The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-30
ASN ABAKER' SOVEN.
The Terrible Heat Killing PEG.
pie in the East.
HOSPITALS FULL or VICTIMS.
Pitifnl Stories OF Suffering From St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, NASH
Vile and Other Cities.

ST. Louis, July 9.-The terrcrs OF the
beat today found their foil climax az the
city hospital where the physicians and
attendants we're kept busy all day AID un-
III midnight receiving and attending 20
patients. The number OF eases OF heat
prosfrafIons sert 70 the hospital as seri-
Gus was sixteen OF these one died and
two others are expected 10 die AZ any
moment Henry Meyers. who was sent
10 the hospital Monday suffering from
the heat. Insisted on leaving TIA instItu-
ficD this morning. declaring he was all
right. He WIS brought hack this after
noon utterly proxtrate5. and did not rally.
dying shortly aftsrwari- Henry weip.
a machinis,. and George Baird. a mason.
were brought 20 the hospital tonight. and
4 is thought they cannot live Frederick
TouEsaint. aged g, prominent tailor.
dies at the Southern hotel OF sunstroke.
Richard TssseIi. izborer. was another
victim One death occurred IN East s..
Louis. George Carr. an employs OF the
Virgins Ferry Co.. succumoing from the
effects OF the heat Police reports from
ths different dictricts in the city show
that thlrty-slx horses were Frustrated to-
day.
There appears 10 be no abatement IN
the terrible heat that has prevailed here
since Sunday. Today the thermometer i'm
che signal service Office marked s. degrees
In the shade. a maximum. but this was
exceeded BY several degrees on the streets.
Suffering humanity has had no relief since
Sunday. the Thermometer even az night
remaining above the 50 mark.
Reports from different points in Illinois
and Missouri Indicate that the weather is
still worse there than in st. Louis At
weilsvi.le, Mo-. yesterday and today were
the hottest days experienced In ten years.
Last night at 9 O'Clock the thermometer
registered -. and today at 3 p. m. 10s in
the shade During the past two days the
Thermometer has ranged between % and
ie4 in the shade al Mexico. No. The fol-
lowing records are for Illinois towns:
louisville f0s. many cases OF sunstroke:
Benton Zoe, Carlisle 100. Eureka IS, Alton
Ie2 Mount Vernon 102, the heat causing
much sickness among children. Virginia
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Cincinnati. July 2e.--The sweitering heat
continued today. The government mercury
went up TO s5. and the Thermometers on
the street registered maximum Of as TO
10i. The signal service predict sixty-eight
hours Of continued hot weather. There
were twelve prostrations today. two fatal.
Martin Taylor street cleaner. died In
short time. John Schuppe died tonight.
NJ. Kobald. baker. Is In critical condi-
ton. Two horses. drawing a heavy load
W from the landing. fell from the ex-
Chicago. July 2a.-This was the hottest
day Chicago has seen since the establish
ment of the weather Office. The mer-
curry reached "a. according to the official
instrument. but on the streets II was ss
to 100 There were eight prostrntions.
only two Of which are likely TO result
seriously. One Of these was II. A. Nc
Cune. Of ST. Louis. and an unidentified
man, whose name is supposed to be To-
bias Lande The latter Will die.
Nashville July 29.-lThe extreme heat
came today. the highest point reached
being % degrees. Three deaths from
heat prostration have been reported.
Washington City, July 4-The Their
mornetsr OF the weather bureau today
registered a maximum temperature OF 3,
degrees The heat for the past two days
has been intense. and today resulted in
two deaths. Col w. A. Macarthur, OF
Portland. Or, a brother of Judge ]. Il.
Macarthur was overcome and died on the
street. The other yietim was Sandy
Harris. a coiorei laborer. The weather
bureau holds out no hope OF relief during
the next forty-eight hours and predicts
even warmer weather tomorrow.
Louisville. July 29,--The present no.
spell has broken the record for the past
fifteen years. Yesterday the thermom-
eter registered 9S.5. ana today Il reached
as Two dsaths are reported. both vic
Tins being laborers. There have been
numerous prostratIons.