Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-27

Forecast till pm. Friday: For the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland. cloudy to-
night and Friday, with occasional showers:
light to fresh easterly winds.
For Virginia. partly cloudy tonight, with
showers in the interior. Friday showers:
light to fresh winds. becoming east to
southeast.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, "a.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
Unsettled weather prevails over the CEN
trail and northern districts east of the
Rocky mountains. and showers have fallen
over the greater portion In the middle
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
SOS inches having fallen at Omaha and 8 II
inches at Des Moines since Wednesday
morning.
Temperatures have fallen considerably in
the middle Atlantic states and portions of
the plateau region and the extreme north
west. West of the Rocky mountains the
weather has been generally fair and cool.
Frost was reported this morning from in
terror Wyoming.
The weather will be partly cloudy to
cloudy tonight and Friday in the east and
south, with showers preceded by fair
weather tonight in the south.
Temperature changes will be small.
On the New England coast the winds will
be fresh north to northeast; on the middle
Atlantic coast light to fresh easterly; on
the south Atlantic and east gulf coasts
light to fresh south to southwest. and on
the lower lakes fresh to brisk easterly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northeast to east
winds and unsettled, showery weather to
the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: La Crosse, 296; Willis
ton, FAC; North Platte. Ito; Davenport,
1.36; Keokuk, LIP; Evansville, Los; Omaha.
Cos; Des Moines 3.14; Grand Rapids, lbs;
Dubuque, LOO.
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: August 264 pm. 81; 8
pm. 70; IL midnight. IA. August 254
am. Y: am. II; IL noon. IS; pm. IS
mum, 20, at am. August II.
Barometer: August 26- pm, 1880; 3
pm. 1884: II midnight. 1896. August 81
4 am, 1898; am, 3O.O1; noon, 5000; 2
p.m., 1888.
Condition Of the Water
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi
ton, 80; Dalecarlia reservoir. temperature.
SO: condition at north connection. SO; condi
ton at south connection, 80: Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature. 81; con-
dition at influent gate house. SO; condition
at effluent gate house. 80; Washington city
reservoir. temperature 50: condition at i'll
fluent, Is; condition at effiuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 500 am. and 5:37 pm;
high tide II ,O4 am. and II 81 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:1S am. and 6:31
pm; high tide, 1852 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 500 am; sun sets, 6:42
pm.
Moon sets, 9:41 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:23 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps ell
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.
Both Rivers Clear.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, August
H.-Both rivers are clear.