Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-10
TELBGRAPHIC.I
KILLED by HEAT.
p.ny Persons Is tho Record in
Greater NV York,
urcn uFrERlSG AT ST. LOUIS.
p,o.,rai'o4s at Kansas - Reports ti
Ixr.mo HAT ~. Other
llnrs

NEW NOnkt Aug V'-fh'y l'l''"
t,ci Ia .rohlur New York dia,fic. t.
1,v asa raul; u tho extreme hot
w.,lher. over one hundred casto oi
n,o,t,a,lonl have been reported In the
,.,tltory embracing NV York city,
p,oshlyn and Staten leland. A num-
Isto,tAoso case will prove fatal.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, Aug. 0--Sevor before In
,bp blslory OF 81. LOas have Its IN.
b.bitants suffered 90 much from tho
bs,t ne duung the week Just ended.
The hishcs, point reached by the Their
,,smetsr was 100 In the shade, and on
M day was the maximum below %.
al, the ptrreta tho neat was moEo H..
tense ana tho record higher.
City phyelclan 5iuttcr declared To-
ptgbi that the record OF heat prOaifn.
Iona and deaths nj the hospital for the
rat week is unprecedented IN Ito his.
t5fy, Ho reports that 10 cases, oil
serious, wote cared for, anu that nine.
teen OF those died, while more nte still
ia critical condition.
THIS 10 not the complete record Tot
the city, foT nj least that many more
clata we're taken TO the disponsaritr,
where many died, ana others wcic
fsnt from there 10 various homes fer
Treatment.
Al KANSAS CITY.
KANsAs CRY, Aug. Since Mon.
day last tWslictiug hot weather h-A
pfuvailod In Kansas City anu vicinity.
rhe maximum temperature today, ~
fcported by the Untod 5tatea weather
bureau, was o., which 10 the lowest
maximum temperature reported sincc
Monday last, when 81 was rFnched.
Friday the record was lO2, hut tho
extreme heat was reached on Saturday
hIBp.m., when the weather bureau
reported 1903. Notwithstanding that
the weather has been uuusualiy hot
and the swell % long duration, there
have been comparatively lew proalrn'
tlens aud tut two doatns which are
directly attributed 10 the heat
Al cINcINNATG
CIScfNNArI, Aug. 9.--The heat the
past week has caused many deaihs,
But there have been only Two fatal.
tiles directly from suuslfokc. The
Tempufature has been IN tho ninetlcs
for week. Tue woathor bureau 70.
unttod tho mHKimum temperature
ail at SPIN; 81 at pm anu % at
10 ON.
John Susdorf, aged 40, latorer. Ill
Allison street, dropped ~ O'Clock 10
night and was dead ton minutes alter
Wafis.
Harry Helmau, aged 30 years, q
m0ulder, was sitting IN his yard when
d neighbog called and slapped him on
tue back. He thon dropped dead. a
physician said he died ui tunslroke.
Mafy Oicar. aged 10, domestic
dropped on tho street aud 10 ~ tho hOi.
Iital Ia hopeless condition.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 0.-Agaln today IN,
tuu scufohed this CITY, and In thU re-
U3fds " deaths and pf0slrhtiona vii
approach those Oi yesleriny, TIT
iatal cases Ui sunstFOke up 10 10 O'cluch
numbered fifteen, while oIners az
not expected 10 live. The pT0btra,iOn
weta not OF a very serious character
though there were over thirty. Many
people were mentally Affected, ana OF
ore OF the bridges tnu police had
Struggle with Swodo OF giant strength
who attempted 20 throw people lot
tho river. The heat made him crazy
Tho temperature indicated man!
Tccularities curing tho day. The low
Ut point marked was 20 degrees az !
O'Clock, aud the mercury remained al
most slatioaary at that figure until
O'Clock. At 8O'clOck II Jumped to 50
aud at . o'clock II was %. tho highes