KiiglantlHit.I Hie Alaska I - - ^^^ rle*.^London, Dec. I.^The Times is devoting a^gtsxl deal of spate lately to agitating the^Alaska seal fishery question. The govern^^ment is urged not to acquiesce in a policy^ou the pel of tin I lilted State* which will^completely excludeBritiah interest* from the^benefit* of Ihe sealeries. The claim of the^I nited States that Bebrmg sea is Ameiican^water solely, i* elaborately contradicted by^the Times, the old stock argument* being^brought forward in strong array. Ixird^Salisbury doe* nut ahow m evidence of de-^Hiring to respond to the question.
MiNsnroi.is.IVcc. 1.^Four blackened^wall*, towering up alsive a lowering, steam^^ing, smouldering mas* of machinery, brick^and building debris, is all that remains of^the eight-story brick Tribune building, in^which, until to-day. had been printed three,^daily and s weekly newsp.-p - ami where^wa* located a number of office*. All ttslay^a constantly changing and ever-increasing^crowd of sightseers hasthronged the streets,^watching the efforts of the firemen to sub^^due entirely the flames, which thev bronght^under control slatut '.' o'clock this morning.
