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Show Heat Eavages. PITTSBURG. Pa.. July 5. A breeze brought relief to sweltering Pittsburg tonight to-night after the official thermometer had registered 96 degrees. The weather buerau reported no break in the warm weather for tomorrow. ' INTERLAKEN. N. Y.. July 5. At this spot, one of the coldest In the country during winter, the thermometer registered 103 degrees In the shade today. LINCOLN, Neb.. July 5 Light, rains were reported at Fremont and Arlington this afternoon. The temperature In Lincoln Lin-coln at 2 p. m. was 110, breatklng all existing records here. CINCINNATI, July 5. The thermometer thermome-ter today officially reached 94 degrees and 100 degrees on the street- There were two deaths and fifteen prostrations. PEORIA. III., July 5 Four deaths resulted re-sulted rfom the excessive heat hero today. The government thermometer registered 100. the highest this year. Twelve prostrations; pros-trations; were reported. DETROIT. July 5. Crazed by the intense in-tense heat, a member of the crew of the steamer City of Cleveland jumped overboard over-board and was drowned in the river this afternoon. AUBURN. N. Y.. July 5, A temperature tempera-ture that reached 116 here today caused thrco deaths. PEORIA. III.. July 5. Two deaths, three insane from the heat and sevorol prostrations prostra-tions Is the record for this city for two days of the hot wave. The thermometer at" 3:30 o'clock registered 99. TOPEKA. Kan.. July 5. Reports from many parts of Kansas tonight Indicate that the long drouth has been broken. Light rains fell In different parts of northern Kansas early this evening and shortly after 10 o'cloek tonight ruin began falling here. DUBUQUE, la.. July 5. A rainstorm, which scerntf to have reached all north-oastern north-oastern Iowo. thoroughly drenched the ground tonight and it is believed' has saved the corn crop. |