Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-18
FOREIGN.

ToRoNro, Ont, special: Fire was dis
covered in the basement of the Globe
Building, on the corner of Young and Me-
lad Streets. Chief Ardah and five men
mounted upon the cornice around the first
story of the Globe Office and were breaking
windows to Introduce the hose when, from
the cornice up, five stories, fell with q
crash. Tho men leapcd into the pile of
bricks. Robt. Bower received injuries from
which lie soon died. The Globe Building,
which was erected at a cost of $4,000, with
a plant valued at $6O.Oa0, was soon a COM
plete wreck. The Toronto Lithograph
Company, which occupied a floor in the
building, loses its presses and many valu-
able stones. From the Globe Building the
flames crossed the street and Quilted Web
bcr's Restaurant; loss on building, $4,000;
OH stock. $4,000. In the rear of Niche &
slightly damaged. The wind then changed,
blowing from the east, and McKinnon q
Co.'S new wholesale dry goods store was
soon wiped out: loss on building, $4,000;
OIL stock, SlCO,GOO.
PARIS special: Owing to the recent ava
lanche at Orlu and Crgci. in the Pyrcnees,
the inhabitants of those villages have fled
to AK, where the hospital is full of rcfu-
gees. Food is scarce. Thesno o is SC deep
on the roofs of the houses that they are col
lapSing. Wolves roam about the streets
dcvOuring the bodies of those Killed by the
avalanche. The fiocks of sheep owned by
the villagers have disappeared. The snow
fall continues. Themountain villages near
lerpigan are showed up and all commune
cation with them is stopped. Trains are
unable. to leave Marscilics owing to the
snow.
VICTORIA. B. c., special: There is a
mystery about the sale into slavery among
the Indians of a little boy by Arthur Bal
lingcr. Both are Americans, and the man,
who is Il cripple, formerly lived at Seattle.
The boy is too young to tell much of IL
story. but maintains that lie once lived in
Michigan. He say Ballingcr treated him
brutally. and says that he would he happier
among the Indians. The idea that Ballin-
ger is the child's father has been abandon-
ed by the police, who now think that there
is some reason for putting the child out of
the way.
LONDON special: a telegram from Viii
ma, the capitol of the government of the
same nam in Russia, states thai while the
wife of Col. Peterson of the Russian Army
was travelling from D%unnaberg she fell
asleep in Il railway carriage and upon
awaking found a fellow traveller, seemingly
Il gentleman, had disappeared, having
robbed her of 10000 roublcs, and Jewels to
the amount of l5.N0 roublcs. Ii is sup
posed the robber used IL drug to nut her 10
sleep.
CoNSTANTINOPLE special: The Turkish
newspapers deny the report that Tashin
PaSha. Governor of Bitlis. was asSassinated
by an Armenian who committed suicide,
They say the story arose from the death of
lleilmi Bcy Nalie OF Savas, due to natural
causes. They also publish! a dispatch from
Iasliln l'aslla saying all is tranquil i'm Bit
lis. Disquicting reports of briganding in
JacedolEa have been received.
TORONTO special: Interest in the mu-
nicipal elections throughout the province
OF Ontario was principally local. The
Protestant Protective Association. an or
:sanization similar To the a. p. \. in poli-
ties, is very strong in some parts of the
province and several of its candidates were
elected.
VIENNA special: Official reports III re-
gard to the Use of anti-t0Nie in the districts
of Trieste and CZornOwitZ. show a large de-
crease in the mortality from diphtllefia.
Reports advise that the remedy be admin
istered at the earliest possible moment.
LONDON special: In its financial article
the Times announces that the ltothschilds
have negotiated an issue of 90. 600. 900, 5
per cent. Brazilian treasury bills, having
an average of Il year torun. This will tend
to raise Rio Janeiro exchange.
LONDON special: Severe snowstorms i'm
pcde traffic in different parts of the king
dom. In West Durham there is three feet
of SNOW.