The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-05
KANSAS IS WET.
Rains Reported Today All Over
State.
Heavy Enough Everywhere to
Do Much Good.
DEC AN HEDE mOnAV
BEGAN HERE TODAY.
At Other Points in the State 1t
Rained Sunday.
Puts an End to DrOuth of a
Month.


Today's rain is general over Kansas,
though in the western portions the fall
is not heavy. It is sufficient. however,
to greatly improve conditions.
All day Sunday Topeka appeared to
be on the purlieus of a big thunder
storm, but no rain fell here. However,
at Wakarusa, only sixteen miles south,
there was a heavy downpour of an
hours duration.
The rain in Topeka did not begin to
fall until $50 this morning. and at noon
about half an inch had been recorded
by the weather bureau gauge.
The Rock Island reports the follow
ing rains:
All along the Horton division good
rains from Beatrice to St Joe. Light
rain at Ellis and Harbine. Good rain
from Latimer to Whiting. Light rain
Mcfarland to MankatO. Heavy rain
at Macks. Good showers at Hebron.
Light rain at MahaslSa and Plymouth
From Chicago to Albuquerque" Is the
extent of last nights and this mornings
rain, as summarized from the Santa F'e
weather reports.
All of Kansas, and in fact all east of
La Junta, as far as covered by the San
ia Fe is well soaked. The following
are the exports from the various parts
of the line
Middle division-Cloudy. calm; half
inch rain from Newton to Emporia good
rain on ElDorado branch and on NJ &
". branch.
Western division-Cloudy and pleas
ant Good rain.
Oklahoma division-Cloudy and cool.
Panhandle division = Cloudy ana
pleasant. Good rain during night.
Southern Kansas divfsion-Generally
cloudy, southeast wind. Heavy rain.
PecOs valley lines Cloudy, cool
Soaking rains.
Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe-Cloudy.
raining over entire system
The eastern division and Chicago di-
vision both report good rains.
E. s. Knight, commission clerk in the
Office of the secretary of state, went out
to his home at GoOdland, in the extreme
western part of the state. Saturday
night, returning this morning. He says
all of the territory through which he
passed has received a good soaking
Saturday the train passed through a
rain storm from Mcfarland to Clay
Center. When it reached Selden. in
Sheridan county terrific rain fell, ac-
( comDanied by some hail That was
about daylight Sunday morning. In
Colby the streets were turned into small
rivers, and all that part of the state
seen ed to be deluged.
Mr.. Knight says that on his return
trip last night rain was falling along
the entire route, $50 miles, but the train
men said it was lightest in Smith. Re-
public and Jewell counties, although
more may have fallen there later.
The reports received indicate that the
rain is general over the state This rain
is the first, covering any large amount
of the state. that has fallen for more
than a month. The government reports
/ of rainfall for the past three weeks show
/ that the western half of the state has
/ received only a few scattering showers.
/ This rain will do much toward bringing
out the wheat crop. The rain came with
a stead fall which would allow all to
be soaked into the ground and but very
/ little lost.
The rain which began here this morn
| ing, commenced falling further west
last night The Santa F'e reports rains
all along the line as far west as Albu-
/ querque. The Independent Telephone
company has received reports of good
rains at Salina, Abilene, Alma, Council
! Grove, st. Marys. Rossville, Paxico and
Eskridge. The rain at junction City
was not as heavy as at other points.
Sunday afternoon a heavy shower fell
| at Tevis, on the Missouri Pacific south
east of Topeka. and in short time
/ Linn creek rose three feet.
The forecast sent out this morning
/ by the government weather bureau was:
Threatening with rain tonight and pos
/ sibly east portion Tuesday" Sunday the
maximum temperature was 7s and the
minimum 81.
The weather bureaus report of rains
last week for Kansas is as follows:
Eastern Observation-Disclosures trace, At
Gibson .25. Leavenworth 80, Jefferson
trace, Wyandotte Al, Douglass 81.
Johnson %, Franklin 21. Anderson
inch, Linn so, Allen So Bourbon lab.
Neosho inch, Crawford inch, Labette
AZ. Cherokee .54, Nemaha trace. Brown
/ so. Riley .01, POttaWatonie rs, Jackson
.19, Shawnee .02, Usage .28. Wabaunsee
so, Morris %, Lyon inch, Coffey LA,
1 Greenwood %, Woodson %. Elk 40,
| Wilson 1.S6, Montgomery .36. Chautau-
qua "a
Middle division-W ashingtOn trace.
/ Clay rs, Marion showers, Cloud trace,
/ Ottawa trace, Saline "a. Mcpherson IS,
Harvey .25, Sedgwick o. Rice 80, Reno
80, Kingman .08. Barton 80. Ellis trace.
Western division-Clark trace, Deca-
tur trace Sheridan .05, Finney trace,
| Thomas trace.
The wind this morning was from the
south, blowing 8 miles an hour The
! hourly temperatures recorded by the
/ government thermometer were as fol-