Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-12
SHOWERS, COOLER TONIGHT.
Tuesday Fair, Cooler; Light to Fresh
Northwesterly Winds.


Forecast till pm. Tuesday:
For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land. showers and cooler tonight. Tuesday
fair. cooler; light to fresh northwesterly
winds.
For Virginia, partly cloudy tonight. show
ers in interior, cooler in western portion.
Tuesday cooler and fair, except showers in
extreme southeast portion; light to fresh
west to northwest winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 50; year ago. 81.
Weather conditions and general forecast;
The cool weather covers the lake region
and upper Mississippi valley, and frosts,
both light and heavy. were general in up
per Michigan, Wisconsin, eastern Mime
sofa and in portions Of Iowa. Over the re-
mainder Of the country the temperatures
have changed but little, except in the
northwest and extreme central west, where
they have risen.
There have been showers in the central
valleys, the lake region and eastern New
England In the west the weather was
mostly fair.
There will be showers tonight in the mid
die Atlantic states and New England. ac-
companied by lower tempera lures, and fol-
lowed by fair, cooler weather Tuesday. In
the lower lake region and Ohio valley the
weather will be fair tonight and Tuesday,
with lower temperatures tonight and pos
sibly light frost in the interior of northern
Ohio. In the south the weather will be
fair, with somewhat lower temperature.
On the New England and middle Atlantic
coasts the winds will be fresh west to
northwest; on the south Atlantic coast
they will be light to fresh northwest to
north; on the east gulf coast light north to
northeast, and the lower lakes fresh
northwest to north.
The following heavy precipitation Gn
inches) has been reported during the twen-
VT
ita, 1.24
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh westerly winds, with
fair 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:
Thermometer-Septemb II, pm, 70:
pm, 81; II midnight GO; September u,
am, so; am. &c; IL noon, So; 2 pm,
minimum. 80. at am September r.
Observation-Disclosures II. 4 pm. 1904;
pm, 1908; II midnight, 1905; September
II. am, 5000; am, 1904; noon, 1904;
p.m 5000.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, September
R.-Both rivers are clear here today.
Condition OF the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
am: Great Falls. temperature, rs: conoi-
ton, SO. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
"A; condition at north connection, 81; con-
dition at south connection, 30 Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, IS; con-
dition at influent gate house. 80; condition
at effiuent gate house, SO. Washington city
reservoir. temperature, "A: condition at in
fluent, SO; condition at effiuent, ~.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, 1851 am. and 4:12 m;
high tide, 9:45 am. and 10OS pm.
TOmorrOw-Low tide, 4:A am. and 5:O2
pm; high tide, 1895 am. and IL pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:37 am; sun sets,
6:16 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:3S am.
Moon sets, S:15 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
Ali arc and incandescent lamps lighted If
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.