The times., 1897-09-12
COOLER WEATHER IS NEAR
No More Awful Heat to Make
Humanity Suffer.
RECORD BREAKER YESTERDAY
Niuety-Seven Degrees Was Indicated
on the Thermometer Tempera-
ture Fell From Ten TO Twenty
Degrees in New York Big Storm
Is Approaching.

old SOL broke another heat record in
Washington yesterday. The thermometer
at the weather Bureau registered within
a fraction of a degree Of the SO mark
at o'clock Friday afternoon, and thus
made tire record OF the year up TO that
hour, but when the mercury mounted up
TO the towering height OF 81 degrees at
the same hour yesterday afternoon, the
record ot tie day before was smashed
into smthereens.
,rbe quicksilver had hardly settled down
to tie siNty-two degrees mark at . O'Clock
yesterday morning, and tie sweItering in
habitants Of the city, after a night Of
resi-, t,eSSn ess, were just on the verge OF
lapsng into visions of comfort, when the
sun appcared in the East, large and red,
and ready for another days frolic. In
another hour the city was awake, and as
mecha nI5s and laborcrs moved slowly to-
ward their places of toll and saw that the
thermometer was IL degrees, look Of
despair came over their cOuntenances.
At 10 t,'clock the "a mark was reached.
and THIS was hot enough to start streams
of perspirati)n flowing from the pores OF
every living being in the city, and also
plenty warm enough for any respectable
community on a summers day. But this
was net 10 be the limit of the heat. The
suns rays became warmer and more great
ly felt as the hours came and went, and
the meradry kept crawling notch after
notch up 5he tube.
Tie sidewalks of tile main thorough
fares were only trayeIsed by those who
were forced to move about on business
and other important missions. Policemen,
letter carriers and other public servants.
who naturally feel the broiling rays Of
| tie sumrrer sun more keenly than most
persons, suffered terribly, and moved from
| street to street only as fast as was CON
| sistent with tile public interests. The
! continued heat by noon began to tell on
ever ythlng.
Man, beast and vegetation alike showed
the tcrr ble effects OF the, suns burning
rays Persons that We're wont to treat
the weather as matter Of Jest during
the first part OF the week, ceased their
comicalties when the recordings showed
shat the day was stin hotter than its
predecessor, and the Continued heat w,s
no joking matter Animals likewise felt
tile heat greatly, and tlra ynien and drivers
allowed .Beir horses Co move along he
streets very slowly, lest they should be
come exhausted.
Tile beautiful shade trees that have been
a mean Of shelter and comfort many warm
days during the past summer have showed
| more han anything else in the city just
how great the heat has been. Last week
tie avenues and streets were shaded and
cooled hy the foliage or these trees. Yester-
|
most withered. and /; this weather con.
tinues hot much longer they viii be
robbed OF their foliage.
Realizing the fearful strain upon the
clerks, the heads of two Government de
partments Yesterday morning determined
that all employees should be released in
hour earlier in the Afternoon. Secretary
Bliss signed an order shortly before noon
nt-ecting that ali bureaus connected with
the Interior Department should be closed at
O'Clock.
The news Of the paralyzing effect Of the
heat a t the Pension office had the effect
Of getting a holiday for the clerks at ths
War Department.
The heat was reported as excessive on
the firth floor OF the State. War and
Navy building. The employees are III
The clerks on the Navy side asked Mr..
Roosevelt to let them off at p NJ, and
the request was granted
Not only was the weather warmer in
Washington yesterday, but also in many
other cities throughout the union. The
following places lead with 96 degrees
Philadelphia, Norfolk, Vicksburg, Mem
phis, Nashville. Indianapolis, Springfield.
Cairo. and st. Louis, as against only six
on Friday. In Little Rock there was
a rise of 2 degrees; Memphis, 4 degrees;
indianapolis, 2 degrees; and Cairo, 2
degrees. The recording at Washington
was 96 at O'Clock, but between the
hours of and the 81 mark was reached
twice. The intense heat of the past three
days continued in the Middle Atlantic
States and the Ohio Valley.
Temperatures nave been higher than ever
before reported I'm the second ten days OF
September at the following stations: Wash
ingtcn citv, degree; Nantucket. . degrees.
Block Island, degrees; Philadelphia.
degree; and atlantic City, degrees.
The high pressure area has moved from
Lake Superior eastward to the north of
New York, leaving second stationary high
pressure area off the Pacific coast.
rne temperature has fallen decidedly in
New England and the lower lake regioA,
and will undoubtedly fall IN Washington
and vicinity, also.
There was fall of 10 degrees in
New York last evening" a fall OF 20 de
grces at Albany, fall of 26 degrees at
Portland, a fall Of 20 degrees at Boston
and of 20 degrees at PASSPORT. The cool
air from. the northern high VIII have
reached here by this morning. A line be.
tween New York and Philadelphia, said
Forecaster Hazen to Times reporter last
night separates the small region surround.
ing Baltimore. Washington and southern
Maryland from this cooler region at this
time.
The cooler air. said Mr.. Hazen, from
the North is gradually forcing its way
through the warm aIr. and we will have
] onnlar Neaiher will lily