Show I USED FIRE ALARM AAR AARFOR FOR LETTER tEllER BOX Stranger From Country Causes Sens Sensation ton in Chicago Chicag Streets FIRE ENGINES TO RESCUE Traffic In iii Loop l District n la t 20 o Minnies Nine Electric I Lines Linne cre rc Tied Up Chicago July Jul 3 Say Say young oung feller can you tell eli tel me where shere I can cn find the postmaster I Ive I've got a letter leHer I want to tont back to the fol folks s at home That Thal nt was the query quer which greeted C. C at the Gr Great at Northern railroad fl rail road rat offices this thi afternoon The question ques IUS- IUSton tion ton was asked ked by a seedy 1001 looking In Individual lii- lii dl tre dressed cd In a a. n Shaker ng f garb aLb wh who Is a busy man maim looked hooked ell up UI from his work for foi a minute and amid alil answered an an- Put lut It I In the box hox on tho corn corner ci- ci The he man lan walked out nut of thie he office and what conic came of off In tire the next live minutes was a plenty plent The rime stranger saw sw a little Ite red bo hanging on a post and ant instructions J reading Turn IUn handle open upen door doO then pull pul lever levet wa way ay down and let go go I r guess these ct city people arO arc afraid of oC those gold golt brick C fellers lers and nd they send a man around to get your our mall mahl mal muttered Id I'd th tho stran stranger r to his wife ife who had been sUf superintending th thu tw operation opera opera- tion tiomi ton as ho hui gave the crank a n Jer Jerk Policeman Was Vas ns Too I ate iV I policeman standing on the lie opposite opposite site sie corner cornel anti and who noticed proceedings proceed proceed- too lat late to Interfere Ings re came Caine runnIng running run- run nIng Ung over o and anc grabbed the lie man milan l by bythe the he arm asked Wheres the tIme tle fit fire I I 1 dont don't know ow nothing about nn any lire fire Jre moister mister smart Alec Alee I got a letter leter for forthe or orthe the he postman and anc here hero It Is Is IsBy By this time lime red i-ed wagons began to appear coming conning from Crol all al directions thit Js alit and hy by jy the time time explanations had teen been made nade to lo time the tIre lire marshal marhal tho the follow follow- Ing ng were blocking trIe on Clark Clarl and dams Adams streets FI Five engine companies Two hook and ladder companies companies Two chemical engines Two Insurance patrols One wagon agon tower Chief of o the lire llie department First assistant chief of oC the time depart- depart merit nent r men Fire department Inspector Chief of the first battalion fire lre repot reporter Twelve welve newspaper reporters Two Pui police ice patrol wagons One police lolice ambulance Delayed Traffic In 11 the tho loop district was du- du for fot twenty minutes and amid several s-eVeral had narrow row escapes from Crom beng be- be Imig Ilg ng ru run down b by b the fire fre companies rushing to the scene The he Blue Ulue Island Harrison street street avenue Halted Hal hal- ted Sited street t. t et Clark nv ae luef Ashland avenue Ashland anti Archer avo- avo mm surface electric lines were tied lied tet up for twenty millions on account of ono one no leter letter lOtter The Thc stranger his wife anti and three children were weme bundled into a n patrol I wagon and taken to Central station staton here the lie man gave ga e his iris name as VI iam lam J J. J Miller MicI all and said ld that he hat had wrought brought his Ills family from Arthur Ill II I to C o Chicago to spend spelt the Fourth and amid andS S se ec e the fireworks I I didn't mean to tobe toe he be e bad pleaded the tho man Id td Acting Captain Duffy DotTy Dufy who despite his effort t efort to o look 1001 cross cros' cros burst hurst out lau laughing at lines when the humor of the situation Cashed lashed through his mind After cautioning cau- cau toning the man to be more moie careful next ext time and anti explaining the difference between iel mall luau and fire fre box Duffy Durfy old them they could coull go The last words uttered h by Miller ller a athe as ashe the he family were going through tho the tation door were vere Cynthia I won wonder er what time the next train goes to Arhur Ar- Ar thu hur thur r |