to the Emer-
gency Hospital unconscious from the heat
He was placed under treatment and was
i'm a fair way to recover at 3 o'clock.
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