The record-union., 1896-08-09
Making It Absolutely Necessary to
Suspend Outdoor Labor.
The Death Rate Increasing to an
Alarming Extent-HOrses by the
Score Drop Dead on the Streets
At st. Louis One Hundred and
Three Degrees Recorded, With
Many Deaths and Prostrations.

Cf1ICAGO, Aug. S.-InlS was the not
test day of the scorching, deadly series
OF the week, and the list of victims was
the largest. There We're six deaths re-
ported early, and the chances were that
the number would be doubled as re-
suit of the days heat. The tempera-
ture at a. m. was 81 degrees, and it
continued to rise steadily until 9S de-
grees We're recorded at 3 o'clock. This
record made it the hottest August day
on record
Those deaths reported to the police
are: Mrs. Ella Tracey, Mrs. Laura II.
Walton, Joseph H. Cassidy, Cornelius
Whitman, James A. Rice, J. Eckhardt.
-Four other prostrated victims were re-
moved to hospitals from the streets or
from stores, and their recovery is not
expected. a score more men and
wg7nen were overcome, but nearly all of
them are out of danger.
Horses drawing heavy loads dropped
dead by the score in the streets from
early morning to late at night. Out
door labor was practically suspended
for the day. except where it was abso-
lutely necessary.
Nearly all the ten deaths reported to
the Health Department for yesterday
were traceable more or less directly to
the heat The awful record of deaths
for the six days of this week is 492 The
average death list for Chicago is fifty
a day, which would make the deaths
for the last six days 200 above the aver
age
Dispatches from Mascoutah, H., state
that 106 in the shade was recorded
there and outdoor farm-work had been
stopped.
There were two deaths yesterday at
Evansville, Ind, on account of the
heat, which registered 102 in the shade
The temperature to-day was about the
same.
The heat and hot winds throughout
Kansas have discouraged the hopes
of the farmers for a big corn crop. The
heat in that State has registered III at
some points.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST LOUIS, Aug. S.-This is the third
successive day that ST. Louis has been
the hottest city in the United States
AT I a. m. the thermometer registered
81 degrees. The temperature at 8 p. M
had reached 100, and at ) p. m. 1O3 was
recorded.
There has been no cessation in the
prostrations. A number of victims who
have been lowering between life and
death for three days succumbed to-day.
Many industries are badly crippled by
the effect of the heat on their employees.
During the past three days 22S burial
certificates have been issued here. a
large part of the deaths being traceable
to the heats effect
In addition to the ten deaths from
sunstroke announced up to p. m. last
night, there were eight others up to
midnight. Beginning at that hour the
death-roll to-day is as follows: Martin
Wall, Mrs. Eliza Johns, Eugene H.
Young, j. Raumley, Arthur King, Carl
King, Richard Steinman, j. Hagerty
Mrs. Sarah T. Holder, John D. Winn. NJ
Ovens, Aug. Weske, Clark Kohler and
Mabel Baker
There were thirty-four prostrations
reported at the City Dispensary up to
Q clock this evening. Besides these
there were fully as many treated at
home by family physicians. At 9 D. m.
brisk breeze had lowered the tempera-
tlire somewhat, and there is hope that
the promised rain will be forthcoming.
TEN DEATHS AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug S. - Ten
deaths from the heat We're reported to-
day and the prostrations number about
sixty. The highest temperature reached
by the Weather Bureau thermometer
to-day was 9o.5 degrees, within three
tenths of a degree of Thursdays tenn
perature, the hottest of the season. The
mercury on shady sidewalks ranged
from three to four degrees higher than
the Weather Bureau.