The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-06
TROPICAL WEATHER.
Causes Numerous Deaths Through.
out the Country.
The Thermometer Registered One Hun
dred Degrees In Some Localities-
Hot Winds In Kansas Withera
the Growing Corn.

Hot Winds In Kansas Withera
the Growing Corn.
Louisville. Ky, July 3o.-Three men
died here Wednesday from the effects of
sunstroke, while about 20 others were
Frustrated, some seriously, and many of
them may not recover. Charles Mesmer,
gardener; John Mailman, a cigar
maker, and Charles King, farmer, are
dead. Mesmer came here several weeks
ago from Newport in search of work.
He leaves a wife and several small chill
dren in Strengthened circumstances.
In Tennessee.
Clarksville. Tenn, July 30.-Twenty-
three heat victims were reported In this
vicinity Wednesday. The mercury reg
istered 100 degrees. A farmland, name
unknown, fell dead near Kennedy. Gar
nett Roach. wealthy young southern
Kentucky planter, was overcome In .
tobacco field, and 10 In a critical rondi-
ton. Sixteenworkmen ona watermain
in this city:~were' FRUSTRATED Three
workmen on the electric street railway
and two street grading hands were also
overcome. It was the hottest day seen
in years.
Hottest Day In Chicago.
Chicago, July 30.-Thc summers rec
ord for heat was broken Wednesday, the
mercury reaching 96 degrees. A large
number of persons were Frustrated and
taken to the hospitals. One death re-
suited.
Kansas Crops WitheF.
Topeka; Kan, July s0.-The hot
winds, which caused everything to
wither in their path Tuesday in Okla
homa, swept over Kansas Wednesday.
Thermometers registered 100 degrees
in the shade and farmers were COM
PEELED to leave their fields and seek the
shade. The blades of corn rolled up in
many fields, but the crop is made and no
damage may result.
In st. Louis.
St. Louis, July 30.-Two deaths are
reported from heat Wednesday,, and it
is feared four or FIVE other victims will
also die. One of these whose death re-
suited from sunstroke was Frederick
Toussiant, aged &c years, tailor in the
Southern hotel, Richard Tassell, la
borer, was the other victim. Henry
Meyers, who,wass, semitic the hospital
Monday. suffering from the heat, in
sisted on leaving the institution Wednes-
day morning, declaring he was all right,
was brought back in the afternoon ut
terly Frustrated, ind did not rally, dy-
ing shortly afterward. One death oc-
Cured in East St. Louis, George Carr.
an employe of the Virgins Ferry COM
pany, succumbing from the effect of
the heat
st. Louis, July s1.-The hot wave
showed no abatement Thursday and the
roll Of sunstroke cases was largely IN
:reased.: There has been little relief at
night, and for three days thermom-
eters ranged above IS degrees at sun
rise. At six o'clock Thursday evening
the mercury rested at % degrees. The
death roll from sunstroke since mid
night Wednesday is as follows:
George Baer. whitewasher. 2so2 Menard
street; Henry Myers. laborer. found dead
on Chestnut and Sixteenth streets. resi-
dence unknown: Henry Ziegler. garden
er, 2416 McNair avenue: F. Toussatnt, mer-
chant. 2S31 st. Vincent avenue: George
Carr, driver. East st. Louis; William TOT
under treatment at the city dispensary;
G. H. Tierneyer. clerk. 2400 Elliott avenue:
Jull,x Taux. butcher. 21a2 South Third
street; John Byrones. bricklayer. 81 Clin-
ton street.
Six More Deaths In st. Louis.
Z st. LoHis, Aug, There was MOI
abatement Friday morning of the ter
rible heat of the past four days. At
eight a. m. the government thermome-
ter registered IS degrees. at noon twas
81 and ut four p. m. %. These are the
figures registered on the top of the
custom house. F1tal sunstrokes Fri
day are: Hon. John Coppedge, member
state legislature, st. James, Mo-, died at
city hospital; Chester Hoisington, roof
er; Henry Wclp, machinist; two un-
known men, one aged Is and the other
so, died ut city hospital; Mary Collins,
IN aged widow. There were IL other
cases treated at the. city dispensary,
some of them being very serious. An
alarming state of mortality is shown in
the returnsDf from the Bethesda home;
which state that % babies have. died
during the past two weeks as the result
Of the terrific heat.
Five Deaths ut Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Aug. t. Twenty-niue
prostraticns were reported here Thurs
day, five of them fatal. The dead are
John Crone, Belle Bright, laundress
at the Denison hotel; Barney Dick
horse and John Schultz, tanners; Mary
Brown, an infant at the city hospital.
Many horses are dropping in the streets.
Government letter carriers having five
and four daily trips are let of for the
present with four and three trips re-
'spectively.
Two Killed 1t Indianapolis.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 1.-Char)es
Harmon, a driver, expired from the heat
Thursday a few minutes after leaving
his wagon, and during the afternoon
Mary Saunders, co!ored girl, died.
There were three or four more cases re-
ported that will not prove fatal.
+ -Four ut Louisville.
; Louisville, KY, July 31.-More than q
score of cases of prostration were re-
ported here Thursday, four of which