8 7 8 , ▁the ▁combined ▁publication ▁kept ▁the ▁Lake ▁County ▁Ex am iner ▁name . ▁After ▁the ▁mer ger , ▁the ▁paper ▁began ▁advoc ating ▁Republican ▁politics ▁on ▁its ▁editor ial ▁page . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁the ▁Ex am iner ▁was ▁sold ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁times . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 , ▁Full er ▁Sn elling ▁became ▁Charles ▁C og sw ell ' s ▁partner . ▁ ▁Bruce ▁Allen ▁and ▁Frank ▁W . ▁Beach ▁then ▁bought ▁the ▁newspaper ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁Sen eca ▁C . ▁Beach ▁bought ▁out ▁Allen ' s ▁share , ▁forming ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁Beach ▁and ▁Beach . ▁ ▁The ▁Ex am iner ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Beach ▁and ▁Beach ▁until ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁when ▁Frank ▁Beach ▁left ▁to ▁become ▁editor ▁and ▁publish er ▁of ▁the ▁Link ville ▁Week ly ▁Star . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁a ▁fire ▁burn ed ▁most ▁of ▁Lake view . ▁ ▁No ▁lives ▁were ▁lost , ▁but ▁ 6 4 ▁buildings ▁were ▁destroyed . ▁ ▁Only ▁two ▁dow nt own ▁business ▁structures ▁surv ived ▁the ▁fire . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁Ex am iner ▁staff ▁res cu ed ▁enough ▁equipment ▁and ▁material ▁to ▁publish ▁a ▁special ▁edition ▁the ▁day ▁after ▁the ▁fire . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁C . ▁Oscar ▁Met z ker ▁became ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁publish er