The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
No RELIEF IN THE EAST
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO ARE
BOTH LIKE BAKERS
OVENS
THE CHILDREN SUFFER MOST
Thirty-Three Deaths I'm New York
AIOne-ChIcagO Had Many Also
In the West weather
Is Cooler.

NEW YORK, Aug. n.-Death reaped
harvest today from New Norks huinai'-
ity. At least thirty-three persons dled III
this city and vicinity, thirty Of them from
prostTations, and three children from 1all-
ing from fire escapes on which they mao
crawled 10 get some relief Since Aug
G. when the temperature was ~ degrees
IF the conditions have been growing worse
All in all, 1t Is the hottest continuous
spell New York has ever had Forec3Ster
Emery said. all in all, it surpassed the
record OF the 1886 hot spell. All local rec
ords for this year were beaten today Inc
thermometer reached sc at 2 o'clock, and
registered the same figure an hour later
This is the record taken in the weather
bureau, high above the streets, and IS
many degrees cooler than the records on
the streets. While the weather bureau
deals strictly with mean temperatures
and averages. and showed that 50 degrees
were reached on the 18th and 9Th of Au-
gust II said nothing about the higher av-
erage range of today when the thermom-
eters hardly wavered below the highest
figures for many hours. Death after death
resulted.
The fact that 1t was d half holiday saw
ed many from the willing heat of office
ana factories Employers were not par
ticular about the closing time, and before
noon there was an exodus from lower
Manhattan.
Thousands hurried to the nearest cars
and boats for the sea shore. Then there
were many who began their vacations,
and The trains and steamboats, were filled
rapidly. The Sound steamers had sold
out all their berths early in the day, and
tonight many passengers were forced to
sleep on mattresses strewn in the cab
ms.
The railways leading to cooler spots
We're crowded, and expressmen were over
loaded with baggage. 1t was busy day
for them. But millions were left Re-
freshment piers were packed. but they
gave little relief. The keeper Of an East
river pier said that the thermometer had
registered l02 there during the day, and
at 7SO p. m. it was 80. Not rustic Of
breeze could be detected.
On the North river side the conditions
were more favorable, as a breeze blew
from the west. 1t was warm, but it was
sir stirring, at least
The greatest sufferers were little ones.
and the reports from the Bellevue dis
pensary told of the struggles for life
among the poor. Within the four days
during which the heat has been Oppres-
siVe there has been an average of sixty
six child patients at this d;spensary alone,
the ages OF the children ranging from five
months to two years.
The outdoor poor department was over
plications a day from mothers to have
their children taken to Randalrs island.
There was more humidity in the atmo
sphere today than on the previous day,
st registering SO per cent early in the
morning. and advancing during the day
The suffering among the animals was
plainly evident. Many horses fell, some
to ole, others to stagger to their feet and
go weakly on. Fire Chief Cookers or
Gers that hose should be on tap in the vi
entity of engine stations saved many
horses from sunstroke.
SIN DEATHS IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. n-Slx deaths here
were due to the heat today, the eighth
day Of the torrid spell, and there were
Twenty-Five prostrations three OF which
viii prove fatal The dead are Mrs
Mary Lyle, James Clifford, Lewis r. F.
Dyrenforth, Thomas Ford, William Nc
MILAN and George Graham.
The mercury touched It's highest point
at o clock, when 81 was reached in the
weather. bureau office. Down on the
street It was IS to 81 A small shower in
the afternoon sent the mercury down TO
81 a short time, but 1t rose again to 80 and
was sent down again to 30 by a little
Thunder storm at p. m. The second time
B~nained at so, but the weather man
- 1t will pass 80 again tomorrow.
PITTsBURG's STORY.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 1.-two deaths
and eight prOstrations from heat is the
record of today. The dead are: John A
Edgar, aged fifty-twO years, \teamster,
and Mrs. Caroline Nee, aged seventy.
The government thermometer registered
" at / p. m, the highest reached this
year.
HOTTEST IN THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, Aug. u-Washingtnn
was the hottest city in the United States
9oday For the first time since Aug. 10,
tSSl-pineteen years ago-the official ther-
eBometer at the weather bureau register
ed To-, and the private street thermome-
tiers reached several degrees higher The
eleven days of the present month have
been wRrEasr than the first half of Xu-
gust, 1896. w7>n the terrific heat made
record here In the number of fatalities.
The city sweltered all Gay, and sporadic
breeZes seemed to help the situation tut
little. Fortunately, however the HUI
nudity was unusually low, which doubtless
eVerted 3 long list Of prostrations. The
government departments, in accordance
with the usual customs, closed an hour
earlier than usual, while the census bu-
reau. as well as many private establish
ments gave a half holiday to all en-
ployes. The hot wave has prevailed over
the country from Southern New England
1
Horecasters tonight hold out hope FOR cool
er weather IN this section -onGay.
ONE DEATH At CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, O.. Aug n.-There were
seven proStratons and one dea tn from the
heat In Cleveland today. There was a
drcp In the temperature tonight.
TRAGEDIES IN OHIO.
TOLEDO. Ohio Aug. 1.-THE heat re-
cord Of Toledo was broken today when
the mercury reached % at D. M The
absolute record regardless of time is 90.
Minnie Muener. respondent and crazed
by heat, drank carObolic acid and died
in few hours.
Mrs j. G. Gardner, IN a fit of aberra-
tion. caused by the intense heat, at
tempted TO jump into the river
The excessive heat is responsible for
two deaths in Fremont Mrs. Momke
Anderson was Frustrated and found dead
in her room. A child Of Charles Gal
laeher also died from effects of the
heat Ferdinand Guhrmann, laborer,
crazed by the heat jumped into the
river and was drowned
At Sandusky, Henri Schoepfin was
overcome and died in few minutes af
ter arriving home from work
Michael Murphy. foreman of the shops
of the Sandusky Tool company, was the
second victim.
Sexton Ringholse. of st. Mary's GENE
terry, was overcome while digging a grave
He may recover.
4 half dozen other prostrations are re-
ported.
Capt William Gutzeit was sunstr1ck
al Marbleheed Junction and becoming
crazed, ran violently against barb wire
fence in which he becme entangled
he was horribly mutilated in struggling