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OLOBE
- WAREHOUSE ,
HYPNOTIZED BY
BILLY BRYAN
Pennsylvanians Eager to Clasp the
Hand of the Boy Orator. .
ENTHUSIASM ALL ALONG THE LINE
The Silver Candidate's Tour Marked
by IKntioiiH at Kvery Stopping
Plnrep-Crowda Struggle at Harris,
bur if and Philadelphia to Reach the
Glnd Ilaud.
Huntingdon, Pa., Aug. 11. Altoona
gave Mr. Bryan a rousing reception.
When the train came to a standstill In
the station there, thousands of people
wore lined up along the tracks. Many
others were crowding balconies and
windows of neighboring houses, while
box oars and other points of vantage
were lined with workmen from the rail
road shops. The rear platform of the
train was not In an advantageous posi
tion to enable most of those composing
the thionjr to get near Mr. Bryan, and
of all of the vast assemblage, not more
than live hundred could crowd Into the
narrow space between train and guard
rail, to places directly in front of where
the nominee stood. The Bryan and
Sewull club, bearing badges inscribed
"sixteen to one," led the enthusiasm.
The apeiiuranee of Mr. Bryan on the
train plutfonn brought out a mighty
cheer. There was u struggle to get near
him and much confusion resulted. There
were yells of "Bryan" and "speech."
Standing at the aide of Mr. Bland, the
lutter started to address the audience,
lie told them that the demonstration
was u repetition of whut hud been going
on in Ohio and the west and said it
ineunt victory for the Democracy In No
vember. The crowd cheered Bland, but
it ilid not want to hear him speak and
cries of "Hryan!" "Bryan!" drowned his
words.
Then ex-Congressman Kerr managed
to make some remarks about the people
of Pennsylvania being with the people
of the Democratic nominee's native and
adopted states, Illinois and Nebraska,
In their unanimity for Bryan. This was
interrupted with more cries for the can
didate, but Mr. Bryan shook his head
and placing his hand to his throat called
out In a husky voice: "Can't, boys; I
can't." Then a rush towards the car
was made and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan went
through the handshaking ordeal until
the train moved out at 11.05 o'clock.
Several hundred people were In the
audience that greeted Mr. Bryan at Ty
rone, They gave him three good
cheers. Mr. Bland made a little speech
and Mr. Hrynn again gripped some
Pennsylvanians' hands.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. II. When Hun
tingdon was reached at noon Mr. Blund
talked to the crowd numbering a couple
of hundred while Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
shook hands with those composing It.
Hoth Hlund and Bryan were cheered.
I,ewlstown Junction turned out a small
crowd and the story wes repeated.
There Were Home counter cheers for
McKlnley. Mrs. Bryan was In great
demand at l.ewlston and attracted
nearly as milch attention as her hus
band. One hundred and fifty people at
Newport cheered Bland but forgot to
cheer Hryan so Intent were they on
shaking hands with him.
WILD SCKNH AT HARRISBl'RO.
An excited, overheated enthusiastic
mass of people swarmed beneath the
broad roof of the big Pennsylvania sta
tion at Harrlsburg. The crowd on the
platform hung two deep on railings and
ran along with the train as it slowed
down preparatory to stopping. Among
the members of the Hryan party esti
mates of the size of the Harrlsburg
congregation jvere varied. Some placed
It as high as fi.000. Most of them were
gathered In that part of the station
where a brass band was playing but
the band leader had not calculated his
distance correctly for the train halted
quite a distance down the track. A wild
rush followed and just as those who
had took part In it had reached the
train the engineer started ahead again.
When the train stoped people pushed
and struggled to get near the rear car,
but the successful of them saw that
their efforts were futile for Mr. Bryan
hud been conducted to a day coach In
front to enable his car to be shifted.
When It became known that he jvas
forward, back went 'the iteople rushing
over each other.
"Chairman Ilubbell of the Harrlsburg
bi-metalllc leugue presented Mr. Bryan.
Cheers followed the announcement and
a great cry of "speech" went up. But
Mr. Bryan pointed to his throat and
shook his head. Just In the midst of
the fast and furious handshaking in
progress and just as Mr. Bland hnd
started a ateech, the car was shifted
again. Fighting, shouting, pushing
with might and main, the people In
the throng around the day car sought
to regain their advantageous position.
Hundreds of them were struggling on
the track between the car In which Mr.
Bryan was, and the rest of the train.
As they saw the coach bearing down
upon them almost a iiiiim ensued in
the endeavor to get out of harm's vny.
Men seemed to leap over the heads of
others and some went down. But no
body was Injured and the big assemb
lage, or rather the male part of It, made
another dash toward the tall smooth
faced man who loked ten years older
than he did when he left Chicago Sun
day night. Mr. Bryan stood on the
steps of the car and reached out both
hands to lie grasped by hundreds of
extended fists. His white hat had been
displaced by a black skull cap that gave
his a priestly appearance. While he
shook the hands of 60 a minute for each
hand, Mr. Bland tried to talk about
the great issue of the campaign but his
voice was lost In the shouts of those
around the car. At last the train moved
away and Mr. Bryan with a relieved
look, went back to his drawing room.
BLAND'S SPERCH AGAIN LOST.
Barring the shifting process, the Bry
an reception at Lancaster was quite as
widely interesting. The station was
crowded with people to the number of
1.200. Mr. Bryan stood In the rear plat
form of his car upon which had been
returned to Its original position at the
end of the train. The crowd shouted
and there was a constant strug
gle to get near the nominee. Mr.
Bland's speech was again lost The
only people who did not appear anxious
to Join in the grand rush for the Ne
braska man's swollen hands were the
women standing at the other end of the
platform and the members of the brass
band who had been to play patriotic
airs and were fulfilling their contract
without Intermission. The yelling of
the audience which while constant had
not ' been united, concentrated Itself
into one last hurrah as the train moved
away. No further stop was made jintll
Philadelphia was reached.
THK CRUSH AT PHILADELPHIA.
At Philadelphia there was a crowJ
of five thousand puehing, surging, per
spiring people gathered behind the
iron gates barring the entrance to
trains in the Pennsylvania railroad
station. A noticeable feature of the
crowd was Its makeup. It was essen
tially a crowd of the plain people
the workingman the mechanic and
the laborer. The pressure became so
strong that men and women caught
In the crush were In danger of being
trampled under foot and the railroad
olllcials to releave the prersure threw
open the gates and let the people
through upon the platform. With a
wild rush the crowd poured through
unil reckless of constantly shifting
trains risked life and limb upon the
tracks. The Democratic city commit
tee, headed by; Chairman John Curley.
were in waiting to welcome Mr. Bryan
on his arrival, but us the train pulled
Into the station at 6:50 the crowd with
a cheer made a wild rush und the
committee r.os swamped In. the human
tide and swept away. Before the train
stopped the crowd was surging up to
the side of the last car und thus In
the front swung upon the steps at the
risk of their lives. Cheer after cheer
went up as Mr. Bryan appeared on the
back platform and the crush was ter
rific to get hear him. Mrs. Bryan
stood beside her husband und bowed
and smiled as some enthusiast in the
crowd held up to her a bouquet of
roses. Mr. Hryan leaned over the lall
of the platform and shook all the out
stretched hands In reach. To cries tor
a sp ech the tired nominee ..vnild only
shake his head and raise a protesting
hand.
In the meantime the city committee
had succeeded In forcing Its way Into
the car and none too soon, as after a
slop of nine minutes the train pulled
out for New York amid the cheers of
the surrounding mob. Chairman Cur
ley then greeted Mr. Bryan and wished
him success and expressed regret that
his stay In Philadelphia was so brief,
as otherwise the committee would have
arranged for a fitting reception. Mr.
Bryan responded briefly and then sank
wearily Into a seat. Mrs. Bryan was
presented with a beautiful bunch of
roses, the gift of the superintendents of
the sub-postofflces of Philadelphia. Mr.
Bryan had requested that the train
would not stop at Trenton, as he was
completely worn out, but as the train
was a regular one and as scheduled to
stop there, the roilroad company could
not grant the request. It did the next
best thing, however, and kept the plut
form clear of all but a couple of hun
dred people who In some way got
through the gates.
The train stopped only two minutes
at Trenton, but in this time Mr. Bryan
shook hands from the platform with all
those in waiting. The trip from Tren
ton to New York was made without
special incident, except at Newark. Two
or three hundred people at Trenton gave
three cheers for Bryan and demanded
a speech, but the candidate excused
himself on the idea that his voice was
weak. Elizabeth turned out several
who cheered lustily during the last half
minute the train stopped there.
'New York, Aug. 11. Candidate Wil
liam J. Bryan arrived In this city to
night. He reached Jersey City over the
Pennsylvania railroad at S.10 o'clock
and was driven to the residence of Wil
liam P. St. John, No. 121 East Thirty
fourth street, where he and Mrs. Bryan
parsed the night. Although Mr. Bryan
had expressly requested that there
should be no public demonstration from
bands or marching clubs, he was re
ceived by a large and enthuslasjle
crowd both at Jersey City and the New
York side.
Dauphin Convention.
Harrlsburg, Aug. 11. -The DaiiThin
nullity Republican convention today rec.
oftime'nded .M. K. Olmstead, of Harrls
burg, for congressman from" the Four
teenth district which Is composed of Dau
phin. Lebanon and Perry counties. State
Sena'or McCarrell was renominated. The
nominees for the leguslature are J. M.
Heags of Steelton: 11. Clay Keene of
Willlamstuwn, and Edward Helper, cf
Londonderry.
Trolley Victims Dying.
Xancustcr. Pa., Aug. II. Miss Elsie X.
Fitzgerald und Cyrus Htraycr. two of the
victims of the Chlckiea trolley disaster
are in a dying condition. Sllss Fitzgerald
Is delirious. Her Injuries are a broken
Jaw and a fracture of the skull. Stray .r's
injuries are internully and his skull Is alto
fractured. All the other wounded are do.
Ins well.
Mr. Singerly HcMgim.
Philadelphia, Aug. 11. William If. Sin
gerly, whose name heads the list of elec-tors-at-large
chosen by the Allentown
convention, has forwarded his resigna
tion to State Chairman Robert E. Wright.
The contents of the letter, which Is short
and to the point, will be made public
Thursday at the meeting of the slate
committee nt Harrlsburg.
Treasury lie licit.
Washington, Aug. 11. With one-third of
August passed the treasury situation does
not show that Improvement that was rea
sonably hoped for. The receipts foot up
J9:W0,mm, and the expenditure 19,B.V,0iW,
leaving the delielt so far I10.250.iiiK). It Is
probable that this deficit will be lessened
somewhat before the end of August.
Ilnrvoy for Congress.
Ix)ck Haven, Pa.. Aug. 11. The Repub
lican county convention tills afternoon
nominated H. T. Harvey for congress, J.
W. Fredrlrks fer assembly and also a full
county ticket. The resolutions endorse the
national platform and nominee. Governor
Hastings' administration and approve the
course of F. C. Leonard In congress.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Aug. II. Arrived: Western
liind, from Antwerp. Sailed: Hevel, for
firemen. Sighted: Lahn, New York for
Southampton and Bremen, passed Bcllly
Islands; Amsterdam, New York for Rot
terdam, passed Lizard; Palatla, New York
for llcmbiirg. passed Scilly Islands.
- - - -
Ncerelnrr Thompson III.
Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 11. Ex-Secretary
of the Navy, Colonel R. W. Thomp
ton, was prostrated by brat this after
noon. He was unconscious the greater
part of the. time, but his h..'stclnns have
hopes of his recovery. Colonel Thompson
li so years of age.
TWENTY PERSONS
ARE ROASTED
Bodies of Many Victims Could Be Seen
Buraiof on Fire Escapes.
CAUGHT IN A NEW YORK FIRE TRAP
Pinnies Discovered in a Greenwich
Street Building Syrcnd Rapidly,
Cutting Olf All Avenues of Escape.
' Victims Appeal for Help from High
Windows.
New York, Aug. 11. There was a fatal
Are this afternoon In the buildings at
Nos. 465, 467 and 409 Greenwich street,
occupied by the A. K. Warren electric!
repair works and a number of smaller
firms. In the excitement attending the
outbreak It was first reported that at
least thirty lives were lost. Some of
those reported lost were afterwards ac
counted for. The accurate number of
victims will not be known until the
ruins are searched. It is believed, how
ever, that the death list will prove to
be fifteen or twenty. While the lire
men were fighting the flames the bodies
of two victims could be plainly seen on
the fire-escape. Five meu and boys
were injured while escaping from the
burning building. They were taken to
Hudson street hospital, mangled and
burned. What caused the fire is not
known, but it Is believed to have been
started by an explosion. It is known
that an explosion occurred a few min
utes after the lire broke out. The fire
spread like a flush through the build
ing ut No. 465, where the fire originated,
and cut off the escape of many. The
firemen who first reached the scene of
the conflagration saw a number of men
at the windows appealing for help, but
before any attempt at rescue could be
made they fell back exhausted by the
heat and smoke and all are supposed to
have perished In the Humes.
Altogether there were ubout thirty
two men employed by the Warren com
pany. There were fifteen on the sixth
or top floor, eleven on the fifth, four on
the fourth and a couple in the offices
on the ground floor.
VAIN APPEALS FOR HELP.
The full list of killed and Injured
cannot be made until later. It will
be several hours before the ruins are
cooled sulficlently to allow the firemen
to enter. From the stories told by
those who claimed to have been near
by when the first alarm was given,
faces iwere seen at nearly every win
dow. That at least four are dead in
the ruins there can be no doubt, for
their charred bodies lie exposed to
view on the fire escapes on the third
and fifth stories. Two others, one a
girl, were seen to fall back In the
flames, overcome probably by the
smoke before th? fire touched them.
The Injured so far as known at this
writing are: Felix Hasj, Slightly In
jured; Thomas Sharkey, burned on
head and arms; unknown man, un
conscious, will probably die; Eugene
Greenwood, boy, slightly burned;
Cummlngs, badly burnej, back appar
ently broken, Junied from fourth
story window and striking structure of
the "L" road, fell to the ground, will
probably die. Among the dead are:
William Gray, foreman of the electri
cal works, and Esther Einstein, nlso
an employe.
SINGERLYVINDICATED.
Chairman Wright Explains in a Letter
to Ex-Congressman SnowdenAn
other Campaign Lie Nailed.
Allentown. Pn., Aug. 11. Chairman
Wright of the Democratic state com
mittee has sent the following letter
to ex-Congressmun Sowden, which hat
some Interesting leference to Mr. Sin
geily and his withdrawal:
Allentown, Pa., Aug. 10, 1MW.
Hon. William H. Sowden, Allentown, Pa :
My Dear Sir: I have yours of Aug.
enclosing a printed copy of your letter of
that date and will forward It, as request
ed, to the secretary of the state commit
tee. I hone that by this time you will
understand that niy failue to reply at
length to the Inquiries of your former bi
ter was not meant as any discourtesy to
you personally. I did not then deem It
proper that I should make any public dec
laration on the subject until I had spoken
otflcially to the organization of which 1
was the chairman.
I want to say to you, however, that great
Injustice has licen done by yon and others
to Mr. Singerly, probably through my
fault. You will understand this more fully
after the meeting of the state central com
mittee. 1 might also add that In my judgment,
you and many others are unneeessnrltr
alarmed at the posslbllty of not having an
electoral ticket that will be willing to sup.
port the nominees of the Chicago conven
tion. I feel assured from Information
which 1 have nul which Is entirely te
llable, that in good time all the electoral
candidates who are not willing to support
Messrs. Hryan and Sewnll will resign so
that their places may be filled by men
whom even you would approve of.
The statement In your letter, as taken
from the Philadelphia Press and the Har
rlsburg Patriot, that the sound money
electors will remain on the ticket until
within fifteen days of the election so as
to embarrass the organization as to fill
ing of vacancies. Is without foundation,
and the newspaper making the statement
must 'have been wllfullv misled by some
one. I never heard of such a suggestion
until I saw the absurd statement in print.
Very truly yours, -
R. E. Wright. Chairman.
BARON FAVA HEARD FROM.
He I. sires Explanation Regarding
the Lynching of Itulinn Citizens.
Washington, Aug. 11. Baron Fava,
the Italian ambassador, who is sum
mering at Bar Harbor, has telegraphed
the state department In accordance with
cabled Instructions from his govern
ment asking for official Information re
garding the lynching of three alleged
Italian subjects in Louisiana, as report
ed In the newspapers yesterday. The
state department has promptly called
on the governor of Louisiana for a full
report of the occurrence In order that
suitable reply can be made to the am
bassador. If It can be found that the Italians
were naturalised American citizens the
inquiry will stop, as the Italian govern
ment can no longer take any Interest In
the affair, but If, as in the cases of
similar lynchlngs of Italians in Louis
iana and Colorado they were shown to
be aliens to the United States, an in
demnity will undoubtedly be demanded
and congress asked to appropriate for
that purpose, as it did in former instances.
HARRISON ON THE STUMP.
He Will Speak in Behalf of McKlnley
and Bound Money.
New York, Aug. 11. Ex-President
Harrison has decided to soon take the
stump In behalf of sound money. This
determination he announced by letter to
General Powell Clayton, which the lat
ter received today. The letter Is dated
Aug. 10 and In It ex-President Harrison
states that he will make a speech In this
city at any time during the month of
August which the Republican national
committee selects. '
General Clayton at once telegraphed
his acceptance of his offer and fixed
August 27 as the date. The hall has not
yet been selected.
ENTHUSIASM AT MONTROSE
A. J. Colborn, jr., Assists at the Or
taojzation of a McKlnley and
Hobart Club.
Special to The Tribune.
Montrose, Aug. 11. If any doubt had
existed as to the sentiment on gold and
silver In this sylvan borough it wus dis
pelled tonight when the Montrose and
Bridgewater McKlnley anil Hobart
club was organized und A. J. Colborn,
Jr., of Scranton, made the only sieech
of the evening. There had recently
been so much talk ubout the possibil
ity of fanners and country towns look
ing with fuvor on the silver sentiment
that tonight's meeting could not fail
to but give a criterion of the truth on
falsity of that sentiment. The meet
ing put aside ull doubt as far as Mont
rose Is concerned and established the
fact that the town ut least and probably
the community is loyal to gold and Mc
Klnley. The audience occupied all the seat
ing and standing room in the armory.
Attorney F. L. lott called the gathering
to order. Captain H. F. Beardsley was
made temporary chairman. The fol
lowing vice-presidents were named: H.
W. Jamison, H. N. Tiffany. J. R. Beebe,
Traeey Darrow, John J, C. Harrington,
F. S. Wells, J. P. Tollon, H. L. Beach,
E. P. Pope. W. W. Reynolds, F. D.
Morris. E. H. True, N. C. Warner, H. F.
Beardsley, George P. Burns, R. J. Mc
Causland, W. J. Baker and O. H. Gil
bert. W. A. Tltsworth was elected
permanent secretary and George H.
Watrous treasurer. An evidence of the
town's Republican strength was shown
In the fact that about two hundred
voters attached their names to the club
rolls. Not a little spirit was added to
the meeting by the excellent singing of
new campaign songs by the club's glee
party.
It was after 9 o'clock when Mr. Col
born began his speech, which was some
what abbreviated, owing to the terrific
heat, but notwithstanding this and the
densely packed armory, very few left
for the air outside. Mr. Colborn's re
marks were received with warmth and
frequent and lasting applause. He
dwelt but briefly on the many Issues of
the present grent fight. Of the mone
tary situation he gave a general and
comprehensive outline of the principles
Involved In both gold and silver as stan
dard money and seemed to convince his
auditors of the stability of the former.
Concerning the chnructer of the man the
Republican party proposes sending tq
the legislative halls In Washington to
support Mr. McKinley's administration,
Mr. Colborn made reference In this wise
to William Cnnnell, of Scranton, the Re
publican nominee for congress from the
Lackawanna district:
"We ure going to send to congress
from Lackawanna county one who hns
not only been a toller and appreciates
all the anxieties and cares and demands
of the wage-earner, who as a manufac
turer knew of much that commerce
could command and commodity could
offer, yea as a capitalist, one who knew
how best to invest so as to bring the
best returns and, give to the holder the
grentest vulue, all these embodied in
one a wage-earner, a manufacturer, a
capitalist. That is William Connell, a
man who recognizes whut Is best, great
est and most essential, to the welfare
and happiness and success of our peo
ple. It is such a man the wage-earners
and business men of the Eleventh dis
trict propose sending to congress. You
must soon begin to reullze that the Re
publican party throughout this land is
choosing men of that calibre as their
champions and I only mention this here
in order to Impress that fact upon you."
A. T. R.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indications Today ;
Pair and Warm.
I Bryan In the Camp of the Enemy.
Hot Weather Victims.
Twenty I'ersons Roasted to Death.
3 Hastings for the Senate.
Utah Republicans Are iNot Disloyal.
$ (Local) Third District Republican
Convention.
Handley Kstate Claimant Dies of Sun
stroke. Polish Church Trouble.
4 Editorial.
Free Silver and the Working Man.
B (Local) City Solicitors In Session.
School Supply Bids.
Drowned In Lake Ariel.
6 Base Ball and Other Sports.
Bell on the Presidential Situation.
7 Suburban Happenings.
Whitney's News Uudget.
Wall Street Review and Market Re
ports. 8 Facts and Figures for Voters.
Where Uod of Love Is Dethroned.
9 Why Free Coinage Would Be Disas
trous.
Workings of Free Bilvcr In Mexico and
Guatemala.
Reasons for Stiver's Disuse.
10 (Story) "The Way of the Transgres
sor."
Mind Reading of Irving Bishop.
II Yankees of the Eastern World.
Chapter from the History of Chile.
11 Nws Up and Down the Valley.
VICTIMS OF THE
HEATED TERM
Midsummer Sunlight Continues to Deal
Death Through the Land.
HUMANITY POWERLESS TO RESIST
Policemen aud Letter Carriers Amoug
the Sufferers.. Girl Clerks Faint at
Counters Hundreds Obliged to
Quit Work...uraerous Cases tf
Prostration.
New York, Aug. 11. There were
twenty-eight deaths from heat In the
city today, and cases of prostration were
more numerous.
It was hotter by one degree at S
o'clock in the airy tower of the weather
burenu than it was yesterday at the
same hour. The official thermometer
registered 8S degrees. It had fallen as
low as 76 two hours earlier, but with the
rising of the brassy sun In a polished
metal sky, In which no cloud found
place as fur as the eye could reach from
horizon to horizon, the mercury hurried
on and upward.
The suffering In the early hours of
the day was. rendered even more In
tense than It had been the day before
by the humidity, which had risen from
58 per cent, to 65 per cent, at 'the hour
named, the seven points bringing with
them a miserable apathetic Inertia thut
beset man and beast alike.
It was 3 degrees In the official heat,
which only those who are connected
with the United States station suffer,
but on the baking pavements the ther
mometer stood between 89 and 90.
Philadelphia, Aug. 11. The awful
heut continues In this vicinity, and to
day promises to be the hottest since the
torrid spell begun. At 8 o'clock the
weather bureau thermometer registered
84 degrees, and at noon the mercury had
climbed up to 95V4. No air was stirring
and the streets were almost deserted.
Up to noon two deaths from heat had
been reported at the coroner's office.
Six more deaths have been reported
making the total twelve for the day.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 11. There were
four deaths from the heat today, the
victims being Mrs. Isabella Smith,
sixty years of age; Sarah A. Klrkuff,
17 years of age; Eva Vlckery and, Jo
seph B. Whlteson. The two last named
were patients at the state hospital for
Insane.
DEATHS AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, Aug. 11. The continued
heat has greatly affected police patrol
men and letter carriers. About fifty of
the latter have been compelled to quit
work temporarily, and two or three
may die. Some of the big department
stores have, during the last few days,
practically been turned into hospitals.
The girl clerks have fainted by the
dozen at their counters, and hundreds
of thorti have quit work on account
of the heat.
Last week 577 deaths were reported
to the department of health, which is
the largest record for any week !n
many years It Is estimated that over
1,000 animals, killed by the heat, are
lying In different parts of the city, and
the authorities admit they were unable
to remove the animals prorhptly.
Suffering humanity and animals
were favored at seven o'clock by R
cessation of the deadly dry. scorching
weather which has prevailed for more
than a week. The changed condition
began with the gathering of a thunder
storm fixim across the lake at Grand
Haven and the rain came down heavily
and continuous to save the people
from further misery and danger. The
permanent coo! weather Is not prom
ised before to-morrow. Thirty deaths
were repotted to-day as due to sun
stroke or less dire effects of the heats,
but most of tkese victims died late
yesterday. The number of prostrations
were smaller to-day than yesterday.
St. Louis, Aug. It. There were not
so many prostrations yesterday as on
previous days of the present hot spell,
a cool wind tempering the heat. There
are prospects that cinder weather will
prevail for a time. Eleven deaths have
occurred. .
Considerable suffering Isejtlll reported
from towns in Southern Illinois. Pros
trations are numerous at Mendota,
where the mercury reached 100 degrees.
One case will be fatal. At Bloomlngton
there was one death. Peoria reports 96
degrees, with two deuths.
Frederick Langc, a farmer, living
near Carlisle, died from sunstroke. The
100 mark wus reached here. The con
tinned warm weather Is proving Very
distastrouH to the apple crop In the
section of New Louisville. 111.
At Carlo, III., James Coleman, em
ployed In the Pittsburg and New Or
leans coal trade, und who has rela
tives in northern Ohio, died from heat
prostration.
Cincinnati, Aug. 11. There were re
ported to the health board and taken to
the hospital yesterday thirteen persons
stricken with Intense heat. None of
these are as yet fatal. The only fatal
case was that of Oils Schmidt, who was
found dead in his chair this morning, at
No. 907 Central avenue.
Bultimore, Aug. 11. Ten fatalities
from the excessive heat were reported
up to midnight.
Susquehanna. Pa., Aug. 11. Owing
to the extreme heat the extensive loco
motive shops of -the Erie Kullroud com
pany were to-day closed Indefinitely.
Boston, Aug. 11. There were ten
deaths here' to-day from heat.
Captain Evans Dead.
Baltimore. Aug. 11. Captain Oeorg W.
Evans a retired officer of the United States
army, died at the rity hospital today of a
paralytic stroke which he received at Ann
apolis a month ago.
Daniel Green Nominated.
Wilmington. Del.. Aug. 11. The Dela
ware Prohibitionists today nominated
Daniel Green for governor and William
Fa ties for oongrea.
Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, Aug. 12. In the middle states,
today, fair, sultry and oppressive weather
will prevail, with great danger of sun
stroke, light to fresh southwesterly winds
and temperature nearly as high as yes
terday, followed this evening by a slow fall
of temperature and less actual humidity
and with local thunder storms. On Thurs
day, cooler, partly cloudy wt trier will
prevail, with westerly winds, preceded by
local rain on the coast
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