Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-13
DEATHS DUE TO HEAT.
Hundreds of Persons Frustrated il,
Various States.

Louisville, KY, July 10.-The maxi
mum reached Friday morning by the
thermometer was 95 degrees at II
o'clock, after which the mercury grad
ually receded until ~ o'clock when an
other upward squirt was taken, which
nearly sent it bubbling out of the tube
Three deaths are reported in the city
and vicinity from the intense heat and
four from the state, with hundreds of
prostrations.
Dayton, o., July 1o.-Three deaths
w. Mack, a well-lknown butcher, was
Frustrated by the heat Thursday and
died Friday morning. He was 81 years
old. George Taylor, suffering from
rheumatism, died Friday morning.
Percy Cummins, an inmate of the asy-
lum, walked in the grounds of that in
stitution and later died from exposure.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 1o.-A colored
man, supposed to be Edward Shep-
pard, of Washington, D. c., was, over
come by the heat on the street and
died short time after being removed
to the hospital. Three serious cases of
prostration also occurred Friday morn
ing. The mercury touched ss degrees
at one o'clock Friday afternoon.
Elgin, Ill, July 10.-The heat Friday
was even more excessive than on Thurs
day. There is little business done and
nearly all outdoor work is suspended.
There were several prostrations from
the heat. John Lenner, stranger, who
commenced work in the Coleman gravel
pit, was sunstruck while at work and
will die. Charles Prouty also suffered
probably fatal sunstroke while work
ing in q garden. Thomas Barclay, u
bricklayer, and Antoine Anderson, a
farmland, were overcome by the heat,
The mercury reached the hundred
mark.
Dubuque, Ia, July 1o.-Three days of
excessive heat was broken at four
o'clock Friday afternoon by deluge.
The storm lasted an hour, and over two
inches of rain fell in that time. The
street curbs were full and debris from
the hill streets piled on those on the
level, stopping cars and choking sew
ers. During the storm at Richards
vile Ernest Goodman was killed by
lightning.
Decatur, ILL.,, July 1o.-John Shirley
died with sunstroke Friday afternoon.
He was unmarried. This makes the
third death in three days with the heat.
There were nine prostrations Friday.
The thermometer reached 100, the high.
est in years. Relief came at night in a
fall of IS degrees in two hours.
Toledo, o., July 1o.-The weather bu-
reau thermometer registered 95 degrees
Friday, but the street heat far ex-
ceeded this. There were half dozen
prostrations and one death, that of
Henry Rosebrook.
Chicago, July l0-Three deaths and
large number of prostrations due to
heat were reported Friday. Among
the prostrations is that of Rev. August
Tolton, pastor of st. Monicas Colored
Roman Catholic church, and one Of the
foremost colored Catholic clergymen in
the west. His condition is critical.
Milwaukee, July 1O.-The heat aided
by the high humidity caused many
deaths in Wisconsin Friday. In this
city nine prostrations and one death
occurred, the latter a Berlin, Ont,
man named Hugo Knell. At Ap-
pleton the thermometer marked 100
degrees, and three deaths and several
prostrations resulted; at Racine one
death and one prostitution; at Milton
100 degrees and two prostrations;
Whitewater 100 degrees, one prostra-
ton and work suspended; Oshkosh re-
ports one death and three prostrations;
Madison one death and two prostra-
| tions.