River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-07-25

| ILL.,, 81 degrees, six degrees higher than
Sunday; at Omaha, s4 degrees, two de-
grees higher, and at Austin, Tex, 81
degrees, an increase of eight. The
weather was clear throughout the
region, and not even thunderstorms
were indicated there. There was fall
in the temperature at Chicago, and the
prospect is for cooler weather on the
great lakes and later through New
England. The weather forecasters say
there is no sign of relief for the people
of the Mississippi valley.
Grain Prices Go Soaring.
Chicago, July 23.-September corn
went to 60 cents Monday This was
an advance of nearly five cents from
the high price Saturday, when the
close was So cents.
September oats made clear adj
vance for the morning Of about 80
cents
More surprising in way than
either of the coarse grain records
was that in wheat The September
price started all the way from one to
two cents higher. There was a peri
cd of hesitation while the bears
fought for reaction. They failed to
get it, More positive bull news came
into the pit. 1t started the market
like a balloon. There was a second
jump of two cents in the price
When the buying excitement of the
morning was over the prices for Sep
TENDER showed the following changes
from Saturday:
Wheat up from 6sHc to 72Hc.
Corn up from IS c. to 5000.
Oats up from 351sc. to 3S%c.
There was big volume of trade
unofficial and not quoted) in May
corn and oats. May corn was at the
fancy figure, 81 cents, and oats Al
cents
OF course the sensational feature
| for the whole trade is the disaster
threatened from heat and drought
! Sections of the great southwest are
gonc-burned up. Monday Nebraska
and Illinois were threatened.
The mountaineering heat of Sun
day, the dry weather map Monday
morning. the alarming forecast of
hot. dry weather for days to come, all
made bull sentiment very fast.
Hottest nny for 81. Louis.
ST. Louis, July 2s.-Acting Forecast
err Z. Z, Spencer, of the local weather
bureau declares Monday was the hot
il, -, Al IL 7
st one p. m. the thermometer on the
government building recorded 100, the
highest record attained Sunday after
noon at $3.50, and the mercury was still
rising.
Fourteen Deaths Mt Kansas city.
Kansas City Mo. July %. Fourteen
deaths fromheat, with fully two score
prostrations. were reported up to ono
O'Clock Monday in Kansas City, Mo-.
and Kansas City, Kan, for the past sc
hours, Nine Of these occurred Sunday.
and FIVE since midnight. At one o'clock
| in the afternoon the weather bureau
thermometer registered 1902 Not
drop Of rain is reported from any
point in the southwest. and there is
no immediate promise of any.
At Topeka Sunday scored as the hot
test day of the season with the Their
nometer registering l04 At noon
Monday Unregistered 1o4 At Lawrence
! lo4.5 degrees were recorded Sunday,
and indications Monday were that heat
would equal previous records.
Heavy shower nj Fort scott.
Kansas City, Mo. July GA heavy
shower fell in the vicinity of Fort Scott.
Kan, a, 1870 Monday afternoon and at
2;i5 heavy rainstorm prevailed at
and around Joplin, Mo.
Heavy Rains in Arizona.
Phoenix Ariz.. July "a Great rain
storms have occurred in the past As
hours in the mountains north and east
ct PHOENIX. The rain came just in time
TO save the cattle and sheep ranges
and TO stop number of large forest
fires in the San Francisco and Mogollon
mountains. The Gila river is out Of
its banks and is putting water on the
Indian reservation in time TO prevent
suffering from drought.
FntnI WindStorm In Texas.
Naples, Tex, july ga severe wind
storm wrought much damage here at
an early hour Monday morning. Sew
eral small buildings were blown down.
Henry Bryant was crushed to death.
In Iowa.
pes Moines, Ia. July 23-The tenn
peraiure at seven O'Clock Monday
morning was 40. two degrees cooler
than sunday Indications are that 1902
viii be reached. Two deaths from
heat occurred Sunday night-Jacob
Stenlaus. a bartender, and John Web
ber. tailor. st Sioux City it was stin
very hot Monday. the thermometer
showing % at eleven.
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