Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-08


southwest portion. Friday, fair; light. va
riable winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty -four
hous, 50; year ago. 70.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The northern disturbance still maintains
it's mild character, and has reached north
ern New York. 1t has been attended during
the past twenty-four hours with light show
ers that extended from the eastern upper
lake region into New England. Showers
also continued in the extreme south and in
extreme western Texas; elsewhere the
weather was generally clear. !f'---
Temperatures have risen from the lower
lake region eastward and have changed but
little elsewhere. They remain abnormally
high in California, particularly on the mid
die and southern coasts. s=..s- ~
There will be local showers tenight in
eastern New York and northern New Eng
land, and on Friday in eastern Florida;
elsewhere in the east and south the weather
will be fair tonight and Friday.
1t will be warmer Friday in the upper
Ohio valley and lower lake region.
On the New England coast the winds will
be light to fresh and variable; on the middle
Atlantic coast light to fresh southwest to
west on the south Atlantic and east gulf
coasts light to fresh and mostly northeast
erly, and on the lower lakes light and vari-
able.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
twenty-four hours: Galveston, 1872; Quit
man, Ga, 2.54; Waycross, Ga, 2O2.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have hight to fresh southwest
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
pm. yesterday:
ermometer-September I, pm, II; s
pm, 81; u midnight, SO. September s, 4
am. 90; am, 81; u noon, 81 pm, 49,
Maximum, 50, at pm. September s; mini
mum, 3d. at q a. m. September 8.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. T. pm, 3014 8
pm, 3O.15; II midnight, 30.14 September
=. am, 30.11; am, &c. IL; noon, 30.17 2
pm, 1908.
Downtown Temperatures.
The temperature registered today by At
f1ecks standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: am, 70; II noon, 81; pm, 50.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
ton, SO; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
70; condition at north connection, 36; con-
dition al south connection, q; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, IS; con-
dition at influent gate house, 36; condition
at eft1uent gate house, SO; Washington city
reservoir, temperature, "a; condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effiuent, SO.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1917 am. and 1858 p.
M; high tide, GIG am. and GAL pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1:13 am. and 1:45
pm; high tide, 7:12 am. and 1885 p.m
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rises, 5:34 am; sun sets, 6:21
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:34 am.
Moon rises, $40 am tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tingulshing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va. September
S.-The Potomac is clear and Shenandoah
cloudy here today