The record-union., 1896-08-10
but business Friday and Saturday was

but business Friday and Saturday was
partially suspended.
GREAT SUFFERING AT OMAHA.
| OMAHA, Aug. 9.-While the Gov
ernment thermometer gives 81 as the
maximum temperature to-day, the
weather seemed much warmer, and as
| it was but continuance of a week of
| extreme heat, the suffering was great.
No fatalities have been reported here,
/ but there were many prostrations, some
of which may result seriously. The
amount of moisture in the air has made
the hot spell this year more severe than
warmer weather in the recent dry
years. A severe electric and rainstorm
tonight has cooled the air and given
much relief.
ABOVE ONE HUNDRED.
GRAND RAPIDS (Mich.), Aug. g.
! The last four days have been the warm
est ever known in Western Michigan,
and rain is badly needed. The ther-
mometer has been above 100 all day,
| and toward evening only lost three
points. Several fatalities have been re-
ported, and more are expected unless a
cool wave strikes this portion of the
1
passed over this section in the last
twentyfour hours, but have had no
noticeable effect
| RECORD BREAKER AT CLEVE-
LAND.
CLEVELAND (O), Aug. 9.-To-day
! has been a record breaker The mer-
curry ranged from 80 to % during the
day at the Weather Bureau. The tenn
! nor f1Ira Oh nfb 10
There We're several prostrations, includ-
| ing twelve at the Ohio National Guard
encampment, and Wm Fitzgerald,
| laborer, died from the effects of the
| heat.
| COOLER AT CINCINNATI.
| CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-The ther-
mometer reached % degrees here to-
day, and while there We're several pros
| trationS no serious cases have been re-
ported. All who could get out of the
| city spent the day at the various sum-
1ner resorts. Tonight there was a rain,
and the mercury fell 10 degrees.
| INTENSE HEAT AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 9.-The intense
! heat continues. The thermometer again
| reached maximum of 81 degrees. No
| fatalities have been reported since yes
| terday, when the total for the hot spell
was six. The dead animal contractor
reported the death of seventeen horses
to-day from the heat
| VERY OPPRESSIVE AT COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS 0O.), Aug. 9.-The heat
here to-day was the most oppressive of
the season, and there was general suf-
fering. The highest temperature at the
/ United States signal observatory was
~ degrees. The observer explained that
the oppression complained of was due to
the very high humidity of the atmos-
phere. No fatal cases of prostration
We're reported.
MORTALITY IN PHILADELP LPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA Aug. 9-With
each days continuance of the terrible
heat the mortality has increased, until
to-day twenty-one deaths were re-
| ported by the police. The thermometer
reached a maximum of 932 degrees.
the highest point reached this summer.
Besides the deaths there We're half
hundred heat cases taken to the hos
pitals
HOTTEST OF THE SEASON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-The heated
term that las been almost without pre-
cedent in this city continues, and the
general impression is that to-day was
beyond all doubt the hottest and most
uncomfortable of the season. The
churches We're sparsely attended and the
streets almost deserted, and many peo-
| pie left the city in the early morning for
! river resorts and suburban retreats in
the hope of escaping the torrid tenn
| perature of the city.
The highest point reached by the off,
| cial thermometer at the Weather Bu-
reau was 9l.4 degrees at 3 p m This
| is the record of the instruments on top
of the bureau high above the streets,
and fails to give the temperature with
which the people of this city had TO
deal with during the day. The wide as
phaltum streets and pavements reflected
the heat and as a general rule it was ten
degrees greater throughout the city
| than the official record showed One
death resulted. the victim being Charles
F. Walter
INTENSELY HOT
PETERSBURG Wa), Aug. 9.-The
weather here to-day has been intensely
hot, the thermometer registering lO2
degrees in the shade. No fatal prostra-
tions We're reported.
HEAT AT NASHVILLE.
NASH lille (Ienn-), Aug. 9.-FOr
four days the weather here has been
unusually intense, the heat being un-
tempered by a breeze. Yesterday the
thermometer registered 81 degrees, and
the suns rays We're almost unbearable
To-day, while the mercury reached the
same point. intermittent breezes were
some slight comfort to humanity
THREE DEATHS AT ALBANY
ALBANY On. Y). Aug. 9-Three
deaths resulted here to-day from the
heat.
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE
| FINDLAY (O), Aus 9-The ther-
mometer to-day registered 103 de-
grees, the highest known in this city
fer many years. There We're no pros
trations, however
MANY DEATHS AT BALTIMORE.
| BALTIMORE, Aug. 9-The heat
record was about the same to-day as
during the past four. The maximum was
not reached until 4.30 this evening,
when 97.4 was recorded. The mercury
was above the 80 point at O'Clock to-
night. Fifteen deaths and twice that
many prostrations were reported UP to
midnight.
| TWELVE DEATHS AT NEW YORK.
| NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The sufferings
of New Workers to-day We're intense.
| Profiting by the general cessation from
labor and business cares which Sunday
brings, and by the warnings issued from
the experts of the Weather Bureau.
thousands of people flocked to the shore
resorts. Although the mercury at it's
highest point to-day did not reach by