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Show MERCHANT CHARGED , WITH j-IRING, STORE EVERETT. Wash.. May 1 A. H. Finney, Fin-ney, a dry goods merchant, was arrested on the charge of setting his store on tire. The forty guestsjodged at the Hotel Virginia, Vir-ginia, which la located on the second floor of the building, were forced to flee for their Uvea In their night clothes. The occupants of the hotel were aroused by two slight explosions followed fol-lowed by two heavier detonations which shook the building. These, preceding the breaking out of the flames, gave those In the house time to escape In safety. The firemen found a quantity of oil-soaked rags and waste under Finney's store, which had been placed there through a hole cut In the floor. It Is alleged Finney's stock was over-Insured. |