Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
PEOPLE UNABLE 70 Sl[P.
Worst Night Yet Experienced
Since Hot Spell Began by
Kansas City.
INTENSE HEAT CONTINUES IN MISSOURI.

IUIEuSe MAI Jun llNUeS IN MtSSVV's's
lowa Crops beginning to suffer
Snow Falls mt Trenton. n. J.-Bcl-
stan Queen Overcome by the Heat
Violent TyhundcrstOrms Break the
Hot Spell mt London.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 15.-Not since
the present hot spell began have Kan
sas City people suffered so severely
as they did Friday night. Thursday
night had proven almost intolerable,
but Friday night the conditions were
even worse, the average temperature
from eight o'clock p. IN. to eight
o'clock a. m. being 81 degrees. The
atmosphere was SO heavy that it was
almost sitting, and thousands of peo-
pie kept on lawns and porches, OF
remained up the entire night, riding
or walking about town. AT nine
o'clock in the morning the weather
bureau reported 90 degrees, or two
above that at the same hour Friday,
with no prospects of rain or a cool
ing breeze. For three days this
month the heat record here has been
broken, and conditions Saturday
morning indicated that Fridays mark
of 1899 degrees would be passed Sat
nrday.
Shortly before noon strong breeze
came up from the north, and there
was prospect of shower. The
thermometer had risen from 90 de-
grees at nine o'clock to 95 degrees
at IL o'clock, but at noon fall of
three degrees was noted, the mer-
curry marking 90 degrees. At the
Kansas state university, at Lawrence,
where the hottest weather ever
known there was recorded Friday,
the temperature at ii o'clock Satur-
day was "a.
Heat Continues ia Missouri.
st. Louis, July 15.-At eight o'clock
a. m. the weather bureau recorded
ga degrees. A cool breeze tempered
the heat. which from present indica-
tions will not be as intense as Fri
day.
Reports from all parts Of the state
show the following high tempera'
lures for Friday: De Soto, 1l4;
Wellsville, 113; ST. Joseph, l12; Paris
liz; Boonville, 112; Columbia, Ill:
Chillicothe, no; Mexico, JOY; Butlel,
los, Dixon, 1Os; Springfield, 103; St.
Louis, 101.
The record of 81 degrees at noon
indicated to the weather bureau Off
Gals that the intense heat of the
past few days is abating. Copiops
showers are promised.
Intensely Hot Mt Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., July 15.-The day
opened intensely hot, with the Their
mometer at 81 at eight a. m. There
was barely breath of air stirring
and the indications are for higher
temperature than Friday. The hui
midity percentage was 81. The west
ern part of Nebraska reports equally
high temperature. There was ons
prostrati ton at Vermillion. S. D., Fri
day night.
At noon the mercury had reached
o.. A cooling breeze came up at Il
O'Clock from the southwest and par.
tally relieved the intensity of thf
aeat.
Indiana Corn Suffers.
indianapolis. Ind, July 15.-Repert!
to indianapolis board OF trade house!
Saturday show that late planted corr
in various sections of the state is be
ginning to suffer from the heat ant
drought.
Iowa Crops Suffering.
Tn 1,11r
Saturday morning the thermomete:
registered 77A above, two degree
higher than the corresponding tim
Friday. Indications point to the mer
curry going higher than 100. Report!
throughout the state indicate that thu
hot weather continues undated ant
the crops. while yet safe, are suffer
ing.
New York's Death Rate.
Nav York, July 15.-New York cit,
hAA death rate of 40.s2 last weel
almost double the usual summer rate
This large increase was due to tn
excessive heat that prevailed in tn
early part of the week. There wer
2,767 deaths from all causes, agains
1924 for the corresponding week il
1900.
Snow at Trenton.
New York, July ia dispatch t.
the World from Trenton, N. j., say
that there has been a comparativel,
heavy fall of snow in that city. TIL
snow was plainly visible during rair
storm. The fakes were large.
A Queen Prostrated.
Brussels, July 15.-Queen Mari
Henriette fell victim to the extrem
heat which prevailed Friday. He
majesty was playing croquet in tn
grounds of her villa at Spa when sh
was overcome and fell. She was cal
ried indoors and soon recovered COZ
sciouspess. Her majesty's physician
however, was summoned to Spa to al
tend her.
Thunderstorms Mt London.
London, July 15.-The extreme hea
which prevailed here for the past fe-
days has been followed by terrif
fhunderstorms in many parts of til
United Kingdom. Much damage ha
been done by lightning and the to
rental fan of rain, the streets in som
places being impossible. Similar II
ports of thunderstorms have reache
here from Berlin and other places o
tho continent