Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-08-13
DEADLY HEAT.
The Number Of Deaths in Greater
New York Ia 1873
The Deaths at Chicago Eighty-five Deaths
at 1t. L0uis-Cooler Weather for
Kansas-sixteen Deaths ut
Greensboro, Ky.

New YORK, Aug, 1.-THE num' err OF
deaths caused by the heat in Greater
New York Is 1888, and additional VIC
tins are being reporte hourly The
prostrations are almost innumerable
and no accurate statement OF them can
be made. Ambulances and patrol
wagons have been running ABOUT all
day the sound Of their gong becoming
a familiar sound. Street car horses
have dropped in their tracks by scores
Out of door work has been largely sns-
pended and many factories are tempo
rarily closed. The hospitals were
Obliged to call on the police depart
ment TO aid them in RESI- onding to
calls, as their ambulances could not
cope with the number Of cases reported
So police patrol wagons were pressed
into service to carry heatvlctlm to the
hospitals. Many other wagons were
used to carry away dead and disabled
animals. At midnight there was no
relief'from the strain of the past week,
and on thousands Of housetops city
jewellers were trying to get sleep.
From all surrounding cities many
deaths from the heat are reported
SLIGHT PROSPECTS OF RELIEF.
WASHINGTON, Aug, ll.-Maj Dun
wood, the weather forester at Wash
ington, scanned the map last night in
vain for prospect Of relief from the
terrible heat under which The country
has been swelIcring for the past week.
1t was slightly cooler in the Ohio val
ley, and the lower lake region was
given a slight breathing spell by
thunderstorms. But on the prairies OF
Nebraska and Kansas and to the south
and along the gulf states humanity
struggled to exist ut 100 degrees.
Away up in the extreme northwest, in
the Rockies, however. Maj. Dunwood
saw Il ray ofhope. The barometer had
risen there yesterday and had fallen
in the lower central valleys and the
lake region. II these high and low
areas develop the hot spell will be
broken. "But even that Is two days
away" said the weather man, as he
shook his head. 1.-THE condition be-
yond the hope that lies here and here
pointing to these two Areas are prac-
tically unchanged. see no prospect
Of generally cooler weather until
Wednesday at the earliest. Local
thunderstorms may, however, afford
temporary relief at various points"
THE DEATHS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-lt began to grow
uncomfortably warm here yesterday
II early dawn, and as the blazing sun
pushed It's way over Lake Michigan the
Intensity of the heat was increased
hour by hour at the rate Of geometrical
The ctyambulances and
patrol wagons from the police stations
had been kept on the run oil night
long, bearing victims OF the heat to
the hospitals. Yesterday morning men
walked through the streets without
coat or vest and painted and sweltered
for want OF fresh, cooling air. Pros
trations from heat began to be report
ed as early as eight o'clock Animals
overcome BY the heat lay dead in al
most every ward in town. They were
no numerous that the garbage men
could not keep the streets clear Of
them. The latest reports show that
the total list Of victims Of heat pros
Sunday numbered Is. OF
these 80 are dead, ten expected to die
and three driven insane by the heat.
OF the three driven insane by the heat,
one ended his existence with poison
and another attempted to slash his
throat with a razor
81 I IoxIs Xnr T6 and e sr lnths
city due directly to heat since Augustl.
S. SATURDAY last was the
worst day yet, % deaths from that
cause having occurred. A singular
fact Is note that fully four-tifths Of
these deaths have been adults, but
very few Of them women. Most OF the
heat victims have been among the la
boring classes and at least two-thirds
Of the fatalities have been among those
addicted to drink. Up 10 midnight the
prostrations numbered ten. A num-
Der Of sunstrokes were reported in East
St Louis during the past few days.
Three of them resulted fatally.
Considerable suffering is still report
ed from towns in southern lllinois,an
prostrations are numerous.
COOLER WEATHER FOR KANSAS.
KANSAS Cry, Mo, Aug. ll.--Hon, J.
Morton's weather clerk at
Washington sent out this happy infor'
nation last night Indications are that
the warm wave is broken in the upper
and central Mississippi valley. He
went further and predicted cooler
for Kansas tonight. 1t Is
pretty likely, though, that to-day
will be much like yesterday from
standnoint