Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
RAINS TONIGHT.
Clearing and Colder Saturday; Winds
Becoming NOrthwesterly.


Clearing and Colder Saturday,, Winds
Becoming NOrthwesterly.
Forecast till pm. Saturday: For the
District Of Columbia, New Jersey, Della
ware and Maryland. occasional rains to-
night; clearing and colder Saturday; north
easterly winds, becoming northwesterly;
brisk on the coast.
For Virginia, occasional rains tonight;
Saturday fair, except clearing in extreme
northern portion; colder in western portion
tonight; colder Saturday; winds shifting to
northwesterly; brick on the coast
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Rains have fallen in the Atlantic and gulf
| states, except South Carolina. eastern Geor-
gia and Florida, and in the Ohio valley; and
snow rains in the upper Mississippi and
central Missouri valleys.
The temperature has risen in western
North Dakota, Montana Wyoming, Cana
dian northwest territories the south At
lantic and east gulf states, northwest por-
ton of Pennsylvania and New York. norh
ern Maine, and from Oklahoma northeast
ward over upper Michigan; generally else
where 1t has fallen, with decided changes in
northern Ohio. the Ohio valley Tennessee
and the west gulf states.
The barometer is low from the lower
lakes and middle Atlantic coast southwark
and southwestward to the Gulf of Mexico.
with centers of disturbance over western
North Carolina and central Alabama.
A storm of considerable intensity is CEN
trail on the Pacific coast north of Washing
ton.
Clearing weather Is indicated for the
northeast section of the country on Satur-
day. with fair weather in the remaining
gulf and Atlantic districts, with generally
lower temperatures in the middle Atlantic,
south Atlantic and gulf states, Ohio valley
and lower lake region, and with frosts to-
night in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi,
achi ,&r o1n to thA ovn1
probably in southwestern Alabama.
Brisk to, high nouhwesterly winds are in
dicated for the New ERgland and middle
Atlantic coasts, and fresh to brisk south
westerly for the south Atlantic coast.
The barometer is high from the Canadian
maritime provinces to Bermuda, and is low
generally over the ocean to the eastward.
Steamers bound for Europe will have high
easterly, shifting to southerly winds to the
Grand Banks
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Valentine, 6.02: Chatta-
nooga, 2.SS; Nashville, 1.2S; Meridian. 1876;
Palestine. 102 Atlanta, 1.32; Knoxville,
POS; Shreveport, 1.42.
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:
MISUNDERSTANDING 10, 4 pm, 40; 8
pm, ~; II midnight, Al. January II, 4
m. Al; a m, A: II noon. 43; pm, 49,
Maximum, Al, at am. January IL; min
imum. 49, at pm. January II.
Barometer-January 10, 4 pm, 1898; 8
p M. 1898; II midnight. 1887. January H.
am. 2998; am, 1885; noon, 29.S9;
+. m, 29.S1
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls, temperature, So; condi-
ton, SO: receiving reservoir, temperature,
80; condition at north connection, 80; con-
dition at south connection, 80; distributing
reservoir temperature, 3S: condition at in
fluent gate house. SO; effiuent gate house, &c.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 6:33 am. and 7:OS p. M;
high tide, 1901 am. and 1921 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 7:05 am. and 1853
pm; high tide, 12:39 a. m. and 1:15 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 1922 am; sun sets. 4:54
pm.
Moon rises, II :53 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:22 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty five minutes before sunrise.
Gavel for President Mcfarland.
Hereafter Mr.. Henry B. F. Mcfarland,
the president Of the board Of District Com
missioners, when presiding over the meet
ings Of the board will have gavel with
which to enforce his rulings should 1t so
| become necessary, for today he was pre-
| sented with such an insignia of Office Mr..
William Champion. a stone mason, pre-
sented the gavel to Mr.. Macfarland. be-
ing introduced by Capt H. c. Newcomer.
the junior assistant to the Engineer Com
missioner. In presenting 1t Mr.. Champion
delivered a neat speech; in which he COM
plimented Mr.. Macfarland. both men,
Der of the board of Commissioners and as
chairman of the citizens District centen-
NAL committee, to which the Commissioner
appropriately responded.
The gavel is fashioned in a most artistic
manner out of white marble, taken from
| a block now a part Of the western stair
case of the Capitol, the handle being OF
walnut from Fort Washington.