Evening star., 1903-07-03
MERCURY STILL HIGHER
RECORDS FOR YESTERDAY WERE
SURPASSED TODAY.
A Slight Breeze Made Life More To1er-
able-Numerous Victims
Of the Heat.

The Thermometer readings this afternoon
have been from one to two and a half de-
grees higher than at the same time yester-
day. and the indications are that the high
temperature will continue at least forty
eight hours without rain. and possibly a
longer time than that. The official fore
caster of the weather bureau declares that
the warm weather will continue ~ week.
and that then It Will probably be only
slightly cooler. According to every indica-
ton the weather bureau experts have been
able to see there is every prospect that the
next two months will be hot to an uncom-
Portable degree They state that this Is the
way nature compensates for the cool
weather that prevailed during the spring
and early summer.
So far the hot weather has not damaged
the crops to an apprecable extent, because
1t has not continued long enough. 1t Is
predicted, however. that If the forecast of
the weather bureau is correct and the heat
ed term continues more than week the
crops in this vicinity will suffer seriously
Reached 90 at Weather Bureau.
There were no important temperature
changes during the last twenty-four hours
the Thermometer at the weather bureau
mounted to 96 in the afternoon. and an in
quiring young man ascertafned that the
hottest place in Washington was the corner
of 9th and F streets. The coolest place
was at the northeast corner of the post
office building.
The thermometer at Afieck's registered
1O1 degrees at o'clock yesterday after
noon. This. 1t is believed, was the hottest
time of the day There was absolutely no
breeze on the avenue and the heat that
was reflected from the tall buildings and
the asphalt paving made the entire street
almost unbearable to the pedestrian.
ride the street not much bet
ter, as every bit Of the air stirred by the
cars passage was as hot as the sun could
make 1T. Many persons took to the street
cars last night in an effort to keep cool.
and it was found very difficult to sleep tn
the city.
A Breeze Stirring Today.
Today the conditions are somewhat
changed. The heat is just as intense. but
there has been a breeze stirring all day that
made life seem worth living after all. The
avenue was not 50 hot as yesterday and the
breeze seemed to catch every nook ana
corner. Despite this fact the temperature
is higher today than yesterday.
At O'Clock this morning the thermome-
ter at the wea ther bureau registered SO; at
IL o'clock 80 degrees had been reached, and
at o'clock SO was registered. This is 1
degree higher at o clock than at the same
hour yesterday.
The thermometer at Affieck's registered "a
-
weather bureau standard At noon the
Affieck instrument registered 81, Z degrees
higher than the weather bureau, and at
o'clock the thermometer stood at 100 at
Affieck's, against SO at the weather bu-
reau.
The weather bureau experts feel sure that
there will be a slight change tomorrow,
with the usual Fourth of July shower, but
they do not believe 1t will be more than a
temporary relief.
Mum ero,1s Victims nf tho Haof
At the hospitals yesterday and today the
doctors in charge have been called upon to
treat number of persons who succumbed
to the heat, but none Of the cases proved
fatal The prostrations were confined to no
particular locality. The first case reported
yesterday was from Brookland. Another
patient was stricken on the hill above Ana
costa, while still another victim in
Georgetown. Basil Bush. colored, seventy
years old, was ON Nichols avenue. Congress
Heights, when he was stricken. The police
removed him to the Washington Asylum
Hospital. His home is at Oxon HILL 7
Another victim Of the weather conditions
was Peter Holland. colored. of 201 1 street
southwest. He is seventy-six years old and
was found Frustrated on lot near 7th and
1 streets northeast. The police took him to
the Casualty Hospital
A sixteen year-Old cOlored boy named Jo-
seph Robinson was overcome by the heat
while skylarking with another boy last
night. The physicians at Garfield Hospital
treated him.
William Kyle, twenty-seven years old. "a
blacksmith employed in the shop of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. fell vic
tim in Garfield Park. 1t was about 3 O. clock
in the afternoon when he was taken ILL., He
received medical attention at Providence
Hospital.
Mrs. Annie Gooding of 425 e street
southeast was near 9Th and c streets
southeast about o'clock yesterday after
noon when she Strickan wa
moved to the Casualty Hospital.
William Hatchett. a colored resident cf
Jackson City, was found at 9Th and D
streets about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Hatchet is f1ftyeight years old and was
given hospital treatment
The Georgetown patient was Milton
Posey colored. forty-eight years old. He
| was taken to the Georgetown University
Hospital from 32d and Potomac streets
A colored resident of Government court
named George Sprigg was overcome by
the heat while working in rear of Garfield
Hospital.
Chester Reating and William Collins were
treated at the Emergency Hospital The
former Is fifty years old and lives at 2202
7th street. Collins Is thirty-fiv years old
and lives at I'll H street northwest.
Very Hot in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Md. July 3.-The heat in
| this city today was severe there being
| seven prostrations. one of them fatal and
| sane. The thermometer marked 92 degrees
| at pm.
Chicago Prostrations.
| CHICAGO. July 3.-Heat claimed many
| victims yesterday. and while the death list
| was not SO large as on Wednesday the
prostrations increased. and in two cases
| temporary mental arrangement was the
| direct result. Two deaths and nineteen
prostrations were reported. The tempera-
| ture reached ninety degrees.
| Deaths in Philadelphia.
| PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-One death
from heat and three prostrations occurred
here before o'clock this morning. John
| Connoy was stricken while at work and
died at hospital The temperature at 8
| o'clock was eighty-one. one degree higher
| than at the same hour yesterday. The hu-
midity registered fifty-five per cent.
| Trial Of the Tingey.