Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-06

Thousands Pouring in TO Attend the Ex
Confederate Reunion, Which Be-
gins To-Day.
All is Ready-Bands Playing, Camp
Fires Burning and ARTILLERY
Anticipation Of Grand Parade To-day
Railroad News-Genersl Notes.

bpccial 10 The Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. 5.-Thousands
OF people are pouring into the city to-
night to attend the exC-onfederate
reunion which begins. Tomorrow, con-
tinuing four days. All the details are
In readiness for the reunion. The
various committees met to-day, re-
/ ported and finished up all their pre-
liminary labors. Euties were as
signed to the various parties
having charge OF the diff
ferent departments and everything
will be conducted with the best OF
| order and system. The entire grounds
were thoroughly inspected to-day and
camp assignments made and tonight
camp fires are burning end army life
portrayed la all the region surround
! Ing Longs lake. Several thousand
additional camp visitors are en- route
near the city and will arrive by the
morning. They come AZ rule in
wagons or mounted aud In squads
of several hundred. Electric lights
were turned on, for the first time, to-
/. night, and the 1000 feet of wire tested
and found TO be In perfect order. The
! grand parade foe tomorrow promises
TO totally eclipse everything OF the
| kind ever seen in Texas.
| The Dallas Rifles are giving most
| elegant hop at SHADY View park TO-
night which IL largely attended by the
| compapy's friends. The artillery de-
tachment made It's first parade through
the city tonight, making fine show
ing and excellent impression. Salutes
have been fired at short intervals
through the night.
/ Gov. Berry of Arkansas arrived
here tonight, and during the reunion
is TO be the guest of Mayor Cabell
DR.. W. +. Gordon, the alleged abor-
| ZIONIST, succeeded to-day In making u
$3.50 bond, but was not released, AS he
! Is held on IA charge Of assault with In
! tent To kill In Wood county. An Of
/ iicer from Mineola Is to arrive for him
| tomorrow.
/ A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
| In conversation with THE GAZETTE
correspondent To, day Gould railroad
man said the new departure 10 be
made on August 10, by which through
trains between Laredo, San Antonio
and st. Louis over the Missouri Pacific
would run via both Dallas and Fort
| Worth, reaching Dallas flom
Denton, thence over the Texas Il
Pacific to Fort Worth had been deter
mined upon as "A matter of necessity To
satisfy the demands of the travelling
aud business community, who appear
DESTROYS of having trains run through
both the big cities of North Texas;
that 1t Ia desirable to take in both
Dallas and Fort Worth to accommo-
date the interests of the public. Fort
Worth will not be Injured any by
the change and Dallas be greatly
benefited aud the public desire graft
fled. The distance between st. Louis
and Laredo Is only thirty-two miles
further by the new route. which il re-
garded as insignificant when the other
beneficial features are taken into con-
sideration. BY the new arrangement
the Gould system expects To control
nearly all the through travel Ms far as
Dallas, much OF which has been
heretofore picked up 1T Denison by
the Houston Il Texas Central; II also
with the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
both at Dallas and Fort Worth, IA
reconciliation with that system having
recently been effected. IL Is also
understood that long sleep has been
given the Santa Fe's schemes to
build across the Indian territory
from Fort Worth or to Paris
from Dallas. But there Is
II rumor that In order to get through
outlet to the north the Houston X
Texas Central will build from Dallas
To Paris and meet the st. Louis Il San
Francisco, or that the last named COM
pany Will build from Fort Smith,
Ark, and connect with the Central at
Denison, whichever route presents the
most feasible features.
Another cause for the Gould system
to change is i'd to be the dissatisfac.
ton on the part OF the Texas Il Pacific
with the management of the line be-
fore used north OF Fort Worth. The
Texas Il Pacific and the Missouri Pa.
ciiic each own one.hplf of the liue.
but the Missouri Pacific has had its
exclusive use whileth Texas Il Pacific
has had to pay one-hslf of the expense
OF running and keeping up the line,
and getting no benefit. BY the new
arrangement the Texas Il Pacific
viii derive an otlketting rev.
enue from the use of its
track by the Missouri Pacific between
Fort Worth and Dallas.
The rendition of Queen Esther by
The Dallas Opera company ut the
opera.house tonight was one of the
greatest stage successes ever presented
in Dallas. The house was crowded
and the performance pronounced one
81 the finest ever witnessed here. The
Fort Worth people certainly have
treat In store for them next Friday