Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
CAUSED BY A LOW,
High Grade Temperature Caused b,
Invader From the West.

rom the west.
Heat. humidity and a lew" which is
cavorting sbout in the west, were respon-
sible today for two prostrations and the
wilted appearance of washingtonians IN
general.
The persons overcome by the heat were
E. s. Fleming. aged sixty, a clerk in the
Treasury Department. whose home is in
Alexandria. and William Smith. a Baltl-
more merchant. aged fifty-two years. who
is visiting in the city. They were stricken
on F stree. northwest about noon. After
being treated at the Emergency Hospital
each left for his home. The condition OF
neither was serious.
Great comfort may be taken from the
TACT that this is not the warmest place in
the country today by several degrees,
though the temperature was higher than
yesterday by four degrees. In Savannah,
Augusta, Atlanta end throughout the Mis-
siSsippi ar d Missouri valleys the mercury
Is nearly touching the century mark while
throughout the entire west south and
southwest it is far hotter than it is here.
The temperature in Washington was &c
this morning at oclock-four degrees
above what II was at the same hour yes
terday. The humidity, however, was about
So degrees at the same hour, while ii
reached 93 degrees yesterday.
A better condition of things is not prom
ised by the bureau until after tine Fourth
has passed. and the day on which it has
TO be celebrated this year. Who ever heard
of an Independence day celebration, unless
the rain was falling in torrents. SO that all
celebrations had to be abandoned. when
patriots did not swelter in the heat. The
very fact of being willing to celebrate on
such a well-known hot date shows the true
patriot.
So it will be as warm IL not warmer. to-
morrow. with local showers in the after
noon and on Monday, after which the
proba bilities are, the bureau states there
will be relief.
The low" which has advanced in Sec
tons on Washington from the west, has
not gotten itself together yet. SO that worse
weather may be expected. There will prob
ably be showers late this afternoon.
1t Is cooler in New York and Philadel-
phia today than here. In the metropolis
this morning, at s o'clock, the mercury
registered GS degrees, eight degrees lower
than here. while it was 30 degrees in Phila-
delphia. In New York yesterday the Their
mometer's maximum was 81 degrees. while
the maximum here was 90 degrees. at in
.he afternoon. The low" has not touched
there yet, but is headed that way Resi-
dents here can have the consolation of
knowing it will be cool here when New
Workers and Philadelphians are suffering
from the heat
At Savannah. Ga. yesterday, the maxi
mum temperature was 1G2 degrees. 1t was
10 In Augusta and 96 in Atlanta, and was
~ degrees even in Omaha. Neb.
The weather bureau has issued the fol-
lowing special bulletin: The area of I'M
usually high temperature this morning in
ciudes nearly the whole country east of
the Rocky mountains. except the middle
Atlantic coast and New England, the range
above the normal amounting to from . to
Is degrees. and being greatest in the lake
region. Maximum temperatures of 100 de-
greeS and over occurred yesterday at
Charleston and Savannah, and of 10 de-
grees and over Throughout the remainder
of the region named.
The temperatures throughout the lake
region, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys
have been above the normal since the LIST
of the month.
There has been a considerable fall dur
Ing the past twenty-four hours in the Mis-
scHri valley and the northwest. Continued
high temperature Is probable for Sunday
over the eastern and southern portions Of
the United States.
WILLIS L. MOORE,
Chief of Bureau