The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
And Still No Let Up to 100
Degree Weather.
Last Night a Little Cooler, but
Today a ScOrcher.
SHOWERS FOR HUTCHINSON
They Fell There Early This
Morning.
Rock Island HauIS Water by
TrainIOad to Horton.

September is but two weeks off and
still there is no let up in the heat
This is the fourteenth day of the kind
of atmospheric conditions that one
might expect to find on the sands of
Sahara. Showers have fallen here and
there over the state.
The forecast calls for unsettled al
though generally fair tonight and Sum
day and not quite so hot in the north
portion of the state. 1t admits of the
possibility of a shower here and there
and indicates that the weather will be
somewhat cooler at Topeka tonight
Friday night was the coolest night,
however, for eleven days. but will go
down in the meteorological history of
Topeka as being the twelfth hot
night in row. The minimum temper
ature at $50 O'Clock this morning was
76.4 degrees. The temperature at
O'Clock Friday night was 50 degrees
The Kaw river has never been at a.
lower stage since the records were kept.
The stage today is 3.3 feet There is
great fishing along the river. The big
fish have gone to pools which are easily
aSseSslble to the amateurs. AS a mat
ter of fact all that is necessary at
Soldier creek in North Topeka is to
grab the fish in the shallow places This
affords great sport for the small boys.
Workmen have suffered intensely
men when the sun was beating down
with fury laid down their tools and
refused to continue work for a local
contractor. =
Every day the Rock Island railway
sends a trainload of 20 cars of water
to Horton to supply the shops at that
place-200,00 900 gallons of water.
Showers are reported from several
Kansas points. storm struck Fort
Scott at O'Clock Friday night, netting
heavy thunder and brilliant electrical
displays. Wind of almost cyclonic
fury are reported to have been the
order of things five miles southwest
of Fort Scott A drop of 81 degrees
in temperature followed the rain.
The Santa Fe and Rock Island rail-
roads report a shower at Wellington.
1t was raining at o'clock at Wichita
but not enough moisture had fallen at
that time to measure. However, an
unofficial report received at the local
weather bureau was that more rain
followed and there was every appear
ance of heavy rain west of the city.
lola received .04 of an inch of rain
and Oklahoma City so. Heavy rains
are reported to have fallen east and
south of Guthrie, Okla, Friday after
noon.
Hutchinson and vicinity got a good
rain this morning, according to the
Associated Press. The dispatch reads:
fine rain this morning. A heavy cloud
came up from the south unaccom-
panied by wind and at 1880 there was
a half inch of rain at Yoder this
county The rain began falling in
Hutchinson at O'Clock and a steady
shower was falling for a half hour
after that time 1t is very dark and
the temperature stood at 80 degrees
compared with Sc at that hour for
several previous days. The storm is
accompanied by lightning and thun-
der and this breaks &c drouth and heat
spell of weeks.
The following Associated Press re-
port from Wichita indicates that heavy
showers have fallen at both yelling
ton and Sedgwick:
Hundreds of outdoor sleepers hied
to shelter at an early hour this morn
ing when clouds, lightning, thunder
and showers again appeared after an
absence of four months. Last night
was calm and sultry and hundreds OF
persons made their beds in the yards, |
on roofs and along the parkings.
Some set sprays from lawn hose |
so what little air there was would
pass through the water to the sleepers.
Protestant churches began last Sunday
to pray for rain. The Catholics yester-
day Joined in and both are rejoicing |
over the rain this morning. Rain is |
reported in Kingman and Harper
counties. An inch of water has fallen |
at Wellington, in Sumner county. |
Sedgwick county. Thunderstorms |
were reported early today in Butler |
county with good indications for rain
Pittsburg, according to an Associat- |
ed Press report. got ready for a genu- |
inc c1oudburst last night. Great vi |
cious looking black clouds, behind |
which the lightning flashed continu- |
ously afforded a most beautiful spec |
tacle and thunder was sweet music, /
but before 10 o'clock the moon came |
out and this morning not a cloud is
in the sky.
Persons who went to circus last |
night carrying umbrellas and rain !
coats, went home trying to hide their |
superfIuous equipment. Last night |
was another of oppressive heat. The |
Kansas City Southern is shipping |
water to Drexel and other points on |
the system for domestic use The |
water is being purchased from the city
of Pittsburg. The situation at mines !
not equipped with drop wells is be |
coming desperate.
Following is a list of maximum temper |
lures at government stations for the |
twenty-fou- hours ending at o'clock this |
morning: