The herald., 1897-07-05
NOT ONLY HOT, BUT HUMID
MANY PRoSTRATIoNS-NoT a
FEW DEATHS
The Whole Mississippi Valley II
Sweltering, and No Prospect Of
Immediate Relief
Associated Press Special Wire.

thermometers registered luV degrees III
the shade in ST. Louis today. Everyday
ones made 1t 10S and obtained credence
for the figures Even the government
thermometer, ten stories up in the air
and sworn to prove St. Louis summer
resort, showed SO degrees.
For the last three days st. LOUIS has
had weather which even citizene ad-
mitted was hot. There was also suffl-
cient humidity to lay the dust but those
days were cold storage compared to
the Fourth. At midnight Saturday the
mercury stood at Sc, and 1t got no lower.
At sunrise today it went to 80 and a
little later to 100, and at II o'clock to-
night it was SO degrees on the streets.
There has been great suffering. but as
nearly every one stayed at home only
three men were prostrated on the
streets. No fatal cases have been re-
ported.
IN OHIO
CLEVELAND, O., July 4.-The heat
here today has been most intense, the
temperature reaching the highest point
for the season. Two fatalities occurred
today and one last night, and there
have been several other prostrations.
The list is:
Miss Sarah Clinton, aged 80; Mre. Lena
Sedusky, aged Sc; F. Cunningham and
Mrs. Agnes Lee, who died of nervous
prostration brought on by heat.
Martin Burns, Jacob Haffner and s..
A. Stark were taken to the hospital,
suffering from the heat.
The highest temperature was 81 de-
grees.
CINCINNATI, O., July 4.-This has
been the hottest day in the present tor
rid spell. The weather bureau record
showed the mercury at 81 from to 4 p.
m, and was at it's maximum, 9S, at
p. m. The sky was cloudless all day
and but few people ventured on the
streets. Fifty prostrations and six
deaths are reported at o'clock tonight.
Local thermometers showed from 102
to 106 in the shode during the after
noon.
CINCINNATI, o., July 4-The Com
mercial-T Tribune dispatches from Ohio
points report the extreme heat today as
follows: Dayton, 100 to ITO degrees. two
degrees, one death; Newark, 1O2 to 1O5
degrees; Upper Sandusky, 95 at a. m.
and los at p. m.
THIRTEEN DEAD
CINCINNATI, O., July 5.-1:50 .. m.
Full investigation up to / o'clock this
morning shows that there were thimeen
deaths from heat here today. The fol-
lowSg are the names of the dead by
sunstroke: Michael Winters, Fred
Buehring, Fred Diedrich, Thomas Selma
bel, Christine Tisse, Mary Ourey, John
Zoller, Mrs. Della Retner, Charles STAN
ley, Bertha Decker, Jacob Work, Mrs.
Mary A. Klostermann of Covington; an
unidentified man, believed to be L. Smith
Of Cincinnati.
While there were fifty cases of sun
stroke in the city that required removal
to hospitals or their homes, it is esti-
mated that there were fifty lighter cases,
the victims of which went home without
assistance. OF the class requiring medi-
cad attention ten cases are serious.
IN KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 4.-The hot
test today was SO degrees at 1870. To-
night the temperature was SO at
o'clock. John Soete. a German, died of
the heat, and there were three or four
minor cases of prostration.
There We're many cases of prostratfon
from the heat today, five of them re-
sulting fatally. Those who died from
the effects of the heat were John Sete,
Warren Tolbert, Marc Ford, Michael
Hines and an unknown man who was
found at Fifth and River streets. Be
sides these there were eight other cases
of prostration.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING
CHICAGO. July 4-Eight people were
drowned in Lake Michigan today while
bathing at various points along the
beach. The dead are: F. r. Cummings
Harry Nelson, E. A. Rider, John Sode-
man, James Sullivan, John Sprawka, un-
identified man drowned at foot of Gray
street, George Wallace. William Suili-
van, laberer, dropped dead in his home
on Lowe avenue tonight as result ol
the extreme heat, making the third heat
fatality today
A STRANGE ACCIDENT
DETROIT, Mich, July 4.-The ex-
treme heat beating down through sky
| light this afternoon caused the blowing
out of two automatic fireplugs. The
torrents of water thus released flowed
down through the building, damaging
the dry goods stock of Durham, Sloehe
& Co. ,amd the clothing stock of the
Peerless Manufacturing company to the
extent of nearly 100000. The fire plugs
were set to escape at temperature OF
130 degrees.
IN MICHIGAN
DETROIT. Mich, July 4.-The maxi
mum high temperature today, accord
| ing to the official observation bureau
was 94 degrees. The only severe case:
of prostration in the city were those o
two employees of the Hotel Barclay, ant
they were reported out of danger to
night. An unknown man died nea
Wyandotte and there were severa
minor cases of prostration. Cases o
sunstroke are reported from come O
the Southern Michigan towns
GROWING WORSE
/ CHICAGO, July 4.-The wave of torri
weather under which the central state
sweltered last night showed no abate
ment today. From Pittsburg to Kansa
lCity and from Chicago south cloudles
skies and blazing sun left a record 0
prostrations and death which has sci
dom been equalled for the early day
of July Throughout the entire dis
trict the mercury registered close to 10
In the ehada during the day. and tn