Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-07-18

chicago, July Rain, or prcdic-
tions promising IL, and cooler wealth.
or In the southwest. caused heavy
selling OF corn on the board Of trade
at the opening, and the September de.
livery, after touching - cents. de-
clinrd sharply TO 49h. Wheat and
oats also sold lower. the latter drop
ping of ga cents.
New York, July i3.-Grcat excite.
mcnt prevailed at the New York ex.
change The weather map early in
the day showed no signs OF a let.up of
the hot spell In the corn belt. The
market, however. was tophcavy from
protractcd bull spcculetions and Il
only required rumors Of rain In Kan.
say and Nebraska To- break the corn
market 2it cents In less than ten min.
utcs at New York. while the Chicago
market broke iIs cents Great
blocks of long stun" came out In a
steady stream which broke Septcm-
Der. the speculative fayoritc, from
tof, so 51H with the rcst Of the list
OF ia proportion.
So Louis. July ~. Reports for VA.
rious points Ina Missouri, Illinois. Kan.
ious points In Missouri. Illinois. Kan.
Gas. Nebraska and Iowa, Friday night
gave the maximum temperatures at
the places named for the day. as fol.
lows.
Missouri De Soto. ia; wcllsulic,
-. ~. Joseph, H.. Paris. ii2; Boon
VILE, iis; Columbia, III; Chillicothe.
10, Mexico, i05; Butler. los. Dixon,
los. Springfield. 100; Kansas City. 100:
So t1c!s. iee; jefferson City, iO7:
Marshall. los.
Illinois Waterloo. III. Bunker Hfll,
100. Carlyle, i02; Jacksonville. 100;
Rch,icw. i0T. Alto Pass, iO6,
Kansas eavcnworth. 100. Atchi- /
son. 100; Lawrence. los: Topeka, io2;
Abilene, 100. Fort Scott. 10.
Nebraska Lincoln. 100; Omaha, 10s; |
lairhury. io7. Lathrop. iO1; o'Ncn. !
lol. North Platte. -.
Iowa -DrH Muinss IN
81. Louis. July i3.--The thcrmc me-
ter marked ~ az p. IN. There -
good breeze.
Topeka. Kas.. July with tho
mercury registering i0i degrees at
noon under a cloudlcss sky.this Satur'
dav is the seasons hottest day. Last
night was stifing, the thermometer
showing a minimum registration Of u
aud - al midnight. AZ o'clock this
morning the registration was 81, nj
lo 0s. and 90 az II o'clock. No change
in sight for the bctter.says the wealth
cr observer.
Dcs Moincs, la, July l3.-h
q m. the thermometer registered M
above. two degrees higher than the
corresponding time Friday. lndica'
tions point to the mercury going
higher than 100. Reports throughout
the state indicate that the hot wealth
~ continues undated and the crops,
while yet safe, are suffering.
-. Joseph. No. July i3.--The mer'
curry reached iOc degrees before noon'
for the Grst time, at that hour, thus
XLmmcr.
Kansas City, Mo-. July i3.-Not since
the present hot spell begun here KAN
ga City people suffered so severely
a. they did FRIDAY night. Thursday
night had proven almost intoleraole'
but Friday night the conditions were
even worse. the average temperature
from p. IN. TO s n. m. being vi de-
grecS The atmosphere was so heavy
that IL was almost sitting. and thou
sands of people slept on lawns OF
porchcs, or remained up the entird
night riding or walking about town
At nine O'Clock this morning thu
weather bureau reported % degrees
or two above that nj the same hour
Friday, with no prospects of rain OF
cooling breeze. For three days TIM
month the heat record here has beer
broken. and conditions this morning
indicated that Fridays mark OF 1881
degrees would Ice passed to-day.
shortly before noon strohl
breeze came up from the north, ant
'h'le WIS pTohp'V' W ~" -
thermometer had risen from W
nine O'Clock TO % at IL, but at moo
fall Of three degrees was noted IN
mercury then marking %. At IN
kansas state university at Lawrence
where the hottest weather eve
known there was recorded yesterday
The temperature at IL o'clock was y
Omaha, Neb, July 13.-A noon IN
mercury had reached OF. A cooiin
breez came up at II o'clock from Ia
southwest. and partially relieved III
intensity of the heat.
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