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Bi houaeW;w;r;`6;:d m&:5'51i:. 010%: lms Weralinally checked by a heavy d0WnP0u.r of rain on Tuesday. >['l_`ha Inna nf In. in-Hm nr..'....... ca-.. uvvvuyvun Us Jill! on xueauny. . :The loss at life inthe Chicago fire has been fixed :tt`500 persons; and the 10;: in property at $195,000,-000. One- third. (1 tbs MO-ev urn: .I...4-..........a -..a __ u.-pm uy ul. ywn,uuu,-uuu. une- third. ot the city was destroyed and 100,000 pe\`a onu- rendered homeless. The bu-med` area. co_vorodf2,600 acres. . "FHA n-Inn Al"`A:m....a.... ....0.a uI-...-..._ Luv \./umvagv 13.111 7 UIUISB 0'll.l'. on Ul1n"i day `evening, Oct. 8th. 1872, and raged until noon on the 10th."1`he qrraad of the tlame6~was:,`so rapid that the in-, habitants had time only to flee tori their lives, und=so wild was the stam-3 path that many were trampled to` death. The fire brigade were power-1933,] as a ntrnna urfnrl urou kl.-....:...... .._.:: tuuauuc Luv Luv fiung-uuu were powerless, 1 as a stroqg wapd was blowing, and] the expednent got blowing up blocks :01! honnan .m-mun! n.mm.:I:.... rI'n..-l `Probably the fourth great fire in history was that which reduced Chi-. cago to ashes in 1872. A fractious cow is generally orditod with having caus- ed this diaastr, by kicking over a sta- ble lantarn, but history also . hints at the malloa` of ?.Southern symp-athizara or` the desperate methods of the Ku- nu.." nn_:._ __ AL. v-V - - A u auuuu.._uI. UL-ull-SLRIJGB. . H '_' The lower classes who had rema.m-. ed at Moscow, driven from house to` ' house by the fire, ejaculatnd the most i lamentable cries. Extremely anxious to preserve what was most valuable to them, they loaded themselves with I packages which they could hardly sus- tain, and which they frequently aban- doned `to escape from the flames. The women, impelled by a very natural I feeling of humanity, carried one or two children on their shoulders and `dragged the others along by the hand and in order to avoid death, which threatened them on every side, they] ran with their petticoats tucked up` to take shelter in the corners of streets and_square s. But they were soon com- pelled, by the intenseness of the heat, -to abandon those spots and to fly with precipitation. every way that was open to them,.sometime_s without being able to extricate themselves from that laby- rinth in which mapy of them experi- . enced a miserable end. I- saw old- men, whose long ~-beards had been . caught by the `flames drawn on small . carts by their own children, who en- deavored to rescue them from that 1-eal.'IA`artaru." - 2 I I v-av vsovvv v; onus-uvub an-u uarnuu L0} 9. great distance; very large pieces of E beams and rafters made of fir, seized? by the flames, were thrown an im-! mense distance off and oontributed to! extend the conflagration to houseai which were considered least exposed "on account of-distance. " In-q-A.. ..'I_.._-.. ---l - '1 " uvvvlal gnaw. . _ It would be difficult, under any cir-1 I cumstances to imagine a picture more} i horrible thanvthat with which our eyes ;were afflicted. The weather was fine? i an.d dry, while the wind blew. One ii night the whole of the city was on: ;fire. Large columns of flames of vari-f 1 ouscolors shot up from every quarter, 1 Ientirely covered the horizon, and dif-g {fused a_ glaring light and a scorching 1 iheat at a considerable distance. These lence of the winds, were accompanied masses of fire, driven on by the vio-4 I by a dreadful whaizzing and by thun- ldering explosions, the result of the '09mbustion of gunpowder, saltpetrm; oil,Vresin and brandy, with- which the greater part of the houses had been; filled. The varnished iron plates which" covered the bu.ildings,.were torn off by; the effect of thel-herat an-d carried toi 1: Gran} J:.+ . . . . . _ . _... 1-....- _2---- -2` I-`-u.I.5<:uu Lu_L.l1U .I!,l`BI.|.U.[l ..l'.l.I.ly, B'i1_yD- "We had scarcely taken possession of_thie town and succeeded in extin- guishing thefire kindled in the most . beautiful quarters, when, in conse- T violent manner, spread rapidly from quence of twp prxinci-pal causes, the flames again broke -out in- the most one street to another, and involved} the whole place in common ruin. The: first ofvthese causes is justly reported t0 have been the_d`esrperate resolution of a certain class `of Russians who, were said to have been confined in the i P1'1S0`11,8, the" doors of which were` itAh I`0sWn open on the departure of the; &_l'my. Those wretches, whether in-; cited by superior `authority or by their 2 * own feelings, with a view no doubt of , I plunder, ran from palace to palace, and from house tohouse setting fire toi i everything that fell in their way. The? [Dam of death inflicted upon those? '`3118h1I in the actual. commission of? I the atrocity made no impression on the; 1' others, and the fire raged three days? !and,_ three nights. The houses were! I pulled down in vain by our_ soldiers,! , the flames quickly spread themselves; gover the vacant space, and the build-I [H188 thus isolated were set on fire in` the twinkling of aneye. The second; lcause must be attributed to the equi-1 inoctlal ga1es._ TL ..n...l.1 I..- germ--,,1L _1__ ,___ -2- It Ar"-!lZ3tl1_o:t`garrison lay low` until thd Boer tforces were at o1ose_range, when they fired a volley, killing five and wounding many, and the attack was repulsed. The bombardment then nnnnad, '|`.h'n `Roan. .....I.... n 13-: n---- uuxnwn. ' _ , The Chicago tire,` broke out on Sun- Lnv`am:ninn nM- on. man -...1 __-__. .\.v\rL\.l UL LLILD LOG-IvU.J-U Lila UUUIJ. IIIUDUIVULI in history. . V . _' THE * BURNING OF MOSCOW. . _ The third great fire in modern times 4 was the burning `of Moscow by the; Russans, who strove by this means; to thwart the plans of Napoleon. Leo`! C_ases, in his life of Napoleon, refer-_: nrng to this and quoting the leading! surgeon in_the French army, says: ` " Wu ha non:-nnlu 4-nlrnn run.:anunu'nn .5115 H 1.5; vI-.lll_U_ LLVUI ~LU.l.' p1'UL6CL1U. ';'__']:hO,,.._l.'9 .-was at. length stayed by -blowing up_the_ houses at the Temple - Chnrch,"a1t"'Pi'e corner, Smithfield -s. It bed .c`on_sumed five"-sixths of the , city, together with great piece beyond the western` gate. The devastated area covered 436 acres, 387 acres within the walls and 73 .without. It destroyed 132,000. dwellings, St. Paul s Gathedral, ,89 .puarish'c-hurches,_ four of the city gates, Zion College, the Royal Ex- change, the Old Grey Friars Church, the -chapel.-.ot.~St.-..Thom1as of Acon, and an immense number of great; houses, schools, prisons and -hespit-i ale . The fire swept clear an area near-i 137 a mile and a Half in length and a; mile in breadth . The value of the pro-? perty destroyed was estimated at tent millions of `pounds. - Q; rlv-Anni` vnrIvv\I\n1va Ac nnuunnn -n.n.-nL IQ...-- IJIIILLIKIIJG VJ. yuuuuuu ' : Great numbers of persons must have starved and -died of privations occa-E sioned by this great fire, but no re- cord of this feature has been preserved :lI `Hal-1-uvoov . _y guugan 0 grow. marvelously and 9, short` time was entirely r Built. in tttlohiets, and tho fire `spreading so Islet that the people bare- ly had to remove their goods. All thatVSu.ndaytw,*as spent in hurry- inggoods to the river for protection. TBA nrnn 11+ 'A.1|Ib+lv\ -4-......A Inu- LII` BEL I.l~ 'cHIcAG'o*s GREAT` nnnmn mus BACK. air! :1 "".tl?l-ne bombardment of the Oreusote was the hottest of the siege. Many shells entered the hospital and wo-V men's laager. Under eover of the artil- lery Va` large forge, `commanded by Oronje, the younger, "including the German corps, advanced close toaFo,rt `Abrams. - f - A - _ 1'11 vs you to un-demstand 1' ;;s b `aunt, mturne htily dravflng `to _ in] height. 119 Here! Get out with yeti u-mar. I wave gatfno H9 agents! ' Mrs. Naggerton-I can not stand what the attraction of} :0 dinner is to you men. Y9`; enjoy a. good meal at how `u want to, or it not there a_re P19`; restaurants where you In 11` 9 only the young men seem to t` vantage, at them. - . `dew Mr. ,Naggorton, absent-m1D re At 9. publio dinner, -my dear, then` no women. don't you 868" -niahed. , ' BEBE] I'll] McKinley and his Cabinet vari d sixty-four and a half to fifty 3. half, while the average iS J5t.3' yea}: and one month. Thus, 1" Umted States, the land of Young the average age is only eleven D10 | less than in our own Cabinet, W lit will -be noticed um of tea? `men in the American Cabinet` are none. A8 to the Cauadiam G" ment, the average for the W 01C Inst in about titty-six years 8" Imonths. - It has been said that certain bers of the Cabinet are too old! their work, Now, the average 38 members is about sixty-one Y9 Visisount Cross, who will be 56" s_ven.-..' May, is the oldest, and ` Right": _on. W. H. Long, wh0_ only forty-five last July youngest. But the age_s of PF95`d' var? n:v"vv,_An1I- on!` n hnl" fn {once caugnt Dy J.VJ.l'. lilcmua v to break into `the (`h:1plain S 110 There was a severe struggle. and burglar. attempted I_nu1u1'deT. chaplain with a large knife. Mr-R ards whipped outarevolver and! - the man. The effect wz1sfatal._and`. chaplain proceeded to admimste . his spiritual capacity to thed -UIIICI % Influenza has claimed avictim the person of the oldest inhabitant the W'avency `T2Iill`_`_V district, Charlotte Draper, of" Metting Mrs. Dra.per_w-as born in 1801, ` "married in 1827, sul>sequntly`li at the Valley Farm. Mettingham.` the time of her dcath-a period_ about 73tyears. She was remarka vigorous and genial, and conduct her own business as a fanmer f_ something like 40 years. Upti11' last she could read the news?` `without the aid of glasses. ` The Rev. Clifford Rickardsisa` to retire from the ch.-iplaincy of Dartmoor convict establishment- Rickards has been chaplain at P1, moor for nearly a quarter of a , tury, and he has bud a remqri! experience. A disch;1r_;:=d convict once caught by Mr. Iiickards tr! "'l\ I-\u-an! :n-n ~l-kn nh-Inlni 'I.`-he Crewe poliru recently repon to the Cheshire coroner the pan: .1ars of an extraordinary death, [deceased is Mary Foulks, 'widow.a_ [85, and it transpired that shew iiupstairshto bed, but was next we fing found at the back door, blee` ifrogm terrible (injuries. The only: jplanation she was able to give {that she got through the bedr iwindow, thinking she was getting fbea. I `A shocking discovery was mad; i Hartford recently. A married-wo I named. Sach, aged 33, and her in: chi-ld vwere found it Lhzir b:-:7." gdead, With their thruuls cu1.1; Tsupposed the W0`-111111} first murda; the baby and then committed suit` Her husband, who was aha breeder, died only ten days pram Ely, and she `is stated to have g}! i way to drink. The head constaii.l:: (ii jverpool issued his annual l`t:p`)i"t cone: ' cyime and police, and in irh i_VLeWS the iII1p-ruvelneut affetedcg mg the last sixty years. Indicv: crime, that is, all serious crime. ldecreased, Ln pr0pu1`i.i0n to the ; V_19ti0I1. by at least four-fifthsd `mg that period, while the red... `in the cases of drunkenness hag remarkable. ` Garrison at Mafeklng Waited for ' the Boers Attack. T A despatch from Mateking, describ- ing the Boers attack of April 11, ays:- .~ . ' _ ` { - - - - - -- -~ vvw or-ax,wU. I Mr. Alfred L. Jones, the head 0; {firm of Elder, Dempster & co`. !been elected _chah'.1`uan of then pool Steamship_ Owners Associav ; for the curren};\ye:xr, in succession James H. Ismny. of the W` istar Line; and .;\I1'. Edmundag ston, of the Johnston Line, has appointed vice-cllairman. In: g The .-i757;.I(;afi:l`(vl`J(`?:;E'edral Et I Committee_ has accepted the`:-`M1 of at Leeds firm for the enmgen . em! 0:fWakefield Cath .: of the late Dr. 1;m.'t"" -bi'3h0'P' Of the diO(`eSp, Th WE`- of the contract is oval: 210; am My AH=..,.,1T 1_ .. .' i 'Be1iis?'rm Castle, neg .!th.e resideefince of `Dr. .13 lcently `completely deg It is supposed the among matches in at causing the outbreak. f`l'V1.._ 1!? I no - svvuu bu ldla $1,597, '_'l.`h: pantaloons of liinglg are. exposed for sale in a Lon osity shop! Togethe 'ri}:_:bon, `and star, th I -4 Iliam don f i L F . for ladies d ress. The street railwa Kingdom increase receilpts last year it $1.597, `The of mm .,. ..T `-_ Record of Occurrences in % Cmmemia1wo,.1 the d, . ed inor than an}. Qt inn,` only for our so1dieI.aSh:r_fabri E_ dress Tlan n-_..-L , Fms THOSE ARTFUL MEN V A DIHl`I`NCTION. -__...u utv_.l&d-I-IJIJIJLLO D11 Au.1'uu.|ulll101` a ,vv[ritten- to the Mayor of Kimber- ey assuring` him that the relief 01 Mafeking has; not ceased to ocaupy.his ettentxon, andthsat of the military eu- t__ho'ri_tiee_, end that nothing will be left undone to raise the siege at the earli-,- ' eat, possible moment. . . ..'.I`l_1e British garrisone along the rail- way , to Warrrenton have been strengthened and. supplies: are going forward." A mounted force has gone j g BarkI_y West in consequence at the are having; occupied Windsorton. A thousand `Boers-' threaten the com.`- mmnlcation between Bosh-`of and Kim- b:.19'-. _I1`n.'n.u - ` - `V ".{`.L\hl+nrl LL . athdral Em I ' }i&'1$-1 ould ....u v _.The Boers continue to `follow their Earassing tactics. One well-horsed commando`, operating in the neigh- bourhood ot Sannas post, interferes with `the British convoys going mm Bloemfontein to Thaba Nchu. The enemy nearly captured a convoy T.ues'.' day, but they were driven off after a.` brisk fight. . iprnnnvnlnme. -.. -_' - -`l-- .,v..,,... . "My (1 ather wa oucheL. all poor. The re ivio`n`*:Vs -__lJI \ .AJ\I JV pend mu Man a neering .'.` L,.s . tes we I` V Vivien leman i_s 'v_lng ?"V "ninadi gh. UL I-DE Llsjjln , ~Preparations for an axivanc don- tlnue at_Kim'berley. Sir Alfred Milner has wrfftan. +.. +1.- n/r........ ..a 'I'7_...L-_ $5 ;i.;";su1t of the deeu1tory fight- ing Monday and `muesday the Boers were pushed back a few miles, but no- thini; decisive appears to have been etta n ' ed. TL` ~l`_____ A_,,,o n n u.` Mafala, chief` of the Taungs, has in- armed the British that the Boers are teparing `to resist their advaance at hokwani, 20 miles north of Warren- on. . . . XE!` L\I Q I MP3? 871.` heft to In. _S1}e wag `MA. ' 1 % land naers" lnterferlngnwlth British Con- . voys Frjom Bloemfontein. _ ` despatch .-frqrun London, Thursday, uys;:-.;_ 1`vh`e immediate. objective of para, Roberts is to establish! a line of British` posts from one `frontier of the Eree State to the other at right angles with the railway, thus preventing Boer `raids southiward. It is essential therefore that the Boers should be ex; pelled from the rugged mhaba Nchu district and." be forced to retire to lbaiiybrand. ` - jlilar 31% she; lb. dz 5` :iA~'-_d;erat9ha trons tondeef Friday. t Isy s::-*-Opera,tio.ns involving! the Brit- .,v.ichin' days `harwiwork,-H seven ;heiin'g -oc'c*up"ia `ins righting; ' have cu!-A` Jminatedl in. whb.t'Gen. Robe`rts'de- scribes es "considembIe success. `Gen- '3;0b8f!iS_' forces have cleared the south- astern corner of. _ the Free. State at '9, con_1_parat1vely_ triing; cost in lives.` 1111<'1_ `a.- `general advance northward ' Seems to. be imminent. ' ` .There_1s little to indicate where the Boers will.-' make their "next stand", ' It is reported! that they are prepared to make astubborn opposition` on; an en- trenched hill south-east of _Kr'o_onstad, . hm! town they` will probably aban-A on as soon as their stores are north` of the Vet river. Another unknown factor of the situation is their strength` in the Ladybrand district. Aifduous T Operations of_`the;e Forces North of Kimberley. e 1=0UGHI s13v13N A DEADLY VOILLEY. .HAgAsSING TACTICS. can nvusqu uunaull E3 pafhy with_ the Bri- HG. t&_`S_0 no stock an AI; 1...... .- .g.; `d j b Halfway Point iietween Kroonstad` ` and Bloemfontein. ` A doapntoh fr6m Smnj_.1deol, my 7, says:-.-'IIIb~ British` arrived here with.` out opposition. Tlhb` Boers lat train lett~lo.to Saturday night. T?h'e Door losses yopterdayvon t h`e west ank" wet! forty Hljpd. roar guard` renainad.ba'_nd; k as tmmhs db, taut`. Thbro is an ra :5, 'Tto1f_a ' and` corn burg. It is stated; at t 9' Doors are .ret`r_eatin'g- toyu`-d xroonu stad. '1`-hb _Zaz'uI river brig ' Bmwsu AT"siEALDEBL `President f'1_3`J$PE:nI?3";f o_mgpo- %...1.,.L..; :5. Dmly Telegraph wnth ._Do1td Roberts, term rugqr is agazn asking poacg _ throat and nose. ------0----- - , , '. An irade has been issued by the Turkish Government prohibiting the Importation of all apparatus connect- ed with electricity. ' .- . -" Dr. Pteitter, discoverer otv-intluense bacillus, says handvkerchiefs propagate 70 per cent. at all cold in the head, Large P'a.1:-t f-the"'Inv'est1ng ? Force ,Reported- Withdrawn. 4 A" , deapatch `mm -Inndon, Thun- day says:-A correspondent at Lor- enzo Marques, cables Tuesday that a large part of the investing force at Matching had been _withdrawn. - .l1nn-anal `Du-ullnn an-.6-:-.n... .....:.L lI'I`I.:.` unsung uuu uuuu _Wl.I.ullllluVVll- 5. AGeneral Bullet continues quiet..'.I`h`e Boers assert that they ere delaying an attack upon-'him.in the hope that all thehoz-see. of theritieh will die of horse aicknesg. A---_.IQ.._ L- - -__.____;._",-_1 _'1- Q n-' guns n uryuuuuutu _ ` `Ono correspondent, - wiring from Bloemfontein Wednesday at 11.56 p.m., said this British: hoped to out of! the whole commando. 7 uavv Uluvub Ill-I-`1511!-I` |l.|Ll.lUI.I`lIn ' _ Observers at headquarters in Bloom- fontein seem to think that the Boers are preparing to evacuate -Brandfort and Ladybrand. This Boers still hold. ing -Thaba Nchu; district are estimat- ed at 40,000. They have among their guns 9.40-pounder. nnnnannninn o-2.-.... [ARE LEAwNT AFBKING Fifty Thousand , l`i~oops_r Operating clear of, the Railway. A` despatch from `London, Friday} eays:-Gen.' 4 iBroadwoo.d e cavalry brigade has reached Ieabeltontein, miles north of Thaba Nchu. Gen. Ian Hamilton is bivouacking at `-Jacobs-. rust, 15 inilee north or 'Ilhaba-' Nchu. Gen. Tucker's divisionvie moving eaet- I ward tronj Karree siding. '1lhe divis-I ions of Generals French and Bundle are in and near Thaba Nchu. Thus Lord Roberts has 50,000 men operatin `clear of tNe'railW,a.y -along a (route forty miles. He is advancing slowly, with` some successes, but nothing decisive. Yet,` at all points of concen- tration; the Boers appear in` force eut- ticient to compel the British to pro- ceed with` caution. '1`-heir wide front in erugged country makes -turning movements oft-hand difficult. M nnnnn _o. .1. I.-...`l.._-__L-.__ 2.. rant,` POSITION or~ "IHE FORCES. \1U-LILUIQD uuu. Uuvully LU Luv UUu,Ll.l., General Dickson, `commanding the cavalry brigade, `encountered 8,000 bmrghers marching in two columns, with guns, and-aftervsome shell fire the British were obliged to retire be- hind their pickets. I Gen. Boyes brigade` was prepared on] Sunday to -attack the long ridge run- ning from Thaba N elm mountain west~ ward, `but owing tosome delay dusk, fell, and the troops were withdrawn] without" any assault having been' made "on the hill. The top of the hill p -is. strongly held, but its capture is im- ' portant. There was a general recon- naissance during the morning, and a strong reconnaissanee to the eastward around the horseshoe of the hills. Gen-A , evral Ian Eamilton s.division ..to `the north is ` operating jointly with the Gomdons and cavalry to the `south, l rlnnnltni ninbnnn .nnu-nu-nu-n.4II~..- I-`I... 5115 vv usntuuav I.uul.|.|.` _ ` ` General Hamilton. by reaching Hout- nek after: a full day's fighting, j so-V curgd the Thaba Nchu~Bloe-mfontei-n roa . . ` I`, -1- -I` ` -.....__ a van. . Ah innovation has been introduced in the French artillery service in` the shape of a smoke shell, `designed ' to voreate a sort` of veil before the one any : artillery. _. - L _ Dr.. Theodore , Herzl, origin.a.tor~ of the .iche;me- to assemble all the Jews at thhworll in Palestine, anyone can get the money and that the projevot only awaits .a satisfactory! _"cho.rter tram; the Sultazi. uuvnua :.uu.vUva.I. bu II. 551.61` yxuue. Th Boers have .three guns on the hill to the eastward ofrthis place, out- sidethe range. at the British artijlery. The Boer shelling is not doing any damage. The enemy retain their posi- . tions, and the `British are not attempt- ing to dislodge them. l 'f:nnn~r-nl T-'I'n.mH-n.. I...` .~-....`I.:._'.. 11---; , _.'-__.f-`_. ...__ , -.7. ---`-v- vw -a-- out-to l by . 33ers; _ despatoh from.vThaba `Nchu, Tues- day, says;-'-General Hamiltonfs _divis'-- ion was engaged `yestei-day and ` to-day in forcing a passage northward. it At` Houtnek the B-oer--front held a` line of hill `commanding the sides of the nek. The Canadians and Gardens` at- tacked the hill to the left, and the Shropshires and Marshallis Horse, sup- ported by a battery, also made an at- tack on the` enemy, who eventually -fled, leaving many wounded, and the passage was cleared. mhn nnnmn t\'\ 4-`... 15-4;--g`-_:'_-V. _.._ _-~- ya.-zuugu wan \n;:a.J.'uu. .` V. - The Boers on_ the mountam arenow shelling the outlying 'camp',nec'essi- tating removal to a safer place. The Rnnt-1: Hahn flaring nouuusn 4-\-\ LL- Together They S'ib}i119d_Va H111 Held 1... n"........ uuusunhuao - - ' _ . There is no news not any movement in .NataI_. The British have `not ad- vanced. The Boers are reported. to be quitting the passes_in.`the Biggersberg range on account of the cold, and oampingnat the foot of the range. their principal` 1384361` being out H-latikulir` mountain, 16 `miles north of Elande-A 1a'aigte. , |CANADIANS AND". GORDONS. '0vl'v\-M Ivwwqu loll. Iauv 1.115110 uyqsauuuu. A -report from Kimberley states the there" `are considerable Boer` move- ments` at Fourteen Streams and other. point: across the Veal river, Little is known. regarding them, but it `Is believed that the Boers are inovin-g north}-west. If this is .so, it is pro- bably with} the view. of opposing Gen. Hunter's advance in thedirection of There are. .rnrn.'9urs ln Bloe1_n,'tontein thatotheyare `evacuating that dis- trict 'ent1rely,. and concentrating their whole strength in the north. Noth1.ngeau:th'en`tio. is.`.k_nown of the Boer losses in the recent operations. -.-...-..L 1.3.... 'r.v:___'I_L__"|-_, _.'L_L___LI__J_ VlI9II Ill IIIJOJIIBLZCU ' Later Lord Roberts. ?eY0"i;m;::re.viewing Roberts ;Ho1 !_I6e. 0I1'1.'.8t|.1-lated, the men until: their bravern of the.` 39.14 la.ntry- hot the -Coloni '*"`i'* 3 troops, and~ex-- A dssputoh` t17omnrB1oemfon.te_i1;, Tum. day, says 3`--T;his A morning General -Pole-Garewfs division. composed of the {Guards and General .&teysnson a bri- gade with` several batteries of anti]. , lexy, an in yvintsnolething, left Blogm. tontsin. s . " V 7-..: *n.I.....s.- '....lL`I. 4|-..`.s.. F-.f1_"_'__;__ A;;er-T`c'r?Afghauistan is` again ggtting ugly with the` British Govern- ment. Russia-n intrigues are` thought ;_AtoV be behind it all, " _ T . 5'.'i'.>'~`ci"`Boborts, Twith nrta and their . dnuaghtgr, rovigwqd the di- vision in thelnarket plao: - T.ul*An 'I'.rnu-I nnhnrfc `~vn-Is`-IA-pup.`--8_.....:.....~ um Iiavlsw 1N1>nBroR1A.` `toga nobgm? :6-iharn;g[ when Boy .-__I..... A Z--- captain Towae and fifty `Gordon Highlanders were surrounded by 260 Boers, jwho demanded their surrender. For a reply Towee ordered his-men to fix bayonet: and-charge, and the Gor- dons. with a. wild cheer, -rushed at the enemy `and swept them gway with great.elaughter,'_.thus avengzng the re- giment ; losses at Ma eratontein. l'kI!J'h;| Jam.-.. Vanna . H-.A-;l I... 4.3, ,|l-ll-0,11"! ,.D` IVUFUW 5:5 Iliad ULI.Ul.lInUlIIo (`hptam `Town was ixlinded by tho }tire.ot the V` _ _ Nws from, Thaba Nchu gives sin inci- dent t that occurred during the tight- tng 9nj_l4l8! 1- . 1 Fakirs, -sharks and` im-fl-ammere are numerous _in Ottawa." They have come into~th:e city and are awaiting a chance to swindle some of those who have` been paid insurance money. With Fixed, Baybnm Fifty Charge nan n-._... Mr. John BA. Booth has-written a Let- ter suggesting that the fullest enquiry `be :made into the causes of the con- agratiouin orderthnt it maybe do. cided what part the lumber piles play.- ed in`th1e disaster. He voices atacit object`ion`to- the Vrigor_oueg measures proposed retarding the piling of luau- ber in Hull. 1-.1.`I.!.~__. _I.____|_.. -._-.3. A12;_, nu- ' VII IIYVCL I-LILIUIJII 77.91 An _ It ieexpected that by the end of next week every manvin Hull thrown `out ofwork by the -fire will have re- ceived employment. Over 25 buildings are being erected in Hull and fully 300 Imen are employed on this and similar .W2sk- e , 'f_l.|._ -rm 11_"_'A_I_ l__._ __, -LA. W, _ `-1, VVIDLILI-I The pu';i1`V5.'the Brockville cone-' giate Institute gave a concert on Fri- diay night for the benefit of the fam- iehed inelndia. B ya vote from the au- dience it was decided to `donate half the proceeds to the Ottawa and Hull T Relief Fund. A I\._ LI_._ l1.L-__.1-_--AAA _____ _.__ _._' Hv- -`- ~v--nu av vuau Suez canal receipts for the first three months of `this year were 200.000.. an increase of nearly -8500,- aver the corresponding period*o Last year. * . -` A_ .!__, ,,, no ' '- - - '-- - - LWUIIWL I-' KIJVJI On, the TChaTudiere'600 m.en._are en- gaged on Government work. Tl- `a`n1rk\nnI-on-I 1'-I-{of hwy 4-`an Ana '1'! AVENGE MAGERSFONTEIN. ' The students of the'Tor`onto Noemsal School have subscribed?-10. IT In_Minneapolis $1,000 ;n;as subscrib- ed) on the floor of the Corn -Exchange `within an hour. ' A I fI I`_- -._.__!I_. _ LL- "I__-_I-,__"II_ I`_I`I_ I I 7-`The. Sin'ge7rqMan~ufaoturi`ng Comphy have, sent 9. check for 8500 from New. V ""_ V Premier seddon of New Zealand has? oabld Siir Wilfrid Laurier promising that the colony wxill contribute 825,-. i000 to the fund. . T` . 1 };$4,~8i{_s. "The Mansion House _Fund in Lon.-_ donsent $48,666.66 more; the London vsttock Exchange a fourth` instalment! | of ae,e37;17. The Earl of Derby sent} .451 Ann nn ._A 'conmbu`uon_n or $25,036 lo um-. oluuvn Flrc I-`mul, which Now Is $112,000. ` A` despuatch from Ottawa says :-The tota`l`subscrip'L`ions to the Ottawa and Hull. Relief Fund now amount to 3172;`! t\lIl\ ULYI-I I "_The final stroke to- the enemy s rorut was given by the Gordons and two companies of the Shropshire Light Infantry, `who cheered loudly when they got within two hundred yards of the position. KiLchener s Horse is [also spoken of in terms of praise." .-v .v---- v j the farmazion of an Irieh uno- c latio_n in Cape `Down on .'1`ueaduy, all .i-etjerences to the Queen were cher- ed enthusiastically, and the Irishman. otwastouth Attica declared they were fo1`,f'yQueeuA;_a;_1d Country." -` `- ` ..-'4 1; ",Kiij.0ecar of S:weden1and'Nor'wo, in to have a gang; hiiraelgae ne yt 1: e 5 Jhknn nn ad-nab nu:-v Gal-IIIFJI5 Luv nxuuuo 4' General Hamilton speaks in high terms of the good services performed bfjthe Eighth Hussars, under Colonel C owes, and made up into a regiment of Lancers, which came into General Broat1wood s brigade and assisted in making vtheBoers vacate their posi- Hnm, _T ~__`;.--' v -_---v-.v-g. I-v";]i?he'lienemy admi-t having twelve killed and forty wounded yesterday. Among the former was Lieut. Gun- then, a German officer belonging to the 55th. Regiment. and amongst the latter was Maximoff, the Russian oom- ma.nder.o the Foreign Legion. Twen- ty-one out of fifty-twp ofrthe enemy's casualties occurred among the mem- bers of that legion. Two Frenchmen were among the killed. ":n.AnAmn] `ET...-v..:'lL..... .--.....I._. 2_ 'I_2...`L ______ ____ -__-_._` --_-~---. '4 During the adetnoop General Ian Hamilton was joined by General Bruce. '_B'.a-miltovn s brigade-of infantry. ` I0 7111.. '_.___.__A - .enin'g the enemy`s`jrear~. ' '_`vV-(;<;1`1. Broadvood s brigade of cav- alry arrived upon.the scene in time to afford valuable assistance "by threat- 'u1\'___.:_.: 11. '. .-.. . -~ nu--n .. won: -v -`.--nun-- aanvaoy . "General `Hamilton is now. iii: camp at ..Jacobsrust. As the men needed rest after fighting seven out of the Last ten days I ordered -`them to halt for today. ' ` 1. (I11... !\____,1 -,1. u ; -. n -1 G:'ne_1:;l"ilafml:-o;.`n:et:;ith-don? aiderable success on" Tuesday, -and drove the enemy out of the Aetrongy position they had taken up at Bout.- nek, with comparatively email loss to us. The dispersed` in several. directions, mainly to the east and north, leaving six.-' prisoners `in our hands, including one commandant and sixteen other wounded men. _ ` " Remus narokr. nausea %canacuans`[ " mum rd;-L ' ` seven` Days out of Ten. V A 9 *War Ottioga has received thefo1- lowing` report from Lord Roberts: cAsn FROM New ZEALAND. gqzvaywu I-U LHIVB U l'5_a . nt- _ ly `in aormp;?hy with_the I they Jwa-r.A Hp takes at: ';_.l-n rallgiows principles which seem -:,p1icah1e._to butchers only. " ' ` ........u...y.vua.. hula Janus were very nar- row, and as thb upper storeys of the housaspmjeoted one above another, the bmldinge on either side of the street nearly met at" the top. The baker : house was filled. with fagots, and brnshwood. The fire spread with tnarediblo fury into the most densely pbplated _ ua_rtei'._ ..In this narrow lanes of . ' unea street lived stove- daresgve-termen, porter: and carriers. 11:. '.Ehamee~et-qpt Itself were enormous mgcjxehqusea hqqd .on either side` o_1the q_tret_, with oi1,'_bra.ndy and *othe`1-inflammable commodities." h '-Afl-nr I-In: hnugn. .I....l. _._.L__ h... . ..` . vuuux zuzxuuuuu Iuu oUn.uIl0(1llZlOG." "After the ames -had` penetrated thig quarter the d t .t' that by a ac1.?k"...}:v'T...53..E"`1`t3 `gun-; LUL uuu UUBDKHUBITQ W38 80 rand [that by 6 o oloqk`8nn _ y morning 9,11 '3 .-aa .n.unu.nou usxuup. Lu LUIS IOKIW OI DOD- don the houses were; of wood, painted with pitch to make them..wlnd and motor. proof. The lanes were very nar-' ;_~aw_ and as this nlnmnr aha-nu. -1 51.- ucuvu uuu,vI!V I.lUI.llUl.U$o' . ' , -. The tits broke out early in themorn-_' ing of SIJ.n.day, Sept.-2n.d. 1806, in the hto:u.sa'ot ,a- baker in Pudding Lane,` Thames street. In this region of Lon- dllfl hflfl IQFQ fl. curls:-51' -no- -`--J is thdt:v:rh'iv<:-11_.'e1::;:g:ad`;1.1"]:c;vndon in 1666. It followed close upon the black plague, which had decimated the pop- ulation and had the effect of purging . the infected city from end to end. Nor was this the only benecial effect re- eulting -from a -calamity which ren- dered 2w,000'homelesd.- - ' = Flea ling Ina-.0... 1...; _`_I_.. 2.. LL- -Q, , , ulna I-I-I uuc u'UVUl`l.l'Ll.l.UllL $801!. " The flames had subsided, after rag- ing for six days, and the wretched outcasts were beginning to take breath and`visit.th8 ruins of theinhabitations when ,a second eonflagration burst out in a different quarter. Three days ex- hausted thefury of. this second visi- tation, in which the loss of life and property was less, but the edifices it overthrew were at greater interest. Altogether the disaster involved near- ' ly the whole of Rome. 0f_ the fourteen regions of the city three were entire- ly destroyed,` while seven were injur-' `ed and tour only of the whole number makmnn nnlni:-+ 99 cu uuu a.v-ul. val; UL DLIU WIIUIC Illnnnr escaped unhurt. ` _ : Nero d-id not .fiddle while Rome `burned. He wan at Ant-imn at the time. ' . . .. WHILE NERO -.FIDDLED.' . ' When Rome was burning Nero fi:d- dled. Of the fire at Rome the his- torian Merivale says: But in the midst of these horrors which steeped in the same fearful guiltthe people and the prince together, Providence! was preparing an awful. chastisement,s and was about to` overthrow Rome,` like the cities of_ the plain in a sheet of` retributive fire. Crowded as the. mass of citizens were, in their close: wooden dwelling chambers, accidents; were constantly occurring which in-WE ; volved whole streets and qularters oil` the city in widespread confllagration, . and the efforts of the night watch to! l stem these outbursts of fire, with-few` of the appliances and little, perhaps, of the discicp-line of ourmoderne police, -_ were but imperfectly effectual. But? l the greatest of all tires was that which! zlbmke out on July 19, in the year 317,; 2! the tenth of Nero, which began at the; `eastern end of the circus abutting on; ii the valley between the Palatine and} ;the Caelian hills. Against the otuteri, -_' wallsuofthis edifice leaned amass of` wooden booths and stores, filled chief-l - ly with combustible articles. Thewind! ; from the east drove. the flames toward the corner of the Palatine, whence they forked in two directions, follow- ing the draught of the valleys. At , neither point were they encountered by the massive masonry of halls or temples, till they ha.d gained such head that the mere intensity of the heat I 1 J I 1 crumbled. brick and stone like paper.; The flames shot up to the heights" adjacent and. swept the basements of many noble structures on th_e-Pa1a- tine_and Aventine. Again they plung- ed into the lowest levels of the city, the dense habitations and narrow` winding streets of the Velabrmn and Forum Boarum, till stopped by the river and the walls`. At the_ same time c another torrent rushed towards the, Veba and the Esquiline and sucked up all the dwellings within its reach. -,3 Amidst the horror` and confusion of the scene, the smoke;-the blaze, the din, and "the ,sco-rchingheat, with half the population,..bond and tree, cast loose and houseless into the streets, ruffians were seen to thrust blazing brands into buildings, who affirm-ed. when `seized by indignant sufferers, that they were acting with orders; and the crime, which was probably the desperate resource of slaves and rob- hnn In-mu hrnc-u.n-.4-nil `In... 192---- _.--- uv-.1,-va.u-ow a.oa\ruI.yU UL EIBVUB uuu FOX? bars, was impu-ted bye fierce suspic- ions to the Government itself. on-yuan I-uni. an--ImAJ_J -1!A., , , ....,...;uuu J.uu UULHUHKHIHGBF `D911 ceased. '1`-h`e Boers, under a Red Cross u , were permitted later to recover the r dead. V ` ' ` fire onireoord is that which destroyed, the cities of Tyre and Siidon. The brief mention of that it made in Genesis xix..,"ch.a1.). 23430- The skin was risen upon the earth when Lot came into Zoar. Then Je- hovah rained upon Sodom_, and v|1P11 l Gomorrah .b1j_ms'tone and fire from Je- hovah out of heaven; and he OV91" threw those cities and all. the Plain; and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which -greW. upon them. And `Abraham got up _early in the morning to the place where he stood before Jehovah ;_ and "he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, `and behold, and lo, the smoke, of the landwernt up 3-5 the smoke of a `furnace. `ue Burnlngof Rome -H-The Fire In London-Pictures of Honey and pluc- ugoa in Flames-'-lllve llundl-ed Persons V Lost1`he_Ir Lives lntlnleugo. g -At va-rious times in the world's his- tory fires have swept over cities and `conzitries for that `matter, leaving be- hinid them `destruction and ruin. Dur- gipg` modern times fires" have increased while apparatus foaffighting fire has 80 kept pace` with the tendency 101`. greater compactness in cities and with the greater employment` of inflamma- ble material. A [.Slm%%BEsTRIIOTIVE FIRES] ma msr Known IS THAI`? sonom AND aoxomun. 7:313: sncom) GREAE: mm: OF Pa, said little, Har , after ma hit her thumb; with tho;- mmor to-day she says the enlisted untold agony (of! tow mi-nutes. ' al 1, my a: ,1 excl mod . this boy's father. Won oz-3'11 never count. That : the first time. do our lot anything >\rnt_o1d mt long. ~ wusuwl GIGS UUYUITI 3,000 a0!'05. `The cities of `America. and Europe generously assisted the people of Chi-_ coco, and the hardships occasioned by this fire were of short duration. The cit h an to row. marvelous! and _- 1 - VSUBU.RB-AN DELIGHTS. ` `Does your wife take to horticultur, pinyc ` ' 3 . - `Yes, indeed; she gets out every nige daywjth the hoe and ohapstha head` o somethingrve planted