Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-24
EIGHT DEATHS FROM HEAT
Unusually Lone List Of Weather
FATAL in Chicago.
EHUEDERsTORMs, THEN COOLER
Weather BDreau says not wave VIII
Disappear I'm This
several PrpstratiOns in
Washington.

CHICAGO, June 3.-The hottest day OF
the year, yesterday, the mercury standing
al o. degrees. brought death and suffering
70 Chicago. Eight deaths we're reported
% the coroner office and heat prostra-
tions were numerous. In addition a MAD
dog scare spread through the city and the
chief OF police ordered his men to shoot
ell unmugzlod dogs. A similar order
Issued in Morton park, a suburb. resulted
in the killing OF forty CANNES in a Few
hours.
The death list today follows:
FRANK CASs, 81 years old, overcome
while working in his garden at Lagrange
sSMPEL DOUGLAS % years old, negro,
nude DIZZY by heat and fell off yacht into
jackson Park lagoon. drowned before aid
could reach him.
JOHN GOLDEN. p years OF age,
Drowned in Desplaines river while seeking
william HoBsoN, IS years old:
dropped dead Of heart disease superinduced
BABY GUNTER, two weeks old. died at
county hospital Of heat prostrStioni a.,
Presbyterian hospital after heat prostra-
, ton.
negro, crazed by teat and committed sui
eide by drinking N,is green. .
ESTELL EYEL, 10 days old, died at
COUNTY hospital of heat prostr2tion.
scores of P~rOstratiOnS.
The number OF prostrations reported to
the police totalled several score. The most
serious Of these included the cases Of
James Burden Of S44, lO4th ST., New York
City. who came here TO attend the repub-
lican convention, and OF Mrs. Mary Brown
of 1884 Bishop street, Chicago. who was
overcome while sitting at a second story
window and fell fifteen feet TO a paved
court yard, suffering internal injuries
which may cause her death.
The mad dog scare was due to the unS
usual number Of attacks made by vicious
CANNES within the last few days. Chief of
Police shippy said today that ten Of such
cases had come to his notice since Friday,
and he sent out a general order that all
unmuzzled dogs should be killed. Thus
far none Of the persons bitten has de-
veloped symptoms of rabies, but all are
being watched by the health department
officers.
The Thermometer reached "a degrees at
o'clock this afternoon. According to the
local weatbr bureau, only one other city
El Paso, Tex, showed a higher temperature
during the day, sc degrees being reported
from there. A continuance OF the hot wave
Is expected tomorrow, but by Wednesday
showers and shifts Of the wind from the
southwest 70 the 'nuIlnWeSL ID eApeENeu "
bring relief to that section Of the country.
NEW YORK, June 23.-A severe heat
wave. which has enveloped the eastern
states for three days, prostrated over q
score Of persons in and about New York
today. No relief is promised for two days
by the weather bureau, and hospitals are
preparing to handle any number Of heat
cases. tomorrow. All New York and It's
envlroLs sweltered today and tonight.
There was little reduction In the temporal
ture. which reached a maximum of So de-
grees at the weather bureau at / O'Clock
today. Should the heat continue the public
parks will be thrown open TO all who wish
to sleep on the lawns.
PHILADELPHIA. June 23.-The evces-
sive heat caused the death OF a woman
here today and is given as a contributing
cause in the death OF a boy. The Their
mometer registered 81 degrees.
DETROIT, Mich. Tune 23-Three deaths
occurred in Detroit today as the result OF
the excessive heat. The official maximum
temperature wat 90 degrees. but street Their
mometers registered several degrees higher.