Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-18
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THE INDIAN WAR.
Chief Egan Beheaded.
THE HOT WEATHER.
RAILROAD SMASH UP,
A EUROPEAN SENSATION.
THE HOT WEATHER.
RAILROAD SMASH UP,
A EUROPEAN SENSATION,
GREAT STRIKE IN FRANCE.
TORKID WEATHER IN THE WEST.
How 1t Affects Human Life and
the CrOnS I'm IaXa

the STopS In Iowa.
DEs MONIES, IA, July 1.-THE weather has
been extremely hot in this city for the past ten
days, the mercury ranging from 80 to 96 in the
shade. len persons We're Sunstruck in this
cry during the heated term, only one fatally
no 1atal cases are reported from neighboring
towns. The damage TO crops by the hot wea?
iher mas Deen very slight, principally in cauS-
IS slightly damaged by rust and chineh bugS
put crops as whole are better than during
me past len years. There has been no damage
from storms.
Few SunstrOkes AT Sioux CITY.
SIOUX CITY, July l7.-For the past few davs
the heat has been very intense i'm this city, al
most causing a suspension of business. Not
MltnStatnding this, there has been very few re-
ports OF proStratiOn from the heat and no IA.
tai results In the city. From the surrounding
country lew fatal cases of SuGStroke are re-
Por;ed. The crops in this vicinity have been
tenehted rather than injured by the hot wea-
.her Wheat never looked better, and corn
has grown three feet in one week. The harvest
promises an unprecedented yield.
sunstrckes and BIighted Crops Near
Dubuque.
DUBUQUE. IA, July l7.-SiX fatal eases of
SunStroke are reported here. A fine breeze
set IN this afternoon, which still continues
and has slightly relieved the suffering thOugh
the thermometer still ranges in the ninetieS
and the outlook faVOrS another intensely hot
day tomorrow. There are no positive REPORTS
OF the crops, save that grain has been badly
beaten Gown by storms, and the damp heat
following caused considerable rust. Corn is
doing well as far as heard from
Infant Mortality.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, july 1.-THE ther-
mometer has ranged from 80 TO 100 degrees in
the shade in this City and vicinity during the
past week, but prOstrations by the heat have
averaged less than one per day. The mortality
creased, however. SO far as can be learned
and in the judgment of persons qualified to
speak, crops have not been materially injured
Wheat IS now being harvested, but progress is
necessarily slow.
Deaths i'm Iowa City.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, July 1.-THE sixth day of
the intense heated term is the first one mark ed
by any casualty, although very many persons
have been more or less affected. j. B Lucas
Well-t0-do farmer living near this city, was
overcome by the heat this morning. His wife
al once started for the city TO procure medical
aid, and, returning, found her husband a
| corpse. Two men are reported to have died
| at Riverside TO day. For the past six DAYS and
nights the melcury has not fallen below 50,
and has ranged as high as l03 degrees.
| IntOIerabIe Heat i'm Illinois,
| PEORIA, ILL, July 1.-THE heat for the last
| seven days has been almost intOlerab!e-the
thermometer ranging from 90 to l0l in the
| SunStroke, and some twenty cases not fatal.
| Tonight there has been a slight rain, and the
! back bone of the heated term is believed TO be
pIOken. Farmers say the heat has improved
he corn crop.
| The Worst Believed TO be Over in
| st. Louis.
| ST, LOUIS. Mo, july lS-It is still blazing
| hot this morning. but there is pretty sti:l
! breeze blowing from the west, which tempers
| the intense rays of the sun and renders them
somewhat more bearable than on previous
| days. There is more animation and hustle on
the streets this morning, more people moving
| about and more business doing. There is alsG
a feeling OF relief among all classes, the
| greatly diminished death rate of Yesterday
| inducing the belief that the worst is over. and
from this time (althOugh the weather NAV
continue very warm as it probably wiID its
! TO their usual occupations and habits without
any very great danger. A very fine spirit
| thermometer hanging under an awning on
the shady side OF 4th street, showed the follow.
| ing result at O'Clock, 81 degrees: 9 O'clock.
! ~ degrees; 10 O'Clock, 81 degrees; IL o'clock
| 93 degrees. The city dispenSary Las been a
very quiet place SO far to-day, ana there is
Deen received up to 10 o'clock, and that was a
poor woman named Nellie Howard, who. to
m rld herself OF lie and the heat at the same
| time, swallowed three grains of morphine and
| lay down to die. She was found by police
| officer who took her to the dispensary where
| she was ShoWered and antidOteS admins
| tered, and she is now slowly recovering. The
occurred last night, VIM. Murray, a bar
Keeper, Richard Brenan, Susan Scharer, Geo
u; ~ h9Sks h9itts John Iysony and Jeremiah Murphy.
IN ADDITION those mentioned yesterday the
following newspaper men, who have TEN.
porarily succumbed to the heat NAV be
! named:-Walter B. Stevens, city editor Of the
ISmeSi VIM. III. Sphinx, telegraph editor of the
Gtote- -Dem0cr0t; Henry c. Davis, telegraph
editor OF the DtSpdtch; and Mr.. Unger re-
porter OF the Westiiche Post
The Thermometer To-day In Several
Cities.
NEW YORK, July lS.-At |: 80 p. M. the ther-
mometer stood as follows at the places named:
Cleveland. IS; ST. Louis. 81; Cincinnati, %: A.:
chicago, IS; indianapolis, 90; Pittsburg, 81;
Buffalo, S.: Saratoga, 92; Long Branch, 95
Washington, %; Philadelphia, 9S; New York,
"; Baltimore, 9S; Montreal, 81 The cold
wave Stluck Chicagn this morning