The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-31
Brisk Winds From North Are
on Their Way.
Weather Stages Grim Drama OF
Death in Chicago.
.115 DEATHS, 400 FRUSTRATED
Baby Mortality Distressing Fea.
ture; so Infants Die.
Weather Man Promises "Pleas.
ant to Liveo Tomorrow.

Chicago, July s1.-The end of one
of the worst periods of hot weather
Chicago ever experienced came today
with an eighteen-mile northerly wind.
A drop of 21 degrees in temperature
from 102, the highest reached yester-
day. was recorded at o'clock this
morning. when the Thermometer regis x
tered 81.
Latest figures show that asa persons
died in Chicago directly or indirectly
from the effects of the heat.
Welcomes Good News.
Chicago. July 31-Chicago and the
middle west figuratively faced the
weather stage and awaited the prom
ised boon of cooler weather today.
meanwhile anxiously hoping tonight
would witness the final curtain in the
grim drama of death and suffering
that has had its attention in the ex-
cessive heat of nearly a weeks dura-
ton. For the directors of the weather
bureau have promised lower tempera-
lures by tomorrow at the latest.
| 1t was said that the cool wave would
be felt in Chicago possibly by tonight
at Z O'Clock and that by daylight to-
morrow morning it will be pleasant to
live.
| Chicago after yesterdays tragedy
of 115 deaths attributed to the heat
and more than 400 prostrations for
| the most part slept out of doors
again last night. The numerous parks
OF the city were vast sleeping apart
ments and Lake Michigan, the friend
of rich and poor alike, furnished com
fort to thousands of bathers as late as
midnight. On many of the beaches
the regulations were forgotten
ine nigh mortality among infants
has been the most distressing phase
or the situation. Upwards of fifty
babies We're reported to. have sue
Icumbed to the heat during yesterday.
The government temperature read
ing at o'clock this morning in Chi
cago was 81 degrees Brisk winds
made it seem as if the cool wave had
come on sooner than expected.
Good News at Kansas City.
| Kansas City, July 31-The United
states weather forecaster here became
an optimist today for the first time
IN several weeks and definitely an
hounced that slightly cooler weather
was on the way which will result in
temperatures tomorrow less than 80
degrees here and at various points in
this section. The thermometer he
aodeo, today viii not reach yesterdays
maximum of 95 here and the 10f de-
grees reported from Fort Scott and
Phillipsburg, Kan.
Light winds that between 8 and 10
o'clock this morning veered from the
south to the northwest Accommodated
+ by light clouds. probably will stir up
| local thunder storms the forecasters
predicted. The result will be that to-
nights minimum is expected to go as
1 low as IA degrees, 6 less than the low
est of last night.
The temperature today at 10 O'clock
was 80 Several points in western
Kansas reported light rains last night
| and this morning. Kansas points re-
porting precipitation were: ToIska.
IL inch; Dresden, .04; Goodland, 05;
Liberal .21, and Scott City, sprinkle.
1Os at Detroit Sunday.
Detroit. July 3I.-Fourteen deaths
from heat, five from drownings and
many cases of prostrations was the
( toll of the heat wave today
At o'clock this afternoon street
Thermometers registered 1OS degrees
The official temperature was 80 de-
grees at o'clock.
Many deaths are reported in the
state where temperatures established
new records in several towns
! Drop at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, July 31.-A fall in tenn
perature from 102 degrees at o. m
yesterday to 81 at o'clock this morn
ing was the official record at the Mil
waukee weather bureau. Deaths from
the heat in Milwaukee Yesterday
number 81 according TO latest reports.
Hottest Day in At Years.
Racine, Wis, July 31.-The hottest
day that Racine has experienced in
At years yesterday resulted in three
deaths and 10 prostrations Their
mometers registered from 81 to 1Oz
degrees
Heat Center on East Coast.
Washington, July 31.-After break
ing several heat records in the west
ern upper lake region, the hot wave
today had spread into the middle and
south Atlantic states. An area of nigh
pressure coming from the Canadian
northwest and moving southeast
caused an appreciable fall in tenlpera-
iture through the upper Mississippi VAL
ley and the north and west upper lake
regions.
In the south and extreme west, how
ever, higher temperatures were re-
corded.
Cooler weather was predicted by
weather bureau officials for Tuesday
in the lake region and eastern New
York but elsewhere in the east and in
the Ohio valley and the south the heat
wave will maintain torrid tempera .ure.
Rain in Iowa.
Burlington. Iowa, July 81. - With
the temperature at 81 degrees TINS
jmorning followed by cooling winds
from the west, rain began falling here
at 8 o'clock