The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-08-13
A WELCOME PROPHECY.
The Weather Man Promises a
Cooler Atmosphere.
CHANGE LIKELY by NIGHTFALL.
Almost 200 More Added TO the List Of
Dead Prom the Heat Throughout the
Couptry-A Fierce Storm Likely on
the Atlantic Coast.

Country-A Fierce Storm Likely on
the Atlantic Coast:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The weather
bureau holds out moderate relief for the
east and central states today.
1t was with some pride that Major
Dunwoody referred to the area of high
barometer which he sighted off the
Rockies in the northern part. The area
then central over the Mississippi valley
moved to the northeast and was bound
out to sea over the st. Lawrence valley,
dragging the high temperature in its
wake With the high came the fall of
temperature which painting humanity
has been waiting for so impatiently for
ten days or more. Montana, Colorado,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska felt its cool
breath and enjoyed a fall of tempera-
ture of from 10 to 10 degrees. II travelled
about 800 miles in the "a hours.
Major Dunwoody says it will move
eastwardly at lite more rapid pace
during the next few hours and be CEN
| tral over the Ohio valley and the lower
| lake region tonight and reach the At
| lantic coast by tomorrow morning.
| The government weather sharp wants
it understood that this is not a cold
wave, but merely relief from the ex-
| cessive ond almost unprecedented hot
SPELL While he makes no definite pre-
| dictions, he ventures the statement that
a storm from the West Indies usually
comes sweeping up the coast about this
| time and it is betraying no confidence
| to say that he would not be surprised to
see one rushing along within the next
| four or five days
If such storm should come it would
cool things east of the Alleghenies and
affect the atmosphere generally 600 or
| 700 miles into the interior. There has
not been revolution of the wind east
| of the mountains in ten days The
| vane has shifted from west to south.
| Altogether this protracted hot spell ca
be classed as remarkable. The high
temperature IN the prairie county has
lasted 20 days, in the western gulf
states fortnight and on the Atlantic
seaboard a week.
The highest temperatures yesterday
were Mt Philadelphia, 0S; New York
and Albany, "a Washington, "a; Nor
folk, Va, 9S Montgomery Ala, 9S;
Abilene, Tex, 96 st. Louis, 90; Chi
cago, "a. Along the Pacific coast the
mercury ranged from 60 to 20, but at
some points like Roseberry, 30 miles
back from San Francisco, the thermom-
eter registed 100.
New YoRK.-Another day of fearful
heat which is depressing this section
has added a page of fatalities and suf-
ferings more remarkable than its prede-
cessors. In New York city, in Brook
lyn and all the adjacent towns through
out tho states of New York and New
Jersey tho days reports of deaths and
prostrations overshadow the record of
nthnr 1nu in ma To-, 4, 10,
city alone the death list contains more
than 100. Brooklyn adds about 90 to
the list and the heats victims in SUBJ
urban towns brings the total to 150
Men and women walking along the
streets have dropped in their tracks and
died before physicians could be sum-
moned and horses have died as though
stricken by plague.
Many factories have been closed and
outdoor workers have been compelled
to drop their tools and find shelter dur.
ing the hours when the sun was at its
, height. Particularly among policemen
and lettercarriers has the suffering been
:. intense and many have been compelled
to stop work from both forces.
! Along the business streets men have
walked with umbrellas over their heads
; with coats on their arms and fans in
their hands. The hospitals of this city
are crowded to their full capacity,
while the doctors and nurses have been
kept at work night and day until many
of them have succumbed to the strain.
The department of public works has
! come to the relief of the tenement
house districts and forces of men with
/ hosecarts are patrolling the streets OF
these sections and flooding them with
water from the corner hydrants. Men,
H.
under the streams from the hose.
= PHILADELPHIA - The heat reached
05% degrees. Seven deaths and 40 pros
trations were reported.
! Reports received from various parts
OF the state show n continuation of the
hot weather and number of prostra-
tlons are reported. The extensive loco
motive shops of the Erie Railway COM
pany, at Susquehanna, were forced to
close indefinitely. The stone quarry at
Yardley was forced to close also. Re-
ports of similar nature come from
other places. At Shamokin IS were
overcome and few of these are seri-
, ously i'll.
CHICAGo.-A good breeze tempered
the heat to the suffering people of this
!, city today, although the Thermometers
s registered 49, The deadly effect of the
= high temperature, however, continues
S and 30 fatal cases of sunstroke were
reported with the list still incomplete.
About 80 cases Of prostration. more or
c less serious, have occurred.
The number of persons driven insane
. by the heat will probably never be
= known, but its effect in that direction
s may be estimated from the fact that
during the week 2S persons have been
locked up in the Detention hospital, all
$ of whom had been driven crazy by tho
! heat.
KANSAS CITY-The heat reached 97
here. No prostrations.
CINCINNATI-The heat reached over
90 here. Six sunstrokes, but none fatal.
: ST. LoUIs-The temperature reached
: o.. A number of deaths occurred.