Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-20
ven after the sun went down.

even after the sun went down.
Brooklyn suffers from the heat ever
more than Manhattan. Seven OF las
nights dead lived there and the am
bulance service for all the hospital.
have been working necessarily
Twelve calls were received in half al
hour this morning for ambulances.
BOSTON, July 1S.-The heat TO-DAY
reached the record mark for the sum
mer. AT 10 O'Clock this morning the
thermometer registered 30 degrees
There have been dozens of prostra
lions, but few fatalities.
| CHICAGO. July 1S.-Reports ND to
noon today show that $50 people have
been killed and Frustrated by the heat
yesterday and today, the deaths be
ing principally here, New York and
st. Louis.
CHICAGO, July 1s.-Up to 10
o'clock this morning from the same
hour yesterday the record of deaths
from the heat is five adults and eight
infants and score of persons have
been hurried to the hospitals in a
critical condition.
N9til'>p oN' July l''-Ihe ex-
IRENE neat continues To-Day IN New
lolh anu alohs the A'ahuc seaboard.
oilleS III the ONO VaileN also are
suffering Distress in Chicago has
neeh somewhat relieved by lake
breezes.
| NEW YORK, July ls.-The dead
| Ia h... n
| ~ neat continues. Last night 10000
| New Workers slept on the sands Of
| Cohey Island. and every dock was
filled vita women and children from
toe teeming tenements. Up to noon
| today the prostrations number 800.
and the deaths over half hundred.
The hospitals are filed beyond their
capacities, and the whole city is pant
ing There is no prospect of relief
for another day.
BhoohbfN N, N Y" July ia
crazed mother plunged knife into
he body of her baby today. The in
tense heat had set her mad.
CHICAGO, July lS.-ln behalf Of
the Interstate commerce commission
the district attorneys Office today
tled an application for an Injunction
forbidding the Chicago Great
western and IL other roads from
charging certain excessive rates for
Shipment of live stock as compared
with shipments of dressed meat from
missouri river points.
FORT WORTH. Tex, July 1S.-
the crop report covering Texas and
me territories TO july nth shows
reduction IN cotton acreage of Is per
cent indian Territory. 1886 per cent.
ana oklahoma, lsk per cent. The
DON WeeVil Is reported to be as far
north as Broken Arrow, l. T. and
stroud Okla. crop prospects are ex-
celIeht.
IoFhhA' hans" July lS.-Bishop
Mllispaugh ana threeionrths of the
pastors OF the Episcopal diocese of
hahsas nave signed an agreement
hot TO marry divorced persons dur
ing the I'le'iihe oil either party to
hrst marriage.
LiN'oi-N' Nep' July lS'-An cleo
Iloh lor congressman from the FIRST
NEBRASKA district Is being held today
Congressman burkett having been
sent 10 the senate. =. NJ pollard, Re
publican ana Frank Brown, Demo
cIatlc mayor oil Lincoln are the can
uihates. although Brown opposed
w j. Bryan last year Bryan sent
letter 10 every voter urging their
support Oh brown
Bus ioN' Juiy lo'-lhe Douglas
Ath'etlc cruz Oh 'helsea mas arranged
promising cara OF events for It's
o"Sihs snow tohlsht. JACK Johnson
anu sammy ferguSoh' TWO oil the lore
mos heSr" nsn'erS IN the country
WI! NEE, IN tne feature bout
NE" io'h' july ihothhs r.
I.!an VINO recently purchased the
hq"IiapIe STOCK owned Dy wee Pres-
'ueh' h5ue' aiihouhces that ne VIII
TURN the shares over 10 the society,
rece'Nihs ohiy Inc same sum ne paid
~, mem, p.ua per cent interest.
Df-o moiNho' Ia jury l9'--i-isht-
h'hs STRUCK shed at 'he west XIV
ersiue niihe III "hlch nVe miners
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