Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-19

I hOph. Besides tneSe there are some twenty
| whose recovery is considered doubtful.
TWENTY-FIVE FATAL CASES.
The evening Journal says: 1.-The police re
ports show fifty nine sunstrokes on Tuesday
and Yesterday. of which twenty-nine wer,
fatal This does not include more than two
thirds, perhaps not--inore than half, OF thu
! cases, as many persons were Frustrated a
| their homes, and such were not reported a
the stations. The following additional death
| from yesterdays sunstrokes are reported to
day: John Lass, Lavina K. Leinberg, Mrs
LINT. Mrs. Robinson, Paul Myers, Adolpt
Merksill. Mrs. Mary Morgan, Mrs. Tracy
Nicholas Stephens and William Hobb. A
two O'Clock a lake breeze Is blowing Nc
cases of sunstroke have been reported DIS hav
ing occurred TO-DAY, and the thermometer il
falling a trifie each hour"
MIDNIGHT.
The only case of prostrahon by heat re-
ported to day is that of juryman in tbs
murder trial of Sparks, the Bohemian. This
court was adjourned On account of this. The
following have died to. day from the effects o.
yesterdays heat, In addition to those men.
toned in the afternoon dispatches: Mrs. Jane
Nam, Henry Neve, VIM. Hobb, Mrs. Henry
Norman Charles Scblitz, Jacob Bartholomew
tie, In shipment from Kansas City, arrived
this morning dead; the heat had killed them
Loss, tive thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
At New York.
New YORK, July Is The promised heat
wave came down upon New York this morn
ing, end at an early hour humanity was
sweltering and the lower order of animals
painting. People here do not apprehend thai
the wave will be as fatal here as in St Louis,
because of the wide bay in front of the city
the river encircling it and the Atlantic ocean
only few miles off.
The heat increases as the day advances and
has the effect of restricting and depressing
business in every department. At three
o clock the thermometer in the shade marked
ninety-eight degrees. The heat is driving to
the cooling seaside every one whose labors
will permit. The toilers now earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brows.
LATEST.
The thermometer this af1onoon reached
five o'clock heavy thunder storm, accompa-
MED by high winds, swept over the city, and
the mercury fell fifteen degrees in a few min
utes. A number of cases of sunstroke re-
ported, but none fatal.
At Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, July 1S.-The weather to-
day has been quite comfortable, the mercury
averaging about eighty degrees in the shade,
with a cool northeast breeze. Among the
deaths from sunstroke yesterday not already
reported, are the following: Kew. Father
Kranthan, of the st. Francis Capuchin mon
astery, and editor OF The Columbia, Ger
man Catholic weekly; Adam Schneider, a
butcher, of the firm of Asch & Co.; Mrs.
Harvey Wells, corner of Ninth and Mills
streets; Henry Geitzer, teamster, No. 609
First avenue; Franz Stinebager, No. $40
Muskego avenue; Charles Muller, Oakland
avenue, and Reinert Reinijer, proprietor of
the Scandinavian house, No. l56 Clinton
street. With the change In the weather early
this morning the condition of Archbishop
Henri became more favorable, and at this
hour eight o'clock this EVENING" his physi-
clans are confident of his early restoration to
comparatively good health.
at baltimore.
BALTIMORE, July 16.-To-day has been
the hottest of the season; the therm omer at
the signal office registering ninety-eight de-
grees at four o'clock. Forty cases of sum
stroke were reported, with only one fatal,
though several are In critical condition.
Business is suspended to great extent and
bricklayers, iaborers, and Others working In
the sun In different parts of the city, quilted
work. 1t is still very warm to night, the
thermometer at ten clock registering eighty
seven degrees. The only fatal case was that
OF Theodore BoaSe, chief clerk of the Ger
man steamship Hanover.
At Terre Haute.
TERRE HAUTE, July l6.-George Harper,
a c0ored man employed at a saloon; Thomas
Cunningham employed at the nail works,
and Albert Vanheyde. barkeeper, died of
sunstroke to-day There have been forty or
fifty cases of sunstroke here thus far, of which
nine have been fatal. The thermometer was
one hundred and two to-day, and has risen
above hundred degrees several times within
a week, beng one hundred and four In one
day, but we had fine shower this afternoon,
since which the weather is pleasant.
at Pittsburg.
PITTsBURG, July 1S.-The intense heat of
the present month probably reached its
highest figure at three o'clock this afternoon,
when the thermometer registered one hun
dred and one degrees in the shade. Many
persons have been Frustrated this week by
the terrible sunshine, but until to-day none
resulted fatally. This evening John Faekel.
a carpenter, aged ffty-elght years, died at
his residence, on Forty third street, from sun
stroke. Many horses have died, and business
is generally stagnant.
At Evansville.
EVANSVILLE, July I8.-This is the hottest
day OF the season, the thermometer at four
o'clock indicating ninety-seven degrees. Two
cases of sunstroke occurred, one of which,
VIM. Safferton, it is thought will prove fatal.
There were two deaths from heat among the
horses.
EVANSVILLE, July IS.-Sabberton, who
was overcome by the heat this evening, died
to might.
At Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.-During the heat
ed term many cases of prOstratlon and sew
eral deaths have been caused by the intense
IL - I,n1H 81 krrva A'aIa nIy this
the hottest day of the term, when the mer-
curry in half an hour fell ten degrees-drop-
ping to eighty-six degrees-which, with an
invlgorating breeze, gives hope of at least one
comfortable night, provided the nlnety-slx
degrees reported at st. Louis does not reach
us before morning.
Interior Towns in Missouri and Kas-
sas.
Telegraphic and other reports from the in
terror of Missouri and Kansas mention ex-
tremely hot weather and numerous sun
strokes, quite a number of them fatal. In
some parts of southern Missouri and Kansas
the weather has been so extremely hot during
the day that all outdoor work had to be
pended, and considerable part of the har-
vestiDg In several localities has been done by
moonlight.
at Trenton.
TRENTON, N j., July 18.-The weather is
the Trenton iron company, the New Jersey
steel and iron company, and other mills,
were compelled to shut down at three O clock
In the afternoon. Mechanics working out
doors had to stop themselves. At ten o'clock
the thermometer was at ninety four degrees;
at two o'clock, one hundred and two degrees;
and at eight O'Clock, ninety-five degrees.
AT Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, July 18-The thermometer
here to-day reached ninety seven degrees,
and complaints from the heat were more gen
eral than yesterday. Michael Daniels, Dan
lei Hurley, Mrs. Annie Freeman, and Ger
man, name unknown, have died. Several
cases OF sunstroke are reported for to-day,
and are considered in precarious condition.
At Columbus, Ohio
COLUMBUS, July 17.-There were three
cases of sunstroke here this afternoon. Two
of the stricken men were United States mail
carriers, and the third was driver of an ice
wagon. The heat was excessive and has ne
a partial suspension of business.
At Muscatine, Iowa.