The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-23
SCOR.CHERS.

CINCINNATI 100
indianapolis 1O6
Lincoln, Neb. 1O4
Topeka, Kan. 1O6
Metropolis, Ill. no
INeOkuI1, Iowa 1OS
Leavenworth, Kan. los
Louisville, Ky. . 100
Burlington, Iowa no
WASHINGTON, July 22-One hundred
degree temperatures We're common
throughout the great corn belt today, az
cording to the reports to the weather
bureau here. In various places in I'LL
nois, Iowa and other states all pre-
vious records were broken There ap-
pears to be no prospect of decided re-
lief from these exhausting conditions
for the next two days, at least, except
such as may come from the always pres
ent possibility of scattered thunderstorm q,
which are predicted for some portions
Z of the superheated area. Dry thunder
storms, unaccOmpanied by rain, prevailed
today in several sections of the West
hundreds of miles apart. They temp0rar-
fly cooled the atmosphere but brought
no relief to the famishing crops. Abso-
lutely no rain fell in the corn belt, ac-
cording to the official reports received
here. In Western Iowa it was a trihe
cooler today, while in the central por-
tion of the state it was warmer. There
is a little belt of high pressure over the
Great Lakes and another over the South
Atlantic coast but they offer no prospect
Jf relief in the West, so long as the
continued low pressure remains in the
Northwest. The warm weather again
was general throughout the entire coun-
try except on the Pacific coast.
In the East the temperature, while
ool, l,arA
extremes prevailing in the West and a
recurrence Of the hot wave of two weeks
ago is believed to be unlikely on the At
lantic coast. Thunder showers have
continued from the South Atlantic coast
westward into Arizona, and a continu-
alton of them is predicted from the
South and Southwest
KANSAS CITY, July PA veritab!e
hot blaze scorched the West today,
breaking all the records in the history or
the local weather bureau. Yesterday
Kansas City experienced the hottest
weather ever known, the government
thermometer registering lO4 remaining
above 100 for seven consecutive hours.
Two dozen prostrations, nine fatally,
were the result.
The bureau thermometer at the high
est point in the city showed los degrees
today, while thermometers on the streets
reached as high as 12S Hardly breath
Of air stirred. The suffering was intense,
especially among persons compelled 20
work out doors and the poor districts in
the bottoms. Seven deaths from prostra-
tions were reported during the day in
Kansas City, Mo, and Kansas City,
Kan, and over thirty people overcome
by the heat were treated. This makes
q total Of sixteen deaths for the day Most
of the victims were elderly people. To-
eli
on which the temperature has averaged
above 80 degrees and the fifteenth in
that time that the thermometer has gone
above 100.
At Lawrence, Kan, the state university
reported the heat record for Kansas
again broken by the mercury at 1865
degrees, the highest in "a years
Farmers are still rushing their livestock
to market because of the scarcity OF wa
ter. Today the local receipts of cattle
were the heaviest on record, amounting
to 25,5CO head. There was also a big
advance in the price of grain, attribu-
table to the heat, September corn rails
ing almost cents to 605sc, and Septem-
her wheat going to 6S1zo. Single car
lots of corn sold as high as SO cents a
bushel. to go back to the country. There
were liberal receipts
Heavy showers fell this afternoon In
Southwestern Missouri in the vicinity OF
the Joplin zinc mining district, and IN
Southeastern Kansas around Fort Scott.
There Is no prospect for a heavy rain
fall, the only thing that will cause a
permanent break in the unprecedented
drought.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 22-.Tnree deaths
and ten prostrations are the record of to-
DAYS heat in Topeka. The thermometer
registered LOG, maximum. 1t has been three
. hi {ol,a 10 heated n.
but the humid air made today the most
oppressive of the year. Most of the
octive work was stopped. The Kansas
river is very low but the supply Of water
In the city mains is yet plentiful.
From numerous places in Kansas come
reports tonight of intense heat and mucn
resulting damage. Slight showers fell
this evening in some regions, but the
larger part of the state is still parched
nv the terrible heat. In some parts of
the state the temperature was as high
as 100, with considerable humidity.
The most hopeful estimate of the prob
able corn yield has fallen from half a
crop to a quarter of crop. Many coun-
ties report a total loss.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 22.-Ten dead, one
man driven insane and five prostrations
showed today the result of yesterday S
sweltering heat The temperature today
was pleasant being below SO, and the
deaths and prostrations We're therefore,
the work of yesterday. The pleasant
weather Of today is predicted for tomor-
row.
From four to six cars of vegetables are
new being shipped from Chicago daily
to drought-stricken sections in Illinois
and Missouri, which ordinarily supply
this market with produce of this charac-
ter. To certain extent the supply for
Chicago use Is curtadled by the ship
ments out of town.
Numerous other food products have