The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-02
Merciless Heat Envelopes the Whole
Country East of the Rocky
Mountains.
New York City Alone Reports Near
ly Eighty Deaths and Two
Hundred PrOStratiOnS.

Of June. Starting at 8 o'clock at 81 de-
grees, the mercury in the thermometer
at the weather bureau rose steadily
reaching 100 at s o'clock. 1t did not re-
main long at this point however, and
an hour after the highest point had been
reached had dropped 2 degrees. As night
drew near a breeze cooled the atmos-
phere. Six deaths from heat were re-
corded.
WHOLE COUNTRY HOT.
WASHINGTON, July THE hot
weather continued here today with una
bated herceness. the climax coming in
the afternoon when the local record for
this early in the summer was broken.
the weather bureau thermometer record
Ing temperature Of 1O2 degrees For
tunately there was not much humidity
IN the atmosphere. There were twenty
cases Of heat prostration reported and
one resulted fatally, Lewis Ashton, a
negro laborer, forty-six years of age,
dying not long after he reached tas
hospital.
AT o'clock tonight the Thermometer
mad fallen to 80 degrees, with every pos
sibility that It would not fall greatly
below that during the night. and that
tomorrow would be a scorcher. There
seems TO be no prospect for any relief
for the next forty-eight hours for this
vicinity Beyond that length Of time tho
weather bureau officers make no pre-
dctions
The present hot wave started in the
West June 20 and today the weather
bureau officials report that high tempera-
lures are recorded in all sections east
OF the Rocky mountains and many places
west OF them. Rains, mostly moderate
In amount, have fallen in many places
The precipitation has been very great
IN few places. In Chicago the fan
amounted to 1865 inches; in Jackson
vile, Fla, TO 1.24 inches; Omaha, Neb.,
.6S inch, and Davenport Iowa, "a OF
an inch. Thunder s-orms have occurred
In West Virginia, Iowa and the lower
lake regions. BY tomorrow relief Is
promised In the middle Mississippi VAL
ley the lower Missouri valley, the upper
lake region and by Wednesday In the
Ohio valley and possibly tomorrow in
parts of the lower lake regions. For
the next forty-eight hours along the
northeastern coast the prospects favor
more hot weather. In New York city the
possibilities seem to favor a continual
tion Of existing conditions, with no imme-
date prospects Of relief. In the latter
city the temperature today was again
So, the highest previous record for that
city for July for 3j years being a. Bal
timore heat broke all records for the past
48 hours for July /, reaching "a maximum
of 102. Some Of the other high tenn
peratures recorded for July l were:
Atlanta, Ga, so; Atlantic City, 90; Bos-
ton, 92; Chicago. 81; Cincinnati, 90i
Davenport, Iowa, SO; Des MOines, Iowa.
90; Indianapolis, 92; Jacksonville, Fla,
"a; Kansas City, Mo, 100; Little Rock,
Ark, 80; Memphis. 81; New Orleans, 20;
New York, 9S Omaha, 04; Pittsburg.
So; Salt Lake, 92; st. Louis, 100 Spring.
field H., Sc; Vicksburg, Miss, 80.
PITTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 1-Pittsburz
was a veritable furnace all day. From
sunrise till long after dusk there was ma
cessation of the terrible heat. All pre-
Vious records were broken and the death
rate was more than doubled. Infants
and aged people succumbed a Ike and the
suffering among all classes was intense.
Many mills closed down entirely AM on
all relief shifts were constantly in readi-
ness to replace those who could no Ling r
endure the heat.
Beginning at l o'clock this morning tho
thermometer registered 84 degrees and
from that time the temperature kept rs-
ing until at o'clock this evening It
reached it's maximum at 9:0S. During all
this time there was an almost entire alb
sence OF breeze Among the poorer classea
who live in the narrow streets and all
leys, suffering was intense.
Between the hours of Q. m and mid
night tonight eighteen deaths In Pitts
burg and Allegheny were recorded and
forty prostratons. Shortly after mid
night a cooling breeze sprang up and the
mercury dropped to 88. with a gooI pros
pect Of a further fall before morning,
rain being indicated.
THREE AT BOSTON.
BOSTON, July 1.-The sigh for a cool
breeze again went up In parts Of New
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dicated that the hot wave was still here,
with no signs of a break down. Atmos-
phere in Boston was more oppressive and
the thermometer hgher-85 at II o'clock
than during the hot weather spell Of
week. Heat casualties in Boston were
numerous, with three deaths at the hos
pitals and six critical cases. Elsewhere
there were deaths, at Concord, N H.,
Andover and Lowell.
The chief feature is the great Increase
in infant mortality In the cities.
TORRID IN MANY CITIES.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. July The long
drought and heated spell was broken to-
night by heavy rain and a rapid drop
in temperature. There were many heat
prostrations here today, only one Of
which proved fatal. Ex-Poneman T. J.
Dowden was overcome at Fifth and
Charles streets and before he recovered
he drank a glass Of ice water. Within
five minutes he was dead. The thermom-
eter registered 105.
DES MONIES. Iowa, July 1.-Tornadoes
are reported near HOlstein, Cambridge
and other Iowa points, but details are
lacking. Communication with Cambridge
cannot be secured from here.
BURLINGTON, Iowa. July Ian over.
cast sky. a dash Of rain and a cooler
breeze at p. m. broke the intense heat.
The mercury at noon registered 100.
Three prostrations are reported. mona
fatal.
LAWRENCE, Kan, July I. - The
weather report issued today by the state
university shows that the month OF June
was hotter by degrees than any preced-
ing June IN Kansas for the thirty-twO
years that a record has been kept. Tho
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