| Show 1 acial TO clin DESERET NEWS 0 GENERAL 0 the western pacific railroad is completed to the bay of san francisco the first through passengers passengers As from new york arrived today to td day via alameda san ban francisco 6 the first ward has been counted and mccoppin gains eighteen adjourned till 9 tomorrow to morrow 1 there is great excitement the Demo brats are confident the in d epen open pen ts threaten that mccoppin mccappin will not be al lowed to assume the office if counted in the state fair opened today to day it is a success there ia hi a splendid show of stock the attendance is large professor davidson Davi and his hia scientific party have returned from alaska the result of odthe the expedition is satisfactory tiu tle the party visited a country where no N white ite m man an had ever been before 1 norfolk 6 A part of the jerew grew of the british bark ara azra ashore an blodys tiland island arrived ili iii rived and revolt report that in attempting to reach the shore in asdall a small smail boat captain hart his wife chief mate obe ohe one boy and two seamen were drowned the v vessel essel is probably a total joss loss philadelphia 6 the argument commenced today to day inthe in the great contested election case before the court of common pleas involving all the officers of the municipal government who received certificates last october the evidence taken fills four thousand pages the argument will occupy all the week 1 tS cranton there ia is a great excitement here in consequence of the burn indof thecial the coal eoal breaker at the avondale mihe mice mine at plymouth about aboud twenty miles south orthis of this elty city two hundred men and boys are in the mine the shaft which is the only means of escape ia is choked by forty feet of burning coal the ventilation lation is totally stopped great fears are entertained that some if not all will be suffocated portland me A keg of patent powder exploded at lake sebago on friday blowing three men some distance the men are still alive but two it is feared are fatally injured the accident was caused by knocking out the bung bong with a stick which had been used in nitro glycerine philadelphia ladelphia at noon today to day a party of ruffians went into heenann Hee nans liduor liquor saloon stu sti loon loan on the corner of front and arch streets and shot james J brookes revenue officer through the lungs lunge mortally wounding him the stor ewas under seizure at the time the assault is supposed to be in revenge for brooks successful efforts as govern ment defective in preventing whisky frauds washington yas hington secretary rawlins lied died at twelve minutes past twelve this afternoon Commissioner Delano bissu issued 1 ed an order that all persons having claims or business with this office are required to communicate the same adrue in writing addressed to the solicitor of the bureau through the maffi mails no K 0 person whatever is to be allowed to have interviews with the clerks or employed emp m ploy loyes except by permission perm of the he commissioner or onsol sol bol ic itoi it is that the six six young men suppo supposed edl to fo be drowned drow drowned nid yesterday from the yacht fondd 61 nare were all res rescued oed bya bys by a g boat boit atter after clinging in to d the y yacht abhi nearly an tin hour u r plymouth til pa after ofte r 10 p pm f the rubbish from the shaft wa was ctr cleared earmal b away way and aud two miners descended in a bc bucket ket they bent sent word ripi till to send down a pick and sho veito to glear clear the boota W with the he bucki bueki bucket edwa was brought ro up lip and two m men en started dewri with the tools As they start edthe men med at the bottom bot bottom Vot tom requested them to hurry huffy qa their thir reaching phing the bottom both were vere dead pa d ab nb 0 hohes hopes ho are abe entertained tor the ibe he me men 11 in the ah aft all arge arfe behaved be ed to have gere perished the blaek black damp ve is very bad here 11 11 st louls louis the tha coroner r oc this c etty ity held 78 inquests in quests rast last month ran the principal causes caused of death werd wera jerd suns suna sunstroke i twenty one case cases A drowning thirteen I 1 R I 1 louisville the three e c companies ean pan 1 es of militia that have beell doln doin il ding g duty in in the neighborhood of bf lebanon kentucky len jen for the past four or nive five we weeks jag returned this afternoon having been n rei relieved by a it romp anny ariy of df thirty ave five mounted men from midway jy plymouth pa A fire ili this 1 ls morning in the flue bottom bf the leu teu ben abaft awni owned ed by the delaware lackawanna and western company of this place in a short time the whole breaker and outbuilding y ere in fim flames s bristing apparatus the abny avenue of escape for aa qa i fl destroyed all tile tife efm eff lorta efforts to stay the flames were unavailing the whole structure truc ture fell filling up the shaft over men are in the shaft and have no communication with those outside there are no chances for air theal the only way of getting air ino into the shaft was through the main opening and that was filled with burning timbers and debris it is feared the whole number will be suffocated by the smoke or oppressed for want of air the nire fire departments of scranton Wilks barre and kingston are playing streams of water down the shaft for the purpose f quen quenching chic chim the fire so that the rubbish c can be c cleared tired out and ano the condition of the men ascertained it will probably take till tomorrow to morrow morning before tidings can be received from them the seene scene is heartrending the families are congregating congregating in great numbers miners fr from all ali I 1 parts odthe of the country areat are at work the merchants and in fact the whole population of the town have turned out to assist the loss by fire will amount to about partially insured all alt the physicians in the vicinity have llave been summoned to when the condition of the men is ascertained the affair has cast gloom over the whole community business is almost entirely suspended the miners only resumed work today to day from a suspension of about three thee months among the men inthe in the mines is mr hughes Hugh esthe the superintendent 0 scranton pa 1 the fire bega be gannt ganat ten all the experts are agreed that it have been communicated from the ventilating fur sur furnaces nudes nades to the woodwork t at the bottom of the shaft which is thirty two feet below the surface thel the flames then rushed with great vio violence lencel up the shaft and broke out in the engine room at thetos the top the engineer barely escaped with his life the buildings covering the mouth of the shaft were a hundred feet high hud two hundred feet long the wood was as dry as tinder and was almost instantly enveloped in flames it was impossible to reach the mouth of the shaft to tp help the men below two men lost their lives in attempting to get down the shaft to make further investigation no further attempt will be made to go down until the small engine is rigged the loss by the burning of thamine the amine and works is from to not bounting loun toun ting the loss by the stoppage of the mining this mi mine f ne has been involved in a strike for three months but resumed work on thursday and was producing tons of coal per day all who have been down say it is very hot loud calls have failed to elicit any answer the only hope for the men in the mine is that they may have shut themselves in a remote part of the works entirely away from the draft several hundred men with tools were takes taken from here this evening with the idea of driving a gangway from the neighborhood of the mine into the Ev evandale ivandale Evan evau audale dale works betit but it must be solid rock cutting this thib would probably not relieve the imprisoned men in time the distance to be cut is variously estimated at from twenty to sixty feet the time required would be two or of three abree days chicag 9 7 senator grimes of iowa has sent his resignation to governor merrill to take effect efm eff ecton on december I 1 the en englishman geishman gl ishman who paddled his canoe up theM the rhine birie hirie and und down the danube ube is here nere with the intention of paddling byrider by river and canal from here hero to philadelphia a baltimore and washington then ceby the ohio and mississippi rivers to jonew nw orleans philadelphia ahlai A from the ripi prevailed since seven this cfall ofrain is not copious but ia hoped it IV wall affect the schuylkill andrut an daut adut jat the tho water works in good oon git itan irue the steamer john fuller pf af new wot TOT bas Q has arrived and will go ga 6 to work to to e force lub luh ithe e aker water of t the he griver into the MaIr nair fairmount mount w works arks Scra the the latest information the avondale mine states that wh ghen ahen e u the ahafi was cleared two men went down and abd penetrated 69 or 70 yards to fo a closed gangway door which they could not force open they found three dead bead mules doksi outside de sulphurous fumes were erey pouring through the door and riot signs of life ilfe were discovered it if is feare feared dallAre allure dead i MenT phia the news from along the 1 arkansas and whim rivers is that the cotton cropis crop is splendid the ball balls sare are opening finely along the mississippi for two hundred miles below here the drou drought has cut the crop off one third Cinc cine labati at a meed weed meeting I 1 ng of the school board boand to to ached afiz 4 0 to o put ut tie the bible and sacred song the order to t 3 elections of ot the thi e C Catho tho jtb die also almo wi to 1 I a appoint joint a committee ommittee to confer with the catholic church hurch authorities as to the terms upon which the catholics will send their children to the public schools general young returned to this city on saturday bringing papers fully exonerating one rating him from all the charges preferred against him he will enter on the duties of supervisor of internal revenue for southern ohio immediately I 1 raleigh Ba leigh ex governor worth died i last night I 1 ft harker 6 felix R bennett W E dodge and nathan bishop special indian commissioners here held a council aug 31 at nie Ale medicine dicini bluffy all the principal chiefa of the comanche klowas and affiliated bands were present including and many others they all said scald they would walk in the white mans road and they wanted the father at washington to send good men to show them the way medicine arrow chief of the chey annesi agreed to bring in all the northern to the camp on the nort norther hero bero fork of the canadian if the commis commission glon ilon would promise them protection on the way full protection was promised washington attorney general hoar general sheridan and others sent telegrams which were read to secretary rawlins before his death the secretary with deep emotion expressed his gratitude at these manifestations of affection and interest int ereal 1 and said if the love of my friends could do it I 1 would soon be healthy I 1 the body was embs emba embalmer embalmed lined ed soon after death and dressed in tue full fuli tini uniform forni of major general the funeral funer alwill will take place on thursday the remains will be taken to the congressional burying ground the body will be removed rema reta oved to the war department part ment tobe laid in state a qua being prepared for that purpose washington it ift is stated that gennai general sherman will act as secretary of war td ad interim the name of G 31 dodge the present chief engineer of the UP RR is prominently mentioned in connection with the succession to the office new york tork A letter from georgia le orgia states that th at the damage to the cotton crop by the late excessive heat is irreparable the yield of the state is diminished mini shed fully one half The effect upon the fortunes of the planters is disastrous though it is probable a higher price caused bythe abridged supply for the apparent loss scranton 7 11 ll am arn the donkey engine has been pumping freb fresh air into the mine for the last hour our candies candles have been lowered to within fifteen feet of the bottom they burned freely A number of miners are now preparing to go down into the pit Thou thousands sands of ot mine miners ra women and children cover the bills hill and grounds in a the A subscription is bi being eing taken up for the widows and children who number six hundred wash washington I 1 D agton 7 th the e body of secretary rawlins was this morning removed to general Sher shermana manla room om in the war department where 17 ic lies in state attended by a military guard public business is entirely suspended late arizona advices advises acl aci vices say rich riel k placer gold mines min es have been discovered people are emigrating from white pine there there are numerous reports of indian outrages idaho advises advices say the grasshoppers ahre devastating the country Washing washington tom in accordance with a bi circular from the executive office the beaus of departments have hilve dire directed i eted that business be suspended in id all the bureaus tomorrow to morrow and thursday sy un until til after the funeral 0 obsequies of S secretary e rawlins shall bhail be concluded Bc scranton ranton special trains ran from here hera to Avd udale this a m every ebur until eleven ocl oci beki when the people became so den dene denae re they bb obstructed t ducted the relief parties the whole community is thrilled with horror here at the great calamity and all work is suspended edin in the mines in this vicinity nearly I 1 thet the whole force of miners have goue gone to avondale aleto to remain thein their brethren denare are brough tout dead or alive nilve the whole country around is 14 flocking to the r scene seene bene of lof di disaster satter the streets arp are thronged thron ged with women the relatives of the men in the avondale jit tit lilt eagerly beseeching every person arriving for their weeping fills theair mining cannot be resumed time diat at any of the works of thedelia th the enela eDela delaware L Jjack ac kawanna awanna and western railroad company Compau ys within a week or not af ht leat heat until nil all the funerals of the avondale dead are dv over r the fact of the thelong iong jong and severe strike which has just ended adds grea greatly to the t the ewi dai calamity guilty T tab widows and orphans will number 0 hot less ess the lb crowd browd was cleared from the rope enclosure closure jn made around the mouth of the shaft by the police the engine and fan got to work at and shortly after was connected with the canvass conductor that reaches to the bottom feet superintendent corwin of walston mine anda and J P davis carpenter of avondale descended one nun hun dred dr d feet and lowered four lumps to within fifteen feet of the bottom of the shaft the lamps burned freely after remaining in the shaft forty minutes they returned afterward a committee of miners descended the shaft with a cart in half an hour they ascended to the mouth of the shaft reporting that after leaving the platform on which they went down they proceeded abou about thirty feet into the gangway and finding a great deal of carbonic acid gas and black damp they retreated after conveying the end of the large canvass air conveyor as far into the mine as they went the damp was between two and three feet deep on the bottom of the mine thereupon another miners committee began to descend into the shaft abaft the fan was kept constantly in motion all the time forcing fresh air into the mine during these proceedings at the shaft some fifty volunteers formed and were regularly officered by miners to descend and recover the bod bodies lesof of their companions acom A committee of twenty citizens canvassed |
