The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-13
DEATHS FROM HEAT
Friday, the Hottest Day in Kansas
City Since 1888.
FOUR DEATHS OCCUR IN ST. LOUIS.
Hot Winds Reported All Over >outhwest
ern Kansas, Dampenins the Hopes for
Tremendous Crop of Corn
Drought in Missouri.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug. S.-Yester-
day was the hottest day known in
Kansas City since the weather bureau
was esta blishe3 here in 1855 The gov
ernmeut thermometer. always behind
all Others in breaking records. outdid
its proudest achievements of the past,
and at $50 yesterday afternoon reached
the hitherto untouched altitude of l02.2
degrees This was hotter by two de-
grees shan July l3. ls9o, which held
the record up to yesterday. For all il
was the hottest on record. Kansas City
did not suffer nearly as much from the
fearful heat as some people imagined.
The breeze saved il. I'nc wind. how
ever, was whitening, scorching blast
and was very dry. 1t was a regular
simeon, Int it carried salvation on its
sun-scorched wings.
For the first time taiS season. Kan
sas City yesterday recorded deaths
from heat, The first was that of Pat
rick Dolan, man about Is years of
age, who was found about $50 yestcr-
day morning. lying. apparently asleep,
in a vacant lot on Main street, near
Third. He was aroused from stupor
and taken to Central police station,
where he was attended by Police Sur
geon Hyde. The efforts Of the surgeon
were unavailing, however, and Dolan
died after he had been at the station
ten minutes. knute Bratt. a shoe
maker, was found dead in his shop at
l3l West Eighth street at six O'clock
last evening. He had been drinking
during the day and had become
overheated. He was seen to stagger
into his store. where he laid down.
Friends who came in and found him
dead at first thought him asleep The
dead body of a lahorer who had died
Thursday evening from a sunstroke at
Mahoney's rock crusher, IL miles south
east of Kansas City, near Lees Sum
nit, was brought N yesterday morn
ing. No one identified the remains
Two other prostrations We're reported,
but neither of them were fatal.
The heat was particularly hard on
horses, some five or six being over
come during the day. They were
mostly transfer horses, which were
pulling overloaded wagons
FOUR DEATHS OCCUR AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, Aug. Sat two p. IN. yes
terday the 100 mark was reached by
the government thermometer in the
signal service office. This again breaks
the record. Thermometers more or
less exposed to the suns rays rose
even higher, recording up to I0s and
10 degrees. In the course of the
afternoon thunderstorm broke
over the city and brought, some
relief, there being IA fall OF sew
eral degrees in the temperature Be-
fore this occurred there was great suf-
fering. especially among the poorer
classes and those employed in factories
and other large establishments. The
prostrations in the city numbered
about 30 and a, many OF the cases are
very serious the death list will be add
ed to materially. Yesterdays list
of dead is as 70 lows: H,nrv Jenne. of
Clinton, Mo: John Owen, Mrs Sarah
Vatteler and Eugene Junrc. Several
big establishments We're compelled to
close down because ot the intense heat.
HOT WINDS IN KANSAS.
WICHITA, Kan, Aug s.-The appear
| ancc of hot winds all over southwest
ern Kansas yesterday has dampened
the hopes of farmer, for a tremendous
| crop Of corn. Yesterdays winds were
very severe on late corn, and as there
is some likelihood of their col. tinuance.
| the prospects for good lat. corn are
dlscouraging. The heat was very in
tense, the mercury standing in the
shade was III at one time The tenn
perature in inside rooms was % and
100.
DROUGHT IN MISSOURI
MANSFIELD, No. Aug S-The most
damaging drought this section has ex-
perienced in many years is prevalent
| throughout Wright and the border
| counties further south There has
| been no rain for three weeks. and as a
result late corn won't make over half a
crop Pastures have been cut short
and stock of all kinds are suffering for
want of rain. The murcury registered
iGi degrees yesterday. breaking all
previous records.