New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-02
WEATHER BREAKS A RECORD.
MN, u,TTEST SEPTEM-
RER | SINCE 1870.

,.v ,,,or,r FRUSTRATED AND GREAT SUI
ryRryG CAUSED ~ THE TENEMENT
HOUSE DISTRICTS AND AMo''
THE RETURNED SOLDIERS
The weather has played New-f ofHe'S ST.
many scurvv tricks this year bu' us pe''
ances Of yesterday and Wednesday pu' e'''S
thing else in the shade. No' ina Ul''e
,,,,,n, sboda about anything yesterday nut SIM
uas capro, always be literally accurate hS
can,e,nbar | peopIe usually regard the "o'
weather as gone by They begin 70 return
The city after vacations AT the seasho'e anu ."
the mountains. and they congratulate
selves on having escaped the cr"ei W."
summer climate. a.. ,ost
wool. have found themselves badly deceived "a"
,,a exnenses Of vacations have been waS'eD ~
- ,. cases After carefully recuper-
- du,ipo Julv and August. people nave re-
,,,r.od 20 New-York only to be prostra'eo ~
,h ,erriblc heat Of the last two days i
moral Of this is that # one wants Vaoa"ol ~
=, Of real benefit one should take IL III "'f
TENDER ,, on roc.
Yesterday was the hottest September on 'eo'
ord =, least as Ear back as the year lo''' "'''0
& ss far "a the records Of the Wed'"e' '"
rim But even this statement docs "'
nuately describe the heat Inc
might have been higher man Oh any p no,.o
seDtember l. and the weather misnt sun no
been comparatively supportable' Inc pc
eye Of humidity. although less IMAM Oh u"
1av WAS remarkably hign' ana al'"7'
aav was about the most trying OF any CHS
-, r;tar,,n Of the real condition OF tne
weather is often 10 he found IN the ie"e.
a., - aos,bs and pros:retons due 10 the heat
ali IL
,,uch better standard by which TO nedsuie
The amount OF suffering endured oy Ne"
49, ,,,, m. records OF the Weather Bureau
,,or EVEN IN THE WEATHER BUREAU.
r,.. foo,,shness Of taking the readings OF the
thermometers at the top OF one Oh 'i'e
,u,la,ops In the city as any real index OF the
tenperature has been pointed out IN Inc iil'
nm. before It has been remarked that the
collars OF ordinary citizens make more ae0u'"''
thermometers than the elaborate instruments Oh
81, roo, Of the Manhattan Life Building Yes
,.-aav however the heat such that even
,hs Weather Bureau issued records that are
startling Just how much higher the thern'o"-
stars in the streets recorded the temperate %
being cannot be accurately shown ou' d u''''
ence Of eight or ten degrees is cohSe' "'''0
estimate. ,;
The hIChest temperature yesterday ao'oi ne
N the Weather Bureaus official report "'S -
dsgre.s the lowest Il degrees. The latter record
how aver. was taken from 10 CLOCK III 'e
morning Daring the latter part OF the ia! 'e
loves, temperature was s. degrees al 0''0N.
The fall Of four degrees was felt ana ho'i0eu
by every one and it was supposed tha' d. iN''
,hara ,vos going TO be some relief. But the
homes were short-lived The fuctuation was que
TO a shifting of the wind. sea breeze blowing
min III
died away so that the last state or the hap'e'S
New-Yorkers wss worse than the nrst.
The effect of the heat upon the soldiers re-
turned from the front has been terrible. II
really does seem as though bad luck is pursuing
The American Army after its glorious record III
cuba II is not only in New-York that the
weather has been insufferable IN me Iass W. WI
days-the same condltohs are IePo, beI,s,ad
over the country and the soldiers eNndusteu
by the climate and diseases OF CUBA are III POot
condition to withstand the aGdltlonaI straI" "a
the heat Of yesterday and WEDNESDAY Inv 49,.
sult OF il was sadly apparent yesterday III 'iiAS
city. acton - ,ha av-
rul distress which is caused by the nov wea.hel
in the tenement house districts Inc poor Vi t.'Is
city are not only Handicapped curing WedtHGI
such as this by the crowded condlNon Oh thel
ho,nes-they also suffer from utter ignorance
OF the right things DO under the ciIcum-
stances Instead OF buying ice they prefer 10
spend their money upon beer. Cold pee! - the
thing WnlCn tNeI Iesdlu az q
Tbis vear number OF charitable people nave
begun a campaign Of education In the tenement
house districts, and trying 10 teach the
people what they should do during not spell
NO PROSPECT OF RELIEF TO-DAY.
Apparently there is 70 be no relief from the
heat to-day. Weather FOrecaster Emery de-
clares that the same conditions VIII preNall TO-
dav but that tomorrow We may expect
change His forecast at midnight last night
read: Fair TIL Saturday; continued high tenn
perature" 49,
nersture I'D 10 9 o'clock last evening: