Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-03

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amuck with an open knife. and. AFTER at
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eral citizens, was shot dead by an ON
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Sweltering in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Md, July 8.-Baltimore
swe,tered today under one of the highest
Temperatures on record at the local
weather bureau At am. the tempera-
ture was 81 degrees, or degrees hotter
than at the same hour yesterday. and by
noon II had reached the rs mark, ] de-
gree hotter than at noon Sunday
Several prostrations were reported. with
ore death during the forenoon, and one
heat -crazed woman took her own Ire.
The public baths and Fairgrounds were
5axed 10 the utmost all during last nisht'
Hundreds Of men. women and children
sought g ant relief in the parks, obtain
ing snatches of sleep on the benches and
lawns.
Hotter Than Sunday.
PHILADELPHIA. July S-That Phila-
delphia and vicinity are In for another
extreme. hot day was early indicated
BY the government weather bureau Their
mometer, which registered 80 degrees al
/ pm a high percentage of humidity
added 10 the discomfort of the extreme
heat.
One Hundred in Shade.
NEWARK, n j., July 3.-Reliable Their
mometers here registered 100 degrees In
the shade at 10 am. and degrees hot
ter in the sun. One death and numerous
prostrations are already reported.
Unbroken In Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 3-Chicago sweltered
and suffered today as the torrid wave
which held the city in its grasp since Fri
dav continued undated. At o'clock one
death from heat and half a dozen pros
trations had been reported, with no relief
in sight. AT ) o'clock the temperature
registered IS. compared with So at the
same hour Sunday. AT l O'Clock pm the
mercury reached 1Oo and was still climb
ing.
People focked to the bathing beaches
for relief by the thousand. Trains and
lake steamers bound for nearby summer
resorts were crowded throughout the day.
1t Is estimated that 2Gn,oo0 have left the
city during the past forty-eight hours
Suffering of the poor In the tenement
house districts continues. There were
seven Deaths from heat and eight pros
banies is extremely high since the begin
ming of the hot wave.
No Relief in Sight.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 3.-Folowing
the hottest night in Kansas City since
the establishment of the weather bureau
here twenty-three years ago the local
forecasters predicted no abatement OF the
torrid wave today for the southwest. Most
Of Kansas City that could slept out OF
doors last night. Thousands who had not
the advantage of sleeping porches made
their beds on fire escapes, and in the
poorer quarters of the city hundreds of
men. women and children lay down on
tie curbng. In the suburbs districts
after midnight many slept on the lawns
With without cots. The government
thermometer registered 81 at midnight,
the same at l am. and just before sun
rise stood at. So, the lowest reading OF
the twenty -four hours from to Z.
ST Joseph. Mo-. reported two deaths
from heat last night following the sea-
sons hottest day of 10i degrees.
AT o'clock this morning the tempera-
ture was from to 10 degrees higher than
normal for that hour throughout the
southwest. The mercury stood at "a in
this city. at so in ST Joseph. u at
Omaha and so at Wichita, kan Spring
field. Mo-; Oklahoma City, Okla. !:
Little Rock and Fort Worth. Tex. There
were no indications of rain, the fore
caster said, and the probabilities were
that today's temperatures would crowd
closely the highest of yesterday, which
was 1O4.
Temperature Going Up.
ST. LOUIS. July 3.-The heat wave con-
tinued over eastern Missouri and south
ern Illinois today. Here last night the
government thermometer did not fall be-
low 20, and at o'clock this morning reg
istered So.
At 1870 o'clock the temperature was
~ and rising. Police reports show that
two men died last night from the heat.
Wisconsin Offered Hope.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. July 3.-Two pros
trations and one death from excessive
heat were reported in Milwaukee today:
The hot wave prevails practically
throughout the state. with highest tenn
peratures rec orded in the southeast FOR
ton. where thermometers record between
81 and 10 degrees.
The local forecast official predicts some
what cooler weather for tonight and to-
morrow
Pittsburg to Be Hotter.
PlTTSBURG.. Pa. July 3.-At noon to-
day the thermometer had reached 95 de-
grees mere and was climbing According
to statement issued from the weather
bureau, the mercury is expected to touch
IS degrees before the day is over. There
Is much suffering and many prostrations
One Death in Rochester.
ROCHESTER,. y. Y. July 3.-Juy 8
heat records in western New York bid
fair 10 be broken before night. The tenn
perature was 9s at noon, and is climbing
AT HOrnell, William II. Preston was over
come by heat, fell and broke his neck.
dying instantly.
New England Perspires.
BOSTON. June 3.-"The hot wave has
not relaxed its grip on New England.
There is absolutely no relief in sight 1t
Will be of the hottest July 4ths on
record"
The big beads of perspiration trickled
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