Hangchow, March 21. There was a big fire on Sunday aorning in the Great Street when "ver 100 shops and dwelling houses ere burnt to the ground. The ire spread very rapidly because of strong east wind and in an tour's time there was nothing but 'chris. The fire brigade could no' ope with the flames, the wind be-ug so strong. One oid woman as killed. Only ten of the onses were insured.
The Commissioner of Finance ays that the non-pryment of the Soxer Indemnity is because the nancy has been temporarily used or the payment of the soldiers of he 10th Division, their pay not et having been forwarded from he Ministry of Finance in Peking.
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