The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-21
While Wind ROared the Mer-
curry Scared.
Velocity Was 81 Miles an Hour
Heat "a Degrees.
IN A CLOUD OF DUST.
City and Country Filled With
Flying Particles.
Temperature Still High but
Slightly Moderated.

The wind Sunday blew gale from
the southwest. The wind attained an
extreme velocity Of 81 miles an hour
and for the "a hours from II O'Clock
Sunday morning until II O'Clock Mon
day morning blew total of 65S miles,
The air was filed with dust and dirt
and by noon it was impossible TO see
any distance At o'clock Sunday al
.ernoon Observer Jennings says it was
impossible to see over two miles in any
direction from the roof of the Colum-
bian building The wind was strong
early in the morning and increased IN
velocity each hour until O'Clock Ihe
temperature early in the morning was
81 but the thermometer rose steadily
until a maxim um of % degrees was
reached
Clouds of dust rolled down Kansas
avenue and other paved streets The
sand from the river roads filed the ar
in such clouds that it was impossible
to see ten feet at times. The dirt from
the plowed fields was swept across the
country. Dust sifted in the cracks OF
windows and doors. Everything was
dusty. Telegraph and telephone wires
suffered and trains were delayed,
The wind storm was felt over the
greater part of the state. Tine W1nd
storm VIII be bad for wheat ana oghef
growing crops said Observer Jennings
this morning. Besides drying the
ground the wind whiDs the wheat and
other growing crops that are hgh
enough to be affected. Where the
ground is dry it blows it away from the
roots Of the wheat. The wheat IN the
southern part of the state is in the best
condition to Withstand the wind There
have been good rains there. A good rain
would improve things. Rain would SET
tie the ground and the wind would go
down. There have been good rains IN
the southern part of the state but the
central, eastern and northeastern parts
OF the state are dry.
There was a low barometer II the
mountains Saturday making 9, trough
running down through the mountain
regions szeinAa has probably developed
IN intensity in approaching our neigh
bOrhOOd- The maximum temperature
reached Sunday was 81 which has only
been exceeded once before in April IN
16 years which was in 1893 when the
temperature got up TO 81. The tempera-
ture is not rising so rapidly today as it
did yesterday. 1t is possible that the
wind may keep up Tuesday but it is not
likely" There will probably be
change.
The forecast sent out this morning
was partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday
with possibly showers this afternoon or
tonight. Cooler Tuesday and in north
throughout the southwest We're high. At
Denver maximum of IS was reported
Saturday, at FL PasO Sc, at Oklahoma
City IS and at Yuma So.
The record of the wind, for the hours
ending as indicated, We're as follows on
Sunday. II o'clock 28 1 o'clock 81, ?
o'clock 81, o'clock S5, 4 o'clock %, 5
o'clock 80. 8 o'clock 2S, o'clock %. Dur
ing the night the wind blew between
% and 81 miles an hour The extreme
velocity was 81 miles an hour shortly
after one o'clock.
Sunday seemed like a record breaker
for wind. but it was not. The record at
the weather bureau Office is dated March
2, 1880 when the wind increased from
g velocity of 64 miles an hour to an ex-
treme velocity of SO miles an hour. The
storm Of that date ended in the Louis
vile tornado.
The state needs rain and unless the
wind brings soaking rain the wheat
crop VIII suffer The rains in the state
recorded for last week were as follows:
Eastern division-Doniphan trace;
Atchison. IL; LeavenWOrth, Is: WAN
dotte. -01s Douglas, %; Johnson, %;
Franklin IA; Miami 20; Anderson.
trace; Allen, .38; Bourbon, .05; Neosho,
80; I4abette. so; Cherokee %: Nemaha.
trace. Marshall 10; Riley, OF, Potta-
Watomie. .l3; Jackson, 06. Shawnee. IL
Usage, p; Norris. 20. Chase. .05; Cof-
fey, 50; Greenwood. SO; Woodson. Sc;
ELK, so; Wilson, 90; Montgomery, .56;
Chautauqua, .58
Middle division-Wa ashington, trace;
Clay p; CowIey. so; Cloud, 09; OF
tawa, 10; Saline, u; Mcpherson. .0S
Harvey, II; Sedgwick. SO; Sumner, 81;
Jewell, -05; Lincoln, 20, Rice .08. Reno.
.08- kingman, a; Harper. .27; Smith
trace; Barton, .04, Stafford 27: Pratt
o. Barber. So; Phillips 48; Ellis. 81;
Edwards, so; Kiowa. so; Comanehe,
Western -Trego, 81: Hodge
man, 81; Ford, IL Clark. .73: Decatur.
40; Lane, .25; Finney. so: Gray. So
Mead, so; RawIins, so: Thomas. Al;
Logan. SO; Scott, So; Haskell. SO; Sew
ard 30; Cheyenne, 90: Sherman 80
auaee- SO; Greeley. 80; Wichita. so
hamilton, So kearney 50: Stanton
90: Grant. So Stevens so: Morton 80.
Ihe high winds were responsible for
slight delays in the west bound train
service on the Rock Island Sunday, al
though the running Of the trains was
hot seriously hampered. Reports re-
ceiFeq at the general Offices here con
eained nothing to indicate that the
property of the road suffered damages
IN any part of the state The telegraph
wires We're not disturbed and were in
Bood working order at all times
The hourly temperatures recorded to-
day by the government thermometer
were as follows:
o'clock ..67l11 O'Clock.
o.clock-.-.s....-7li12 o'clOck... 70
O'Clock --.-T3l o'clock. .7S
10 Q. clock .--74i , o'clock.
velocity OF wind p. m SO miles
cs~--- $780,