Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-03
City Sweltrrs with the Mercury Rest
ing at 10i for Three
Hours.
MANY ARE OVERCOME BIZ HAT
Police Are Busy Ezuling IN the
Prostrats Victims
LIQUOR HELPS OUT Old SOL
Weather Nan Gees No Prospect Of a
Change at Present.
ENTIRE STATE Is swELrERHG
Prenfasuf Waa st Harvard Dies
Many Points in the state shaw
the Mrrrury HI=her
Tha mt onaha.


Tha nat omabn.
No relief frum the intense heat which has
hung over the eity Tor the last four DAYS
is in sight. according to repnrts from tire
weather bureau last night The weather
Yesterday was extremely sultrv. and the
pedestrians would have taken oath thar the
mercury SCARED higher man any other dar
tnis vear. but n reality the maximum for
the dav was hut loi. which held sway aver
I the city from 3.@ until after 8 O'Clock IN
the afternoon.
The sun beat down from early rnurninr.
AT o'clock the mercury IN the tube regis
tered y. which was the minimum for thn
DAY At Z O'Clock Il was y and IN the next
hour II jumped Eve degrees. From thar
time on II gradually crawied up until NJ
80 loi was reached and the temperature
remained stationary for over two hours.
LAST year, for the corresponding day. the
mercury reached ninetv-thres degrees and
+ IN lse il was ninety-four. Three years agu
yesterday the coolest JaIy was registered
nor many years. u being buf sixsy-two de-
srees above zero at the hottest hour Of
the day
I Thirst eEnporiums and public parks were
the main attraction YESTERDAY ard f~,r,
early morning until late az nieht the tra,-
non company was kept busy hauling pas
sengers to and from the parks. II was re-
ported that Riverview park held the ia-x-
81 crowd Of the year Yesterday and extra
cars were put into service to handle the
immense crowds. Courtiand beHch was the
big noise and the barsaers f1ockes to the
c0ol water IN droves Bathing s1ft. w-re
~ a premium and an afternoon every hath
ing suit was In Hse. Manawa also had ity
crowd.
CTuhs Are Popular.
The various clubs IN the city warn
crowded from early unnrn until lusp AZ
night with city foiks looking for a coaI
spot some OF the mors daring and hardy
individuals flirted with prossration by piay-
ing golf and base ball. The Field club in
the early hours OF the afternoon had the
appearance Of a pleasure resort as tha h.E
club house was crowded with botn men
tend women. sseEsns ias stzde,
LtaepIn Man Overronsss
James Wilkinson. plumber from Lin
] coin. residing in Omaha at SIS south Seven
teenrh avenue. was overcome by the heat
al Thirteenth and Douglas streets yestsr-
day morning and for time il was Thought
he was about 10 die.
Willu1Eon was carried into the drug store
at the MiEard hotel. where rsstorativen
police ambuIancs with Dr. Peppers. the
surgeon After treatment AZ the station
Wilkinson vac sufficiently recovered TO 90
to his boarding house.
! Before leaving the station Wilkinson told
DR. Peppers THAI the heat did not have
all TO do with his condition as his nervous
system Was broken down over domestic
troubles which caused him 20 leave Lincoln.
Liquor Helps SEINE
Council Bluffs and the hot weather was
y blamed by the Omaha police yesterday for
the unusual number OF drunken men found
lying on me streets late Saturday night
and Sunday. The police assert that heat
and liquor is a hard combination to beat
AT this season OF the year.
For the eWenty-four hours ending ar
O'Clock last night no less than thirty men
had been found lying on the streets over
come by something. severai Of those were
sent to their homes. bait almost a score
found a place 70 necuperate in the police
calabOOse. where. the atmosphere was 30
sultFy that the sweat box had to be
temporarily discarded
Ordinarily in rilts brand OF weather sober
folks have tough time coaxing slumber
ON front lawn or a bed OF down but
the way some Of the derelicts snooEed on
the streets Sunday was a revelation to al
who have kick against the hot weather.
No Inaaesr tn BE Held.
Coroner Crosby yesterday decided not 70
hold an inquest into ths death 0f Henry
Gus Heyd1schka, the restaurant smploye,
who was ovsrcoms BY the heat while work
ing in the restaurant AZ no south six
teenfh street. late Saturday evening The
man was taken 10 his rooms ms Williams
streets. by friends after his condi-
soon altar Heyduschka has a number 0f
relatives in south Omaha. many OF whom
ara members Of an Austrian patriotic and
trarernal society 10 which be belonged.
They viii make arrangements for the fsIR-
eral Monday.
Prsssratisa as Harvard.
HARVARD, Neb.. July 2-tspeciai.t- -
OveTcoms by the heat John T. Fleming
was compelled to leave mis- office and 90
70 his home. where he died AZ clock
yesterday. The hear brought on ap0piexy.
Mr. Fleming. came 70 Harvard in Juna.
lS7z. taxing homestead two miles south
where he resided un after making proof
when he removed 20 Harvard. where ha
) a druggist and dentist. and has continued
the denustsry practice ever since. associ-
atfng with il ana other business Al various
times. am0ng which he has been eztE
clerk several years which office he held
az the time OF his death
he was a very c0mDatsnt man In ths
various lines al business engaged IN a.
dentistry. and well read IN many branches
OF medicine. and dTaEsisr exceptionally
well qualified
he vas about 70 years Of Ase and leaves
a widow. and one brother near scorrs
Bluffs. Neh-
This has been another day Of heat with
mercury better than Ios IN the shada-
Creston Needs Ratn Badly.
, cRESrON. La. July z-fSDeeiAl- But =
OF an inch 0f rain nsn here during ths
month Of June. just passed which u
Thought 20 be the record marx fnr any
thirty -daF period knDHn- seldom. II ever
has the heAE been ssIualied Tor the tine %
! year and never surpassed Tha hot 1ry
: winds mat have aneDmpanied the hsar
have never Dssn known here bsfon& Many