The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-16
THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS
FROM LOUISIANA TO DAKOTA
The Heat Yesterday Intense-AlI
ords at Many Points Being Broken.
Fort Scott, Kans., Reports ITO De-
grees-No Rain Yet In the Western
Section-Grain In south Dakota Be
gins to Suffer-In Kansas and Mis-
souri Crops Are Burning Up.
souri, Crops Are Burning Up.

Memphis, July 12.-This was the
warmest day of the year in the central
southern states. Many places in west
louisiana, Alabama and Tex IS re. cIt
all neat records broken during the at
ternoon. In Memphis the official report
was 1O2 degrees at 5 o'clock. This -
the highest temperature ever recorded
here.
Selma, Ala, was the warmest place in
the south, liz degrees being recorded.
Montgomery reported los and Mobile
1O2.
At Little Rock, Ark, the highest tenn
p%erature ever recorded was officially
reported, LOG. Pine Bluff, Ark, reports
the warmest day on record with one fs-
tality.
In Mississippi the heat was intense.
AT Jackson, Vicksburg and Natchez, all
records were broken. Crops, especially
corn, all through north and east Mis-
sisssippi are drying up.
Louisiana is also in the throes Of the
hot wave. Shreveport reports the hot
WV NAs - ~ tlC lAlCA
thermometer registering 80 in the after
noon.
The intense heat has been broken
somewhat in a few counties in west
Texas. San Angelo, Colo, Midland and
Big Springs, all in the extreme western
part of the state, report a rain fall cary
ing from 1 to 3 inches. These points
are in a section devoted almost exclu-
sively to stock raising. The agricultur-
al nOrfinn nf month n I'D -o~{I-yae% 49,
is still unrelieved from the drouth. In
some places rain has not fallen in two
months. In Austin good rains fell We'd
nesday and Thursday and broke the
drouth in that vicinity. San Antonio
also reports a rainfall of Lie inches.
The crops in the southwestern section
of the state are in fair condition. Show
ers fell at Richmond and Sequin today
and Houston and Galveston report good
rains in the last few days. At Dallas
rain has been an unknown quantity for
nearly six weeks while the temperature
has been lowering around the hundred
mark for several days.
Birmingham, Ala, July 1.-THE hot
weather record was again broken here
today, the official thermometer regis
tered 1888. There was a hot scorching
wind all day and several prostrations
occurred.
Kansas City Mo-, July Pho rain fell
in any part of the drouth stricken dis
trict. including all of Kansas, western
Missouri, Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory. Over much Of this region this was
the worst day of the long hot spell, the
temperature being more than 100 de-
grees n no breeze stirring. Corn,
oats, hay and potatoes are so badly in
jured that ever with rain the yield will
be short, and, as the weather bureau
gives no hope OF relief, the outlook is
diScOuraging.
Lawrence, Kas., July 1.-The record
of the weather kept by Chancellor F.
H. Snow, of the University of Kansas,
showed today's temperature to be the
hottest in thirty-four years. The mer-
curry reached 1865 degrees.
Topeka, Kas., July 12.-The weather
in Kansas continued very hot today, the
highest temperature reported being ITO
at Fort Scott. The heat was accom-
panied by a very light south breeze,
blasting and whitening vegetation of all
kinds. Crop reports from all parts of
the state indicate that Kansas will not
raise over so, 00O. 900 bushels of corn this
year, or less than a third of last years
yield. Secretary Corburn Of the state
board of agriculture, admits that the
crops is practically a failure.
Huron, S. D., July 13.-The excessive
heat for the past eight days has had
but little effect on wheat and small
grain until today, when many fields be-
a showing blight. Hot winds began
blowing this afternoon which told serf-
ously upon wheat n small grain. Corn
is in good condition and making rapid
growth.
Pierre, S. D., July 12.-This has been
the hottest day of the hot weather
spell, the government recorded at {
O'Clock this evening being los. The
temperature has been above 80 every
day this week.
Des Moines, Ia, July 1.-THE gov
eminent thermometer showed a temper
allure of los at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon, the highest Of the year. Director
Sage, of the weather crop service, says
that because of an abnormal amount OF
moisture in the ground prior to the
hot spell the corn crop has suffered
about 2 per cent. and he does not con.
slider serious damage imminent, ever
though the hot spell should continue fol