Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-03
RELIEF FOR SOME PLACES
Pittsburg Reports So Deaths, Pbiladel'
4 phia 81 Deaths, Washington l6
Deaths, New England 100 Deaths
from the Heat.

u KANSAS CIII 10 oW ELL EItlIN0.
n Kansas City, July 3.--The thermom
4 eter at the U. S. weather bureau regis
tered SO. Indications are that toda!
!! will be hotter than any day yet. Foul
prostrations, one fatal, were reported
4 yesterday.
NINETY-ON DEATHS AT PHILA.
DELPHIA.
Philadelphia, July "a cool breeze
tempered the heat slightly this morn
ing, but a jump of eight degrees in one
hour indicated another scorching day.
\ The minimum temperature during the
night was 81. Up to o'clock eleven
deaths occurred and the hospitals re-
y ported about 45 prostrations. The to-
L tai number of deaths from heat in this
/ city since the beginning of the present
hot spell is 81.
A HOT DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
| st. Louis, July Sat s a. m. the
weather bureau thermometer register
I ed 50 degrees. The day promises to be
a hot one.
PITTSBURG FINDS SOME RELIEF.
Pittsburg, July 3.-The torrid wave
was broken this morning by rain. The
mercury dropped from 81 to II.
GENERAL HUMIDITY CONQUERS
NEW YORK
New York, July SIT was not as hot
in this city this morning as yesterday
but the percentage of humidity was
( much greater. At 9 o'clock the wealth
er bureau thermometer showed S5 de-
grees compared with SO at the same
time yesterday. The percentage of hui
midity is 72. From to a. m. eleven
deaths due to the heat were reported in
New York and Brooklyn.
THIRTY-EIGHT DEATHS IN BAL
TIMORE.
Baltimore, July %. = Thirty-eight
deaths from the heat and 80 cases of
prostrations have been reported in this
city t,.;ring the present hot spell.
EIGHTY-SIX DEATHS IN PITTS
BURG.
Pittsburg, July 3.-Eighty-six deaths
directly attributable to the excessive
7 heat occurred in Pittsburg since last
Wednesday.
A HUNDRED DEATHS IN NEW EN-
GLAND.
Boston, July 3-Two deaths and two
prostrations were reported during the
early morning. During the six days
of excessive heat which prevailed in
New England before today, nearly 100
deaths occurred, attributed to weather
conditions, OF this number "a died in
Boston. The number of prostrations in
New England will reach several hum
dred. In Boston there have been near
ly $50.
CRAZED BY THE HEAT.
NJ Chicago, July 3.-Up to / p. m. two
additional cases of prostration were
reported. Mrs. Mary Brown, 80 years
of age, apparently became mentally de-
ranged visiting homes of neighbors and
smashing windows
IT'S HOT IN KANSAS.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 3.-Leaven-
worth and Hutchinson, each report a
temperature of 104 degrees in the
shade at o'clock this afternoon. Cen
tral Kansas is experiencing the ap-
proach Of the hot winds encountered in
this section.
4 THE EXTREME HEAT BROKEN.
New York, July S-The extreme heat
was broken about 2:30 this afternoon
when the rain began falling accompan-
led by thirty mile an hour wind.
7sin vgorarei bcnwei hsr ,rb,eTlBN
EIGHT DEATHS AT HOPKINS
WILLIE,
Louisville, July "a special from
Hopkinsville, KY, says that eight
deaths directly due to the heat occurr-
ed there today.
FIVE DEATHS AT DETROIT.
Detroit, July Sup to noon today
there haye been five deaths In this city
from heat.
THE DEATH LIST GROWING AT
PITTsBURG.
Pittsburg, July 3.-At o'clock 13
deaths and 20 prostrations are reported.
y 517 DEATHS IN GREATER NEW
YORK.
New York, July 3.-Since the ex-
tremely hot weather began on June 20,
the number Of deaths from heat in
Greater New York has been 517.
THIRTY-FOUR DEATHS AT ST.
LOUIS.
st. Louis, Mo-, July Sup to noon
today there have been "a deaths, and
40 prostrations as the result of the
, heated spell, which began on June 20.
-FOUR DEGREES HOTTER AT KAN
SAS CITY THAN YESTERDAY.
Kansas City. July Sat noon today
the weather bureau reported tenn
perature Of 81 degrees four degrees
hotter than at noon yesterday No
prostrations are reported. This proba-
bly, is due to the fact that the humidi-
ty is lower than yesterday. Through
out the southwest the same conditions
prevail.
THE MoRGUE ovERCRowDED.
II New York, July AT II o'clock the
thermometer had risen to 90, but the
humidity had fallen to 5S per cent. UP
to II a. m. today the total number of
deaths from the heat in Greater New
York after q a. m. was ~. The action
of the board Of governors Of the stock