Rains were reported in the following Missouri counties Monday night: Pettis, Linn, Randolph, Jasper, Benton, Bates, Jackson, Miller and Carroll. They are western and southwestern counties.
August N. Meir, aged 48, prominent at Sedalia, Mo., died from heat.
Martin Pearson was sunstruck while bathing in a creek near Moline, Ill., and will die.
John Hamilton, contractor, was overcome by heat at Mattoon, Ill., and fell from a ladder. He may die.
Near Mattoon, Ill., Edward Robinson, for two years a soldier in the Philippines, died from heat. Jesse Reed, another returned Philippine soldier, was overcome at the funeral.
Earl Moore of Westfield, Ill., received a severe sunstroke.
Mrs. Nation Sent to Jail.
Topeka, Kas., July 23.—Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined $100, and given a 30-days’ jail sentence by Judge Hazen in the district court for disturbing the peace and dignity of the city by a Sunday joint raid last March. There is no appeal.