The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-09
IT'S LIMIT.
Hottest Day in History in Cen
trail Western States.
Goes to 1O5 in Indiana, Ohio
and Adjacent States.
People Die as if From the
Plague.
FACTORIES CLOSE UP.
Two Hundred Railroad Men
Strike on Account of Heat.
Thirty-thre Cases of SunstrOke
in One Cincinnati Hospital.
CHICAGOHEATRECORD
Is Broken at s A. NJ. Today and
Getting Hotter.
Mercury Stood at 81 All Night
in Chicago.

Muncie, Ind, July 9.-This has been the
hottest day ever known here. E. D. Du-
bers, who recently came here from Chi
cago as superintendent of the street rail-
way, was seriously Frustrated; also Cy-
rus Richardson, Jacob Metzger, Timothy
Hordwick, John Richland and many 9TH
ers, not seriously. The glass works are
compelled to close on account of the heat
Chicago, July 9.-The government ther-
mometer at a. m registered Ss degrees,
the hottest at that time of day in the his
tory of the local weather bureau. By 10
o'clock it had risen to a trif1e over 80
above and the predictions were that the
100 degree mark would be reached before
the day over. The heat during the
night was intense, the mercury at no time
falling below "a degrees. The humidity
is unabated, with hardly a breath of air
stirring, what little breeze there is being
from the south and rendering the sta
ton still more ncomforta BILE.
Cincinnati, O., July 9.-The average tenn
perature here was 96. Although there
were more sunstrokes than in any prev
ious day, only two have proved fatal, the
victims being Richard Burton and Kelly
Howard. There have been SO serious
cases of sunstoke taken to the city hos
pital today, and more than that number
to residences.
Paducah, KY, July 9-The heat wave
is causing suffering all over western Ken
lucky. Many prostrations are reported.
Two hundred men employed the Illi-
nois Central below here struck, declaring
that they could not work. Threshing
crews are abandoning their machines.
Kokomo, Ind, July 9.-This was the
hottest day here for sixty years, the
thermometer registering 1O5. The work.
men on the Green turnpike quit work on
account of many of their force being
prostrat tied.
Kansas City, July 9.-The weather bu-
reau thermometers went up to SO short
ly after 2 o'clock yesterday and remain
ed at that point for nearly three
hours. The weather continued hot last
night. Twelve prostrations reported in
the two Kansas citys. No fatalities.
ST. Louis, July 9.-Yesterday was the
street in ST. Louis. By 3 o'clock in the
afternoon seven people had died from
the heat. one man attempted suicide,
and there were at least four out of the
many prostrations which will prove fat
al.
Chicago, July 9-The intense heat
continued last night.
The maximum temperature was at
MarshalItown, Ia, where the mercury
touched 1O7 degrees in the shade. One
fatality resulted.
Dubuque reports two serious prostra
tions. Business, especially farm work,
is practically suspended, and crops are
beginning to wither.
Six male prisoners from the bridewe1
were brought into the Insane court and
sent to the asylum The physicians in
charge at the bridewen says the great
and long continued heat was the prin-
cipal cause of the insanity in all of the
men.
New York, July 9.-Nine children died
suddenly yesterday and their deaths
were due indirectly to the heat. Seven
persons were prostrated in the streets.
Louisville KY, July 9.-At o'clock
Yesterday the thermometer registered
81 degrees. Only one death resulted
from the intense heat, but there were
dozens of prostrations. The tempera-
ture out through the state was higher
than in the city. Three deaths have
been reported from the state outside Of
Louisville, with hundreds of prostra-
tions.
indianapolis, Ind, July 9.-The ther-
mometer has reached 90 and prostra-
tions are becoming more general. Pat
| rick Kelly, a well known hotel clerk,
and Leonard Cox, died from the heat
Yesterday and there were at least ten