New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
WEATHER BREAKS A RECOKD.
YESTERDAY THE HOTTE9l OH
RER SINCE 1870.

,,,xv PEOPLE FRUSTRATED AND Gt'hAI or
rxRtxG CAUSED ~ THE TENEMENT
HOUSE DISTRICTS AND AMo'"
THE RETURNED SOLDIERS.
The weather has played Newt oiAe''
many scurvv tricks this year pu' i'
ances Of Yesterday and "Wednesday pu' 49,
thing else in the shade. No' ina 'i''.
-.., shode about anything yesterday nut SIM
ues cannot always be NteralN a''u'"
Santember | people usually regaru III"
weather as gone by. they "ebi" :" 49,, =,
w. o,,,, after vacations at the seashore ana III
the mountains and they cohsi"'"'",' x..,,
s1,,.o. IN having escaped the cruel Ne"-io'N
summer climate ,..; tho last
r,hoso who have come back within inc iaS
Co., fo,,,d themselves badly deceived All
49,. ox,arsas Of vacations have been "aS'eN "
- many cases After carefully recup''
a.,Dc du,inc July and August. people nav ~,
,,r,ed 10 New-York only To ne prussia" r
,b.. terrible heat Of the last two o@' ..
mora, Of this is that If one wants N'' g.,
10 Of real benefit one should TAKE !" !"
TENDER ,.,or on rec
- -, ,aas+ a. FAR back as the year io'" ""O''
e as far az the records OF u' a
rur Rut even this statement ooc'
,,,o,e1v describe the heat Inc 'iS'
MIGHT have been higher than on any % ,
een,ember l. and the weather m'sn' pun
,rr, .o,n,aratively supportable. The perce"'-
eye Of humidity. although less IMAM ." ,ha
1av vas remarkably high, and altose'he' '"e
""'' ,.o,,t tho most irving OF any this year
- r;tar,on Of the real condition oi V"'
-. j. of,en 10 he found IN the leng'h "a VAC
a., ,oa,hs aid pros.retions due 10 the h'"'
,c. ,or yesterday is unusually long. ana io'
-, h.t,ar standard by which 10 iied'N'
~. ao,,,,,nt OF suffering endured by New io''
o,s ,han the records OF the Weather b"'e'"
HOT EVEN IN THE WEATHER BUREAU
NV, .oorshness of taking the readings OF '"e
..nrroo,n.,ers al the top of one or me n's"e''
,iai,ss IN The city as any real lnoeA % ''e
.,rera,ure has been pointed out IN Inc INV
,na before It has been remarked "ia'
collars OF ordinary citizens make more aoNu'"'
thermometers than the elaborate lhsuui''e"'3 O'
,,a roof of the Manhattan Life buioihs N
terday however. the heat was suNn ''''' a
tho Weather Bureau issued recoIuo '''"
startling Just how much higher the 'ne' ''''''
stars in the streets recorded the temper a'u
he,np cannot be accurately shown, pu' u''''
o =, a,gbt or ten degrees is conservative
estimate. ooora;ny
he as
degrees the lowest Il degrees. The latter 'eo0i0
49, ,os ,aLan from TO o'clock IN the
or,;ro Daring the latter part of the DAY ''ie
,n.as. tsnonerature was IS degrees. al C'"O"'
Tho fau Of four degrees was felt ana ho'i0eu
nv averv one. and it was supposed that al las'
,hare was going to be some relief But INC
homes were short-lived. The Huctuation was u"e
to a shifting of the wind, sea breeze DIV ms
over the city for few minutes ana so'''
died away so that the last state OF the H"P'e''
New-Yorkers wes worse than the hrs''
The effect of the heat upon the soldiers re-
turned from the front has peeh 'eiil''e' -
really does seem as though bad luck is pu'su'Ne
the American Army after its glorious recoru IL
Cuba 1t is not only IN New, orr ,ha t ae, TWO
weather has been insufferable IN the IaSt w" w
davs-the same conditions are reporter al a
over the country and the soldiers eNnau - 60
by the climate and diseases OF Cuoa, are III p'o -
o3Si,ior ~ WITHSTAND the additional strain Oh
tba heat Of Yesterday and Wednesday. Inc re-
suit of it was sadly apparent yesterday III 'i'''
city 10 81 rofer 20 the aw-
mi distress which Is caused by the hot weather
in the tenement house districts Inc poor VI ts
c!ty are not only handicapped curing Weat go
snch az mis- by the crowded condition OF their
homes-they also suffer from utter
of the right things TO 40 unaef .ro nrefer 70
spend their money upon beer. Cold peei - tiie
one thing which they regard as pail!a. a,
This year a number OF chartaOie peop.e na :
begun campaign of education in the tenement ,ho
house districts. and are trying TO leacn Inv
people what they should do during hot spell
NO PROSPECT OF RELIEF TO-DAY
Apparently there is 10 be no relief from the
heat to-day Weather Forecaster Emery de-
clares that the same conditions VIII preVall TO-
day but that tomorrow We may expect
change His forecast al midnight last nleh'
read: Fair TIL Saturday continued high Ten"
perature." .,o tan,
The following is the official record OF the TEN
--..... 49, q nlclnol, u evening: