Show french prisoners mutilated london oct 2 20 the correspondent of the times at antananarivo says As the french advanced upon the capital disastrous prairie fire st louis oct 20 A special to the republic from topeka ran kan says during the past four days destructive prairie tires fires have swept over parts of tour four counties in western kansas and a large scope ot of country in eastern colorado the lire fire which has caused most damage started in the western part of finney county thursday and spread to greeley county burning over a strip of country four miles in width over acres in all A great deal ot of grain broom learn corn bush and forage was destroyed together with barns hay in stack and out buildings in wichita county another tire lire started near the town tow of halcyon and covered a territory three miles wide nide b by s seven miles long houses were destroyed and many haystacks and grain t rocks racks ruined |