The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-26
INDIAN TERRITORY DRENcHED.
Cotton and Corn Helped by Down.
pour-Showers Elsewhere.
REPuRILc SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Muscosee, l. T.. July PA heavy rain
broke the drought here to-day. The rain
was general throughout the Indian Terri
tory. Corn will make one-half crop. and a
good cotton crop is assured.
DROUGHT COMPLETELY BROKEN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Antlers. I. T. July 25.-Heavy rains fell
throughout this section of the country this
morning, completely breaking the drought
that has prevailed here since the first week
in June.
The rain will greatly benefit cotton hay
meadows and pastures, and will also be Of
benefit to corn.s practically insuring a half
cror
HEAVY SHOWERS IN BUREAU.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Princeton. ILL.,, July 25.-Heavy showers
fell throughout the greater part Of Bureau
County last night and early this morning.
They came in time to save much of the
corn crop.
SOAKING RAIN IN ARKANsAS
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Hope. Ark, July SIT rafned all of last
saturated. Cotton and late corn will be
much improved - '.f.r '12s.ii
LOCAL SHOWERS IN KENTUCKY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL. 50 .5.---f4f ~
Frankfort KY. July 25-Local rains fell
this afternoon in Montgomery. Scott, Nor
Ing a long drought.
WRECKED BY HEAVY WIND.
hREPUBLJC SPECIAL.
Foristell, Mo-, July 25.-The dwelling of
b. T. Hill. three miles north of this place,
was considerably damaged by a heavy wind
storm last evening. Part Of the roof was
blown distance of 100 yards. Several other
houses in the path of the storm were dam
aged. and fruit orchards and shade trees
almost totally destroyed. Light rain fol-
lowed the wind. but not enough to do any
good. The corn crop in this vicinity is al
most a total failure.
COOLER AT JEFFERSON CITY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo-. July 25.-Considerably
cooler here to-day. with strong south winds
t nlowin lS; government thermometer regis
tered l0l, crop from 10 yesterday.
KANSAS CITY TEMPERATURES 90.
Kansas City NO., July 25-The maximum
temperature was SO at o'clock.
TEMPERATURE OF 1Oc.
ns sioux lux. Falls; ~ Oak; IN July 2s-The tenn
death and one prostration.
RAIN IN WISCONSIN,.
Lacrosse, Wis. July 2s.--After two weeks
OF temperature ranging from IS to los the
by shtsns oy arae Saqn
at the County Insane Asylum farm, near
West Salem. was struck and destroyed by
fire. causing a panic among the 150 inmates
of the asylum.
ENCOURAGING REPORT IN IOWA.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Des Moines, Ia. July 25-Twenty hun
dredths of an inch of rain is the average
for Des Moines district last night, and 1t
has helped corn enough to cause the State
division of the Department of Agricultural
Crop Service to give out an encouraging re-
port.
Director Sage says that the damage to
corn has been partly checked in many To-
calities, where rain amounted to more than
had only trace. Pastures have been
freshened and corn given a new lease of
life in probably third Of the farming area
Mr.. Sage. from the reports he has re-
ceived. says that II there is a good rain this
week or within a few days the corn crop on
aged more than one-third. Farmers are
already giving up and cutting their corn
for fodder.
MISSOURI FARMERS HIT HARD.
Jefferson City. Mo-, July 2.-No rain re.
ported from Central Missouri points to-day
| The damage to growing crops increases
daily. The early corn must be failure
now nov except IN few T., North Missouri coun.
| slim chance to make little more thar
fodder. In the Missouri bottoms there Gre
fislds OF early corn with tasseis blasted ant
) forests for want of rain. Parties here say
| that many farmers cannot pay their taxes,
| anu TelleI IIldy Ue aSkeu from Ino STATE.
! KANSAS FARMERS CUTTING CORN.
!; Topeka, Kas., July 25.-The corn crop. is
In worse condition than ever, and it will
be surprising thing II one-third of a crop
is obtained Many of the farmers are cut
ting 1t for fodder. II 1t were not for the
fact that there are many thousands Of BUSH
els of last years corn in the State, the out
look for the stockmen would be serious in
deed. At best 1t is not at all encouraging.
Now that the corn crop is entirely blast
ed. the people Of the State have stopped con
sidering that part of the drought situation
but are devoting their attention to obtain
ing water to drink. Some towns are in sor,
straits A week ago they reported scarci
ty Of stock water. Now some report tina
the supply Of drinking water is almost ex
hausted. Streams, ponds and wells are go
ing dry, and 1t is hard to imagine what tn,
4 people of many localities will do for wate
/ in case rain does not come in a very shor
time.
Only the towns having waterworks sys
terms have sufficiency Of water for every
day purposes. and as the water plants ar,
de.endent on the streams for their suppl,
ruyfn ho ohU