Show VERY suspicious FIRE t evidences that yesterday morning s I 1 blaze was the result of the insurance agen agents ts bhoge w hose companies sustained losses in the fire fro which partially destroyed the house on oil awen ty fourth street owned by fred r fouler and occupied by miss bliss smith a dressmaker and the local officials otTic iala including the chief of the fire department were eon on a still hunt yesterday yett erday for the pirty party or parties who ho beathe bot the place on fire for it is very evident that the fire was the tile result of the outcome of that bunt hunt may be sensational TOP the house was insured for in the I 1 tiro fire marine of st paul while its contents were insured for in the now york underwriters the former will sustain almost a total loss but in the case of the contents there may bo be some question in company with chief binford ot of the fire department a STANDARD reporter visit visited ef the burned building yesterday afternoon the damage done to the interior was considerable and the furniture of the principal tooms rooms is is almost a total loss many blany evidences of were visible and it was most evident that the house had bad been lo aced before the fire started on tin the table in the parlor were two lamps evidently I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 placed laced t there ere with the tile idea that those making an investigation would think the fire firo the result ol 01 an explosion but this table on which they stand ie is uninjured showing plainly that the lampe lamps are rt there hereto to deceive in many places the plaster haa has been chopped away and paper cuffed into the holes holers several of these bolce holes were fired but those in the back rooms are intact showing that the parties had been frightened at their ow own n work after starting the blaze in t the he front rooms and fl fled gd the place before touching off the rear rooms in the front bedroom bed room papers had been placed in a bureau and on the bed just where th they would ignite the quickest much of t the e furniture of the houfe bouee had been removed and all of the ta few old thing pi was mi missing saing but it E bad ad not been burned up th the shutters of the house louse were e all closed and the doors lockel miss bliss smith is said to hare have gone to salt lako friday night and it happened n e d to be a night when all five of the mail i clerks who roomed there were out on their runs this ia is tho the second fire which has occurred in the building during miss bliss smiths occupancy of it the first took place early this year yeat and the insurance paid eald by the losing company is said to have ave been considerable |