Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-07-27
WORST or SCORCHERS
Missouri, Illinois and Iowa We're
Hotter Than Ever Before.
NO GREAT RELIEF IN SIGHT
Absolutely No Rain Fell IN Great Corn BeIi---
Wave Not Expected to Come Tbs Way.

Washington July 20. --One hundred
degree temperatures were common
throughout the great corn belt yester.
day, according to the reports to the
Weather Bureau here. In various
places in Illinois, Iowa and other
States all previous heat records We're
smashed There appears to be no
prospect % decided relief from these
exhausting conditions for the next
two days at least, except such ms may
come fromthe always present POSSIBLE
Iity of scattered thunderstorms, which
are predicted for some portions of the
superheated area.
Yesterday thunderstorms unaccom-
panied by some rain. prevailed in sew
eral sections of the West, hundreds Of
miles apart. They temporarily cooled
the atmospher IRE, but brought no relief
TO the famising crops. Absolutely
no rain fell in the corn belt, accord
ing to the official reports received
here.
In Western Iowa ii was d tritie cool
or yesterday, 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, hut il offers
no prospect of relief IL the West SO
long as the continued low pressure
remains in the Northwest.
| The warm weather again was gener-
al throughout the entire country ex-
cept on the Pacific Coast. In the East
| the temperature while high, did not
approach anywhere the extremes pre-
vailing in the West. and recurrence
of the hot wave of two weeks ago is
believed to be unlikely in the ATTAIN
tic Coast region. Thunder showers
have continued from the South At
lantic Coast westward into Arizona,
aud a continuation Of them is predict
ed for the South and Southwest.
In Des Mones Iowa, the tempera-
ture officially reported was 10S degrees
in Springfield, Ill 1903 dergees: in
CINCINNATI, LOG degrees and in Louis
Vile. LOG degrees in each case break
ing all past records. In Indianapolis
it also was 106 degrees, 5 degrees
higher than ever before reported.
III st. Louis it was 106 degrees
Bisnlark N. D., l04 degrees aud Con-
cordia, Kan, 1902 degrees,
In the East. Boston reported u tent
perature of "a degrees; New York, 30
degrees; Philadelphia, 50 degrees,
and Washington, 93 degrees.
Kansas City, Mo July ga verit-
able hot blast literally scorched the
Southwest breaking all heat records
in the history of the local weather
bureaus. Yesterday Kansas City ex-
perlenced the hottest weather ever
known here, the Government Their
momenter registering i04 degrees, and
remaining above the 100 degree mark
for seven consecutive hours. Two
| dozen prostrations, nineof which re-
suited fatally. were reported.
The bureau Thermometer at the
highest point in the city showed l06
degree, while thermometers on the
streets reached as high as 1928 do
grees. Hardly a breath of air stirred.
The suffering was intense, espeoialiy
among persons compelled to work
outdoors and among the poor dis
trlcts in the Bottoms, Seven deaths
from prostrations were reported DUR
ing the day in Kansas City, Mo-, and
Kansas City Kan, and over 30 people
overcome by the heat, were treated.
This makes total dead for the two
days of 1G. Most of the victims were
elderly people.
AT Lawrence. Kan, the State Uni
versity reported the heat record for
Kansas again broken with the mer-
curry at lO6. degrees, the highest IN
81 years. Farmers are still rushing
their livestock to market, because OF
the sea city of water. Yesterday the
local receipts of cattle were the heavi-
est on record, amounting to 70, 800
head. There was also n big advance
la the D ice OF grain attributable to
the heat, September com rising al
most 4 cents, to G09s and September
wheat going TO Is liz. Single car lots
% corn sold as high as SO cents bus
hel, to go beck to the country. There
were liberal receipts.
| Heavy showers fell Yesterday after
noon in Southwestern Missouri in the
vicinity OF the Joplin zinc mining
district and in Southeastern Kansas
around Fort Scott. There is no pros
pect for heavy rainfall tho Only
thing that will cause u permanent
break in the unprecedented droeth.
| St. Louis, Jaly 90 -Iesscrday was
the hottest day in THO history Of ~.
| T ,4..ts 1.,O,. after / n frio~tz hn islp9s-