The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-25
DIE By SCORES FROM HEAT
Conditions in St. Louis Are Unbenr-
"ble-Weather Man Holds Cut
Small Promise of Early
Relief
SOME OF THE DAYS FIGURES
DAYS MAXIAIUMs

Nlty 100
los
Louisville 1oz
Dubuque los
Omaha ,n-
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Scatterad
thunder storms in the northern tier ~
states in the Central West TODAY gaze
some relief in that locality from the in
tense heat. These showers, which gen
eraIiy were light in character, occurred
IN the Dakotas, Southern Minnesota.
Northwestern Iowa, the extrcme north
erh portion of Illinois. in Minnesota and
III MIchlgan. More of these showers and
over a wider area are expected bv the
Wedlher bureau tomorrow Their effect
however, will be temporary. and warn,
weather Is again predicted for Friday
IN the great corn belt the intense heat
sun continues, and there seems To he ,o
immediate prospect of a general rain
though the fact that showers are becom-
ing more general than for some days is
encouraging to the officials here vino
nope they may be the forerunner of O
general breakup in the heat and drought
conditions. although the forecasters will
Hot say that this is probability For to
morrow showers are indicated for the
region from the Dakotas eastward. and
Lnere Is possibility of showers In Ne
praska. Iowa, Northern Illinois. North
err Indiana and Northern Ohio. If
they shall come they always bring tenn
porary relief from heat, and their reflex
erect may be experienced in slightly re-
duced temperatures i'm the southern stats
OF the corn belt. Such raInfaTs as oc-
CURED today, and were reported officially
10 the weather bureau, were none of them
heaVy in amount, the greatest precipita-
tion being at Marquette and Green Bay.
Mich the rainfall in neither case reach
ing half an inch. In other sections also
some rain FELL notably at Chicago. where
the precipitation amounted to but a trace
at New Orleans, at Salt Lake City and al
/ Vicksburg.
Temperatures will continue high tomor-
! row in the central valleys and in the
Sehtrai West and In addition to the
Iocalltles already noted occasional show
| ers are predicted in the middle gu1f
states, Eastern Florida, the central
Rocky mountain region and the extreme
Southwest
There were also today some local
thunder storms in Oklahoma. The max
imum temperature line Of 100 degrees to-
day again ercircled the upper NIississlnpi
valley, lower Missouri valley and the
middle and lower Ohio valley. St. Louis
reported temperature Of 1O8 and 81
Paul one Of 104 degrees, both record
breakers.
ST. LOUIS, July 2l-One hundred and
eight degrees was recorded as the max
lmum temperature today, a figure never
before reached in this city. No imrnedf-
ate prospect Of relief is In sight and fhe
Indications are for continued shot and
dry weather for the next twenty-four
hours at least
throughout the day people dropped on
the sidewalks in all parts Of the city.
and horses In the streets fell, unable 10
move. The city's facilities for handling
heat cases proved inadequate, and the
! health department asked the city comp
, troller that funds be given the depart
rnent with which to buy horses for tho
amDulances and also to purchase extra
ambulances. Three extra ambuIances
were obtained for the dispensary service
this morning
In the twenty-four hours ending at II
o'clock tonight forty deaths directly at
trbutable to heat had been reported. In
the same period Of time seventy-fve
cases Of prostTation went on record
These figures Will be augmented later.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July H.-FOr
twe.ve consecutive hours today the gov
ernment thermometer registered above
100 While the record Of lO8 Monday was
not touched today, 1t was the seyerest
ever experienced In Kansas City. At IL
o'clock this morning 1O1.5 was recorded
the highest mark ever touched that early
in the day. For eleven hours after that,
the temperature ranged between lOf and
lO512 Still there is no relief In sight,
either in Kansas City or any part Of the
Southwest In the past twenty -four hours
the only rain reported has been showers
at Hays, Kan, last night, and at FL
Reno, Okla, at noon today. Five deaths
directly attributed to the heat were re-
ported In the two Kansas Citys today.
with a total of over thirty prostrations.
Several prostradons are also reported
from the country.
OMAHA. Neb., July A.-Excepting the
record for July 26, 1894, which Is equaled
today with the thermometer registering
1O5 degrees at 4 p. m, all heat records for
the past twenty-seven years are broken.
The mercury registered So at at a. m,
with 81 per cent humidity, and at 1 p. m,
the temperature stood at 102. At that hour
the humidity had decreased to q per
cent Up to 4 o'clock two deaths ana
-FOUR prOStfallOuS Adu DeeH ISDOlleN OtlA-
cially.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, July A.-Sioux city
secured no relief from the heat today, the
maximum being 1Ol. Cooler weather Is
promised tomorrow.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 2I-Today
was the hottest day Of which there Is
any record in Louisville, the temperature
at $40 p. IN. being 1O7. There were two
prostratiOns.
DUBUQUE Iowa, July A.-Heavy rains
fell within two miles Of this city tonight
In town the fall was only one-hundredth
of an inch but Il caused the temper
ature to fall from 105 to SO. one death
resulted from heat today.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July A.-The gov
er1iment thermometer registered 100
again today and street instruments
ranged from that up 10 10. Seven pros
tratiOus and one death were reported.
Ell RENO. o. T.. July PA good
shower fell shortly after noon today
greatly relieving the thousands OF home
seekers here.