The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-26
FEARFULLY HOT. WEATHER
the Corn Belt-No Rain
and No Prospects of Any

Washington July 22.-One hundred
degrees temperatures were common
throughout the great corn belt today.
according to the reports to h weather
bureau here. In various places in Him.
OILS, Iowa and other states. all previous
heat records were smashed.
There appear to be no prospect Of
decided relief from these exhausting
conditions for the mex two days, at
least. except such as may come from
the always present possibility of scat
tered thunderstorms which are pre-
dicted for some portions Of the super
heated area.
Today dry thunderstorms. unaccom-
panied by rain, prevailed in several
sections of the west. hundreds OF miles
apart. This temporarily cooled the
atmosphere, but brought no relief to
he furnishing crops. Absolutely, no
rain fell in the cor belt. according to
the official reports received.
In eastern Iowa, it was a trife cooler
today while in the central portion Of
the state it was warmer. There is q
little belt of high pressure over the
great lakes and another over the south
Atlantic coast, but it offers no pros
pect Of relief in the west SO long as the
continued low pressure remains in the
northwest. The warm weather again
was general drought the entire country
except on the pacific coast.
In the east the temperatures while
high did not approach anywhere near
the extremes prevailing in the west
and a recurrence Of the hot wave Of
two weeks ago is believed to be unlike
ly in the Atlantic coast region. Thur
der showers have continued from the
south Atlantic coast westward into Ari-
IONA and a continuation of them is pre-
dicted for the south and southwest. In
Des Moines. Iowa. the temperature Of
f1cially reported d was 10S; in
Springfield, ILL.,. 10S: in Cincinnati, LOG;
and in Louisville, LOG. in each case
breaking all past records. In Indian
apOlis. it was LOG, or ) degrees higher
than ever before reported. In st. Louis
is was LOG. Omaha 1O4. Bismark, N. D.,
! 104, and Concordia. Kans.. 1O2. In the
east, Boston reported a temperature Of
"a degrees, New York 80. Philadelphia
IS and Washington SO.
Kansas City, July 22.-Today was a
record breaker. Yesterday Kansas City
experienced the hottest weather ever
known here. the government Their.
" ollo
above the 100 mark for seven consecu.
tive hours. Two dozen prostrations
nine of which resulted fatally. were
reported. The bureau thermometer. a
the highest point in the city showed
LOG degrees today while the thermome-
ters on the streets reached as high az
12S. Hardly a breath of air stirred
The suffering IA intense. especially
among persons compelled to work Gu
doors and among the poor districts il
the bottoms. Seven deaths from pros
trations were reported during the da,
in Kansas City, Mo-. n Kansas City
kas., and over thirty people overcome
by the a were treated. This make,
a total dead for the two days Of six
teen. Most Of the victims were elderl!
people. Today is the thirty.second il
succession on which the temperatur,
has averaged above 80 degrees and tn,
fifteenth in that time that the Their
mometer has gone above 100.
At Lawrence. Kansas. the state uni
versity reported the heat record 70
Kansas again broken, with the met
curry at 1865 degrees. the highest Il
thirty-four years.
Farmers are still rushing their liv
stock to market because of the scarci
ty Of water.