Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-02
Washington Given a Blessed Respite
This Afternoon.
The EARLY HOURS WE'RE DISASTROUS
Clouds Began a Carnival and the
Temperature Dropped.
DEATHS AND REGISTRATIONS

materially Iessened the markings of the
mercury. temporarily at least. The wealth
or bureau thermometer stood at % at
O'Clock drop of four degrees since noon.
1t was evident that the official Instrument
would not reach the heighth it did yester-
day. when 1O2 was recorded at $50 pm.
The Climatic Conditions.
Climatic conditions are evidently chang
ing if one may Judge from the present pro-
tracted hot spell and those similar to 1t In
Immediately recent years A couple of
decades ago such continuation of bis
tering days and nights WAS unheard of in
-hfs latitude. So old inhabitants say. and
consequently the belief in the change men
toned is wide and deep.
TIE present crisis mas changed the query
at such times from How not is it? to
How long will il LAST" Relief is the sole
i3aa. and lips that have long been Strang~
e~S to PRAYERS are offering up pleas that it
may be granted soon. Few were the bos-
oms that We're not filled with apprehension
and alarm this morning when The early
hours showed that the terrible heat OF yes
t-raGy would probably continue. The early
hours We're stagnant and sufoCating. and
continued until after IL o'clock, when d
breeze sprdug up from the northwest. II
blew like a blessing. because it made ex-
tsrerCe more bearabie. haziness. that
also tempered in a degree the glare of the
sun aided the breeze not a little in its good
work. But il would have required a storm
wind and clouds surCharged with big reser-
voirs Of rain To have accomplished anything
like real relief.
Such things skirted the city during the
afternoon and raised hopes in painting
bosoms only to tOpple them over again.
The Capitol dome was silhouetted at 30
against a cloud that was pouring out rain
for lucky Maryland folks. and another big
black mass of storm formed just below
Washington and went down the Potomac.
Such things only made existence stickier
10y reason of the nerves that expectation
had set on edge, and then filed the stickI-
ness with dust caused by the wind that
blew in the wake of the down-river gust.
Manual labor outdoors and in many
workshops was suspended altogether, ex-
C-pt in a few instances where necessity
would not permit delay. and in these the
workmen performed their duties slowly in
deed Horses and drivers alike suffered.
and the former were cared for in every
way possible. Delivery wagon horses usual
y sent at a swift trot were put to slow
walk There was not much delivery to at
tend to by merchants, comparatively speak
ing. because purchases Were confined al
most entirely to necessities, and shopping
at a standstiu.
While the well and strong were visbiy
affected the assaults of the heat upon the
sick and weak came with terrible force.
Even the well-tO-dO found 1t difficult to
temper the sufferings of their afflicted dear
one. while the poor are simply in torment.
Despite the breeze and the hazness, down
town thermometers which Indicate the
temperature that people feel and faIter un-
der. were making vicious marks w<h mer-
C.,sss steadiness- Befor IL O'Clock many of
these tu9cs marked So 81 and 9s. according
10 their location. all, of course, being in
the shade.
At $50 o'clock this morning the official
thermometer at the weather bureau re-
corded 50 which Is several degrees over
t.an the showing made in the unofficial
thermometers down town. This is, how
ever, TWO degrees lower than for the same
time yesterday morning
Afieck's standard Thermometer marked
~ at Q am. 1opia at II O'Clock and 1O1 at
= !. m. one degree less than yesterday
sad Hospital scenes.
\ number of sad scenes were witnessed a.
the Emergency Hospital when victims of
the heat were brought In for treatment
Some Of them were hysteric and their
screams could easily be heard by persons
on the street. The morning work of the
ambulance corps was so heavy that addi-
tl0ual hoses had TO be obtained for the
service So numerous were the victims
that an extra load of ice for use on the
overhead d ones was secured
Daniel Porter, colored. twenty-six years
old. whose home is at 2213 18th street
r.'rthwest. was stricken near 18th and X
streets this morning. He was unconscious
whom h. reached the hospital, and when
his temperature had been reduced by the
Use "f Ice he was sent to q ward, still in a
critical condition.
~ +i4Afltss -NO.l4s . A'NtAf-IlS OF lStdldN "
Prime" G~oIge's county. Md, also suffered
Az attack Of sUnstroke..- He was removed
u the hospital from Pennsylvania avenue
and eth street northwest. and his condi-
Z. IA was serious when he was placed in an
le- bath The doctors worked on him a
long kline. finally restoring consciousness.
out near Chevy Chase. where an excava-
t-"u Was in progress for a new building
tn horses and men were SO weakened by
the heat that the contractor stopped work
al ii o'clock yesterday After shutdown.
however. the force returned and worked
steadily by moonlight until 3 o'clock this
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Deaths in the City.
William h Schoil whose death occurred
yesterday from the effects of the heat, was
craftsman employed in the Agricultural
Department. He lived at 615 ID street
northwest. where he died about $50 O'Clock
last night During the day he suffered
greatly from the not weather. and his tenn
FrFature was above normal when he left
the office. Feeling i'll. ne took a dose of
medicine. and upon reaching home ne made
al Effort to reduce his temperature. After
lIrner he played COR a time with his little
child. and then went to his ROOM still
COMPLAINING OF the heat. He repaired to
The bath room shortly after . o'clock
thinking a cold bath would help him. His
father went 10 the bath room about the
hour stated and found his son in the tub
with ice on his mead He was unconscious
and a physician WIS summoned, who reach
ed the house in a few minutes. but MIR
SchoN died before his arrival
Kate Sellers, who died from heat pros
tratipn and alcoholism. was found dead in
her room at 12O6 21st street northwest. She
occupied a room in a house with colored
people, who had been kind to her When
her body was removed to the morgue about
> o'clock this morning 1t was greatly dis
colored. and the condition of the room in
dIcated extreme POVERTY Mrs. Sellers was
widow more than sixty years old. Years
ago she lived on Cd street northwest be-
tween @ and II streets. Her husband
Charles Sellers. was a tailor by trade The
womans body will probably be buried In
potters field
John Farrell died at the Emergency Hos
pitaI about II O'Clock last night. after five
hours treatment He was stricken while at
work at the gas works at 26th and C streets
northwest. about $50 o'clock in the after
noon The doctors were unable to reduce
the temperature and restore the proper
action of the heart. The body OF the I'M
fortunate man was removed rom the hos
pital 10 his late home, No. 26l9 | street
northwest
Esther Weston, about forty-fve years
old who lived at f4l9 Binney street. was
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