Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01
BALMY SUNSHINE LACKING
OPENING DAY OF JUNE MARKED
BY COLD RAINFALL.
Prospect of Clearing Weather Tomor
row-Record Of a Distant Earth
quake This Morning.

The month Of June started in today with
anything but usual June weather condi-
tons. A cold rain and a penetrating chill
In the atmosphere were the features In
stead of the heretofore balmy sunshine and
southern Zephyrs which have usually
marked the beginning of the first summer
month. Prof. Henry, one of the official
forecasters of the weather bureau, stated
this afternoon that from present indications
the rain will continue tonight with good
prospect of clearing weather tomorrow.
There will be warmer weather in the west
after tomorrow, but the temperature in the
District of Columbia and vicinity will be
doubtful for several days. There is no
real June or summer temperature in sight
yet, according to Prof. Henry, although, he
added, conditions will be slightly warmer
Monday than they are now, and it will not
be any colder.
All Records Broken.
AS stated in The Star yesterday. all rec
ords were broken by the low temperature
throughout the country during the past
two months. An official statement issued by
the weather bureau sets forth that the
month just ended was remarkable as being
the second successive month of abnormally
low temperature over the middle and north
ern districts east of the Rocky mountains
except along the immediate Atlantic coast.
The record, combined with that of April,
furnished a mean temperature lower by
several degrees than the combined mean OF
the same two months of any previous year
of which there is record. In the vicinity
of this city the combined mean Tor April
and May was 53.5 degrees, degrees below
the normal temperature, while that for
May alone was 50 degrees, also 5 degrees
below the normal temperature, and equal1ng
the previous low record of May, lSe2.
Overcoats and Gum Shoes.
The continuance of the overcoat-gum-
shCe-and- furnace weather has had most
depressing effect on the sales of straw
hats, gauze summer garments and other
warm-we feather accessories, including Ice
cold soda and ice cream, and the dealers
in such are feeling correspondingly blue
over the outlook, it is said. AS yet but
few Westinghouse have had the tenerity
to appear in public in straw hats or linen
suits. In fact but few have as yet packed
away their VI lter overcoats or their heavy
underwear.
Considerable attention was attracted a
few days ago by young man who APP
peared IN puDlic wearing heavy, long
tailed oVeicOat over his spring suit, the
whole topped off with natty straw hat.
AS yet" an old Washingtonan said,
"overcoats, rubbers gloves and furnace
fires are quite seasonable and pleasant,
and the coal and wood dealers have no
kick coming"
Record Of Earthquake.
Added to the meteorological vagares,
Prof Willis l.. Moore. chief of the United
States weather bureau, announces that the
seismographs at the weather bureau re-
corded a diseant earthquake, beginning at
about 3:47 O'Clock, seventy fifth meridian
time, this morning. From the evidences
of the record the origin of this earthquake
was probably at a considerable distance,
several thousand miles from Washington,
and consequently the amplitude OF the mo-
ton as recorded at Washington, was COM
paratively slight, the maximum actual
movement of the seismograph pier being
about two-tenths of a millimeter only. No
marked maximum of motion was recorded,
and the relatively stronger motions lasted
from about 3:56 to All am. The strong
motion was about the same in both COM
ponents. The total duration of this earth
quake was slightly over one hour