On Wednesday morning soon after 2 o'clock tire, caused by the upsettingofa lamp, broke out in." shop in the Rue de La Porte de Est, on the French Ca and ats its way on both sides of the street to the city mont the flames overleaping two side streets in the meanwhile, The firemen were quickly in attendance, but their efforts were unavailing, the fire only being stopped by the Moat of the top of the Ruede Tift, though the flames did actually cross in this locality and set fire to some shanties under the city wall, The wont also rung parallel to the Rue de lest and the fames having con sumed the Louses between, crossed the moat and committed great havoc in the native suburb, a pawnshop and 130 houses being destroyed, while on the French side, the loss was confined to 117 houses, " num: beret them with large insurances on the ey tents. The firemen worked hard xnd some narrow escapes are recorded. The Insurance companies interested are the North British and Mercantile, Commercial Union, Northern, London and Lancashire, In: enol, New Zealand, Union of London, nine Fire, and Straits, with lines to the total extent of from Tis, 60,000 to is. 70,000. The firemen did not leave till 8 som,, but water was being played on the ruins all day. A child of eight-and a youth of eightecs unfortunately lost their liv through falling into the city moat, NATIVE NO'ES, THE EX-MINISTER TO SPAIN, BTC, A Nanking letter states that HE. Ta'ui inister to the United States, is staying at present at the Nanking Ar His Excellency has Ind several interviews with the Governor. General, H.E. Lia Kun-yi, and after n stay of & week or ea will proceed to Auli, the ancestral province of the 'I's'ui family. The ex-Minister is not expected to reach Pekivg for an audience with the Throne until the end of November next, A SERIOUS Loss, While the special examiners deputed by the Throne to preside over the recent. provincial examinations at Nanking, their way south from Peking, the they put up at the Government inn ch-aug hsien, in this province, Somehow, during the with, a thief entered the im and stole, among other things, a valuable official necklace belonging tothe assistant examiner, Phe necklace in question being specially valuable in the eyes of its owner, i great fuss was made over the matter, the refusing handsome compensa.
the magistrate hsien to make good the loss. necklace' nor thief have been recovered, the magistrate has been made th goat, having been, by a recent de the Provincial Treasurer of Kianyning, removed from his post for not taking better care of the property of the Imperial Cum-missioners."
'A PERSISTENT WOMAN, According to Canton native advices, there is a woman now in that city, hailing from Ch'unghuahsien, Kuangtung, who has come to appeal for justice from H.E, Governor Kang, having failed to get it in her native town. According toher story a band of vi gers belonging to the Hsia clan who were
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