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Show FRANCE. Forest Fires Raging; on the Frontier French lulerettt in dioddess of Lib. Paris, 28. Advices received here announce that extensive fires were prevailing in the region of Tunis, bordering on the province across- tho frontier of French territory. Latest accounts say the fire was devastating the forests ot Banesalloh, and that the valley of Dumivier was threa tened. M. Laboulaye has sent to the journals an appeal in regard to the statue proposed to bo erected on an island in Long Island sound. He showa how important aro the relations rela-tions of France and the U nited States, and urges Frenchmen to prove '.hat the country of Lafayette has not forgotten for-gotten her traditions. The monument monu-ment is to be a colosaal statue of Liberty, represented as enlightening the world. |