Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-24
MERCURY STILL SCARS
TWO REGISTRATIONS DUE TO THE
INTENSE HEAT.
Ice Supply Getting Low, But No DAN
ger Of Famine-Big Cargoes
En- Route Here.

High marks were again established by
the thermometer today, and at 2 o'clock
this afternoon the mercury was ascend
ing with such apparent self-assertive-
| ness that 1t was freely predicted the 100
degree mark would be reached. II not
passed. OF course. this was based upon
the perigrinations of the mercury as
registered at Affieck's. because the off,
cial thermometer. tucked away safely
many feet above ground in the weather
bureau Enclosure. would never admit 100
degrees as a possibility. much less as an
actuality.
But, unfortunately, Neutrality-suspicious.. as
class, do not have the happy faculty OF
soaring about above the earth at the same
level with the weather bureau Thermometer,
and downtown conditions are the ones that
obtain with mortals, dogs, horses and other
bipeds and Quadrupeds
Record of the Day.
The temperature record for the day is as
follows:
Weather bureau, o'clock. "a 10 o'clock.
so; noon. s.. and o'clock, 80.
Afieck's. o'clock, 81; 10 o'clock 50; noon
92A; 2 o'clock. 81. and 2:3O o'clock. OH
Two prostrations IRON the heat were re-
ported.
Both victims are at the Emergency Hos
pital this morning, the patients being
George Parker and Timothy Smith. colored
Parker. who Is forty-one years of age,
lives at 1908 Blagden alley. He was at Az
and D streets southwest when he was
stricken. Smith is thirtyfive years of age
and lives at Arlington. Va. He was work
ing at the plant of the Washington Brick
Company when he was overcome. 1t is ex-
pected that both men Will recover.
City's Ice Supply.
The hot weather of the past two or three
weeks has caused a very heavy demand for
ice. and the big supply which the American
Ice Company had stored in the tcehouses
along the river front Is practically ex-
hausted but this does not mean there will
be any shortage in the supply to consumers
In the city. for, in preparation for Just such
an emergency as has occurred the Ice COM
pany has about 10000 tons of the stock
stored in the big icehouses OF the Chaplin
Sacks Company. and long before this
supply Is exhausted the vessels that are
coming with ice from the Maine eelds will
be at the wharves and unloading their
cargoes.
There may be some little delay in the de-
livery Of the Ice. caused by the want Of
room for the speedy loading Of the delivery
wagons, but this will not be at all seri-
Gus and everybody will be served
There are now at sea, on their wa to this
city. six large vessels, two Of which should
have been here and unloading by this time
but calm weather and head winds on the
coast have delayed their progress. and they
had not been sighted at the capes of the
Chesapeake late yesterday evening
These vessels are the schooners Lewis H
Coward and Daylight. which have aboard
about $500 tons of the refrigerat ting ma
terial; and the tug William H. Yerkes. jr
Is at the capes on the lookout for them. As
soon as they. or one of them, Is sighted
the tug Will take her in tow and hurry to
this city as fast as steam can bring her
These vessels will be followed in rapid or
der by the schooners Edwin r. Hunt with
about LEGO tons aboard; the Helen Fl. Bene-
dict with 100 tons. the Lydia NJ. Deering
with 1.4OO tons and c. c. Co. barge No 5
with 1.5OO tons aboard. 1t Is expected that
the barge will be the first of the fleet to
arrive after the Daylight and Coward come
as She will be lowed down the coast and up
the Potomac to this city. Other vessels
are now being chartered. and about two
large schooners or barges will arrive here
each week during the accusing season.