Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-10
UORRORSOF THE HEAT
urnRIpLE EFFECTS IN THE CITY
OF CHICAGO.
PEOPLE DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Many Fatalities and More rros'r"-
aons. n Large Proportion of which
,,,ui probably Prove Fatai-A Cool
ing Storm
ing storm.

.Aof have made IRE Duiue" S''0e 'hs
mo ,,eather OF 1897 began. this was
,rst There were more deaths of
,.ines and OF animals, and the
- oi proStrations was greater than
,ov other day Of the long. hot
~ chat has hung over Chicago. Six
,.o,,o are dead from the heat. two
,rssne. and out Of a large number Of
...,-,tlons. ten cases are critical The
dead arcs
cuARI.Es BENSON. committed sui
,ise while insane. by reason Of the ex-
treme heat
f0HN EATON. shot himself while suf-
ferng from the heat
rev. Father OTTO GROENEBAUM
,,,est OF st. Nicholas church. in Evans
,o,. died Of heart-disease, aggravated
By the heat.
HENRY HAZEMANN. found dead
hanging near Park Ridge. driven to the
deed by the heat
DORA JOHNSTON, FREDERICK
KAIZER. THOMAS LYNCH and AN
kIE ONNELI~-committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid; driven to the act
by Tho heat.
RACHEL RISTON.
FRED. sCHLOMANN; died at the
county hospital from heat prostration
stricken last Saturday.
JACOB STAUB.
WILLIAM SCHIENBERGER.
Rev. Father AUGUST TOLTON. priest
IN charge Of ST. Monicas College, Ro-
man Catholic Church.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, found in Wash
ington Park.
AUGUST VANDERSLEEVE hanged
himself while insane from the heat.
IN THE BRIDEWELL.
out in the Bridewell. where seven
prisoners went insane yesterday because
OF the heat. others suffered the sans
fate to-day. Three men. either strong
in the belief that life of rectitude in
sured eternal abode in some place less
hot than this, or determined to be packed
In ice at any cost, took their lives.
The heat was a sizzling horror; there
was comfort 10 be found nowhere. Last
night was the hottest night Chicago had
ever known. The mercury was 81 last
midnight, and although near the lake 1t
sank TO 50 at A. NJ, the decrease in
temperature was more than offset by an
Increase in the humidity, which through
the night and day made the discomfort
far greater than is implied by the record
of the Thermometer. BY Z a. NJ. the
mercury in the weather office had climbed
10 81. and there was a steady. oyerpower-
ing bull movement until r. NJ, when 80
was reached. This was up in the audi
torium tower. where the wind had chance
at the thermometer. On the streets
where the heat radiated from baking
payements and sun-soaked brick walls, 1t
was 5 to degrees higher than in the
tower and no breeze was to be had.
The day was especially severe on horses.
over 100 dying in the streets
Sixteen hundred men and boys were
temporarily thrown out Of employment
in Pullman to-day. Owing to the in
tense neat, the managers found it neces-
sarv 10 close the works at noon and send
the workmen home The shops will re-
main closed tomorrow If the hot weather
continues. and until the temperature de-
creases a little.
The temperature took a quick decline
in Illinois and Iowa this evening. At
Decatur. H., the mercury, which had
reached 100 during the day, fell IS degrees
i'm two hours. one death and a dozen |
prostratlons were recorded. At Bloom |
ington, H.. the mercury reached 105. |
Three deaths and a number Of prostra- |
tons occurred.
A COOLING STORM.
A thunderstorm this evening caused a |
drop of % degrees. Rain fell over the |
entire country in torrents In Iowa a |
downpour Of rain cooled things consider
ably. one person was killed by light
ming
AZ Burlington the mercury reached 1O2.
One death and a dozen prostrations oc-
cured.
At keokuk there were one death and
several prostrations
Toledo o., reports one death and a
dozen prostrations. The thermometer
registered 95.
MANY DEATHS IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE. WIS, July 9.-The
heat. aided by the high humidity. caused
many deaths in Wisconsin to-day. In this
city there were nine prostrations and
one death-that Of Hugo Knell, Of Ber-
lu Ontario.
At Appleton, the thermometer marked
lD degrees. and three deaths and seve-
u. pros,rations resulted.
40 Racine there were one death and
sixteen prostrations; at Oshkosh. one
death ard three prostrations; at Madison,
one death and two prosirations.
SIX DEATHS IN CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI. O.. July 9.--Thc number
Of heat deaths to-day were six.
Thirty prostrations were reported, with |
me usual quota OF serious cases.
The minimum heat by trustworthy
sIeet-thermometers to-day was 96 at 4
p 81. 1t was 81 at o'clock this morn
ing ana IL Is s. at II o'clock tonight.
The number Of deaths in the last seven
days Is sixty.
SEVEN DEATHS IN ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. MO. July 9.-seyen people
u''l from the heat in ST. Louis to-day. !
Two people. one Of them New or
'""' hesrcss, have been driven in
'an'' ana six others who have been sun
'N'"' WEI probably die before morn
.ue. mere have been numberless pros
uatons in ST. Louis.
c- Al, S"il'h. Brooklyn's catcher, and Ed. (
t-''' msl-oaseman on the ST. Louis
'"H were Frustrated during the hase- |