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Litohfeld -four mill, owned BY Church &
Weber, which was totally destroyed, to-
gether: with the office. two barns and sev-
Ieral hundred cords Of wood. A strong
wind was blowing, carrying burning en-
bers into the central part OF the city. A
building owned BY the Simpson-J enkin b
Lumber company and one owned by
Daniel McLane, located seven blocks
from the mill, also caught and were to-
tally destroyed. The depot caught but
the fire was put ont. At this stage Of the
fire it looked as though the city was
doomed and the Willmar fire department.
was called on and responded promptly,
with hose. The trip Of twenty six miles
was made il twenty-seven minutes, and
seven minutes after their arrival they
were throwing two streams on the wood
pile containing 1900 cords Of wood. The
home department were compelled to di-
vide, and were then crippled for lack OF
hose. Twenty-seven fires were extin.
guished in different parts Of the town.
The mill destroyed was valued at SIS 600;
fully insured. The total loes from all I.
sources will be about $4,000. The cause,
Of the fire Is unknown.
,s.6A ) NORTH DAKOTA. !.
a meeting of the Sugar Beet Associa-
tion Of Ransom county is called to be
held ct the court house in Lisbon to-day
to take such action as may be deemed
best in view of the black eve given to the
sugar beet industry in North Dakota by
the failure of the senate to pass the
house bill giving bounty Of So per ton
FOR all beets delivered to sugar factory,
located in the state.
Stanley r. Kitchel, OF Minneapolisl
has redeemed the Fifth avenue lots on
which the Kelley feed store and wood
yard stand, paying the receiver Of the
Lloyds bank some $1,1O0 for the banks
claim of half interest, says the James
town Alert. +. B. Fsncher, assignee Of
the Lloyd interest, gave . quit. claim
deed to Mr.. Kitchel for $l00. There is
other property in the city that the Kitch-
els are deeirous of redeeming from the j,
claim held against it by the bank, prop
erty in which they are interested. It ls
said they are desirous Of getting their
investments here IN shape to pay for in.
terest and taxes and wait for future
growth of the town to enhance the value.
SOUTH DAKOTA. t'o
John H. mclaughlin, the custodian Of
the abandoned TT. Randall, in this state,
writes to Sioux Falls that he is in con-
slant danger of death from prowling
thieves at that place. The whole fort is
in charge Of Mclaughlin and wife. They
went out the other night to see what
their dog was barking at and were shot
at twice.
One OF the most important measures
passed by the legislature, says Yankton
dispatch, was the aboiishing of the grand
jury system in South Dakota. Under
the new law all complaints are drawn BY
the county attorney, who may hear both
sides of case to determine il the facts
will justify or warrant q probable con-
viction. The case is then tried by the
petit jury in the usual way. This prac-
+tically gives all criminal affairs into the
hands Of the county attorney. who has
great opportunities for the abuse OF his
power. It is said that this measure was
introduced for special purpose, where
large stakes depend upon the action OF
the prosecuting attorney. It is much
easier to buy up the attorney than it
would be to secure the grand jury.
WISCONSIN,. r.
!: Patrick Gray, q resident Of Fond du
Lac for over thirty years, died last Mon
day. He was sixty five years OF age.
The bridge crossing the Wisconsin
river at Bridgeport, six miles south of
Prairie du Chen. was sold Ct auction on
the 10Th, to James 81. Smith, for *, 100
The bridge formerly belonged to the
John Lawler estate. 1
.A1V. II. Carpenter, the veteran passan-
ger agent Of the Milwaukee L st. Paul
railroad, died on Sunday. Most nevspa-
per men remember him kindly for IN the
dsys of passes he was quite generous,
says the Hudson True Republican.
The firm II d. ]. Lucks and Max
Friend, groosry ynsn, of Hudson, wss
closed recently ~ the sheriff on clain
|for ST as. The creditor II Jshn q, Joh.-
|son = o. of l6iinnea olis. yunou.s
other creditors ~ II nov. onstt ont "a anx.iious,
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