Foreign

Señor M. A. Martínez, president of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, is dead. A fire at Montreal caused a loss of 8125,000. A firk in the sug-.ir cane of the La Rosita estáte near Matanzas, Cuba, destroyed a greater portion of the cane, causing a heavy loss. The cold weather was causing much misery in and about lierlin. Over Ö2,000 people were out of work and must remain so until the weather moderated. At IJrockville. Ont., a sharp shock of earthquake was feit which sounded more like the urackling of buildings during a severe i'rost than the usual rumbles. Fire at Montreal, Can., caused losses aggregating SlOü.OUO. The insurance was $30,000. B v the wrecking of a schooner between the Bay inlands and the Cayman fourteen lives were lost. Three earthquake shocks occurred at Parral, Mex., causing the gallery of a convent to give way, killing six and wounding nine persons. Donald McIyinxox, of Goderich, Ont., shot his wife and then killed himself in a fit of jealousy. Leo Dklibes, the famous operatic composer, died at Paris, aged 44 years.