Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-26

Partly Cloudy Tuesday; Fresh Souther-
~ Winds, Becoming Northerly.


Forecast till 8 pm. Tuesday-For the
District Of Columbia and Maryland. show
ers and cooler this afternoon or tonight.
Tuesday, partly cloudy and cooler; fresh
seutherly winds. becoming northerly.
For Virginia, showers tonight except in
southeast portion: cooler in northern por-
ton. Tuesday. partly cloudy and cooler;
showers in southeast portion; fresh south
erly winds, becoming northerly.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours. "; year ago, %.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Since Saturday night a disturbance has
moved rapidly eastward from Colorado
through the lake region to interior New
York. 1t was accompanied by general
showers and thunder storms. which ex-
tended as far south as the upper Ohio val
ley and eastward into New England.
Showers also continued in the southern
states and the north Pacific districts A
high area closely follows this disturbance,
and in consequence there has been a de-
cided fall In temperature In the upper
Mississippi valley and upper lake region.
In the middle Atlantic states and the Ohio
valley temperatures are much higher.
There will be showers this afternoon or
tonight in the upper Ohio valley, lower lake
region and the middle Atlantic states, fol-
lowed by generally fair weather Tuesday,
with lower temperature. In the south At
lantic states the weather will be partly
cloudy, while in the east Gulf states show
ers will continue.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh to brisk west to north
west: on the south Atlantic coast. light to
from northwest to north: on the east gulf
coast, light to fresh and mostly southe1ly,
and on the lower lakes, brisk to high north
west to north, diminishing Monday nj ht
The following heavy precipitation (in
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Wilmington, L26; Pal
estine. 1.S2; Taylor, 1.56; Syracuse, los;
Sault Sainte Marie, 1.52; Houghton, Les;
Marquette. 10; Escanaba, 10; Saugeen.
LOG; San Antonio, 122; Vicksburg, LBS;
Texarkana, Ark, 1.50; Louisana.Cheney
vile, 23O; Lafayette, $50; Melville, 1.60;
TeXas-MeXia, 196; San Marcos, 2.26; lem
pie. 214; Tyler, 1.s4.
During the twenty-four hours ending s
am Sunday: Lynchburg, $50; ST. Paul.
IO2; Galveston, 3.24; Duluth, LEO; Lafay-
cite, La, 2.S2; Houston, Tex, 2.24
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southwest to west
winds, with showers to the Grand Banks
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the wea ther
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Reconnaissance %, pm, 81; pm,
rs; II midnight, II. June 70, am, 81; 8
am, II; II noon, Sc; pm, 81
Maximum, IS at ] 40 pm. June 26; mini
mum 81 at am June 20.
Barometer-June %, 3 pm, 1857 p.rn
1884; u midnight, 1855. June 70, am,
29.7s; s am, 1914; noon, 29.71 pm,
1865
Downtown Temperature.
Temperature registered today by Affleck' S
standard thermometer was follows: 8 a.
m, 50; II noon, 50; pm. 81.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 9:45 am. and 9:o5 pm;
high tide, 2:5S am. and BIZ pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1875 I'm. and 1914
pm. high tide 3:45 am and 4:05 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today - Sun rose. 4:36 am: sun sets,
1923 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 4:36 am: moon
rises, 1:2 am.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
tinguishing began one hour before sunrise.
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted fiji
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-tve minutes before sunrise.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
dition l. Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
49, condition at north connection, 1; con-
dltion at south connection. ]. Georgetown
distributing reservoir, temperature, so; con-
at etfluent gate house. 1. Washington city
reservoir, temperature, 50; condition at In
fluent, 6; condition at efiluent. 80.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY. w. Va. June 26.-
Both rivers are muddy here today.