Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-01
PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT.
Light to Fresh Northeast MtoE East
Winds Indicated. ~

Winds Indicated.
Forecast till 8 pm. Tuesday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
lend, partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
light to fresh northeast to east winds
For Virginia. partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; showers tonight in southern por-
tion fresh easterly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, IS; year ago, 50.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The food situation in northeastern Kan
sas, northwestern Missouri and southwest
ern Iowa continues most alarming. AT
Kansas City this morning the stage OF
water was IS feet ii feet above the dam
ger line, and within 2 feet of the great
high water mark of June TO- 1874. The
Missouri, below Kansas City, and the Mis-
sissippi, from keokuk to below Hannibal,
are also above danger line, and warnings
of 32-foot stage at st. Louis have been
issued, to be reached with in the next few
days
The southwest disturbance still persists
over southern Missouri with a slight de-
crease in the intensity, but there has been
no abatement of the rainfall over the mid
die Mississippi and the lower Missouri
watersheds. Rain also continues to the
eastward south of the 10th parallel, ex-
cept on the south Atlantic coast. In the
extreme west the weather has been fair.
except in the central Rocky Mountain re-
gion and the southern plateau.
Temperatures are below seasonal average
throughout the entire country from the
Rocky Mountains eastward, decidedly SO In
the Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
and the southwest. Freezing temperature
was reported at Cheyenne, and light frost
in extreme northwest upper Michigan and
the northwest portions of New York and
Vermont.
There will be showers tonight in the
Chic valley and south Atlantic states, fol-
lowed by fair weather Tuesday; elsewhere
in the east and south the weather Will De
fair tonight and Tuesday
1t will be cooler tonight in the Ohio val
ley and south Atlantic states, except Vir-
ginia and the Carolinas.
The winds on the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh northeast to east; on the
south Atlantic coast fresh east to south
east; the east gulf coast fresh south
to west, and on the lower lakes fresh to
brisk eaSterly.
Storm warnings are displayed on Lakes
Michigan and Huron.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northeasterly winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: ST. Louis, LA; Louis
vile, 1.5S; Atlanta, lbs; Aberdeen. Miss,
PA; Okolona, Miss, $50; Ozark, Ala, LA
Rome. Co.. 10
During the twenty-four hours ending at .
am. Sunday: Springfield, Mo-, 2.34; Nash
VILE 2.24; Chattanooga, 232; Des MONIES,
1.2S; Richmondf 202.
Records for TwentyFour Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
for nty-f hag m n
at p. m. yesterday:
Thermometer-May3 81, p. M. 80; p. M,
50; - midnight; S. June 1, a. M. So; 8
a. m, 81; u noon, 60; p. m, Ga.
Maximum, &C. at 80 p. m. June I; mini
mum, 55 at a. m. June /.
Barometer-May 81, p M. lie; p. M,
1921; II midnight, 1929 June 1, a. m,
1924; s a. m, 1929; noon, 1890; p. m,
1925.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at =
am: Great Falls, temperature, IS; condi-
ton, L; Dalecarlia reservoir tempera ture,
20; condition at north connection, 1; condi-
ton at south connection, 6; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature II; con-
dition at infiuent gate house, %; condition
at effluent gate house, 81; Washington city
reservoir. temperature, II; condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effluent, SO.
Tide Table
1oddy-LoW Tue, o.fI aHl ana ITO p III. !,
high tide, 12:O1 am. and 1928 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 7:47 am. and S:15
pm. high tide O2 am. and % pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises 1874 m; sun sets, 1921
pm.
Moon sets 1900 am. tomorrow.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:33 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naptha 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.