The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-10

of the long hot spell that has hung
over Chicago. Sixteen people are dead
from the heat, two are insane and out
of large number of prostrations ten
cases are critical. The dead:
CHARLES BENSON; committed suicide
while insane, caused by intense heat.
JOHN EATON; shot himself while suffering
from the heat.
REV. FATHER OTTO GROENEBAUM,
priest Of st. Nicholas church in Evanston;
died Of heart disease aggravated by intense
heat.
HAZEMANN HENRY; found dead, hanging
near Partridge; driven to the deed by the
heat
Ellen HALLOREN.
DORA JOHNSON.
FREDERICK KAISER.
THOMAS LYNCH.
taking carbolic acid driven to the act by the
heat.
RACHAEL RISTON.
FRED SCHLOMANN.
JACOB STAUB.
WILLIAM SIENBERGER
REV. FATHER AUGUST TOLToN, priest
In charge of st. Monica's Roman Catholic
church.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, found in Washing
ton park.
AUGUST VANDERSLEE; hanged himself
while insane from the heat
Two men were driven insane by the
heat, there were ten people prostrated
who are in a very critical condition
and twelve others who will recover.
Out in the Bridewell, where several
persons have gone insane because of
the heat, others suffered the same
fate today. Three men, either strong
in the belief that a life rectitude in
sured an eternal abode in some place
less hot than this, or determined to be
packed in ice at any cost, took their
lives.
The night was a sizzling horror;
there was no comfort to be found any,
where. 1t was the hottest night CHI
cage has ever known. The mercury
was 81 last night at midnight and, al
though near the lake, it sank to 50 at
6 a. m. 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 a. m.
the mercury in the weather office had
climbed to 81. and there was a strong
over-powering bull movement until 3
p. m., when 80 was reached. This was
up in the Auditorium tower where the
Wind had chance at the thermometer
The weather man sat in his office and
said: This is the hottest place in the
country today" But he was wrong.
A seventeen story slide down the ele-
Vator shaft would have placed him
in a place still more torrid. On the
street where the heat radiated from
baking paVementS and SunSOaked
brick walls, it was to degrees high
er than in the tower and no breeze
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 today Owing to the in
tense heat II e managers 70 Ind it neceS-
sary to close the works at noon and
send the workmen home. The shops
will remain closed tomorrow if the
hot weather continues, and until the
temperature decreases a little.
The temperature took a quick drop
in Illinois and Iowa this evening. At
Decatur, ILL.,, the mercury, which had
reached 100 during the day. fell IS de-
grees in two hours. One death and a
dozen prostrations We're recorded.
AT Bloomington the mercury reached
105. Three deaths and a number of
prostrations occurred. The dead: Dr.
James A. Manning, Chicago; Jacob
Lytle, Mr.. John F. Trotter A thunder
storm this evening caused a drop OF
20 degrees. Rain fell in torrents over
the entire county.
In Iowa a down pour of rain cooled
things considerably. One person was
killed by lightning At Burlington
the mercury reached 102. One death
and a dozen prostrations occurred.
At Keokuk one death and several pros
trations.
Toledo, O., reports one death and 4
dozen prostrations. The thermometer
registered 95.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 9.-Seven per-
sons died from the heat in ST. Louis
on this, the twelfth day of insuffera-
bic heat Two people have been driven
insane, and six others, who have been
Frustrated, will probably die. There
have been numberleSS proStrationS in
st. Louis. The list of the dead fol-
lows:
Michael Edel, Robert Wright, Theodore
Schote, Siebert Munster, Henry Campan.
Julia Friedman, Jacob Grimmont, Charles
Diedier.
In the last twenty-four hours there
has not been g. seconds remission
from the heat. Last night was fright
full. Street thermometers registered 80
degrees throughout the night In the
house it was four degrees hotter. To-
night is ten degrees hotter than last
night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 9.-Tne
heat in Kansas City and vicinity was
even more oppressive today than yes
terday, the maximum temperature be-
ing 81, the hottest Of the year. Many
prostrations and two deaths are re-
ported as follows: M. Dougherty, Pat
rick White. Many horses fell dead on
the streets.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 9.-This
has been the hottest day of the year
here, the official thermometer register
ing SO at p m. The dead: Oscar +.
Mayhem, q bookkeeper: Daniel J.
Small, laborer. Three other cases are
considered fatal.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July 9.-The
heat, aided by the high humidity,
caused many deaths in Wisconsin to-
day. In this city nine prostrations
and one death occurred, the latter a
Chicago travelling man named Hugo
Knell. AT Appleton the thermometer
marked 100 degrees, and three deaths
and several prostrations resulted At
Racine one death and one prostration;