The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09
106 IN THE SHADE.
The Temperature Of a Town in
Southern Illinois.
100 REACHED At ST. LOUIS.
August Heat Record Broken ut Chi
cago-Cfncfnnafi and New York
Suffer Severely.

81 Louis. Auys-This week has been
one 90 the hottest OF record n ST. LOUIS
Tor many years Today for the third SIG
cessfye day ST. Louis has led the e-sirs
COUNTY. A. q n the temperature Was
- degrees From then on 20 O'Clock this
afternoon the temperature rose az thu
rate OF one degree or more an hour. At
that tine the Thermometers In the signal
service bureau registered 100 degrees in
the shade. the highest point OF the day
TIE record in the street ans In exposed
places was over 10. A great many more
prostratiors were reported today, a mum
Der OF them resulting In death.
Telsgraas from points in Southern Hi
noss snow thai the intense heat stiU pre-
walls there. and that mary prossratsons
are reported. The hottest weather OF the
season al Springfield was recorded TO-DAY.
II beng y In tho shade. The Wabash
shops are closed temporarily Business
was almost suspended al LHchfeIa and
two men dropped dead from the eject OF
tne heat Al Muscoteh the past week has
been one Of unprecedented hot weather.
The temperature has gone above
100 in the shade today. and reached 1o6
yesterday. The record today was I0s.
There have been many prostratIons from
the heat.
The city hospital is overcrowded with
prostration cases that have been taking
scareely room for more. City physicians
say the Ike has not been known before
Tor many years At the morgue bodies
are brought in so fast that the superia-
tenaent had hard work keeping track OF
them, and he Is crowded for room. AZ
one time there were twenty-seven corpses
awaiting naturalization. Today the list
OF those who succumbed TO the heat and
died numbers seventeen.
Cincinnati. Aug. s.-The Temperature
here for three days has been IN the nine
ties. except yesterday. when the maximum
was a trifie below 80. The maximum to-
= day was Sc. Eight prostrations occurred
here this afternoon while PEOPLE were on
the streets witnessing the bicycle parade.
This makes twelve cases in three days,
two OF which were fatal.
Chicago. Aug. S.-Thts Is the hottest
day. IL IS not only the hottest day In 1896,
but the hottest August day in the history
OF observations IN Chicago. At l::50 p.
m today the weather bureau reported es.4
The hottest previous day was ssS. At 2
o'clock today the mercury had risen 10
81. The wind was west and blowing stead
iiy. The air was not so humid as yester-
day. which made the fearful heat en-
durable. At o'clock this morning the
thermometer registered So degrees. but
seven degrees less than the maximum
every street corner PROSTATE bodies OF
horses were seen The following deaths
are reported: Michael Glenn, Fred Marks,
Chris Hold. Joseph Hannah.
New York. Aug. s-The decrease IN hu-
mildly and a brisk breeze brought some
relief today. although the temperature
was about as high as yesterday. 50 de-
grees. The total number OF prostrstions
officially reported yesterday was thirty
eight.
Nine deaths and forty-fiye prostrations
is the heat record for today.
Fargo, y. D., Aug. sA storm of almost
eyclonic character occurred In the north
ern portion OF the state last night. The
worst damage seems TO have been In the
vicinity OF Mimic and Larimore. No
houses are reported blown down. but the
damage by wind was considerable over a
small strip OF territory.
Kansas City. Aug. s.-The Thermometer
OF the local weather bureau registered ln2
degrees yesterday, which Is the highest
recorded since the local bureau opened
eight years ago. The place of observation
is the breeziest I'm the city. On the
streets IL was many degrees warmer In