Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-11
CUTS THEM DOWN.
The Number Of Victims OF the
Suns Rays Increases.
HOTTER THAN EVER In ST. LOUIS

Gull 1tdyS increases.
HOTTER THAN EVER In ST. LOUIS
A Total of Ten Deaths from Ereot Of
the Heat in the Missouri Ietropo.
hs-Great suffering at
Other Points.
St Louis, Aug. s.-Thursday night
wan tho hottest experienced in this
city In several years. AT midnight the
mercury marked 81 degrees and at
four o'clock Friday morning it lowered
about the So mark. AT ten o'clock In
the morning surface thermometers
showed the temperature to be 90, with
not breath of air stirring. Reports
from various points throughout Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, eastern Kansas and
southern Iowa, southern Illinois and
Indiana state that the present hot spell
Is the highest recorded in many years.
In Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas great
apprehension is felt for the corn crop,
much Of the late planting being burned
up by the continuous heat. Several
towns in Kansas and Arkansas are suf-
ferlng from Ice famine. At Eurekn
Springs, Ark, ice is selling at $40 per
ton, and adjacent towns are similarly
affected. Railroad men in Missouri
and Illinois are great sufferers from the
heat. AT Hannibal, Mo-, the construc-
ton train forces are greatly depleted
and men are being constantly employed
to take the places of those who have sue
cumbed to the weather.
Mercury Reaches 100.
In this city, by steady steps, the mer.
curry climbed to the 100 mark at noon.
The scorching streets reflected the suns
blistering rays like the focus Of burn
ing glass. Painting humanity was
driven indoors and business was sus.
pended, the passing street cars alone
showing signs Of life in the city. Re.
liable thermometers at one O'Clock
showed 1o3 degrees of heat on the street
,level,while the government instruments
IN the custom house observatory re.
corded 100 degrees. The government
observer, DR.. Frankenfeld, held out no
hope for coming relief. Vast areas OF
high barometer were reported at every
hand.
A Brief Respite.
With this condition prostrating every
form Of animal life on the streets, the
city was startled and gladdened at 1880
by resounding thunder clash. A rain
cloud from the northeast whirled over
Ct$ 81, ~
This unexpected relief lowered the tenn.
perature rapidly. The respite was brief,
however, and at seven p. m. the heat,
abetted by the humid atmosphere, again
made life a burden.
Ten Deaths Reported.
The average heat for the past seven
days exceeds by four degrees that Of
any other like period in the history OF
st. Louis. The effect upon human and
animal life has been woeful. Fridays
record Of fatalities and prostrations ex-
ceeds any previously recorded. Ten
deaths and AZ Frustrated are reported.
These, of course, are directly within the
city limits, but the effect Of the heat
upon life in the country around must be
equally disastrous. Relief societies are
doing much to relieve suffering and
rescue many from death. Following Ia
q list of fatalities reported up to seven
P. M: Mrs. Annie Tufts, domestic, "a
South Eighth street; john Redgik,
stoker, 1877 st. George street; Mrs. Sarah
Vatteler, 1854 Dickson street; Charles
Bomish, laborer, 41s South Third street;
unknown man picked up on Market
street, died at city hospital; Henry
Gehne, laborer, found dead at s5a Man
chester road; Ed Hill, porter, 1900 North
Broadway; B. w. Hart, laborer, city
hospital; two infants at St. AIMS
founding asylum.
The Heat at Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-The heat Friday
was more oppressive than Thursday,
although the temperature did not reach
the 90 mark. The degree of humidity
IN the atmosphere was extremely high
and to this condition was due the large
list of victims reported to the police.
One death was reported early, that of
Henry shuberg, who succumbed while
at work for the Continental Packing
company at the stock yards. There was
intense suffering in the big Office build
ings of the downtown district and only
a wind from the lake saved many per-
SONS from death. The moisture in the
ground, combined with the heat and the
absence of cooling breeze, made breath
ing in the narrow streets difficult. Tie
lcity's death list Thursday was 1oa, a
large increase owing to the heat. Four
died from heat and 80 children under
one year succumbed to hot weather all
ments.
Later in the day two more deaths
were reported. Ed ]. Cutter was found
dead in his room OF the Inter Ocean
.hotel-supposed to have been overcome
BY heat. Mrs. L. harrington died at
her home, 1895 Forty-seventh street.
She was found on the floor by cham
bermaid.
Two Deaths at Evansville.
Evansville, Ind, Aug. s.--Friday was
the warmest day experienced in this
city In recent years. The thermometer
registered 1o2 degrees at three o'clock
and many cases of prostration by the
heat were reported, with two fatalities.
The two deaths Friday swells the list
Of fatalities for the season from sum
stroke to II. Fridays victims are: Mrs.
Fred Schenk, aged IS years, and Monroe
McClain, laborer, aged SO.