Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-21
dany Persons Weakened by Heat and HUI
midity SuOoumb
INJURY TO GARDENS AND ORCHARDS
Truck and Fruit Growers in Vicinity Of
New York Report Heavy Damage
MILK SUPPLY UNEQUAL TO DEMAND
SILK and Iron Mills i'm Jersey City and
Vicinity Forced TO CIOse-Huns
dreds or thousands sleep
Outdoors.


Outdoors.
NEW YORK, July 2O.-with the Their
mometer reaching a maximum of only Sc
degrees today there was general relief in
New York and surrounding cities from the
withering heat of Tuesday and Wednesday.
Normal summer weather prevailed through
out the day and tonight the city lacks
many Of the scenes incident to the crest Of
the hot wave.
Although the heat wave is a thing of the
past the effect of the recent high tempera-
ture and humidity was stin apparent to-
day. Up to IL o'clock tonight twenty five
deaths had been reported in Manhattan and
Brooklyn, with several others reported in
Jersey City and nearby towns
Much damage is reported by truck farm
ers in New Jersey owing to the recent heat
and lack of moisture. Peaches are drop
ping from the trees and other fruits are
being affected. in some sections the wells
have given out and water is being procured
for live stock with great difficulty.
In the silk mills and iron work districts
of nearby Jersey cities work has been con.
siderably interrupted. Newark alone has
thirty prostrations and twenty-one
fatalities. -Four deaths and many prostra-
the past tweny-four hours. Elizabeth and
Paterson also report long lists of heat
victims.
Milk amounting to the immense total
of 100000 quarts was consumed Wednesday
in this city to quench the thirst caused by
the great heat wave In order to procure
the unusually large quota, dealers were
compelled to advance the paying price one
quarter of a cent quart. This makes
one -holf cent advance to the farmers in the
last three weeks Thus far consumers have
not been affected by the raise, the average
retail price being seven cents quart
According to the police at least 100000
persons slept out OF doors last night, en~
joying a good rest in an atmosphere cooled
by the afternoon rain.
Murray hill vast solitude OF de-
serted mansions, whose caretakers, their
employers gone. sat on the steps and porti-
Goes and areaways and dozed during the
greater part OF the night. Every public
park was filled to overiowins. while the
recreation piers along the East and North
rivers were crowded throughout the night
Heat Wave Broken.
The wave of intense heat which held the
city in it's grasp for more than week.
causing nearly 200 deaths, several times
tnat NUMBER OF beTlpuS pEObAIdNlOhH anu
untold sufferings to millions, has been
thoroughly broken. The relief, which came
yesterday afternoon when violent storm
of wind and rain swept the city for
scarcely more than five minutes. became
permanent
Two deaths from heat and several pros
trations were reported early today, but
in nearly every case they are thought
to have been due to exhaustion.
Fully twenty hours after cool weather
had brought relief twenty-one deaths were
reported today All these fatalities oc-
CURED after the cool weather had exerted
its saving influences for at least twelve
hours, and death in nearly each instance
was due to exhaustion from the heat that
prevailed early in the week. The tempera-
ture today was from to 10 degrees lower
than yesterday and the humidity was so
| reduced as to make the day gratefully cool.
| At o'clock the official temperature was Sc,
humidity 80.
Cooler at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9O.--The hot wave
which has PREVAILED in this city and vicinity
for the last two days, is broken tempor-
arily, and cooler weather accompanied by
showers is promised by the weather fore
caster. The government thermometer this
morning registered 70 degrees six points
lower than at the same hour yesterday.
! NEW HAVEN, Conn, July @-There
was a distinct drop in the temperature
! this morning At o'clock the thermome-
| ter in the government weather bureau reg
| istered TO- against so at the same hour yes
terday. There was an increase, however.
in the humidity from 55 yesterday TO q
| today.
BOSTON, July 2O.-Cooler weather pre-
| sn.g-
| ing, the temperature ranging from IA to
50 and the humidity averaging about 60
per cent.
Cooler in Cleveland.
| CLEVELAND, July 2O.-The hot spell has
been broken and at 10 a. m. today the
government thermometer registered IA. with
a cool breeze blowing. There were five
| prostrations during the last twenty-four
hours, two Of them serious.
Hottest of summer at Huron.
| HURON, S. D., July 2O.-(special This
closes the hottest week experienced in this
section Of the state the present summer.
the temperature ranging from 80 TO SO in
the shade with excessively warm nights.
| something out of the usual during the
| summer season in this locality. Much i'm
provement Is noted IN crop development.
Wheat is making rapid progress. while
! barley, ryes oats and spelts are doing ex-
| ceptionaly well. Barley in some fields Is
| being harvested, and this work will be In
progress IN every part Of the county the
coming week. as all small grain, except
wheat, is fast maturing. Wheat Is reported
in fine condition. and the outlook is espe-
cially encouraging for a splendid crop.
Corn is making good growth and gives
promise Of a reasonably fair crop, although
very backward In many places because OF
| excessfye moisture.