Evening star., 1898-10-20
WARMER TONIGHT.
Increasing CIoudiuesS-Rain Indicat-
ed for FRIDAY.

Increasing CIoudiuesS-Rain indicate
ed for Friday.
Forecast till pm. Fri5ay.-For the Dis
trict of Columbia. eastern Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware, increasing cloud
mess and warmer tonight; Friday, rain;
fresh southeasterly winds.
For Maryland and Virginia. increasing
cloudness and warmer tonight, with rain
in extreme western portions; Friday rain;
fresh southeasterly winds.
Weather Conditions and General Fore
cast--The Atlantic coast and Mississippi
valley storms have disappeared, one of the
New Englaad coast and the other in the
region north of Lake superior. The storm
noted in Texas Wednesday morning has
moved northeastward over the middle Mis-
sissippi valley. attended by rain in the
states of the middle and lower Mississippi
valley and in Texas.
The temperature continues low through
out the western states, with freezing
weather as far south as northwestern
Texas. SrOw flurries have continued along
the middle and upper Missouri river.
The Mississippi valley rain area Will prob
ably extend eastward over the Atlantic
coast states by Friday. In the middle and
west gulf states rain will be followed to-
night by much colder, clearing weather,
with conditions favorable for frosts in the
lower Mississippi valley and in the interior
OF Texas.
evening ON the gulf coast from Brownsville,
Tex, to Pensacola.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hour5-Jupiter, 30; Shreve-
port, 190; Little Rock. LA; Portland, Me,
116; Monroe, La, 100; Robeline. La, 1.5O:
Greenville Miss, 80; Brinkley, Ark. go;
Pine Bluff, Ark, 1.62; Russellville, Ark
1D; Texarkana, Ark. 155.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. an. and 5:13 pm;
high tide, 1856 a. m. and IL 81 pm.
TomOrrow-Low tide, 6:O5 am. and 6:25
pm; high tide, 1903 pm.
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rises, 6:15 am; sun sets, 5:l4
pm.
Moon SETS 9:21 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises, GIG am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:22 pm; extin-
gushing begun at 5:24 I'm. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named.
Arc lamps lighted at 6o7 pm; extin-
guished at 5:39 am
For Anglers.
Reports from Harper's Ferry today are
that the water in both rivers is high and
muddy.
Records for Twenty-FOur Hours.
The following were the readings of -hc
thermom eter and barometer at the weather
al pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-October 10, pm, 6S: s
pm, 30; miCn1ght. 40. October 20, am.
~: a m, 40; II noon, 66; 2 pm. 20. Max
imum. 20, at pm. October %; minimum,
20 at m. October 20.
BaTometer-October 10, 4 pm. 3O.O6; S
pm, 3012; II midnight 3O.1S October 20
4 am. 3O.21; am, 1927; noon, 3O.26; 2
pm, 1924
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condt-
uCn, /; receiving reservoir temuerat ture,
90; condition al north connection, ); Condi-
ton at south connection, 36; distributing
reservoir. temperature, 81; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; effiuent gate house
So
Cuban Weather.
Havana, October 20, a.m-Barometer,
29?2 temperature, rs. Light southeast
winds; weather cloudy
Santiago, October 20, a.m.-Barometer
2a9s. temperature, II. Winds southeast:
cloudy.