Evening star., 1901-07-03
Reports From Many Points Show
Fall in Temperature.
HEAF STILL OPPRI S}lVE, HOWEVER
The Death Lists From the Big
Cities Are Appalling.
SHOWERS IN THE WEST

much greater. At o o'clock the weather
bureau thermometer showed a temperature
of 81 degrees. as compared with 93 at the
same time yesterday. The percentage of
humidity was - Yesterday morning 1t
was 80.
From to am. eleven deaths due to
heat were reported in New York and
Brooklyn.
1t became cooler soon after noon and at
/ o'clock the thermometer stood at 90 This
eight degrees lower than at the same
time yesterday. About 80 o'clock q strong
breeze started and there were indications
OF rain.
All of the nearby towns in New York
and New Jersey reported a continuance of
the heat today IN Hoboken today there
were hVe deaths, IN Newark eight, in Pa
terson six and in Jersey City four
Work in factories and foundries has been
suspended almost entirely in Newark and
Paterson.
So frequent have been the heat prostra-
tionS in the Havemeyer sugar refineries in
Williamsburg that a physician from the
Eastern District Hospital is remaining at
the plant to attend to the cases. A dozen
cases OF prnstratfon We're treated during
the night. Many employees who became i'll
were sent home. The heat yesterday in the
refnertes was the worst ever known there.
PHILADELPHIA. July "a cool breeze
from the south tempered the heat slightly
this morning. but jump Of eight degrees
In one hour indicated another scorchfng
day The minimum temperature during
1he night was 81 degrees, and at o'clock
today the weather bureau thermometer
registered that figure At O'Clock the
mercury had risen to 50 four degrees cooler
than at the same hour yesterday Up to
o'clock eleven deaths had occurred. and
the hospitals reported about thirty-fve
prOstrations
At II o'clock the official weather bureau
thermometer registered III degrees a de
crease of 4 degrees compared with the
same houc yesterday, Up to this hour ff-
teen deaths and a score of prostrations had
been reported
The humidity at s O'clock this morning
was ~ per cent. At IL o'clock it had de-
creased per cent.
The total number of deaths from heat in
this city since the beginning of the present
hot spell is ninety-One-
Cool Night in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. July 3.-After a compara-
lively cool night the mercury in the thermou-
eter at the weather bureau registered IS at
oclock this morning An hour later is
mad climbed to So and at II O'Clock it had
risen 10 30, with a decided upward ten
dency- A fairly brisk northwest wind tenn
pTred the suns rays to those who were so
fortunately situated as TO get the benefit of
H. out IN other places the heat was again
intense, with enough humidity in the at
mOsphere to make life burdensome
p TO o clock this morning thirty-eight
deaths from heat and eighty cases Of pros
tration due to the same cause had been re-
ported to the police in this city during the
present hot spell
BOstOn's Heavy Mortality.
BOSTON. July 3.-This city entered upon
its seventh day of oppressive heat with the
thermometer at SO at o clock Am, and the
wind light from the southwest
During the six days of excessive heat
which have prevailed in New England be-
fore today nearly 100 deaths have occurred
which have been attributed to the weather
conditions. OF this number twenty-four
have died in Boston. The number of pros
trations IN New England will reach several
hundred. In Boston there have been nearly
100
Deaths in. PittsburK.
Pl1-rSBURG, Pa, July 3.-Eighty-six
deaths, directly attributable to the exces-
sive heat. have occurred in Pittsburg since
last Wednesday. OF this number sixty-four
were reported since Sunday night.
The torrid wave was broken at o o'clock
this morning by rain. The mercury dropped
from 81 degrees to = in a few minutes,
and the indications point to a still further
cecIinatlon, as what promises to be a steady
ram has set in. Two deaths and three
pr0strations from the heat were reported
UP To o'clock.
Thunder Storms Out West.
DETROIT, Mich, July Brain and
thGnder storms in various parts of this
state did considerable damage late yester-
day
At Jackson a small cyclone demolished
couple of dwellings and uprooted trees
AT Saginaw. James Davenport was killed
by lightning. and at Cold Water a small
tornado overturned a dwelling and several
n "a iUE mn In
come from other towns.
The heavy thunder storms of last night
cooled the air so greatly that the official
thermometer registered but T6 degrees at
I'D this morning. A ten-nle breeze
was blowing from the northeast at that
hour. Forecaster Conger says that the
temperature will probably go above So be
fore night
ST. LOUIS July 3.-At 8 m. the wealth
bureau thermometer registered So de
grees This was six degrees cooler than at
the same time yesterday, but there is
about I3 per cent more humidity.
Suffering in Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, July 3.-At am the
mercury registered 50. or 8 degrees more
than at the same hour yesterday.
Without a breath Of air stirring last
night the suffering great. Four pros
trations, one fatal, were reported
CLEVELAND. July "A gentle rain be-
gan falling in this city early today, and as
result the temperature fell to 20 degrees
During the past five days sixteen deaths
and sixty prostrations from the heat have
been reported.
ST. PAUL, July "A cool breeze was
blowing here today, and the official tenn
ptrature at am was "a degrees.
MILWAUKEE. July "A drenching
storm early today cleared the atmosphere
and forced the mercury down to 6S.
Notwithstanding the excessive heat. there
has not been one death directly traceable
TO that cause About twenty-five prostra-
tfons have been reported.
ALBANY, ". Y. July 3.-The hot wave
continues in this section, although some
what modified today. At o'clock the ther-
mcmeter registered 81 degrees which was
nVe degrees less than yesterday at that
hour.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July S-The official
temperature at am. was 73; humidity IS;
wind west, twelve miles.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, July 3.-The official
temperature at a. was "a; humidity 90