Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-12

hours. 10; year ago, II.
Weather conditions and general forecast
The storm central over Lake Erie Monday
morning has advanced to eastern New York
and diminished somewhat in strength. It
has been productive of general rains in the
middle Atlantic and New England states,
the lower lake region and the upper Ohio
valley.
A trough of low pressure stretches from
Lake Michigan southwestward- to western
Kansas. Rain has fallen in connection with
this disturbance in Iowa. Minnesota and
eastern Kansas. There have also been
showers and thunder storms in Mississippi.
Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and Tennes-
see.
1t is decidedly colder in the Dakotas and
Manitoba. Killing frost, with minimum
temperature of 80 degrees. is reported this
morning from the northeast portion of
North Dakota.
The weather will clear in the eastern por-
ton of the middle Atlantic states tonight.
and Wednesday will be fair in all parts of
the district, except the gulf and south At
lantic states, where showers are probable.
1t will be cooler Wednesday in the Ohio
valley and the lower lake region.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast will be fresh southwesterly shifting
to northwesterly and increasing on the
south Atlantic coast light to fresh south
west to west; on the east gulf coast light
and variable, and on the lower lakes fresh
to brisk nOrthweSterly.
The following heavy precipitation Din
inches has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: New York, 1856; Scran-
ton, LOS; Harrisburg, 1872; Vicksburg, 1.3s;
Montgomery ZAP; Meridian, los.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh to brisk southeasterly
winds and rainy weather to the Grand
Banks.
Icecords for Twenty-Four Hours.
TIE following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
hermometer-September H. pm, SO; s
pm, 10; II midnight, 10. September H. 4
am, 50; am, 10: II noon. "a pm, 10.
Maximum, 10, at pm, September u;
minimum, &c. at $50 am, September r.
Observation-Disclosures II, p.m 1888; 8
pm, 29.91; y midnight, $3.50. September
-, am, 2991; am, 1884; noon, 1895;
2 pm, 1895.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at s
am: Dalecarlia reservoir, temperature, II;
condition at north connection, 10; condition
at south connection, g. Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir. temperature, 10; condi
ti3n at infiuent gatehouse, s; condition at
efluent gatehouse, 8. Washington city res
ervoir, temperature 49, condition at infu-
ent. 10; condition at effluent, 10.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, 1:O6 am. and / 80 p M;
high tide, ZOO am. and 7:25 pm.
TomorroW-LoW tide, 1:31 am. and 2:1I
T. M. high tide, 1:45 m. and 500 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose OBS am; sun sets, Ola
pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 500 am.
Moon sets. 500 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 fif-
teen minutes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPDR'S FERRY, w. Va. September
12.-The Potomac Is muddy and the Shen-
andoah little cloudy here today.