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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23

Men. women and children all over st.
Louis succumbed TO the heat yesterday.
Several of the prostrations resulted fatal
ly. and In some cases the victims were dead
when found.
All classes suffered. but laborers whose
work exposed them to the suns rays
seemed to be most readily affected. Sur
prise was expressed by many that the
number of fatalities did not run UP into the
scores, with the temperature above the 100
mark for SO long, but this was accounted
for by the fact that the air contained very
little moisture, and the heat was not Of
the sticky" variety that kills most quick
ly.
List of the Dead.
Thomas Wilson, 20 years old, OF No. 22ss33
O'Fallou street.
George Heuber. employed in the dairy of
Frank Hum at No. 3941 Cote Brilliante ave-
nue-
james Pratt. the 1I-day-old son of Mrs.
Jennie Pratt. No. 1871: Franklin avenue.
George Pusie. a laborer, 10 years old. No.
100 South Second street.
David Gavin. "A years old. a teamster
rear of No. 2Sal North Spring avenue.
George Kehl. an employe of the Spiegel
Produce Company. of No. 723 Chouteau
avenue. found dead in the stable loft.
1924 North Fourteenth street. who was over
come by the heat while sitting on a bench
in O'Fallon Park.
George Smith. dishwasher in Hern's
coffee house, No. GIL Morgan street.
PrOstratiOns Reported.
John Eckrich. u teamster. living at No.
140 Cherokee street; not serious.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
ADVANCE IN CORN,
OATS AND wheat.
Chicago Grain Pits Scene of Great
Excitement-Rush to Buy
BOoms the Market. !;
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago, ILL.,. July S-Corn oats and
wheat advanced sharply on the Board OF
bordering on the sensational. The pits were
crowded to the limit with perspiring
brokers. who. sans coats, sans vests. sans
collars, shouted themselves hoarse attempt
ing to fill buying orders
Wheat and oats opened nearly . cents
higher and corn 2 to cents.
The initial wildness was good forecast
OF the day. Buying in all the pits continued
with unabated activity to the end
Grain SPECTATORS made a rush TO buy as
soon a. the opening signal started the ses-
sion.
The witherins heat Of Sunday had made
them fear the worst for the corn and spring
wheat crop. coming as IT did on top of so
. much previous damage from a similar
cause. Traders were excited in their eager
Eess to find sellers o. the grains that are
being destroyed by the blazing sun. Sellers
were few and reticent. buyers many and
very vociferous, bat it took leads OF 4 and
cents a bushel over Saturdays price of
corn to entice those who had It previously
borght to part With any.
Excitement in the corn pit was intense,
and in oats il was Of smaller degree only
because the crowd was somewhat less nu-
nlerous. The rise in price of oats at the
immediate opening was from cents to =.
cents 4 bushel.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
INQUIRY INTO REPORT OF
CHILD'S MIRACULOUS CURE,
Pastor of st. Vincent de Pauls
Church Makes Effort to Learn
Identity of Child and
MOther-Father Hue
her Is Jubilant.

The priests of St. Vincent de Pauls Parish
are still looking for the child whose eye
sight 1t is reported. was miraculously given
to it Sunday afternoon by touching q bone
from the body Of St. Vincent de Paul. They
are confident the child and its mother, who
disappeared with It 50 quickly after the
occurrence. will be found in few days. 1t
is hardly probable they think. that the
mother can conceal her joy from her
friends. Realizing that her child. which had
been blind from birth, could see. the priests
say. she was so excited that she fed pre-
cipitateIy before any one could ascertain
her name and address.
ST. Vincent de Pauls Catholic Church is
situated in the midst of a large parish. Fa
ther Hueber is acquainted with all the
members of the parish. From the descrip-
ton given him of the woman and child by
Father Asmuth, who says he personally
saw the miracle. Father Hueber is certain
the mother is not member of his parish.
but a stranger. who. knowing the relic
would be passed, brought her blind child in
the hope that its blindness might be cured.
1.-The mother acted strangely" says Fa-
ther Asmuth. ''The instant she learned that
her child could see. she mace joyful ex-
clamation. then ran quickly from the
church. 1t was warm, and we were trying to
hurry our service little to relieve the peo-
pie. and for this reason 1 did not run i'm
mediately after her. Later. looked for her.
but she had disappeared. certalnly believe
miracle was performed"
Father Hueber is overjoyed at the occur
renee. not only because the child can see,
but because its sight was given it in the
presence of so many, which, he says will
have a great tendency to strengthen faith
In prayer. He says:
<fr{b +ho ,olo tAr.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
OUTLOOK is FOR MORE
HOT AND DRY WEATHER

the temperature ranged between 20 and 100
degrees. including New York. New Orleans
and Salt Lake.
In many instances Southern cities expe-
rienced n much lower temperature than
places In the extreme northern portions OF
the country. At Galveston the highest
point reached was 50 degrees. At that point
rain fell to a depth of 3.OS inches. At Pal
estine L. inches of rain fell. Besides these
places. light rains were reported from Men,
phis. Pittsburg. Little Rock and Santa F'e.
The balance Of the map shows that tho
drought was unbroken. The rain which fell
in Texas was accompanied by thunder and
high winds.
There was slight trace OF rain In parts
OF st. Louis about ESQ p. m. Only few
drops fell. however, and in the downtown
district there was not even sign OF
moisture.
The area OF highest barometric pressure
covers the upper lake region. and the area
of lowest pressure is central over Eastern
Montana. Secondary areas of pressure.
moderately high, are present over the North
Pacific ard South Atlantic coasts.
The last twenty-four hours has been a
recortl-breaking period for temperatures for
the Central Mississippi Valley.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23

John II. O'Brien. a laborer. who recently
came to st. Louis from Pacific, Mo-: will
recover.
Mrs Dora Schramm of No. 1ii2ls North
Eleventh street.
Henry Reinhardt. 60 years old. shoe
Frank Herndore. found unconscious at
Twelfth and Olive streets; serious.
julius Beln, aged 73. employed at the
Union Dairy. jefferson and Washington
avenues: serious.
Mary Rinsher. aged 50. of No. I'LL South
Second street; serious.
Patrick Quinn. aged Al. laborer. living at
No. 1884 Papin street: not serious
Henry Burichter aged 81. teamster liv
ing at No. 2O22 North Broadway; not Sc
rious
August Will. aged IS, of No. 35ol Olive
street: not serious
George Allison Of No. 1881 Carr street; not
serious.
Austin Maroney. 3S years OF age, a cook
at the Southern Hotel; not serious.
Paul Gabrillac. 65 years old. a cook at
Matthew NOney's lunchrOom. No. 3l3 Lo-
Gust street: not serious.
]. w. OBrien of kirkwood, Mo-: not Sc
riouS
Mary schleussler, 81 years Of age living
ut No. 800 Lynch street: serious.
.. II. Mohrmann, Al years of age, a
painter. living at No. 1907 Franklin avenue.
serious.
Andrew Robinson. aged "a. a laborer liv-
ing at No. 1905 Chestnut: Tot serious.
Emily Strahler, aged 50, of No. 242o De
Kalb street: not serious.
Jacob Erhardt, a Tlachinist, OF No. 3322
Salina street; not serious.
Henry Frohoff, so years old. watchman at
the Wabash crossing. Second and SALISBURY
streets, living at No. 1913 North Eleventh
street: not serious.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
In Spite of a Falling Market. Re.
ceipts at Kansas City Are
Unprecedented.
SCARCITY OF WATER AND FEED.
Commission Men Advise Farmers
to Hold On to Their Stock if
They Possibly Can-Not
Enough Cars Available.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City. NO., July 22.-Cattlemen are
row thoroughly alarmed and are driving
their stock for the killing beds and North
west pastures as fast as they can get rail-
road cars.
To-day 2.2l7 entered the stock yards here,
as against $500 the same day last year This
breaks all records.
This is the season Of the year when cattle
shipments are supposed to be light, as they
are on grass and are Of no expense to the
stockmen, but notwithstanding Mr.. Ar
mours declaration a week ago that, Eve
can stand another month of this drought -
the cattle-raisers have now entirely lost
heart, and are beginning to crowd the mar
ket.
The only thing that will check the rush
will be the shortage of stock cars. Not an
ticipating general movement the cars
have not been sent into the country. Two or
three good rains would do more than any
thing else to head OFF what will be a ca
tastrophe.
Markets Fall on in Price,
Under to-day's heavy receipts the market
fell off 40 cents per 100. The outlook is blue
Commission men are tonight telegraphng
their customers to hold on il they can pos-
sibly find water for their cattle but the
other difficulty is there is no grass. Water
may be found, or water holes filed by n
rain or two, but the earth is parched to
a cruel degree
Hogs showed IS per cent increase In num-
ber over the corresponding day last year
hut while the feeders are anxious to sell,
for the reason they have no corn to give
them. the weather is so hot they are afraid
Of the death loss in transit Fat hogs re
quire careful handling, and nothing fiuctu-
ates so rapidly as a frightened hog market
Sheep men report herds as standing up un-
der the weather conditions better than other
lines, this doubtless due to the close forag-
ing of the sheep.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
TEMPERATURE THE HIGHEST
EVER KNOWN IN ST. LOUIS.

in the history of the city-.August Il. ISL
was exceeded by one point sesterdly. The
mercury started at S. degrees at / a m.
1t dropped to 81 at ) o. clock. which was the
minimum temperature for the day. From
) O'Clock the rise was steady Intil 1:30 p.
m. The readings were as follows: s a. M,
So: Z a m. 81; "a. m., 81; "a. ~, s6; 10 d.
m. 80; II a. M, 102; noon. l05; l p. m., l0S;
1:So p. m. l0I; p. M, los; p. M, los;
=. m. lG5; ) p. m, 105; p. IN, jV4; p. M,
I0i.
Mir. Spencer believes that the Indications
are for continued hot weather, bat the
probabilities are that the mercury will moi
again reach 107 before the heat is broken.
This" he said. will go On record as the
hottest day in ST. Louis up to date. The
entire country, with the exception of tie
Gulf States. is as dry and not as 4 desert.
How long the torrid conditions will con-
tinue cannot be predicted.
Owing 10 the intense heat everything
one touches feels as If it had been placed
near fire. This is due to the fact that
the temperature of the air Is considerably
higher than that of the body. In the next
week. If the hoi weather continues, there
will be considerable suffering from warm
nights
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23

urine scalds the flesh or If. when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control tine passage, It is yet afflicted with
bed-wet,ing, depend upon it. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp.Root is soon realized. II Is sold
BY BY. druggists: sgg s.. in fifty E~
sizes. You may have a W (|sy III
sample bottle by mail !sl5es
free. also pamphlet tell HON. Of s-.upassa
ing all about II. including many Of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Or. Kiirner
& Co.. Binghamton. n. Y. be sure and
mention this paper.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23

he was carried To a waiting rot. where chill
after chill shcok his frame Tine cuticle was
as red though he had been boiled in a
vat of hot land Nothing but a sheet was
, thrown over him and the thermometer was
applied again for the purpose of watching
hii temperature
Two minutes later it had scared II l05.
He WAS ordered back to the Ice bath. The
second immersion seemed 10 be feared by
the vi, tim more than the first. He begged
that he he excused from the experience.
City Hospital measures are drastic. Without
ceremony the parholed figure splashed into
( the water and scattered the icebercs over
, the sides of the tub. Down went the tenn
perature with lofty tumble in few min
utes. The patient fell, exhausted, upon his
couch and passed quietly into the hopeful
Slumber of relaxation.
| ONE PATIENT WITH
TEMPERATE RE OF 10.
Doctor Geh:uns wiped the perspiration
from his brow and told of a recent case
where the victim dropped to the sidewalk
ia front of Lemp's Brewery. overcome. with
ll9 degrees Of blood temperature. He was
unconscious hen he went into the ice bath.
At the safety point he was removed and
assigned to a cot The blood cooled 80
rapidly that the temperature lowered to
29.2 degrees. Only the most vigorous work
with hot-water bags at the feet and ice
bags at the head brought the heat OF the
! blood back to i"o degrees, when he was pro-
! nounced ont of danger. He left the hos
pital the following morning.
Few persons have commented on the
quality of the heat that ST. Louis has been
subjected 10 during this SPELL" said Acting
Assistant Weather Forecaster Spencer.
. Such "A tyne of heat was never known in
St Louis before. We have had droughts be-
4, fore. but not such dry ones. Down in Mexico
and the States and Territories of the south
western part of the United States. where
the climate is dry. this sort of weather is
not unusual
And 1T will be observed from their NOR
tatity record that the general health of
, these communities is very good during their
summer. Beyond the discomfort of being
baked. st. Louisans have reason TO con-
sratulate themselves that no rains fell
! which We're succeeded by a repetition of
the drought conditions
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
NEBRASKA.
REPUBLiC SPECIAL

Lincoln. Neb-. July 22.-NebraskA was the
center Of another great caldron of heat to-
day. The highest point reached was 104 de-
grees. at 4 O'Clock. almost the equivalent
OF Yesterday. At o'clock this morning.
the lowest point in the twenty-four hours.
the mercury got as low only as So The
records were broken almost every hour dur
Ing the morning. At IL 1t was 80. the high
est by one degree ever recorded here
clouded sky in the afternoon was all that
saved the people from a more blistering
heat than ever
Since July there has been but one day
on which the mercury has gone below 80.
On ten straight days-from the Sth to the
17th-the maximum never fell below 10l.
On eighteen Of the twenty-five days the
maximum has been over 100. The worst
previous record was in 1890. when 100 was
reached on three days only. Reports from
the State show that practically the same
temperature was recorded everywhere.
The normal mean for July is n. For this
month the average has been almost ..
Fifteen prostrations. in four OF which
death Is expected to occur, and five persons
falling dead is the harvest of the past
twenty-four hours In Lincoln.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23

The thermometer in the Weather Office IN
the dome of the Federal building registered
1o7 degrees above zero at 1:so O'Clock yes
terday afternoon the highest temperature
ever registered i'm the history of st. LOUIS
and vicinity.
At o'clock vapory white clouds gathered
oser the city, bringing with them siigh.
trace Of rain and checking the upward
movement of the mercury, which mad peen
rising steadily since a. m. The mercury
dropped to log degrees. and at p. m. II
registered 104 degrees. Z. Il. spencer, op-
server in charge Of the local weather Bu-
reau. said that but for the cloud bank when
drifted over the city the temperature prob
ably would have continued to rise, and that
in all likelihood 10 degrees would have been
reached before sunset.
The intense heat was felt in every section
of the city. Thermometers in various parts
Of town registered as hi sh as los and l09 de-
e,rees above zero In the western and north
western districts a few large drops of rain
fell about $50 o'clock in the afternoon, but
they were dried up almost Immediately up
on touching the parched ground and heated
pavement.
Sundays maximum temperature CT 10s
aa<rees which had only once been eouaied
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
BY E. f. SPENCER.
Observer I'm Charge of the Local
Weather Bureau.

Observer I'm Charge Of the Local
Weather Bureau.
. The maximum temperature for 81. Louis
WAS probably reached at 13o p. m. yes
terday. when the mercury registered 1o1
degrees above zero.
1t will continue fair and hot throughout
this region and Indications Go not give
any promise for rain. but it is not likely
that the l07 mark will be reached again in
the present hot SPELL
Springfield. H.. led the list OF hot cities
with maximum temperature of 10S de-
rress; at Des Moines. Ia, los degrees was
also reached.
Throughout the United States the intense
heat remained practically unbroken. the
IO0-degree mark being reached at seventeen
weather stations. In more than ten sta
tions. including St. Louis. previous records
of twenty years were broken. Besides the
cities already mentioned. the following
we're among the sufferers: Indianapolis.
Cincinnati. Kansas City and Louisville,
with a temperature OF 106 each; Cairo. Bis
marck. Springfield. No.. and Omaha. tenn
perature 1O4 degrees; Davenport, huron an"
Concordia. 1O2 degrees.
At twenty-nine other important stations
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
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Q TO AVOID HEAT PROSTRATION. .
Q by Doctor Louis Rassieur, Asst. .
. Supt. City Hospital. .

q TO AVOID HEAT PROSTRATION.
. by Doctor Louis Rassfeur. Asst.
. supt. City Hospital. I
q Let into:;icants alone. Alcohol
q brings s5 per cent of the so-called Z
q heat victims to the hospital. Do not
q blame the sun. 1t never killed any {
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q by drinking to excess. Z
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q heated blood. Take your usual eight q
. hours rest. The tippler remains
. abroad at night, putting his system 4
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. your bed and toss the night through. 4
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. taxation. 4
9 Eat what your stomach Graves Do 4
q not get linicky in the summertime q
= about diet. You will put your men 4
= tality in condition for an easy con- z
q quest by heat. This is presupposing 4
q that YOU are not eourmanj {
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= them for the worker in the sun q
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circulation of air. Material that alb Z
. serbs the perspiration worn next the 4
q skin keeps one in Il tolerant frame of q
q mind. 4
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. defense against that boiling of the Z
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q and health. 4
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. Heat Ward. City Hospital. Z
q lce-water baths, varying between 4
. GU and ~ degrees. are the best cure q
for heat prostration. The senicon-
. scious or unconscious patient is i'm q
. mersed in a tub or water full of 4
q floating ice. 4
. Ice is held TO the head A temper Z
. ature thermometer is kept under q
water close to the vital parts of the &
= victim. From time to time it is re- &
. moved and read by the attending q
. physician. When the temperature of 4
. 4 victim who has arrived with his Q
. blood boiling at los degrees has fallen q
= 10 lo2 or 1ol degrees he is removed q
. from the tub and laid on a cot near q
. by. 4
. Here he is seized with a type Of &
Q chill. Very frequently the tempera- q
. ture sinks from the shock to 96 de- q
= srees. Then ice bags are placed at Z
. the base of the brain and hot-water a
. bags are kept at the feet The ac- 9
. tion resulting from this treatment is 4
. to draw the heated blood from the Z
. brain and distribute it in the lower &
. portions of the body. q
. Often after being removed from the 4
y Ice bath the treacherous blood q
. mounts to high temperature again. 4
. AS soon as this feature of the case Is 4
. discovered the patient is placed in Z
. the ice bath and kept there until it q
. has been reduced once more. Z
. The highest temperature encoun- q
. tered this season in any patient has Z
. been 10 degrees. Recovery from 4
. such condition has been more rapid 4
q than in cases where the temperature 4
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q pital. 4
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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
SEVERAL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

REPUBLIC SPECIAIA
Fort Worth. Tex. July "a dispatch
from Gatesville, Coryell County. tells Of a
fatal accident to g party OF pleasure seek
ers between that place and Hamilton yes
terday. A thunderstorm caught a party Of
young people near Hamilton. Some of the
rarty sought shelter under tree. 1t was
struck by lightning and Grover Hamilton.
aged is. and Morgan Payne, "a. were killed
and Bud Payne. aged E3, fatally injured A
younger brother of Grover Hamilton was
also struck. but it is believed he will re-
cover,
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-23
PARTS OF MISSOURI
BLESSED WITH Rain,
Clouds Break in the Western POr.
ton of the State and il
DOwnpour Follows.
APPEARS TO BE VERY GENERAL.
Kansas City Gets a Wettins,
While Pettis and Benton Coun-
ties Receive Real Drenching
showers at Other Points.
REPCRLLc SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansas City, July 22.-Rain began falling
here at II o'clock. and at midnight the indI-
cations. as gathered from the electrical
display, are that the storm is general From
sedalia comes news of drenching Of every
part of Fettis County. Benton County. too.
has copious rains. and. according to the dis
patchers office Of the NJ. X. T. r. r..
the storm strung north as far as Warsaw.
There was every indication In Kansas
City throughout the day that there would
be rainfall soon. but similar and as good
indications had gone for nothing earlier in
the drought.
In the southeastern part of the city the
fall was substantial. though other parts
got nothing but dust from the storm.
Rain is falling in Leavenworth.
IN LINN COUNTY.
REPCBL SPECIAL.
Linneus. Mo. July 22-The first rain that
has fallen in this vicinity since June 30 fell
east and north of here to-day. 1t was a
light shower, but has encouraged the people
to look for more.
IN BENTON COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Warsaw. Mo-. July 22.-There was an elec-
trical storm here tonight. accompanied By
q heavy wind. followed by a good rain
throughout Benton County.
IN MILLER COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
olean. Mo-. July 22.-rhunder showers
were reported south of here tonight. They
were local in character and did not extend
this far.
IN CARROLL COUNTY.
REPIIRTJC
Carrollton. Mo-, July CA good rain be-
gan here tonight at 10 o'clock. It appears
to be general.
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Moberly, Mo-. July 22.-The Christian peo-
pie held union prayer service for rain last
night. This afternoon the intense heat was
partially relieved by light shower, and
there Is threatening sky tonight.
IN PETTIS COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sedalia. Mo-. July 22.-All parts of Pettis
county were drenched with heavy down
pour OF rain this evening and Tonight.
Inc heaviest portions of the storm swept
from east to west over the southern portion
of the county and the northern part of
Benton County.
Heavy transforms are reported Tonight
along the line of the NJ, K. & r. Railway
as far north as Fayette. The conditions are
favorable for long rain. which is most de-
sired by the farmers Of Central Missouri.
IN JASPER COUNTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Joplin, Mo-. July 22.-At o'clock this even
ing rain began falling here and this section
OF Jasper County received a good soaking.
ARIZONA GETS GOOD RAINS.
Phoenix. Ariz.. July 22-Great transforms
have occurred in the past forty-eight hours
In the mountains north and east Of Phoe-
nix. The rain came just in time to save
the cattle and sheep ranges and to ytop a
number Of large forest fires In the San
Francisco and Mogollon Mountains The
ella River is out of Its banks and is put
ting water on the Indian reservation in
time to prevent much suffering from
drought.