Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 23, 1901, Page 1

’ HEAT HOLDS HIGH Temperaturs Takes but Blight T from Record of Previous Da; DIFFERENCE IS ALMOST (MPERCEPTIBLE High Mark for Monday Btasds 1041, Against 1048 on Bunday. GREATER HUMIDITY BURDENS ATMOSPHERE Rain RBeported in Texas, but No Trace in This Lecaiity, | SEVERAL DEATHS AND PROSTRATIONS Weather Vividly Reca g ing July of a Former Yems /¢y, braska—~South Omah, ing Particularly Severe, DEATHS FROM HEAT. David Monroe, South Omah Michael Fleck, Sou Clarence D. Gibson, Omaha, appendieiti gravated by heat Intant danghter of Gus Mattson, South Omaha. Fred Cornella, City hotel. Oma Sout| PROSTRATIONS, Thomas McCausinand, Fort Omaha. . W. Johnson, Council Blaffs. Ed Kruse, Kansna City. Mra. Harry E. Burnam, 2425 Dodge cet., The unprecedented heat that has pre- valled during the past three days begins to show slight signs of abatement The thermometer weakened a little, falling by about seven-tenths of a desree to reach the maximum of the provious day. The difference was not sufficlen: to be apprectated Omaha and South Omaha took it for granted that the mercury was beut on outduing its ambitious climblag of Sunday In fact yesterday seemed hotter than the preceding day and as the start durizg the earlier hours of the day showed the her- mometer running over a degree of its clip At the same hours Sunday there was rea- son behind the submissive spirit of petu- lant uneasiness with which people nopp-d away their perspiration throughout the day. It will doubtless afford some relief to them to learn that the maximum for yes- terday was 1041 degrees as against 1018 on Sunday. Rain in Texns, While the weather bureau gave no en- couragement to hope for any material im- ‘provement in the temperature today the fact that the mercury had fallen down al- most one notch and the further fact that *hete were goud rairs In Tesnd yesterday mud eymptoms of prospective rains as far north as Kansas was considered encour- eging, although there was npthing to in- dicate positively that any of it was headed this way. It affords some satisfaction to know that traces of rain were experienced at Dolge City and Concordia, Kas, and at Okla- homa City. Santa Fe bad .34 of an inch of raln, Amarilla, Tex., had .48 of an inch and at Galveston the heavers opened and poured out 3.8 inches of refreshing rain. But while this grateful relief was being extended the people on ome side of it was somewhat depressing to learn that | Altaters & for swelteriug humanity in us | (CROPS SUFFER Harricanes and Wake Wave, Hallstorms Sweep tn ot B out re | trom have & lightning, erlin had a and a RLIN, July 22. rmany continues orts of terrific th many poiats. Num ered heavily from hall, ~The weather through- excessively hot and wind and cloudburat with Many toda in street of St e of an Fulda hailstor | wrought great havoc among crops fons had much the same ex €ome of them reporting deaths f burned In the valley in consequ of the alectric Other lence n 1ight- ~Intense heat preva In most parts of Austria. The temperature in this city today to 09 Numerous cases of sunstroke wers reported CHRISTIANIA, July “The hottest two days ever recorded in Christiania were '‘ay, when the temperat reached in the shade, and yesterday, sed 95 when . Enarly Sown Whent Yield Than Had Been Expected, HURON, 8. D., Ju —(Spectal Tele- gram.)—The early sown wheat harvest be- gan today throughout the Jim river vall The graln stocd the heated term better than supposed. Wheat heads are long and | seemingly well filled but the kernels are m small and shrunken, showing the | effects of the intense beat. The yield will fall 20 per cent below the estimates made two weeks ago. The temperature Sunday was 103, against 104 today. MITCHELL, 8. D., Jul egram.)—Excessive hot weather has pre- valled for the past three days. The thermometer has recorded 104, 100 and 103 respectively and all former heat records | this locality have been broken. The greater share of wheat has been cut in this | county and the only apprehension felt Is for corn. Up to the present time corn has held its own against the hot weather re- | markably well. In some parts of the | county the ' | but generally speaking it | condition now, but badly in | Early wheat is all | & much better yiel | | —(Spectal Tel- | is in good need of rain. than was anticipated. | — {ILLINOIS HOTTEST IN HISTORY Springfield Records One Hundred and Seven, | ut Corn Stands Heat Well. SPRINGFIELD, TIL, July 22.—All heat records in Springfield were broken today, when for three hours the mercury in the government thermometer stood at 107, the highest ever recorded. Thermometers on the street level registered as high as 110 in Director Guthrie of the local weather bureau states that reporta.from all_over the state indicate that conf {s withstanding the heat and drouth remarkably well. 'FRISCO FRUIT HAS TO ROT Strike of Thousand Teamsters Catehes Some Commission dition of Hel irms in Con- SAN FRANCISCO, July 22.—The draying | business of this city is almost at a stand- | still. The teamsters' strike went into ef- | tect at noon and nearly 1,000 teamsters are now idle. On the water front thousands of tons of degrees. | pwa A Better | corn is injured to sofe extent, | ut and Is gomng to mako | the shade. There were several prostrations. | | i ing Shaffor's Exbortation, storms arrive CONFLICT STANDS STILL ANOTHER DAY . | At Wellsville and McKeesport the Predicted Crisis s to Ma- terialize=Union Men Watche ing for onists, PITTSBURG, July 22.—The expected did not happen today at Wellsville or McKee port. At Wellsvllle the rumored importa tion of men falled (o materialize and at McKeesport the expected attempt to resume at the Dewees-Wood plant was not made At both points, which are considered by each side to be the strike centers, the 'sit- tion le in statu quo, neither of th | parties to the controversy haviog made any decided movement. From the other ime portant point, Duncansville, col ting re- POrts are received and the result of the | Quiet struggle going on between the Amer- | fcan Steel Hoop company and the Amalga- mated oclation Is still uncertain, the company’s chances probably better for winniog In the end Late this afterncon the Amalgamated as- | sociation fssued its first strike bulletin from the general offices. The bulletin of todny gives an outline of the conditions pre- | vailing and reproduces abstracts ot Presi- | dent Shaffer's recent addresses at Woells- ville and McKeesport. In the most prom Inent part of the bulletin are printed the warning words Advises Sobriety a Counrnge. Do not drink to break the strike b men. Don’t belleve any one who says the mills will be closed forever or taken ut of the community If you don't go to W F&. There were not enough men in the countr, » mills before the strike, so a | ) do to win the strike 18, don't joy vour summer shutdown: it work next winter. That is the time for mill work, anyhow. Absolute denial was made by Shaffer of the story that a delegation from the Vandergrift mills of the American Sheet Steel company had been in | ference with him. He said Le had seen no one from Vandergrift and knew nothing of their presence in Pittsburg or McKeesport Whatever is being done by the Amalga- | mated people at Vandergrift is being kept 50 quiet at present that few general offi- clals of the organization are acquainted with the status of affairs importing nonunion means mor: There has been no change in the arbitra- | | tion movements so far as the officials of the association are aware. The hope fe | still general among these officals, however, that a way will be found to bring about a settlement of the diMcultles part of the Amalgamated assoclation. When asked his opinion on this matter to- day he replied that he was unable to answer the question. Friends of the pree- | ident who have talked to him on this line | express the firm bellef that if the proper steps were taken the manufacturers would | find the association In a concillatory mood and ready to meet any reasomable proposi- | tion consistent with honor. They say the | | | was mo possibility of concessions on the | whole tone of President Shaffer's remarks | is Inclined toward peace If he can secure it honorably. | CALL OFF FIREMEN'S STRIKE | Joint but Mine Workera Push Peace Meas- ure Through. Meeting is Stormy, | WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 22.—The strike | of the stationary firemen was officially de- | clared off at a joint meeting of the strikers | and executive boards of United Mine on the other side, over at Des Molues, | freight are piled up on the docks and iu- | Workers tonight the government thermometer & temperature of 105 degrees, the hottest weather ever known at that point two degrees hotter than was the tempera- ture during the dreadful hot wind in Ne- braska seven years ago. Recalls Another Day. No one who lived In Nebraska in 1804 can recall July 26 of that year without a shudder. rode nmjestically over the state and showered death-dealing darts upon King Corn until the latter was completely and absolutely annihilated. Under the blisier- ing wrath of the god of duy fields of corn that were on that eventful morning full of hope and promise for the farmer curled up supinely and expired, leaving behind them nothing but wide wastes of brown and brittle embers to mark their faded glory. It is frightful to realize that during the last three days the heat has been prac- tically as Intense as it was during the hot- test hour of that fearful holocaust of vege- table lite. It seems almost incredible that while a temperature of 108 degrees for a stngle day in 1854 burned up a state's fer- tile flelds so completely as to cause almost & famine, humanity and vegetation have this year been sweltcr of several days of almost and are still showlng si animation.™ All Records Broken, The current heated spell has beaten all records of the United States weather serv- fce, pot only locally, but all over the cen tral section of this country, and possib throughout the entire United States. The laet three days has each been a record breaker. Saturday brought a temperature of 102 in the shade as shown by the gov- nement thermometer, watch s 114 feet wal temperature ns of lite and above the heat of the asphaitum pavements, | which seem to be so charged with heat dur= ing the day that at night one feels the caloric oozing out of them from an ex- piring woodfire. The record made by the government indicator is indeed a modest one as compared with that n wany of the thermometers located al ments and which come in contact with the beat that is meted out to humanity in gen- eral. by Humidity Goes Migher, Monday morning brought no relaxation of his partiality, for at 7 o'clock ob- servations showed a temperature of 8§33 degrees, over a degree higher than at the same hour any day this season. humidity was 3 per cent higher in the morn- ing than it was on the previous day, reg- Istering at 52. While this condition made the day even more oppressive for humanity, it exercised @ saving effect upon the vege- tation and gives hope of an increase until 1t induces precipitaton. As far as government there Is no probability of rain in the period for which the observations are made, as the weather is generally clear over the west and the fleeting promise of cooler weather which was remotely made by the appearance of a sharply defined area of high barometer fn Washington on the Pacific coast last Saturday has passed away without results the bigh mergiog into the low, which seems (Continued on Second Page.) registered | and | g the pave- | The | reports indicate coming | the eamers are continually adding to congestion. The larger wholesale dealers the fruit canneries and the facto- far. Most of the small commission houses and other business establishments having | their own teamsters were able to get theif | treight 1:oved this morning. One consequence of the strike is the That was the day when the sun | abrupt fall in the prices of farm and or- | | chard products. Potatoes and fruits suf- fered most in this respect and the impos- | sibility of moving large quantities of peaches, pear: and plums made these com- modities alm st unsalable at the wharves this morring. Frelght arriving by rail is | In the same shape as that coming by the | water route. The business of the local | custom houses is-also Interfered with. Tons ‘nf dutfable freight are at the docks await- ing removal to the appraisers’ store and bonded warchouses. Much of this freight is valuaole. | 'ELKS HEAR _CoDY'S CLAIMS | Colonel Appenrs ite Natfonnl Home to Pres vantages of His T nt Ad- b through a period | MILWAUKEE, July brought city today and a large tomorrow, the opening tion. The chief Interest fon of the next gran orters of the act Pickett of Towa a away of Minnesota, 1ght, each victory 00 to $00 delegates to the grand [ 10dge 400 registered today The committee on the National Home for | Intigent and Aged Elks gave an audlence “olonel Cody, who spoke In favor s located at ¥, Wyo. en reached by t com ort will not be presented 22.—Trains ,000 Elks number ay of centers in exalted ruler ve candidates, Charles 1 Judge John C. Neth- make extravagant faction claiming a and to will | about the arr conve | claims | prospective I Out of No decision has b mittoe and the before Wed STILL COVETCUS CF OMAHA | | Kansas City Business Men Ask Again for Army Heand- | quarters. | | WASHIM iTON, July 22.—Application has been made by business men of Kansas City to bave the army headquarters of the De- | trom | partment of the Missouri m Omaba to Kansas City. der advisement a oved The matter is un- the War department. Movement of Oce: Ye Vessels, July Philadelpht from Minngha At YLiVerpool— Al mpania, Lake Champl from’ flon York. Mon- At | New ondon—Arrived: Minnea from k. s, Australasia, from At Manila Kong, for Seu At Glasgow—Safled: Sarmatian, for n State of Nebraska, fof New re Committee on | London | The meeting was a stormy one. The com | mittee appointed by the joint conference | yesterday to call upon the coal operators could hope for reinstatement reported that [ Amalgamated Ansccintion Issnes it, Repeat- | with | espectally If the trust tries | President | con- | TORNING, (IN GERMANY FIRST OF STRIRE BULLETINS 1OWA NINE figgrvfaf CENTURY Den Molnes Hent Breaks All Records and Several Deaths Follow Prostrations, ‘\ DES MOINES, July gov tay and gave Molnes rd of 109 degrees for today king was 106.7, but th ured the for a time, and then at 3:30 o'clock t mercury went Up to 109 even. Wh by far the hottest day ever | known here, the heat was not as long con- Des an offictal rec At2p m e this Is tinued as yesterday s the thermometer reglstered over 100 # Crop report the Towa weather service to be fssued tomorrow will be more dublous in tone than any t years, although reports still indicate that the corn is capable of standing a great deal of this we been good A remarkable mor thing in connection with the present unprecedented hot season Is that there has not beem reported in | Moines a stugle genuine case of sunstroke A number of persons died from the effects | | ot the heat, but were those who had been (Il or were enfecbled by age or disease. | A tew minor prostrations have been re- ! ported, but in no case has one been serious. The largest number of deaths directly | attributable to the heat occurred last night and this morning. they his bed at a boarding house this morning. his death probably hefag due to the heat, {af he was In good health apparently on Sunday. He had but recently came from Ames, was 89 years old, and leaves a son in Ames and a daughter {n Kansas. Jacob Steinau, a bartender, died in bed last night at a hotel. He had been a resi- dent of city ten years and leaves a | wite and children in Peorta, 1l He complained of feeliug (il last evening and | calling for a pitcher of ice water, drank | two glasses. He wne later found dead. John Trepanler, aged 34, dled this morn- ing. He had been {ll a long time but the heated term caused total eollapse. His father had been a prominent merchant of the city up to a few years ago, when he died KEOKUK, la., July The weather bu- reau recorded 108 degrees of heat lere today, it being the sixth day of temper- | ature above 100 and the thirty-second | of above 50. All reports indleate that eorn {18 being seriously damaged. SIBLEY, Ia., July 22.—(Bpecial Tele- gram.)—This afterncon the government | thermometer registered 106 degrees. This evening there are indications of rain. Much | ot the grain is harvested. Corn is not seriously injured SIOUX CITY mum tempera | three d BURLI the July 22.-—The maxi- here "today was 103, ees below yesterday's maximum GTON, Ta., July 32.—The official President | thermometer marked 110.in the shade here | Shaffer has never yet declared that there | today. One death is attributed to the heat. ‘ COUNCIL Five VICTIMS Inelude eath Prostrations Co Sheri ns — One from Heat. In Council Bluffs yesterday Sheriff L. D. Cousins was overcome by he heat and had to be removed to &ifa s X.# Inguiries at his residence last cvening showed that he | was confined to his bed, although his con- dition was not considered critical by the attending physiclan. Deputy City Marshal | prostrated by the critical condition. John T. Ross, a cooper on East Broadway, who was overcome by the heat Sunday White, who was weather, {s still in a condition vesterday. A. Snyder, an employe of the | terday afternoon while Pearl | street and Broadway |a nearby drug store, where, after receiv- ing medical assistance, he regained con- clousness and was removed to his home at | Thirty-tourth street and Avenue A The funeral of Charles Suit, who died working at ries have been the most seriously affected so | and to ascertain how many of the strikers ' Saturday night as the result of belng over- | About all cut | come with heat, was yesterday aft- ~(Special.)=The | thermometer broke all records | louds ob- | whea for nearly elght | at has been iesued for | ther where the stand has | Des | | John Weber, a tailor, was found dead in ovening, was reported to be in & critical motor | | company, was overcome with the heat yes- | He was removed to | MEBRASEA'S DAY OF PRAYER Goveraor Eavage Appeints Friday for Fu ple's Bapplicatiens. Anks that Men and Wom in Their Churches and Offer Up Petitions to Divine Provie dence. emble NEBRASKANS DEAD FROM HEAT. At Budge Rodgers. At Nebraska Clity=James D. Livin | aton, Joseph Kemma, Andrew Jespers | son. At of Mr, Radtke. | At Osmond—German harvest hand, Lincoin=Robert Opp of Owmaha, Plerce—s (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July 22.—(Speclal.)—Governor avage this afternoon issued the following special message to the people of the com- monwealth EXECUTIVE, N DEPARTMENT, LIN- Neb., July Tesponse to im. | ties and at the a nest reque TS of the ministry that a cay ve s t and designated as a gay upon Which opie may meet in_ thelr pe tiv | hov of worship and offer up prayer o Providence for relief from destruce tive winds and drouth, I hereby designat | Friday, July 191, as sald day. In testimo whereof | have hereunto set nd day of Juiy, 191 | EZRA P. SAVAGE, Governor. | Two more fatalities resulted from the ex- | cessive heat of yesterday. Robert Opp, | 1-year-old son of R. C. Opp of Omaha, was overcome last night and died at 12:30 this morning. The body was sent back to Omaha on an early morning train The other victim, Budge Rodgers, a ploneer printer, was found dead in his yard at 823 North Fourteenth street at § o'clock this morning. From the condition of the body it Is supposed that he died about 10 o'clock last night. Three Dei NEBRASKA nt Nebraska CITY, Neb, fty. July 22— aged 75 years, died at his home ! near Lorton, a victim of the exceesive heat ';of the last few days. Mr. Livingston was & | farmer and has lived In Otoe county nearly | torty years. | eurred in the iast twenty-four hours from cal s malinly attributable to the extreme heat. One was Joseph Kemma, aged | 84 years, and the other Andrew Jesper- son, aged 27 years. Mr. Komma as a retired farmer and an old reeident of the city. He enjoyed his usual health until within a few hours of his death. Jesperson was an Invalid, who lived alone in a small house near the river. He was discovered in a faloting condition and dled within two hours. The mercury ascended to the 105 mark today, but a breeze tempered the heat CONCORD, Neb., July 22.—(Speclal Tele gram.)—Today was a record breaker, it be- ing 113 {n the shade. Farmers are much discouraged over the prospect for corn. Crawls Dying From Fiel PIERCE, Neb.,, July 22.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Radtke, while working in the harvest | fleld for Herman Krehnke yesterday, was | overcome with the heat. He crawled into | a stack nearby and was found dead a short time after. The boy's parents live in Plerce, the family coming here from Ger- many one month ago. GENEVA, Neb, July 22.—(Spectal.)— Saturday was the hottest day on record, reaching 107 degrees In the shade at 2:30 p. m. There are no signs of rain. Some | | tarmers had an extra big yield of wheat, | a few reaching thirty-elght and forty| bushels an acre. KENNARD, N —(Special)=— | Yesterday w ecord-breaker, the ther- mometer registering 105 to 111 in the shade |and 140 in the sun. The small grain is Oats and wheat will be a ‘lzn(wl crop. Corn {s meeding rain, although sixtcen of the companies were in favor of| ernoon from the family residence on Har- | it 18 DOt suffering to any great extent. A taking back the old men and that seven refused. Among the latter was the Lehigh ! Valley Coal company, which employs in this district about 2,000 all told. The | Traders' Coal company, it is sald, refused to reinstate its old firemen unless they con- sonted to work for a decrease in wages. The holsting engineers who went out in mpathy with the firemen were also re- ed reinstatement at many of the mines. he officers of the State Firemen's asso- ciaticn made a powerful plea for the en- gineers and asked the United Mine Workers not to consent to a settlement of the strike until the engineers were taken care of. State Secretary J. A. Gerrity, in behalt of | the firemen, sald the calling off of the | strike under present conditions would be | a disgrace to the United Mine Workers | President Fahey replied warmly for the United Mine Workers. He said that If a mistake had been made the blame could not be placed on the United Mine Workers. A resc n was then offered requesting all atrikers to report for work tomorrow and if hey are refused by any of the companies then the United Mine Workers will take up th The resolution was adopted by an al unanimous vote. A motion leclare strike off was then passed by a large majority. ST. LOUIS AVERTS STRIKE | Terminal Trouble (s Adjusted to Snt- | isfaction of the Switch- fu: ir cause. 5t o | s ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 22.—The differences existing between the switchmen in the em- ploy of the St. Loufs Railroad assoclation and the nanagement of the assoclation. which resulted in a strike on Saturday last, were settled at midnight. The men will re turn to work this morning. It Is stated that the settlement is practically a victory for the meq. | StIl Another Strike, | TROY, N. Y. July | dred collar cutters t on strike trday. { The men stopped work becauss the Manu- facturers’ assoclation refused to meet the demands of the union relative to the em- ployment of apprentices. Nearly all of th most important collar concerns are {nvolved About two hun- we {HIGHWAYMAN FATALLY SHOT Leavenworth Police Get | of St 4 | Will Jones seph by Perforating Mis Spine, AVENWORTH, Kan., July 22.—An al- loged highwayman, giving his name as Will Jones of St. Joseph, Mo., was fatally shot n. from Hong | through the base of the spine tonight, while | | sceking to escape from a policeman. His companion, giving the name of Murphy. | was captured. rison street etery. him. Burfal was io Clark's cem- His wife and five children surviv He was 35 years old. |SIX DEATHS IN ST. LOUIS and Seven Hundred Degrecs | Breaks Every Record in | Mixsourl. | One | ST. LOUIS, July 22.—The terrible heat | which broke all records in the state of M.s- | sourl Sunday was unbroken today. Acccrd- ing to many dispatches recelved tonight by | the Assoclated Press, higher temperatures | were recorded fn_every sectlon of the state today than were ever known in Mis- | sourt before. A thermometer reading of 100 was considered comparatively cool, s0 flerce was the torridity common over the state. Small towns with no established weather bureau rgport as high as 115 grees in the ehade. In St. Louis the ported 107 degrees, faily recorded In the cit On August 1881, a record of 108 de- grees was recorded and these figures were equaled \day Prostrations were ported from almost every town and village in the state. Workmen In clties and cn farms were compelled to cease their labors The sky in most places was cloudless and a burning wind rendered tb at more in- tolerable. In St. Louls hundreds of men and women spent the early hours of the morning in the parks, being unable to find | rest in their homes. The memory of t oldest inhabitants is unable to recall such irrences in the state. Six deaths re- sulted frol the heat in the past twenty- four hours in Louls and twenty-five prestrations were recorded PRICES OF F00DS GO UP Chicago Ships Carloads of Vegetables to the Drouth-Stricken Sections. wea ~From four to six being shipped from | | | | CHICAGO, July rs of vegetables ar Chicago daily to tbe drouth-stricken sec- tions of Illinols and Missouri, which ordl- narily supply this market with produce of this character, To a certain extent the | supply for Chicago use is curtalled by the shipments out of town | Numerous other food products have been affected by the dry weather to an extew’ resulting In an advance of prices. Milk commanded fancy prices today and a sharp | rise Is predicted. Meats went up 10 per cent {n some iustances and predictions were current that ice would go up the scale after this week unless cool weather sets n The out-of-town demand for vegetables in one of the new phases of the drouth. Bu | ers were present today from Kansas City, | Centralla, Keokuk and balf a dozen less | important places. zac | | good shower would revive it | _ WEST POINT, Neb., July 22.—(Speclal.)— While the heat remains unabated and the | | drouth continues, corn in this county is| | standing the weather remarkably well. The | best opinion seems to be that if rain falls | | within six days there will be a fair crop| of corn. The damage so far is confined al- together to the high, sandy flelds, corn| in the bottoms and second bottoms showing | little sign of suffering. The aggregate crop | 1 of course, be somewhat smaller thun | | usual, but no tears are entertained of a failure. The wheat harvest is nearly over. | iTha vield 1s about the average, the berries | belug = little lighter and more chafty than | last year on account of the grain ripening | 100 fast, but cn an average it can be sald | | that Cuming county is all right on small grain. The thermometer today is 105. The | Elkhorn river is lowering rapldly, but ¢ aot yet down to its normal summer depth. | Crop Conditlons Near Crete. CRETE, Neb., July 22.—(Special.)—Yester- the thermometer reached the highest ch since the hot wave began RELIEF NEEDED FROM DROUTH AND WINDS | (Speclal Telegram.)—James D. Livingston, ! Two other deaths have oc- | | | | of the afternoon. Forecast for Nebraska inued Warm, T Variable \ CONDITION OF THE WEATNER Fair de. perature nt Omaha Yesterday: Dew. Hour. Dex 7™ 1 o2 7™ 2w S 3 » s " v » 04 » ns v 100 m m. . a 4 5 [ 7 s » THUNDERSTORMS _ ARE DRY Pernicions Low Pressure Continnes in Northwest, Which Means Swelter, oast and Broil. WASHINGTON, J 2.—~One-hundred- degree temperature was common through- out the great corn belt today, to the reports to the weather bureau here. In vartous places in lilinols, lowa and other states all previous heat records were smashed. There appears to be no prospect of decided reliet from these exhausting conditions for the mext two days at least except such as may come from the always present possibility of scattered thunders | storms, which are predicted for some por- tions of the superheated area. Today dry thunderstorms, unaccompanied by rain, prevatled In several sections of the west, hundreds of miles apart. They temporarily cooled the atmosphere, but | brought no rellef to the famishing crops | Absolut tell in the corn belt, ac- | cording to the official reports received here | In western lowa It was a trifle cooler to- day, while In the central portion of the state it was warmer There s a little belt of high pressure over the Great Lakes and another over the south Atlantic coast, but it offers no pros- pect of relief In the we continued low pressure remains in the northwest. The warm weather again was general throughout the entire country, ex- cept on the Pacifie coast In the east the temperature, while high, aid not approach anywhere the extremes prevailing in the west, and a recurrence of the hot wave of two weeks ago is be- lieved to be uullkely in the Atlantic coast region. Thundershowers have continued from the south Atlantlc coast westward fnto Arizona and a continuation of them Is pre- dlcted for the south and southwest. In Des Moines, la., the temperature offi- clally reported today was 108; in Spring- fleld, Ill., 108: in Cincinnati, 108, and in Loulsville, 106; in each case breaking all past records. -In Indianapolls it also was 108, 5 degrees higher than ever before re- ported In St. Louls it was 106; Omaha, 104; Bis- marck, N. D., 104, and Concordia, Kan., 102 In the east, Boston reported a tempera- ture of 94 degrees; New York, 90; Phila- delphia, 88, and Washington, S3. HEAT BROKEN IN SPOTS ansas City, Cinciunati and Chicago Get Symptoms of Re- Het. KANSAS CITY, July 22.--This was the hottest day ever known in Kansas City, the temperature reaching 106 in the middle Twenty deaths from the heat were reported today and yesterday and many proetrations. At 11 o'clock to- night a local thundershower brought re- lief to the suffering people, in much lower temperature, but the rainfall was small. CINCINNATI, July —The thunder- storm which brought rellef to the heat- stricken people here early this evening passed acroes the river and assumed cy- clonic proportions and left a trail of de- struction fn fts wake. Fences, trees, barns and outbulldings from Newport epst to a considerable distance were leveled. The frame house of John Schrader, mear Fort Thomas, was overturned and his wife and 10-year-old daughter were seriously In- jured. COLUMBUS, 0., July 22.—All the heat records were broken in this city today, the government thremometer registering 103.9 degrees. This evening a strong breeze dropped to 83 during the day. CHICAGO, July 22.—Ten dead, one man driven {nsane and five prostrations showed today the result of yesterday's sweltering heat. The temperature today was pleasant, being below 80, and the deaths and prostra- tions were therafore the work of yesterday PHOENIX, Ariz, July 22.—Great rain- storms have occurred in the past forty-eight There were two prostrations | hours in the mountains north and east of Phoenix. The rain came just In time to save the cattle and sheep ranges and to The mer- | and rose within an hour to 84 #top a number of large forest fires in the San Francisco and Mogollon mountains The Gila river is out of its banks and {s putting water on the Indian reservation in . | time to prevent much suffering from drouth PITTSBURG, Pa.. July ~The weather | here today was phenomenal in that between 4 p.m. and 7 p. m. the thermometer whips sawed from 96 at 5 o'clock to 72 at 6 o'clock The heat | cury stood at 103 in the shade at 3:30 p.|during the day was trying in the extreme m the not stacked grain Wheat {8 a magnificent ecrop—twenty- five to forty bushels—the latter what the average yield will be in the end. The berry is plumb and of good and even siss. | No wheat s under sixty to sixty-three| pounds a bushel. The crop in this vicinity has been hurt by the heat and dry weather. | Early planted corn in some of the bottoms near the Blue river is silking out and| showing good sized ears and is still of good | color. Al of perienced tarmers claim corn will ot average more than fifteen bushels an acre n this part of Saline, Seward and Lancaster countles Oats in this vicinity with the exception of some lsolated flelds are a failure. Most 1 one-halt do that ten to being too short for the binder. Early the upland corn is hurt. Ex-| the crop of| planted potatoes are fine and of good yleld.' | Late planted tubers are a fallure. Garden Peaches are suffering from heat, not grow- ing any and beginning to shrink. Pastures are brown. The receipts of cream and milk | at the station of the Fairmont creamery in this city have fallen off over one-half in comparison with June. Owners of pastures have notified their patrons that cattle can- | not longer live In the field and would better be taken home and fed. Several Lancaster county farmers began this morning to cut and bind their corn with binders to save the fodder. This is the situation in north- east Saline, south and southeast Seward and northwest precincts of Lancaster counties Harvester Stricken in Osmond, OSMOND, Neb., July 22.—(Special Tele- gram.)—While working in a barveat field south of town yesterday & young German (Contiuued oa Third Page, vegetables of all kinds are in bad shape. Wheat harvest is over and threshing of | and numerous prostrations were reported, | among them Alex Dodds, night editor of the Dispatch. Late tonight it was thought is | he would recover. SOLDIERS DROP Though Drillx Are Suspended at the State Camp. INDIANA sty Are Overcome, INDIANAPOLIS, July 22 hottest day on record (n Indlanapolis. The official record was 106 at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. At the same hour thermometers along the business streets recorded 110 and 112, There were two deaths and three —This was the lof the crop nad to be cut with the mower, | Prostrations from beat. At the camp of the Indlana Natlonal guard all drills were suspended. Simty men were overcome during the day, but all rapidly recovered, with the exception of seven who are In the brigade hospital Many animals were stricken today and liverymen are refusing to hire horses. ONE HUNDRED AND NINE Terre Haute Puts Up a Heat Peg for All Ambitious Citles to Pass. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 22—The burping heat of today was responsible for two deaths and at least a half dozen pros- trations. At 2 o'clock the thermometer registered 1001, breaking all previous rec- ords. PINE BLUFF, Ark., July James Hol- land, aged 35, one of the most prom! men in Pine Bluff and a grandson of Gen- eral James Yell, died from sunstroke to- day. ines: | #0 long as the| Fort Thomas and south into the state for | greatly cooled the city and the temperature | CONTEST IS~ ENDED Twalve Delightfal Vacati by The Omaba Bes. VALUABLE PRIZES ARE FAIRLY WON | Bpirited Boemes Attend the Clesing H of the Voting: BALLOTS COME IN BY THE THOUSAND | Protty Contentaxts Anxie | ly Await Results of the Count. EVEN THE LOSERS HAVE CONSOLATION according | List of Places Included (n the Offers fug of Vacntions and Incidents of the Contest—Names of Winne ! z i | | i VACATION WINNERS, NEBRASKA-—Vera L. Kramer, Co- lumbus; Anna Gubl, Grand Island; Lydia Harrisom, Ncbraska City, | ¢ OMAHA — Emily Wigman, Amanda Lindblad, Jennie Ferren, Alice Hod- | der COUNCIL BLUFFS—Mamis Aumann. SOUTH OMAHA--Mary Sargent. | | IOWA—Jennie McElroy, Dunlap; Liz- zie Kennedy, Missour! Valley. SOUTH DAKOTA—Nora Harris, Lead. esessscsssscssssssssssssses | | I It is all over. Twelve delighttul summer vacations have | been won by twelve independent young women. It was a spirited fight—as fair spirited The end came at 5 o'clock yesterday aft- crnoon, that date having been antounced in the beginning as the closing hour. | The winners aro as follows: | Nebraska—Vera L. Kramer, Columbus; | Anna Guhl, Grand Island; Lydla Harrison, | Nebraska City i it was Omaha—Emily Wigman, Amanda Lind- blad, Jennie Ferren, Alice Hodder. Council Bluffs—Mamie Aumann. South Omaha—Mary Sargent. lowa—Jennle McElroy, Dunlap; Kennedy, Missourl Valley South Dakota—Nora Harris, Lead These young women will be given their credentials on application to the business manager of The Bee. First cholce of the twelve trips goes to the candidate having the largest number of vates; next cholce to the one having the cecond largest number of votes and so on through. As an additional prize, the winners of the vacations—those of the Omaha list, four of them—are to be the guests of Manager Sam Bear of the Ferris Stock company at Boyd's theater tonight. These young women will sea an excellent play from luxuriously appointed boxes, and each has the privilege of bringing five friends. It was a pretty race from start to finish and there is consolation even for those who | talled to win, for The Bee is golng beyond | its original offer {n the extension of trans- portation courtesies to those who ran up {into the high figures and yet lacked enough to prevent them from winning. Further particulars of this offer to losers are found elsewhere {n this lssue of The Bee. Nothing was promised the losers, but the management of The Bee, recognizing the brave fight that bas been made, volunteers free transportation to several points of interest. The figures printed herein today show the exact standing of each candidate at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the end came. Lizzle Vera L. Kramer, Anna Guhl, Grand Isl Lydia Harrison, Neb. City. Mayme Graham, David City Nora M. 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