The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-04
SWELTERlNe UNDER THE SUN.
-FOUR DEATHS AND MANY PROS
TRATIONs AT CHICAGO.

The Maximum Temperature I'm the
shade OF the Auditorium Tower -
Degrees-rhe Day the Hottest of
the Year and the Fatalities the
Most NumerOus-The Hot spell Now
Entering on Its second Week.
Chicago, June 3-From so to IS degrees
In the shade Of the Auditorium tower was
the range OF the temperature to-day In
this city. From a. m. the mercury began
10 rise steadily until the maximum was
reached at p. m. This was the. hottest
day OF the year and the fatalities were
the most numerous. Four deaths and
several serious prostrations were recorded
by the police before night came to cool
the atmosphere little. The victims were:
NJ. Fallen, who succumbed at sagbridge.
on the line of the drainage canal. and
died in an hour.
James Griffin. colored. 2927 Dearborn
street, dropped dead near his home.
John Johnson, dropped dead in front of
SloO La Sale street.
Lizzie Yates. colored, taken TO the coun-
ty hospital suffering from nervous and
heat prOstration. died at noon.
Never before at this season Of the year
In Chicago has there been such continu-
Gus and excessively hot weather The spell
passed its first week tonight and although
the conditions are favorable for a change
tomorrow. the professor hedges his opin-
ions with several ifs. lie is only sure Of
one thlng-that when this heat does come
to an end there will be plenty OF rain, thun-
der and lightning as funeral escort.
Baltimore. Md. June S-The terrible
heat continues to hold the city in its em-
brace. II has become appalling, causing
deaths and prostrations in considerable
numbers. Tonight there Is "A prospect for
cooler weather and the temperature has
fallen off few points. At 2 o'clock this
afternoon the official thermometer regis
tered % degrees, the highest point reach
ed to-day.
Louisville. Ky, June 8-The weather was
intensely hot to-day The thermometer at
the weather bureau at o'clock registered
100 degrees I'm the shade Several persons
were overcome by heat, but no deaths are
reported.
st. Louis. Mo. June 3.-AH the hot
weather records for the first week in June
in this city were passed to-day at 2.30
O'Clock, when the 100 mark was reached.
At 3 p m. the sitting air drove people
from the streets. when a brisk shower set
In and cooled the air. Two quarrymen in
the suburbs and two laborers In East st.
Louis were Frustrated by the heat.
Atlanta, Ga, June 3.-The highest tenn
perature here to-day was % degrees, four
degrees lower than yesterdays highest
record. There were no sunstrokes.
Cleveland, O.. June 3-Ninety-five de-
grees was recorded by the official ther-
mometer to-day. four and a half points
higher than yesterday. There was no
breeze 10 neutralize the heat, and much
suffering resulted. No relief Is Indicated by
the forecasts.
New York, June 3-The hot
spell which has prevailed here
for the past five days was
broken late this afternoon. the tenn
perature falling from about 80 dcgrees "a
1880 O'Clock to 81 at Q o'clock tonight.
During the fifteen hours between midnight
and $3.50 o'clock this afternoon when the
temperature reached its hight there were
twelve deaths reported to the police all
traceable TO the heat. Besides these many
persons were Frustrated in the streets.
Washington. June 3.-The intense heat
experienced here for the past few days ala
not abate to-day, and the suffering from
this cause Is increased. only one death.
due solely to the heat, occurred to-day.
victim. Several others were Frustrated,
but recovered after treatment. a New York
drummer named Stark being among the
number.
Philadelphia, June 3.-The thermometer
started out at O'Clock this morning and
mounted upward until al i'm the after
noon IL reached it's maximum at B de-
Rrees-one degree higher than 1t was yes
terday. From that time on the mercury
went slowly downward until between Z
and O'Clock this evening a thunderstorm
passed over the city, and the Thermometer
fell l3 degrees I'm an hour. There were
forty-ive cases of heat prostration here
to-day and four deaths.