Show SPECIAL special TO tiie THE DESERET NEWS evi evy la cy in M GENERAL san francisco 26 the damage dama ge donel done to the Piel pacific fie fic railroad by fire is greater than at first suppo supposed Eed sed trains will probably not pass the burnt district be fore Saturday the fire is undoubtedly the work of an incendiary A train was also delayed last night this side of cisco by a boulder weigh v elgh ing at least ten tons which rolled down the side of the mountain and lodged on the track it was removed by blasting from the heavy rain storms which have recently prevailed in oregon it is feared the wheat crop is seriously injured new york the general coal agent of the delaware delware lackawanna and western ernut co has telegraphed that the men have decided to go to work at scranton at once the same company will sell eighty thousand tons of coal at auction on the of september another cable to unite the united states with prussia is projected the terms of conces concession on from the prussian government are published it ift is to be e begun by september and must be finished within two years san frau fran francisco cisco 26 th special spell from f rom victoria bays says the ahe eclipse expedition of the U S coast survey left sitka on july 15 in an open boat for Chel kahl river kiver on account amount of heavy weather it was eleven days reaching a proper position in latitude fifty nine twenty three longitude one hundred and thirty five fifty eight only twenty miles from the central patch of the totality etwas it was impracticable to carry instruments and provisions over the iron mountain range the determination of the latitude and longitude and magnetic variation were made before the eclipse the seventh was the cloudiest day experienced but breaks in inthe luthe the clouds enabled the dif dlf different phases to be watched and he she beginning of the totality to be accurately cura tely noted instantly after the obscuration seura tion rose colored flames were visible viable ato to the unassisted sted eye an and ol 01 their ax fex tent position and elevation were approximately meas mens measured red jed on the 90 south A th east and south southwest ivest irest harth partis of the suns buhla limb corona was visible over a part of ilie the limu limb only the whole picture the tho end of the eeli eclipse tsee n the the phenomena of coming darkness and abd growing gro light were very maik malk marked od along the course of pe he valley imey governor seward and party visited professor davidsons camp and watched the phases of the eclipse and saw all the phenomena of the me rose colored flames and corona the party in the steamer active at the mouth of the river had the best view of the totality the clouds broke and large clear spaces enabled theato them to see the flames and corona niso also alfo the planet mercury and stars of the fourth magnitude at sitka the eclipse was not quite total and was watched through broken clouds f at fort the weather hlas as densely cloudy and at fort the weather er was favorable and the 6 ers observed the time of beginning larid ending the indians indiana were fearnall fear fearfully full fall alarmed and hid in their houses or tos ton tool toot to the bash bush boston the state labor reform convention today tody to day dy adopted resolutions declaring the claims of labor superior to those of any party or issue now before the people and will be the paramount consideration in the bestowal of votes at the coming state election that only by thorough organization can labor protect itself against the continually increasing encroachments encroach ments of capital asking for labor the same chartered rights and privileges granted associations of capitalists demanding the enactment of a statute making ten hours a legal days work in all the factories of mass also the rigid enforcement of laws against employing children under ten years jears in cotton or woollen factories of reaffirming the declaration of the national laar labor union in favor of temperance an ce ed education u cation catlon and morality as necessary to success recommending the immediate formation of a working mens political party forthe for the purpose of having tho thorough action in the protection of the rights and d interests of workingmen w or kingmen ami working women announcing that thor thir th ir motto is equal r rights 4 lits and privileges for all in every field of industry irr spee spec t tive live I 1 of color sex or birthplace birth place declaring operation cooperation co industry und nd elchan exchange e to be the finai final and permanent solution of the long iong conflict between capital and labor and urging the working classes throughout the country to take wise and careful measures for its early adoption washington secretary rawlings raw Baw lings is prostrated with a severe attack of oihem hemorrhage of the iun lud iuds luns 4 st louis 27 wm lake proprietor of lakes circus was shot shat at granby newton county mo on an the dinst by a man whom he be had ejected from the circus for refusing to pay he died ina few minutes the murderer escaped but a thousand dollars reward has been offered for his arrest louisville one of the canal spans for or the bridge over the ohio feet long iong ong was completed yesterday thesis this is the longest span spar of truss bridge erected in this country the bridge will be finished in the early part of november Chicago 27 the republicans washington special says bays a british dispatch announces the rejection of the burlingame treaty it is not believed by the te authorities andis evidently made up in the interest of the english merchants at the treaty ports who all along have been bitterly hostile to the new policy represented by the burlingame embassy every english paper printed at shanghai Shang hae hong kong and other ports has been systematic in its denunciation of it and the whole dispatch is regarded as a weak invention of the enemies of china and the united states the charge that burlingame was accredited to the tributary nations is undoubtedly a false translation from the original chinese his instructions were made by the ripest chinese scholars and both Burlin games secretaries are accomplished complis hed chinese scholars browne was a member of the english embassy and would not have allowed himself to be sent bent to his own government as a tributary nation washington secretary rawlins was sufficiently recovered to visit abe the war department this morning it is thought that the forthcoming monthly statement of the public debt will show a reduction of about notwithstanding the heavy payments of the government during the current month Provi ProvIde dence deuce tice miss emma gardner daughter of CoI Co lHarry Harry W gardner was horribly burned last night at natan hatan her ball dress taking fire from a lamp on the floor of her dressing room her recovery is doubtful ne new w york the result of the boat race was received by the english cable at the associated press office in this city cley at four minutes past one just eust lust 23 minutes and 13 seconds after the axford oxford boat had arrived at it mortlake morblake Mort lake which was at 36 minutes and 47 seconds past five the messenger being obliged to carry the dispatch three fourths of a mile mlle mile mlle on horseback part of the way through 9 h dense crowds to the nearest telegraph station memphis tenn 27 john durivage an old actor and land journalist anti and one ones oi of the founders of the alta alia california died hare today to day the city is remarkably healthy balth for the sudden deaths from heat embrace nearly all ah the complaints louls Louis vils viUs A party of three men trien were engled in cark dark co ind yesterday when mike cuddy an irishman stepped up to named john heidig a german and stabbed him in the right side inflicting probably a fatal wound cuddy escaped A man named stout killed one dallied named crowfoot with an ice pick at Ci glooming doming ind on tuesday last a disagreement about cards was the cause bosten the citizens generally be lieve that had the international race taken place on our own waters tha result would have been different the excitement was intense until it became known that the oxfords bad only won by three lengths when everybody acquiesced in the result erie in the suits of the republican office against the typographical 1 union for conspiracy and le libel i bel bei the grand grund jury returned no true bill in both cases st louis A new and costly jewish synagogue ione lone mue DUO of the finer finest in the country was dedicated here tonight to night with imposing ceremonies the society to which it belongs have adopted all the latest innovations in forms of worship when a family of jews are arc introduced the men sit with their heads uncovered san franeisco 27 professor davidson of the united united states coast survey reports the discovery during durin duning during ghis his recent eclipse expedition in alaska Ll aska of a mountain range of iron ore extending from the mouth of f the chil chii kahl river to far beyond his astronomical station the range has an elevation ol 01 two thousand feet and causes a local deviation in the compass of ten degree degrees the professor also determined 2 th the geo graphical position of numerous points on the line of exploration he found chii Chil kahi kahl valley vailey to possess soil climate and productions far more favorable than those of tho the alexander archipelago the supreme court of the state of nevada has decided that tele telo telegraphy graphy is a branch of commerce and is therefore under the control of congress in the same manner as other kinds of commercial intercourse mong among the several states legal tenders to 75 nashville horace maynard H hamilton and other leading radicals arrived this morning and had a meeting this afternoon the objector object of which has not transpired various surmises are afloat one of which is that they are taking steps for a thorough reorganize of their party and as a preliminary demand the removal of all the senter office holders in the state another is that they contemplate during genters senters absence seizing the state government but this is hardly probable the majority of those present were members of the late legislature san francisco 28 J ross browne contradicts the statement via london that the chinese government has bejec rejected the burlingame treaty he says saya its ratification was only deferred until the return of the embassy Mr Houghton an got into the car ear carof of a hot air balloon yesterday to ascend with the sero tero the balloon by mistake was let go houghton being alone in it when about a thousand feet high it collapsed and descended among the houses landing houghton u uninjured in an alley san francisco 29 the political campaign in the state ia is ex citing exciting the passage of or defeat of the fifteenth amendment by the next legislature legisla tuie is the great object objector of the contest united states senators yates and kellogg republicans public ans and hendricks and thurman democrats and several members of the house are taking part in it chi choy 0 chew and sing man alan have returned t u arned they express their gratification an at their reception in the E eastern ci cities ties colfax was detained at yosemite in consequence of the indisposition of mis mrs colfax A hundred and sixty pioneers have signified their intention to join in the proposed excursion east invitations from omaha chicago pittsburg philadelphia and new york to entertain them have been accepted A whirlwind at hamilton white pine yesterday destroyed two buildings and seriously injured several persons correspondence from tahiti gives hn an account of the splendid reception of the duke of edinburgh and his behavior towards the french an authorities thorl ties and the officers of the united states steamer kearsarge Kear Jear sage also of the indignation dig nation of the english residents the government halmot has not relaxed its surveillance over the spanish gunboats gunboat gun boats st building in this city eity marshal barlow has informed the builders that no attempt will be allowed to send atheni to sea junction city cily Ks 9 an excursion was made yesterday to the end of jabe the ballasted ballested bal lasted track of the southern branch of the pacific railroad this track is laid about sixteen miles and is being pushed vigorously the phe dhe weather chang changed e d suddenly this morning a violent wind and rain storm set in cooling the atmosphere most gratefully the heated term is believed to be broken at last and some little pleasure in living may be realized the balance ef of the summer st louis captain shaw chief of the london fire eire brigade made a hasty visit to the city today to day he was shown all the notable places at five an alarm was struck to show the working of the fire department three minutes from the the alarm three engines were on the spot and streams playing he chook and ladder trucks were also present captain shaw expressed his hid surprise at the rapidity of the movement and at the general efficiency of the department aud and said he had seen nothing like it the city marshal marshai of st charles mo iylo arrived h here ere yesterday with a man answering the description in of the murderer ur derer of win lake ithe the circus proprietor he be will be taken to granley for gr identification boston A fire broke out this morn ing in a building at 57 chatham street street by the national chemical con coh company pany and the tho etora of the boston shir ship shipping list esst as a composing md tta press pressroom aud several othera the firu niru waa was to be caused by the spontaneous combustion of tome tomo bame chemicals the stock of the chemical company and the press and printing materi matern al of the shipping list were destroyed aggregate loss twenty thousand dollars newyork new york col S ryan and currier leaders of the late caban cuban expedition have been held to ball having returned from canada the fenian congress continued continue a in session today to day two delegates from ireland were introduced and made favorable reports the republicans washington special says the cabinet meeting on Tuesday will consider the conduct of minister browne browno and the chinese treaty the president is known to be much displeased with the conduct of minister browne and there is considerable speculation with regard to who will fill the vacancy the post being regarded as too important to remain long ed among the names mentioned are general Q G 11 dodge of the union pacific railroad who is known toj to u have planned an extended visit to china following Burlin burlingame Burl buri ingime games return general lozan logan is also mentioned hon W B mann I 1 of philadelphia is urged by parties interested in the east india telegraph company of which governor curtin is president other names are mentioned among which alich are john D baldwin editor of the worcester 8 spy and john russel Youn glate of the new IN ew york tribune the sun has a havana letter dated the which says that derodas has left secretly for matanzas accompanied ani by his per personal sonai Fonal guard Itis it is rumored that he intended to pardon the prisoner accused of putting poison in the he bread of the soldiers the volunteers threaten ed to kill him if he did so the report of the rising in the vaulta abajo district is confirmed the number of insurgents is la s said aid to be six thousand this rising is said to be the most signi 3 filant event that has occurred in cuba u a for several months one of the havana journals says it has put the torch in the hands of two thousand slaves and the whole di district triet will soon become a desert it is i feared that the torch will soon be applied to the plantations in that part of the island and that the insurrection will extend through the whole of cutia |