The Washington times., 1906-08-06
Two Men Are Stricken
and Carried to Hospital
for Treatment.
ICE SHORTAGE IS FELT
All Pleasure Resorts Near
Capital Crowded With Suf-
fererS From the Heat.

Coupled with the sweltering heat OF
yesterday was a shortage IN ice at al
most every refreshment stand in Wash
ington. and because Of the feroCity wi.h
which Old Sol reigned, the small blocks
left at residences in the morning We're
/ melted long before evening, and those
residents who remained In the city in
stead OF seeking relief at some pleasure
resort. had a hard time making them
} selves comfortable.
Two heat prostratiOns have been re-
corded by the police The first victim
was Charles Wehausen, a Washington
Traction Company motorman. ffty-two
years old. of $40 Fourteenth street north
east. He had been standing on the front
platform OF q car running between the
Columbia car barn and Chesapeake
Junction from early yesterday morning
until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon when
the thermometer recorded q temperature
OF 951a- Wehausen suddenly released his
hold on the break and controller when the
car reached Sixteenth street and Ben
ming road and fell on the front seat.
He was conveyed TO the Casualty Hos
pital, where he was given restoratives.
This mUrning he was able to go 10 his
home.
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The other person 10 succumb was Lee
Thomas. cOlOred. forty years old. OF 227O
Ninth street northwest. who was over
come by the heat at Fourteenth and Y
streets while waiting for a car. He fell
unconscious 20 the street, and was sent
10 Freedman's Hospital for treatment
Yesterday. according to Weather
Bureau officials. was next 10 the hottest
day this summer. IL was also the first
Sunday this summer on which cooling
showers have not followed the sizzling.
stewing heat At O'Clock IN the after
noon the century mark was reached by
the mercury. which seemed intent on
leaplng out Of the top Of the little glass
tube At 8 o'clock the temperature was
not so great. and at o'clock ninety
degrees was registered. On June so. the
hottest day OF the summer, a temper
ature of 1OJlz was recorded by the ther-
m0meters.
Resorts Did Big Business.
Ever trolley line and steamboat in
and around Washington was taxed 20
it's utmost yesterday afternoon by the
thousands who sought TO get OUt OF the
path OF the sun which beat down relent-
lessly on their heads Long before the
last cars or boats thought about leav-
ing the resorts. the beverages and ice
cream were sold out. Ice was al d
premium and could not be procured at
any price IN many instances.
Men walked the streets all day with
wilted collars and cuffs. with their coats
of and their shirts clinging 10 their
backs.
Guess Wen have frost tonight" re-
marked one facetious individual as he
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handkerchief on the floor OF a Brook
land car.
The corpulent man who had been ad-
dressed scOwled hercely, famed himself
with his Panama and remarked: III
crack your skull If you say frost again.
We ought 10 be satisfied II II stops at
the boiling point"
Women Suffer Equally.
Women dressed in lawns. musllns. and
other featherweight materials were only
a triie cooler than the masculine ele-
ment. Returning excursionists report
ed that il was not much cooler down
the river or at the trolley resorts than
!n Washington.
The humidity was not as great as II
has been previously this summer. but
the piercing rays OF the sun and heat
laden atmosphere were enough 10 make
every good citizen long for the days
when he heard sleigh bells ringing and
was pelted on the head with snowballs
by the small boy.
Humidity wBs on leave of absence. to-
day. Cooling zephyrs changed the air
about from time 20 time during the
morning hours and the Weather Bureau
officials say they think they saw the
shadow OF a rain cloud headed this way
The day Is a great improvement over
YESTERDAY.