Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-30

Forecast till IS pm. Thursday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land. generally fair tonight and Thursday;
light to fresh southerly Winds becoming
variable
For Virginia, fair tonight, warmer in ex-
treme southeast portions Thursday fair;
light to fresh winds, mostly southwesterly.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The northeastern disturbance has practically
disappeared, but another has moved lap
idly from Minnesota to central Ontario,
and caused general showers and thunder
storms from Minnesota and northern Iowa
eastward into western and northern New
England. There were also local showers
in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO and New Mexico
Temperatures have risen generally east OF
the Mississippi river, and in the districts
west of the Rocky mountains, and have
fallen in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
There will be thunder showers tonight
in the middle states and New England, and
showers Thursday in central and southern
Florida; elsewhere in the east and south
the weather will be fair tonight and Thurs
day.
It will be cooler tonight in the western
lower lake region, and cooler Thursday IN
the Ohio valley, the lower lake region, the
middle Atlantic states and New Engiano.
The winds along the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts will be fresh to brisk
southwest to west; on the south Atlantic
and east gulf coasts light and variable, and
on the lower lakes fresh to brisk westerly.
The following heavy precipitation On
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-fo hours: Syracuse, 1.56; Oswego
1872; Kamloops Ito.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk southwesterly
Winds showers. probably thunder squalls
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-August 20, pm. So; s
pm, 10; - midnight, So August 80, am.
GS; am, II; II noon, &c. pm, so.
Maximum 50, at pm, August %; mini
mum, 50, at am, August 80.
Barometer-August 90 pm. 1880; 8
am 1891; u midnight, 1884. August 80,
4 am, 1898; am, 1892 noon, 29.SS; 2
pm, 1854.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 50; year ago, So.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, ~; condi
ton, 3; Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature,
ton at south connection, a; Georgetown dis
trituting reservoir. temperature, 10; condi-
ton at intiuent gate house, 4; condition at
efiiuent gate house, g.
Tide Table.
Today-Iow tide / am. and 215 pm. !;
high tide, 7:;}S a. and Sol pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide 2:34 am. and 3:01
pm; high tide, S:2S a. m. and $50 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 5:26 am; sun sets, 6:34
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:27 am.
Moon sets, GAS pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
unguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted ff-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HARPER FERRY. w. Va, August 30
Both rivers are muddy here today.