The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-17
NJ { R Curry GOES
TO 90 DEGREES
Richmond Takes High Rank as
Second Hottest Town in
United States.
ONE FRUSTRATED BY HEAT
Delegate Attending Woodmen
Convention Stricken While
Walking in Street.

Without kidding Yesterday was
the hottest day this year The des'e
nation is SO often used and upon such
slight provocation that it has becom
all but meaningless But this tine
the Weather Bureau mas the good
to back it up. The government Their
mometre at Chimboralo. despite an
elght-mile cooling wind that tried
10 Keep 1t down. reached the record
height of 90 degrees, while the one
cncased in the kiosk at Capitol Square
went as nigh as lp2. 40 one whose
business took him upon the streets
yesterday Will doubt that the KIOSK
lad the correct street temperature.
The nearest approach to yesterday $
nSures was on July ), when the
weather was recorded IS 92.4 degrees.
Moreover. yesterday was the hottest
July l6 in the last twelve years. So
says the bookkeeper at the local
Weather Bureau. whose figures show
that on July Is. 1900. the mercury
rose to so. while the year before on
the same day. 1t went no 90
1t was a banner day tor the PARKS.
William Byrd. with its attractive
lake. was the general favorite ana
was crowded all the afternoon. Mon
Toe Park, in the heart OF the central
residential district wss choked all
day with nurses and children. At
Chimborazo. in the extreme East End.
where keep he-gr1ss' signs are
unknown. young and old canped un-
der the trees and sloried in the
breeze which blows ,rdiessly there
from the James
Richmond WINS second Hottest.
Among the better known cities OF
tho United States. Richmond was yes
tcrday the second hottest Portland.
or the Pacific Coast, led tho field. with
90 toppins Richmond ~ one degree.
Louisville. Boston. Oklahoma City and
Norfolk formed third placs quartett-.
with heat records OF @. Washington.
New Orleans. New YORK ana Raleigh
We're the only cities go report tenn
peraturcs Of 90.
one town. Rosebury, the State OF
which IS nameless hete forevermore.
Is reported by the Weather Bureau
to have attained u recorded tempera-
ture OF 100. Roseburs Is known only
to the Postal Guide. and II Is pretty
hard to sympnthlze with a name. For
all practical purposes Richmond was
tho second hottest town tn the Unit
ed states yesterday. ana that's going
some when one remembers that there
arc towns IN the sanl lots OF ART
and villages In the Great Salt Basin.
Frustrated b. Heat.
]. W Clark, OF Nethai Il. Va. del
esate to the convention of Woodmen
OF the World. was Frustrated by heat
at Sis o'clock last night while wark-
ing up Broad Street. lie was treat
Cd by Or. II. a Bullock. Of the city
ambulance. and taken 10 his boarding
house. 1907 East Marshall Street.
where he was placed In charge of a
trained nurse II was thought last
night that he would suffer no per-
manent injury.
Mr.. Clark, during the heat Of the
day. had marched with the rest OF
the delegates. and while lie suffered n
great deal from heat. felt no I'll cf-
ircts from the parade until after sup
per when he fen out as he was walk
ing along with friends. lie was TAX
en- into tho Fire Headquarters, hctween
Ninth and Tenth Streets. and the am
bulanCe called