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Show COOLER. BUT THE DEATH RATE KEEPS UP KANSAS CITY, July 7. Eighteen degrees lets heat yesterday failed to lessen the number of deaths and prostrations pros-trations from the heat ia Kansaa City. During the day seven deaths were reported re-ported aa a result of the heat, and nearly as many persons prostrated as oa tha previous sweltering days. Police surgeons who treated the eases declared that many who were overcome could blame their weakened condition to the drain made upon their vitality by the intense beat of the last week and not entirely upon yesterday 'a heat or the excessive humidity. |