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, STILL SWERING.

’ The Entire Country Suffering From

the. Frightful Heat.

VERY LARGE, DEATH LISTS.

Cooler Weather Promised In New York
and Other Localities—Slight Relief
For Bostonians, but_No Let Up
Yet In Most Places.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The storms that
the official weather prophets said would
bring relief, would drive the mercury
down the tube, failed to come, and the
day opened warmer than ever. Outside a
veil of- mist that overhung the city there
was not the slightest sign of the cooling

' rain that is to drive away the oppressive

heat that has within six days caused the
death of fully 200 persons in and about
New York and filled the hospitals to over-
crowding with its victims. Yesterday the
death roll in the metropolitan district
numbered 112 deaths and 266 prostrations.
By 9 o‘clock this morning reports from
the various police precincts added to the
list of dead in New York alone over 23,
with 23 cases of prostration. And the day
opened warmer than yesterday. At 8
o'clock it was 1 degree warmer than at the
same ghour. yesterday, and there was 11
per cent more humidity;
is What causes th‘e" greatest discomfort!
There was 69 per cent today.

There was little sleep in the crewded
parts of the city during the night. It was
just as hot as on Sunday night, and there
was less breeze and no thunderstorm to
bring relief, even for a few hours. A four
mile breeze from the northwest crept
through the city, but where the mass of
the people were, on the roofs and fire
escapes of the tenement districts, the air
hardly stirred. '

Mr. Dunn was not at the local Weather
bureau yesterday or today. but the official
prophets in Washington predicted thunder-
storms. in this district last night and
slightly lower temperature this morning.
Indeed, everything looked favorable for
ram.

The sufiering populace watched the
hovering clouds and hoped. But their
hopes were dashed to the ground. N 0 rain
came. The oppressive heat, the misty at-
mosphere over and about the city, seemed,
however, to augur relief soon.

The official weather prophet at Washing-

ton seemed tqbelieve that relief was at

hand within 24 hours, for he telegraphed
to the local bureau that we would have
partly cloudy weather today, probably
local thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow
morning and cooler tomorrow night.
Many long, hot hours will intervene, how-
ever, before the mercury fails, if it does
fall: The hottest Aug. 11 in the records
of the local bureau was that of 1891, when
93 degrees was reached. .

The department of public works has
come to theLrellef of the heat stricken of
the east side. General Collie conceived the
idea of cooling the baking streets by a del-

uge of water, and he sent a gang of men .

to openiwide the fire plugs in the most op-
pressed districts.

The experiment was such a success that
the plan will be carried out as long as the
intensely hot spell lasts.

Victims of the Heat.

The following cases of death due to the
heat were reported by the police today:

Emil Erdtmann, 36 years old, of 70 Bat-
tery place. at his home.

Patrick Mouton, 40 years old, of 82 West
N inetieth streetgat his home.

Sophie Brand, 34 years old, of 308 East
Thirty-fourth street, at her home.

Augusta Lagraud, 53 years. old, of 11
Bleeoker street, while visiting her daugh-
ter at 232 Henry street.

Patrick Ash. 51 years old, of 237 West
Twenty-seventh street, at his home. ,

Michael Garity, 52 years old, of 833
Eighth avenue. while at work in Everard-’5
brewery at’b‘ Fast One Hundred and Thir-
ty-third street.

Edward McGuirk, 32 years old, found
dead in bed at his home, 303% East Thir-
ty third street.

Michael O’Toole, 35 years old, of 81
Carmine street, died at his home.

Golas Krietta, 61 years old, died at his
home, 357 West Thirty-ninth street.

John J. Hayeman, 40 years old, of 249
East One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
street, died in the night at his home.

Herman Adelhofi', a laborer, 40 years

‘ Old, died at his home, 120 Cedar street.

Margaret Walbrick, 29 years old, 'of 413
West Twenty-sixth street,
home.

August Blazer, a waiter. 36 years old,
found dead in bed this morning at his
home, 327 East One Hundredand Seven-
teenth street. ' .

Earl Boyle, 37 years old. died this morn-
ing at his home, 424 East Eleventh street.

Henry Greissel, 22 years old, of 133 Pitt
street, died this morning at his home.

Henry Schroeder, 55 years old, of West
TWenty-second street and West Bergen, N.
J., died in Hudson Street hospital yester-
day afternoon. .

Henry Diedrioh, 43 years old, laborer. of
Hancock avenue, Jersey City Heights,
died in Hudson Street hospital last night

John O’Mara, 24 years old, laborer, of

‘234Sackett street, Brooklyn, died last

night in Hudson Street hospital.

Michael Hastings, 32,years old, laborer,
of 212 Second street, Hoboken, N. J ., died
last night in Hudson Street hospital.

Louis Siegert, ‘70 years old, of 24 Second
street, died at his home in the night.

Michael Geary, ‘23 years old, of 490 Sixth
avenue, died at his home.

Charles Phillips, 48 years Old, of 1869
Amsterdam avenue, found dead in bed.

Conrad Fugmann, 98 years old, died at
his home, 511 East Sixteenth street.

John A. Magee, a lumberman of 1009
Halsey street. Brooklyn, who was pros-
trated yesterday at West and Watts streets,

'died at'the Hudson Street hospital this

morning.

 

' Sweltering Chicago.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—The'harvest of
death from heat continues in this city.
There were 51 victims. and the number

. promises to be increased. The weather

bureau has predicted cooler weather, but
for the present the terrible heat continues.
There seems to be no escape from it.‘. The
usual-refreshing breeze that cools the fe-
vered brow of this great townais absent. At
5 o’clock the thermometer registered 76
degrees at. the top of. the. Auditorium

tower, 22'storles from the ground. At 7

o‘clock it was 77 degrees and at 9 o'clock
it was 85 degrees. In the close, stifling
tenement quarters, surrounded by dead
animals and fostering, fomenting gar-
bage, the temperature was 100. Today 20
deaths have been reported at the health
department. .

l The Heat Out West.
i CINCINNATI, 'Aug. 12.-~Enquirer’s heat

,speciais*’report as follows; Catlettsburg, ‘
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Ky.,vmercury 100; one prostration. Iron-
ton, 0., mercury 99; iron mills shut down

_ till 'c’ooler weather. Athens, 0., George L.

Pillsbury, an asylum employee, died of ex-
cessive heat. Richmond, Ind., Edna Fulg-
hum‘died of sunstroke.. Montgomery, W.
Va., Mrs. John Waters, who weighed 350
pounds. died of excessive heat. The mar.
cury here was 100 nearly all day.

. - Micro Deaths In Troy. ,

Taox, N. Y., Aug. 12.—The intense
heat is responsible for four more deaths in
this city. The victims were: Frank
Horan. tenmster, aged 45 years; Bernard
Raflerty, teamster, aged 55 years; Joseph
Peterson, boxmaker; John‘Demers, brick
manufacturer. While the thermometer did
not register as high as the night before,
last night was very oppressive. There is a
marked improvement today.

Torrid In Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.—-The awful
heat continues in this vicinity. -At 8
o’clock the weather bureau thermometer
registered 84 degrees, and at noon the mer-
cury'had climbed up to 95. No air was
stirring, and the streets were almost de-
serted. Two deaths from heat have been
reported at the coroner’s office as follows.
Mary M. Mertez, aged 60 years; George
Edwards, aged 53.

A Messenger Boy Succumbs.
SYRACUSE, ug. 12.—Johnny Stengale,
17. a Western Union messenger, died here
from the effects of the heat. He was taken
sick last Wednesday with congestion of the.
brain, super-induced by'the heat.

Oklahoma Sufl'ers Too.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Aug. 12.—-W. J. Win-
dofier was overcome with heat and died in
a few minutes. The weather is the hottest
ever known. There are many prostrations.

POUR MEN SUFFOOATBD.

Workman Lose 'I‘heir‘Lives In 8 Camden
Chemical Works.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.—Four work-
men were suffocated by sulphuric acid gas
at the chemical works of Moro Phillips
at the outskirtsof Camden. The victims
worn: Joseph Devlin of 918 Market street.
James Mullen of 1130 Cooper street, An-
drew Adler of 1074 Pine'street, and George
Garrison. residence unknown.

The four men were coaling up the re-
tort, whioh was connected with a twin one
by a flue. In the manufacture of the
deadly acid it is necessary to cover the
grates of the retorts with a layer of ashes
in order that the pea coal which is used
will not fall down. The ashes had been
put in, and Mullen went down into the
retort to smooth them over. It is supposed
that the coal gas from the twin retort
escaped in some way through the fine, for
he was overcome while he was at the, bot-
tom. Devlin went to his assistance and
was also overcome by the noxious gas, as
wore the two others who went down to see
what was the matter.

The men were hauled out by ropes and
taken to the Cooper hospital. By the time
the wagon reached the hospital Mullen,
Devlin and Adler were dead, and Garrison
died about an hour later without having
regained consciousness.

Injured On a Trolley b‘y Missiles. _

CHESTER, Pa., Aug. )2. -—-Joseph 0_’Brien,.

30 years old, a resident of Philadelphia,
was a passenger on the south boundex-

press train on the Pennsylvania railroad. ,

When the train passed Sharon Hill, some
one threw a bottle and fired a pistol shot
at the car in which O’Brien sat. The mis-
siles crashed through the glass and struck
the Philadelphian on the arm and wrist.
He nearly bled to (death before this city

was reached, where .a railroad surgeon

stopped the flow of blood.

The Biscuit-Match Maddie. '

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—The agreements
under which Diamond Match and New

York Biscuit stock is to be deposited with-

the Northern Trust company,~as trustee,
‘ are"read_y 'for signature.

the public until the". signatures are re-
ceived and the stock is ready for deposit.
They provide that the stock shall be placed
in the keeping of the trustee for a period
of one year. ’

Ten Thousand Men Idle.

UNIONTOWN, Pa., Aug. 12.——More that.
half the coke ovens in the Connellsvills
region have been banked indefinitely,
throwing 10,000 men out of employment.
The indications are that in the next few

weeks many more will be added to the idle

list. The shut down is due to the falling
03 in orders from the furnace companies,
which are closing out owing to the unset
tied condition of business

 

Important Mexican Concession.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. —An English
syndicate at the head of which is Sir Whet-
man Pearson, member of parliament for
Colchester, has just concluded a lease with
the Mexican government of the Tehuan-
tepec Isthmus railway. The terms of the
lease include an agreement on the part oi
the syndicate to finish works already well
advanced for the improvement of the bar-
bor of Coatzacoa. ~ ,

Li Hung Chang’s Suggestion.

LONDON, Aug. 12.—Li Hung Chang to
day visited the Bank of England and re
mained there about an hour. The length
of his stay gave rise ‘to a rumor that he
was negotiating. with the bank for a loan.
Indiscusslng the silver. question with the
officials Li Hung Chang suggested thai
the bank might take the initiative in set
tling the bimetallic'difliculty.

Freight Agents Meet. 1

DETROIT, Aug. 12.——The eleventh an-
nual convention of the National Associa‘
tion of Railway Contracting Freight
Agents is in session here at the Cadillac.
betel. The assembly includes several ol
high prominence in the freight traffic busi-
ness. ~

 

 

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The Slam
by restoring to healthy
activity the-Clogged, 'lr-
'ritated, inflamed, Slug-
gish, Overworked Pores.

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355511.35 Purl.” sighs-util‘yhths Skin." mailed free-

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THREE BANKSCLOSE.

 

 

NONE or THEM’IMPORTANT.

The Murray Hill ‘Owes Its Depositors
, About 81,250,000, but They Wm All
Probably Be Paid In Full.
Condition of the Others.

 

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The Mdrray Hill
‘Jank,astate banking institution at 760'
Third avenue. did not. open its-doors for
ousiness today.

The few depositors who appeared at 10
o'clockwaited about in considerable sus-
pense for a few moments, as they were not
admitted. ' ' '

Then this notice was pasted upon the
plate glass in the doors: - ' '

“This bank is closed pending an exam-
ination of the cendiiton of its'afiairs.’ - '

“E. R. KILBURN,
. “Superintendent of Banking.”

The Murray H ill bank is cne‘of the old-
est in this city and enjoyed a’ large patrdn-
age among the business men and smaller
traders on the east side. It wasorganized
and conducted under the state banking
law. The capital stock of the bank' is
$100,000.- ln the absence of any authori-
tative statement eponithe' ceramics the
baa-k the ramOr of the street-was general2
ly accepted as true. This was that the in-
stitution had deposits ‘to the extent of
about $1,250,000. It was also the general
opinion that the creditors of the bank
would be paid in full.

Experts thought that the Murray Hill
bank’s troubles arose primarily from the
fact that the officers and directors had
been forced to take over large quantities of
real estate. which they had accepted as se-
curity for loans. This has cramped them
for ready cash. and they have found that
they will be unable to meet all demands
upon them. Hence, of course, the state
bank examiner was called in, and it was
deemed best to suspend business until the
best course to he pursued to protect all the
creditors of the bank can be decided upon.

The president of the bank is Mr.1F. C.
Hopkins and the cashier A. H. Gale.

The Murray Hill bank was organized in
1870. and in August. F4, its officers re-
ported a surplus of NOW-.100.

They also carried in their statement at.

that time an item of $105,827 of undivided
profit. ' ‘ . ~'

It is said that there 1are about 1.700 de-
positors. The only large account-s it held
were those of breweries.

The bank has been regarded as one 01
the strongest ones of the state financial in-

stitutions in the city. for many years the

,bank was managed by ‘2'..s late William A.
Darling. at one time‘a prominent real es-
tate dealer and Republican politician? He
was succeeded by Mr. Hopkins. ' _ '

The new management, it is reported, did
the best it cOuld With the assets, but could
not realize upon the equities it held in real
estate with sufficient rapidity to meet the
demands of its creditors. ' '

The directors of the Murray Hill bank
are: e

Rufuv \l. StOVers.'JOhn W. Eber, James
Calne) z award Metzger, F. J. Hopkins.
Philip . “chi, Robert 0. N. Fordhs. H.
Below}. ,1. A. H. Gale, J. 'L. Steinway,
Thomas .chanus and W. D. Burns.

Another Bank Stops.
DULUTH, Aug. 12.—'l'he Security bank
of Duluth, Icapita1'3100,000, ene‘of the
leading banks of the city. closed its doors

_ today; Heavy withdrawals by' depositors

and impossibility of making speedy collec-
tions are given as the cause. 'M. D. Kenyon,
state examiner, is in charge. ~Thebapk’s
deposits are in the neighborhood of $300,-
000. ’ ' - '
‘ Chicago Follows Suit. ,
CHICAGO,'Aug. 12.—T-he private 'bank
of L. D. Taylor & Co., successors to North
& Taylor, 959 West Madison street, was
closed today. By order of the court the
Equitable Trust company was made re-
ceiver. The assets are $150,000; liabilities
about $100,000. ‘ '

A Rebellion In Formosa.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.—Advice:
from the orient tell of a rebellion which
has broken out in the center of'the island
of Formosa. Hoonim. the camphor center.
was attacked. The few Japanese were
killed. and it is feared that .D. D. Ollia, a
European, has also fallen a victim. . The
town is supposed to have been sacked, and
the loss to foreigners will be considerable.

Red Men at Sarafoga.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 12.—Thc
great council of the state of New York oi
Improved Order of Red Men opened its
twenty-ninth annual executive session ai
Congress hall today, Great Sachem How-
ard Evans presiding. At 2:30 this after-
noon the street parade took place, and the
procession marched to Convention hall,
where the public exercises were held.

Short Nearly 375,000.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.—-it has de‘.
veloped that Harry K. Brown, exchange
clerk of the Bullion and Exchange bank
of Cars‘on, Nev., who left that city sudden-
ly about two months ago, is a defaulter to
a large "extent. He robbed the institution
in which he was employed of nearly $75,-
000. He is believed to be in Mexico. ‘

A Steamer on the Rocks.-

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12;-The steamer
Point Arena, bound from this city to
Mendocino, went on the rocks near Point
Reyes. The captain was on the bridge
when she grounded. He at once began tc
back her. and within ten minutes she was
free of the rocks, and she was got'to town
with four feet of water in her hold. _ '

Wheat Bread Superseding Rye.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—-Thomas Ewing
Moore, commercial agent at Welmar, Ger
many, has forwarded to the department oi
state a report on the consumption of wheat
and rye flour in that country. Since 1829,
he says, the consumption of rye breed has
steadily decreased and wheat bread shows
a more than proportional advance.

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Thc Biz Drydcck Accident.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lit—At the sugges-
tion of Commandant Sicard of the New
York navy yard Actin‘g Secretary McAdoc

today appointed a court of inquiry to meetE

at the New York navy yard next Friday at
1 o’clock to investigate and report upon
the accident to the drydock last Saturday
night. . .

Nice Sort of Husband This. V'

Bocansraa, Aug. 12.—Henry Daily 01'

Canandaigua, while intoxicated, asked his
wife to drink beer with him. She refused,
and. he tried to choke her. ‘
'lice tried, to arrest him, ’he cut his three.
with. a razor and may die offthe wound.

 

 

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Bargain Emporium.

lleiia'ble floods al
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ls while-line Iron is HOT. The lime in Bill is now, while you can gel“ Firsl elicits”
and its “cream” of lhs BARGAINS. There never was ali'me’ wilsnpriceswcrc so
completely demoralized; never a lime when flood, Reliable, Seasonatlc‘flsrchandise
of allyarielies‘ was offered in such generous quanlilies, al sucli Rediculously low
Prices. Surely, if lhere ever was a lime in anlicipaic your 7 .
iulure use, IT IS now, and its place is IlEllE.

‘ BLACKDRESS GOODS.

THREE SPECIAL VALUES IN BLACK DRESS GOODS FOR THIS WEEK ONLY,

10 pieces Figured Mohairs, 49c quality ; per yard, 25g. _
5 pieces 43 in. all wool Black Henrietta, 50c quality ;7 special, 37lc. . -
5 pieces Figured Jacquards, excellent cloths and styles, real value, 89c ;, for thissale, 59c .-

wanls, and lo? buy for

 

25c. . '

Hamburgs, all new and clean, 9 and 140; value, 19 and 210.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Handkerchiefs in great variety, 50 do'Zenfspecial, 6 for 25¢.
Ladies’ Collars and Leather Bells in great variety and at popular prices.

‘ LACES, HANDKERCHIEF S, «ETC.

100 pieces Wash Valenciennes Laces, 25, 32 and 480 each, for 1 dozen yards.
Oriental Laces, from 5 to 9 in. wide, in white and ecru, at 8 and12ic,‘ real value 15 and

 

In 0ur,Popular Cloak Ilocm.

Ladies’ Black Figured Mohair Bril-
liantine Skirts, full made, lined
throughout, cloth alone worth .the en-
tire cost of skirt, $2 25 each.

Ladies’ Wrappers, balance of the sea-
son’s stock, value from 75c to $1.00;
choice of lot'59c each. ‘ '

125 doz. Ladies’ Shirt Waists, all
clean and desirable, 25, 50 and 980 each;
just one-half regularprices.

Children’s Wash Dresses, sizes from
4Ot0'14 years, regular price, $1.00 each;
5 0.

Ladies’ Crash Suits. regular value,
$4.98; to close, each, $3.50. . '

, 'Tcilel lrlicle's.
FOR ONEWEEK ONLY.

Castile Soap, per dozen cakes. 15c. '
: Babeskin Soap,,per package, 12§c.
Comfort Soap’ per cake, 190.

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Copco Soap. Der cake, Sc.
. Talcum Powder, per box. 7c.
' Colgate & Brown Toilet .Waters, 19c.
Quadruple Extract, 290 oz.
190 Tooth Brushes, 100.
480 Dressing Combs, 25c.

Domeslics.

Full Bleached Table Damask, 58 in.
wide, the greatest value ever seen, only
25c per yard.

Half Bleached .Table Linen, full
width. sold by many dealers at 50c; just
for a flyer, 250.

75c quality for 500, German Damask.
0950c Towels, heavy double damask,
.. c.

Fine Madras Suitings, 23c, 15c.

Hammocks, to close, were 49c, for

 

' 35c.

Hammocks, to close, were 750, for

590.
Hammocks, $1.00 ones for 750.
Hammocks, 75c ones for 63 c.

 

' Basement.

Mason’s Fruit Jars, per dozen, 50c.l

English Porcelain Breakfast Pl
warranted not to craze, each, 50. ales,

4 quart Glass Berry Dish, each, 100.
Glass Covered Butter Dish, each, 90.

Underwear and Hosiery“. _
Men’s Balbriggan Shirts & Drawers
special. 25c. ’
MGL'H Balbriggan exl '
Shirts end Drawers, 4’8c. m quamy’
Men’s Black and 'i‘an t Hose double
heels and toes, summer ' ’.
19c; per pair, 125:. weight, value,
Ladies’ French Lisle‘V
50c each; 250. esls,
Boys’ Shirt Waists, extra value, 19c.

Ladies’ 26in. Twill Umb
31.75 each; 98c. — mum "‘7‘“

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Is your; plate glass or safe insured? If not, call on me and
I will write you a. policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insuré

ance Company. Glass will break and burglars use dynamite.

You should be insured. A policy in the Reliance 01 .l‘hil‘adelphia
Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union‘hof Sectlaud; New Hampshire 0!
Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific
of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State of Ports-Y,

mouth will protect you against the fire fiend.

Real Estate and General Insurance.

 

 
 

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