The record-union., 1896-08-11
Forty-Three Deaths Recorded Due to
the Hot Weather.
Funeral Parties Pass in a Continu-
Gus Stream Over the Cemetery
ThOroughfareS of St. Louis, the
Result of the Long Continued
Heated Term-Fifteen Deaths and
Thirty-FOur PrOStratiOns Yester=
days Record.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Continued heat of
the most dangerous kind made another
death roll to-day larger than it's pred
ecessor for the present spell, and no
hope is extended by the weather fore
caster of a cooler day tomorrow. OF
the deaths reported to the Health and
Police Departments and the cases taken
to the County Hospital, forty three
We're recorded as having died, directly
or indirectly from the heat Among
the serious cases of the scores who
were Frustrated but still live is that of
Very Rev. Prior Vaughan of London,
brother of the English Cardinal, who
arrived in Chicago this morning on his
way east around the world by advice
OF his physician because of a dropscal
disease. The aged prelate suffered much
from the heat during the journey from
San Francisco, and his condition was
so serious upon arrival here that the
party went to the Auditorium this
morning. His Secretary said he was
fearful of the result
The temperature kept at so and above
from S a. m., and at l p. m. began
climbing into the 90s, reaching "a late
in the afternoon. The night brought no
in places on the West Side, where pow
erty and death link hands, there was
barely life in the burning, fetid atmos-
phere.
The number of dead animals reported
on the streets and alleys last night was
6,3, the largest record for any week in
the history of the city 1t is estimated
that over l 900 carcasses are lying in the
60,
removal are insufficient Half a thou
sands complaints of this fact were re-
ceived at the City Hall to-day. The
Pcstofice cut off two deliveries and
two collections to-day on account of
the heat.
Dispatches from many parts of Cen
trail Ohio and Indiana tell of the con-
tinuance of the hot weather, sun
strokes and fatalities. Outdoor work in
many places has been entirely suspend
ed for the past three days In Northern
Ohio and Indiana the wind and rain
storm of tonight has given great re-
lief, and it is thought that the backbone
OF the hot wave is broken.
In Chicago at midnight strong
breeze set in, and the temperature is
materially reduced at a. m.
HG ItpDItS SIOW lHdl CURING
Monday there was fifty-nine deaths in
the city from heat. OF course a large
number of these were of people who
had been stricken two or three days.
The prostrations yesterday were seven
ty-seven. The total number of deaths
was 16i, a figure never before reached
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 10-This has been
another day of sitting heat, during
which funeral parties have passed in a
continuous stream over the cemetery
thoroughfares. The sky was without
a cloud and the occasional gusts of
south wind swept over the city in fur
nace-like waves of heat. The degrees
of temperature registered by thermom-
eters bear no relation to the suffering
entailed, as the long siege has left peo-
pie helpless to withstand even a moder-
ate degree of heat. From last midnight
to 9 D. m fifteen deaths We're reported
within the city limits. The prostrations
are so numerous that only those treated
at the City Dispensary and the hospit-
ais are recorded. These number thirty
four to-day. The local forecast is for
continued clear weather and lower tenn
perature tomorrow.
COOLER IN INDIANA.
FORT WAYNE Qnd), Aug. 10.-The
intense heat which has prevailed here
for the past week was broken at )
o'clock this afternoon by a violent
downpour of rain, veritable cloud
burst Nearly all the streets We're
flooded, and much damage was done in
the business section by water in the
cellars where goods We're stored.
EVANSVILLE Qnd), Aug. 10.-The
thermometer was not as high here to-
day as for some days past, registering
% degrees in the shade Four men
We're prostrated, three of whom will die.
HOT WAVE BROKEN.
DETROIT, Aug. 10.-The hot wave
was effectually broken this afternoon.
Last nights storm had cooled the at
moSphere some, but at 10 o'clock the
mercury began rising, and at ) o'clock
il registered So degrees. At that hour
furious storm burst over the city, and
during it's progress the mercury dropped
to 50 degrees. At 6. p. m. it stood Il.
There has been only one fatality in this
city as result of the heated term.
WEATHER IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, Aug 10.-The heavy show
ers of the past twenty-four hours cooled
the atmosphere quite a bit. Only one