Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-19

Forecast till pm TUESDAY: For the lis
trict of Columbia, Maryland and New Jer-
sey, unsettled and cooler weather tonight
and Tuesday, probably occasional showers;
light to fresh north to northeast winds.
For Virginia, unsettled weather tonight
and Tuesday, probably occasional showers.
cooler in northern portion; light to fresh
north to northeast winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. 50; year ago. &C.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Conditions are unsettled and showery In
the central valleys and the lake region, al
though there is no well defined disturbance
on the weather map. In the Atlantic states,
except eastern Florida, and from the slope
region westward the weather has been gen.
orally fair.
Temperatures have risen in the Atlantic
and gulf states, the slope region and the
southwest and have fallen elsewhere. How
ever. they do not differ greatly from the
seasonal average, except in the extreme
northwest, where they are eight to fourteen
degrees below.
The weather will be partly cloudy tonight
and Tuesday in the east and south, with
showers in the Ohio valley, lower lake re-
gion, the middle Atlantic states and east
ern Florida. In the southwest, the central
Rocky mountain region, the middle and
southern plateaus the weather will be fair.
1t will be cooler in the middle Atlantic
states and New England and the extreme
central west with frost tonight in Wyom-
ing
On the New England coast the winds will
be fresh north to northeast; on the middle
Atlantic coast light fresh north to north
east; on the south Atlantic coast light east
erly; on the east gulf coast light east to
southeast; on the west gulf coast light to
fresh SOutherly, and on the lower lakes
fresh nOrtheaSterly.
The following heavy precipitation dn
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Keokuk. 800; SPRING
field, ILL.,, 132; St Louis, 1.3S; Jacksonville,
LAG; Logansport, Ind, 1.O2; Russelville,
Ark, la.
During the twenty-four hours ending at
am. Sunday: Chicago 1.24.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh northwest to north
winds, with generally 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:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS, 4 pm. 81; 8
pm, 70: II midnight, IS. September 10,
am. "a: am, IS; II noon, 80; pm, "a.
Maximum. 80. at 3 pm. September IL;
minimu m g., at am September 49,
Barometer-September IS, pm 1898; 8
pm. 1901; ~ midnight, 3O.O5 September
10. am. 1907; am. BOIL; noon, 5000;
pm. 1907.
Downtown Temperature.
The temperature registered today by
Aff1ecks standard thermometer was as fol-
lows: am, 80; II noon, 80; 2 pm, 49,
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide. 1870 am and 1O:49
pm; high tide, 3:43 am. and 4:19 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. IL % am and II 40
pm; high tide, 4:40 am. and 5:14 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, 5:43 am; sun sets, 6:06
pm. .
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:4 am
Moon sets, l4 am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
hghted 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
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls. temperature 70; condi-
ton, ~; Dalecarlia reservoir, Temperature
II; condition at north connection. IS: condt-
uon at south connection, 10; Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, Y: con-
dltion at inf1uent gate house 20. condition
at effluent gate house. 20: Washington civ
reservoir, temperature, 20; condition at in
huent' III; condition at effluent, &c.
Up-River Waters.
special Dispatch to The Evening Star
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va. Septembar
1.-THE Potomac is clear and the Shenan.
doah cloudy here today