Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-24
T HAT ROY AL RAIN.
The Entire Atlantic Slope Feeling Its Be-
ne6cence.
1t Was Death to the Drought and
Sent Hot Weather Away in
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n Hurry.

come reports of the same satisfactory con-
dition of affairs. The rain which began
falling on Saturday evening Kept up al
most without intermission for forty-eight
hours, with the result that the grass and
shrubbery everywhere look more as the:
did before the long continued drought set
In The farmers in the surrounding coun-
try are Overjoyed at the termination of the
not dry spell. and well they may for rarely
nave their interests been in such peril as
within the last few weeks. "'-''r
according to the reports of the weather
bureau the rainfall was a very general one,
and there was scarcely a section Of coun-
try anywhere that did not get its share.
Indeed. reports that come from some of the
southern states are to the effect that the
rainfall was even heavier than might have
been wished for. and that consi lerable dam
age has been done to the growing cotton. tr
Just the Proper Thing. Locally.
Around this part of the country the rain
was just Of the sort that was wanted most.
1t came In a gentle downpour that sank
| readily into the thirsting earth. and not
drop was wasted 1t soaked right in. down
TO the roots. doing more real good than
twice as heavy a rain would have done IL
IL mad come all at once and simply run Off
into the city cutters and country streams
According to the records OF the weather
bureau the actual amount of rain that fell
IN this city was LOB inches, a very salts
factory amount, indeed. coming as IL did
The rain that reached here Saturday even
ing started out in the Missouri valley and
swept completely over all the country east
| OF the Rocky Mountains. Iowa was the only
state that he di not get its full share but
| fortunately every other state needed II
worse than did Iowa.
Halted the Hosts of Heat.
The rain. too. has had the effect of break
| ing up that awful hot spell that blasted the
| country from end to end From all direc-
tons there come reports of comfortable
| drop or temperature, and there is no hot
wave anywhere in sight in the west to bea r
down upon this helpless city again The
| official thermometer this morning registered
| two degrees above what 1t did yesterday
| morning. but there is no reason to expect
that the weather will get unbearable with
| In the next few days. According to the
local forecast officer fair weather may be
| looked for. as there is no other storm bear
ing down upon us. With the clearing away
Of the clouds II Is but reasonable to suppose
| that the sun will begin to get in his work
once more. but not at all in the same way
| that he has been doing for a month past
In other words, 1t will be fair. with slight
| rises In temperature. but it is not likely
tEat the mercury will try to crowd out the
top of the bulb right away.
The following is the report for the past
week issued ny the weather bureau at a
| late hour this afternoon:
Temperature.
The week was warmer than usual through
| out the northern portions of the country
| from the interior of New England west
ward to Washington and Oregon. including
me interior OF central and northern Cal
fornia. The excess in temperature In the
region named amounted to three degrees
per day over portions of New York and
pennsylvania, and generally exceeded three
degrees per day from the upper lake region
westward,to eastern Washington. the max
| imum excess, about six degrees per day.
occurring Tin the region of Lake Superior
| and over northern Idaho and adjacent por-
lions of Montana and Washington.
Throughout the southern and central por-
tons of the country from the Atlantic to
| the Pacific the week was cooler than the
average. the deficiency in temperature
| amounting to 3 degrees, or more. per day.
| from the South Atlantic coast over the
states of the lower Mississippi valley and
southeastern Rocky mountain slope. the
| maximum deficiency. u degrees per day, &C.
curing over southern Missouri. western
| Tennessee. Arkansas and northern Lousi-
| ana. Along the immediate Pacific coast
| the deficiency in temperature ranged from
| l degree to degrees per day. being great
| est on the California coast.
| AS in the previous week, very high tenn
peratCres prevailed over the Dakotas. a
| maximum of JOG degrees occurring at HUI
| ron South Dakota, on the 3D. while the
| temperatures of the 18th and 10th at numer-
| Gus stations in the lake regions were as
high as any previously recorded in July.
| The week has also been marked by unusual
| ly low temperatures in the states of the CEN
| trail Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
| where a number of stations reported on the
| 2lst and I'D temperatures low or lower
| than any previously recorded during the
| second and third decades of July.
Precipitation.
Over limited areas in tie lower lake
region and Ohio valley. and generally
| throughout the southern states, more than
| the average amount of rain fell during the
week ending Monday, and in many sections
| ma ri r. in he hon ,i,as
| have fallen. While there was more than the
| usual amount of rain over portions of New
| Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebras-
| ka and South Dakota, in some portions OF
| each of the states and territories named
| the rainfall has been deficient.
! In Iowa. Missouri. eastern Kansas, south
| eastern Nebraska, and generally through
| cut the northern states, except along the
| lower lakes and In portions of New England
! and the lower Ohio valley, there has been
| less than the average amount of rain, there
being considerable areas in the upper Mis-
| SiSSippi and lower Missouri valleys over
| which no appreciable amount has fallen.
| General Remarks.
Severe drought prevails in Iowa, Mime
sofa and North Dakota, and while partial
| ly relieved, still continues in portions of
| Nebraska. Wisconsin, Missouri. Tennessee,
Ohio, Pennsylvania Maryland and New Jer-
| sey. Drought has been effectually broken
| in New York, Virginia and to a great ex-
tent in New England. but in the last
named section much permanent injury has
| been done.
| Reports concerning cotton are generally
| favorable and the outlook for this crop
| Is very promising. Some injury is being
done by the boil worm in Louisiana and
Mississippi. and there has been rather too
much rain for this crop in Mississippi.
| Louisiana and portions Of South Carolina
| and Florida, while it has suffered some
| what from drought in southwest Texas, in
| which state picking has begun.
| Corn Is suffering seriously in Nebraska,
| Wisconsin and Iowa, and in the last-named
| state is reported as in a critical condition.
| This crop has improved in Arkansas. CEN
| trail and southern Missouri Indiana, Michi-
| gan and Ohio. Kansas and North Dakota
| report the outlook favorable, and Kentucky
| and Tennessee excellent.
| In Kentucky the tobacco crop is reported
| backward: lat, tobacco promises we'll In
| Maryland. and Ohio reports this crop badly
| damaged by drought: in Virginia the early
| planted promises unfavorable, but late to-
bacco is more promising.
| Considerable damage has been done to
cranberry bogs in New Jersey by forest
| fires. 'S '..
| THE PRINTING OFFICE UNSAFE.