The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-02

Washington. July 2.-The not wave
continued with little abated severity
here today. at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing the official thermometer at the
weather bureau recorded SO which is
several degrees lower than the showing
made in the unofficial thermometers
down town This is. however, two de-
grees lower than for the same time
yesterday morning. The night was in
sufferably hot and even on the heights
where there is marked difference in
temperature as compared with the
down town districts, there was scarce
~ a breath Of air stirring. NO heat
prostrations have been reported this
morning.
NEW YORK.
New York. July AT s o'clock this
morning the temperature as shown by
the weather bureau thermometer was
IS degrees. At the same hour yesterday
it was So degrees On the street ther-
mometers registered "a at s o'clock. The
air was almost perfectly still This
morning and there was no sign Of
breeze. To add to the suffering the
humidity was So Per cent as compared
with 48 per cent yesterday. Between 2
and a. m IA adults died of the heat
on Manhattan island. The prOstratiOns
were so numerous that it was impossi-
BILE to keep a complete record of them.
At IL o'clock the police department
lists showed that from midnight to that
time a total of 50 deaths from the heat
had been reported in the greater New
York. Nearly all the dead were adults.
In the interior cities of this state the
heat was generally but little abated.
At Troy the temperature at 8 a. m was
Ss degrees. three degrees warmer than
at the same hour yesterday. Deaths at
Troy since the hot spen began number
six.
At Rochester at 8 O'Clock the temper
ature was "a degrees and the humidity
g. At BuffaIo the temperature was "a
degrees at 8 o'clock.
The weather thermometer was at the
% mark at 10 a. m, six degrees higher
than at 10 o'clock yesterday
So many horses have been killed or
disabled by the heat that deliveries Of
provisions and ice were much retarded
today, thus adding to the discomfort
and suffering
In Brooklyn thirty sudden deaths
were reported to the coronerrs Office
between midnight and a. m and OF
these seventeen were directly due to
the heat.
At noon the temperature at the
weather bureau was 81 degrees, one de-
gree higher than at noon yesterday
The humidity at that time had fallen
to AZ per cent At o'clock the total
number Of deaths from heat in Great
ct new 1GTA was g.
Business everywhere in town is much
decreased by the heat
The trial or Miles B. Mcdonnell be-
fore Justice Fursman. was adjourned
until next Monday. The foreman ~
the jury. Patrick Caravan, collapsa5
from the heat yesterday, and although
he was in his seat today the court de-
eided it would be better to adjourn the
case.
Shortly after ! o'clock. the J. Hood
Wright hospital sent out a notice thar
1t would be unable to respond Ia anv
more ambulance calls today. as all tha
hospital horses were disabled and 9TH
ers were not obtainable
Yesterdays highest tenperat1lr of
sS degrees at p. m. was eQualIed to-
day at I ~ m At that time the wins
was blowing from the northwest At ma
rate Of sir miles an hour.
There were eight deaths caused hx-
the excessive heat in Jersey civ ha
tween midnight and noon All tba
foundries IN Jersey City have bean
forced to bank their fires on account ~
the heat. and they will not be reonaneT
until the hot spell has passed Alfo-
Bether rbour LOO foundryrneu hava
ceased work The Clark thread Minis
and all the other factories and fo,1n
dries in Harrison, Kearney and Airline
ton have ceased work. LoriIlardss -
bacco factory closed down yestarda-r a.,
account o. unbearable temperature of