Bad Blaze At Ottawa, Ont.

Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 4.- A terribly destrnctive flre broke out in Mrs. Turners confectionery establishment on Sparks street to-day. It extended to Macdonald Bros.' furnishing store and theii to the store of G. M. Holbrooke, clot'aier, whose building, as well aa Tumer's and Macdonald'a, was guttpd and everything consumed. On the top floor oí this building was Scottish Rite Hall. All the paraphernalia is lost. Holorooke's building is utterly destroyed, as is the Masonic Hall, which was on the upper iloor. From Holbrooke's the fire continued to the large dry goods establishment of C. Ross & Co. Only part of the front wall is standing. The loss is about f400,000.