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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
LINCOLN HOTEL is SOLD

by such real estate experts ns Fred
west. Of West a wheeler. Henry
Frederick. 81 John Davis a Co.
nc. s. Goodwin. r. W Hill. George
Meacham and ex-Gov. John H. Nc
uraw. Az OF their estimates on
the value 81 the lot without count
ing the improvements placed u al
between $4,000 and t25o.o00
The building r. conHafvatively es-
ilmafod 10 be worth about $4,000
The sellers bought the property last
summer from the blackwell Hotel
company for $4,000.
II is the Intention Of the buyer
~ soon as the widening Of Fourth
av. l. completed. 10 add four or five
additional stories 10 the building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

Registrar Frank Twitchen, Of the
local United states land office. has
been upheld az Washington. =. G.
IN his decision in the Floyd l..
Britain W. samuel NJ. Crooks ease
involving homestead entry near
Neah hay. In clailnm county.
The decision IL u general interest
becsusa C viii affect three-feurth'
of the remaiuins public lands west
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
BEGIN WAR ON
/. LIQUOR TRADE

Members Of the Epworth League
OF the Queen Anne Methodist Epis.
oopal church have started bill
board temperance campaign. and In
al parts OF the city the bin board
will be employed to deery the liquor
traffic. The W. G. T. u. and the
Anti.saloon league will further the
camnalnn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
EXPECTS 10000

Although General Secretary shaw.
81 the National Christian Endeafof
society. predicts about 10000 actual
delegates 70 the convention here IN
Iuiv. there will be a vast number
of persons accompanying the deie-
gates and visitors from all parts Of
fhia state
Chairman Tough. of the local con-
vention COMMITTEES. wlii make arr
ranesments FOR q. 900 people II pos
alble. Locations for 5000 people
during convention week have al
raaaN bnan mode.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

served Arrived there an officla
reception VIII be held at which
delegates from Tacoma. Vancouver
Beliinaham, Everett and Bremen
ton win be present
In the evening a public reception
viii be conducted IN Egan'a ball
The speakers will include repre-
aentaflyes from the Grand Army.
the A.Y-p g.. end the various pa
ffIafle associations 10 the eitt Ap.
urapfiate music win be rendered
and the Ladies' auxiliary VIII take
part On saturday might 4 RlFantic
smoker Wlli bc held IN the bail ~
tie corner Df Twenty first and JET.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
CRUSADE AGAINST
WARRANTS

Thirty-slx Migrants and saloon
loafara we're before Police Judge
Gordon yesterday, charged as dlsor.
dorlY persons
Chief Of Police Wappenstein In.
strurtca his patrolmen 10 arrest all
men found around the streets and
DRINKING places who appear 70 have
no visible means Of support Some
Of the men we're released on prom.
lsea to go to work while many 9th
ers began work on the city'a chain
gang
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
NEW PLAN NOT
ADOPTED

The problem among Seattle high
sehaai students. a. to whether they
should adept an associated student
body IN place ~ the separate stu.
deHt ORGANIZATIONS now existing.
una settled b. vote this morning
The result vas announced ~ nooa
and dselafva In favor ~ eontiuuiag
the present ayNtrn. The votes
wpru Against tho student asaoeia.
ton. oil for the student aNaacla.
ton. 81 Majority. S2s The pres.
ent calculations are. boys Athlst.
ic ASSOCIATION. Girls Athistlc asso-
ciatsee. Whims. Cadets. Orchestra.
Glee club. Chorus and Debating AZ.
noelaalnn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
LAND CLAIMS WILL BE
RESTRICTED

OF the Cascades This decision
means that Il Will be harder to get
government land for the purposes OF
getting the benefit ~ the timber.
No one will be allowed to take "a
claim that "a mere valuable Tor the
timber than for agricultural pur-
poses unless he makes extraordinary
improvements Ca show be Intended
90 remain on the claim and use Il
nor agricultural purposes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
JETS ARE READY

ferson sta.. and on sunday MI.
Ward will be shown the sights
from u motor car.
tie viii leave for Spokane on
Sunday evening. II ~ tho desire Of
the Puget sound camps 10 secure
10 Seattle the national convention
for 1903. and 10 that end they viii
ondeavor to Impress the command.
er.ln-chlef with the dcalrabiliiy Of
tho project. This ia The first time
he has been TO this coast The
only other official visit in Wash.
lngton will be ~ Spokane where
camps east 81 the mountains VIII
90 honor TO he chief
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
SEATTLE CITY BONDS
FOR SEATTLE PEOPLE
DEEP CONSPIRACY IS
EXPOSED IN HAVANA
lsnrinnn Ielenraph ssrvlee.l

HAVANA. April i.-Tho details
Of a conspiracy hy which a revolt
had been ordered during Secretary
Taft's visit next week was exposed
today.
II n said the moderates planned
the scheme To make II appear that
There was a liberal uprising and
would demonstrate To Taft the ne.
cessity OF keeping the troops In
the islands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
a. -s4asslas.al.a.
AM SCHOOL BOARD
| 70 PAY TAXES

4. ioF mandarin was
49,. e eliy ysatsrday again =
as,s !, ssaopi board 10 compel
49,. . paS certain assesa
$50 Tor street improve.
u 'aast q school property.
49,. : friendly proceeding 70
= school property Ia
1aaielpai assessments
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
CONFESSES

NEW YORK. April i.--The man
held BY the Brooklyn police on sus.
piclon Of being Frank Constantine.
accused af the murder OF Mrs. AT
thur Gentry AZ Chicago recently.
today admitted that he was the
man wanted lie said:
sMfm. Gentry cut her throat while
Was IN her house"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

WAS READY
TOPLEAD

SAN FRANCISCO. April -
l.onin Glass. the general manager
OF the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company, appeared In
court thEa morning 10 plead to the
nine indictments charging him with
bribery. bul the case was post.
poncd ona week.
The entering OF plea by bet.
wiler waA also set Tor today. but the
Ohloan not yet having been brought
into the Jurisdiction Of the state,
his case was also postponed one
week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
orsrn lar NOT LARGE

o SAN FnANefsco. April a.
4 Tbs as@Fuh ~ Tho ruins 81 the
. ttsiisn tutRina house destroyed
Z THIS naufnins ~ fire continued
q Al aav. and sniy one body has
been fpussa q is now believed
. the first estimates % those
q roe Hiszi 70 death was eaaEEsF.
= ated. and that not fdefe than
. FIVE hsFfehsd. All .he injured
q are aolna nlcslS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
MAJOR RICHARDSON.

Maj. " p. Richardson, president
Of the Alaska roads commission,
has taken offices In the Burke
building, whore he will begin active
work on plans FOR the expenditure
Of $3.50. 900 appropriated by the last
congress.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
CONSTANTINE CASE TO
BE CLOSED THIS WEEK


Storm warnings are dis I
J played b. the weather hafeAu
! ttis afternouo and tonight
! storm over Naacouxer Island
! 4 moving eastward
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
tserlpp. Telegraph ssrvlos.l

CHICAGO, April a. Charles Neill, labor commits
sioner, announced at o'clock this afternoon that
there woold be no strike of the railroad men. The
matter Is aft settled. This practically that the
have accepted the 30 per cent increase In wages
and the minor demands have been adjusted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
MURDERER IS
GIVEN LIBERTY

INDIANAPOLIS. lid. April 49,
The supreme court today freed
gan4es Gillespie. sentenced "a lie
Imprisonment for the murder Of bis
tWia sister Elizabeth IN February,
1906 The court held that The lower
court erred IN not sustaining the
defendants objection 20 the DIS
charge o. q certain Juror and the
substitution % another The 80.
pfema court held that Gillespie
could not be placed again In
Jeopardy. and ordered the warden
~ the penitentiary 20 release Oh
lespla forthwith without bail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

80 var veterans viii
1. lost foremost in IN.
3 Commander IN chief
... n-.a u, Of Buffalo. n.
is,, '.a . Inspect TIE books
camp and iufuaa apir.
@sinbeTa.
Is 49,. Aslsf in.ehief win az.
fn ~ toia0rroW afternoon
sseefied b. State Com
\ ~ aezeh, Rho went oul
-. lof that purpose. He
- 3 he depot by dele
e Seattle camp and
49,. auto 20 the SAVOY
salle has been -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
|l| DIES Of
MENINGITIS

~ : e y III mos, sudden
-, - hesn spinal menin-
- -. - aeeatrsd 10 the CITY
.i,a = Ffaey Afternoon IN
!. = = :. r-aFbea. the f4-year-
~ = aha Mr. IL. Camp
30 + -. - - Dsath came
ALTER he was taken
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
FIRE AT MILL.

A fire at i.So this morning
threatened the destruction OF tho
Campbell mill IN Ballard. but the
prompt work OF the fire department
prevented serious damage. The fire
was caused by a spark from the
burner In the mill
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
|||sEVELT ON
HARTMAN S
| TRAIL
M Nufafe Promised
/ Dlvesn President
~ Corpora
lions.
Iuuluary to Defeat Pre-
/ lleut's Policies Said
h Be- Of Great
Scope.


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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
ReniAIna crematnd.

The body Of Mrs Elizabeth J.
Leighton. who died on Jan II, 1907.
NJ 100 East Gixty.aecond av.. has
been disintefred, and her body ere.
mated at the Mount Pleasant ere
matoFium.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
preparIoo for Trouble

PARIS. April according 10 re-
ports given out. there will be seri-
Gus disturbances relative TO the la
Dor demonstrations on May 1.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

The long examination was q yeri
technical one. and the court admit.
TED lts inability to pass ON numer'
ous objections. say sing that the
court could not tell whether Ger.
tain things had to do with tfansi
tory fury. aud could not tell wheth.
sr questions had been answered
properly.
AZ one stage. when Attorney ship
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

The case 81 the state vs. WILLIAMS
Constantine Ia sxpacsRd - SO 20
the lury Friday svenins OF Sasurs
day noon. The state and the de-
Tense have waaaa through the most
lengthy mesfseal testimony IA the
case. ana should finiah BY tpnieht.
leaving Tomorrow for the arEn
menta
There l. a possibility that the
defense will spring some scr rebuts
tai testimony. both Attorneys Nor
rs and ahipiey refusing 20 say
whether they wiil call additional
witnesses.
The expert testimony % pr. W
r.. Wiillamaua. tho famous OREGON
aIlenist. plays an important part
in The case. Hts direct testimony
yesterday afternoon was particu
iariy damaging to the defense. tie
allenlsf hoidlnK that no person sui.
fcring from transisofy FURY OF
frenzy could have carried out the
program of Constantine on the
morning OF the shooting The ~
merit answered the states hYpo
thetlcal questions eubodyinE the
prosecution slide Of the case 20
tho effect that the person described
vas cane. aud not suffering from
the mental disorder aHcribcd 70 the
defendant b Dr Mllea. the De
fenaos expert
Attorney shipiey spent the entire
morning today In eudcayoriHg TO
offset the blows struck the defense
through the expert yesterday ne
attorney Is recognized a. probably
the best man ~ the cruss'eNamlna.
lion Of aiieBlsla In the northwest.
and he exhaustive questioning took
the ailanlet into many helds While
the defense secured many admis
siona which show that the phy sical
appearance aud condition Of the Dc
PENDANT after the shooting were
similar 20 the reported cases 81
trannstsry fury. the witness quail
fled hts answers by saying that the
manifestations we're also those OF
anger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

illuminated with the whirllng play
Of icapinR flames and cascade Of
SPARKS. while the night sky was
daFkened with the heiehlnK clouds
81 smoke given out by the eonfia-
Ffafl0n
Thousands stood on the hills. in
upper windows. on housetops and
watched the old tower fall into the
hungry NAV of the flames. saw the
wallis eFumble away, and they ala
not leave until nothing was left bat
the suiien. red glow of the flames
within the ruins and which seemed
reluctant to leave anything stand
ing af what was once beautiful
and imposing structure.
The fire started az 7s0 O'Clock
last night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04
Medical Testimony Now Being Taken Will Conclude
Case-Dr. W. r. Williamson Deals Hard Blows to
Constantine's Temporary Insanity Plea and
State Has More Experts.

iev stumbled over a numbcF 81
Latin aerhmicai terms. ana Deputy
Prosecutor Miller tokinKiY referred
10 counsel a. setting into dssr
wassr. the court remarked
I have no ohieetiaa - counsel
settiug into deep water, bat ! 20
protest against theiF ssaaing the
court into deep nhfsf~
DfH ] a. LausharY. II 81 Read
and y J nedpath are the reriain-
lnK experts who viii testify Tor the
state
Hall Denies ssery.
1easo Hall. the victim 81 Con.
stansfue'a assault. toak the stand In
rshutfai yesterday afternoon. The
state called him principally % give
the young man an opportunity TO
deny the accusations Of cruelty and
vile treatment towafd he wife. He
vas given q chance 20 do this BY
question snddenly asked b Pros
ecu,ins Attorney Nsckintosh.
~Did you practice the erneltles
against your wife charged against
YouTf'
4 certainly did nnt' answered
Hall 70 quickly that Attorney Nor.
RE had no chance 20 tuiee Ills OBJ
lection. Tho court bad the answer
stricken from the record holding
that the truth or falsity - Myra
Hall'a story n not material. and
that the question az issue IL Hims-~<
whether she told that story to her
father. and whether Il drove him
temporarily insane.
Gay Ne Was Rational.
Several witnesses yesterday ties.
Titled 10 having held rational con.
teraatlona with Constantine during
the time that be IA claimed 70 have
been ia the state Of tfansiiory fury
or frenzy just before OF after shoot
lnk Hall
". weber an electrician. tessi'
fled that he overheard Constantine
AK his bookkecper II he could run
the store for q couple Of days. and
then told him 10 go buy a revolver.
Weber heard Constantine SAY, with
an oath. that be would Kin Hall
Louis Caller testified that he met
The defendant IN the Hoge building
a few minutes before the shooting.
had n conversation with him, and
the defendant ordered barrel Of
tWlne from him.
Harry u. Kline. r J. Bryan ami
Fred perine testified 20 Constan.
tines actions just before and after
the Shooting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

tosk, april a.--HarTimau
sHszxs y SAINTS % stop
-. ~ 3Ae wants tile
- ~ = shat be said
.ssd 2 eontiaue The
-H fm Eantiemea. said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

Almost Instantly the flames leap
cd from floor 10 floor. and from ev-
cry aperture In the brick wallis
poured volumes 81 smoke and flame
A general fire alarm went ia. and
the department gathered 70 protect
adjoining property. Several small
houses we're started by sparks. but
quickly exiingnished.
Until nearly midnight the flames
roared through the deserted rooms
and corridors % the massive east
wing of the building. At $ o'clock
the central parapct fell crashing IN
ward. throwing up volumes Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-04

sayss rsi.srspa ssr.iss)
-AA@p. Aprii f-The IN.
~ = ths various unions
4, !. 'esa President Rooae
n sz.fSias = n. Hafrirna
!. 49,. hn5sf ard Haywood ln
\ $50. ''.sssss Hade in me pres
~. ss' sss'sy rssafaine me Har.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
Doing a Needy Work.

E. R. Martin, superintendent of the
American Sunday School Union for
North Dakota and Montana, preached
in the M. E. church last Sunday morn
ing and in the Presbyterian church in
the evening. Mr.. Martin is a young
man but has devoted the greater part
of his life to this work, mostly IN Iowa
and South Dakota. He is we'll equipped
with statistics and makes the story
of his work and of the union a very
interesting one. He showed that out
of 153, ,6S8 Protestant children in North
Dakota, but Sc, ,25O were in the Sunday
school, leaving a total of 97,438 chill
dren who did not attend school. Schools
organized in the state the past year,
%; schools reorganized, IA; teachers
and scholars gathered in, 1,241; visits
to families. 1858; hopeful conversions
So; churches grown from work, 8.
Mr.. Martin is a rapid and interesting
speaker, and his addresses were
listened to with rapt attention.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
Real Estate Transfers.

H. c. Peek, trustee to Joseph Rail,
lot 8, block 16, Forbes.
J. M. Judd to Frances Wolf, lot l,
1st sub div. Judd's add. to Glendale.
Arthur C. Moose to Amanda Beggs,
south half northwest quarter and north
half southwest quarter 12-129-66.
Again to George Baldwin.
Eugene F. Parker to Fred S. Parker,
southeast quarter 18-129-63.
Phillip Laux to City of Glendale, lot
2, block 13. 1st add. to Glendale.
]. M. Judd to j. E. D. Brown, lot 4,
block 18, 1st add. to Glendale.
Walter E. Gulp to w. A. Caldwell,
northeast quarter 4-132-63.
G. E. Slocum to "A. F. Rodine, north
west quarter 2-131-6O and northeast
quarter 3-131-6O.
Buckham & Wright to Albertine
Reko, southwest quarter 23-131-61.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
MORLEY OFF ON
ANOTHER RAMPAGE
This Time FooIins With the
Canadian Authorities.
Coming Towards North Dakota in a Fine
Northern Car Maybe (?) Headed for
Oakes-What About Mrs. (O Morley?

Winnipeg, Man., Aug. A.-Creditors
are looking for R. G. Morley, who is
supposed to be somewhere between
Winnipeg and the states boundary, in
a Northern automobile, No. 80, which
is now his own property. Morley had
been running garage for two months,
and according to the story given by al
legged creditors and the solicitors, he
did some high financing during his
brief career.
Morley came from the states in
June. He established a large credit
among the automobile concerns of
Canada. Buying two autos, he gave
notes, to mature on August 1st. His
hackers were out of town, but the
notes would be signed when they re-
turned, he is reported to have ex-
planned.
Writs attached the contents of the
garage on the order of Judge MacDon-
aid. On execution of the writ it was
ascertained that Morley had left.
Morley secured from the American
consul clearance for two autos but
one broke down, and he got away with
only one. He carried full supply OF
spare ties, batteries, plugs and coils,
and everything for long run.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
Cheap Enough.

Valley City Times-Record: Editor
Andrews has the lid on at Lidgerwood,
Sunday closing and all. All it cost him
was black eye or two, and all it cost
the chief was $50 and costs. That was
cheap enough for John to get the town
cleaned up, and it was probably cheap
enough revenge for the other fellow af-
ter the manner in which the fighting
editor of Richland county lambasted
him with caustic editorials.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
School Opens Monday.

Next Monday morning the school
bell will again ring for the beginning
of another term of school. The corps
of teachers have been changed consid-
erably for the coming year and with
their former field of labor, is as follows
Supt.-W. C. Slater, Hope.
Principal-Miss Beatrice Smith,
Farihault, MINI.
Assistant Prinicipal-Miss Nellie w.
Hall, Lisbon.
Grammar-Miss Minnie Eaton,
Oakes.
Seventh grade-Miss lone Eaton,
Oakes.
Fifth and Sixth grades-Miss Ethel
Maclinn, Page.
Third and Fourth grades-Miss
Rhoda Mccartney. Oakes.
Primary and Second grade-Miss
Anna C. Althen, St. Paul.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29
Obituary..

Mrs. Johanna Grosshans, whose sud-
den death on the way home from
Minneapolis was mentioned in these
columns last week, was born at Odessa,
Russia, on March 10, 1856. Her par
ents were natives of Germany. She
immigrated to this country in 1873,
settling at Sutton, Neb., where the
year following she was married to
William Grosshans, who had come from
Russia, and settled at Sutton. There
the couple resided and raised and edu-
Gated large family. In April, 1904,
the family moved to Oakes, having
purchased a farm three miles west and
four miles north of Oakes. Mr.. Cross
hans died here on May 81, 1905, of the
same disease, drorsy of the heart,
from which Mrs. Grosshans had been
ailing for two years. Both had grown
rponderous in size, away above the
average man and woman.
Nine children are now living, being
Christine (Mrs. A. w. Kauffman) OF
Manns Choice, Pa; Johanna (Mrs.
G. F. Grosshans) of Glover; Albert. OF
Huron, S. D.; William, Matilda,
Theresa, Alice, Henry and Robert OF
Oakes. With the exception of the
three former the balance are at home
with their eldest brother, William,
, The youngest is ten years Of age.
The funeral was held Sunday after.
noon, Rev. Carl Linse, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, preaching il
German at the residence and again il
English at the Presbyterian church il
this city. The funeral was the largest
that has been attended in Oakes il
some years, nearly fifty teams follow
| ing the remains to the Oakes cemetery
where interment took place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Grosshans had ar
rived from Sutton for visit the same
morning as the remains reached Cakes
! They, with Mr.. and Mrs. Christian
Geissler Of Medina, N. D., and Mrs
Henry Roemish of Berlin, N. D., were
the only ones from a distance to at
tend the funeral.
The Oakes times., 1907-08-29

Glendale suffered the worst fire of
its history last Sunday afternoon. The
loss will run between $50, 600 and
$50, 600.
About 1:8O in the afternoon fire was
discovered in the livery barn of Thes.
Lowell on Railroad Avenue running
north. When discovered it had gotten
a good start and soon was eating its
way in both directions. The wind vas
in the most favorable direction, 1t
coming from tie southeast, but owing
to the start it had and the low pressure
of water on the mains the firemen
were unable to check it. The fire
spread rapidly to the adjoining buildings
and soon the residence adjoining
Heckelsmiller's pool hall on the north
was in flames and in quick succession
it caught the pool hall building,
Nathan's hardware store and Randall's
general store on Main Street. To stay
the progress Of fire on Main street the
small building in which Austin & Axtell
and w. T. Full's offices were located
was torn out, thus leaving gap where
the firemen were able to arrest the
flames on Main street.
The fire spread rapidly north
taking in its path the large barn Of
Alonzo Griffin; the old Sherman House,
which he had just remodeled into two
tenements, he and his wife occupying
the north half. It then took Mr..
Grifin's new residence just east Of
there, and which was yet in course Of
construction, and the residence Of
Fred Mehring. It also took Mr..
Mehring's barn, which adjoined the
Griffin barn on the east. The flames
then jumped Third street north and
took the machinery storehouse Of
F. L. Walker, and from there to the
barn Of Geo. Rose, which formerly be.
longed to ]. G. Martin of this city.
With great difficulty theresidence Of Gec