Evening star., 1901-07-05
Chief Moore and Editors Principals
in the Latest.
ALL ABOUT FHE DISTRICT WEATHER
Heavy Mortality for First Three
Days in July.
TEN HEAT DEATHS DAILY

Every calamity seems to have an ac-
companying side issue only slightly less
terrible than the main happening, and this
rule is manifest in connection with the hot
spell. The terrific temperature was enough
to give the public all the affiiction 1t could
manage to bear up under, but now. as X
to make matters worse. Mr.. Willis l..
Moore. chief of the weather bureau. has
entered into a controversy with the news
papers over an alleged prediction he made
iu BinghaHton a few days ago to the
effect that the hot wave would continue
rolling for month. 1t was perhaps mean
in the editors to jump on Mr.. Moore so
vigorously. because a slight retrospective
would have convinced them that weather
bureau predictions went by contraries with
great frequency. The rumpus may have
the effect of distracting the attention of
tn. public from the atmospheric conditions
and in such an event 1t will be blessing.
no matter which side is right.
There is no doubt. however. that the
prophecy credited to Mr.. Moore, which he
has firmly disclaimed. is being carried out.
Some sections, like our own, have received
temporary relief in the shape of local
storms. but the sun spots-and these blem-
ishes are believed In some quarters to be
the cause of the solsticial condtions-show
little or no tendency to diminish their ac-
tivfty. So long as people can sleep at
night and thus become recuperated and re-
invigorated they will be able to bear tenn
perature UP to "a or % with something like
equanirnity. but it Is the hot nights fol-
lowing scorching days that do the mischief.
While the weather bureau wiseacres can
hold out no hopes for a permanent break
In the hot spell east of the Rockies. gen.
eral showers and thunder storms are indi-
Gated west of the Mississippi today and
east of IL tomorrow.
At noon the weather bureau mercury had
,k,1ZJ - - lN.l-r door
higher. The lowest temperature reached
during the past twenty-four hours was 10,
at O'Clock this morning. Aff1ecks later
recorded S at 0 am. 93ls at midday and S6
at pm
Conditions Over Country.
A welcome break In the wave has oc-
CURED in some portions OF the country. but
it is still very hot in most of the territory
east of the Rockies. Baltimore and St.
Louis according to the official observations
taken at 5 o'clock this morning. were at
that hour the hottest cities In the United
States Both recorded 81. which is o de-
greeS above the average for this week OF
July during the past thirty years. Relief
has come in New England. and the tenn
perature is below the seasonal average
there In Boston it is degrees below the
normal
Heavy Rains Out West.
The hot wave has been dissipated in the
states in the extreme upper Mississippi and
middle and upper Missouri valleys. the
Lake Superior region and the northern
Rocky mountain districts. where heavy
rains have sent the mercury downward.
The seat of the hot wave is in the middle
Atlantic states and in the middle Missis-
Sippi valley At many points in this terri
tory the temperature this morning ranged
from q to degrees above normal. No per-
manent relief is yet in sight, although
thunder storms are likely to occur at any
time. At the weather bureau in this city
at IL o clock the temperature registered 49,
a rise of degrees in little less than two
hours Downtown Thermometers marked
and 3 degrees higher.