Show FIRE FIREBUG WRECKS WITH EXPLOSIVE J Incendiary Partially Destroys Market of Seth Brown on J Fourth North MADE VIOLENT THREATS Act J Folius s Receipt h by Brown Broun of or Anonymous I Letters to Which 1 Little Heed Was Given Civen I In the belief blIer that was the tho cause Cluse of a fire which partially pArtial de- de troyed the meat moat market of or Seth Brown Fourth North and Center Conter streets at nt 3 o'clock yesterday mornIn mornIng morn- morn 1 In Ing officials of the police pollee and fire departments departments de- de tI have joined In an effort y to locate th the firebug This Tills Is the second sec sec- COd ond time within the last month that t the market has hns been burned and the fact that threatening letters have been written to Brown telling him that he IH would get get his hiR shows conclusively to the officials that the origin of the was not Residents within w a ab nb lock block lt of Fourth I T- T North and Center streets were vere awak- awak riled ned suddenly yesterday morning by hy a terrific explosion and hurried from rom their houses It was at first fit believed that an earthquake shock had caused I I the convulsion but thames flames were seen sten J Issuing from the meat market and c larl large larce splinters lying lug In the road near the store ston showed that the lie firebug had set et off a quantity of explosives to aidI aid aidIn I In his work As to th the j fire Itself there was not much damage danage c. c The tire fire department made a fast run to the scene and arid oon s-oon had the fire firo under control In all au ItIs It ItIs Is estimated the loss to building und stock will reach f 00 s Receives Threatening Letter According to Mr 11 Brown he has re received re- re s several veral threatening letters letter's butI but I docs does not know now who his hits enem enemy Is Time The Thelast last letter ended with the statement f that the writer tried to get him be before be- be 4 fore ore and failed but the next time lime Ill I'll got gilt you good arid anti plenty Mr Ir Brown gave no heed to tho the warning letter and went vent ahead with his business The police pollee were not notified hut but the letter was was turned turned over o to the tho s sheriff A quiet Inv Investigation was being made l br hr the county oI officials and a watch being kept over o the tho property properly There was no I warning note yesterday however and the the explosion carne came when no one was near the building Three conductors on the street car clr carlines lines were the tile last to J pass as the butcher shop before tH tile explosion lolI Thc They were j I 4 Samuel Bills T. T 1 Flanders and H n HSmith I. I H I I Smith living at nt and find 7 North I Main street treet They saw sa w no one ono near icar j the shop hop when heil they pa passed ed at 30 I The three were In Iii their rooms I undre undressing when they heard the tho ex explosion ox- ox r t two ts-o of the men going to 0 watch the lie lire fire while the third re remained re- re at home borne and went vent to bed bcd J h I aM rw u JOI J The force Corce o or If the explosion besides es t wakening all of the people In the neighborhood broke many windows Practically all of the windows in the time store were wrecked and front windows c o of CI houses houseH near the scene suffered The Tue hi J names flames 11 did hI not spread to an any of oC the 4 I I adjoining buildings c r Brown Irown is 15 said to have hwe talked with several sevrai neighbors about having received re re- re the anonymous letters but did I not seem cem to be bo frightened h by the threats made madeo The he people have run down several clews dews but up to a late hour last night nothing new had developed de de- de In the strange case |