The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-23
Records for Heat in Many Cities
Were Again Broken
Yesterday
Farmers in the Southwest Despair
of Getting Any Crop
At All.

been affected by the dry weather, to an
| eHtent resulting in an advance of prices.
Milk commanded fancy prices today and
a sharp rise is expected. Meats went
| up 10 per cent in some instances, and
| predictions were current that ice would
| go up after this week unless cooler
weather shall set In.
The out-of-town demand for vegetables
| is one of the new phases of the drought
| Buyers were present today from Kan
sas City, Centrala, Keokuk and half a.
| dozen smaller places ',sta
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 22.-All pre-
vious heat records here were eclipsed
today when the official government ther-
mometer at the office of the local weather
bureau reached 105 degrees Fortunately
the humidity registered only 26 and the
number of prostrations during the day
was comparatively small. Late in the
afternoon the humidity increased and the
| heat early in the evening, was again
becoming exceedingly oppressive, when "a
! local thunder shower cooled off the tenn
! perature to some extent There We're
twenty-five prostrations and one death
reported today. Beyond possible local
! thunder showers, the weather observer
reports no immediate signs of relief, and
| tomorrow is expected to be another hot
| day.
Reports from the surrounding country
| show similar conditions have prevailed
The neat records were broken at Padu-
cah, Frankfort and Maysville, KY.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 22-Thls
| was the hottest day on record in Indian
aolis. The official record was JOG at
o'clock in the afternoon. At the Same
| hour the thermometers along the business
| streets recorded 10 and 112. There were
two deaths and three prostrations from
| heat.
! At the camp of the Indiana national
7 guard all drills were dispensed with Sixty
| men were overcome during the day. but
all rapidly recovered, with the excep-
! tion of seven, who are in the brigade
hospital. Many animals were stricken to-
day and liverymen are refusing to hire
! horses.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 22-Th2 max m m
temperature in Lincoln was 1041 nearly
two degrees lower than yesterday, caused,
the forecaster says, by the presence of
clouds at the hour when the heat is usu-
ally the greatest. At other points in Ne
| braska today was a record breaker for
! heat-l09 at one town. There are no
reports of rain anywhere in the state.
! Gov. Savage, at the behest of many min
listers and others, has designated next
! Friday as day to be devoted to prayer
| for rain. Two deaths from heat have
occurred in Lincoln since last nights re-
| port.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, July 22.-The Of
! ficial thermometer marked 110 today. In
! creased humidity caused much suffering
! One prostration and one death attributed
to heat.
ST. LOUIS, July 22-This was the hot
" in fhn ictC OF 7
l D. m. the government thermometer re-
! covered 106 yesterdays maximum, and
| was still rising. Soon after l o'clock the
mercury rose to 1O7, but clouds obscured
the sun. During the past twenty-four
hours there have been five deaths from
the heat, and large number of prostra-
tions were reported.
KEOKUK, Iowa July 22-Weather bu-
reau station had los for maximum today
the third time in two weeks that the high
record has been raised. No prostrations.
but great interference with business and
work. A number of thermometers burst
in the sun. Doctors found clinical ther-
mometers at a point too high to allow
/ use, and had to cool them down with
I water. This is the thirty-second day
above 80 and sixth above 100.
LEAvENWORTH. Kan, July. Pat
It or LedN6uWOrIn To-Day the weather bu-
reau thermometer registered los degrees.
Capt R. H. Allen, post adjutant. was
| prostrated by the heat while at his desk
! this afternoon, and taken to his home.
Five other prostrations We're reported.
DES MONIES, Iowa, July 22.-The gov
| ernment thermometer registered 107 de-
grees at $3.50 this afternoon, the highest
official record in the history of Des
Moines. Two deaths from heat and nu-
merous prostrations We're reported today.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 22.-The heat
kept UP the terrible pace Of the past tif-
teen days, the government thermometer
| registering a maximum of 103
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 22-All heat
records in Springfield were broken TO-
day, when for three hours the mercury
in government thermometer stood at 107.
Thermometers on street level registered
as high as no in the shade. Several pros
( trations, but none. was fatal
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 22.-An
weather records were shattered when the
government thermometer registered 1O5.l
at 1:35 D. m. Four prostrations were re-
ported up to p. m, but there had been
no fatalities
METROPOLIS, III, July 22-The heat
mere IOudy ldS pSen greater Jndn ever
! known in this section. The thermometer
registered 110 in the shade, and several
small thermometers in exposed locations
burst because of the intensity of the suns
| rays.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 22.-The
burning heat of today caused two deaths
and at least a half dozen prostrations.
At o'clock the thermometer registered
1884, breaking all previous records.
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 22.-Heavy rain
storms have occurred the past forty-eight
hours in the mountains north and east
of Phoenix. The rain came just in time
to save the cattle and ranges and to
stop a number of large forest fires in
San Francisco and Mogul1on counties.
The Gila river is out of its banks and
is putting water onrthe4 Indian reservation
in time to prevent suffering from drought.
Traction Stock Burned.
WHEELING, w Va, July 22-Fire at
Bridgeport destroyed the Wheeling