The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-05
CITY SWELIERS
ON HOTTEST DAY
Mercury Reaches Nearly 80, the
Highest Temperature Of
the Year.
ST. PAUL. WOMAN A
VICTIM OF LIGHTNING
lightning and Wind Do Much
Damage in Minnesota and
: Wisconsin.
TEMPERATURE.

With the air surcharged with mOls-
ture, the hottest wave of the year struck
Minneapolis today. At am: the Their
mometer at the weather station regis
tered 66, and from that time the mer-
curry rose in the tube by leaps. At noon
it stood "a, which broke all records for
the season, and at 2 pm. it had mounted
to 49,. On the street the temperature
recorded by the drug store thermome-
The thunderstorm Of last night was
heavy thru the wheat belt and was con-
tinuous from midnight until am: The
humid heat prohibited sleep and the
continued flashes Of lightning and the
heavy rolls and peals Of thunder terri
fed the timid. Instead Of clearing the
humidity and. oppressiveness Of the at
mosphere. Probably there has never
been day more generally disagreeable
and uncomfortable. 20 ?
The roads suffered severely from the
downpour., The mud appears as deep
the ground. Starting from the lake at
am, forty horsepower automobile
with difficulty made the trip to the city
in little more than two hours. Rail.
roads also felt the effects Of the storm.
The 500 line reports that all trains
hours late. This is partially due to a
washout. Trains on other roads are
from two to three hours late. .,z..-,,
urseigns Of Summer.
The fact that summer is here is evil
denced by the letter-caTriers who ap-
peared for the first time in the cotton
They were not the only shirt-waist men
abroad, as several were seen carrying
their coats on Nicollet and Hennepin.
Straw hats are the only thing, from the
latest pancake to cool Panama and
farm ers" weave. Also, for the first time
hue were common. and women were uni
versally seen in white, fluffy gowns.
Menus in the hotels and restaurants
have changed. Soda stands and cafes
worked overtime dealing out liquid re.
freshments, as did also theice companies
and ice-cream q dealers in disposing Of
their, stock. The meat markets did a
big business In cold meats, and the
grocery stores sold anything that could
be worked up into cool salads, but found
little call for energy producing foods.
The worst is yet to come. Lying
west of Minneapolis is a threatening
low pressure area, which means con
tinued heavy showers. However, E
slight drop in temperature is looked for
lightning Burrss New House.
After waiting several months to have
their new home completed at 3914
Pleasant avenue, Mr.. and Mrs. Whit,
awoke this morning to find that it hat
been destroyed by lightning in thu
night.
The house had just been completed
and the new furniture was moved il
Saturday. The lightning struck tn
roof shortly before 3 CLOCK this morn
ing and when the fire department ar
rived, the building was doomed. Il
spite Of the heroic work Of the fire
men, nothing remained but the founda
ton and heap of worthless charre,
timbers.
The family had not yet moved int
the house, but intended doing so thi
week. There are few houses near Their
and the ,neighbors did not arrive i
time to save any Of the furniture.
Mr.. White is at present living at Mic
ollet avenue and Thirty-second street.
Linemen employed by the Genera
Electric company were busy thru tn
early hours of the morning rescuing liv
wires from the streets in all parts q
the city The storm damage was wild,
spread, but by clock everything wa
in order again. Among the live wire
causing trouble were those at Harrie
avenue and Lake street, Lyndale av
nue. and Lake street, and Fifth avenr
S and Ninth street. At the latter plac
the wire was responsible for sma
fire, which was easily extinguished.