The Washington herald., 1910-07-11

The Weather Bureau announced yester-
day morning that another forty-eight
hours would bring cooling showers. but
washington yesterday found little relief
from the bEstering heat beyond antiei-
patton
Pedestrians in Pennsylvania avenue
stopped at the kiosk. read the predc-
tion, and then walked around on the
other SIDE to see the mercury lowering
about the -10o mark. They wiped the
sweat from the brows and made room for
others. Excessive humidity made the
early morning oppressive.
Thousands gathered in the parks and
squares, hoping for a breath Of air. but
the entire day passed without a breeze.
Hot Spell Nearly over.
The weather experts say, however. that
the great heat wave which has lain upon
the entire country for the past two weeks
is now over. and that the showers falling
last night throughout the North will
reach Washington early to-day.
Reports from the lake region say that
heavy thunder storms are moving slowly
eastward. and light local showers are
reported from the Southern and Gulf
States. Washington would seem to be
the last spot selected for relief. and that
the time will come soon is the hope OF
hospitals and fnfirmaries about the city
While the record of yesterday did not ap-
proach that OF Saturday. yet there were
still many prostratons. and one death.
that Of a colored infant, reported.
one case brought to the hospital on
Saturday also resulted fatally when the
patient was again overcome yesterday.
-ssssslored woman Twice Stricken.
Iucilla Bowman. coIored. thirty-ive
years old. living at 137 D street south
west. was stricken Saturday afternoon
a. Twelfth and Water streets southwest
She was taken TO the Emergency Hospi-
tai, and, after treatment, was discharged
Later she was again taken sick at the
home Of friends at els Barker street. but
was finally removed to her home. Early
yesterday morning she was again over
come. and taken to the Emergency Hos
pital where she died al o'clock.
The only other fatality of yesterda!
was that of the four -months-old child o
a negro couple named Johnson, living a
ssS Jackson Hall alley. The child wa
left in the yard for some hours, and tn
excessive heat proved fatal The chill
died about O'Clock. before medical ai'
could be summoned.
Found in Serious Condition.
Daniel Finnigan, seventy years old, o
131 T street northwest. was found pros
trated in NJ street, between Seventh an
Eighth streets southeast He was re
moved to the Casualty Hospital in IN
patrol wagon from the Fifth precinct
where his condition is reported by tn
physicians to be serious.
About 8 O'Clock Richard johnson
coIored. thirty-four years old, of 43 Jack
son street northeast. was overcome Will
standing before his house He was re
moved 10 the Casualty Hospital in a
ambulance. John Hargrove also coloreC
twenty years old. Of % F street NORTH
west. was stricken while at North Car
itol and F streets northeast. He wa
also taken to the Casualty Hospital.
Lineman STRICKEN by Heat.
Ira Unger, eighteen years old, OF Berl
ley Springs. ". Va, was overcome
the heat at the freight yards last nigh
He was taken 10 the Casualty Hosplti
and is in a serious condition. Unger wa
employed as a lineman by the WesteY
Union Telegraph Company