The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-25
THE HOT WAVE UPON US
It is Creeping up stealthily From the
Southwest.
JIM RlLtY's HOT WEATHER PHILOSOPHY
ABad Convict Brought Back to the Penlten'
tiary and Another One Still al Large.
Negroes to Work in Northern
Iron Mills.
Is this hot enough for you?


Beg pardon for mentioning the subject,
but | simply wanted to tell you that
IL # isn't there something still warmer
in store for you.
What? Oh no, in this world-in the way
OF weather. too. Yes. That's the aliur-
ing proposition held out to you by the
weather man.
Don't like it? Nor do |. But what
can we do about it? Did getting worried
over a thing ever make one cooler? Let
be reasonable if the weather man ism L.
But that's what he said about it: That
Yesterday was the hottest day OF the
wear. so far but that warmer days were
to follow. Yesterday, was So in the shade
at the weather bureau, on the street.
near the ground some thermometers nov
cred around the 100 mark. Today DR.. Won
Hermann assures me, will beat that re-
cord and he looks for the greatest neat
on Friday or Saturday afternoon. he
saw no rain now in sight and predicted
no cooler weather before the first OF
next week
"And why are you putting up this hot
air game on us?" the Doctor was asked.
.sThe tremendous hot wave" he re-
pled slowly with laundering accent on
Tho tremendous" -''thetremendous hot
wave that has been a-careering around
over thes central part of the country is
now on it's way South. 1t can't cross the
mountains-no hot wave can, SO II mas
gone down the central valley and IS
Shining up behind us; hitting us from
the southwest. between wind and water
This is shown by the temperatures AT
Memphis yesterday 104, at Knoxville, 30,
at Raleigh SO, and at Charlotte, S. Can
YOU see the trail of the heat serpent!
ooh it will be 100 or more here before
it's over
Yesterdays record is one degree hotter
than it has been before during this sum
mer. The first three days in July IL
was s5 and since then, until yesterday,
cooler weather has prevailed. Because
of the low humidity (small amount OF
moisture in the air) and light breeze,
yesterday was not so unbearable as IL
might otherwise have been with the tner-
mometer no higher, or even lower than 20.
The area of unusual heat is slowly ex-
tending southwark, and prevaHs now
throughout the entire section from Mon
tana miles City 104 degrees) to Tennes-
see (Memphis 104 degrees) Temperatures
from 100 to 100 degrees occurred TUESDAY
at Bismarck, Huron, st. Paul, omana,
Davenport, st. Louis, Kansas CITY ana
Memphis Light rains have 1allen at a
few stations, chiefly in the south, ana
a local heavy downpour OF 2'6 nches Ieli
at Mobile. The rains over Texas nave
ceased The only portion OF the country
in which cloudy weather prevails to any
extent is the Lake region.
81 have Just brought back to the peni-
tertiary one of the shrewdest prisoners
ever there" said Sheriff Manly Mcdowell.
"His name is Tom Moses, and he is the
finest blacksmith / ever saw. There is
nothing he cannot do with iron; he can
almost temper piece of tin Give him
ten penny nail and / believe he can
get out of Albany prison. Why he sawed
out of Burke Jail with little spring he
took out of the heel of his shoe-sawed a
hole in the iron cage with 1T large enough
for him to crawl through. He was sent
up for five years for horse stealing. lie
didn't stay long, though before he es-
capped. He had been out over year De-
fore l again caught him.
Another bad prisoner that has recent
ly escaped, and is still uncaught, is
Moses Chambers, negro. He was con-
victed of breaking into store and got
year / brought him to the penitentiary
and in less than three months he mad
escaped. But strange to say, the prison
authorities said nothing about it, until
one day some months later Moses was
seen walking about perfectly at ease l
wrote to the penitentiary authorities TO
know what it meant. For long time
they made no reply, apparently not KNOW
ing themselves whether the negro had
really escaped or not. Finally they SAID
yes, he'd gone. Then / sent posse to
arrest him, but they were so sure OF him
that they let him escape and I've heard
nothing of him since, except that some
of his friends say Moses told them num-
Der of other prisoners escaped with him.
''That negro" continued Sheriff Nc
Dowell, gave me more trouble than any
prisoner l ever had. To start with.
when | arrested him l did not put hand
cuffs on him and he jumped and ran with
me swapping my pistol at his heels. The
thing just would not go off till he was
well in the woods and then it would shoot
the best YOU ever saw. But next morn
ing we went out and caught him again
and put him in jail Soon it turned very
cold and one day as the boy went In tc
carry wood Moses was out in the corridor
and he grabbed the boy, hurled him away
from the door and ran out and locked tue
boy in Again we caught him and finally
got him here to the penitentiary and nov
he's out of that"
Now" said the Old Codger, shiftin!
his quid to the other side of his mouth
Il don't know much about yer theayter
that the preacher talks about not lettin
his members go to. 'Cordin' to my sizin
up they wont lose much; bout ninety-nin
n half per cent O. shows air down RICH
foishness anyway and the rest amt mucl
better. But when | wus down to New
Orleens / blew in TO see an opry tina
sorter took my eye. ! most giner'ly ain
much on opry because ! can't tell wha