| Show twenty one fatalities in new city new york july 20 fully twenty hours after cool weather had brought relief twenty one deaths were reported today all these fatalities occurred after the cool weather had exerted its saving influences for at least twelve bours and death in nearly each in otance was due to exhaustion from the teat that prevailed early in the week the temperature today was from 7 to 10 degrees lower than yesterday and the humidity was so reduced as to mahe the day gratefully cool at 2 the official temperature was SG humidity 49 LESS HEAT IN CHICAGO chicago july 20 the hot wave was broken yesterday in chicago and vicinity there were only thirteen prostrations prost rations and the day generally was endurable except to persons engaged in hard labor in factories and unprotected places out of doors during most of the day there was a light breeze from the lake today will be much like yesterday according to the weather bureau with the further promise of showers although the day was cooler than either monday or tuesday the death list both of adults and babies was longer although there were only thirteen prostrations prost rations there were fifteen deaths of adults recorded and nineteen infant mortalities ties most of the adults who died were prostrated late tuesday night before the extreme neat was modified the street level maximum was 87 at 5 p m RAIN FORECAST chicago july 20 weather condi and general forecast the warm wave has passed off the atlantic coast and moderate temperatures now prevail in all districts local rains havo prevailed anthe valley tennessee arkansas and missouri local rains are indicated for the ohio and upper mississippi valleys and the southern part of the western lake region moderate temperatures pera tures will prevail in the lower ohio middle and upper mississippi valleys and from the lake region of the lower missouri valley during the next two days HOT WAVE BROKEN philadelphia july 20 the hot wave which has prevailed in this city and vicinity for the last two days Is broken temporarily and cooler weather accompanied by showers Is promised by the weather forecaster the government thermometer this morning registered 79 degrees six points lower than at the same hour yesterday DROP IN temperature new haven conn july 20 thero was a distinct drop in the temperature this morning at 8 a m the thermometer in the weather bureau registered 75 against 80 at the same hour yesterday there was an increase however in the humidity from 55 yesterday to 72 today COOLER IN NEW ENGLAND boston july 20 cooler weather prevailed in eastern new england this morning the temperature ranging from 74 to 80 and the humidity averaging about forty per cent CHARGED WITH honolulu july 19 the case against stanley dollar president odthe dollar steamship company on the charge of grossly cheating in selling tickets for passages to victoria on the steamer stanley dollar which had no passenger accommodations is still unsettled the steamer left for victoria saturday night last with several hundred japanese having been given a license by inspector birmingham upon the batters lat arrival here mr dollar said he will fight those who are trying to prevent him from taking laborers from hero chehad not intended to make any other trips he declared but things had been made so unpleasant here for the company that he will put a steamer regularly into the business of carrying japanese from honolulu to victoria the dollar steamship company has six steamers on american registry he id one of which would be used II 11 convenient or another steamer purchased the ultimate destination of the japanese is california STRIKE DECLARED OFF chicago july 20 the strike of lum ter drivers in this city has been de dared off the COO striking employed emp loyes ot the lumber dealers voted on abo of ending the strike and ere almost unanimously in favor of returning to their old places regardless of the action of the fellow strikers COST OF A STRIKE new york july 20 testimony has len given at a bearing before commissioner of licenses keating in tills city to the effect that the united workers of america had spent than in an effort to win which began in the coal mines of alabama and year ago the statements made by general labor agent hugh dewett of the tennessee coal iron railroad company dewitt asserted that the union contributed tri buted an average of 1000 a day for the maintenance of the members of local unions in those two states and that in addition to the spent by the organization the union had expended within the last three months for railroad tickets to enable strike breakers to return to their homes the statement of dewitt was brought out in hearings in complaints against two large employment agencies which have been engaged in obtaining men for the mines the charges against the agencies are to the effect that they engaged jsn and sent them to the south under false pretense restraining them on the trains en route against their vill one witness was the wife of a machinist she told of going with her husband and a carload of other men who broke the windows of the coach at birmingham and made their escape |
