Show FIRE IN A DIME MUSEUM obliging stronger stranger who had a elo W with 1 ta a snake A chicago ap april ra 1 5 A fire which bore a scry mry M ry threatening aspect tor for a time alm and created a panic broke out this afternoon in a dark clark street dime museum it being easter sunday the two aini cIll theaters in tile the building were entertaining audiences of more than the usual proportions ims at least last 1010 1000 berns ito ho occupied every available apace being present 1 the audiences it at one once 0 made a rush rugh for the doors and for or a time pandemonium feigned the stage manager ma mager chaales men dell took a commanding position and urged the people not to lose their heads and to his coolness and self possession Is due the fact that the rations finally cs ca NIt without hout injury tile tho wildest confusion however prevailed among m tho e filiks and stage pei former but all escaped I 1 without injury many of the actors running into tho the streets in their stee stage attire probably the gica greatest test excitement at lending tho the fire re was caused by an incident c that happened on the alt third floor where the collection of huge snakes was on exhibition among tills this collection was a boa twenty feet beet lit in length A female snake charmer had charko chacke of tile and the fie broke out she attempted to them in u bo calling for assist ance it a stranger climbed tills into the cage and offered olT rid to trip capture tile hie m lie ilo picked the largest one up tip by the neck and no sooner had ho he done so u than tile the lecog I 1 that it was in the elie hands of it a stranger colled coiled its huso huge form about the hie mans arm the snake charmer realizing tl tho mans sl dinker ng er told him to keep a f larm rm grip on the snakes neck A brur gl el then ensued but by ihn hit combined tit cati of tin tile fair charner and the stranger the boa con str I 1 ato r was fenall jammed into a big box and secured the renna remainder inder of the snakes erakes were easily rescued the I laze hayo was a hot on one c vi while asne it la but the lire fire department soon extinguished it with fill only nominal dam use ago the origin ot of the lire fire Is un |