Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-12
s.r.r,nvs In New York on Account
Of the Intensity Of the
Heat.
..aoHtRs COMPELLED TO QUIT
THEIR WORK.
philadelphia said TO be the Hottest
City In the United
States.
The city Of New York has " Refresh
Ing Rata.

Ing Rata.
Nrw YORK, August H. AZ $3.50
pe thermometer had fallen TO 81. The
,a,n cooled the sidewalks aud houses
md if,shen.d up things. IL was
~elcomr relief. All day ON the bu-i-
~. stfcets, especially those where the
sof.r ears run, IL was pitiabls 10 see
he sulefings II tbe horaus. The
animals gave out on all sidee. Alto
gether the day was one VI misery for
man and beast. At COnoy Island this
anrruoon the mercury rvgistcfeu oj.
Reports sent out by the weather bureau
Al upt give an adequate Idea Of the
lnlonalty Of the heat. When the Their
momcter In the observatory on top OF
ue Equitable building registers %, II
a much warmer than that on
,he surface In crowded streets,
telween high buildings, where
Inc heat h radiatcd from the
rayemenls and walls. Thermometers
ful on broadway registered different
aoer,cs OF heat this morning, but all
were higher than the slgnal service
u,rmoInutrr. At 10 O'Clock the latter
vas IS degrees, while private Their
mofpetcr registered 50 aud over.
Large numbera u people found relief
on the piers and la the parks today.
Sine. the rain this afternoon the suf-
krIne decreased greatly, and II IL
hopod tomorrow VIII bring complete
relief.
During the twenly.four hours end
ingat midnight there have been forty
ra.cs Of prosgration, eleven OF which
are fatal,
the rLAouE OF MOSQUITOES.
Nineiy.lour In the shade was regis
tered by the thermometers ~ noon to-
Jay. This Is the hottest day OF the
season aud the hottest August day III
twenty years. Sunstroke carried OIL,
directly or indirectly, dozsn persons
within the last twenty-fOur hours, and
the hoHpitals are filled with Others.
Tho suffering caused by tho heat Is
intensified by "a plague Of mosquitoes.
AZ . O'Clock this afternoon n thunder
storm relieved the oppressivenesss some
what.
MAD To euIr WORK.
PfTTsnuRg, August ii.--Last night
was one Of the hottest OF the year. At
hoime did the mercury 20 below 20.
All O'Clock ths mercury was 81. In
The down town districts ut noon the
heat was 20 Intense that IL drove the
PEOPLE indoors. Today Is ~ hot m
yesterday, but fewer prOstrations are
reported. In the mills many OF the
hborcu had to quit work. A storm
about $3.50 this afternoon cooled the
atmosphere TO some extent.
~ NEW JERSEY.
B0RDESrowS, n. j., August H.
The Thermometer ranged from IS TO 90
degrees.
Farm HANDS HAVE 10 QUIT.
PLAiNFIRLD, Conn, August ll.-At
noon today the thermometer registered
lOi, and farm hands were compelled To
Quit work.
AT CINCINNATI.
ClSUfsSATI, August To-day has
been cooler. No serious prostratlons
arr reported today. The maximum
today Ia 30 degrees, reached ut 2 y. m.
THE HOTTEST FOR TWENTY YEARS.
wAuKEoAS, Conn, August Ito
day has been tho hottest for twenty
years. At noon It was l03 In the
shade. Several casss Of prostitution are
reported. The crops are burning up.
siSETY.sEvEs DEGREES.
PHILADELPHIA, August ll.-Phila.
delphia led all the cities Of the United
States yesterday, the mercury stand.
Ing ut 07. In the morning at eight
O'clock the thermometer registered 50;
a. 800 IN tho afternoon the heat had
reached 95 degrees.
COULD NOT WORK,
JEwrTT CITY, Conn, August H.
Today IN the hottest IN tho year, the
additions 10 the mills being compelled
70 stop on account Of the drouth. Farm
hands and other outdoor lRborers have
oecn Obliged TO stop work on account
ollhe Intense heat.
rLEAHASr AT sE LOUIS.
VI. LouIs, August 1.-THE thunder
Storm that visited the city this morn.
ing cleared the atmosphere of the op.
Rfoslvenesa that had existed before
NE storm occurred. A soaking rain
accompanied the storm, doing great
damage TO crops and fruit. Tonight
me weather IL quite bearablo. The
mercury indicates 10 degrees.
Opium Seizure.
RrpDfSo, Cal, August 1.-THE
secret service officers seized $1,000
worth OF opium In Shasta yesterday
a ahl broke up niue furnaces run by
Shlnese employed la manufacturing Il
Hon The crude material.
volcanic Eruption ia Mexico.
=, CoLnMA, August li.-This morning
.ne volcano Of Colima began 10 show
sgps OF an eruption, and after a time
tne whole city became covered with
Mhes. This IL the most .xtensiy.
eruption ever known here, and there
Ip Tears that great many lives viii
'hlure OF u Lumber Company.
LlTTln Rock, August 1.-THE
ooSsrN Lumber company OF Prescott,
ark w0 closed today under an at.
1hohinent for sl0l IA In favor OF Il. l..
towers, who controls tho Prescott and
NoTthwes,ern road.
WOODEN Manufacturer Attached.
L NoiIIHnoRo, Mass, August H.
,EeIa W. Chapin, a WOODEN manufac.
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