Show BY TELEGRAPH AMERICAN DEADWOOD D T IS 18 the town of gayville gay Gaj Ga ville two miles from this place was waa almost entirely destroyed by bv fire this morning only one or two houses were saved the fir fire originated in varnes restaurant there being no water for fire purposes the flames spread rapi rapt rapidly adly and in three hours destroyed about houses ranging in value from 50 toS to 2500 total loss estimated at no N to ine ink insurance urance NEwA newark itic N J IS 18 striking employed emp loyes of the newark silk mill here ISO in number will resume work on monday the company having arranged a compromise by which the highest wages are arc reduced and the lowest raised BOSTON 18 wool very dull sales of the week have been quite limited the principal transactions have been in delaine and combing fleeces sales comprising pounds at from 50 55 for washed and 35 0 40 for unwashed the transactions in fleeces have been very limited prices rule in favor of buyers sales include ibs lbs of ohio at 44 47 for 1 no 0 o I 1 and X and 50 for choice and above medium and X 44 0 47 andux aud and at 48 0 60 manufacturers are not disposed to purchase to any extent at these figures the transactions in michigan wisconsin and other fleeces comprise iba of michigan at 41 qa 42 1000 ibs lbs of wisconsin X at 40 41 lbs ibs of new hampshire at 43 and ibs lbs of low and coarse fleeces at prices that would be no criterion pulled has been very quiet the tile stock la is light but the demand limited sales of ib ibo at prices rang ranging ng principally from 85 35 to 44 for super and X in california wool there has haa been a fair business busin ess eks doing sales comprising ibs lbs some lots of desi Otei Ut desirable rable rabie spring kelling is la at 32 6 58 39 down to 18 to 20 for ordinary sales of fall ranged from 15 to 22 as to quality and condition territory wool sympathizes with other grades and very littie little has baa been one flone hax BAN fran FaAN francisco Cisco IS 18 A san ban di geo dispatch says there is a rumor from han ban rafael that the elliott boys recently lecent ly captured by mexicans and confined at san rafael were fired upon by a mob of mexicans while going from dinner to jail under guard and that oiye one was killed the report is not fully credited and parties in san diego preparing to go to rescue the survivor and avenge the death of ills his brother were cautioned that the news lacks confirmation NF new NEW w YORK 19 the temes times special from london says I 1 have just received a letter from a correspondent of the new york remes times dated bucharest tuesday in which he bays says the main hope of the russians now naw is that they may succeed in winning a decisive victory at Tir nova and that in case this should crowll crown their efforts the czar will be ready to agree upon terms of peace at once th the 0 emperor of russia is not entirely hope ful of final success in the campaign edw nov going on beyond the danube it is said he constantly upbraids up braids his advisers both military and civil for having led him to make war against turkey to those around him lie ho is continually repeating the warning of emperor nicholas his father that the nation should never make war except to repel invasion alexander II 11 will not forget the prophecy that he will never live to bee the goth anniversary of his birthday he still seems in it constant fear of assassination and aud it is almost impossible for a stranger to penetrate to his headquarters his H I 1 s goth birthday anniversary ann iven iver sary will if it he I 1 ives lives occur april 1878 hanz hauz pasha 19 18 is 19 reported marching on pass with a strong force of turkish troops the pass is still held by the remnants ef of the gallant div led by general w which made de some bome timo time since such euch a brilliant but tout seemingly fruitless raid across the balkans Gour khas forces are certainly in a most critical position with suleiman pasha and a strong army to the south and han haft z pasha to the north of them they can hardly escape capture if not total anniti lalion A small force of russian soldiers drs is still guard guarding in Niko polis or rather the ruins of that place they havo no easy duty to perfo perform m however for bashi other irregular horsemen pass nightly and pay bloody visits to the outposts they come from the direction of plevna and succeed in doing much injury to the troops in front of Niko polis news of serious agitation F in the galacia province of austria lying between the Carra thain mountains and the russian frontier reaches me from a trusty correspondent the news is reported as of the most critical character A polish revolution ia is momentarily expected and altogether the outlook for the the russian bussian empire is by no means encouraging cou raging ragin the latest latest news from the front is to the effect that belligerent forces are standing face to face and anxiously awaiting word to enga edga engage we in ill a general battle the russian arny army ib lb is 19 believed to be favorably situated wasted for the struggles and all are confident of success except the czarf czar who though evidently despon dem deA is really anxious for an air immediate Imm edistO and supreme effort on the martof part parl ol 01 his nis forces 0 the shipwrights ship wrights and of the navy yard have struck aganina a reduction of their wages from e 50 to 3 per day J CHICAGO 19 weston and gres greg gi ner net the two men inell referred to 4 these dispatches yesterday as leips connected with a gang of forger operating throughout the colfry counci were taken in chargo charge by the offa ofal last evening and lett left for fo diw york stevens one of 0 their asso elates clates was rested arrested ai yesterday near grand haven nich alien it is believed the operations of the gang are more ei extensive than is known and that they have swindled a number of banks in the country to the extent of millions of dollars the schooner denham which arrived today to day announces the foundering of the sd hooner schooner C 7 J 7 from this city for baracca and tie the loss of the steward and two passengers ST joseph mo 19 A locomotive on the hannibal and st joe road exploded at the depot here this morning tho the fireman who was terribly gerrib y scalded died in a few hours T the be engineer n gincer was badly scalded tile the foreman of the yard was blown twenty feet but not dangerously hurt PORTLAND zie ie 19 stephen hall wendell small and frank houston were drowned in sebato lake lak NEW KEW YORK 20 the times chicago dispatches which have been beenie received elved at Sher idana headquarters the past two days from various military sources in the far western country leave no doubt whatever that joseph with his band of nez kez perces is making his way eastward it is believed the intention of the chiefka chie chief fis fia Is to make au an attempt to strike the head waters of tongue river through Ye Yellowstone park so fully convinced is sheridan that this is his intention that he has sent orders to the commanders of the posts along the little horn and tongue rivers rivera to keep a sharp look out for the hostilely hosti host iles iJes lesy and to give them a warm reception if they show themselves for this purpose troops in that region will be concentrated there are at ut these posts several hundred men of the infantry and if it is found necessary to use a larger force several companies will be taken from two or three of the nearest n northern 0 posts scouts have already been dispatched in every direction to gather information of the approach of ef the nez hez perces in view of this change in the theatre of war thore thela is no little alarm felt at headquarters for the safety of general sherman is supposed to be at the present moment in yellowstone park be lie has only five live men with him as an escort the squad is well armed however and might worry joseph and his men fearfully if the two companies should happen to come together the military which have been stationed in this thia city for the past month are being sent back to the west as rapidly as possible stevens 20 moses strong assistant state geologist geo logis was drowned in the flambeau river on saturday while engaged in his geological investigations CHICAGO ClUI CAGO 2 the Tribu tribuna tribunes nr s london hondon special ia is an indication di that daman pasha will soon take the offensive omen oTen sive he is be ing made very uncomfortable before plevna by the russian fore posts the work which has been iasi assigned 9 lied tied to four rifle battalions promises to become severe before the term erin appointed for serious operations has expired The russian position before plevna is strongly entrenched and armed with artillery the turks before plevna are making cavalry in various directions they nind find their convoys of provisions and ammunition captured in rear an independent russian cava cavalry iry expedition consisting of the fourth division has been bent to cut cutoff off the com eom communication m uni cation of odman osman pa army with sophia by the earliest and aud most moat important route in the european theatre of war the turks are showing some activity and uen ben uen Zim corps is about to be attacked in the the landing of the Egypt ain brigade near sulina leads to the inference that zimmerman s in the witha witha larger force than was intended to be left there and shows the effect of the bolder counsels at constantinople it is likely we may shortly hear of heavy fighting lighting by this division of the army which has hitherto hither fo been comparatively dib dir disregarded AGENCY idaho 20 capt bainbridge with a com company parly of scouts who enlisted from the bannocks Ban nocks and left fort hall yesterday for the hostile camp at hole in the rock bock station about ninety miles north of the bion blon montana talla stage road at last ac counts yesterday the hostiles hos ho stiles tilea had of the Sta hta station tion tiou and would allow no ono one to pass either way they told those who have made an attempt to turn back that they would not be molested no one is hurt yet that is known of the telegraph line was seen to be down and strung in different directions at the station all the young bannocks Ban nocks and shoshones Sho Bho at this agency who can raise a gun have left this morning to fight the hos tiles FOREIGN LONDON 17 the prince of montenegro has bus been obliged to raise the siege of to marah against the turkish troops who are endeavoring deavo ring to enter montenegro the russians officially ladge the loss of killed and wounded up to august jtb the turkish massacres awaken a horror and indignation at athens difficult to describe the russians have evacuated elena and Be brosa and bearly all the country up to Tir nova suleiman pasha pashas s advance guard euard is close to Gub rova he has received heavy reinforcements from constantinople the czar has joined the grand duke nicholas at gorny the standard says a strike keis kels is imminent throughout the entire south staffordshire co coalfields coal alfield fields s in consequence of the m asters masters endeavor to increase the working hours tomorrow to morrow the master masters will swill give notice to terminate all contracts LONDON 17 two iron dads with 2600 men are about to leave leave constantinople for crete it is believed that midhat or server pasha will be pointed op ottoman ambassador for or vienna mid hat pasha has haa lately been proposed for the paris ambassadorship but ut does not wish to take the post seven thousand four hundred turkish prisoners have through roumania rou Bou mania manin bismarck is expected in berlin next week for a confere conference nce nee with the emperor the railways from st petersburg to now carrying men daily dally on one of the piers of the railway bridge at bar boschi has given way causing great delay it is that prince hassan 3 in marching rapi rapidly with his hia egyptian troops with the thy i object of cutting off the communications of the russians with bes Bs simultaneously eight turkish steamers have received orders order sto to dise disembark mbarka a force north ot of the danube mouths with the tile same object the Alonte montenegrin outposts report that a turkish army twelve battalions of regulars and several thousand irregulars have begun a movement on drobniak the montenegrin force utterly inadequate to oppose them will fall back jack for the protection of the inhabitants until reinforcements arrive every detail of preparations hows that hat the russians nus Bus have made up heir their minds minda for a long war and at are preparing ng great depots of firewood the che doumanian Rou manian government govern mentis is also asking tenders for the supply of great quantities of clothing and tores stores A rain of less than twelve hours duration rendered the roads at Si stova over which the russian bussian supplies are transported a sea of mud with gaping holes at frequent intervals it will be very difficult for the russians even to maintain their armies between the balkans and the danube when the summer weather breaks up LONDON 18 the russian bombardment of continues two hundred shells have fallen in the town and persons have been killed A russian reconnoitering reconnoiter ing party has been repulsed near the river biver lom lorn osman pasha has advanced to within twenty miles of bridge A state of siege has been proclaimed in salonica general Me liboff the russian commander has been removed and marsby has been appointed to succeed him LONDON 18 on the tho side fide where the roads to biela blela steep hillsides hill sides there was wax also no preparation severe showers on bussian wednesday night caught therus thebus the bus russian army service department utterly unprepared A part of the force ha j already passed through lou ilou iou mania end again crossed the danube about ten miles above abose chul chui but operations oil on the other side are delayed by rain which has rendered all roads pra pro practically impassable the great part of the lin line c of communication muni cation with the army is over a mere mare cart track beaten into dust ingine infine in nine fine weather and churned into deep mud when it rain rains wood is scarce in the country now occupied by the russians therus theBus and the enormous forces about to be encamped in the heart of bulgaria will probably leave it as bare as the allies left the plains before sebas during th occupation of lately the sick were sent back at the rate of per day and there are signs of increasing sickness within the lines on the other side of the danube pass which is held by russians was blocked at the southern entrance and will probably have to be evacuated unless the russians attack and defeat one of the three turkish corps which now form a semicircle bemi semi circle from to plevna VIENNA IS 18 the political correspondence has a bucharest telegram saying gen gourka declares th that 1 I t t the he russian positions from the danube to Pass pasa are sol so strong that the tums will not venture an attack both armies are constantly entrenching themselves the turks especially hold a wonderfully der fully strong position at plevna I 1 bu but osman pasha is nevertheless in ill a difficult situation because numerous cavalry attached to russians confronting him c completely cut off his com communications munica j with sofia and capture his convoys of ammunition and provisions the russians will not undertake operations until the whole guard arrives from at petersburg this thia signifies a pauo pauso ot of two or three weeks LONDON 19 tho tuo the tho egyptian con in burkey will be iturea cd td the Ru russian bussian af army my ham haa occupied Kuste ndji there are ne DO signs sigus of either the turkish army arms arma arra or fleet the therus sian siau army oc occupies cupie cuple 4 lu in foice t oice the line ex from that |