Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-17
THE ERRIBLE HEAT,

and who arrived tonight.
THE TERRIBLE HEAT
NO Abatement In the Fearful Visitation
Alarming Death Roll Reported from st
Louis and Numerous Other Points,
Mode of Treatment Adopted at st. Louis
TREATMENT AND PROMINENT CASES AT ST. LOUIS
81. LOUIS, July 16.--There has been Sigh,
almlnltlun OF the heat this afternoon, caused
by hne breeze with some inyigoratiye quail.
tles In 1t. yet the mercury has ranged high
reaching 100 IN many places. The eases OF
sunstrokes have also decreased, there having
been but twenty-five at the city dispensary uu
to o'clock this evening. and but four deaths.
Inc scenes there, however. have been of the
same general character as heretofore. and the
TOUR physicians and their assistants in attend
ance nave been kept very busy administering
70 the wants OF those taken there for treatment.
Inc general mode of treating the eases is all to
| the head. ice water showers, rubbing the body
WIN ice and administering such medicines as
| Inc different cases demand. Health Commits
4 s1oaer francls Is present almost constantly
overlooking affairs and rendering all the aid
| possible. Drs. Lade, King and Robinson the
| regular dspensary physicians, are untiring in
t1elr attention to patients, and ably assist
| eo by Their assistants, Drs. Renyck and Hol-
man. Among the worst cases treated this
morning were Gus. Gilman, a German musician,
VINO was Frustrated on the street. After an
hours hard work he restored sufficiently to
| De sent to the hospital. John Phillips, aged
Sixty, stricken down on the street. sent to the
| alspensary, somewhat revived was sent to the
Hospltal. Joseph Brown, a teamster, revived
sufficiently to be sent home. Mr.. Cook, assist
anu superintendent at the morgue who has
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ffluay, succumbed to the heat at noon and lay
IN an unconscious state several hours. His
CONDITION was regarded very critical. but he
WIS Hhally restored to consciousness and
sent 10 the hospital. Ed. Newman, barkeeper,
very Dad case, sent to the hospital where he
VIII probably die. Among the cases not treated
at the dlspensary were Dan Dooley, who died
at his home; Mary Fortune found dead in her
pea THIS morning; Elizabeth Bachry, died at
her residence after medical treatment; James
Ryan, consin of Bishop Ryan, died at his resi-
dence without medical attendance; the wife
ana daughter OF Prof. Mainline, the well known
musician Frustrated at their home and at last
accounts were in critical conditions Fl. c..
/ Mcbrlde, a promising young lawyer, stricken
down IN the court of criminal correction, but
was restored by prompt medical treatment
| Geo. w. Campbell, of the firm of Campbell &
Carton, Frustrated on Change but was restor-
ed after proper treatment; VIM. Limebrink
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! dangerous condition at his home; j. A. Glover
| clerk OF the Keokuk Northern packet
| line, Frustrated while returning
from dinner. will probably recover. j. d.
| Vaerster, father of the we'll known DIR. Vaer-
ster, was found dead in bed this mornings John
OConnell, picked up on the street uncon-
scious, was sent to the hospital; Solomon Egan
| fell on the street, taken to the dispensary
| IN very dangerous condition, having conynl-
sions; he was trested two or three hours before
| he revived enough to be sent to the hospital.
ALI the above cases were from heat. Twenty
| four bodies. Switch had lain at the morgue yes
terday without being claimed, were buried in
the Potter's field late last night
| The whole number of burial permits issued
| to-day is forty-nine of which twenty-eight
| were for persons whose death was caused by
| heat. This is but u trife over one half Of the
noon was more moderate, and to-
night there is a fine breeze which has cooled
| the atmosphere considerably.
| The whole number of cases treated at the
dispensary to-day is about thirty of which
only one died at the dispensary but of those
About o'clock tonight Drs. Cook and Rogers
practlcing physicians of the city, were pros
trated by heat and taken to the dispensary
where they were successfully treated.
At the morgue to-day there was the usual
scene, and even the bodies were exposed to
WV, e'hN SlcdG CIONuS OIL people. men, women
and children, lotered in and around the build
ing in the broiling sun, to crafty their morbid
| curiosity, to look at the dead bodies. If these
| corpses are not claimed by friends or relatives,
they are buried by the city.
| Yesterday there We're twenty-six bodies in
the morgue at one time presenting most re.
Voting appearance. The heat has been SO
great for the past few days that almost every
one has become alarmed, and hundreds OF me-
chanlcs and laborers have ceased to work. A
number of manufacturing establishments in
the city have closed and many others are run
ming on short time to their employees
Several builders and roofers have refused to al
low their men to work at all until /; change in
the weather takes place. The city has stopped
some of its public work, carries it on only
at night in order to save the men from sickness
! or almost certain death. Several livery stable
owners refuse to hire horses until shutdown or
| late In the afternoon, for fear of losing their
animals One stable lost five horses on Sunday,
valued at 81 600, and Others have suffered sim
| liar losses.
THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO July 16.-The heat to-day has been
more severe. and the thermometer higher than
yesterday. The highest point reached was 81,
! but the mercury now stands at 81, and is still
/ falling. The signal service reports that at
Fort Dodge. where the thermometer was at 10l
| at sunset, it is now 68, and that driving rain
| and thunder shower i, in progress 1t is
| thought that the cold wave will reach
here tomorrow morning and there will be a
| great change in the temperature during the
| much afflicted. There were some twenty-five
cases, less severe of sunstroke
! IN Chicago to-day, and six fatal
| cases. The deaths are as follows: Rev
E. w. Clark, formerly Congregational
| missionary to the Sandwich Inlands,
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lived until to-day. He is 70 years DID, and one
| of the best known missionaries In the country
| Patrick Keefe, aged n lumber shower. Nick jail
/ aged AZ, employe of the rolling mills. Mrs.
Lee Warren, aged 40. John Schooneman, man
ufacturer of soda water, aged A, and un-
known man picked up on the streets, these are
the only cases reported up to midnight.
{. CASUALTIES AT VARIOUS POINTS.
CHICAGO, July 16.--Reports from points
throughout the Northwest give accounts of the
terrible effects of heat. In Dewitt. Iowa
Chas. Hucker and H. Rolf, Germans, died
from the effects of heat. At Galesburg, Ill.
several deaths and many cases of sunstroke are
reported. At Des Moines, Capt. james Nav
of Rock Island, well known in political cir.
cles there and at Washington, lies in critical
condition from the effects of sunstroke Yes
terday at Bloomington, Michael O'Neill, Mollie
Hogan, Jesse Passwater and an unknown la
soon soon after. Some twenty aoth nnu ca u,eo
nine fatal are reported to-day, and horses suf
fered terribly. These are but isolated cases
taken at random, for nearly every town in this
section has one or more cases to report. The
thermometer has ranged, generally, from 80 t.
/ ITO degrees.
The T,i6uae's Sioux City special says that a
$3.50 this evening the weather suddenly changed
the wind began blowing from the north, anc
the thermometer dropped 20 degrees in twt
hours.
PARBoIL1NG MLwAyKEEANs.
MILWAUKEE, July 16.-Thermometer a
ninety-six at the signal Office this afternoon
4 The southwest breeze which prevailed durin,