Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-06
GREAT HEAT
WAVE BROKEN
Chicago After Five Days of
Sultriness Given Relief
To-day.
and MILK FAMINE NOW
Two Hundred Dead Besides
Hundreds of Prostrations
in Windy City.

(By Special Leased Wire to New MexIcan)
Chicago, H., July 6.-Two hundred
and one deaths and 273 prostrations
was the toll eXacted by Chicagos rec
ord-breaking hot wave which lasted
| for five days. One hundred and TWEEN
ty-tive infants who died from the heat
are included in the list of dead. The
hot wave was broken shortly after
O'Clock this morning by rain which
brought with it cool breeze and a
steady drop in the temperature until
at 8 O'Clock it stood at 7s, compared
with SO for the same hour yesterday.
The official weather forecaster pre-.
diets cooler, unsettled weather today
with thunderstorms for tonight.
Chicago is facing an ice and milk
!. , ia".ne s.'|.ne as the result of the continued
hot weather. The heat has cut the
supply of ice fifty per cent.
| Yesterday minimum demand for
10000 tons was met by the compa
nies with the delivery of $4,000 tons.
| Independent drivers took advantage
of the situation to drive up the retail
price.
Milk dealers are predicting the
greatest shortage in the supply OF
milk ever experienced in the city.
Blockade Accentuates Misery.
| New York, n. Y, July Ga block
ade in the subway capped the mi
sery of the hot wave When the
stalled trains finally crept into the
underground station, fainting pas
sengers We're taken out by the score
Some were taken to hospitals. There
was no change for the better here
today, compared with Wednesday. Al
ten o'clock the mercury had reached
S4 and 20 deaths had been reported
up to that time. Relief is promised
by tomorrow with hope of thunder
showers tonight
| Lower Temperature in West.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 6.-Witf
temperatures over the Southwest a
II o'clock this morning from to II
degrees lower than at the SAME hou
yesterday and light showers in sigh
over most the Territory, decided re
lief from the extreme heat of the las
four days was experienced today.
At Forth Worth, Texas, ligh
rain fell today. Last night an incl
of rain fell at Niobrara, Neb. The
temperature at Norfolk, Neb., show
ed drop of nearly 80 degrees at
o'clock this morning.
! In the "a hours ended at O'Clock
this morning. there were nine deaths
! from heat and 20 prostrations in
Kansas City
! Awful Death List in Chicago.
Washington, D. c., July 6.-Pract
ically the only section of the coun
try where the hot wave that has
spread from Coast to Coast remained
unbroken today is that of the North
Atlantic States. Rain brought the
long awaited cool wave to the Upper
Lake region, the Plains states and
the Middle West today and further
reductions in temperatures are pro
bable in the next "a to 36 hours
Showers have moderated the heat In
the Southern States. BY tomorrow
night, the east generally will get re
lief, it is predicted that the worst ant
most prolonged spell of heat since
1901 will be broken, Bbston will
Sc degrees as compared with 50 yes
terday morning, led the country to
day.
Oppression at Pittsburg.
/ Pittsburg, Pa, July 6.-The oppres
sive heat continues here today. A
10 A. M. the thermometer registere,
IS7 degrees, jump of degrees in al
hour.
i Slight Relief at St. Louis.
4 st. Louis, Mo-, July 6.-Relief fron
the intense heat of the last five day
came today in advance of the expec1
ed thunderstorm. At 8 a. M, tn
!, temperature was SO degrees instea
of 80 recorded on Tuesday and Wed
, nesday at that hour. One death iron
heat occurred early today, following
, the seven reported Wednesday.
), Laramie Is Shivering.
Laramie, Wyo., July 6.-The ther
mometer here registered 4S degree
this morning, the lowest on the sixtl
of July for several years.
), Hottest Day Boston Ever Had.
); Boston, Mass, July 6.-The officia
temperature at 10 a. m. today wa
!, 90 degrees, exactly the same as OF
the previous day which was the hot
!, test day ever experienced in Boston
The heat so far has directly cause,
10 deaths in New England and ther
have been Al drowning accidents.
Terrible Suffering in Boston.
Boston. Mass, July 6.-Six death
and 30 prostrations up to / p. m. wa
today's human toll exacted by tn
heat in this city. At noon, the stree
thermometers registered 105 degree
in the shade.
Added to the terrors of unprece
dented heat was a shortage in ic
and also milk. In several Massacht
sets cities and towns industrial e:
Establishments were closed for the n