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Show ? HOT AS TRADITIONAL . i i INFERNO DOWN IN TEXAS. -I- i ! ! i McGTJKGOK, Tex., July 29. ! i J A terrific heat visitation which I I 4 lasted an hour anil twenty iniu- i 4- n lea yesterday is reported. The ! v thermometer registered 149 do- ! 'h grecs in the sun and 117 in the ! i 4 shade. An area of three miles v long and two miles yide was af- ! I- fected. The visitation was ac- S coinpanied by a peculiar hnzo r ; -r hanging like a veil in the shy, r I which moved over the area af- r fect.cd. Scores of persons were 4 overcome. I Torses, cattle, hogs 4 4 and poultry dropped' dead, ono 4 4- man losing thirty-five head of 4 4- stock. The phenomenon has not 4 j 4 been explained. 4 1 4 'f 4444-44I4,44,v4,4r4'4,44'4fr4,v |