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Show a m.ii utti.LtNs run; Bl! S'aouetlr to Ihe tnluenr 93,000,000 sfff Nrw OitifAMi, Keb. 17. At 11 lr o'clock toulgbt a fire gutted tho dry- A' 1; goudtstureof Aahuix .V. Hous, corner l Ale. of canal and liourbon ttretia. The Iff hiat waa tu gnat that Iho llremeu llm j could not git uear Iho building. The IB flrutheutpread tuadlolnlug building, BUi and fcuou Werleln'a mualo stort, stTC ( 'hitler 'a drug store, Itunklu'i dry IV I goods, McLloikey, confectlunery; Iff Ktihu, fancy goodi: tho Nickel Platu AM ahou ttore; Kqulhble, faucy goods: Ura ICraus llroa., notion,; Hotlmau, H It wontcdi; llrlll'i saloon and Weiigcr's 111 1 tnlion weru contiiraed. The riru li In I tllll burning fiercely. Thu bulldlugi lull atidstcekiAlriady tlittrojcd will a Il proximate 2,0tK),00J. Ill Hnarlz'i tatbbilthmeut was a com BET muudlug struiturc, only reieutly com plettd, being four stories with a HI inaussrd roof, of brick, Irou and atone, Bft urmoiiuted by a high clock tower. BK At 10:IA a waller In the reatuurautou Bli7 tbe oppoalte ildeof the street percilvad H ii ilnall tongue ol Ihme licking Ha way BBH all ug the ciruke of tlio roof of tbo BBR hchunrlz bulldlug aud Imteiied la irfV glvo the alarm Tbu department re ;fE aioiided promptly, but ixrleuccd 'If great (IllUiulty In pitting tu work, und I i" the whole idlflce wasnblize before A 1,9 stresin could bo Irought to bear uju W II. Thu llamia spread backward to ' Kraus llros.' istabtlthmeut und acruti llou rbou stn et to t'ln vt rlous drug ttore, H tlmultamouily, und the department .Oa. found Itu If powerleistoiupe with the pW , dtttroyer, but luburbau englmiwern IB1 preaiedlntusirike. Hackwardtheflro ( ' s read tn llnfluinna, to tlio left It at- rjV i tacked Werlleua, uud crash folluwid B ' uin crnah.as Iho fallluc roofs descend. m ' ed ou the oierlutdiuetl Moors leneath, ' alrtady hi silly laden with stocks of , ; mvrchaiidiao, aud each gave way lu 'Ba turn, until thu lnliior,llxiurtof the ' " ttorea and tbelr coulenls weru piled IS lu a Hazing heap ou tlm ground JB Hour. .Snipped of all aii.jrt, tbe M walls cf thu Hsrtz building toppled KB ilk. aid Ml, ami Ihe Wetl.lni lull-Hot l Mi quickly followed rule. A bullJIniron l me rlveralJe of Uourlun elrrel rraatwd ilHS In eo6n after and a aiuare of themiat IIBt valuable proper! la the clly w.e n liK .making max of rulua. Abreeieeroee llB . Is fn iho flamca and the attacked HBS their prey with, renewed flxr. On WS Hit appoiltn aide of llourbun atreet (Jlaeerlo'e building u the flnt to KB collar ud carried Willi II the Hi uf llunkrl'a eateUlehment. MrC'loe. HflW key. confectionery mui of aeolh. B Ing flamca. Kruftr'i building "ae alio burning lUrcely. The Mciel B Plat alio atere Intervened lo th K lb main entrant to I). II. Holme'". H Iramcnaoealabllehraentun (Jenal lml BIB and that portion of the (lore wai but LH Utile damaged. Tlio Ilourlrtrl elriel MB entrant lo llolmt.'a, fciwe'er, B farad went. The inawlvn phle- V glaaa window, an I weather doora were auattered to ntomi and Ilia mure Inflammable portion, ot thealocktliu tiitomd taught lira In a moment, hong MB Melbla tba department waa liar I xt H work and tona of waltr were being H loured upon tha burning material, am HI the flamta alio d Ilia flril ayaiiitoma of yleUlng. On Canal atreet. a;t or , ) llourbou, Hi' met an ImpaMable bar. iNB rltr In tba maaalve Touri building. ;H which aJJolua tha Warden., an I ) Mt tlvough tba roofa of tha alorea ouropr i Hflpv lug the row wrra rnoru than once afire, :,' the flanita could inakn no progreaa V MM tgalnal the aturdy maaoury of the new VH, CoiniopollUn ltoirl and trie adjoining atructurra which front on Hoyal ilrH, LB Jualon Canal, and run back lulu the ft' centre of Hie block, caught lire In the IHji rear, and It required the utmoit elTott B of the flrenieu lo eate thcnl. Hi B promrdneei with, which the elertrlo K circuit running through Ibe heart nl HH the clly were ahul oft" prov.lllel fatal. H lilei, and the only anJilenl nolot la M the Injury to a fireman cauaed by aH flying tlebrla. Hchwarti'a etock waa H. valued at oner Kill MM, Inaiiralfrr Hf IIW.OOO, and the bulljlng forS5,0')0, H cunalderably balow I la aalue. llolma-a' HB Hock waa lt.au ri-l fur half a million .B and waa worth ntarly twbaaa much, Hfl lutthedamatotolllaliot thought to K be ery great. Mr ClaTerloa carried Hj IWOO on nla large atock an I othera are ME Inaured In proportion. Ktery Inaur- BH anoe oom any In the city liaa about an K equal ahara of the Ium. Moat of the 1 bulldlnga deatrnyril were newly arid- 1 ed, and rollecll'ely are Ibouitbtto be H otlhD,(HO. Miny other bull llnja H Willi their contenta wem badly daai H age I. It la luinoaalble lo obtain full H UeUIIaol thaloaaea and Inaurauca to-iBBB H Itanelna, RUI and Itle0lhrt. HmitANI, Waah, Ten. 17. A H apeclal aaya Ibat Ibe upaillug of an H enonuuua Hanta houneat Hani Point. 1HB Ida, reaullad In arltil and blrmlahril Kf laatnighl. Thn hundred railroaders, BS cattlemen nnd inlnera were preaeut. Hi In the rnldat of the ilanclug a row B alarled. One nun waa tliot In the BK breaet, another lititl hla bralua blown Hg out, and two dlaaolute fetnalra ware Rl irobably fatally wounded In the W mldat of tbo allYay Unllnl H tali a K Marahal Warren aul Hherlir Morley, BBKj with flTo men, enteral an I closed the BV houae, and now twenty-live af the BVj woratchariutera of the northweit are iBBjs penned up lu a etockede corral and IBBH guarded by deuty ahorllla. B Aaalhae Inaielmeiil A..I-.1 BH Kkw Yuiik, I'eb. 17. Another lu. BBB diriment waa filed agolnat Kdward M. B Field today, chargtug forgary lu the B aecond degree, the Indictment bvln BBBf predicated ou an a lead forged bill of BBBj lading VH Bx. Ixiuia, Keb. IT. Tliw JitpMlcTi Hl Hot Bprluga, Ark., apeolal aa)a- Oi.l. B Mlmiaoliof Uallaa, Toi., whoaa name BBBj la ooupled with a recant flnaiiulal aen BBfi aallon there, lain Hot Hprlnga. When BBBn aeen today he pronounced th atory of BBBj hlaallegml crooked Utallnga faUe; ha rSsBBr denied all knowledge of the rerted BBB Indlctraenta, and raid that he would BBB atari fof Dallaa once. MB Knawalnrm In Ureal llrllaln. HS lalMIKi.-l, Feb. 17. The anowatorm, BBjf which biitan agalu Ihla mornlug lu BB Walea and the highland' of Hoollaud, BBH haa become guneral throughout the LBBC couiitry. The anowfall alncuHunday BBjM la heavier tliau all other anowa during BBjl the whole winter. The weathir kIki BBal rerualnalnteiiavlycold. BBBB lelal VBK TAiint im X, N. V., Tab. 17. 1 ir. BBjl lug the rogreaa of the Democratln BBH prlmarlea tonleht, J antra llannoli waa IBBBf ahot and klllnl by Chlel of l'oll.'a taBBI Hackelt. Tile .hooting waa thareault EBB of a political fiud of louretaudlng. VaE TlielntllaaturilerCaae. BBS Ham KHAKCitou, IVb. 17. The di- BB3 fenae In the Curlla caae uneX(todly BBBB reatml lla oe todal , and all adjouru. BBBa uient waa takeu till tomorrow. Hj Mm. Illalne H nr.Aliwo.jn, H. 1)., 1'eU 17. Mra. BBBt Illalne arrived hero Ihla morning, and BBBk at once waa driven to a hotel, where BBBK aliela ronflneil wllh mlvotia proatra. BBBjf Hon. Hhe aultVred hemorrhage of the BBBB lunge while on the train Ihla morning, BBBK having left a tick bed to attend the BBBB! trial of her divorce rnae. The caae UBBflj will not bo heard before rlaturday. |