Show ITHACA BURNED UP Business Portion of the XelirnsUn TOITII DcHlroyed Ithaca Neb Nov HFire this evening even-ing destroyed the business portion of this city The lumber yard and office Grahams drug store the general store of H P Klapp and Wagner Schroeder I Schroe-der Smiths implement house together with two dwelling houses were de j I strayed The total loss Is estimated at 2oOOO Insurance about 5000 Several II Sev-eral persons were injured by an explosion ex-plosion of gunpowder in the stores and glass in the buildings across tho street was shattered from this cause There is no store in Ithaca tonight and the cltiens are prostrated with grief The fire originated in the rear of the drug store A strong south wind drove the blaze rapidly north ward and left no tie to save the con tents of the various buildings |