Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-26

cent. at 3 O'Clock and 50 per cent. at ~
o'clock. The wind drifted languidly along
at the rate OF from four to fve miles an
hour. At o'clock the thermometer nad
reached "a degrees, the highest point
reached this year by @ majority OF z de-
grees. The approach of clouds soon after
caused q drop in the Thermometer OF IL
degrees in five minutes. The whole coun-
TRIP was sweltering in sympathy WITT the
metropolis.
WARM BUT BREEZY.
NonToIK, July 25.-To-day has been ur-
usually warm in Southeastern Virginia;
but the oppressive heat has been tempered
by strong southwesterly breeze. There
have been no cases of sunstroke or other
heat casualties. The thermometer reached
81 at o'clock.
THERMOMETER, 81.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 25.-The ther-
mometer at O'Clock reached 81, and the
humidity was 81 At 8 o'clock tonight the
thermometer was at So and the humidity
at g.. No sunstrokes reported.
MLI-HAsDs SUFFER- TFRRIBLY.
PrrrsBURG. Pa, July 25.-The thermome-
ter reached 95 Sunday. and the day was
tho hottest in five years. To-day II
reached %. The few mill and factory-
hands at work suffered terribly to-day
large number of prostrations rom tne
heat were reported, but so fai there nave
been no fatalities. The indications are
for continuance of the torrId weather tor
several days at least.
FOURTEEN FATALITIES.
CHICAGO, July 25.-Sx deaths from sun
stroke to-day and total since SATURDAY
night of IA. The thermometer az AM. 70,
day stood AZ so, and IL rose gradually until
the middle of the afternoon, when IL
reached a.
Al different places in the northern part
of Illinois and Iowa to-day 95 to 100 were
very common records.
THERMOMETER 100 TO 102.
KANSAS Cry, July 25.-The thermometer
stood at 100 to IO2 to-day. Two fatal sun
strokes are reported. One was Patrick j.
Meagher, newspaper reporter.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR.
DAYTON, OHIO, July 25.-Thermometer
10i yesterday and 100 to-day.
MANY CATTLE DYING.
Milan, Tenn, July 25.-The thermome-
ter reached the highest point yet this sea
son Yesterday, registering 30 degrees. SlA
cases of sunstroke are reported from the
rural districts, many cattle dying from the
excessive heat.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PROsTRArIoNs.
LOUISVILLE. KY. July 25.-The ther-
mometor IN the Signal-Seryiee Observatory
(six stories above the street, registered lOl
Yesterday. while down below IN drug
store the mercury touched lle. There were
nearly 100 prostrations, and many, 1t Is
feared, will terminate fatally.
PREACHER STRICKEN DOWN.
The most sensational work of the heat
occurred at st. Johns Episcopal church.
Rev. George Grant Smith, the rector, was
in the middle of his sermon, when he was
seen TO reel and fall back. A vestrymar
ran to bis assistance. aud found that hC
had been overcome by the heat. lie will
probably recover.
WELCOME STORM.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA. July 25.-To-day was
one of the hottest of tho summer in ITS
early hours. The highest temperature
reached was 81, the lowest II. The heat
was very oppressive up 10 o'clock. when
q heavy thunderstorm caused the mercury
to fall 70 degrees iii very few minutes
Despite the high temperature which pre-
walls here for nearly tve months OF the
year. sunstrokes are unknown.