Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23


east winds.
For Delaware and Maryland-Fair to-
night and Wednesday; cooler tonight; light
to fresh north to northeast winds.
For Virginia-Fair tonight; cooler In the
interior. Wednesday fair; light to fresh
northeast winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty
hours, W; year ago, 20.
Weather conditions and general forecast,
Pressure Is high east of the Rocky noun
tains, except in the northern slope, with
temperatures below the seasonal average.
except in the south. There is another dis
turbance central over eastern Montana,
which has caused rapidly rising tempera-
lures In the northwest and extreme CEN
trail west, but as yet no precipitation.
Showers were quite general in the Atlantic
states, Ohio valley, lower lake region and
the southern pl~teau; elsewhere the
weather was fair.
The weather will be fair tonight and
Wednesday in the east and south, with
moderate temperatures, although 1t will be
somewhat warmer Wednesday In the Ohio
valley and lower lake region.
On the middle Atlantic coast the winds
will be light to fresh north to northeast;
on the south Atlantic coast, light to fresh
and mostly north to northeast; on the east
gulf coast, light to fresh northeast to east.
and on the lower lakes, variable, becom-
Ing easterly and fresh.
The following heavy precipitation I'm
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Savannah, los; Nash
vile, 100
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northerly winds, with
fair cool 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.
Observation-Disclosures %, pm, 90; =
pm, 70: II midnight. u. August %, 4
am. Il; am. ss: y noon. IA 2 pm, ~:
Maximum, 81, at $50 pm, August u;
minimum, 60, at am, August %.
Observation-Disclosures u. pm, 29.9S: 8
pm, 1905; II midnight. 3OOS. August q,
am. 30.12; am. 3O.22; noon. 1924;
pm, 1922.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by AZ
f1ecks standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: 0 am, 80; II noon, IS; pm, 81.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1908 am. and 1910
u.m.; high tide, 5:57 am. and $50 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1903 am. and 1:25
pm; high tide, 645 am. and 7:15 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
6:46 pm.
Tomorrow-sun rises, $50 am.
Moon sets, 1863 am tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted if
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
q
ton, II. Dalecarla reservoir-Temperature
50; condition at north connection, IS; con-
dition at south connection, II. Georgetown
distributing neutrality-suspicious. so;
condition at influent gate house, 20; condi-
ton at effiuent gate house. 20. Washington
city ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, IS: condition
at influent, SO; condition at effluent, 81.
Up-River Water.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, August D.
The Potomac river is clear and the Shenan
doah river is muddy at this point today.