Kansas City, July 19, Acute heat, coupled with a com plete absence of rain, is presenting the middle-west with a grave drought that may cause one of the most serious calamities it has had to face for many years.
During the past few days, the temperature in the shade has several limes reached as high as 117 degrees. Conditions are aggravated by that no rain has fallen for and there is little hope of the heat-wave breaking in the immediate future.
Industry in many parts of the middle west has been paralyzed, Property has been destroyed and man and beast have been sutlering "Untold misery. experiencing the greatest rush in history, with farmers hurrying their cattle there for slaughter, At Oklahoma City, 600 het cattle had to be shot dead in order to end thir suffering.
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