Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-15
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MRS ST. JOINS AND HKR HoRsR.-The dis
pute over the reward OF 1ne OF $40 for the
covery or horse and arrest OF the thief 20 which
allusion was made In THE STAR a few days ago,has
probably been finally settled. This morning one OF
the constables and claimants for the reward
arrived here from Piscataway having understood
that the reward had been given TO Reynolds, the
ex-constable, who delivered the horse and thief 70
Mrs. St John, the GypSey woman from whom &c
was stolen. He called AT police headquarters ana
Informed the officers that Mrs St John had sold
the horsefor ss5 since t had been returned 20 her.
and had vamoused with the money, without pay
Ing the reward at all
HIGHWAY RoBBsRY.-About II O'Clock to-day
two colored boys, named John Jones and Thomas
Hall, were arrested by Lieut.. Greer's officers for
robbing Mr.. James Goodwin OF his watch this
morning. IL seems one OF them asked Mr.. Good.
win what time It was, and the other threw a
paving stone, Knocking Mr. Goodwin down, when
they, together, seized his watch and escaped.
New York Fire,nen Kept Busy.
THREE CONGREGATIONS WITHIN AN HoUR-rHH CITY
ALARMED-FAISE RUMoRs OF INCRNDIARIsM BY
srRIKERs-FoUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
From the n Y. Herald to-day.
Great excitement was caused In the police and
fre departments last evening by the almost sim
Infamous outbreak or three fires in as many DIFF
ferent parts OF the city. Shortly before seven
O'Clock an alarm was sent over the wires calling
the engines to the downtown district. As that Is
regarded AS dangerous region for flames TO riot
panies were dispatched TO the spot The burning
structure proved 10 be q tall double building IN
fearl SUreet, the nrSt 0OOr or which was stored
with paints, oil and similar material, while the
upper stories were occupied by lithographing
establishment and light manufacturing indus
tries. The tiremen used the Second avenue ele-
waited railroad structure as a working platform,
and in twenty minutes the fire was under control.
While the flames were still raging a second alarm
was sent out, and IL was found that cotton store
house In Whitehall street was in flames This
was a more serious fire, the loss being about
$4,000 IL Will probably continue TO shoulder for
several days, although the Limitation OF its area
was secured I'm couple OF hours As IL became
known In a general way about town that "two
warehouses were burning in the lower part OF
the city some imaginative persons offered the con-
lecture that the accounts OF the burning OF the
city OF Alexandria might have suggested TO some
OF the striking freight handlers the destruction In
the same way OF property belonging TO odburate
employers. This notion became more widely
spread when, about half an hour after the first
alarm and while the firemen were still struggling
with the burning buildings down town, the tele-
graph rang out call 10 third fire, which proved
the most dangerous OF ALL Commissioner German
says there was not the slightest reason TO SUD-
pose that the strikers had anything whatever to
do with the fires. The third building TO burst
into flames was nine story factory at Vestry and
Washington streets The weary and heated fire.
men rushed to the scene and remained fighting
the flames until midnight before they were fairly
brought under control The loss In this fire is eS-
ttmated at 100000.