The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-22
RAIN FELL LIKE
A BENED|CT|ON
City was Gasping Like a
Fish Out OF Water.
ONE DEATH FROM HEAT
A CoIored Woman, Death Being Caused
by Prostitution. City was in Lassi-
tide and Distress. Lowest Tenn
perature was Very High, and
Maximum Out of Sight!


when the glass broke, and the mercury
spilled to the ground. This was in the
sun at $3.50 o'clock at the city market
When old SOILS rays shine through
your hat
And almost to your glzzard
Don't mind a little thing like that
But just think of the blizzard,
That howled around for nights and
days
Last winter unrelenting,
And froze your genial looks and ways
Regardless of resenting,
And when the perspiration rolls
Like pillows Ger your forehead.
Like buds in countries torrid,
Just think of how the snow flakes fell
Ger lands from A to lizard
And to the heated party tell
How reigned last winters blizzard.
f. f.. BROOKE.
That Raleigh is one of the hottest
cities on the weather map was demon
strated yesterday by little enterprise
and eXertiOn on the part of the mer
curry, this having succeeded in climb
ing to the top of a thermometer, ana,
unable to expand further in one great
effort hot Indignation burst the fragile
glass bounds and scattered in a score
of splOtches on the pavement and iron
grating in front of the city market
This occurred at $3.50 yesterday after
noon. and the thermometer then reg
lstered lis degrees. Oh! it was hot.
and only ten feet away, in the shade,
q thermometer registered it's maxi
mum for the day. at that hour of 1O2
degrees. The maximum attained by
the weather bureau here was 90 de-
grees, which broke all previous records
this year. People were almost blister
ing and experienced the peculiar and
subtle sensation of desiring to say
....... when somebody would taunt-
ngly remark to them that this kind of
weather is good for the health, and the
more one perspires-sweats- the
stronger, more perfect constitution he
possesses. Many a face was tanned,
and the burning blaze of the July sun
scortched many gentle word ere 1t
had proceeded from the mouth oil
man, and converted it into profanity
or slang.
At O'Clock Yesterday morning the
current was so, and before noon it
had reached "a, and gradually the
heat increased to 100 degrees in sew
eral parts of the city-in the capitol,
at the Union Depot, at the market and
court house.
This hot wave extends all over the
continent east of the Mississippi val
ley, but happily, there are indications
of a delightful and welcome change.
Yesterday there was a slight diminu-
ton in the intensity of the heat in
the North and an increase in the
South. The highest temperatures re-
corded Wednesday were 90 degrees at
Philadelphia, Raleigh and Macon. "a
degrees at Norfolk, New York, Char
lotte, Montgomery and Savannah. Re-
lief has been experienced at several
places in the form of light thunder
storms. Showers occurred at New
York Washington, Norfolk, Rich
mond Pittsburg, and most of the lake
stations. The feature on the map
Thursday morning was the appear
ance of an area of high pressure over
the DakOtas and Montana, with cooler
weather. There was a fall in the
temperature of Is degrees at Mar
quette, 10 degrees at Oswego, and gen
orally lower temperatures were report
ed at most northern stations. Cloudy
weather prevailed over the entire
Rocky Mountain slope from Texas to
Montana.
The coolest place in the East, was
at AshevilIe which at s. yesterday
morning, registered only 70 degrees.
The whole city was charmed with
the stiff, cool, refreshing breezes
Prophet Won Herman called up from
the sea last night, and are thankful
that the terrific heat had the one re-
Geeming goodness to generate the
thunderstorm that depressed the tenn
perature The great country was gasp
ing like q fish out of water, for
breath big cities were reporting
deaths and prostrations, and every
where there were lassitude and distress
but the storm fell like a benediCtiOn,
even though it came like thunder with
the CLEAN of the fiery sword of the
cloud king bringing soft showers.
One Victim of Heat.
The unsurpassed, unbearable, de-
pressing strength of the heat yester-
day. with a power like the arm of
fate, graspad one poor victim in its
death clutch. The victim was Ann
Smith. a colored woman, whose home
was on West Davie street, between
Fayetteville and Salisbury streets. She
died at II o'clock from prostratton
Ann had just been to the city market,
and while returning home was taken
i'll, and after reaching her home she
died within a few minutes. The coro-
ner, DR.. Jordan, was notified, ana al
ter an examination the conclusion
was reached that the woman mad
died from the effects of being over
heated An empty laudanunl polLle
was found in the house. but 1t Is not
thought that she had drank enough
of this liquid to have caused hef
death.
Damage to Crops.
The results on the growth of Vegeta-
ton during the past week nave peen
various. The rains that fell constant
ly in almost cloud bursts last week
were not general over the entire state.
but the heavens seemed to be divided,
for in some places the crops nave not
been interfered with. The INJURY to
the harvested crops, as winter wheat
and oats, has been to a large extent
in the western part of the State The
work of stacking and threshing has
been much hampered and the moist,
warm weather has caused the grain to
swell and sprout. Corn continues tC
grow fast, and the growth has been
much interfered with by the weather
| Tobacco, of course. is variable in con-
dition. some localities having splendid
stands. and others very poor. But the
past few days have offered exception