Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-23
THE GREAT
WAVE OF HEAT
At Iowa Points Yesterday the Maxi
mum Temperature Reached the
100 Degree Point.
TITS GROWING STILL HOTTER
Aslight Breeze Brought Relief to st.
Louis This Morning Showers are Re-
ported From Various Parts Of Eas-
tern Kansas.

Des Moines, Ia. July 2S.-The tenn
perature at Z a. m. was 81, three de-
grees hotter than yesterday when los
was reached in the afternoon.
LIGHT SHOWERS.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 23.-Light
scattered showers were reported late
yesterday and last night in northwest
ern Missouri, eastern Kansas, Arkan-
sas, and northern Texas, but at no
point it is believed that the fall was
sufficient to cause any permanent
good, Today in Kansas City the wea-
ther bureau reported temperature OF
90 at II o'clock, slightly lower than
yesterday. but with indications for fair
continued warm weather in this part
of the country. The rain reported in
Kansas for the past twelve hours
takes in seven counties in the eastern
part of the state from Atchison down
to the Oklahoma line. This morning
there was no sign of relief from the
heat.
A BREEZE IN ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, Mo-, July 22.-After the
hot close night breeze sprang up
this morning, bringing relief to thous-
ands Of sufferers. At 10 a. m. the gov
ernment thermometer registered % de-
grees compared with 100 at the same
hour yesterday. During the past "a
hours there have been numerous pros
trations and eight deaths from the
heat.
PROSTRATIONS AT OMAHA.
ord of nine deaths and thirteen pros
trations in the last 36 hours, today OPP
ems with a clouded sky, and the rner-
curry at Z a. m. registered 81.
RELIEF NOT IN SIGHT.
Washington, D. c., July 23.-The
weather bureau officials find nothing
in the Chronological conditions to JUS
tify any prediction of change in
temperature in the heated section of
the country. ~
OYER A HUNDRED AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis, Mo-, July 23.-At 1880 p. m.
the government Thermometer register
ed 1903, three less than at the same
hour yesterday, when all records were
broken. The mortuary Office reports
u deaths from the heat in St. Louis in
the past "a hours. The most promi-
nent among the dead is DR.. John r.
Crosswhite.
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Washington, July 23.-The following
is the weather bureaus weekly sum-
mary in crop conditions: Intense heat
has prevailed for another week
throughout the central valleys and the
middle Rocky mountain region, with
only local showers over limited and
scattered areas Maximum tempera-
lures of 100 deg, or above, were daily
occurrence over more or less the terri
tory named. Under these conditions
the drouth has been greatly intensified
and it's area largely increased and
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and por-
tions of Nebraska have suffered most |
but the conditions are now critical
from the lake region and the central |
Ohio valley and Tennessee westward |
to the middle Rocky mountain region,
including the greater part of Texas.
Portions of the middle and south At |
lantic states continue to suffer from |
the excessive moisture, but unfavora-
BILE temperatures has been experienced |
in these districts and also on the Pa
cific coast where the weather Is cool |
er than usual. The outlook for corn Is |
less favorable than at the close of the |
previous week.
THE MISSOURI DROUTH.
st. Louis Mo-, July 23.-According to |
the best information obtainable today |
at the government experiment station |
at Columbia, Mo-, the drouth through
out the state. is growing more serious
every day. The Missouri state labor |
bureau approximately estimates the
crops Of Missouri damaged 100000. 900 |
by the drouth since the 17th of last |
April.
PLURRIES IN THE GRAIN PITS.