St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-22
HOT AS HADES.
The Hot Wave Continues in the South
and East,
Entailing Suffering and Dealing Deaft
TO Many.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Dennis Sullivan,
GO years old, James Reynolds, 80 years old,
and John ShaughneSsy, 60 years old, died
to-day in this city from SunstrOke. Michael
School of College Point, l.. l., also died
tremely hot and uncomfortable, with no as
surances of cooler weather.
The thermometer gradually lowered its
record as evening came on. AT IL p. IN. il
marked 81, and the air was sitting. A
breeze blew over the city from the south,
but it was not a cool breeze and therefore
gave little relief. There were marked
signs of a shower about p. IN. but the
clouds passed TO the eastward and only a
few drops fell. Twenty-three cases of
prostratiOn were reported after D. NJ,
in all parts of the city. Rev. Father Pat
rick Mulligan of st. MaTy'S Roman CathO-
lie church, in Long Island City, was over
come in Green Point, and died soon after
being taken home.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 2I.-At o'clock this
morning sweltering Chicago rose from
broken and unsatisfactory sleep, little, if
any, refreshed. The sky was slightly over
cast, tine air was thick, heavy and sitting,
and everybody expected another day of tor
rid heat. From 6 o'clock on, however, the
heat moderated and gentle breeze sprang
up and grew more noticeable as the
day advanced. People began to breathe
freely again and things in general
all through town assumed once
more livelier air. The temperature fell
gradually TO 75 : at 1 o'clock. Inquiries
were made at the health department con-
corning the effects of the two days torrid
10 T. -.
while no cases of sunstrOke We're reported
TO the department hot weather played sad
havoc with the children. Cholera mfantum
has been prevalent TO quite an alarming de-
gree in many quarters OF the city. Last
week the number of children under years
who died was 224. For the twenty-fOur hours
ending atnOOn TO day there had been recorded
in the registrars Office no less than forty
two children under five, and this of course
does not represent the entire mortality
among the children wfh9 died yesterday.
The great majority of these deaths We're
from cholera infantum. Had hot weather
continued, it is more than likely the
slaughter of innocents from this cause
would have made terrible showing before
the end of the week.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 21.-The heat has
been somewhat less to-day, but the mer-
curry still ranged high, marking at 10 a. IN.
94 ,, at IL o'clock 95o and at p. IN. 81 =,
at p. m. 96 ,. Fourteen prOStrations by
heat were reported up to 10 tonight, five of
which were fatal. Between 12 and 4 o'clock
a phenomenal local rain storm burst over the
extreme northern part of the city. and in
the course of half an hour an inch of water
fell over an area two miles square,
flooding many streets and doing some dam
age. Two men were killed by lightning
and several other persons were severely
shocked. AT this hOur-10 p. m.-the tenn
perature is comparatively agreeable, but it
is not believed that the heat is broken.
Another seOreher is expected tomorrow.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. July 21.-The hot wave
which has hung over this vicinity the past
five days, still continues and to-day, as a re-
suit of the ScOrching heat TWENTY-FIVE
were reported. The highest point reached
by the thermometer at the signal Office
was 90 degrees at 3p. M. but at several
places along Chestnut street it registered as
as high 101 y degrees. Dispatches from Eas-
ton and other interior points indicate a
temperature of from 9S to 100 degrees.
There are signs of rain tonight.
AT PIITSBURG.
PITTsBURG, July 21.-This was the
hottest day of the year. The mercury rOse
10 99o att o'clock in the afternoon, when
a thunder storm reduced the temperature to
S6o Ten cases of prOstration from the
heat had been reported at 2 o'clock. One
of them, mill labOrer, died in few min
utes. Another man named William 3.
Copeland, letter carrier, is in a serious
condition. In several mills the employees
were compelled TO cult work this morning
and the mills closed down. Among the
street car horses there is great suffering and
on some of the lines the number of trips
have been reduced at least One-third.
OTHER POINTS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 21.-Edward
Bishop, an engineer, was overcome by the
heat to-day, and died soon after noon. The
atmosphere is not 50 oppressive as on yes
terday, the mercury registering 95o at .
o'clock this afternoon.
DETROIT, July 21.-The hot wave still
holds out. The minimum was "A , at day
light. There were no deaths from the heat
so far as could be learned.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 21.-This was
one of the hottest of the season. the maxi
mum of the thermometer being 99o, and as
there was very little breeze the suffering
was general and intense. No cases of sun
stroke were reported.
LEXINGTON, KY, July 21.-This has
been the hottest day of the season. the mer
curry showing from to p. m 90 :.
NEWARK, y. j., July 21.-Two persons
were prostrated by the heat here to-day.
One of them died and the other cannot sur