Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-23

Forecast till 8 pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, fair and cooler tonight; fresh
nortfwesterly winds. Saturday fair.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, rs; year ago, ~.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The weather changes over the eastern
part of the United States during the last
twentyfour hours have been rapid and
marked. disturbance of considerable
strength has moved from the upper lake
region eastward to the St. Lawrence val
ley, and a well-defined though shallow, de-
preston has appeared over the Bahamas.
The area of high barometer that covered
the northeastern slope of the Rocky noun
tains Thursday morning has extended over
the central districts, and the barometer has
fallen rapidly in the northwest.
general fall in temperature has &C.
Cured in the central valleys and the lake
region, and the temperature has risen in
the Atlantic coast states and the northern
Rocky mountain districts. Rain has fallen
in the lower lake region, interior of New
York, and the ST. Lawrence valley, and
snow in the Lake Superior region and
western lower Michigan.
During the next twenty-four hours the
temperature will fall decidedly in the At
lantic coast districts. and rain or snow VIII
be followed by clearing weather in the
north Atlantic states. In the Ohio valley
and east gulf states the weather will con-
tinue fair with rising temperature Satur-
day
The Bahamas disturbance will probably
move east of north toward Bermuda, and is
not likely to be severely felt in the Atlantic
coast districts of the United States.
Along the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be brisk from the northwest; on the
south Atlantic coast brisk and possibly
strong northerly; on the east gulf coast
fresh northerly, and on the lower lakes di-
mnishing northwesterly.
Storm warnings displayed on the At
lantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to
PASSPORT.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have brisk to high northerly
winds and partly cloudy weather to the
Grand Banks.
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:
Recommendations 90: 4 pm, 81; s
pm, 80; - midnight. IS. October %: 4
am, So; 8 am, 5S; ~ noon, 81; , pm, 30
Maximum, Gs, at pm. October %; mini
mum. 80, at 1912 pm. October %.
Barometer-October %: pm, 10; 8
pm. 1905; - midnight. 1000. October %:
4 am. 1881; s am, 1898; noon, 2991 2
pm, 23.91.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
ton, 30. Dalecarlia reservoir, tempe:a ture,
So; condition at north connection, 3j; condi-
ton at south connection, &c. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature. 90; con-
dtion at infuent gate house, &c. condition
at etfiuent gate house, 80. Washington city
reservoir. temperature, 80; cond ton at in
fluent, 80; condition at effiuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, $3.50 am and 400 p. M !;
high tide, 9:3S a. m. and 9:57 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 4:54 am. and AL
pm; high tide, 1919 a. m. and 1876 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, CHS am; sun sets, 5:11
pm.
Moon sets, 1888 pm.
TomorrOw-Sun rises, 6:19 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 and incandeScent lamps lighted 1f
teen minutes after sunset and eXtingushed
forty-fve minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HARPER S FERRY, w. Va, October %
Both rivers clear here today.