Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-16
Intense Heat Causes a Great Many
People to Keep Their Eyes Open
for Rabid CANNES.
NEIGHBORS GET IN THEIR WORK
As in Former Tears, and Many Good Ami.
mails Depart This Earth by the
Poisoned Meat Route.
SEVERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE VICTIMS.
The Mercury Reaches Ninety-Two in the Shade and
Everybody Suffers.

With the advent of sweltering heat such
as that of yesterday come visions of mad
dogs, mosquitoes, and other pests of the sui
try season. Although ''dog days" have not
come, the average pedestrian walking along
the streets keeps an eye open for the
disagreeable cur with the lager beer
imitation on his lips and a beastly
hankering to fulfil the old proverb that
misery loves company. A few more days
like yesterday and the rabies will not wait
until July is half over, as is customary. On
the sunny sides of the streets the-air felt as
if blown from the interior of a pudding
furnace Mercury crept toward the clouds
with the persistent force of hydraulic jack
and hung about the nineties all through the
middle of the day. The heat had the effect of
causing numerous owners of dogs to think
about the safety of their pets. Those with
out the little nickel tags run chances of
being dealt with on suspicion, or, at least,
their masters think so. Accordingly, the
issuers of dog licenses noticed quite an in
crease in business.
Number of Dog Licenses Issued.
Up to to-day 2,2OO licenses have been is
sued, which is thought to include the great
majority of dogs in the city. Whether the
realization of having been raised to the dig
nifty of being personal property will prevent
many ours from acquiring a dislike for
water is yet an unsettled question, but
there are hopes that the effect will vet be
salutary.
Chief Brown has decided that as "d6g
days" do not begin until July 10 the dog
catching operations will not be inaugurated
until then. Up to that time all manner of
CANNES are safe as far as the Department of
Public Safety is concerned. Business at
the pound is not expected to be very brisk
this year. The widespread slaughter with
buttons last season thinned out the ranks of
unOwned animals, and those remaining are
as a rule valuable enough to have masters
and licenses. There will be no poison this
year. The pound is presumed to answer all
eXtermlnating purposes and disgusting car
eases living about the street will be rarities.
A gentleman reported to Mayor Gourley
yesterday that three dogs had been shot in
Cherry alley, near Virgin, by what he sup
posed to be an officer in citizens clothes.
Being the owner of valuable animal he
was anxious to know whether the police had
declared war on dogs Superintendent of
Police Gamble Weir was asked about it,
and said:
Nobody Ordered to Shoot Dogs.
'No order has been issued to the police
for killing dogs. Shooting them is not
allowed unless at the request of the owner,
which doubtless the case with those
killed this morning. We have adopted the
dog pOnuu system OF getting rid of worth
less animals and no other plan will be used.''
While the police are not poisoning dogs
many neighbors are kindly ridding each
tor years. Superintendent Weir said yester-
day lie had received numerous reports of
cases where poisoned meat had been put to
effective Use by somebody, and whole sec
tions have been cleared of their dogs. The
police can do little to stop this work, which
promises to be kept up year after year, as
long as people have dogs and neighbors.
Chief Brown NaS not yet appointed his
poundmaster, and will not likely do so for
some time. Since no dogs will be caught be-
fore July IS. there is nothing for a pound
master to do until then. The pound on
Ruchs' hill Is now complete. 1t will accom-
mOdate about 100 animals
The hot weather has had a serious effect
on the health of the city. Debility produced
by the heat has rendered people less able to
withstand disease and the result is already
quite noticeable. The records of the Bureau
OF Health show an increase in the death rate
Dt the past two weeks. Notwithstanding
the cltys mortality usually doubles itself
during the month of June, the number of
deaths will be much larger than that of any
y
Causes of the Great Increase.
So far this month there has been S2s burial
permits issued by the bureau During the
entire month of June last year there were
reported 50S deaths. The number of deaths
now almost equals the total number of
deaths during May, which was 473 including
stillbirths. The mortality resulting from
cercbro-spinal meningitis seems to be on the
increase. week or two ago the disease
showed signs of abating. This dis
ease has caused 10 deaths so far this month:
OF the remainder, Is resulted from pneu-
mOnla, Is from commissions. 9 from cholera
infantum, ) from meningitis, from phthisis
pulmOnaliS, from bronchitis > from sui
cldes and II inanition. Burial permits were
also issued for - stillbirths and . suicides
should the warm weather of the past few
days continue few days longer the Bureau
OF Health officers say they will look for |
large increase in the number of deaths from
CnGleia lnfantum. On Nit. Washington the |
Whooping cough has made its appearance
1t l. most severe among the children.
Robert Nllman, aged 81 years, an inmate
OF the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor
was overcome by the intense heat of yester-
day. and fell to the pavement while walking |
along Sarah street, near South Eighteenth |
street. The patrol was called and he was |
sent to the Southside Hospital. where he |
soon recovered. He left the home on a fur |
Tough and was visiting friends and relatives |
OIL the SOuthside.
In Allegheny the death rate is normal but |
OF the "a deaths last week almost half were |
infants under years of age Diphtheria
caused four deaths; cholera infantuIn three, |
and pneumonia, three.
Matilda swanson, q Swede, IS years old.
employed as domestic in the house of r. F.
Laughlin, of Jones & Laughlin at the cor
ner OF Penn and Murtland avenues WAS oye,
come by the heat about o'clock last nigh
The West Penn Hospital ambulance wa.
sent lor to have the woman sent to the hos
pltal. but the woman died before she could
be placed IN the ambulance. An inquest
will be held to-day
The temperature yesterday reached the 92
mark in the afternoon. Observations taken
at the Signal Service Office were as follows:
: A. NJ. sOo: 10 A. NJ, $50; u NJ, $50; P NJ, 80
5 P. NJ, So. Maximum temperature was 92o'
and minimum 100