Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-03

.,,noton. July S.--The mercury IS
climbing upward and at $40 TINS
ase~ a,ry tbe official thermometer at lhe
''o ,h,r bureau registered Sc, rise Oh
w. 'n,ss since s o'clock, People IN
s,,y pained a good nights rest last
U'', , Cor the first time in several days
a a,s"' weather bureau reiterated today
.,rouncement that there is no per-
" a, break in the hot spell in sight
s'a,oan deaths in the past six days
sar. been either directly or indirecuS
orrlbutable TO the heat
sryTY SENT TO PoTTER's FIELD
New York, July at was not ,..o as ,, no'
a.. tbis civ this morning as y VIZ SV9
,arlav but the percentage Oh nui nun, ~
,ras much greater Al y ooioOn s' N
, wa bureau thermometer show .s.i, a
wear" '-D,a t,,re of IS degrees as compareu
Nl.t 90 NJ the same time yesterday
WI, WIN rorcantage OF humidity was q,
ynS ,riay morning 1t was d. Az IL
iV,ooi, The thermometer had risen 70
ne no. r,ark hut the humidity had lalI-
ul' 20 Nor cent. The temperature az
en- " NJ yesterday was 96 degrees w
m today the total NUMBER VI
sa,tbs from the heat IN Vfea'ei 4'e"
york after p. m. was 80 ,o.,ora
mn actIon OF the board OF governors
.s.he stock exchange In voting 10 close
~. evcbange on Friday and SATURDAY
VA VA ,bo decision of the banks 10 re-
strict business all possible OH 49,
days were due entirely to the ii'ei'''
heat hodies in the
moreue today that the coinpar''i, nln9
could not hold them all. Two ueau
100 Cons and police patrol-wagons were
hSnciny In others and II was necessary
70 end the remains Of sixty persons
20 mo notter's field before the eXpira,
non NJ the five days usually ailoWeu
Tor Identification or reclamation,
since Inc extremely hot weather pc
von ON Tune Is 1t has been impossipie
10 keen a complete record Oh ueuens
trono the heat but a careful estimate
,oAav placed the total IN Greater New
yort for the six days at 5lL All OF
tbese were well defined cases OF neat
nrostrations resulting from the high
temperature. ,..,..o tam
porarlly at least In this city ABOUT s'GV
his afternoon when rain began 10 Iall,
accompanied by thirty-mile an hour
wind
81 DEATHS IN PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA. July S.-The total num-
hoy Of deaths from heat In this city
since the beginning Of the present hot
spell Is 81.
registered 81 degrees. decrease OF four
degrees compared with the same hour
Yesterday. IN 10 this hour 10 deaths
and score OF prostrations had been re-
ported today.
The humidity at s o'clock this morn
Ing was 81 per cent AT IL O'Clock II
had decreased three per cent.
apEATHs IN ST, LOUIS.
81 Louis, July Sup TO noon today
there have been "a deaths and 40 pros
trations as a result of the heated spell
which began on June %. one death
was reported today. At u o'clock the
thermometer Of the weather bureau
registered IS, with the mercury still ris-
ing
THIRTY EIGHT DEATHS.
Baltimore. Md, July S-Up to s
o'clock this morning, IS deaths from
heat and 50 cases OF prostration due TO
the same cause had been reported TO
The police in this city during the pres
ent hot spell.
a DEATHS IN BOSTON.
Boston, July S.--During the six days
Of excessive heat which has prevailed
IN New England, nearly 100 deaths
have occurred Attributable TO the
weather conditions. OF this number "A
have died IN Boston. The number Of
prosiralions in New England will reach
several hundred. In Boston there have
been nearly $50.
Two deaths and two prostrations