Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-18
HE'LL ON EARTH.
The Great Cities and Leading Towns Of
the Northwest Frustrated Under
Worse than TOrrid Sun-The
Rich and the Poor, the
Child and the Adult Alike Fall Victims to
the Burning Rays of Old SOl-ThOu-
sands of Cases of Coup de SOleiI,
and Hundreds of them Fatal.
At st. Louis.

At st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-THE weather con-
tinues intensely hot, but there is a fine
| southern breeze, which tempers the heat
| somewhat and renders it more bearable
| Sergeant Finn, of the signal service, predicts
rain for this afternoon or evening, but says
he does not think it will have more than
temporary effect, and that the heated term
| will continue yet for some days. Sunstroke
| cases have Teen but few this morning, but
J FIVE cases having been treated at the dis
I pensary, and they were light ones. Three OF
| them were women. But few outside cases
| have yet been reported, and the opinion OF
| the health officers and physicians is that the
| worst is over. OF yesterdays cases, which
were sent from the dispensary to the hospital,
| Newman, Eagan and M'Neim died during
| the night.
| FATAL CASES.
Among the fatal cases last night was Au-
| gust Grog, a saltwater wagon driver. He
was taken to the dispensary late, but was so
far gone that he died under treatment. Alex
ander Beauvois, book keeper in the whole
sale house of Beauvois & Co., got heated
while going home last night, and died In half
| an hour The fatal cases by sunstroke or
prostration by heat since last Wednesday,
when the weather first became so intensely
| hot SO far as have been reported to the au-
1 tborities up to last night, number one hun
dred and forty five. OF these probably two
| thirds or four-ffths were men or women who
were either drunkards or habitual drinkers OF
| strone LIQUORS or beer. The total number OF
prostrations during the same time cannot, OF
course, be accurately stated, as very large
| number of persons have been treated at
home or elsewhere by family physicians, or
doctors called In for the occasion, which have
not been reported; but it is probably safe to
say that since last Monday week, or during
the past ten days, between fifteen hundred
| and two thousand persons have been more or
less affected by the heat, and have required
medical treatment.
THERMOMETERS RECORD 102.
Two thermometers on Sixth street recorded
the temperature to-day as follows: At 8
am, 8315 and 81; 9 am, 9l1a and 80; 10
am. SO and go; II am. 941a and go; II
M, 9615 and 95; p. M. SO and 81; pm,
| 1O115 and 81; pm, 1917 and SO; 4 pm,
1O2 and 80; 5 pm. 90 and 81. Up to three
o'clock this is a trlfe higher range than yes
terday, but since that time the heat has de-
creased, and the prospect at this writing is
| that the evening and night will be cooler and
more comfortable, with a fair indication of
rain. There has not been much done at the
| city dispensary to-day, and no severe cases
have been there so far: The following are
| the cases treated: Fred Wild walked In him.
| self, feeling badly; Dauched, sent home;
| Lizzie Smith, employed in the Globe Demo-
| cTdt bindery, prostrp ted while at work, sue
cessfully treated and sent home; Catharlne
| Hands, overcome at home, taken to the dis
pensary and restored after about an hours
| treatment Charles Thompson, sick with ma
| laria and heat, revived and sent to the hos
| pital; G.. r. Lawyer, a bricklayer, FRUSTRATED
| at work and badly overcome, but restored
| and sent home; VIM. Shimman, colored, heat
and whisky. restored; John Efart, light
case, sent home; Henry. Staeppe, an
| old soup-house case, will recover to
be still a further burden to the city; Jesse
| Davis, roustabout from the wharfboat at the
| levee, has been restored; Charles Bowman,
| from the levee, restored; 7. }. Woodbridge,
| a peddler, slight case; Minnie Moultop,
| chronic workhouse case and very hard drink
| er, had cripple five or six years old, with
whom she begs on the streets and spends all
| the money so acquired for whisky, bad case.
Mrs. Connolly, a pretty severe case, had
| commissions under treatment but Is now bet
ter Richard Whitehurst, an African. bad
case, was sent to the hospital. Geo. Howard,
a mild case, was sent home. Lewis Red
mond, picked up on the street, bad case,
was sent home. Mary Powers, a bad case,
was sent home. Jabey p. Price, taken from
| the Planters house, genuine sunstroke, In
bad condition, was sent to the
| hospital. Andrew Trepan, a severe
| case, sent to the hospital. Hugh Riley, mainly
| shower, and plead to be let alone. Quite
large percentage of newspaper reporters,
who have labored very hard and lost great
deal of sleep, have been Frustrated to great
or less degree. Messrs. Renshaw, Reed,
Thayerand NJ Anally, of the Globe Democrat
| Scott, Cross and Meek, OF the Journal
and Dispatch, Linck, of the America,
and Kohsman, of the Aneeiger, have
suffered most, some of them being still under
treatment John G. Shea, the author, res
ident of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who came
here to deliver the grafton before the Hlstorl-
cal society on the occasion OF the celebration
of the anniversary OF the discovery OF the
Mississippi river by Father Marquette, which
was to have taken place last night, but was
postponed on account of the heat, was
Frustrated to-day while walking across the
bridge with friends. He was Immediately
conveyed to his hotel 1.-THE Lindell house,
where he received prompt medical treatment.
He soon revived, and will probably be out to-
morrow. A. J. P. Garesche, jr., deputy clerk
of the circuit court, suffered slight attack
this afternoon. He was taken home and
| treated by the family physician. James
| M'Donald, not severe, sent home. James
Coyle, machlnlst, has been drinking
hard since the Fourth of July; ice water re-
| vived him somewhat, but was still under
| treatment at late hour. j. E. Price, men
toned above is from Cincinnati, was sun
struck on Tuesday and has been quite ill at
the Planters house since then; he thought he
was strong enough to go home to night, and
went to the depot to take the train but he re-
turned to the hotel and was transferred to
the dispensary, where he remained at last ac-
counts and will probably be sent to the hos
pitaI The official report of deaths only re-
cord four fatal cases, but several
others died which have notyet been reported
ditional to those noted above, are Charles
Hoag, Conrad Dresmyer, Paul Suffers and
child and man named Baker. There are
no doubt others, but they are not yet reported.
The temperature is considerable cooler along
with the present breeze, with no indications
at the present writing thaif-past eleVenJ OF
rain. Reports from the small towns adjacent
to the city speak of the intense heat, and
mention a number of sunstrokes and several
deaths.
Outside of the dispensary, the follow
ing cases are reported: Mr.. Paul Stef-
ers, commission merchant, died at three
o'clock this morning from the effects OF the
heat. A. Pratt, Frustrated at home. treated
by physician who says the case Is critical.
Mr.. Ardeslie, the brewer overcome last night,
will recover. Police Officer Vievilemus fell
on the street this morning and was taken
home. Police Officer Deer was Frustrated
this morning and taken home; critical case.
Police Officer Falemus was also stricken
down this morning and taken home; he
will recover. Annie Kelly, an old work.
house case, was picked up on the street, I'M
conscious, and sent to the hospital. William
Herald, another victim. died at his residence
late last night John Kaltenbach. Frustrated
yesterday, died during the night. James
Flynn, stricken down this morning, sent to
the hospital. Nette Stanley, market
woman, Frustrated this morning, will recover
Deputy Marshal Gilbert had a slight attack,
went to the dispensary and was fixed up
At Chicago.
CHICAGO. July IL Yesterdays fatal cases
of sunstroke number nine. To-day the fatal
tiles, so far as known, are four. Probably a
score of people have been sunstruck during
the forenoon. The horses are suffering most,
and some fifty have died since the heated
term began. Last night thousands of peo-
pie sought relief from the heat by means of
excursions on Lake Michigan, where
a cool and refreshing breeze was a /
constant and accountable adjunct The