Evening star., 1899-12-11

| Weather conditions and general forecast
| Since Sunday morning a storm has moved
| up from the west gulf coast to the middle
| Mississippi valley, with steadily increasing
| energy. 1t has caused continuance of the
| general rains which have been in progress
| during the past two days in the slope re-
| gion and the Mississippi valley, and also
| their extension to the Atlantic coast In
| the rear of this storm in the eastern ror-
tion of the middle slope rain has changed
| TO snow Thus far there has been but lit
tie wind with the storm.
| Temperatures are high from the Mssis-
| sippi valley eastward ranging from 10 de-
| grees to 80 degrees above the seasonal aver
| age. Westward to the Rocky mountains
| they have fallen 4 degrees to 24 degrees,
but are not much below the seasonal aver
| age, except in Colorado and Texas.
| The storm will continue its north-north-
| eastward movement, and will cause high
| southeast to south winds over the lower
| lakes this afternoon and tonight. Rain
| will continue in the east gulf and Atlantic
! gion, continuing Tuesday, except in the
gulf states and lower Ohio valley. 1t will
| be fair in the southwest.
| 1t will be colder tonight in the middle
gulf states and lower Ohio valley. and the
| fall in temperature will extend eastward,
| reaching the coast Tuesday night, Near the
| lower lakes the lower temperature will
probably cause the rain to change to snow.
| Brisk southeast to south winds will pre-
vail on the Atlantic coast.
| Storm signals are displayed on Lakes
Erie ana ontario, and also at New orleans.
Port Eads, Pensacola and Mobile.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
| twenty-four hours; Little Rock, 2.36; Louis
| vile, 1.14; Nicksburg, 556; Nashville, 2,52;
Shreveport, 152; Galveston, Ito; Meridian,
| 3.22; Mobile, 2.32; Cairo, 1-6S; Memphis,
| 1.22; Chattanooga, LIS; Roseburg, liz; Ia
coma, LOO.
| For the twenty four hours ending am.
| Sunday-SydneY, 1.02
| The display of storm signals will be dis
continued for the season on Lake Huron
after December IL, and on Lakes Erie and
Ontario after December IA, 1899. The dis
| play of storm signals will be discontinued
| on Lake Superior with the closing of the
| locks at Sault Sainte Marie.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
| thermometer and barometer at the weather
| bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
| at pm. yesterday:
| Thermometer: December 1o-4 pm. so; s
pm, As; 12 midnight, Al. December Ia
| am, AZ; am, As; II noon, 50; pm. %.
Maximum, IS, al pm. December IL mini
| mum, 43, at 3 a. m. December IL.
Barometer: December 104 pm, 80. "a; S
IL am, 1927; am, 30.2S; noon, 30.l5;
pm, 300I.
At Harper's Ferry.
The Baltimore and Ohio agent at Har-
per's Ferry reports the Potomac as being
black and the Shenandoah clear at that
point today.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 9:04 m. and 9:4S p. m.;
high tide, 2:22 am and 2:5S pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1902 am. and 10:47
pm; high tide, 3:22 am and :5s pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 7:12 am; sun sets,
4:34 pm.
Moon sets. 2:34 am tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:13 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by BIG pm: ex-
tinguishing begun at 6:1S am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at Sol PM. extin-
guished at 6:33 am.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, 43; condi-
ton, Sc; receiving reservoir. temperature
ditiop at south connection, SO; distributing
| reservoir, temperature, AZ; condition at in
fluent gate house, SO; effiuent gate house, 49,
Elected to Membership.
At meeting Of the executive committee
of the Washington board of trade held Sat
urday the following were elected to men,
bership: Jerome J. Wilbur. Louis p Shoe
maker A. q. Randle, Miles M. Shand, Dr.
William R. King DR.. D. H. Hazen, Weaver
Bros. David B. and Charles H), W. T.
and E. B. Weaver, Benjamin Miller, Leon
Tobriner, Ferdinand Schmidt, P. NJ. Becker
William s. Lotion, Fulton Lewis, Forrest
B. Wood. DR.. Ralph Jenkins, Frederick
Pilline and Wilson G. Reed