Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-12
The Hot Spell, Says Chief Moore,
Will Be Shattered.
SETS rWEEHfoUR HOURS As time
Thus VIII End the Hottest Sum-
mer in Washington's History.
THERMOMETER READINGS

1t Is almost too good to be true. perhaps
a great many people will be loath to believe
1t, anyhow, because the same thing was
promised on the same grounds nearly
week ago. But the chances are strong that
Chief Willis Moore Of the weather bureau
has just much at stake personally, to
say nothing about officially, as any other
person when It comes to sweltering and
suffering and painting and perspiring under
such meteorological infections as those which
Washingtonians have persistently borne the
entire summer through.
Within Twenty-Four Hours.
Consequently the following special bulletin
issued by Chief Moore will be read with In
terest and hope:
''The weather reports this morning con-
tain definite evidence that the heated
period which has prevailed almost con-
unuously over the eastern part OF the
United States since the early part OF July
will be permanently broken during the
next twenty-four hours. The change will
be effected by the West Indian hurricane
which moved from the Caribbean sea over
the Gulf of Mexico to the Texas coast and
passed thence northward and northeast
ward over the great lakes to the st. Law
renee valley. Attending the passage of
this storm over the great lakes the winds
have been quite severe, but owing to early
and full advices regarding Its character
which were given to all lake shipping in
terests, 1t is not likely that any material
loss Of shipping will be reported. The
wind will continue high from the west
and northwest along the Atlantic coast
from Cape May to PASSPORT today and to-
night, but owing to the warnings issued
last night for that portion Of the coast
and to the fact that the winds will be OF
shore. no damage to shipping Is antici-
pated.
There is little doubt that severe and
dangerous gales will be encountered to-
night and tomorrow over the Banks of
Newfoundland and along the west part of
the transatlantic steamer routes
Hottest Summer on Record.
II the solstice had come to an end a week
or ten days ago Washington would still
have been able to point to the summer Of
1900 as the most oppressive In its heated
calendar. The record 1t has made. how
ever. puts other summers really in the
shade. SO to speak. and it takes the last
remaining "reminiscences of the weather sort
away from the oldest tnhabitant. That
February blizzard of 1893 removed him
from the cold weather comforters. and
here comes the summer Of 1900 to remove
his power as a warm weather soother. It's
hard on the old gentleman, perhaps. to find
the summer of 81 knocked out In heat
waves by the recent period, just as the
comparative factor by the frigidity of win
ter before last but then it's great for the
present generation. and perhaps only marks
another feature Of: the superiority In every
thing that characteriZes present progress.
Those Delightful Winds.
The strong sbreezes last night. that mar
rowly escaped being gales. made sleep pos
sible where they managed to get through
windows and open doors. but outside of
their influence 1T was, sultry and ener-
waiting indeed. The later hours yesterday
afternoon were torrid, the weather bureau
Thermometer recording II degrees at pm.
the same wind afforded relief. The official
record at 8 o'clock a. m. was 80; at noon 1t
was 50 and at o'clock 81 was reached.
Downtown, OF course, where the reflect
direct work of the sum- the records were
higher. Afflecks standard instrument
marked 81 at am. 91h at noon and "a
at pm