The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-06
IS ERR|FCAuY HOT.
All Over the North Half of
the Mississippi Valley.
HUNDRED IN THE SHADE
Is Comparative Goodness, to
Some of the Figures.

Kansas City. No., Sept. 5.-very high
temperatures prevailed today throughout
Kansas and Missouri. In Topeka 102 de-
grees was registered and q whitening hot
wind blew. Corn in Kansas Is past seri-
Gus danger, but some loss has been caused
by the heat and drouth. In Kansas City
the government observer recorded 100 de-
erees Of heat for three hours this after
moon. 9fexico, NO., reports 106 degrees
Several points in central Missouri report
vegetation drying up.
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-Today was the
hottest day OF the season. the govern
ment thermometer registering maximum
of 1913 degrees, while thermometers on the
level of the street registered from 100 TO
1O6 degrees. Today was the hottest sep
tember day ever known in Springhld,
since the establishment Of the weather
bureau service eighteen years ago. Pas
lures are burning up with heat ana the
tomato crops are being ruined.
Chicago, Sept. 5.-Today was the hottest
in Chicago since the establishment OF the
weather bureau in 1851. At 3 .. m. the
government thermometer on the top of
the auditorium tower registered IS degrees
and on the street level over 100 was re-
ported in several places. A hot wind add
ed TO the general discomfort
Two deaths and nine cases Of prostra-
ton were reported at result OF the ex-
treme heat.
st. Louis, Sept 6.-This was the hottest
day experienced in st. Louis this year.
At o'clock the morning the mercury
stood at 50, which was phenomenal as
beginning. It climbed the tube at the
rate of one degree an hour, reaching the
maximum ait $3.50 o'clock, when 1t regis
tered 102 in the shade. Despite the in
tense heat there were few cases OF sun
stroke or heat prostration.
Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 5.-The heat in
this section of the state today was terrific.
In this city the thermometer registered at
noon 103 1-2 degrees and not until late IN
ne evening did the mercury drop below
the century mark. There were many pros
trations. but only one will prove fatal.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 5.-This was the not
borhood and the hottest for eleven years.
The thermometer in the university tower
indicated 1O2. Street Thermometers were
from to . degrees higher. Corn is being
damaged in some localities.
Peoria, Ill. Sept 5.-The temperature
today in the. East Bluff residence district
was 102 in the shade and on the lower
bridge, the coolest place in the city, the
thet -nometer stood at 90 all the afternoon.
This Is the highest, temperature ever re-
corded in the city. 49,,
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 5.-Today was by
degrees the hottest of the year, the gov
eminent thermometer registering 90 de-
grees. There has been no rain in Iowa
for ten days, and this drouth, with the
hot winds today, viii do serious damage
to late corn.
Marshalitown, Ia, Sept 5.-This was the
hottest September day ever known here,
the temperature reaching four degrees
higher than any previous date this sea-
son. The government thermometer reg
istered 100 In the shade at O'Clock.
Burlington. Ia. Sept. 5.-The seasons
heat record was registered here today,
los in the shade. There were no fatai-
ties.
Cedar Rapids, Ia. Sept. 5.-Today was
the hottest day here in years, the ther-
mometer registering 1O2 at o'clock.
Luisville, KY, Sept. 5.-Today was the
hottest of the year, the weather bureau
thermometer registering 100 degrees.