Show show no signs of abatement BEATH AM seventy four deaths in new york n brooklyn and surrounding towns many deaths and prostrations were Report eil chicago suffers along with sr louis baltimore boston and all points east of the mississippi new york aug 11 although the prediction was for cooler weather today the heat was aa as intense ai yesterday and was the warmest aug alth in the history of the bareau the temperature at 8 this morning was 83 degrees one degrees warmer alan at the hour yesterday morning and only 10 degrees lesi than the warmest aug alth on record the warmest august alth was in 1891 when the hottest hour of the day the temperature was 93 degrees at 3 p m today it was 94 one hour after the official observation was made this morning at 8 it was ag degrees and the mercury was still going up at an alarming rate at 8 a m the humidity was CO per cent the highest point the mercury touched was 91 at 3 p m tho weather bureau folka aay eliat the temperature will remain high tomorrow but that it will be cooler wednesday night oa the streets today the beat was intense on lower broadway where traffic ia heavy in the early morning many horses dropped to the pavement there were seventy four deaths from the heat reported to the police and prostrations prost rations la brooklyn and surrounding towns the heat was intense in brooklyn thirteen deaths and forty three pros from the heat were reported ci still suffering chicago AUR 11 suffering humanity and animals were favored at 7 oday by the cessation of the deadly scorching weather which has prevailed for more than a week the welcome change was forecasted for by prof garriot and heralded by a freeh cooling breeze from the lake the heat continued intense however beine 93 late in the afternoon the changed condition began with the gathering of a thunderstorm from abo lake at grand haven and the rain came heavy and to eave the people from further misery and danger permanent cool weather ie not promised ed before tomorrow thirty deaths were reported today as doe to sunstroke or less direct effects of the heat the number of prostrations prost rations were smaller than yesterday OP ICE FAMINE reduction of four in tempera lure in st louis st louis aug 11 for the twelve hours ending at 6 p m today there was an average reduction of four degrees in the temperature the highest point reached today was 96 degrees at 5 p m occasional breezes did much to abate the suffrage in consequence the death coil today was reduced to beven and the prostrations to thirty one none of the factories anich suspended work on ac boum of heat have resumed however and several were added to the list of the idle the ice supply is barely sufficient if the temperature lowers gain but another week of hot weather would create a famine housekeepers house keepers now pay 50 cents per hundred with tho prospect of a further rise tho local weather forecaster promises a cool w ive with possible rain for wednesday night belll warm at washington washington aug 11 the heated term still continues in this vicinity although today waa a shade less oppressive than yesterday a light breeze AL t kee pinit the air in motion conf do th was reported today A of pros orations trat ions more or if a were also reported the thermometer registered 88 at 8 a m 89 at noon and 91 at 3 p ni which was tho maximum at kansas city kansas city a the hot wave which for sixteen days has spread over city was broken tonight by a rain and the temperature tempera tuie grbich at 3 stood at 90 has dropped to normal boston mercury in the nineties boston aug 11 the heat today baa been slightly tempered at times with very blight wind the mercury has been in the nineties ull day there have been deaths resulting from the heat today and a large number of eions DUCK the president stay Indoor sNot known buzzards bay aug 11 today wae another hot day here the president remained ai his home attending to official and personal pe correspondence whether or not the president bae received from the secretary of the interior his letter of resignation is not known for a fact and the report is not generally credited here if the president has received such there ia no probability ot the public knowing the fact for a certainty far as mr cleveland ia concerned the president has nothing to say and this evening stated that he bad no in formation whatever to give out either one way or aber other in regard to the reported alion being bent to him or that he bad refused to accept the re eig nation of Sec roary amith ane fatalities at baltimore baltimore aug 11 ten fatalities from alie excessive libat were reported up to midnight tonight thirty persons were prostrated the maximum tern fc 4 pera ture for the day was so degrees i which was recorded between 2 and ar p m the effect of the torrid weather is shown in t days report of the health department for the first three days of thy current week the mortality was as against the number for tha seven days ended at noon forty seven deaths have been directly attributed beat since saturday while indirectly possibly halt as many more are chargeable thereto twelve deaths in philadelphia philadelphia aug IL the highest temperature yet recorded duding aba present heated apell by the local weather bureau was reached today when the went a fraction over 97 j degrees on the streets shaded ther mo touched dege possibly people are becoming acclimated to hes terrific beat or else realizing its deadly power are takina more precautions against it for the mortality fell what there were twelve deaths re corded by the police today and fifty cases 0 prostration were admitted the hospitals secretary ex of wavy prostrated terre haute ind aug ll 11 tha venerable secretary ex of the navy K W thompson was prostrated by tho beat this afternoon he was unconscious the greater part of the day but hie physicians have hope of hie recovery his great age 87 yeara however causes much appie henion bis friends |