The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-08
WEATHER WAS HOT
BUT It IS POSSIBLE
HOTTER is COMING
Record Breaking Conditions
Reported in the Northwest
Sunstrokes Numerous i'm Yes.
terday's Scorcher, None Fatal

The heat was the cause of much suf-
fering, not only in the close Office
buildings and factories. but on the
streets and in all parts of the city
where the hot sun poured down upon
the workers. A number of people were
more or less affected by the heat
Many were obliged to leave their work
on account of the oppressive condition
Of the atmosphere.
No fatalities were reported yeSter-
day, but number of persons We're
badly affected. The worst cases We're
those of G.. Hoffman and Nick Hotter.
c. Hoffman succumbed yesterday
afternoon at the corner of Cedar and
College avenue. He fell unconscious
to the sidewalk and was picked UP and
taken to the city hospital in the police
ambulance. When the man was treated
at the hospital he was restored to con-
seriousness, only to relapse into de-
lirium. He raved violently, and repeat
ed efforts on the part of the attend
ants were unable to calm him. 1t is
feared that his mind was affected by
the intense heat.
Falls From House.
Nick Hotter, a carpenter, was work.
ing upon a house in North st. Paul
when he fell to the ground yesterday
afternoon. Besides the stroke which
caused his fall and affected his brain,
he received severe bruises of the left
side, on which he struck the ground.
He was carried to Saltwater car and
brought to town. The car was met at
Seventh and Robert streets by the po-
lice ambulance and DR.. E. A. Meyer
ding took charge of the man. Hotter
was then taken to his home, 271 Front
street. He was in a serious condition
last night from the combined effects Of
the stroke and the fall.
Had not a brisk wind been blowing
yesterday the heat would have been
unbearable AS it was the thermome-
tiers about town registered as high as
95 and SO, though the official instru-
ment of the weather bureau mounted
only as high as 5000.
A peculiar condition of the atmos-
phere caused by the presence of mois-
ture in the air rendered the heat OPP
pressive, and not even the strong wind
which swept over the city from morn
till night could furnish much relief to
the suffering thousands.
Yesterday was the hottest day of the
year, and was hotter than any day Of
last summer. 1t was even hotter than
any day up to that date in July, 1901.
which was noted as one of the hottest
mounting to 104 in the shade on the
oath. y s2 ~
The weather bureau predicts a con-
tinuation of the hot spell. Observer
Oliver, hopping his sweating brow
yesterday, explained where the hot
wave came from and ventured the
opinion on how long the temperature
would remain so high.
I This wave is no part of the hot
weather that visited the Central states
last week and caused so much suffer-
ing and discomfort in Chicago and
other large cities. The far Northwest,
where the cold comes from, is RESPONSE
bic. Yesterday the official instrHH1e nts
registered 100 at Winnipeg and 104 at
Pierre and other far Western points,
making a record. That weather is NOV
ing this way and we may expect to
feel some of the effects of it during the
next few days."