The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-07-17

one OF the cases, a laborer, who was crazed
by the rays of the sun, leaped into the
Harlem River and was drowned. Seven
sudden deaths here today were indirectly
due to the heat
LEBANON, Pa, July 9-JoIm Henry
Beck, of Fredericksburg. was overcome by
sunstroke while at work in a wheat field,
and death resulted after he had been un-
conscious for ID hours. He was 20 years
old
PITTsBuRG, Pa, July 9.-Three seri-
Gus cases of prostration and one death oc-
CURED this morning. The mercury touch
ed SO degrees at / O clock this afternoon.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 9.-The
thermometer took little squirt Yesterday
and reached 80 degrees at $50 in the
afternoon, two degrees higher than Thurs
day s maximum temperature The day
opened with the thermometer at 20, at 5
a. M, and the mercury continued to as
cend. until at 8 o clock it had reached rs.
At this hour the average citizen was pre-
pared to wager that the day was destined
to be a record breaker, as it was extremely
oppressive. The sultriness, however, was
due to the high humidity, which was how
eTing around 81 at that hour Three per
sons died from the heat, and numerous
prostrations were reported.
PARIS, ILL, July 8.-During the last
week the temperature has reached $50
here daily. This extreme heat has caused
tn e suspension of nearly all farm labor
p loughing and harvesting have been done in
in the early morning, OF by moonlight. In
the past "A hours 35 horses have died,
and a young farmer, Preston Crum, was
Frustrated and died in the field
MOwEAQUA, Ill, July 9.-The ther-
mometer reached 1899 today, and has
been from go to 1O0o every day for
week. Many farmers are ploughing by
moonlight. 1t is the longest spell of hot
weather ever known in central Illinois.
CINCINNATI, ONO, July g. The heat
ed term continues with increasing energy,
and the temperature continued very close
to 95 degrees all of today as it has for
nearly week The record of prostrations
for the SO hours ending at 8 o clock to-
night was 73 in this city alone, with Is
fatalities in Cincinnati, Covington and
Newport.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 9.-Reports from
various places in the Mississippi Valley
indicate heat almost unprecedented. Au-
rora was probably the hottest place in this
State Temperature there at 10 a. m.
was 1899 in the shade. Factories have
shut down until the hot wave is over
There We're thirty prostrations. At Peoria
the mercury reached the hundred mark
and a number of fatal cases of prostration
are reported Alexander G. Tying, the
oldest grain dealer in Illinois, died sud
denly from the effect of the heat last night
At Golden, near Quincy, Miss May
Schwartz, aged II, was driven insane by
the intense heat of the past week.
Decatur sweltered under temperature
Of 99o. Three deaths and many prostra-
tions are reported. The thermometer at
Madison, Wisconsin, registered 97o, with
tive fatal prostrations. A similar tempera-
ture was registered at Elgin, Illinois.
Four persons were striken down and one
died.
BosToN, MASS, July 9-The tenn
perature here today has been uniformly the
hottest, reaching 93o according to official
figures at the Weather Bureau There
were two fatal cases of sunstroke, Nellie
Kelliher of Cambridge and an unidentified
woman on South street, this city There
were about dozen cases of prostration
from the heat treated at the hospitals
SYRACUSE, n. Y, July 9-James
MeNellis, a laborer on the Syracuse water
works, was prostrated by heat this morn
ing and died at noon in the Homeopathic
Hospital. He was overcome by heat yes
terday, but thought he had recovered suf-
ficiently to 90 to work.
LocKPoRT, n. y, July 9.-The tenn
perature has remained about go for a
week, and there has been much suffering.
James Clark, 68 years old while working
in his haymow today, was overcome by
the heat and died Ia few moments. One
other case, probably fatal, is reported.
BNGHAMToN, \. Y, July 9-For
the past two days the thermometer has
reached 1909, and today it registered
1879, the highest known in years. Sew
eral persons were prostrated by the heat
MANCHESTER, n. H., July 9-The
heat in this State is increasing, the tenn
perature ranging from 1909 to 1899 in
the shade Five deaths are reported
throughout New Hampshire today.
During last week, including the l1th
instant, there were 81 deaths in Chicago.
The total number of deaths from heat
throughout the country is over 300, and
the prostrations at about 2O00 The
death rate of children, under ) years of
age, is unprecedented.