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ttte REPUBLIC' TUESDAY. JULY 23. 1901.
U
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HEAT WAVE IS MARKED BY
UNUSUALLY LOW DEATH RATE.
Absence of Humidify, or Moisture in tlio Atinosihci'C. Responsible for
This Condition General Health of the City at a High Stand
ard How to Avoid Prostration Method
of Reviving Heat Virtims.
Absence of moUtuie fioni the great heat
wave sweeping over the city accounts for a
remarkably low death rcte. - correspond
ing dcpieo of lmmlility v.ouM have oxer
crowded the hospitals and made the. recov-,
ery or Ule army 01 me sicjv cxw-jjneiy iouui
Iul. A striking feature of the drought is that
the general health of St. Louis has never
been nt such a hlch standard. Physicians
of the City Hospital staff ay that the prac
tice of their prolese!on has decreased CO per
ent since the visitation of the withering
i-Irocco. i
Humidity brings disease and pestilence, i
None of thc-'e dreaded conditions have
plagued the city during till, the longest and
hottest period in her history.
Acting W.itlier Forecaster Eugene 12.
Spencer finds from the record of the drought
that at no time wthln Its torrid tway of a
month has the atmosphere bven charged
iith more than 20 per cent of moisture,
which Is incomparably below that of any
eimllnr htnt conditions observed by the lo
cal Weather Bureau since Its foundation.
The diy and blistering heat of Arizona, and
New Jlexico has been felt here in all of
It-s white intensity. livery breath of air 1
hcaxy with furnace vapor. No relief has
been found on street cats and other vehicles
that make a circulation of their own. The
ltln cspoMd to thro burning blasts has i
been scorched in the glare. j
KVERV HAl.r HOUR
llllorCillV KV VICTIM.
The effects of this vtrauge contrast to tho
traditional St. Louis summer filled the heat j
prostration pavilion at the City Hospital ,
yesterday afternoon with victims, iiho be-'
pan arching at 1 o'clock in all stages of
-o:iciousness. There was no break In lliete
arrivals up to 6 o'clock. Every half hour
Ijrought a new victim. Between 2 and 4 ,
o'clock they were received at the rale of one
vcry fifteen minutes.
TWKXTV CAS.ES 11KGEIVEU
UKKOKK n o'CIiOCK.
loetor Julian A. Gthrung, In charge of the j
heal ward, has been almost pro-trated for
two days by ths Incessant u'inands upon ,
hlin. lletolc haste has been ued in ielv
inr nearly every patient. Cons-Uuit care and
watchfulness has been required to pull the
thirty rersons under his ch.irgo through to
recovery. Very few cases have been lost
sincf the firt patient was received.
"What I have dreaded since the heat wave
overwhelmed us," said Doctor Gehrung, "is
a rise in the humidity. Our experience has
taught us that heat prostrations arc on the
advance whenever the presence of moisture
in tho atmosphere kreps pace wlih the tem
perature. I teel Justified in saying that the
hospital would not have held all the heat
victims if wo had undergone the usual hu
mid heat that is felt here etcry bummer.
"St. Louis has been lucky. It has been
hot. but the dangerous clement has been
missing. These perMms stietched out here
would be enjoying the average health now
It they had let alcohol alone. Nearly eery
.ate 1 have received this afternoon hud its
origin in a saloon. The cl-u-a of patients
shows that persons who order their habits
cu an intelligent plan escape heat prostra
tion." The hopital gong clanged four times and
the overworked physician turned to a new
nrrtval. The victim was led to the heat pa
vilion In the hosnltal court. Ho was stupid
with the paralysis that marks sunstroke.
Attendants helped him to remove every
btitch of clothing, while Doctor Gehrung
!flly applied his little glass thermometer.
"Tills man's temperature Is 10S degrees sit
this moment," he remark. Other attendants
had Jllltd a porcelain bath tub witli blocks
if ice. The man. whose blood was as rear
boiling aa that of a. human being ever gets
without death lnterenlng to end his suffer
ings, was lifted into the ice water.
HOW THE PATIENTS
TAKE ARCTIC II.UXE.
At the plunge he shrieked. Tho shock was
so great that a momentary collapse caused
him to sink peacefully into tho arctic water.
A staying hand held bin head above the
surface. Another block of ice was applied
to the back o the skull, and the glass
thermometer was dipped beneath the chill
ing tide and held firmiy against the victim's
skin. Attendants relieved ona another at
this duty. Their hands came out of the
water numb, and wcie beaten back into life
Jjj- their fellow-helpers. The cooling process
'was continued until the glass read 102 de
Brecs. "Out of the water," shouted the physician,
bs the gong clanged with the news of an
other approach. The last patient was re
moved from the tub and placed on his feet.
His benumbed legs sank beneath him, and
OUTLOOK IS FOR MORE
HOT AND DRY WEATHER.
BY E. E. SPEXCEB.
Obnerrer In Cbare or tho Local
Weather Itarena.
Tho maximum temperature for St. Louis
whs probably reached at 1:30 p. m. yes
terday, when the mercury registered 107
degrees above zero.
It will continue fair and hot throughout
this region, and indications do not glvo
any promise for rain, but It Is not likely
that the 107 mark will be reached again In
the present hot spell.
Springfield. 111., led the list ot hot cities
with a maximum temperature of 108 de
crees; at Des Moines, la., 108 degrees was
also reached.
Throughout the United States the Intense
heat remained practically unbroken, tho
KO-desree mark beins reached at seventeen
weather stations. In more than ten sta
tions, including SL Louis, previous records
of twenty years were broken. Besides tho
cities already mentioned, the following
were among the sufferers: Indianapolis.
Cincinnati. Kansas City and Louisville,
with a temperature ot 106 each; Cairo. Bis
marck. Springfield. Mo., and Omaha, tem
poraturo 104 degrees; Davenport, Huron and
rwirnrdtn. 102 decrees.
At twenty-nine other important, sunmn
.
TEMPERATURE THE HIGHEST
EVER KNOWN IN ST. LOUIS.
The thermometer in the Weather Office In
the dome of the Federal building registered
107 degrees above zero at 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, the highest temperature
ver registered -in tho history of fet, Louis
and vicinity. , . .. .
At 2 o'clock vapory white clouds gathered
o,-er the city, bringing- with them a slight
traco of rain and checking tho upward
movement of the mercury, which had been
rising steadily since 3 a. m. The mercury
dropped to IOC degrees, and at 7 p. m. it
registered 104 degrees, E. E. Spencer, ob
herver in charge of the local Weather Bu
leau. said that but for the cloud bank which
drifted over the city the temperature proh
" ably would have continued to rise, and that
In all likelihood 110 degrees would have been
reached before sunset.
The Intense heat was felt in every section
t , ll.f ThAFmnmntAm In VnrWlllS TartS
of town registered as hlsh as 10S and 10!) de- i
Krees anovc zero, lit tne westtrn una uomi
western districts a few larso drops of rain
lell about.230 o'clock In the afternoon, but
they were dried up almost immediately up
on touching the parched ground and heated
liavemcrt
Sunday's maximum temperature cf W
acres, hlk hJ only once been equaled
he was carried tu a wailing vot, wliTe chill
after chill shook his trame. Tne cuticle was
as red as though he had been boiled in a
vat of hot laid. Nothing but a sheet was
thrown nvr him. and the thermometer was
applied again for the purpose of watching
M-i temperature.
Two mh.utis later it had soared to lffV.
lie was orde:od back to the Ice bath. The
second immersion seemed to be feaied by
tho viitim''inore than the lirst. He begged
that he be excused from the experience.
City llo-pital moi.sutes are drastic. Without
ceremony the parboiled figure splahed Into
the water and soatteted the icebergs oer
the Pules of the tub. Down went the tem
perature with a lofty tumble in a few minute.-.
The patient fell, exhausted, upon his
couch and passed quietly into the hopeful
slumber of relaxation.
o.m: itie.t with
TUlll'EltATl UK OP 1JO.
Doctor Gehrunj wiptd the perspiration
from his blow and told of a recent case
wheie the victim dropped to the sidewalk
in front of Lemp's Breery. overcome, with
lit) degrees of Dlood temperature. He was
uncoiuclous when ho went into the ice bath.
At the sality point he was removed and
assigned to :t eot. The blood cooled so
rap.dly that the temperature lowered to
2J.2 degrees. Only the most vigorous work
with hot-water bag at tho feet and ice
bags at the head brought the heat ot the
blood back to Hi degrees, when he was pro
nounced out ot danger. He left the hos
pital the following morning.
"Few rirsons hao commented on the
quality of the heat that St. Louis has been
subjected to during this spell." said Acting
Assistant Wtather Forecaster Spencer.
"Such a tyoe of heat was never known in
St. Louis before. We- have hud droughts be
fore, but not such dry ones. Down in Mexico
and the State.- and Territories of the south
western part of the United States, where
tho cllmato Is dry. this sort of weather Is
not unusual.
"And It will be observed from their mor
tality record that tho general health of
these communities is very good dunn? their
summer. Beyond the discomfort of being
baked. St. lxiiiuus have reason to con
sratulate themselves that no rains fell
which were succeeded by a repetition of
the drought conditions."
ILLINOIS.
r.EruRLic special.
Springfield. 111.. July 22.-To-day was an
other itcord-bieaker in weather conditions
throughout the central portion or Illinois.
For two and one-half hours this afternoon
the thermometer In the local station of
tho t'nlted States Weather Bureau stood at
2u7, a. d gree higher than the highest mark
of yesterday, which broke all former rec-
COUX MJI'FEUlJtQ XEAK TUSCOLA.
nEl'CBLIU SPECIAL.
Tuscola, 111., July 22. The corn has never
sufftied here until to-day. 7he heat Is
causing the leaves on tho trees to wither
i nd fail t-ff.
1XTEXM-1 HEAT AT LITCHFIELD.
IlEl'fHUC SPECIAL.
Litchlield. 111.. July 21 The heat yester
day and to-day has been the most intense
of the season.
HICIIEVr RECORD for DES MOINES.
Des llolnes, la.. July 22. The Government
thermometer registered 109 degrees here at
3:30 thl afternoon, the highest otllcial
record in the history of Den Moines. Two
deaths from the heat and numerous pros
trations were reported to-day.
SIATV MILITIAMEN PROSTRATED.
Indianapolis. Ind., July 22. This was the
hottest day on record in Indianapolis. The
ofllclal record was 100 at 2 o'clock In the
afternoon. At the same hour thermometers
along the business streets recorded 110 anil
112. There wero two deaths and ihroo pios
tratlons from heat.
At tho camp of the Indiana National
Guard all drills were suspended. Sixty men
were overcome during the day. but all rap
idly recovered witli the exception of Eeven.
who are In the brigade hospital. Many
animals were stricken to-da. and Hvciy
men are refusing to hire horses.
EXCESSIVELY HOT AT FAYETTE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fayette. Mo., July 22. The day wan ex
cessively hot. the thermometer registering
114 in the shade.
XORTTI TEXAS PIONEER DIES.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Bonham. Tex., July 22. Mrs. Louisa Love
lace died last night and was buried to-day.
Mrs. Lovelace had resided in this county
since 1S52 and was one of the oldest sottlers
in North Texas.
the tomperatcre ranged Ixitwten 90 and 100
degrees. Including New York. New Orleans
and Salt Lake,
In many Instances Southern cities expe
rienced a much lower temperature than
places In the extreme northern portions of
the country. At Galveston tho highest
point reached was SO degrees. At that point
rain fell to a depth of 3.08 inches. At Pal
estine 1.2 inciies of rain fell. Besides these
places, light rains w ere reported from Mem
phis, Pittsburg. Little Rock and Santa Fe.
The balance of the map shows that tho
drought was unbroken. The rain which fell
In Texas was accompanied by thunder and
high winds.
There was a slight trace of rain in parts
of St. Louis about 2:30 p. m. Onlj' a few
drops fell, however, and in the downtown
district there was not even a sign of
moisture.
The area of highest barometrio pressure
covers the upper lako region, and tho area
ot lowest pressure is central over Eastern
Montana. Secondary areas of pressure,
moderately high, are present over the North
Pacific ar.d South Atlantic coasts.
The last twenty-four hours has been a
record-breaking period for temperatures for
the Central Mississippi Valley.
In the history of the city August 2, ltil
was exceeded by one point yesterdiy. The
mercury started at SB degrees at 1 a. m.
It dropped to SI at 5 o'clock, which was the
minimum temperature for the day. From
5 o'clock the rise was steady until 1:30 p.
m. Tho readings were as follows: 6 a. m..
So; 7 a. m 87; S a. m., SI; 9 a. :n., Wi; 10 a.
m., K); 11 a, m., 102; noon, 105; 1 p. m., 105;
1:30 p. m., 107; 2 p. m., 105; 3 p. m., 103;
4 ji. in., 103; 5 p. m., 105; 6 p. in., 3tJ; 7 p. m.,
101.
Mr. Spencer believes that the indications
are for continued hot weather, hut ths
probabilities are that the mercury will not
again reach 107 before the heat 13 broken.
"This," he said, "will go on record aa the
hottest day in St. Louis up to date. The
entire country, with the exception of the
Gulf States, is as dry and hot as a desert.
How long the torrid conditions will con
tinue cannot bo predicted.
"Owing lo the intense heat everything
one touches feels as if It had been placed
near a fire. This is duo to the fact that
the temperature of the air Is considerably
higher than that of the body. In the next
week, if the hot weather continues, thire
will be considerable suffering from warm
nights."'
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TO AVOID HEAT PROSTRATION.
lly Doctor Louis Rimnienr. Aflftt.
4 Supt. City Hospital.
Let intoxicants alone. Alcohol
brings S3 per cent of the so-called
heat victims to the hospital. Do not
blame the sun. It never killed any
person who had not abused himself
by drinking to excess.
Sleep is the greatest enemy of over-
heated blood. Take your usual eight
hours' rest. The tippler remains
abroad nt night, putting his system
in condition for sunstroke next day.
If it I" too hot to sleep, just lie on
jour bed and toss the night through.
Your physical nature is getting re-
laxution.
O Kat what your siomaeh craves. Do
not get finicky In the summertime O
about diet. You will pui your men-
tallty in condition for an easy con-
4 quest by heat. This js presupposing
that jou are not a gouiuuin.l. V
Dress lightly. Coats make one
fietful! There is too much weight in .
them for the worker in the sun.
Wear clothing that permits a Jree
circulation of air. .Material that ab-
sorbs the perspiration worn next the
skin keeps ()iio in a lolciaut frame of
mind.
These aie the four principles ot
defense against that boiling of the
4 blood which is so dangerous to lite 4
and health.
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COMiUKKINt; SUNSTROKE.
lly Diictor Julian A. Celirunsr. f
llritt Ward. CHy IlosnKnl.
Ice-water baths, varying between
CO and 42 degrees, are the best cure
for heat prostration. The semicon-
scious or unconscious patient is im-
merstd in a tub or water full of
floating ice.
Ice is held to the head. A temper-
ature thermometer is kept under
water close to the ltal parts of the
victim. Fioni time to time it i re- 4
moved and read by the attending
physician. When the temperature of
a victim who has arrived with his a
blood boiling at 10S degiees has fallen
to 102 or 101 degrees he is removed
from the tub and laid on a cot near $
by.
Here he is seized with a type of
chill. Very frequently the tempera-
turo sinks from the shock to HI de-
grecs. Then ice bags are placed at
the base of tho brain and hot-water
bags are kept at theeet. The ac-
tion resulting from this treatment is
to draw tho healed blood from the
brain and distribute ft in tho lower
portions of tho hrtfiy.
Often after being removed from the
Ice bath the treacherous blood
mounts to a high temperature again.
As soon as this feature ot the case Is
discovered the patient is placed in
tlie ice bath and kept thero until it
has been reduced once more.
The highest temperature encoun-
tered this season in any patient lias
been 110 degrees. Recovery from
such a condition has been more rapid
than in cases where the temperature
registered 102 on arrival at the lius-
pital.
ADVANCE IN PRICE
OF SEPTEMBER CORN.
Diouglii-Damage Keports Send
the Market Up With a
Bound.
Corn was king In the local market yester
day, and there was a wild scramble to buy
In the grain pit at tho Merchants' Ex
change. Every broker on the floor was
rushed with bujing orders, and In the
rush to execute these orders the price of
Sept. com advanced Ec a bu.. and the pre
dictions of 60c corn were realized.
The excessive heat reported in all parts
ot the corn belt caused outsiders to take
hold, and there was an unusual speculative
demand. Farmers, who are In a position to
see the extent of the drought damage, were
all bulls, and sent In a large number ot
buying orders. There were few short3, but
the keen competition among brokers who
were desirous of executing their buying or
ders sent prices up with a bound.
No rains were reported In any part of the
corn belt except Ohio, and very little there,
while the prospects for rain were slim.
Receipts wera light and only about equal
to tho shipments, while thero was an excel
lent cash demand.
The opening was wild and excited, and It
soon became evident that St. ixiuls would
hit the 60c mark before Chicago, but after
that figure was reached some of the trad
ers were inclined to take profits, and
prices eased oft to soma extent. Conditions
were generally bullish, however, and tlia
market soon picked up again, and the close
was within ac of the top.
Wheat was also strong and active, but
mainly In sympathy with corn. Traders
forgot all about the record-breaking 700,-000,000-bu.
crop, and wildly endeavored to
buy as much as possible. There were ad
vances reported at Liverpool, Paris and
Berlin; crop-damage reports came in freely
from the Northwest; a decrease of 1,934,000
bu. was reported In the amount afloat, and
this, with active buying of cash wheat by
millers, caused all the domestic markets to
go up with a bound. In the local pit Sept.
wheat closed 3?ic higher than on Saturday
and Dec. wheat 4&c higher, while the high
points tor tho day were 70c for Sept. and
TSVJc for Dec. wheat, respectively :iTic and
4c higher than Saturday's close.
Traders suddenly began to realize that
stocks in farmer.!' hands are, according to
the Government report, smaller than ever
before, and that the excellent quality of
the present crop would cause millers, ele
vators and farmers to carry over as large
stocks as possible to next season.
It was difficult to find a bear, or at least
ono who was willing to sell short, and bro
kers had considerable difficulty In executing
buying orders.
Henry F. Langenborg of Langenberg
Bros, was seen in the midst of the cir
cle ot excited brokers, and when asked in
regard to the market said: "We are rushed
with buying orders. It appears as if the
farmer, the miller and every one else is
now trying to buy wheat, and I have so
many orders on hand that I will havo to
stop and check up my trades in order to
see where I stand. Wheat is going higher,
and people arc wise who buy it."
C. H. Spencer, in speaking of the mar
ket, said: "Corn is bound to sell as high as
wheat, although I believe that wheat will
sell higher than It Is at present. The dam
age to corn has not been exaggerated, and
the sooner people rind it out the better it
will be for them."
Many reports from the country were to
tho effect that farmers are feeding wheat
to hogs, cattle and horses and doing every
thing possible to dispose of the surplus.
DISASTROUS TO IOWA CORN.
Des Moines, la., July 2i According to re
ports to Director Sage of tho Crop Bureau
and in loenl uraln men fVi vital- ih,a. iivn
have been disastrous to Iowa corn, except
in localities which have had rain recently.
! KANSAS.
Topcka, Kas., July 2i Like breaths from
1 a furnace the hot air swept across the Kan
sas farms to-day, more compjete.y bliahting
tho seared corn and other suffering vegeta
tion. In some parts .of the State the temper
ature was as high, as lie, with considerable
humidity.
The m?ftJ,0I5?lV., cstlmate of the probable
corn yield has fallen from half a crop to A
1 quarter of a crop. Many counties report a
I total loss.
EIGHT DEATHS AND MANY
PROSTRATIONS FROM HEAT.
nOCTOIt JULIAN A. GEIIItUNG
TreatiuK Victims o Heat Prostration nt tho City Hospital.
Men, women and children all over St.
Louis succumbed to the heat yesterday.
Several of the prostrations resulted fatal
ly, and In some casos the victims were dead
when found.
AH classes suffeied, but laborers whore
work exposed them to the sun's rays
seemed to be most readily affected. Sur
prise was expressed by many that the
number of fatalities did not run up into the
scores, witli the temperature above tho 100
mark for so long, but this wa3 accounted
for by the fact that the air contained very
little moistuio, and the heat was not of
the "sticky" variety that kills most quick
ly. l.Ut of the Dead.
Thomas -Wilson, 70 years old, of No. 2123
O'Fallon street.
Oeoige Heuber. employed in tho dairv of
Frank Hunn at No. 3W1 Cote Brilliante ave
nue James Pratt, tho 11-day-old son of Mrs.
Jennie Pratt. No. lS17Vi Franklin avenue.
George Pu-sie, a lalwrer, 10 years old. No.
1700 South Second street.
David Gavih. 24 yeais old. a teamster,
rear of No. 2S21 North Spring avenue.
Georgo Kehl, an employe of the Spiegel
Produce Company, of No. 721 Chouteau
aveiiae, found dead in the stablo loft.
Bernard Wosslimr, a laborer, living nt. No.
2S2I North Fourteenth street, who was over
come by the heat while sitting on a bench
in O'Fallon Park.
Georce Smith, a dishwasher in Hern's
coffee house. No. fill Morgan street.
I'rostratloiiM Itojiorled.
John Kckrich. a teamster, living at No.
140 Cherokee street; not serious.
GOVERNOR SAVAGE
GALLS FOR PRAYER.
Nebraska's Chief Executive Sets
Next Friday as a Day for
Fasting and Prayer.
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CLAMOR.
Waited io See Whether Missouri's
Prayers Would Prove Effective
Farmers Declare the Day
Set Is Much Too Far Off.
I
REPUHLIC SPECIAU
Lincoln. Neb.. July 22. Ft May of this
week has been fixed by Governor Savage
by public proclamation as a day upon
which religious people ot Nebraska shall
unite in prayers for rain.
Governor Savaso said Saturday that he
would wait and see if the prayers of the
people of Missouri availed. If they did not
ho would Issuo a proclamatibn. To-day he
issued the following:
"In response to Importunities and nt the
earnest request of members of the ministry
that a day be set apart and designated a
a day upon which people may meet in their
respective houses of worship and offer up
prayer to Divine Providence for relief
from destructive winds and drought, I here
by designate Friday, July 2fl, 1901, as snld
day."
Grain dealers say that Friday will be too
late to do much good, even if rain should
follow- the petitions, as tho corn crop, tho
only one left to be saved, would by that
time be ruined. One-fourth of a crop Is
now thought to be the most that can be
hoped for it there should be rain within
a week. If it is postponed beyond that the
only corn produced will be In those few
and scattered sections where there has been
rain since July 4.
WATER SUPPLY THRKATEXED.
REPUBUC SPECIAL.
AVaterloo, 111.. July 22. Drought adds to
the terrors ot heat here. The city's water
supply is in danger and notice has been
served on patrons to cease use of water for
sprinkling. Springs in this vicinity never
dry in past forty -eight years aro now with
out water.
CONCEDE LOSS OF CORST.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Percy, 111.. July 22. Continued drought
la reported throughout the county, ilanv
farmers havo conceded the loss of the "corn
crop and aro figuring their future corn and
feed.
RAI.VS MUST COME QUICKLY.
PEPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield, 111., July 22. Farmers are
greatly concerned over th? unusual condi
tions and it is freely predicted that unless
relief comes quickly the corn crop will be
almost a total loss. Already, it Is esti
mated, the damage will amount to fully
one-half a normal yield. The stalks are
scorched and withering, and It is not ex
pected that any of the ears on the dam
aged plants will mature.
John H. O'Brien, a laborer, who recently
came to St, Louis from Pacific, Mo.: will
recover.
.Mrs. Dora Schramm of No. ltl2A North
Eleventh street.
Henry Relnhatdt. 60 years old. a shoe
maker. No. W Aubert place; not serious.
Frank Hcrndore, found unconscious at
Twelfth mid Olive streets; serious.
Julius Belli, aged 73, employed at the
Union Dairy, Jefferson and Washington
avenues: serious.
Mary Itlnsher. aged &2. of No. 1717 South
Second street; serious.
Patrick Qtiimi. aged 41. laborer, living at
No. 2631 Paplu street; not serious.
Henry Buricliter. aged 32, a teamster, liv
ing at No. 2022 North Broadway; not se
rious. August Will, aged 53, ot No. 3501 V Olrve
street: not serious.
George Allison of No. 1331 Carr street; not
serious.
Austin Maroney. CS years of age, a cook
nt the Southern Hotel; not serious.
Paul Gabrlllac. 63 years old. a cook at
Matthew Voney's lunchroom. No. 313 Lo
cust street: not serious.
J. W. O'Brien or Klrkwood, Mo.: not se
rioufi Mary Schleusslcr, 31 years of ago, living
nt No. 000 Ljnch street; serious.
O. II. Mohrmann. 41 years of age, a
painter, living at No. 1407 Franklin avenue,
serious.
Andrew- Robinson, aged 54, a laborer, liv
ing at No. I JftS Chestnut: r.ot Fcrious.
Emily Straliler, aged 52, of No. 2123 De
Kalb streetr not serious.
Jacob Erhardt, a machinist, of No. 3322
Sallna street; not serious.
Henry Frohoff, 30 years old. watchman nt
the Wabash crossing. Second and Salisbury
streets, living at No. 3."20 North Eleventh
street; not serious. i
SACRIFICING CATTLE
BECAUSE OF DROUGHT.
In Spile of a Falling Market. Re
ceipts at Kansas City Are
Unprecedented.
SCARCITY OF WATER AND FEED.
Commission Men Advise Farmers
-to Hold On to Their Stock if
They Possibly Can Not
Enough Cars Available.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansns City. Mo.. July 22.-CattIemen are
r.ow thoroughly alarmed and are driving
their stock for the killing beds and North
west pastures as fast as they can get rail
road cars.
To-day 25,217 entered the stock yards here.
as against S.200 the same day last year. This
breaks all records.
This is the season of the year when cattle
shipments arc supposed to be light, as they
are on grass and are of no expense to tiie
stockmen, but notwithstanding Mr. Ar
mour's declaration a week ago that, "We
can stand another month ot this drought,"
the cattle-raisers have now entirely lost
heart, and are beginning to crowd the mar
ket. The only thlrg that will check the rush
will be the shortage of stock cars. Not an
ticipating a general movement the cars
have not been sent Into the country. Two or
inree goou rains wouiu ao more than any
thing else to head off what will be a ca
tastrophe. Market Fall Off in Price.
Tinder to-day's heavy receipts the market
fell off 10 cents per 10). The outlook l blue.
Commission men are to-night telegraphing
their customers to hold on if they can pos
sibly find water for their cattle, but the
other difficulty Is there is no grass. Water
may bo found, or water holes filled by a
rain or two, but the earth is parched to
a cruel degree.
Hogs show'ed 2S per cent increase in num
ber over the corresponding day last year,
but while the feeders are anxious to pell,
for the reason they have no corn to give
them, tho weather is so hot they are afraid
of the death loss in transit. Fat hogs re
quire careful handling, and nothing fluctu
ates so rapidly as a frightened hog market
Sheep- men report herds as standing up un
der the weather conditions better than other
lines, this doubtless due to the close forag
ing of the sheep.
Mnchinlfitn' Strike Called Off.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Moline, 111., July 22. The Machinists'
Union to-night formally declared its strike
tff. Evorv machinist in thn Mtw ., An n.
I strike for a nlns-hour day and ten hours'
pay nine weeks ago. A. few were granted
their demand, but the others go back on
h old basis.
PARTS OF MISSOURI
BLESSED WITH RAIN.
Clouds Break in the Western Por
tion of the State and a
Downpour Follows.
APPEARS TO BE VERY GENERAL
Kansas City Gets a Wetting,
While Pettis and Peutou Coun
ties lteceivu a Ileal Drenching
Showers at Other L'oints.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansas City, July 22.-P.aIn began falling
hereatll o'clock, and at midnight the indi
cations, as gathered from the electrical
display, are that the storm is general. From
Bedalia comes news of a drenching of every
part of Pettis County. Benton County, too,
has copious rains, and. according to the dis
patcher's office of tho M., K. & T. R. R..
the storm strung north as far as Warsaw.
There was every indication In Kansas
City throughout the day that there would
bo a ruinfall soon, but similar and as good
indications had gone for nothing earlier in
the drought.
In the southeastern part of the city the
fall was substantial, though other parts
got nothing but dust from the storm.
Rain is falling In Leavenworth.
IX LIXX COUXTY.
HEFTBLIC SPECIAL.
Llnneus, Mo., July 22. The first rain that
has fallen In this vicinity since June 30 fell
east and north of here to-day. It was a
light show or, but has encouraged the people
to look for more.
IX DEXTOX COUXTY.
REPUBLIC J)I'ECIAL.
Warsaw, Mo., July 22. There was an elec
trical storm here to-night, accompanied by
a heavy wind, followed by a good rain
throughout Benton County.
IX MILLER COUXTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Olean, Mo., July 22. Thunder showers
were reported south of here to-night. They
were local in character and did not extend
this far.
IX CARROLL COEXTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carrollton, Mo., July 22. A good rain be
gan here to-night at 10 o'clock. It appears
to be general.
IX RAXDOLPU COUXTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Moberly, Mo.. July 22,-The Christian peo
ple held union prayer service for rain last
night. This afternoon the Intense heat was
partially relieved by a light shower, and
there is a threatening sky to-nisht.
IX PETTIS COUXTY".
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sedaila. Mo.. July 22.-A1I parts of Pettis
County were drenched with a heavv down
pour of rain this evening and to-night.
The heaviest portions of the storm swept
from east to west over the southern portion
of the county and the northern part of
Benton County.
Heavy ralnstormn are reported to-night
along the line of the M.. K. & T. Railway
as far north as Fayette. The conditions are
favorable for a long rain, which is most de
sired by the farmers of Central Missouri.
IX JASPER COUXTY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Joplln, Mo., July 22. At u o'clock this even
ing rain began falling here and this section
of Jasper County received a good soaking.
ARIZONA GETS GOOD RAIXS.
Phoenix, Ariz., July 22. Great rainstorms
have occurred in the past forty-eight hours
In the mountains north and east of Phoe
nix. The rain came just in time to save
the cattle and sheep ranges and to ton a
number of large forest fires in the San
Francisco and Mogollon Mountains. The
Gila River is out of its banks and Is put
ting water on the Indian reservation In
time to prevent much suffering from
drought.
Rnln In Arkansas.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fort Smith. Ark.. July 22. A heavy rain
fell for thirty minutes to-day, following
a day of great heat. The temperature was
wonderfully cooler and crops will be great
ly benefited.
SEVERAL STRUCK BY LIGHTXIXG.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fort Worth. Tex.. July 22. A dispatch
from Gatesville, Coryell County, tells of a
fatal accident to a party of pleasure seek
ers between that place and Hamilton yes
terday. A thunderstorm caught a party of
young people near Hamilton. Some of the
party sought shelter under a tree. It was
struck by lightning and Grover Hamilton,
aged 16, and Morgan Payne, 24. were killed
and Bud Payne, aged 13, fatally Injured. A
younger brother of Grover Hamilton was
also struck, but it Is believed he will recover.
INQUIRY INTO REPORT OF
CHILD'S MIRACULOUS CURE.
Paslor of SI. Vincent de Paul's
Church Makes Effort to Learn
Identity of Child and
Mother Father Hue-
ber Is Jnbilnnt.
The priests of St. Vincent de Paul's Parish
aro still looking for the child whose eye
sight. It Is reported, was miraculously given
I to It Sunday afternoon by touching a bone
from the body of St. Vincent de Paul. They
are confident the child and Its mother, who
disappeared with It so quickly after the
occurrence, will 1)0 found In a few days. It
is hardly probable, they think, that the
mother can conceal her joy from her
friends. Reaiizln; that her child, which had
been blind from birth, could see, the priests
say. she was so excited that she fled pre-
cipltntely before any one could ascertain
her name and address.
St. Vincent do Paul's Catholic Church If
situated in the midst of a large parish. Fa
ther Hueber is acquainted with all tho
members of the parish. From the descrip
tion given him of the woman and child by
Fathcr Aemuth, who says he personally
saw the miracle. Father Hueber is certain
the mother is not a member of his parish,
but a stranger, who. knowing the relic
would be 'paused, brought her blind child In
j the hope that Its blindness might be cured.
"The mother acted strangely," says Fa
ther Asmuth. "The instant she learned that
her child could see, she made a Joyful ex
clamation, then ran quickly from the
church. It was warm, and we were trying to
hurry our service a little to relieve the peo
ple, and for this reason 1 did not run im
mediately after her. Later. I looked for her,
but she had disappeared. I certaimy believe
a miracle was performed."
Father Hueber is overjoyed at the occur
rence, not only because the child can see,
but because its sight was given it tn the
presence of so many, which, he says, will
have a great tendency to strengthen faith
in prayer. He says:
"I attribute the miracle solely to' the
mother's great faith. I am sure she had
prayed earnestly and Ions."
at. vmccnt de faui died in vm. do years
old. The tinv niece of bane fastened In the
'silver receptacle used Sunday is about one-
I quarter of an inch long and one-eighth of
an Inch wide. The case In which It is. set Is
MSlbly.lQO years old. This 'bone Is also ex-
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kldney trouble preys upen the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition: beauty, vigor
ana ctiesrtulness soon
disappear when the kid
1-
neys are out of oraer
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
S
tnatu is not uncommon
for a child to be born
ates too often. If the
urine scalds the flesh or If. when the child
reaches ah age when it should ba able to
control the passage. It is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be tovards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble b due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a. habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sires. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
tree, also pampniet ten- Horn of t
lng all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In -writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. Y., bs sure and
mention this paper.
ADVANCE IN CORN,
OATS AND WHEAT.
Chicago Grain Pits Scene of Great
Excitement Rush to Buy
. Booms the Market
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago. III.. July 22. Corn, oat an
wheat advanced sharply on the Board eff
Trade to-day, price fluctuations at times
bordering on the sensational. The pits were
crowded to the limit with perspiring
brokers, who. sans coats, sans vests, san
collars, shouted themselves hoarse attempt
ing to fill buying orders. 't
Wheat and oats opened nearly 3 cents
higher-and corn 2 to 4 cents.
The initial wlldness wa a good foreiast
ot the day. Buying in all the pits continued
with unabated activity to the end.
Grain speculators made a rush to buy as
soon as the opening signal started the ses
sion. The withering heat of Sunday had made
them, fear the worst for the corn antl spring
wheat crop, coming as it did on top of o
uch previous damage from a similar
cause. Traders were excited In their eager
ness to find sellers o? the grains that are
being destroyed by the blazing sun. Sellers
were few and reticent, buyers many and
tery vociferous, but it took leads ot 4 and
E cents a bushel over Saturday's price of
corn to entice those who had It previously
borght to part with any.
Excitement in the corn pit was Intense,
and In oats it was of smaller degree only
because the crowd was somewhat less nu
merous. The rise in price of oats at the
immediate opening was from 3 cents to Vi
cents a bushel.
NEBRASKA.
ItEPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Lincoln. Neb.. July 22. Nebraska was th
center of another great caldron of heat to
day. The highest polnt reached was 104 de
grees, at 4 o'clock, almost the equivalent
of yesterday. At 6 o'clock this morning,
the lowest point in the twenty-four hoars.
the mercury got as low only as 80. The
records were broken almost every hour dur
ing the morning. At 11 It was SW. the high
est by one degree ever recorded here. A
clouded sky In the afternoon was all that
saved the people from a more blistering
heat than ever.
Since July l there has been but one day
on which the mercury hat gone below 9t.
On ten straight days from the Sth to the
17th the maximum never fell below 101.
On eighteen of the twenty-two days the
maximum has been over 100. The worst
previous record was in 1890, when 100 wa
reached on three days only. Reports from
the State show that practically the same
temperature was recorded everywhere.
The normal mean for July is 77. For this
month tho average has been almost .
Fifteen prostrations. In four of which
death Is expected to occur, and five persons
falling dead Is the harvest of the past
twenty-four hours in Lincoln.
Ill FOR SIX LOXG HOCH9.
Sylvan Grove. Kas.. July 32. The heat
yesterday was the most terrific of the sea
son. The thermometer registered and main
tained 111 from 10 until 4 o'clock. This
morning at S o'clock it registered 102. The
drought still continues, with no signs oi
abatement.
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Receptacle In which the relic of St. Vincent
de Paul Is kept at St. Vincent de -Paul's
Church.
hlblted nt the translation of the relics an-
niversary on the second Sunday after Eas
ter. In 1791 the Communists of France, In try
ing to overthrow the church, made an ef
fort to destroy the caskets and remains of, .
all priests. St. Vincent de Paul's casket was, :
taken to the residence of an American, act-rf
ing in some official capacity In France. Hero,'
the sacred remains were hidden under the -
folds of the Stars and Stripes., and were not "
molested. St. Vincent de Paul's Church In
St. Louis was established in 18. St. Vincent
de Paul was noted most particularly for kia
charitable work. v- -i
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