Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-15
DALLAS.
The Scollard Building on Main Street
Suited by Fire-Loss $4,000.
Found Over 10 the Grand Jury for Trying "a
Pass Counterfeit Dollars-TeIas and
Pacific Boys DisbanG.
Special 10 the Gazette.

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lssue from the upper windows Of the
SrulIard building, $50 AMI So Main
-treot. The building is three-sto-y one,
una before the fire could lie extingmshed
lie whole building was Quilted, leaving
the walls in good condition. The TWO
upper floors were occupied by Taber
Bros, manufacturing jewelers., and
their Loss IS complete, except such as was
in the safe. The lower floor was occu-
pied by Crutcuer Bros, real estate, and
they had part Of their room re-rented TO
lite Oakluud Home Insurance company
a. an Office The -. Louis Republic also
had ie-k-ruom here, rs did Messrs. Mat
u-y BT agents Tor Browning, King
ana Manufacturing company Of New
York. GuI ,jAeo5 Reed Sons of PhiIa-
delIH.a. The other half Of the lower
taor wa used by the Texas and Adams
Ey!res- companies rs their Office.
Tic origin Of the fire Is unknown. To-
her Bros. say that during the day no fire
raI teen used ia their rooms, and how it
. caught is mystery to them. During
tA,iT ave years business career in this
city, Iaber Bros. have had nothing but
Lad luck, having been once flooded out,
and this is their second disaster from
fire. Their present stock was valued at
$50 200, with S23 900 Insurance; $40, 600
worth Of their goods were in flre-proof
fafes, and are supposed to be all right.
The losses are as follows:
C-utcher Bros, Office fixtures, about
$1,000 no insurance.
Kerfoot & Spears, agents FOR the Oak
land home insurance company, fixtures,
Sl0O: not insured. Branch Office 81.
g.. b J.
Kaufman & Reed merchant tailors
agents, $1,000; not insured.
j.. Il. Lo gan, agent Mutual life insur-
Rnce cCmpTny, fixtures, 500; no iusur-
ance.
The building destroyed was the prop
ertv Of Mr.. Tom Scollard and valued at
SIS, 600. visit to the insurance
agency OF George j. Dexter & Co., re-
vealed the followin insurance: Western
Insurance company, $1,000; Continental,
$1,000; Fire association, 5000; Phoenix
Of London, $1,000; total, SO, COO
Tabor Bros. were insured with the
Afford & Scurry agency, involving eight
companies, as follows: North British
and mercantile, $500; Burlington,
$1,000; Trans Atlantic, $1,000; Greenwich
OF New York, $1,000; Manufacturers and
Builders of New York, $1,000; state in
All4Nllh u NtA4iibl llAH t-N''F - ANltLIttA
Of New York, $1,000; Underwriters of
Georgia, $500. Total, S23, 900.
Mr.. y. Il. Fawcet of the Texas and
Adams express company says that his
loss cannot yet be told, rs most of the
~ny bills were lost, but that II Will range
between $1,000 ana $4,000 with no insur-
aare. The above companies have Sc
cured new quarters on Field street be-
tween Nam and Commerce.
During the progress of the fire various
reports were sent out. A report reached
Fort worth that the Mcleod hotel was
On FIRE. Mr.. Francis McKeon, manager
% the Texas star lecture course, WAS at
Fort Worth with Hon. Henry George and
heard the report OF the hotel being on
tre Mr.. NcKeou $ family was at the
Mcleod, ana tire husbaEd and father ut
once chartered an engine and came to
Dallas only TO 1nd the hotel uuburned.
The trip OF thirty-one miles was made in
thirty-seveu minutes.
a couple OF days ago there was Or |
rested in this city q man charged with |
trying 10 pass counterfeit dollars The |
man gave his name as W J. Williams /
FROM North Carolina, ana said lie OBJ |
mined the money for cotton picking done /
in Ellis county. Williams passed the /
money on the walters in IanIon 3 thea /
.er, and the walters AS well "a Mr.. Han |
on testified against him to-day before |
United States Commissioner I.eduum /
The wltue, ses recognized the man ut
once, althoLch to-day he says his name .
: I. J. Undcrburkc. lie still contends /
that he did not know the money was
counterfeit. lie was bound over for the ,
grand jury.
Yesterday afternoon while the corner
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lnli, another enterprise Tor the good OF
our great stHte was started in Dallas
FOR some time pas: the Dallas packing
and refrigerator com auy have been
erecting buildings aud putting in ma
chinery preparatory to Strengthening hogs
Ind beeves. Yesterday evening every
thing was in readiness and the work be-
gan, and before the close Of the day l20
qorkers had been disposed Of. The pack
cry is situated in the southern part of
the city, convenient 20 all railroads, and
on the start will employ sixty hands.
Last night m organization was per-
rected here with membership COM +
posed of men who advocate the single
tax principle. a.. r. Hall was elected
chairman and Professor Robertsou sec
ret ~. Another meeting will he held
on next Thursday night. at which time
-Itii bcIs VIA lt ECttlNtl. aFlOuS
speakers VIII also he present.
Last night the board OF managers OF
the Young Mems CHRISTIAN association
held an interesting meeting. The growth
OF the organization III Dallas mas been
geventy-tvo within the past year and the
total membership is PSI.
During the progress Of the fire this
morning some miscreaut broke one of
sanger Bros. large show windows with
rock and stole therefrom j sui1 # clothes
and some other things. As yet there is
no clew 20 the perpetraror OF the deed
The following gentlemen have been
appointed by President o. 7. Bowser OF
the board OF trade TO represent that
.ody at the Galv stou deep water jubilee
on November Is and 70: Hon. W. {.
'uuuer, Hon. Bryan I. Barry, Col. J.
3 simpson, Hon. Henry Exall, Maj. $.
. IoI k.ns, J. Y. Gano, Hon. j. y.
4. inch, ". b. GuUo. Gen. J. y. Simp- !:
con. :. p. Murphy, a. L. Hodges, b
N kaufman, j. Z. T7ezevaut, 7. j.
Woods, Jr., +. N. Reardou, Z. J.
oliver, Mai. \. HanceI, J. c. O'Cou-
nor, Col. W. c. Holm, Ed J. Cannon.
After an eleven days trip. the excur-