Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-01
DEATH AND DANGER
Horrors of Heat Envelop the Country
East of Rockies.
UNPARALLELED CONDITIONS GENERAL
High Temperature and Humidity
Make the SoIstice a Scourge.
NO RELIEF IN SIGH I

LIZ YORK. July 1.-The hot weather
whIcn>> used so much suffering in this
city last week, continued today. At D
o'clock the weather bureau thermometer
showed a temperature of 81 degrees, as
compared with 50 at the same hour yester-
day. At 10 o'clock the temperature was 50.
The humidity early today was 45 per cent.
Yesterday II was Sc per cent.
Between / and am. seven deaths due
to the heat, were reported in this city.
Six deaths from the heat were reported
from Brooklyn between midnight and 10
am The intense heat has compelled the
farmers in northern New Jersey to suspend
work in the fields during the day. The hay
crop is the heaviest known In years, and
the farmers are taking advantage of the
bright moonlight nights to harvest the hay
crop instead of doing the work in the day
time
baltimore the Hottest Place.
BALTIMORE. July 1.-This city today is
the hottest place in the United States. ac-
cording to the weather bureaus report, At
am. the mercury registered SIS degrees,
which is four degrees higher than at the
same time yesterday.
At pm. the thermometer indicated a
tive humidity was about So per cent Two
prOstrationS have been reported. but yet
no deaths are known to have occurred due
directly to the heat.
Hotter in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. July To-day opened
hotter than any day during the past week
The temperature, according TO the weather
bureau officials. was Sc at o'clock, two
degrees hotter than at the same hour yes
terday. and at O'Clock had risen two de-
grees. The humidity registered 81 per cent.
CHICAGO July 1.-At S a m. today ther-
mometers at the street level showed SIS
degrees and during the next hour a rise
to 81 degrees was noted. The humidity in
tensified suffering, the air showing So per
cent moisture.
Death List in st. Louis.
ST LOUIS, No. July 1.-Intense heat
continued here today. At 5 am. the low
est point reached during the past twenty
four hours was recorded. The thermom-
eter then registered 50 degrees, and two
hours later 1t had risen to 81.
There were eight deaths and twelve pros
trations yesterday. The dead are: Edward
Conrad. John B. Ward. Anthony Sieg-
maszki. George Overstreet. James Mono
han. Henry Miller, Peter Melvin and Mrs
q. SieboIdt.
LOUISVILLE. July 1-Street thermom-
eters registered 81 degrees at $40 o'clock
and indications were favorable to a record
breaking day.
DETROIT, July 1.-The temperature at
$50 this morning was IS, and Forecaster
Conger prophesied that ii would pass 80
before the day over. Last night was
the hottest Of the summer with 76 as the
minimum temperature.
CLEVELAND. July 1.-There was no
abatement Of the heat in this city today
the mercury lowering around 80 during the
morning hours
A Breeze mt Buffalo.
BUFFALO. N Y. July 1.-The ther-
mometer at the weather bureau registered
11 at 10 o'clock this morning, with a good
breeze from the lake.
ROCHESTER,, N Y. July 1.-The ther-
mOmeter here at o'clock this morning
stood at Sc, with indications that 1t would
reach 90 by noon.
BOSTON, July 1.-There was little prom
ise OF a change in the weather conditions
early today. The record at o'clock was
the same as il was on the hot days of last
week. s. The wind was very light from
the westward.
KANSAS CITY. July 1.-At am. the
temperature was 81 degrees. No relief is
predicted for the present.
CINCINNATI, July 1.-At s am. the
mercury registered 81 above. and 2 to 5
degrees higher on the street level.
MILWAUKEE, July 1-At $50 a. m
street thermometers registered % above.
ST PAUL, MINI. July 1-During the
early hours the mercury here hovered
about the 40 mark. storm appears prob
able
100 ut HarrisburS
EARRlSBCEG re Pa. July 1-There Is no
abatement of the oppressive heat At IL
o'clock the mercury registered 100 degrees
LANCASTER, Pa. July 1.-At IL O'Clock
today the thermometers on the street reg
istered 81.
PerIIOus Conditions at Pittsburx
PITTSBURG. July 1.-Two deaths and
eight prostrations were reported at noon
The dead:
Samuel Jones. aged sixty-eight years
Edward j. Rowen, aged twenty-eight
years.
The intense heat played havoc among the
mill men. and many prostrations are re-
ported. divers pudding department at
South 10th street. the pudding department
of A. NJ Byers' mill and the PENNSYLVANIA
car wheel works were forced to suspend
operations In the latter plant 900 men and
boys are thrown out Of work. The Pitts
burg forge and iron works. Allegheny
also closed down, throwing 500 men out
OF employment.
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