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Show PORTLAND HAS A FIREBUG Evldenco That Costly Dock Flro Was Purposely Sot PORTLAND, Sopt. 2. Tho Oregon Railroad Rail-road & Navigation company has reason to bcllevo that the costly dock llrcs yen-U-rday wero purposely set. A man believed be-lieved to bo tho Incendiary wan scon by a small bov Just before the lire under the portion "of tho dock In which tho ilro originated. The boy says that tho man carried an armful of papers and In a threatening way ordered him to clear out. No locomotive hnd pnssed tho docks for nbout an hour and no tire was kept In tho dock These facts, together with the circumstances that this wns tho third mysterious lire to occur In Portland within with-in ten days, warrants the company In f-aertlnK that It was caused by a Mrebug. |