Show TELEGRAPH TIDINGS the utah question still puzzles the wisdom of Cong congress Tess venus viewed from various coigny of vantage london visited by a big conflagration by uy w U Teler telegraph raph to the I ferald dr in JU louden LoNDO iq dec the premises of foster porter co wholesale hos 1103 jers IN wood iced icod street extending back to philip lane la is ablaze the lire fire threaten threatens to become most serious cariou cr iou several housea in philip lane having caught fire and the street being narrow it ii in difficult for the fi reneen to approach the burning buildings the flames extended on philip line south to addle street two public houes houses are now passing along the blaze LATEK p the he fire is extending the warehouse of peter ryland flour dealer one of the largest warehouses on wood street is 13 new now in flames the buildings sand philip lane are also on fire jare the whole city is illuminated only ten engines are yet on the pot spot the building at philip lane and addle street ia is falling ln g t am the fire ia is one ortho of the i treat that have occurred here for years the build buildings ingson on the u hole northern side of addle street are gutted rylands Ry landa warehouse is destroyed the outside wall of foster porter A cos building has just jutt fallen setting fire to the ilia holsea opposite the tile flames aro are steadily marching marc hinR on it is stated that foster porter co and P ryland are fully insured losses are immense ST owing to the seriousness of the fire captain shaw chief of tha tile are brigade lias has called out nearly the whole of the fire department am the opposite side of wood street is now in flames beina confined to uie block of buildings bounded by london wall philip phillp lane addle street and wood street the whole of which block it i is expected will be destroyed sieber ct flemings minga warehouse wood woud street is gutted Th the only tonly par of odthe the block now intact in is that I lacing london wall tho the buildings on addle street are still burning A part of rylands warehouse corner doa don wall and philip lane is safe at pre ent pent severe sell dec extremely cold it last night and today to day the wave ex lending over the whole northwest ilia thermometer running last night from zero to 15 below the latter latte r at sioux falls dakota this morning 12 above ta to 14 below the latter at peoria here it waa below weather generally bright the snowfall being only two to four in inches clies itwara it was a terrible night on tho the lake and sever al craft were unable to make ilia liar har bo berand rand those in the harbor vero ft cro frozen up this marx morning iiii dec the cold has his been exceptionally sev severe ere the thermometer ranged from zero to 21 below over the state this morning TORONTO dec doe A severe t now storm storn prevailed throughout ontario to anle weather road aro are considerably blocked at aubreton breton michael edward and james king perished in lie the storm last night A kansas dec doe A I heavy beaz know snow storm is prevailing th through rou northern kansas and southern ne braska CAIRO canto dec navigation suspend ed ad today on the mio and pi rivers above this thin point minneapolis MiK NEAPOLis dec A polar wava wave swept over manitoba Vanito bs dakota and minnesota yesterday specials Spocia ls to the tribune report 07 67 bel below ow zero at Win winnipeg nipe manitoba this morning 27 21 at bismarck 36 at gra grand nd fork 27 at far fargo and 28 23 at jamestown all in dakota 30 at lake city 28 at breck brack at winona an and from 15 to 20 10 below at other minnesota Minn ciota points it was 23 28 below here liars at a ta tn 21 below ai at a in 15 below at ca p in tn and below at midnight weather clear and beautiful with aig light jit winds utah in washington dec the house elections committee will tomorrow to morrow consider ilia petition ol 01 caine the newly elected delegate from utah who was a volunteer candidate at the last elc election tion to bo be r seated in the present house the petition seta sets forth that both the governor and the utah commissioners declined decline to call an election to fill the ilia vacancy caused by the action of the house last Ber session ision in un seating cannon A convention was held however and ho lie was nominated and all alleges es lie received votes which the utah commissioners declined to canvass the Edin Edmun unde dabill bill being eilent silent on the subject haskell askell II I of kansas presented ted in the tile house a memorial endorsed by the gentile citizens of utah which sets forth that the edmunds law thou though h a step in the tile right direction does not go far I ar enough and has bas not effected and will not effect the desired result although it disfranchises dis die persona persons who would otherwise be voters the dis franchised portion dictates the counsel of those who are not dis franchised as completely as before in support sup rort of this memorial lista lists are presented with tables showing the result of elections for delegates since if 1870 M when the mormons cormons Mor mons cast votes Totes and the liberal the largest mormon vole vote cast was in in 1874 1674 it being tho liberals casting in the tha same year the next vote of both parties was as cast last month mouth when the mormon vote was 23 and the lib cral eral th the transit Trani lt NEW dec dm clouds prevented hamilton college from get view views observers at yale the signal office in washington and west guint regard the result of their observation observations as excellent princeton secured ISS photographs vassar reports the definition of the planet and sun excellent at philadelphia elph la both contacts were successfully observed but the hazy atmosphere prevented micrometer measurements or ape spectroscopic observations at bledden connecticut seven tole scopes were open to the public six thousand persons looted looked throng li them dartmouth ache and maine state colleges were interfered with by donds clouds at 11 hartford artford all four contacts were satisfactorily observed the spectroscopes show per by the atmosphere of venus triga ethical observation allowed the disc of venus darker than the sl eky y surrounding the sun CHICAGO dec from reports on th ill transit of venus at various points professor elias colbert the well known astronomer ot of tho the tribue figures up the observations reduce reducing time to tho the washington time which the different dil Terent observations would give ive forthe for the contacts at washington we the observations received receive dup up to 1130 give the tile following results result second contact ten observers average the time at hours 16 minutes 29 20 seconds am a in annapolis 20 seconds fat fast frisbie friable washington 20 fast n washington fait I new gorklo fast princeton 12 fast hartford 18 slow west point fast slow hough Clit chicago cazo 23 boy I chicago 15 blow slow third con contact tart ei eight ht observers ob servera avera e timo time hours 39 30 minutes aa seconds p in Adi amherst herst seconds slow new york slow west point fast hartford no error r annapolis 16 fast frisbie washington slow sampson washington slow of tle average Loxi LONDON ox dec in scientific entill circle no results arc are expected from observations ions of the transit of venus made in any part of the world except in BO so far aa as the success of the observation is concerned at portsmouth observations were easily taken at Pen sanco the transit was been two hours at other places in eerland ilia eky sky was clouden in youth south it was cloudless the transit of venua venus was favorably obert observed d at durbin durb m and cal capa town at madrid bad weather DUBLIN dec the transit of venus waa was plainly visible at cort cork dec black clui clouds made the great pre preparations parati ons to observe the transit of venus ventis minneapolis doc dec only tho the third and internal contracts were bitnes witnessed ed the others were obscured by clouds dec doe tho transit of venus was successfully observed a at t cape town new zealand Tast nani t and new south walts wales thirty throe photographs were obtained at met arne bourne observations at queensland and sydney were |