Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-07
CALORIC SPELL CONTINUES
THE WEATHER BUREAUS PROMISED
STORM GOT away FROM 1T.

Weather Che1dvfIiis L. Moore will prob
ably not relish being Compared in even q
jocular way tosWill3am Jennings Bryan.
but an irreverent maI today who was SUI
fering from the Feasibility inspired by
blighted hope and rising heat and humidity
did that very thing. 20
Why" he qneried. hopping his neck
with an already saturated handkerchief.
Why is Willis J.. Moore In 1860 like VIII
liam j. Bryan in 1882
Pausing to change his mop to his fevered
brow he answered HIS own conundrum
Because" he said. AS prophet he
amt worth shueks."
This was simply because Mr. Moore 8
confidently expected southern storm had
not arrived according TO. his recent official
notification. and the promised smash up of
the hot spell had nor materialized either.
HOme-Comers Are Fretting.
Accordingly, despite these promises Of the
weather bureau. Washington's heated term
continues with az much Intensity as ever
and people who returned home on the 1st Of
September I'm the belief that cooler weather
would then prevail for a greater portion OF
the time at least are now either Tuning
over their bad judgment. or else are busy
packing to get out Of town again in the
shortest possible order. The calOric spell
which has continued through a compare
lively uninterrupted period OF more than
two months seems ambitious to equal the
perennial running qualities Of Mr.. Tenny-
sons brook and go on forever. already
being much wettsr, perspiration counts
tor anything.
Today a maximum of "a degrees was reg
istered at 80 O'Clock the official Their
mOmeter at the government observation
station. At O'Clock clouds obscured the
sun and the mercury took a tumble Of three
degrees. but with q sinister indication Of
rising to even greater heights than attain
ed at 100. once the fieecy clouds passed
on their way. At Affleck's at 2 pm. the
standard thermometer on the street level
recorded AZ degrees and was still moving
up the scale.
Cyclone wriggIed Away.
1t must be said to the credit Of the
weather bureau officials that they used
their utmost endeavors to connect with a
West Indian hurricane and switch It on
to the Washington-bound air line. The of
hciaIs were so exhausted. however. from
their efforts Of telling the population of
Washington of approaching GOODNESS, that
the cyclone wriggled from their grasp and
is now moving ON to the northwest, pre-
ferring to follow empire rather than visit
the effete east The DETECTION of the hur-
ricane brought about a huge silence in the
local forecast this morning. The prophets
had pinned their coOl-weather faith to the
tickle wind storm. and II unceremoniously
gave them the merry horse litter They
were resourceless this morning I'm couse-
quence and Washingtonians will have to
&c back to the ante-weather bureau days
of trusting to Providence.
Where the Storm II Moving.
Regarding the storm the bureaus bulle-
tin says:
The tropical storm is central this morning
in the Gulf Of Mexico, south of louisiana
1t maintains. about the same energy and
Is moving slowly northwestward. Port
Eads. La, reports maximum velocity OF
fifty-six miles. WARM weather was gem
eral Thursday except in the upper Missis-
sippi valley and upper lake region. During
Thursday night there wasa considerable
corresponding rise isn the northwest Ex-
cept that caused by the storm in the south,
there has beep but little rain. There were
local showers nom the lower lake region
eastward and III the Central Rocky noun
tain region. Rafl fs indicated tonight and
Saturday In The gull and south Atlantic
states. proba bly, TAeasg on the middle and
west gulf coast..d r. ~-.ts
Fair weather will prevail from the Ohio
valley eastward and northeastward with
lower temperature fought over the greater
portion OF the middle Atlantic states and
New England - -
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coast the winSa Mhl be fresh north to
northeast. On thef south coast they will
be fresh TO brisk Gastric northeast
Storm warnings atN displayed from PEN
sacola to Galyeston-1s