New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
DROUTH MAY CONTINUE.
ANTICS OF THE WEATHER.
Washington Officials Cannot Prom
use Immediate Relief.
Icy rrLreRArH TO -aE TRBUNE- ]

Washington, May 20-Uncle Sans big Oticlai
weather map to-day was like three ring circus.
with q continues performance of climatic va
earies from a winter blizzard IN Montana 70 the
hottest May day on record in the other corner
of the country What viii be received as
stiu greater hardship Is the announcement TO
night that the cold OF the Montana SHOWS viii
not be dissemina ted in the East, and mat Whlie
Montana is warming up to more nearly nor
NAL temperature. there 3 no moderation in
sight for The hot blasts this side OF the MS
sissippi.
There is no immediate moisture promised 10
the drouth-stricken section Of the country eoii
prising the large area east Of the missouri
River with the exception OF a rather vague aH1
indefinite disturbance n the upper air Wnicn
seems to be gathering tonight over the E0eHJ
Mountains This storm centre. Il such II snouio
prove to be- will doubtless follow the track Oh
it's predecessors and plough through the centre
of the country. bringing needed moisture and
cool air about the end OF the WeeA' uiiieSs -
detected in other directions
officials of the Weather Bureau ara apurt1ns
little cloudy marks on their maps tonight 10
show where there were slight showers to-o.1
along the Atlantic coast az far soutn as wa
iugton. These showers gave temporary resplSs
from the oppressive heat. and. while IneS I'As
continue tomorrow. the hot May We@'NsE
bu1ed for several days stand throughout eas
Middle West. East and South The snow IA
Montana and the hot air IN the East are e1-
trerne phenomena Of American weather which
ara not altogether unfamiliar TO the forecase
experts. The Montana cold, however. newer
corras east and the heated area has TO rely on
sn+iratv tndependent disturbances for coInforL
Two weeks OF drouth in the great crop area OF
the country. with no assuring signs OF ram
sau n, any dimensions, is regarded as serious
situation. particularly az this tender perioo u
n1ant life While this dry condition mas PIe
vailed In the New-England and Middle AIi"H.''
s+.+es there has been decidedly too much ram
IN the East Gulf States. and in the lo"er N-
souri and Mississippi River valleys C1liA'4-
has beeu too cold for comfort ana "lInOU
=, ain IN the whole State for week " me
in washington and Oregon where 20 i''
-o.5ad the dowupour has been plenthuL
go, +1,a YARN weather has not been
- 5ie+ributed. with the result that the Dui's
= +t,s COTTON Exchange have made good use Oi
cold weather reports as disastrous 10 'he e0Ss0,,
- and several cents a pound has been aUHSN
A. the value Of the visible supply
When so much weather in such numerous '
-;a+ias pours into the Weather Bureau as a "1'
done tonight an augmented 1orCe oL C.e4 a 4' -
required to receive, taDulate eI-o - cbara~ra-
acS0Tnt OF the decidedly varlegaleo ~% cLa- -
- 46a reDorts received There are many -
- assiored for the contrary CChO4l-O4lS = = :
see to1Ight. The principal one ascrloeS i, IN
nrevalent disturbance TO the fact tnSI " IN.
Moore chief of the bureau, has deserted LiS - -
" ,,~--a +le duties OF the Secretary OF Asri
cI.1fnre who has departed for the West 20 s JOll,
President Roosevelt when ne droPs ~" a., -oo-,
the northwe estern sectioa OF the Ilap- Illap-t5,-r - ~
g NJ Moore turned his back on the We-tLllel ,5 -
bsean the series OF antics which mas IH 80 -
~ ubo1e country. and until ne can d6t---- -.
4! ,I4T -, +vr7Ii5ed attention. which will De aool-
~ IL it -, ~ the Presidents return 70 the W h-e
t4e,,sa ON June g. there is likely 70 De al SOr's
ftouse, n, + ~ +roI1abIe insufferable weather.