The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-11
CHICAGO REPORTS ANOTHER LIST
OF FATALITIES FROM THE
HOT WAVE
HLIY OTHER CITIES FEEL IT
FIVE DEAD IN PHILADELPHIA AND
IN PITTSBURG THE SAME
NUMBER
MILWAUKEE, ADDS TO THE LIST
Louisville Reported the Hottest Day
of the Year-PrOstratiOns In
Many Cities of the
Country.

CHICAGO, Aug. 0.-Nine deaths and
fifteen prostrations resulted from the ex-
cessive heat here today. The tempera-
the day, and for one hour during the
afternoon touched 95 degrees. The dead
are: James Coli, Frank Karsty, Mary
Smith, John Meyer, fell dead in the
street; John Bockata, fell dead in the
street; Mrs. Rudolph, Andrew Mand-
rowski. Mrs Rudolph Hintschke and
John Meyers.
QUAKERS FEEL WARM.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 1O-The in
tense heat today resulted In five deaths
and twenty prostrations The fatalities
were: Daniel Drum. found dead in bed;
John Bradley, aged twenty years; Charles
Bers, aged thirty-three; Lewis Givins,
eight months. and Marie Saunderson,
eleven months.
The maximum temperature was reach
ed at 8 o'clock this afternoon when the
government thermometer on the top of
the Postoff1ce building registered 81 de-
grees. The minimum was 80 degrees at
3:40 O'Clock this morning. At o'clock
the mercury had reached the S5 mark,
and at 10 o'clock had jumped to 80. At
noon three additional degrees were regis
tered and at o'clock SO was noted The
mean temperature was 88, twelve above
normal. The average for the past four
days was higher than any similar period
on record. The local forecaster says
thunder storms may be expected at any
time, but they will afford only temporary
relief. Many large factories throughout
the city are working on half time, the
afternoons being too hot for employees to
endure.
MILWAUKEE,, Aug 10.-Two deaths
and one prostration, due to the Intense
heat, We're reported today. The dead are
Mrs. Robert Harper and Robert Helden
The thermometer registered 9S degrees.
FATALITIES IN P1TTSBURG.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 1O.-lnstead of 60
ing lower, the thermometer jumped a.
point today, reaching 81 on the govern
ment building. Five deaths and six pros
trations are directly attributable to the
hot weather. The dead are Mrs. Daph-
ane Burns, Michael Reisinger, Tony
Lenz, Charles J. Inggold and Charles F.
Weaver.
PROSTRATIONS AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 1O.-Today was the
hottest of the year in Louisville. The
maximum temperature, 1907, was reach
ed at 2:50 p. m. The highest temperature
this summer before today was 81. There
were three prostrations.
TERRIBLE DAY IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-Eleven persons
died here today from the excessive heat
which has been torturing humanity in
this vicinity for several days, and still
continues, with little prospect of letting
up. The greatest suffering occurs in the
Westside, which is so thickly populated.
In these neighborhoods numerous families
occupy a single apartment, and many of
them sleep on the payements in front Of
the buildings, in the hope of obtaining q
little fresh air. The fire department to-
night opened a number of the plAgs and
flushed the streets, in the hope of reduc-
ing the Temperature This gave tempo
rary relife. The infant mortality is very
great.
Horses are perishing all over the city,
and the mortality among them threatens
to equal that of the record August hot
spell of 1856, when so many died that
business was seriously crippled. The low