Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-28
HEAT WAVE KILLS
IN OTHER CITIES
Three Adults and Several
Babies Succumb at
Cleveland.
CHICAGO Is SUFFERING,
NO RELIEF Is IN SIGHT
But Duluth Lights Her Furnaces
and Citizens Wear Over
coats and Furs.

CLEV Ef.AND. June 2s,-Three deaths
Of adults. In addition 10 tho usual quota
of infant deaths. were added 10 the toll
OF heat victims here today. The dead are
Mrs. Mary Eeieher. sixty-seven; Philip
Vollner. seventy seven and Mrs Elisa
beth Wagner seventy.six.
Last night was the hottest of the year,
and thousands fed to the parks and
beaches for relief. Today the thermome-
ter started out To break all altitude rec
ords with mark OF 50 degrees at 0
o clock.
CraEed by the extreme heat. Mrs. Jes-
sic Burbanks. thirty-three. mother Of
three children. committed suicide, cutting
her throat with her husbands raxor.
Chicago Suffering.
CHICAGO. June 2s.-After swelterins
throughout the night Chicago found itself
confronted by another day Of intense heat
and suffering. The weather forecaster
declares there In no relief in sight. Clear
skies and hot breeze from the west add
ed to the city's discomfort
Charity organizations distributed tons
Of free ice in the tenement districts to-
crowded. and several hundred thousand
persons fed to summer resorts In Mich
igan and Wisconsin. The official tempera-
ture at 8 o'clock was SO. and numerous
prostrations had been reported.
Overcoats In Duluth.
DULUTH, Mimi, June 2S.-Smoke roll
Ing from big building smokestacks spoke
eloquently OF a resumption Of steam
heating here early today-the coolest
June % in years. Street thermometers
registered as low as ~ degrees at am.
but warmed up to As degrees at o'clock
Pedestrians wore last winters overcoats
g1ed down in furs. A high wind OF Lake
Superior carrying in thick fog added to
the chill.
Hotter in ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. June 2S.-The temperature
here at o'clock this morning was SIS de-
grees. 5 degrees hotter than at the same
hour yesterday. At o'clock the Their
memeter registered 80. This was 1 de-
gree hotter than at the same hour yes
terday.
Nine Deaths in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, June %. Nine
deaths were reported as due to the
excessive humidity in this city yes
terday and considerable damage was
wrought by lightning during a brief
electric storm here last night Pas
sengers on trolley cars were stampeded
when bolts struck the vehicles. Several
industrial establishments were set on
fire and many poles and trees were
splintered by the lightning. The list
of deaths from excessive heat here
during the past three days now totals
twenty three. Although the highest
temperature of the day was only SO
degrees, the humidity ranged from IS
per cent at am. to 81 per cent at 8
pm. Only a brief relief was brought
by the storm.
Prostrations in Boston.
BOSTON, Mass. June 2s.-Boston
sweltered yesterday under the effects
of heat and high humidity and ten
persons were Frustrated up to mid
night. Several were on the dangerous
list at hospitals. The maximum temp
perature in the city proper was 83h
degrees.
One suicide of mill weaver In Paw
tucket was attEbuted to the heat
Humidity in New York.
NEW YORK. June 28.-Although the
ma ximum temperature in this city yes
terday was only 81. the heat was &C
companied by excessive humidity. and
| considerable suffering resulted. Seven
cases of prostration were treated at
hospitals. There were no fatalities.
Dozen Frustrated in Detroit.
DETROIT. Mich, June 28.-A dozen
persons were Frustrated by heat here
yesterday. The maximum temperature
reported by the weather bureau was
35. The government thermometer on
the street level registered los.
Temperature Is Climbing.
KANSAS CITY, June 2s.-Au Kansas
and western Missouri suffered from
sweltering heat. according to reports
to the weather bureau here. The tenn
perature here had climbed to SO by
IL o'clock, with the prospect. the
weather man said, Of nearing the 100
mark before night.
No relief was in sight for Missouri
| and Kansas. but rain in parts Of Okla
/ homa lowered temperatures there. The
| early morning temperature at Okla
| homa City was "a, and rain was falling
Three Dead at Cincinnati.
| CINCINNTAI, June 28.-Three deaths
| and numerous prostrations early today
| marked what promised to be this city's
hottest day this summer. The Their
| mometer registered 95 degrees at IL
o'clock. which was two degrees higher
! than ii was at that time yesterday.
~ tho 6a1{varv nf too
despite the fact that the strike con-
| tinues, probably prevented more fatal
| ties.
llIhDkA lAITkTlJCD tn oThV