The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-08

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Rev York svslssrs Thrsaeh - Hot {
Night ~ Ever Was.
New York, July Last night was the
hottest Of the year. The minimum TEN
pera1ure jus, before midnight was "A. Be
fore this there was a cool southeaste-lJ
| wind blowing but this stopped at mid
night and an intensely close condition o.
the atmosphere, accompanied by ris'
Of temperature, prevailed until O'Clock
At o'clock the temperature was i6. ths
highes, at that hour this year. The hu
mildly was 81 per cent. degrees lower
| than at the same hour yesterday morn
ing, but it continued at this percentage
I'D to 10 o'clock. when the thermometel
registered 80 degrees.
| Up to midnight. one death and ter
prostrasions had been reported to the
police.
Evansville, Ind. July THE weaShe,
today has been something awful, and
| the thermometer went to 1o4. A number
| OF prostrations and three fatalities were
reported The dead are:
FRED E. BLUMENSTEIN.
| ANNIE FINCK
WILLIAM F. HARTMAN.
Michael Schaeffer, cashier OF the Peo-
pies Savings bank, is just alive and has
! been lying On ice for the past twenty
four hours. in an attempt to save him.
THE HOTTEST OF ALL
Little Rock. Ark, ulJy 7.-According
to the official report made by Observer
Clarke, the Little Rock district yester-
day was the hottest district in the Un.-
ted States The highest temperatures
officially reported are: Little Rock. 100;
Russellvilie, 1O2: Pine Bluff. 1913; Texar-
kama, 10S: Warren, 104; Prescott, los;
Malvern. 1O7: and Paris. Texas. lot.
THE SEVEN O'CLOCK RECORD.
ST. Louis, Mo, July 7.-St Louis broke
the country's heat record this morning.
with a Temperature Of SO at O'Clock.
Four hours later Il was Sc degrees. On
the streets it has averaged 102 degrees.
At midnight It is 80. This Is the tenth
day of intense heat in st. Louis, and
the effects are beginning to show. Sleep
indoors has been almost impossible. Hen
ry During. a city employee. crazed by
heat and lack Of sleep, killed himself
today. Five prostrations occurred in
East ST Louis, and thirteen here. Five
OF the cases are expected to be fatal
in ST. Louis Reports from Missouri and
Southern Illinois show this to have been
the hottest Cay of the year. Work was
suspended In many places, as horses
and men were dropping in the fields.
EIGHT AT CINCINNATI.
rsn.;an.,; Ohio rr,x, The Pollov;ro
named people died from sunstroke today:
CHARLES L. BENTON.
JAMES MATTHEW'S.
JOHN BRENNENS.
DELLA KINwELL
FLORA BROWN
EMMA DUFFEE
GEORGE GILLETTE
MRS. CHARES SCHERMAN.
This makes eight deaths today and
swells the number Of fatalities in the
last Ave days TO forty-rour. There was
a corresponding number OF serious pros
trations. The maximum mbercury by
street thermometers was 50 degrees at
noon.
THREE MORE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, July THE excessive heat
continued today. and three more dea tbs.
were caused by 1t. The dead are:
STANISLAUS ZANITzSCH. three
months old.
ANTHONY ZENETHAL, shot himself
because of the heat.
CLAUD WYNNE, sunstroke on Tues
day. died today.
There were seven prostrations which
1ro1 RI 20 toll
are not so serious. There were IS deaths
in Chicago on uJly 5, the largest num-
Der that ever occurred in the city in
one day.
The heat throughout Illinois. Iowa and
Indiana. today, was intense Farm work
has been suspended generally.
DEATHS AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, KY, July Although there
has been a drop in the temperature the
heat is still oppressive and is made
doubly 50 on account Of the length of the
hot spell. Adam Grau. 40 years of age.
and Eli Burt. so years of age. died this
morning Of the heat. The maximum
this morning was SO degrees.
ST JOE'S HOTTEST DAY.
st. Joseph, Mo-, July To-day is the
hottest Of the season, the thermometer
recording 101 degrees In the shade at 2
o'clock; other thermometers were from
two to four degrees higher. No fatal
prostrations had been reported, but many
lines Of trade were almost suspended.
The wind from the south wa. warm. but
not nearly so hot as last week. when corn
was damaged so badly.
Detroit. Mich, My Hon. George V.
". Lothrop. ex-minister 20 Russia. who
had partially recovered from an attack
of heat prostration, began sinking this
afternoon 1t is feared that he may not
again rally.