Show 1 I 1 THE TOP F RE F I 1 ENID his bis work maineri amen cau can fork HE HATES THORNTON president meets with a painful accident struck by a tree re correspondence Correspond enca not long ago there was an account of themire the fire which consumed the liquor house of A K thornton Thoro toa of american fork I 1 publia published hed in THE E and the he work of last night almost proved far more disaster ous at the hands of the same earne fiend attar after mr thornton had suffered ered a loss less of 2500 mr chipman ba him by permitting his hia ausit ness nesa to come coma in the tha new building adjoining the mammoth business of the shipman mercantile co sometime during the night the floor and door frames were saturated with coal oil some old rages placed near the entrance and fired tle smoke was issuing when ed wilde wild the bartender came to open onen this morning moraine A hole had been burned through the floor fl and there here beins bein a cellar beneath no bottom was waa furnished to hold the fire this tells the story of the first fire from which mr thornton Tb ornton suffered there is no question about the aty tempt of last night being the premeditated work of an incendiary it was the most rec reckless klees fool hardy wicked doper operation in the history of america Ameri caa 1 fork in the bame building aro persapa 40 I 1 worth of roods goods a bank and t the he post office it daems baams to be the opinion that some desperate wife or mother is doing ane work let it be said of mr Thor tons house however that it is con cons ducted in i n a quiet peaceable manner so no boisterous boi boist roua work is allowed there and the proprietor is a sober intelligent man true he sells liquor but he does it under a license and within the law FORK juno june fth |