Show I SIN N LII Isaul J h nn ttrdaatol 10 a UI r uio tIT or SAX SALVADOR Dec 12 A tad disaster has 1efallen this little republic The national palace of San Salvador exist no Jongcrbut in its stead there 1 a heap of ashc The destruction of this historical edifice biota out many a page in Central American history and all the national and international archives of Salvador were destroyed as well There was no losslbllity siving the building nmf all efforts I t save the archives proved equally injured univniliiijr and The 3000000 palace couP was un ll I replace i Fortunately the dls aster was uunttended with any loss II I I bUMUWB with tlc go eminent l I j is jiraelically sufl nded for tlie I time bIni j The national palace of ban Sal I I vador the oat of the government I gnrumcut j of the republic was a magnificent wooden and iron structure six hundred hun-dred feet deep two stories forty I feet high and situated right in the a heart of the capital I is most im eslLIt to conceive the great im i poriancc of this building but when I f lb tNII ntc1 i it la borne In mind I that it includes I the I hall of lyMBfwt nm ° i5f rr secretaries of state the presldeius ofllce national treasury supreme court superior court of 111 ulrml b j sides the offices of the liquor in I tcrual and maritime revenue together I to-gether with ALL TJIKIU AltOJIlVES I and historical documents and treat i Ic one is not surprised that that urlr i destruction t of all this valuable t J mt iropertv apart from thin building I Itself must L keenly felt by the people of all Central AUK rica The I t palace was built several years ago I j 1 by cspresldeut Jtafael Xaldiovar I who in ISSj was compelled to flee I I rent the country the time of the I death of President Harrios j Since that year Salvador hiss been governed by President Francisco I Mcncndtz I Is not c known how the fire tr originated hut the many strange whifpera that are now afloat bode no good p prevailing 10 gll jrlug peace of Central America and if runiorbe true I will not b long before another I an-other forcible attempt will be made to ntltvta union of Uio five republics I Centril America I namely Ciuate mala Honduras Salvador NJca raugun nnll Costa Klcnjlt ls current talk here that tlie fire lienilB work of last night vas cau ed by an Incendiary In-cendiary and that he was an agent of the I unionists and coupled with flI the deed Is a very pretty piece of In ternational intrigue which gives a cendiarism color of truth to the rumor of in I Irl li Tniniilo IliTrnte Tumi Xrv Yom Dec 12Thu treasu I roe of the Irish National League I today cabled 15000 to the treasurer tlourr of the Irish League for the tenants a I defense fund |