The record-union., 1899-08-05
Very Unsettled at Present Through
out the State.
Are Favorable for Showers and Thunder
storms Continuing To-Day.
No Damage Done to Crops in San
Joaquin County by Thursdays
Storm Except to Some Barley
Already Cut in the Eastern
Section.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.-Weatner
conditions and general forecasts: Eu-
reka SO, Fresno SO, Los Angeles 16, Fed
Bluff "a, San Luis Obispo "A, San Diego
96, Sacramento "a, Independence ~,
Yuma 1922
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature 81, minimum "a, mean %.
The weather throughout the south
ern portion of the Pacific Slope Is
cloudy and threatening, While general
ly fair weather prevails in the north-
ern portion. Showers and thunder
storms have occurred quite generally
south of Idaho and Oregon.
The pressure has changed but slight
ly in the past twentyfour hours.
The temperature has risen in the
northern portion of the Pacific Slope,
and fallen decidedly over Eastern Ari-
IONA and Western Nevada.
Conditions are very unsettled, and
are favorable for showers and thunder
storms throughout California Utah and
Arizona tonight and Saturday.
LITTLE DAMAGE TO CROPS IN
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY.
STOCKTON, Aug. Especial tele-
phone messages to the Mall this
indicate that while the storm of last
evening was pretty general, no damage
was done whatever. Harvesting was
stopped temporarily, on account OF the
rain, but there was not sufficient pre-
cipi alton to do any damage to stand
ing or cut grain. Fruit men report
that no damage was done. The only
thing that suffered was the telegraph
Low, 1iyht 11ir1
resulted in the burning out of fuses all
along the line, and the telephone wire
from Stockton to New Hope, Locletord
and Pennington is not working this
moi mig.
The Mail is reliably informed this
afternoon that on account of the wheat
being too wet to thresh at least 2O0
combined harvesters have suspended
operations in the eastern part of the
county, and they will not be able to
resume before Monday. 1t is also stat
ed that considerable barley is down,
and some of it will probably be lost.
The wheat, however, has not suffered.
THUNDERSTORM AT JAMESTOWN.
JAMESTOWN (Cal), Aug. A Sc
we're thunderstorm occurred last night,
the precipitation being .53 of an inch.
Lightning caused a general int arrup-
ton TO mining companies using electric
power in this vicinity. The trans
former house at the Jumper mine was
struck by lightning and destroyed. The
loss will reach $4,000.
HEAVY SHOWERS AT SANTA ROSA
SANTA ROSA, Aug. 4.-Heavy show
ers of rain fell here this morning, but
so far no damage to hay, grain or fruit
has been reported. Pioneers say that
to-day's precipitation is the first in
August that ever fell in Sonoma
County.
STORM AT NAPA.
NAPA, Aug. 4.-Beginning at mid
night last night a great storm of rain,
thunder and lightning visited this place
and lasted for period of an hour and
a half A light rain followed until morn
ing.
NO DAMAGE ABOUT SONOMA.
SONOMA, Aug. Rain accompa-
MED by thunder and lightning COM
@menced to fall here last night. The
precipitation was light and no dam
age to the crops is reported. The
thunder was the heaviest felt here for
several years.
RAIN AT MILTON.
MILTON (Cal.), Aug. 4.-Fifteen
hundredeths of an inch of rain fell here
last night. The rain was accompanied
by heavy thunder and lightning, and at
intervals hail fell heavily. In some
places in the near vicinity the rainfall
was much heavier than here, and. TAX