Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17
A DAY AT DALLAS.
An East Dallas Burglary and Capture
Of the Burglars.
The Baptist Baltimore Conference
Mortuary Report.
Railroad Rumbllngs--Stil, Talking Of
the Brentwood Project.

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Dallas, April l6.--The grocery house
OF Fortune Bros, in East Dallas, was
last night for large guam
tity Of goods, Ssos In monev. M. :
lateral taken froti the safe, which the
burglars succeeded In opening. Three
men were this morning seen In
grove near the city ealing canned
goods, and the officers, after u chase Of
about three Mules, captured three men
gliding the names of VIVA. Albert, |
Charles Williams and Charles Gra-
ham. The latter Is negro, aud iden-
titled rs having operated exte neive-
ly In Dallas heretofore. The Others
are white men and strangers. All were |
confined in the county jail to await
the action of the grand Jury and the
courts. The stolen money was found |
on their persons and recovered.
A. Nj. Wheeless, superintendent OF
Dallas City Water.works, left to-day |
for Little Rock, Arkansas, to attend
the wedding of his brother, II.
;. Wheeless, who. on April ~,
marries Mis- Jennie Nunan,
ciety.
The following Is the city mortuary
report for the week ending April Ia:
Mrs, G. A. Read, (whitel Inflammation
of the brain, aged - years; kittie
Cummings, (white) cause of death UNI
known, aged II years; John Biron,
(white) typhoid mnlarial fever, aged S3
years; Mrs. A. NJ. Watts, twhite) con-
sumption, aged % years; Arthur Col
| ler, (colored) cause OF death unknown,
aged two months; Martha Copenhagen,
| lwhite) whopping-cough, aged two
| years; O. simpson, (white) consump-
ton, aged CD years; William Swan,
pneumonia, aged GO years; William
Womack, (whi,e) Injuries In railroad
accident, aged 30 years.
The preparations for the erection OF
the So, 900 federal building at Dallas
has progressed % the point of finishing
surveys OF the ground, laying oil the
site and getting ready for excavations.
A force OF laborers will he put 70 work
under Supervising-Architect McQuiik
and his subordinates by Monday
next.
Baptist ministers of this section nre
arranging TO leave Dallas In a body to
attend the national conference, which
assemblies ut Baltimore on May 8.
The subscription of 500 to n
charitable, missionary ana
benevolent fund entities one delegate
TO attend the conference. As the con
grpgations of the denomination M
Texas subscribed $40, GOO, this state i
entitled To one hundred and sixty del
egates. IL is estimated that fully on'
hundred ministers will report from
rexus at Baltimore Oh May y.
j. w. Booth of Decatur was In thu
city today and reports the railroa'
fever at his place very high. Decatu
IL alive to the project ofa direct line q
the Northwest from Dallas. Mr. Booth
who IL q member Of the committee I.
confer with Dallas parties, was con
sulting with the latter to-day
ON the matter, but what he an,
our local committeeman arrived ut !
not known. Mr.. Booth stated to tn
GAZETTE correspondent That The CIT
zens of Decatur would he on time :
put up ut least two per cent of the ~
sessed valuation of their properly I
assist Dallas In the scheme. MhJo
Cabell of Dallas was asked how thing
for getting lines to the northwest, III
northeast and the southwest wei
progressing. He said everything wa
], moving along most SATISFACTORY,
The citizens committee of public bel
eft had done great deal of work. ha
partially formulated several plans an
measures that would help Dallas "A grea
deal, hut Just what had been done III
committee felt would not be prope
Information for the public Mt the pre-
ent time. He felt certain that With
two weeks matters would so materia
lie and shape themselves that ever
citizen of Dallas would feel proud IN
Ioyons ut the result. fbe GAzETT
= correspondent learns that Mr.. j. /
Dougherty, chairman of the conmltts
\ of public benefit, left this morning II
a Austin. 1t Is rtmofed lie has gon
there on some railroad measure idei
tilted with Dallas, and rumor furth'
a has IL that II Is TO file charter for
u company TO build road to Brow
wood.
VIC. Gary of Fall River, Mass
chusetta, the broker who advance
large sums Of money for the Fall Riy'
spinpers on the bogus bills Of ladipg
Joseph Lohnstein, issued by q. J
Eastop, agent OF the Missouri Pacii
Railroad company, al Sherman Ia
fall, Is In the city, interested In u
prosecution of the indicted parties 4
- for next week.
Tonight by agreement Of courf
for the state and defense the habe
corpus hearing of Willis Adams, II
SLAYER of Mike Burns, WINS set for Mo
day next, April II. Judge Aldrid
has written to Judge Maltble of Sh,
man TO exchange districts with hl
temporarily and preside at the hei
ing, which 1t is thought Judge Malti
will consent 10 do.
- Much interest Ii felt here In {
Dallas gambling cases 10 be brought
In the court OF appeals AT Austin. :.
isthe most absorbing legal topic Dial
has ever had.
Nj There IL great rejoicing here TO mig
y among the Garrison wing OF the
publican party at their Victory In
y Ing recognized at the district convt
ton In Terrell. This IL q decided I
feat for the old party leaders Ia Dali
II IL rumored tonight that quiet |
very potent movement has been set
foot by the vic,ors to bring about
removal Of United States Marshal
Kee, who last Saturday presided o,
county convention Of tire Wing defeai
to-day, and gent up q solid anti-Artl
delegation 70 the Terrell and II
Worth conventions. aud which
polIcy's sake only RETAINED from pa
Ing resolutions condemnnt0ry OF ]
~ thur. The victors say Mckee IN
20. but ii IL fact TINT Marshal Mel
Is regarded ~ most competent Q
n popular official among all cll
"a and parties In Dial
The ball OF the w. n. club ut
opera-house tonight was largely
tended and one Of the most elab0l
aud brilliant social events ever 81
In Dallas. The following parties g