The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-06
NO BREAK IN THE HEAT.
Four Fatalities and Many PrOstrn-
tiOHs the Record for Today.


The extreme heat continues with una
batting fury and with most distressing ef-
fects upon mankind In Washington the
| temperature has ranged high during the
! past twenty-f0UF hours and the humidity
has been intense AZ 3 o'clock this after
noon four deaths from the effects of the
hot weather and several prostraticns had
! been reported through the police channels
for the day. One man had also been driv-
/ en- temporarily insane by the heat
The highest point reached by Af:eck's
thermometer today was 91l2 degrees At
the Weather Bureau the highest point
reached by the Thermometer was g2 de
grees, which was reached at , o'clock this
afternoon.
At $ o'clock this morning 50 degrees
were resist tered, > degrees mere than at
the same hour yesterday.
Last night was one of great discomfort
Very little sleep was possible in the city,
and swcIterias Washington again hocked
TO tn, city parks and breathing places for
air The stored up heat Of yesterday was
given off in hot waves throughout the
night. Increasing the suffering caused by
the actual temperature, and the humidity
in the atmosphere More complaint was
lodged agIinst the weather today than at
any tiTne since the carly part Of the y eek
The humidity today was only sc de-
Erees, but I6 degrees above the normal,
yet On Monday. when the thermometer
reached the record mark Of 102 degrees,
the effect upon humanity did not appear
TO be so great. The total absence Of any
breeze ana the fact that the people are
becoming exhausted had much TO do with
the acute physical discomfort expert
enced-
The Weather Bureau officials hold out
no promise Of a permanent relief. Thun-
derstorms. accompanied by a fall in tenn
Derature, are predicted for this afternoon
by the forecast officials, however.
David W Howe and Thomas O'Brien,
patients at the Government Insane Asy-
lum. died early this morning from the
exec ssive heat Both of the deceased
were ex-soId;ers Of the Union, and hailed
from the Soldiers Home They were
over seventy years OF age.
Thomas A. DOua ghue. who kept sa-
loon at 1904 North Capitol Street, sue
cumbed to the heat and died at an early
hour this morning. He had been COM
planning of the oppressive weather and
was visited by a physician early in the
evening who advised him to retire to his
room and rest. About $50 o'clock Mr..
Donaghue's sister-in-Iaw heard him rap
ping on the floor, and going to his room
found him unconscious. The physician
was recalled, but Mr. Donaghue died
about an hour afterward. He leaves a
wife and SIX children
The body of a colored man, supposed to
be LittIetOH Jones. Of II02 New Hamp-
shire Avenue northwest was found on a
vacant lot at the corner OF Twentieth
and 3 Streets northwest, about 3:3g
O'Clock this morning He had died from
the effects OF the heat The remains were
removed to the morgue by Superintend-
ent Schoneberger- Jones was employed
by the Crawford Paving Company and
was last seen alive in the vicinity OF the
electric light plant at Fourteenth and 3
Streets northwest last night, when he
said that he was rot feeling well. and
was going home. His relatives have been
notified to call Nt the norsue to identity
the body and they are expected there this
afternoon.
John NJ Eatti twenty-five years old,
was driven into state OF acute mania
by the intense heat in mis- ROOM 915 Z
Street northwest, about I:20 o'clock this
morning. and was removed to the EmeT-
gency Hospital His condition was much
improved this morning
Shortly after l O'Clock Henry LeAIoyne,
sixty years old. OF Al Fifth Street north
east, was prostrated by the heat IN front
of ass Pennsylvania Avenue northwest
When he arrived at the Emergency Hos
pitaI, where he was taken in an ambJI-
lance. he was in se-Ri-consCioUs COndi-
ton, but it is believed that he will re-
cover
Edward Garner, twenty-four years Old,
OF 5GS First Street southeast, was found
In an exhausted condition at the corner of
New Jersey Avenue and L Street south
east about 1870 O'Clock last night by the
Garfield Park watchman. He was sent 10
Providence Hospital, where II was found
he was suffering from heat prostraticn.
He IS rapidly recovering and IS thought
to be out of danger
James McDeyitt the well-known detec-
tive. is confined to his home from the ef-
fects Of the heat combined with stomach
trouble He is doin: nicely today, and is
in no danger. it Is said
F. P. Jenkins. a motorman, on 2 Cap
itaI Traction car. was overcome by the
heat about 9:15 o'clock this morning, at
the corner Of Pennsylvania Avenue and
Fifteenth Street northwest and had to be
taken from his car He was carried to
AfieCk-s drug store in a faInting CondI-
ton, but was soon revived, and sent to
mis- home.
HEAT VICTIMS TJ-T#CAcn