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Show TUUillonn AlT:Ui Dlapalchea from WaahliiKton Juft re celved at Ate that the lateat phaiuof thu Chilean difficulty la thu atmoatuul derail topic of conversation omotif; mamlivrauf CongreM, Tho Jlouaecom mtlleucf forelRU nlTalra hell nvcUl meetlnt; bly, but no cunclualuti waa reached. The tienate committee alao met, but took no dellnltu action. The quentlmi Wtualaodlacuwed at a Cabinet meeting, but the tnemhera i.f thu cabl net were, dotermlnul to kIvu no Information Inform-ation lo the publlo on thu controveray. While Secretary lllalrie wai watklnic from hla bouae to the cabinet mtetln thlamorntnir, he waa aaketl If n reply to thu Prealdunl'a ultimatum had beun received from Chile, aud hofaldthat none liad yet been recelvui ua far A he waa awatu, A IHAlriirire, CoUTUitlTfl, (., Jan. SI, Tba moat dUaatruui flruColumbui ever expert e i iced occurred thla mornlmr. A aumll btaie aUUed In a large brick building ontheooruvrof Hlclmnd lll'h atneU. and It waaaoon destroy el aloiiR with lta Vkluablu contoutn, JJy noon thu eutlru block from Jtlch atre'et to Waluut atreet and from Hlli ntn-ct to Wall tdrwt wasiteatroyed Thu Mttropolb tan Opera I Ion no building occu pletl by OoiMlmatiV Jenther atore aud ihoe factory, aud opera houe waa thu uext oiio to burn. A lurjfa force of womeu were employ cd luthe building and had nrrot carapcH from diuth. They were driven from the building by tho HameaUfiru they could aavu unythluic. Fire Udder And etcapt were their avenuta of roach I nil the C rou ml. A Tomii Iliirned. IIkvkulv, W, Va., Jan, IM, Tho eutlru cuntral part of ttiU town la burned Including thu court houie. The county records weru neirly nil aaved. OverSOd peoplu have lout their homoa. A Town luniKlNtrit, UlitBUANK, (iuecuahnd, Jan. SO, Townaviile, n aca.HJtt ou Clovilaud Hay, (Jtieeiiblnui, la luuildalwd, A number of hulldltiLpi collHjed nnd tho railway trail o h.ta etnpd. The nH1-lvplioii L'aiHe. Hohton, Jan. 20. Thujuitlcuof thu United tiatea court khi tiled thu application appli-cation ol ilefeii laiit1', K I vim; them to October 1 to put In ttatlmony lu thu caao of thu ifurcrnmeut vk. thullill Ti-Iophonu cuuittaiiF, |