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Show GQURT UDUSE AT DUCHESNE BURNS nnt.iui:i) to in: 'i in: woiiu or INCIAIIIMtllW Nimo Dimlil h In Win tin r tint (oiiii-I) (oiiii-I) llftimU In tin rt lilt Arc Hnfi -Uitcst of u hi rlc of I Ircx In the Clntali lLit -111 Clllllltl) ItlilldlllK Win. Not On mil lijr tin Count)'. t DUCIIKHNK. Jan 0 1'lre destro)-ed destro)-ed the Duihtsne count) court house t un mrl) hour thl morning nnd to-nlifht to-nlifht It coiilil not he determined whither whi-ther uii) of the record, t)iewrlttr uiul uddlnit machine, which were In u concrete vault, had heen Injured Il I thought the vault will have cooled cool-ed sufficiently l) tomorrow to permit per-mit of It lielni; opined Short)) after midnight flame were seen Issuing from tho west wall of the building Practically the entlro tow n turned out to fight the lilaie, hut II had gained too great ii hoailua) It Ii believed the fire started under the stolrwa) on the wrest side iml a this part of the structure wa the farthest removed from the stoves, tho suspicion ha spread that someone set flro to the building Intentlonall) While the fire wa In progress the fume of burnllilK oil was noticed The burning of thj court houso Is tho latest of u serle of m)sterlou fire which have occurred tn the Uln-tub Uln-tub Ilasln for u jear In March u big buslnos block was burned here and no oauso cause could be found In Juno more than one-fourth of tho business district of M)ton was do-tro)ed do-tro)ed b) a fire of mysterious origin, and In July there were four fire In lloosevelt causing n loss of more than fifteen thousand dollars As far as tan be ascertained no one was In the court house for more than five hour preceding tho discovery of the fire The building was rented h) the count) from T ( Iluell of Hebcr Clt) The Iohh Is intimated at fifty-flvo fifty-flvo hundrvd dollar and Is fully covered cov-ered 1 Insurance Tho count) com. mlssloners will meet at once to select unother building for n court house A the count) ha been nwly created and the amount nf taxes collected Is small no court huuse wl'l bo hul't for some time |