Show CHINESE TEMPLE BURNED THE chinese times of san francisco contains the following in reference to the burning of the temple ot of heaven in pekin china on september at p m peking was startled by a ruddy glow in the sky toward the south of ahe city indicating a fire of some magnitude in that direction upon inquiring among the natives it was learned that it was the temple of heaven the fire was not quite out at 4 this morning and the temple is a heap of smoldering ingrains ruins previous to the fire peking was visited by the heaviest downpour of rain that has taken place this year simply a deluge for about one hour or s flooding nearly every building and house in the city and making many of the ibe roads impassable the great downpour in kong kong could not have been worse this deluge was in by a shower rhower of hailstones of about half an inch in diameter and like pieces of glass so hard and transparent were they the wind also chopped round from one quarter to another with remarkable rapidity this deluge of rain taking place before the fire burst out has created the belief among the chinese that thai the fire was the work of heaven but the foreigners believe that the light ning of wednesday morning at 8 when we had a short sharp thunderstorm with incessant flashes of lightning was the cause of it it would be dangerous for a nati native veto to hint that it was the work of a man one individual says it is in the fault of the young empress because she is au all fire and there has been nothing but trouble since the marriage |