Show t There will be a total eclipse of the Bun today in a part of the Eastern hemisphere Sumatra will be the best 1 point of observation Three American I 1 expeditions have gone to see and report re-port upon the eclipse They represent respectively the United States naval observatory in Washington the Lick observatory In California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology This last Is the best equipped The Brltl liGovernm Government has also sent out two expeditions one to Sumatra Su-matra and one to Mauritius Island Other nations have sent expeditions and there will be a great company of astronomers present The moon will pass between tho gun and earth Wo jwill all hope that it will boa clear r day I |