The record-union., 1895-09-23


home Of John Livery, Albert. George and
Lewis Burd, three brothers, quarreled
with Henry and John Cavney, and Henry
Cavney knocked Albert Burd down.
One of the brothers then struck Henry
Cavney, who drew pistol and fired three
SHOTS at the Burds. One bali wounded
George Burd in the cheek, second struck
Lewis in the chin, and the third pierced
Albert Burd's heart, killing him in
stantly.
The Cavney brothers left Immediately
sitter the shooting and are still at large,
though the country is being secured III
every direction. All parties are wealthy
farmers.
A second murder occurred about the
same hour. Il colored coachman quar-
relied with a Mr.. Harness, white man,
on the public road, over the right OF way;
harness jumped from his buggy ana
started for the colOred man, who struck
him with his whip. Harness then drew
knife aud killed the negro.
WARM WEATHER Al CHICAGO.
The Hottest september Week ExDer1-
enced in Over Twenty Years.
CHICAGO, Sept 22.-The hottest Sep
tember week which the people of Chicago
have experienced In over twenty years
was followed tonight by e sudden cold.
The temperature all day was as high as
on any day during the phenomenal hot
spell, the thermometer at P. NJ. register
ing at the United States Bureau 81. At
II o'clock tonight the mercury showed
$50, a drop of 250 in eight hours. The
temperature is falling slowly as the great
cold blast from the northwest approaches
in ali its reilovlnG features.
There were halt-doZen serious pros
trations from the heat during the day
and one death-William Walters, an en-
pioye of the North Chicago Street Rail-
way, fell dead while at work.
The advance OF the cold wave about
o'clock was heralded by wind OF great
velocity, which did some damage TO
property, ana continued while the heated
atmosphere was being rapidly cooled.
Rain also added TO the meteorological
phenomena OF the day.
len deaths from heat directly were re-
corded for the week ending last night,
and many serious prostratious. The to-
tai number Of deaths for The week was
5I7, great increase over the same last
year. The record of horses killed by
heat WAS broken, the number being 30.
The maximum temperature for the week
was 90. The majority OF deaths were of
infants, 81 in one day being the highest.
There had been a strong wind from the
south ali day, and when the change came
at O'Clock the wind veered suddenly TO
the north, and blew on the city at forty
mile rate. Great plate-glssS display WIN
dows in two prominent State e-street dry
goods stores were blown in, and small
windows in all sections OF the city sui
fered proportionately. Pendant signs
were torn from their fastenings and
blown about the streets miscuously,
making navigation extremely dangerous
for pedestrians.
The great clouds OF dust stirred up by
the storm were another source of dis
comfort until the rain began falling, and
then the hole population sought warmer
clothing and an early return TO shelter.
HEAT AT OTHER POINTS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-According to local
Eorecaster Dunn OF the W Gather Bureau
in this city, this has been the hottest Sep
tember I'd on the records of the bureau,
the mercury reaching 800 at ?. II. The
nearest approach TO this figure was on
September y, 1872, when the mercury
reached So. To-day's temperature was
20 above the average Tonight the
weather is more enduTable. the mercury
having dropped l3' in four hours.
NEWPORT (R. L., Sept. 22.-Newport
thermometer registering 90 in the shade
NANTUCKET (Mass.), sept. Z2,-At 2
r NJ. to-day the mercury reached $50
This breaks the autumn record for Nan
tucket.
SUNCooK N. H, Sept. 22-This has
been the hottest day OF the season, the
mercury registering go all day. People
ana cattle have suffered much from the
heat.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.-A sudden drop
I'm temperature was recorded here at p.
NJ to-day over that of the same time yes
terday. A high wind from the south,
yeering westerly, prevailed all day, and
at5P, NJ. reached velocity OF 80 miles an
hour. Ats p ". the thermometer reads
e..
4 CooI. WAVE APPROACHING.
WASHINGTON, Sept. AT this writ
inc" says Moore of the Weather Bureau,
''the temperature at Chicago is s4', and
the maximum temperature during the
day was 90, and by the time your readers
have received your morning papers tue
much retarded and long wished for cold
wave will have extended over Illinois,
causing a fall OF from 30' TO 10 degrees IN
temperature. The approach OF :his cold
wave over the Central Mississippi alley
vas anticipated by the published fore
casts of the bureau on SATURDAY. anu LulS
mornings special bulletin was issued
giving telegrapbic warnings OF the de-
cided change Ia temperature 10 100 sta
tions located in the States OF the Upper
Mississippi Valley and the upper lake
region. These warnings have been ex-
tended eastward 10 the States OF the ONO
Valley, with the anticipation that the
cool wave will extend over these States
Monday night
hp oah of
first indicated by the reports received
from the extreme northwest Canadian
station Thursday, and its slow movement
to the southwark was due TO an extended
area OF high pressure which covered the
eastern half OF the L nited States, with its
center over the South Atlantic States. This
distribution OF pressure gave persistent
alarm Of southerly winds until the area
OF high pressure covering the cold wave
gathered sufficient force to overcome this
resistance.
The cool wave was driven almost south
ward over the Rocky Mountain stations
during the 10th and 2lst, attended by
SHOWS and freezing weather III Colorado,
the Dakotas and Nebraska, while there
was some uncertainty as TO the rapidIty
OF the advance of this cool wave TO the
eastward. When 1t first appeared IN the
extreme northwest, there was strong
probabilities on Saturday that it would,
extend over the central valleys tonight.
and such notice was duly given, while