Show GROWING WORSE Death Roll at Chicago Assuming Ebc ten hc Proportions CHICAGO Aug Continued heat of the most dangerous kind made another an-other death roll today larger than its predecessors of the present spell and no hope is extended by the weather forecaster of a cooler day tomorrow Of the deaths reported to the health and police departments and the cases taken to the county hospital forty three r recorded as having died directly or indirectly from the heat Among the serious cases of the te serous scores who were prostrated but still live is that of Very Rev Prior Aug han of London brother of the English cardinal who arrived in Chicago this morning on his way east around the world by advice of his physician because be-cause of a dropsical disease The aged prelate suffered much from the heat during the journey from San Francisco and his condition was S serious upon arrival here that the party went to the Auditorium annex immediately His i I secretary said he was fearful of the i j result I The temperature kept at 80 and I above from 8 oclock this morning and i a 1 pm began climbing into the 90s j I reaching 94 late in the afternoon The I night brought no relief to suffer I ing humanity and in places on the west side where poverty and death link I I hands there was barely life in the burning fetid atmosphere The number of dead animals report ed on the streets and alleys last night was 633 the largest record for any week in the histoT of the city It is I estimated that over 1000 carcasses are i lying in the thoroughfares because the j I facilities for removal are insufficient j Half a thousand complaints of this fact 1 were received at the city hal today 1 The postofiice cut off two deliveries and two collections today o account I of heat Is Unparalleled DES MOINES In Aug 10The oppressive op-pressive heat has now continued at Des Moines for ten days Hotter single days than any in this period have been frequent and in August 1894 the thermometer stood as high for an equal period but on account of the excess of I humidity the present spell is unpar No deaths alleled for oppressiveness de3h I I from heat have occurred since Saturday Satur-day Today was cooler the maximum i temperature being 89 degrees I Tempered liy n Breeze LINCOLN Neb Aug 10 Todays heat was tempered by a good breeze i from the southeast which materially lessened the suffering There were I showers during the morning and indications I indi-cations tonight are for more rains Reports ports of southern Nebraska tell of high 1 I and rain and done winds rm some damage i i At Oakland one man was injured probably I bably fatally by a barn blowing over upon him I I Somewhat Broken I I FORT WAYNE IndL Aug 10The i j intense heat which has prevailed here j I for the past week was broken at 5 oclock this afternoon by a violent dcnvnpoufvof raina veritable cloudburst cloud-burst Nearly l the streets < were flooded flood-ed and much < damage was done in the business section by water in the cellars where the goods were stored goos wee I I Dill Great Damage IONA Mich Aug 10Last nights i storm of wind lightning and rain did damage in this vicinity estimated at fully 50000 Besides the damage to several factories small buildings In a parts of the city were blown over and hundreds of trees uprooted In the surrounding I rounding country crops were destroyed and farmers are heavy losers A Relief DETROIT Mich Aug 10The hot wave was effectually broken this afternoon ternoon Last nights storm had cool jed j-ed the atmosphere this morning but at 10 oclock the mercury began rising and at 3 oclock it registered 88 degrees At that hour a furious storm burst over i I the city and during its passage the 1 mercury dropped to 65 degrees At 8 j I merur dpp oclock tonight It stood a 7L There j I > t 1 I has been only one fatality in this city a the result of the heated term Only One OMAHA Neb Aug 10The heavy showers of the past twentyfour hours cooled the atmosphere quite a bit Only one death has been reported Tram sunstroke sun-stroke in this vicinity in the last three days The weather bureau reported maximum temperature today as 89 degrees and minimum 70 Surface thermometers ther-mometers ranged about five degrees higher Another Scorcher DAVENPORT Iowa Aug 10 Today was another scorcher There was scarcely any breeze and the weather weer bureau reported the temperature 92 at noon Mean temperature was 82 One death reported from the effect of the heat Struck hy Lightning SANDUSKY 0 Aug 10 During a I storm this afternoon John Thompson and Jay Leonard of this city were struck by lightning and instantly killed They were working on a new pier on the lake Other men on the pier were rendered unconscious by the bOlt but will recover Before the storm broke one death and several prostrations prostra-tions from the heat were reported Only 00 CINCINNATI 0 Aug 10 Ninety nine degrees was the highest point recorded re-corded by the thermometer here today to-day There were many prostrations and four fatalities fwaltesTLce Three Will Die EVANSVILLE Ind Aug 10The thermometer was not as high here today to-day as for some days past going only to 95 degrees in the shade Four men were prostrated three of whom will I die Just Two Leas KANSAS CITY Mo Aug 10The i temperature today was two degrees cooler than yesterday scoring the 97 I mark Records kept here for twenty five years past show this spell of wet r to be the hottest ever known in this section There were no prostrations pros-trations today troUons tody todyI I Continues CHICAGO Aug Dispatches from many paints i central Ohio and Indiana Indi-ana treme tell hEatThc of the continuance o the ex The Same Here COLORADO SPRINGS Aug 10 This city is enjoying its usual perfection perfec-tion of climate the weather record for the day showing a maximum temperature ture of 90 degrees mimimum temperature tempera-ture being 75 1 the relative humidity at noon Several eastern visitors are suffering from slight colds because of not wearing wear-ing overcoats in the evening Simply Awful I NEW YORK August 10Iore persons per-sons died of heat in New York today than on Sunday and that day sur passed all previous records Hospitals are crowded and if the faintly promised prom-ised relief of cooler weather does not come Tomorrow the list of dead must grow j Fortysix deaths were reported in i this city over twenty in Brooklyn andover i and-over forty in nearby New Jersey towns These are the deaths reported re-ported those who hid away t die and those who succumbed in the heat of the night are not numbered Maximum at Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA Aug10 The maximum maxi-mum reached by the weather bureau thermometer today was 4 degrees lower low-er than yesterday The deaths reported re-ported today were fourteen and the prostrations numbered thirty part Broken BALTIMORE Aug 10The long continued hot spell was partly broken today by a generous rain fall Twelve deaths from heat were reported today to-day |