The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-26
OF CHANGE
If PRESENT WEATHER CONTINUES
OVERCOATS WILL SUCCEED
SHIRT WAISTS
ESCAPE WHOLESALE SICKNESS
Had Hot wave Remained Unbroken,
Health Would Have Been Sc
riOusIy Endangered-MOre
Rain Today

There was tremendous slump in the
shirt waist market yesterday
II the present temperature long pre-
vans There might be a very noticeable
advance in the fall overcoat industry.
From 1O4.5 in the shade to "a in the sun
is the story Of weather variations in ST.
Paul for a period of twenty-four hours
Observer Lyons might have turned the
inauiring public aside yesterday with the
curt reply: Il have troubles Of nv own
and felt assuredly that he had the entire
sympathy Of large and grateful com
munity. But even with the vicissltudes
of the vacillating element, Mr. Lyons
was able to maintain his usual geniality
and smile with those who smiled be-
cause it was no longer hot
st. Paul has never experienced just such
weather. The record of Wednesday,
when the mercury scared to 104.5, sets
precedent which the Saint has never be-
fore known and it was almost equally
as remarkable in weather annals to see
the thermometer drop in fifteen minutes
to 70 degrees. Scarcely less notable is
the temperature prevailing throughout
the day succeeding this one which caps
the climax for intolerable torridity Yes
terday the best that Old Sol could do was
to send the mercury up to 81 and only
at times during the warmer hours of the
day was he able to maintain this stand
al VI lily III tic IuOtUlIB II was as low
as IS, while at 10 a. m. the Thermometer
registered only so. There was a varying
process throughout the remainder Of the
day and at o'clock the registration
marked just n degrees. This was 80 5
degrees lower than the highest Of the
day before.
RELIEF WAS BADLY NEEDED.
Never was relief more needed CT re-
ce1ved with greater appreciation. The
doctors say that had not the cool wave
set in just when it did there might have
been wholesale amount of sickness.
The hot spell brought with it a vast
amount of suffering and caused not a few
deaths, although st. Paul was exceed
ingly fortunate in this particular when
compared with the fate of other cities.
! Even Minneapolis experienced many more
fatalities from the heat than did the
Capital City. This of course, is easily
explained and is due almost entirely to
natural causes.
All day yesterday people were congrat-
ulating one another over the escape they
had made from an extenuation of the
torrid spell. The sudden arrival of the
cool weather seemed to be more grateful
ly received, simply because it came un-
heralded, as it were. Mr.. Lyons, it is
true, did predict showers am a conse-
quent cooling of the atmosphere, but even
the IlOSI ldllilIuI COulQ IlOL DEilGYe, WiLN-
out demonstration, that the relief would
be so complete. Many a man and wom-
an, and even the children, feveled
Wednesday night and last night in the
cool wind which entered their rooms and
enabled them to make up some of the
lost time they had spent in the past fort
night trying to sleep
MORE SHOWERS TODAY
Showers and thunderstorms are the pre-
dictions which Mr.. Lyons gave out last
night for today. According to these pre-
dictions it would seem that the relief
from the hot wave is to be permanent.
1t appears that throughout the North
west, especially in that section bordering
on the lakes or rivers, the depression in
temperature is general. The coast states
of the East also have been relieved, but
there has been little change in the tenn
perature in many other parts of the
country In the Middle West, where it
has been the hottest, the sun is stil shin
ing with penetrating rays, and from
weather bureau indications it will so con-
tinue for some time yet
Weather observer Lyons explanation OF
the heated period is simple, but directly
to the point. He says:
1.-The simple truth is, there has been
Tremendous drought over this section Of
the country. The sun has shone with
astonishing force and the earth has con-
! sumed the heat. The wind blowing over
the earth has picked up the heat and
scattered it broadcast, hurting it upon
the cities.
81 realize that this explanation VIII not
exactly suit the scientifically inclined
but it is the simple state of affairs
1.-THE rain of Wednesday night cooled
off the baked earth and we have gotten
the benefit of this in the coo,er wealth
err