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Show BURNED TO DEATH M IN TOPEKA FIRE ! Topeka, Kas., Aug. 31. One man 1 was burned to death, another was ser- m iouslv injured and property loss ex- -JH ceedlng $100,000 resulted from fire m in the business district of Topeka fH early today. The J- C. Gresser Furn- iH Ilure company and the Glbbs Clothing t'H company are tho heaviest losers. , .jjl E. V. Eans, a photographer who l lived in his studio, lost his life. The Il door loading to an adjoining office, i, M through which ho might have escaped, jH was locked and he was unable to J ,J break it down ' tH E E Babcock, acting fire chief, was ' S'l seriously hurt by a falling celling ( iH but will recover. Il The fire is snpposod to havo been o j H inceudiaiy origin. ' jH |