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


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| superintendent of police ordered that
1 the horses be spared and as result
the prisoners were transported through
streets on trolley cars.
The hospital ambulance service was
Inadequate and dozens of Frustrated
sufferers were carried to the hospitals
1 in furniture vans.
BALTIMORE
Baltimore July 2-The thermometer
at noon registered 101, and at CLOCK
l 1T was one degree higher, with no re-
/ lief in sight. Four deaths and thirty
| two cases of prOstration had been re-
ported at o'clock, which exceeds the
number recorded yesterday at the same
hour.
LOUISVILLE
Louisville. July AT II a. M the
official heat record was "a, with indi-
cations that the record of yesterday
would not be reached. There are prob
abilities of thunderstorms during the
afternoon.
Cincinnati, July 2.-The wind and rain
storm of last night lowered the. temper
allure so that the night was not at all
oppressive, and only one death has been
A fine breeze is blowing this morning,
with the temperature on the street at
$3.50 a. m. at "a degrees.
DETROIT.
Detroit July "A fierce rain storm
during the night cooled the tempera-
ture so that at o'clock today the
weather bureau thermometer registered
but rs degrees The prospect is for con-
siderably cooler weather today over the
lake region. There was one death last
night from the heat
At IL o'clock the official temperature
was SO degrees, but a breeze from the
southwest made the city com paratiVely
comfortable.
CLEVELAND.
Cleveland o., July 2-The mercury
early today registered Is. The sky was
overcast and the local weather bureau
predicted showers with lower tempera-
ture.
At noon the weather bureau Their
mometer indicated 81 degrees, or one
degree lower than at the same hour
yesterday. Two deaths and one prostra-
ton from the heat have been reported
thus far today
LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, July AT o'clock a. m.
the official thermometers registered SO,
ami the indications were for continued
high temperature. The humidity is still
excessive and the weather bureau has
no encouraging promises, every 1nd1ca-
ton being that yesterdays maximum OF
81 degrees will be passed. From z a. m.
till a. m the mercury rose steady,
and 50 degrees is predicted by noon
INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapolis, July 1.-The day opened
hot and clear, with no Indication of
lower temperature. No deaths or Sc
rious prostrations have been reported
BOSTON.
Boston July Reports from New
England points received early today in
dicated no abatement in the hot wave.
Temperatures were reported at from "a
to 80 degrees At Lynn several rae
tories have been closed on account of
the heat. TIL thermometer at FAN
River stood at 80 almost all night. At
Springfield Mass, at 3 a. m today the
official record was 80 degrees At 10
o'clock the mercury stood at &c. No
deaths have been reported
COLUMBUS
Columbus, O., July 2.-Last nights
storm gave welcome relief from the neat
and today opened much cooler At
o'clock the government thermometer
registered "A. at s, 76, at 9, 3d. at 10, 81,
at IL 80, sc with prospects of going still
higher Sky hazy, light breeze
ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis. July 2-Thirty-th per-
sons, a larger number than were treat
ed here during the entire summer CT
1900 are at the city hospital suffering
from heat prostration. Two of these
cases have resulted fatally up to Il
o'clock
It is probable that there are many
more cases being treated at residences
throughout the city
At IL o'clock the weather bureau re-
ported the temperature as "a in the
shade, while on the stone pavements It
was as much as ten degrees higher.
a cool breeze is promised for this
evening.
MILWAUKEE,.
Milwaukee, July yesterday, with
the mercury at 81, was the hottest day
since July 1, 1887 when it was 103 in
the shade. Today opened hot ana stut-
fy but there is a breeze blowing and
the weather man predicts a cool wave
this afternoon.
ST. PAUL.
ST. Paul. July 2-The official temper
allure in this city this morning was 81.
sr1rr ton Of
yesterdays clear and comfortable
weather.
NEW HAVEN.
New Haven. Conn, July 2.-The tenn
perature at o'clock, according to the
weather bureau was 81. This is one de-
gree lower than the corresponding rec
ord yesterday.
OMAHA
Omaha, July 2.-The thermometer at
the weather bureau registered p at z
a. m, with indications for more mod
crate weather during the day. The
rains Of yesterday afternoon and last
night were gen eral throughout the
state
The long period OF extremely hot
weather which has occurred was begin
ming to cause some anxiety and stories
of drouth began to appear. The rains
have relieved this feeling and extreme
and protracted hot weather would be
required to cause serious crop damage.
BOSTON
Boston, July Weather conditions
here were improved, though in a very
slight degree early today, the Their
moneter standing at "a, four degrees
below the record of the last five days
at a. m. There was breath of wind
from the eastward.
ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, July AT a. m. the
weather bureau reported Sc degrees of
heat with the prospect that it viii be
much warmer before the day is over.
The strong breeze that blew from the
south yesterday is absent today and
the air is very suItry. There were
number of prostrations during the
night, but so far as known at this hour