The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-07-26
This Time Almost Whole
Country SweIters.
A RECORD-BREAKER ON SUNDAY
Many Prayers 90 Up In Kansas
and Missouri hurches-Farmers
Plant Grasses In Corn Fields.

al hohbhh' Inc mercury ranged from
100 to 100. Farmers are beginning tc
pillow the early ruined corn fields and
SOW them In wheat and alfalfa to make q
pasture fields for the stock IN the fall
and winter. but the Kansas river, rum
ming through Topeka is 30 dry that
green grass Is growing In the center Of
the river bed. Most Of the streams
Of the state, except the larger ones,
have gone dry, and there is poor
prospect for stock water.
The weather bureat at Washington
issued the following bulletin Sunday
night: u
Practically the entire country was I
covered by hot wave today, except the
immediate Pacific coast and In the
states of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois
nearly all previous records were ex.
ceeded. The maximum temperature
line of 100 degrees encircles the en-.
tire great corn belt. At Davenport ana
Dubuque, Iowa, and at Springfield, H..
the maximum temperature OF 100 de-
grees were degrees above the high-
est previous record, while at st. Louis
the maximum Of 100 has been equalod
but once before, on August ~, 1881.
At Chicago the maximum of 102 de-
grees equals the previous high record
of July 10th of the present year. In
the states of Iowa, Missouri and Kan.
sas the duration of the present heated
term is without precedent there hay
ing been practically no interruption to
temperature of 80 or over since June
18th, period of thirty-four days. On
eighteen days Of this period TIE maxi
nun temperature at Kansas City VS.
100 or more.
"rbe X are 40 vet no indications Of
anv relief %pm the abnormal heat. No
rain has fallen in the corn belt for the
past three days, and noAre is in sight
1t is, of course, probable that scatter
ed local thunderstorms, VIII zen are al
wa VS. accomplishments OF p "otrSceeu
peri DDS of heat, may fall at tin. es' Du'
no h, 1pe can be entertained az thlS
time o any general rains or pei ma
nent rel ief."
Holt ast at Omaha Since 1894.
With I'M, exception of July &c, 1894,
on which A, W the temperature reach
ed 1O5 deera IS, Sunday has been the
hottest day q uaha, Neb. has expert
enced in twentv. seven years. The max
fmum was 1QA q. 70. There was not a
trace of rain anyw here In the vicinity
and what little win d there was came
from the south and l. 1S'eau Oh Oeing
relief added to tine dfa comfort.
Three Deaths at n ansas City.
The heat at Kansas Aty broke all
records, the temperature u 4 p m. be-
Ing 1O4. Thermometers OF tne street
at IL O'Clock Sunday nigh, recorded
90. In Kansas City, Kans. thF ee deaths
from heat were reported du ring the
day
Prayers for rain were 0fra ed IN
nearly all the churches in Kansss CITY
and generally throughout Kansas.
Goes to 1903 at ST. Louis.
On the day Sunday that Govern or
Dockery designated for fasting ara,
praying to God that the present
drought might be broken in Missouri.
all records for hot weather in St. Louis
we're broken, the weather bureau Their
on the custom house register
ng lO8 degrees. On the streets and in,
exposed places the mercury went
many degrees higher. The record bro.
zen was that of LOG, made in the early.
eighties
This was the second proclamation OF
he character ever made in the history
# Missouri In1875, a time Of drought
Ind grasshopper pest. Governor
Charles H. Hardin called upon the PEG.
de Of the state to pray for relief. This.
all was also generally observed.
Chicago Records 1903.
All heat records since the establish.
nent Of the weather bureau in Chicago
hirty years ago, were broken, the gov
thermometer registering 1903
Legrees. Down on the street it was
rom 3 to 5 degrees hotter, and, to add
o the suffering, a hot, shifting wind
ike blast from a furnace, blew all
ay from the southwest. From o'clock
n the morning, when the thermome-
er registered II, a gradual rise fol-
owed until at 4:3O Sunday afternoon
he top notch had been reached.
Prostrations were numerous and Do
Ice ambulanees were kept busy tax.
ng care Of persons who were over
ONE on the streets.