Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10

Let those now pray who never prayed be
fore,
The warm waves past, so the forecasters
say
Cool weather comes tomorrow. or some
day.
-Shortfellow
Tomorrow will be Sunday. and 1t may be
suggested that 1t would be a good idea to
pray FOR cooler weather The weather man
says that indications are the temperature
will be lower tomorrow afternoon than for
some time Clothed in the mysterious,
cabalistic language of the weather bureau,
the bulletin announced this afternoon is as
follows:
The intense heat of the past ten days in
the central valleys, due in part to the stag
nation of the atmosphere, has been broken
by the forward movement of the trough Of
low pressure from Kansas to the lake
regions. and by the advance of the high
pressure area from the north Pacific coast
to Colorado
AS will be seen from this. and readily
understood at the first glance by every
body, the famous old rascals. High" and
Low" who have been triling with the
affections of the thermometer for weeks
have fallen out between themselves, and
honest people are getting their dues.
"LOSv' Trcspnssed.
Like a hog, Low was not satisfied. ac-
cording to the bulletin. with feeding out
of the trough composed of Kansas and
the lake regions, but must needs leave that
and attempt to gorge in the one extending
from the north Pacific coast to Colorado
in which High" was making a mess of It,
A battle ensued, and the outcome has been
that the contestants were forced TO retire
for some little time. The cool wave Will
now approach unmolested. and probably
remain until the Two combatants regain
their wind.
1t was cooler here today than yester-
day. At o'clock this morning the mer-
curry registered 76 degrees. and it was 81
at noon. This is cool compared with the
heat all along the coast, where the tenn
perature has been up to the ninety mark,
with the exception of Boston. The tenn
perature has fallen in New England, but
very little.
The members of the Christian Endeavor
Union who did not take the trip to the
convention are sorry they did not. That is.
they are sorry If they contemplated going
and taking their snowshoes along. At 8
o'clock this morning the temperature in
San Francisco was As degrees. and the
maximum yesterday was Y degrees.
Thrown in as Extra.
Immunity from the heat was not original
ly included in the low price of railroad
tickets, but there was Brightness to
spare out there it was thrown in without
additional expense. The only stipula ton
is that none of it shall be brought back to
Washington.
Atlantic City was only two degrees cool
er at o'clock this morning than Washing
ton. with "A degrees. Persons who went
there recently to get away from the heat
only got away from 1t five or six degrees
worth yesterday. as the maximum tenn
perature there was so degrees. In Phiia-
delphia. only 90 miles away, the mercury
reached 80 degrees. 1t was so there at
) o'clock this morning. New York waved
its fan languidly this morning, and let its
handkerchief rest for a while. 1t was "a
degrees there at o'clock, while the maxi
mum yesterday was 81 degrees. '-
The Two Cracl<ajacks.
Phoenix, Ariz.. and Concordia Kan, the
two crackajacks came down the stretch
neck and neck Yesterday. went under the
wire together and finished the heat In 1O2.
1t is a remarkably cool day when Phoenix
gets left.
Nashville. Indianapolis, Springfield ILL.,,
and Little Rock were IN better form yes
terday than thu people who live there
Each scored Is degrees and had something
to spare at the finish Cincinnati regis
tered 96 degrees. as did st. Louis and
Cairo. Davenport had 9S degrees: Omaha
"a; Des Moines. 96; Parkersburg, w. Va,
yesterday had 80 degrees; Plttsburg, 30;
New Orleans, ~. and Nicksburg, ~
At s O'Clock this morning the mercury
had gone down the tube at Cheyenne, Wyo,
to A degrees, while the maximum there
yesterday was Ga degrees.
Eureka the Coolest.
Eureka, Cal, was the coolest place in the
country, with only GO degrees Eastport.
Me, yesterday relaxed it's grip and let the
thermometer show maximum of 76 de-
grees. 1t was "a degrees there at O'Clock
this morning. Winnemucca, New, had a
maximum of 80 degrees Yesterday
hot L...,
wave, Was the caution given the reporter
by the weather man.
Simply state that there might be n
sight fal in temperature by tomorrow
night. We like to do things gradually
by degrees. you know"
The conditions are favorable for local
thunder storms tonight and Sunday.
Mrs. Ada Sherin of Waldorf Station,
va, was overcome by the heat yesterday
afternoon at the market. She was taken to
the Emergency Hospital, where she re-
ceived attention.
Three Deaths Mt PittsburS.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July IO.-,rhere were
three deaths and several prostrations from
the heat today. The dead were: Bridget
Keenan,, Michael Barlie. John Danchu-
lovic.
AT 1 o'clock this afternoon the mercury
registered 81 degrees.
Relief for Cincinnati Tonight.
CINCINNATI Ohio, July 1O.-There were
many prostrations from heat here TO-DAY
only two proving fatal up to noon. at
which hour .he thermometer stood at 90.
me weather bureau predicts relief in
this locality tonight.
VIII Help the COlOnels' Average,
LOUISVILLE. KY, July 1O-President
Pulliam Of the Colonels has received a let
ter from President N. E. Young of the
league stating that the first ,a mo r,Ia ,.o.a