The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-04
TODAY IS TO BE THE
 HOTTEST FOURTH OF
 JULY IN TEN YEARS
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relief soon In many cities the mercury stood for hours above the 100 mark
 At Hiawatha, Junction City and lola, Kansas, the maximum was no. Other high marks in Kansas were:
 Independence 10S, Cottonwood Falls 1O8. salina, Hutchinson and Atchison 1O5, Elm poria and Topeka 1o4, Ellsworth 1Ol1s, Abilene 101, Wichita 99.
 At Joplin, Mo, the maximum temper ature was TOT. at Sedalia 1o3 This was also Kansas City's hottest day this year the mark being 10219.
 For two days in succession the ther- mometer at Muskogee. Okla. has regist- cred 1O5 One man died from the eff fleets of the heat in Oklahoma City.
 Baltimore July 3.-The hot weather took heavy toll here today but the official maximum of 95 degrees was degrees lower than yesterday. Four deaths. one of them a suicide, two attempts at sui eide and 12 prostrations were reported as a result of the heat.
 Cincinnati, O., July 3.-Three deaths directly attributable to the hot wave and one death by drowning. indirectly to hot weather and several prostrations was the record here today. The government ther- fnOTneleT reached lo ueSfetS, WHICH IS the highest mark in ten years.
 Columbus, O., July S-With tempera- ture of 1912 thousands of people here sweltered today and at least a dozen prostrations resulted. The kiosk in front of the state house registered Ill de- grees
 Detroit, July 3-A dozen or more pros trations from heat occurred in Detroit today. The mercury climbed to an even 100 degrees at 8 o'clock, one degree lower than the previous high record. The night brought slight relief. Scores of factories have closed down.
 Indianapolis, July 3.r-For the first time in II years the government weather bu- reau thermometer today registered a temperature of 100 and another
 scorcher' is predicted for tomorrow the police tonight prepared to handle many cases of prostration among the great crowds that will assemble to greet Pres- ident Taft and to watch Fourth of July procession.
 Des Moines, la, July 3.-The govern ment thermameter today registered 101 degrees At Davenport the thermometer registered 104; Atlantic 103, Keokuk 102 and Mount Pleasant 101.
 Many prostrations and. much suffering is reported from different parts of the state.
 Knoxville, July 3.--All heat records of the season were broken here today when the official government report showed a temperature of 97 degrees at o'clock. A short rain and electrical storm brought relief tonight.
 Toledo, O., July 3.-Torrid weather claimed five lives here today The tenn perature reached 1902 at o'clock, the highest for any July in the history of the local weather bufeau.
 The American Can company's branch was closed, throwing 600 employees out .oe work until cooler weather comes.
 Montreal. July 3.-The heat wave reached here today, sending the mercury at the McGill university observatory to 95. the highest it has reached since the establishment of the institution in 1874 Omaha, Neb., July 3.--Two deaths and nine prostrations resulted from a maxi mum temperature of 99 degrees here to- day The humidity was high. Lincoln reported a temperature of .104 breaking the local record. Sioux Falls reported a two hours rain tonight.
 New York, July 3.--At midnight with the mercury still above 80 the list of prostrations reported In New York and it's environs was sweled to more than 200. Statisticians in some of the news paper offices figure that thousa nd had been overcome. The deaths were reported as numbering IA. Rockford. TIL. July 3-Thfe uac tho hottest day in 10 years. At 9 D. m the thermometer registered 100 degrees. Newark, N. J., Today was 4 degrees | hotter than any other recorded here since the weather bureau was established The official thermometer stood at 1O3 at a D. m., while bulbs on the street regis tered III degrees. Eight deaths and scores of prostrations were reported. <; Cleveland, O.. July 3.-The heat for the