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Show THE LACE HOUSE EIRE. Lots of Finery Goes Up in Smoke or is Soaked in Water. U about 3' clock this morning fire brol out in the Lace House and soon communicated communi-cated to the Schweitzer Ran-oholT I house. The first ..larni was turned in ' the Knutsford corner and caused some d in the department getting there. W thoy arrived on the scene, however, the llanics were soon gotten under control. Between tire and water the Lace House Is completely gutted. "The stock" said a member of the firm ''this morning, Isn't worth !S cents on the dollar." The llrni chums a loss of between 40.(HKi and M, amply covered by insurance. The loss to the building is about $51)00, also covered insurance. The loss to Schweitzer & lUfltohofi about J5O0O on stock, covered by insurance The building is owned by John Groesbi and his loss will be about f2."00, also in-sured. in-sured. The origin of the fire is a mystery. A reporter re-porter of The Times saw one of the in herB of the I. ace House company this morn ing, he said "I was in the store for a f minutes about 10 o'clock, there was only an ordinary fire in the stove. There is a night-watchman night-watchman who Is employed by the merchant-on merchant-on Main street; and who has a key to the Lace House front door and is expected to go through the store several linn s i nch lib the reporter was not' able to tiud him, but was told he was on duty kst night." |