Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-23


to moderate westerly winds.
The West Indian hurricane Is central
this morning near and south of Haiti, and
ii is moving westward or north of west.
This disturbance will be severe in Cuban
waters and probably as far south as
Jamaica during the next twenty-four
hours, and later off the Florida coast
The storm in the gulf is Increasing in
intensity. and is central this morning off
the Louisiana coast.
Storm warnings are displayed ON the
middle and west gulf coast
Local rains occurred during the last
twenty-four hours on the south Atlantic
and gulf coasts. in upper Michigan and
at scattered points in the northwestern
states an;; the Rocky Mountain region
Temperature has risen somewhat in the
eastern states, the lower lake region and
the northwest, and il has not changed
decidedly in other districts.
The weather will be generally fair to-
| night and Tuesday in the Ohio valley,
the middle Atlantic and north Atlantic
states and the lower lake region.
There will be unsettled weather with
rain in the south Atlantic and east gulf
thirty-siX hours.
Temperatures will rise in the middle
Atlantic states and the upper Ohio val
ley tonight.
The winds along the New England
coast will be light to moderate westerly
on the middle Atlantic coast light to mod
crate variable, mostly westerly: on the
south Atlantic coast moderate to brisk
northeast and east, on the east gulf
coast brisk TO high northeast to east, eX-
cept moderate to brisk eaSterly on the
south Florida coast.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have light to moderate westerly
winds and generally fair weather to the
Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipita ton in
inchesD has been reporteu during the past
twenty-four hours: Savannah. ..::i.2.; Bur
wood. La, Ito.
During the twenty-four hours ending
am. sunday: Tampa, l.o..
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer ut the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning ut pm. yesterday:
Thermomctcr-Augu -: 1 pm -;
s pm, 90; l. midnight, -. August -:
J am. 81: am. 90, j. noon. IS: :.
pm. ST. Maximum, 81. at = pm, .Au-
gust -; minimum, -. ut = am. August
-;
BAROMETER uSiSl Pin. JO-hi
s pm. 3o..6; l: midnight. ;:o..7. .Au-
gust -: 1 am, COY; am, 3o..5;
noon, 3I..i; pm, o..
Tide Tables.
Today-LoW tide. 30 am. and 1:13
pm: i.igh tide. 12:37 am and 90 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, s:13 am. and $50
pm: high tide, % am. and 1:o0 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 80 am; sun sets,
Gas pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:21 am.
Moon sets 10:H pm today.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset;
eXtinguishng begun one hour before sun
rise. Al arc and incandescent lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
eXtinguished forty-tive minutes before
sunrise.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Falls-Temperature, &c;
condition, 81. Dalecarlia reservoir-Tem-
perature. rs: condition at north connec-
ton, 20; condition at south connection,
10 Georgetown distributing reservoir
gatehouse, 20; condition at eff1uent gate
house, ~.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch 10 The star.
HARPERS FERRY. w Va, August
23-Both rivers cloudy.
GOV. Glasscock granted a respite until
December :. 10 Isaac y. Yates. the Me-