The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-03
Two Persons Killed by the
Stifling Airin Philadelphia.
MANY OTHERS ARE STRICKEN.
One Man, Who Will Die. Falls While
looking at Thermometer.
Inc south Atlantic States Being
Roa>tcd-The WarmcSt June ? Ever
Known In New York City The Rec-
ord Broken mt Quincy, Ill.,, Also.

Philadelphia. June s-The no, speu in
this vicinity continued today. Al : o'closIe
this morning the temperature was NJ de-
Stees, and < rose steadily until a maxi
mum Of ~ was reached az the signal serv-
Ice bureau at y. m. on the surface near
y al day x was in the neighborhood OF
ia' The min mum OF figures were n at 4
o'clock. Immediately after a brief ghun-
derstorrn, bat the mercury resumed its
rise after that. and was 81 at Z y. m
Last night an unknown man succumhsd
70 the heat in FeTnwood cemetery and
died IN few minutes. Mrs. Ellen Casey.
aged -. was overcome and died Affnos.
at the same time her husband, John Ca
sey. was driving I'm wagon near Ard
more when the thunderstorm came up.
Ills wagon was struck by lightning aud
completely demolished. and he was seri-
ousiy injured. Henry Stumgart was look
Ing at thermometer In Jenkintown this
afternoon, when he collapsed, and Il Is
thought has viii die A large number OF
prostra tions were reported.
In Reading the mercury was iAl at d.
m. and in Altoona *. The thunderstorm
was general in the eastern section. At
Mount Carmel II WAS So severe that
houses were unroofed and trees uprooted.
In the rural districts crops were badly
damaged by hail and rain.
Raleigh. n. G, june THE tempera-
ture today reached 9S degrees. which was
the highest OF the year
San Francisco. June while the Soc
tion of country east OF the Rocky noun
tains has been sweltering under the suns
fierce heat. the Pacific coast has been en-
foying the finest kind Of weather. The
hottest place In the state today was Yuha,
where the thermometer registered IS. In
San Francisco the maximum temperature
was 81 and the minimum IS, At Los An
eeles Il was "a and a San Diego es.
y III xa-1E nFa.r
of the hottest days ever known In Savan-
nah. At Mllen the temperature was i0i
degrees. and reports from other points IN
dcate similar temperatures. In Savan-
nah the maximum was 9S.
Louisville June To-day was scorch-
er tho THERMOMETERS reaching the highest
point since the hot wave struck this Sec
tion. The heat was the most intense be-
tween 3 and o'clock In the afternoon.
when ~ was recorded ny the government
thermometer. other thermometers in dif-
ferent parts of the city went Ak high as
90 and 100. Numerous prostratlons have
occurred, hut none of them have so far
resulted fatally.
Quincy. ILL.,. June The mercury
reached aS in the shade today. the hottest
ever known for the same day. and several
people were prostrated.
Cincinnati. June The mercury this
afternoon at the signal service station
reached ~.
New York, June 2.--It was the warmest
June ? today since the weather bureau
was started in this city. At o'clock this
afternoon the thermometer went up TO "a.
There were few persons overcome today.
the police reporting only ten cases.
Washington city. June 2.Today Wit
messed no let up OF the torrid heat which
has prevailed continuously since Memorial
day. The thermometer registered g6 at
the signal office. Several heat prostrations
were reported. among them being John
Murray, n stonemason. who died before
medical aid could reach him. James ".
Robinson. a Pullman car porter. was
brought into the city tonight In an uncon-
scious condition from heat prostration, ana
is lying I'm a critical state at the Emergen-
cy hospital.
New Orleans. June This was the hot
test day Of the season. tho Thermometers
registering - degrees.
ST Louis, June To-day WAS the hot
test az this time of the season for years.
the mercury standing at 100 in the shade
at o'clock The heat was greater on the
street, and but for cool breeze blowing
there must have been many ptosfrations.
Throughout Southern Illinois and Miss
ouri about the same degree Of unprece-
dented heat prevailed. Crops are suffer
ing badly.
Indianapolis. June 2-~For the last four
daya the temperature here has teen %
degrees. There is no nope for more than
half a crop in this state.
Anderson. Ind, June Havoc has been
wrought by the two extremes of +cmper-
ature 20 which this section cf the state
has been subjected during the 'ast two
weeks and farmers are very despon9 9eEt.
Not a drop of rain has %allen, and the
ground is burning up. IL Is thought there
Is not TO exceed 5000 bushels Of wheat
visible in this The largest wheat growing
Of ma ~ 10 nj ~ arf
OF wheat land haze Been plowed In the
lass ten days and corn IS being planted.
All % the small fruits n,C badly injured.
Nashville. Juns 2.-The hot wavs con.
tinues. aa1 % degrees the hiei,eg. point
OF the seas)1 was reached today.