The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-02

opened aud its. contents were damaged,
bur not so seriously that the damage can
not be remedied.
I 1.-THE probate court had been furnish
ed with a safe or vault. as enc succeed
ing grand jury after another said should
be done, butt was not.
The district clerks Office is seriously
impaired. A large proportion of the books
and records Of this office were destroyed.
Mr.. Lainz says that the two judgment
dockets, the appearance docket. the in
dlctment record. the original indictments.
mechanic liens, all bonds. civil and Grim
inal were in the safe.
Superintendent Moss saved nothing Of
the school records from the IRE. The
| history OF the organization Of the county
into school districts, subsequent changes.
certificates issued. teachers examination
papers. in fact. all data covering the past
and necessary for the present. went uo in
the flames Sunday morning. The snumer-
alton for 1869 will have to be taken again
at considerable expense.
| Tuesday afternoon the vaults in which
were the books and records OF the coun-
| ~ clerk and register OF deeds were
opened Up, and the contents fourd
entirely safe. with hardly the smell OF
smoke about them This IS a great re-
/ lief, as the loss OF these records could not
be remedied
The Free Press continues: THE coun-
I tvs loss is hard u estimate The loss
is largely consequential, and time alone
VIII reveal it. The loss OF records Is ir-
retrievable to a great extent The direct
| loss covers the court house furniture and
| fixtures in the different county offices,
the iron safes in the treasurers and dis
/ trict clerks Offices. and large amount
OF blank books and stationery. There was
no insurance on anything. The loss IS
roughly estimated al from 5000 TO $500
Already an order for blank books and
| stationery aggregating over S2.o09 has been
made and given without competition 10
1 the Guthrie Capital
The commissioners met Monday and
/ Tuesday and took up the situation. They
/ have leased the Roberts avenue ouara
/ house and the upstairs Of the Foss build
/ ing, for one year and a longer period II
necessary, for 500 per year. The le.sees
reserve the right to lease rooms for the
federal courts and business.
| The different county offices will be re-
! located in these rooms, to the best ad-
vantage. and the auditorium will be used
for court purposes This Is the best ar
rangement, and in fact the only one
that could be made.
The insurance on damaged and de-
stroyed property was carried by the fol-
lowing named companies:
emily 4 Uobarfs fFrrutf,fva total lose
estimated at $5000. Observation-Disclosures
Fire. $1,000; North British and Mercantile.
$780, St Paul Fire and Marine, sl.0o:
Niagara Fire. $500. Total 5000
VIM. Grimes, undivided half interest of
building, estimated value $1,000, totai
loss. Insurance-Americau Central. 5000.
st. Paul Fire and Marine. 1900. Total
| 5000
NJ. B. Hedges, estimated value Of stock
$500, partial loss. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fire and marine, $500
Ed Morrissey. soda water fountain.
estimated value $500. total loss. Insur-
ance-Springield Fire and Marine. $500.
May i. Reynolds, stock confectionery.
estimated value 1858. total loss. Insurance
Springfield Fire and Marine. 500
Miles w. Judge. Kingfisher Times. esti-
mated value $3.50. total loss. Insurance
Providence Washington. $500
Rachel White, photograph gallery esti-
mated value $50. partial loss. Insurance
st Paul Fire and Marine. $3.50.
Anna z. Brandon. household goods
value $500, loss $3.50. Insurance Niagara
Fire, 500. Damaged.
Ella Foss, building, estimated value
Marine, $1,000. Damaged.
Opera house estimated value 5000. In
surance-Lfverpool and London and Globe
$500
Kipgfsher Hotel company. building. es-
timated value S21 900. Insurance-Liver-
pool and London and Globe. 5000. Con-
nectlcut Fire. 5000; Pennsylvania Fire
s. 0O0 North America, 5000. Total, &c.
900. Damaged.
''The demand for a court house Is now
apparent. The commissioners are a unit
in favor Of building one. and there can
now be no question Of the need. As long
as rooms must be leased. 70 ls simply
out Of the question to secure suitable.
safe and necessary accommodation for
the public offices and records. The cOun-
ty is amply able 10 build a good house.
and. Of course, while the matter might
be delayed, It Is a thing that must bc
done some time. As We showed last week
the total indebtedness Of the county IT,
considerably less than 5000 our COUNTY
bonds can be hoated az about ( per cent
and for a 500 house the expense 10 the
county would only be 1920 per annum.
Such a debt could be wiped ont IN ten
years easily, without being felt by the !
taxpayers.
Already petitions asking that an cleo Z
zion be called for this purpose are being I
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