The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-09
Animals Plunge Msdly Against the
Buildings and Then Fall Dead
i'm Their Tracks.
THE ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL. CROWDED
AND THIRTEEN EMPIRE.
Wave Of High Temperature Over the
Middle states. and All Mercury
Records Broken. -

CHICAGO. Aug. s.-The heat to-day was
so intense that at 1850 O'Clock tonight
the records show ten dead and seventy
five more or less seriously orostrated. and
the police and health departments think
the list of fatalities by no means complete.
No such deadly temperature has ever been
experienced in this city There are many
instances OF men and horses having been
driven crazy. Some of the latter became
so unmanageabie as 10 rush against and
into buildings. and II is estimated there
are go dead horses on the streets. victims
OF the terrible heat.
Since July IS the city has been enduring
a temperature almost beyond the limits Of
human endurance, but to-day reached q
climax. 1t the hottest known for
years. At o'clock the thermometer regis
tered ninety-eight in the weather tower.
but on the streets In the shade IL was l0e-
The death rate OF the week has doubled.
All the city and private ambuiances were
insufficient to carry off the stricken. In
the Journal office this evening two OF the
presses were rendered useless by the melt
ing OF the rollers. The weather bureau
says there is no indication Of an Immediate
break in the temperature and no appre-
ciable change is expected tomorrow. The
following deaths reported:
MICHAEL GLENN.
FRED MARKS.
CHRIST. HOLDT
JOSEPH EANNON.
II is,not only the hottest day In 1896, but
the hottest August day in the history OF
observations i'm Chicago. At 1:30 p. m the
Weather Bureau reported 9s.4. The hottest
previous day was s5.S. At o'clock the
mercury had risen 10 g. The wind was
southwest and blowing steadily. The air
was not humid on yesterday. which
made the fearful heat endurable.
Thirteen Dead In Sc. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. s-This week has been
one OF the hottest on record in st. Louis
for many years. To-day. fer the third sue
cessive day, st. Louis led the entire country
at a. m. with a temperature of s6 de-
grees. From then until p m. the tenn
perature rose from one degree or more an
hour. At that time the thermometer in
the signal-service bureau registered 100 de-
grees In the shade. the highest point of the
day. The record or the streets and in
posed places was over 10.
The city Hospital is overcrowded with
prostration cases that have been coming In
the past two weeks. and there is scarcely
room for more City physicians say the
like has not been known before for many
years. At the morgue bodies are brought
in so fast that the superintendent had hard
work keeping track OF them. and he 10
crowded for room. AT one time to-day
there were twenty-seven cerpses there
awaiting identification. Tonight the list
of those who succumbed to the heat and
died Is as follows:
GEORGE JEFFERSON. an aged colorea
man.
RUDOLPH BoErTGER. baker.
JOSEPH BLEY. baker.
HENRY AT.RERS
FRANK STEELE. late of Chicago. and
superintendent OF iron construction on the
MARTIN WALL foreman of street work.
MRS. ELIZA JOHNS.
JOHN BACMLEY laborer.
MRS MARY HECKER.
CARL KOEHLER, aged G.. A r. vet
eran.
w w MoNToss bookkeeper, formerly
u MRS. uDiH HELEN wALEERroN.
THOMAS COLEMAN, laborer.
EDWARD MENK.
MAGGIE ALBRO.
UNKNOWN NAN.
A telegram from Moberiy states that the
Wabash railway shops were closed there
because of the heat. One thousand men are
idle
kilograms from points in southwestern
| Illinois show that the intense heat stili pre-
walls there, and many prostrations resulted.
! AT Salem. where the temperature was lW
farmers and other workingmen were COM
The hottest day OF the season at Spring.
| field was recorded to-day. IL being ss In the
shade. The Wabash railway shops there
closed temporarily.
Business was almost suspended at Litch-
field and two men dropped dead from the
effects Of the heat
At Mascoutah the past week has been
one OF unprecedented hot weather The
| temperature has gone above 100 In the
record today was io2. There nays been
many prostrations from the heat there,
/ but none fatal.
At 1O3 I'm Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug. s-The heat
record was smashed again to-day, the
weather bureaus Thermometer recording
| 103 degrees at $50 o'clock this afternoon.
! on the streets thermometers ranged from
| lO3 TO los. 1t was the hottest day Kansas
occurred. As far as known none resulted
fatally. AT neighboring towns the highest
last twenty-four hours. according 10 re-
ports 10 the weather bureau, were:
iS BEFsnswiSf e'fl @ lamar
ii MslSaxeF RansassFoIs o. gsost, iSs Dodge City.
| City. es: Macksville 100: Manhattan. los:
Mcpherson. lol; Usage City. io2: Sedan. los.
sunstruck on q Bicycle.
CINCINNATI. Aug. s-The tempera-
ture here for three days has been In the
ninetiss except yesterday. when the maxi
mum was a trife below ninety. The MAXI
mum to-day was ninety-two- Eight pros
trations occurred here this afternoon when
people on the streets witnessing the
| bicycle parade by tens OF thousands One
/ of them was the colored detective Under
wood OF the police force. who riding q
4 bike I'm the proccssion. His condition In
Sc rious. The other cases were OF specta-
! tors on the sidewalks. This makes twelve
cases in three days. two OF which were
/ fatal.
Specials on the hot weather say that at
/ Lima. o.. the mercury to-day was 100 In
I the shade. At Deiphos. o.. IL was the
/ same and there were several prostrations.
but none fatal. At Washington. Ind. Men,
zie Acklsy died from sunstroke.
/ Ex-Aldernan Killed by the Heat.
J PITTSBURG. Aug. &-one death and four
prostrations from heat have been reported
within the last twenty-four hours Theo-
dore Haase. ex-aldernan OF Allegheny. was
| stricken at his home and died I'm a few
| minutes. A man named Edward Hogan.
| OF New York. was found unconscious In
| West Park. Allegheny. this morning. and
| removed 20 the Allegheny General Hos
| pital. His condition Is serious Nicholas
! Fehl. Frustrated in Highland Park. ysssoEs