The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-13
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ANOTHER sCoR CHIN G DAY THROU
OUT THE COUNTRY.
/ Many More People succumb to the
Heat, and the Death List In Chi
caEo md New York Grows MT an
Alarming Rate-some Hone Tint
Cooler Weather Will Prevail In 1.
Few Days.
Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE latest reports
show that the total list of victims Of
heat prostrations yesterday numbered
sixty-five. OF these twenty two are
dead, ten expected to die and three
driven insane by the heat OF the
three one ended his existence with
poison and another attempted to slash
his throat with azor. To day about
thirty-five deaths occurred 1t began
to grow uncomfor tably warm here to-
day at early dawn. And as the blaz-
ing sun pushed its way up over Lake
Michigan, the intensity of the heat
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| Of geometrical progression. To make
life still more unbearable steamy
hot wind as baneful as sirocco from
the sands Of Sahara, blew over the
CITY from the marshes and swamps be-
yond the southern limit It was a
Dlghting wind and men sought to es-
cape from it.
1t was terrible even on the lake
front and in those quarters of Chicago
Where wealth and plenty abound. but
III the poyertyrstricken tenement dis
trlcts the agony was awful to contem-
plate. Ali night long the miserable
Wretches sWelte1ed and painted in vain
FOR breath of refreshing air. They
slept or tried to sleep by thousands, on
the sidewalks and on the paving
stones While the steamy vapors rose
from the, garbage heaps, spreading
death and disease.
The; city anbulances and patrol
wagons from the police stations were
kept on the run all night long, bearing
! VlctlmS OF the heat to the hospitals.
Ihls morning men walked through the
streets without coat or vest and pant
ed, perspired and suffered for want
OF fresh, cooling air. Prostitution from
neat began to be reported as early as
O'Clock Animals overcome by the
heat lay dead in almost every ward in
town. They were so numerous that
the garbage men could not keep the
streets clear of them. The coroner's
office was buster to-day than it has
been before in years. There We're not
enough deputies to do the work. In
order to get through with the work
the coroner sent out notice that in all
cases of deaths from excessive heat.
physicians certifica tes could take the
place of inquests.
Hundreds Dead in New York.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE number. Of
deaths caused by the heat in Greater
New York is about 1OO and additional
I victims are reported hourly The pros
trations are almost innumerable and
10 accurate statement Of them can be
made. Anbnlancas and patrol wa CONS
have been running about all day, the
clalnor Of the gongs becoming a fanil-
iar sound. Street car horses have
dropped in the track by scores Out
of-doOr work has been largely suspend
ed and many factories are Temperate
" closed. Last night was the hottest
of the summer, the climax of the pres
ent torrid spell, and one Of the hottest
known in the city for years. Morning
brought no relief and at s o'clock the
thermometer stood degrees higher
than at the same hour Sunday, but as
the humidity was less intense there
was less discomfort in the atmosphere.
Early in the morning there was but
80 per cent of humidity, which is rath-
er below the norm al
A Ray of Hope
Washington, Aug. ~. ~ Mai. Dun
woody, the weather forecaster scanned
the map to-day in vain for prospect
to relief frcm the torrid heat under
which the country has been sweltering
for the past week. It was slightly
cooler in the Ohio valley and the lower
lake region was given slight breath
ing spell by thunder storms. The tenn
perature had also fallen slightly in
the Mississippi valley, the mercury to-
day registering but 90 as against 3S at
st. Louis and Cnicag go yesterday. But
out on the prairies Of Nebraska and
ansas and to the southv7erd along the
Gulf states humanity struggled to ex-
list at 100 degrees. The Atlantic
coast as far as Boston showed very
high temperatures. At the latter place
it was 96, which was also the maxim
at Atlantic City The same tempera-
ture existed at Albany. There was no
prospect for relief in this territory to-
morrow. Away Up in the extreme
Northwest, in the Rockies, however,
Maj. Dunwoody saw a ray of hope.
The barometer had risen there and had
fallen in the lower central valleys and
the lake region If these high and low
areas develop the hot spell will be
broken.
Nineteen Fatalities
ST. Louis, Aug. 12.-Not before in
the history of st. Louis has it's inhabi-
tants suffered from the heat as during
the past week. The highest point
reached by the thermometer was 100
in the shade, and on no day was the
maximum below 95. On the streets
the heat was more intense and the
record higher. City Physician Suffer
declared last night that the record of
heat prostrations and deaths at the
hospital for the past week is unprece-
dentad in its history. He reports that
ITO cases, all serious, were cared for
and that nineteen Of them died. while
more are still in a critical condition.
This is not the complete record for the
city, for at least that many more cases