Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-10
S%HRIvELStTHE CROPS.
THROUGHOUT THE WEST IN.
TENSE HEAT PREVAILS.
County Searched By . Sun Of Tropics,
y1ercsasss-Msteury-Psssss tn Century
Mark. and In Some Cssss Goes - High -
11o-R.ia soesly Needed.
Los VIM Be aFullon.,

110-Rain sorely Needed.
Loss VIII HI MillionA.
A.hot wind from the south swept ali
over Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and 9th.
er Western States all day Wednesday,
sending the mercury up beyond all
records. In nearly all cases the cor.
fury mark was passed, even ON the
conservative governmental signal ser
vice thermometers. Private instru-
ments in some places are reported as
high as lOs in the shade. The heat
lasted all day and into the night. Veg
citation vas dried up and the corn crop
in many districts has reached a condi.
ton whore even rain will not save IL.
The following reports are CLEANED from
the press dispatches:
St Louis-9s degrees in the shade.
Quincy, Il.-The mercury marked
LOB degrees in the shade.
Abingdon, 1ll.-The thermometer
registered los degrees in the shade.
Marshalltown, Iowa-The thermom-
eter registered as high as l08 degrees
in the shade.
Omaha-Temperature was l0S de-
grees In the shade. Great damage will
be done to crops.
Boscobel, VISA high, scorching
wind has been blowing here. The corn
in this section is q tota! failure.
New Hampton, Iowa-A hot south
wind blew all day, sccrching vegeta-
ton like the blast from a furnace.
Holland, Mich.-Tte heat has been
intense here for several days, ths Their
mometer registering 100 degrees in
the shade.
Kansas City, Mo.-Inteuse heat pre-.
and the corn crop in some places has
been ruined.
Dubuque, Iowa-Wednesday was the
hottest day In the year, lUO degrees in
the shade. Wind, as II from a furnace,
blew a gale.
Waterloo, Iowa-Thermometers reg.
istered los degrees in the shade. A
terribly hot wind prevailed, doing
much damage to the corn.
Minneapolis, Minn.-The Mississippi
River is ut present the lowest here It
has been for many years. Thermome-
ter showed 8.2 degrees.
Bloomington, M-Wednesday was
the hottest day Of all this unprece.
dentedly warm summer. The mer-
curry stood above 100 most of the day.
Sioux City, .Iowa-The thermometer
wentsup to 107 degrees at the weather
bureau. Hot south winds blew, and
immense damage was done to the corn.
Emporia, Kas.-Not a drop of rain
has fallen here during the last thirty
n days: The result is that the corr
crop in this vicinity is ruined beyond
recovery.
st. Joseph, Mo.-The Thermometer
registered .lO4. Hot winds blew q gale
from the south, whitening the corr and
doing immense damage to vegetables
and other crops.
Yankton, s. D.-For six days the
temperature has been at 100 degrees.
Wednesday it registered ITO degrees.
The hot winds have scorched the grow.
ing crops beyond recovery.
Concordia, Kas.-At this point the
thermometer reached 1O4 degrees, the
highest since the United States Sig
nal Office was established here in 1886.
Corn is greatly damaged.
Hastings, Neb.-1lO degrees in the
shade. The nigh wind prevailing has
completely ruined the prospects for
cor in Central Nebraska and no
amount of rain would be of any avail
now.
Independence, 1owa-A hot wave
passed over this section, making 1t the
warmest aver known. The thermome.
ter stood Ito degrees in the shade for
six hours. Crops r materially In
jured.
Des Moines, Iowa-The heat here
Wednesday greatest in ten years &C.
cording to official records. Agricul.
tural Iowa is in q deplorable condition.
Many farmers are unable to find feed
for their cattle, as the pastures are all
bare, and for water they have to drive
them ten and fifteen miles in places to
reach the rivers, as all the wells are
dry. It has not rained in many parts
OF the State for six weeks. The corr
crop is almost beyond redemption.