Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-07-26
MAKES NEW RECORDS
Heat Daily Increases in Intensity
and 0ppressiveness.
Many Deaths Are Reported I'm Va
rious Cities-No Prospect of Relief
Grain Prices Advance he
cnuse of the Drought.


degree temperatures were common
throughout the corn belt Monday ac-
cording to the reports to the wealth
er bureau here. In various places in
Illinois, Iowa and other states, all
previous heat records were smashed.
There appears to be no prospect OF
decided relief from these exhausting
conditions for the next two days at
least, except such as may come from
the always present possibility OF
scattered thunderstorms which are
predicted for some portions, of the
superheated area. Monday dry thun-
derstorms unaccompanied by rain
| prevailed in several sections of the
west-hundreds of miles apart. They
| temporarily cooled the atmosphere,
but brought no relief to the famish-
ing crops. Absolutely no rain fell in
the corn belt according to the Off
cial reports received here. In west
ern Iowa it was trifle cooler, while
in the central portion of the state it
was warmer There is little belt of
high pressure over the great lakes
and another over the south Atlantic
coast, but it offers no prospect of re-
! lief in the west so long as the con
tinued low pressure remains in the
northwest. The warm weather again
was general throughout the entire
country except on the Pacific coast.
In the east the temperature, while
high, did not approach anywhere the
extremes prevailing in the west, and a
recurrence of the hot wave of two
weeks ago is believed to be unlikely
in the Atlantic coast region. Thun-
der showers have continued from the
south Atlantic coast westward into
Arizona and a continuation of them
is predicted for the south and south
west.
In Des Moines. Ia. the temperature
officially reported Monday was los; in
Springfield. ILL.,, los; in Cincinnati 106,
and in Louisville 1O6, in each case
breaking all past records. In Indian
apolis il also was 106, five degrees
higher than ever before reported. In
st. Louis it was 106; Omaha, 104; Bis
marck, n. D., 1O4, and Concordia. Kan,
1902. In the east Boston reported a
temperature of "a degrees; New York.
90; Philadelphia, IS, and Washing
ton 90.
Twenty Deaths.
Kansas City. Mo-, July 23.-Monday
was the hottest day ever known in
Kansas City, the temperature reach
ing log in the middle of the afternoon.
Twenty deaths from the heat were re-
ported Sunday and Monday and many
prostrations. AT IL o'clock a local
thunder shower brought relief to the
suffering people, in lower temperature,
but the rainfall was small.
Eight Deaths in Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., July 23.-The weather
conditions continue of the most un-
comfortable nature. The temperature
at seven n. m. Monday registered So
and al noon the 100 mark was reached,
with 104 at four p. m, only eight-tenths
of a degree below Sundays high rec
! ord. Eight deaths and four prostra-
| tions were reported as the record of
the day. AT five p. IN. refreshing
! breeze came up and afforded some
slight measure of relief.
Growing Worse.
Kansas City. Mo-, July ga ver-
liable hot blast literally scorched the
southwest Monday, breaking all heat
: records in the history of the local
weather bureau. Sunday Kansas
Cityans experienced the hottest wealth
er ever known here, the government
f. thermometer registring 104 and re.
I naming above the 100 mark for sever
consecutive hours. Hardly a breatl
of air stirred. The suffering wa!
- | ~ ;o11
: compelled to work outdoors and the
poor districts in the bottoms. Sever
n deaths from prostra tions were report
I ed during the day in Kansas City, Mo.
e and Kansas City, Kan, and over 81
n people overcome by the heat wsf,
I treated. This makes total dead for th
h two days of 16. Most of the victim
were elderly people.
AT Lawrence, Kan, the state univer
sity reported the heat record for Kan
sas again broken with the mercury a
1868 degrees, the highest in "a years
Grain Prices Go Soaring.
Chicago, July 23,-September cor
went to 60 cents Monday. This wa
an advance of nearly five cents fror
the high price Saturday, when tn
close was 55 cents.
- September oats made clear &C
u vance for the morning of about 81
Z cents.
~ When the buying excitement of tn
g morning was over the prices for Sci
tember showed the following change
u from Saturday:
II Wheat up from 6shc. TO 72Ac.
" Corn up from 55 c. to 59Ac.
e Oats up from 35kc. to 3shc.
% The record-breaking heat of SUI
&c day, the dry weather map Monda
II morning, the alarming forecast {
j. hot. dry weather for days to come, a
made bull sentiment very fast.
Four burned to Death.
x Pittsburgh, Pa, July ga who
r, family was burned in Penn avenr
1T tenement fire shortly before eigl
y o'clock Monday morning. The moth'
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