The evening times., 1896-08-07
PROSPECT 1F FG0DIIG RAM
That atIsthe Prediction Made BY
Uncle Sans Forecaster.
STORM NAY COME TONIGHT
In the Msa antime Hsmanity Is Snf-
fering-F Fourth Day of the Hot Spell
In This sCity-Yesterday Was Rec
= ord Breaker reat Damage Done to
Corn In the West.s-

The dealers in soft and hard drinks are
praying that old Sol will keep it up n
few days longer, so that all the spare
cash Other people have may be trans-
ferred into their Golfers. The indications
are that he will not let go to any percepti-
, lle extent. during the next twenty-fonr
hours, although there may be drop of
q fewdegrees stoniehF ore toMorFUw.
Father Pluyins came to the assistance OF
the sufferers yesterday 10 New England,
J New York. Pennsy ylyania. Ohio, laqiana and
|. Illinois, and the gentle rains he sent were
eagerly wallowed up by the parched EARTH
but while the showers cooled the hot air
In those regions the mercury In this city
Jimped to maximum OF 9S, the highest
p recorded for the week.
= May RAIN TONIGHT.
This morning it was 80 degrees In the
open afr at 8 O'Clock. being the same as
was recorded yesterday. There has been
practically no change for the better during
the day. 1t Is possible that there will be
slight break tonight or tomorrow morn
ing. Fiuyius may extend Ids kindly minis
trati0ns to this sun-scorched region.
Uncle SANS probability bureau sa " that
there is a chance for local thunder showers
in the District OF Columbia, Maryland. Viz
ginia and West Virginia. Therefore, a light
fall In mercury is predicted, but il is not
likely that the maximum will be less than
50 tomorrow.
Yesterday was the fifteenth day of con-
tinuous hot weather in Arkansas and Texas.
The mercury again went to 1O4 IN Little
Rock. and il shows no change for the bet
ter this morning During the fifteen days
the thermometer has only been below q
/ maximum OF 100 once
l',e"s DAMAGE TO COTTON
ri.,, Tavo "a
| has been burned to death. There is =
| possibility of thunder showers tonight, but
! they will come too late to do any good
so far as the cotton is concerned. The
! losses win proably run up into the millions
| or dollars ''a- --''''' - s''
This is the fourth day OF the extreme hot
spell la this city. II started on Monday
night n nd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has not
| been below "a since that time.
4 Last night was the hottest experienced
| ip this city in several years. At midnight
the mercury marked "a degrees and at
1 O'Clock This morning il lowered about the
i Sc mark. At 10 O'Clock This morning sur
face therrnusnetcrs show the temperature
to be 90, with not breath OF az STIR
ring.
Reports from various points throughout
Missouri, Arkansas. Eastern Kansas an
| Southern iowa, Southern Illinois and
Indiana, state that the present hot spell
is the highest recorded In many years.
| In Missouri, Kansas and Ar.ansas great
apprehension s felt for. the corn crop,
1 much of the late planting being burned mp
| by the continuous heat SeverA towns N
Kansas and Arkansas are suffering from
ice famine At Eureka Springs. Iowa, ic'
is sell ing al s ~ pef ton, ana ad jacent tow rs
are simii arly affected.
| Railroad iiseii IN n Issouri and Illinois are
the greatest sufferers from the heat Al
| Hannibal, No., the constr uction train
,orces are gfrauy depleted md men are
| being corrsf$ $tiIy eupioyed. TO take the
| places III tiIose 9pk Dlhave suceuRbed tolhe
| weathee. Il " ~ y <r5s--ts't.s- --.
| Ten cases ofsfeat prostration and three
deaths were reajd&tea at the city hospital
| in St. Louis up. tossl o O'clock this morning
| The deaa are: sarah votteier. aged thirty
five years; Charles. Harnish- aged ffty-f:ve
and Chaies Reese. aged forty-seven.