New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-04
THE OFFICIAL THERMOMETER.

Fourteen deaths from the heat were
reported in the metropolitan district yes
day and about two hundred prostra-
| tions.
Most OF the prostrations were reported
in Manhattan and Brooklyn. with four
teen in Newark, four in Jersey City and
) two in Jamaica.
Fourth Of July more oppressive and
swetering than any for decade rast
was the prophecy made by Weather
Bureau officials in Washington last
night. after a careful study OF the
weather maps With reports OF lo4 de-
erccs in four widely separated cities,
together with a score Of other cities
hroiling in a temperature OF 100 or
higher no hope for relief could be DIS
covered
Local thunder showers may alleviate
suffering in some sections but they Vill
be showers by blest chance. for no indl-
cations of rain ere anywhere to he seen.
The heat is taking heavy toll or dearh
according TO reports. and the sufrerlng
is Increased by a drouth that has pr
tically been unbrokep except in the
South Atlantic and East Gulf states
where the temperatures are moderate.
The High Marks.
At the Weather Bureau in Washington
the mercury reached the ~ marx az
u m. Yesterday, while two hours later
the bureau thermometer on the street
level showed temperature Of lo7.
Hlawatha. Junction City and LOLA
Kan. probably were the hottest points
in the United States yesterday. the max
imum temperature being 10. Muskogee.
okla. was only five degrees cooler. the
mercury at that place registering 1o6
degrees for two successive days.
Louisville. Ky: St Joseph. Mo-: Dac-
export. Iowa. and Yuma, Artz, we're the
four cities i'm which the 104 mark was
reached Boston attained record or 1O2,
the highest ever reached there, like
temperature being also recorded In AL
bany. Columbus Ohio; Parkersburg, w.
Va: Dubuque, Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa.
and Fresna, Cal.
n
Mo. is the centre. the mercury recorded
100 degrees for several hours, and at
Kansas CITY it registered 1925.
For the first time in It's history Hart
ford. Conn. scored 100, that record being
also equalled at such divergent points as
Fort Wayne, Ind: Cincinnati, Spring.
field, Ill; Harrisburg. Penn: Chicago
| rrAI IAlA Nil
homa City. Omaha and Fort Smith.
Ark
Rockliffe, Ont. which held the record
Sunday with los. dropped to as yester-
day. along with New York. Philadelphia.
Northheld. VT; Pittsburg. Lynchburg.
Va; Wichita. Kan. and Grand Rapids.
Mich Even Montreal and Quebec ther-
, mometers registered "a, and Father
Point. at the mouth OF the St Lawrence
, River boasted OF 90.
The intense heat was general from
coast to coast, except that there was
some slight moderation over the North
western and Rocky Mountain states and
in part OF the Great Lakes region.
The heat wave included the whole OF
- New York State, the mercury register
ing in excess OF 100 degrees in many
cities The highest reported was lN
degrees i'm Kingston. Middletown and
Troy were close seconds with 1O3.
All records for heat were broken in
Boston. where the official government
thermometer recorded 102 degrees. No
, part of New England escaped. At Bev-
erly. Mass the summer capital. a tenn
) perature ~ l0S degrees was reported.
In the course of the twelvemonth il is
understood that il is necessary 10 make
lup an average temperature FOR any
. given spot which is called the normal
temperature for that place for the year.
The person responsible for this law
keeps discreetly hidden on the hottest
and the coolest days Of the year-the
coolest day being mentioned by way ~
reminder to those suffering in the pres
G ent torridity that there is some balm
In Gilead
Sidewalk Thermometers Exceed 100.
, on such days as yesterday however.
the promulgator OF this normal tempera-
ture law sits In his shady retreat and
gloats over sweltering humanity with
the reminder that this is a government
of laws and not of men, for which rea-
son New Yor.. must pay the penalty for
4 an unusually cool and pleasant June by
July that tastes of sulphur and re-
calls the personal devil OF early Meth
= odism. For the benefit of those VINO