Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-23
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE MOONS ECLIPSE Scientific Observation Some
 what Impeded. MANY NEGROES BANISHED. Prominent Officials Among
 the Number. A RAILROAD COLLISION. Outrageous Treatment of Prisoners in Dublin
 Castle.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

Clouds Interfers With Scientific
 ObservatIons.
 BosToN, July 23.-Astronomers and scien- tiio men in Cambridge and Boston have been making preparations toview the total eclipse of the moon last night were sorely disappoint- ed as the weather conditions prevented the carrying out of the experiments planned. Following the rain storm of the daylight hours, in the evening heavy mist hung in the heavens and completely shut off from sight her lunar majes-y. According to calculation, which can be made with unvarying certainty, the moon entered the shadow of the earth at 11:54 o'clock and re- mained completely eclipsed until 1:36 o'clock this morning. She first touched the edge of the earth's shadow at 9:55 o'clock and an hour later entered the deep and true part of the shadow. It took the moon nearly two hours to emerge from the shadow, start ing at 1:36 aud formally leaving the penum bra at 3:34 o'clock.
 PROVIDENCE, July 22-The evening has been rainy and the lunar eclipse has been greatly obscured. From private observatory an oc- casional instantaneous view of the moon was had, but it yves quickly obscured again. At At o'clock, the period of totality, the sky appears to be rapidly clearing and there is promise that the latter half of the eclipse may observed.
 NEW YORK, July 22.-The total eclipse of the moon was seen from this city under the most favorable circumstances, and satisfac- tory observations were recorded by the as tronomers of Columbia college. The sky was cloudless throughout.
 ROCHESTER, July 22.-At the time appoint ed for the total eclipse of the moon it was raining and no observation could be made ell yUA mo 6o In photographed the moon. On Saturday even ing Prof. Main secured some photographs in which the object supposed to be a satellite, was again caught by the camera.
 ELMRA, N. Y., July 2s.-In Elmira sev- eral esoterio and scientific observers servations from the balcony of Co., lumbus Hudson's laboratory overlooking the Chemung river and valley on the metreor- logical effect of the leone of force'' de- veloped by the coincident earth and lunar shadows finding abundant con Grmation of certain cosmic laws laid down in Oriental science and tentatively advanced by John Ruskin. After midnight the darkness wes profound and the stiffness of the air noteworthy-the murky and oppressive gloom being noted by the hum dreds of sentimental or curious observers as remaiinng long after the period of obscura- tion.
 WASHINGTON, July 22.-The weather was clear tonight and the eclipse of the moon was plainly visible. No observations was taken at the naval observatory.
 DETROIT, July 22.-The eclipse of the moon was seen in this city under perfect conditions. The sky was absolutely clear. Competent astronomical observers state that the various phases of the phenomenon were never better defined or obser vation more sat- isfactory.
 ST. PAUL, July 22.-The eclipse was seen here to fine advantage, the sky being cloud less. It began at 9:45 and became total about Ii 80 thousands viewed the spectacle from house tops.
 P1rrsBURG, July 22-Clouds obscured the moon till shortly after Il o'clock and then cleared away, Prof. Very of the Alleghaney observatory took special observations.
 HARTFORD, July 22.-A perfectly clear night rendered observations of the eclipse at this point exceedingly satisfactory and many persons remained out of bed long past their usual hour to witness the phenomenon.