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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
Personal

Mrs. R. A. Allen of Hearne, Tex, is in the
city the guest of her aunt, Mrs. E. b. Cyrus.
Misses Wooten of Aus tin are in the city. the
guests of their sister, Mrs. W. J. Bailey, West
Side.
Mrs. Amelia Crowler and Miss Bertha Haxel
of Fort Payne, Ala, are in the city visiting the
Spring Palace, guest of the family of Alderman
G. II. Day.
Miss Maude Hunter, who has been quite sick
for some time, is recovering rapidly and will be
able to get out in day or two. Her many
friends will be glad to hear Of her GONZALES
cence.
Mrs. John Quaritius and Miss Bertha Quart
thus of Hicksyille, N. Y, are visiting William
Quaritius of the Fort Worth builders supply
company. While here they will take in the
Spring Palace.
Judge John H. Craig OF Castle Rock. Col,
brother of Mrs. NJ. A. Dryden. and Miss Hannah
Lee and Miss Jane Craig Mcdonald of Pitts
burg, Pa, nieces of Mrs. NJ. A. Dryden, are
guests of Mrs. B. Q. Evans and will visit th9
Spring Palace and some of the cities of Texas.
Mr.. Everett Douglas, Mr.. r. e. Mcconnell
and Mr.. r. L. Douglas, prominent and pleasant
gentlemen of Croc kett, Tex, are in the. city.
They pronounce the Spring Palace wonderful
and are greatly attracted By the electric street
cars. They are kindly shown over the city by
their friend and former townsman, Judge L. N.
Cooper.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
FLOOD AT COLUMBIA.
People Obliged to Go About in Boats-Funeral
Procession in Boats.
special TO the Gazette.

special TO the Gazette.
COLUMBIA, Tex, May l5.-The condition OF
this town is distressing in the extreme. In the
beginning of this unprecedented overflow it wa
a source of delight to the children and younS
folk. 1t has now become a dire calamity
to ALL The river has risen steadily for two
weeks or more, until at the present it has over
flowed the entire community. The first floors
OF many of the residences are submerged, the
occupants being driven into crowded quarters
in the upper stores. From one-storied cottages
the residents have been compelled to move to
the homes of hospitable neighbors. What the
rise will be no one can foresee, for the waters
still rise. There is not 1000 square feet in Co.
lumba out of water. Business is suspended.
The churches are closed and the people have to
go everywhere in boats. novel scene,
which has perhaps never before been
enacted in the state OF Texas, was pre-
scented at the funeral of the late Gen.
Duff. A large concourse Of mourning friends
including the entire Masonic fraternity, fol-
lowed the corpse to the cemetery two miles from
town, in boats. There were forty six boats in
procession, with average of five persons 10
the boat. The present rise exceeds any other
during thirty-tive years, being several inches
above the great rise of 1853 For thirty two
years from 1853 to 1885 there has been no over
flow in the Brazos at this point. Since 1855
there has been an annual overflow, but none
that was prolonged or did any damage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
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It is difficult to make an estimate of the nnm-
Der Of people who visit the Texas Spring Palace
in tine course of a day. The thousands
Of chairs scattered over the lower
floor and the balcony may all
be filed with eager auditors of the music
and it might be possible to safely estimate
those, but there are SO many corners anu noOAS
into which vast crowds can pack and screens
behind which they can hide, and the bulluing Is
SO vast that person cannot take IN an the
thronus that congregate within II. AND even
Il he did he would still be at a loss to account
for those who are taking in the exhibitions ana
attractions the grounds outside the spring
Palace building. But to say That between
6GGO and 5000 people entered the build
ing yesterday would be setting low
fg1-e I'm and down the rows of prettily
decorated exhibits throughout the livelong day
wandered the groups, jostling and humping
each other in their anxious intent OF see
ing each beautiful II article tha' cam, ZANE
exhibits, each Of absorbing interest,
that the visitor can use his eyes for little else
than TO watch them, for he fears that II ne
allows his vision to wander 70 extraneous OBJ
jects he will miss some sight richer ana
TGrer than the ones inspected. IRON tle
nostaI aud sees The word WELCOME in large,
Snowy letters, he is absorbed in the decorations.
He looks about him and doesn't know @n men
way to go, for either hand appears equally
interesting objects. Looking upward he sees one
vast canopy OF rich spanish moss
the immense pool, in the center OF which Is the
hollow cavern, and in which innu nerable Jets OF
silvery water fall with the dulcet strains OF the
Elgin watch factory military band floating
across through the misty spray.
1t is delicious, inspiring
And when the visitor starts on his tour OF IN.
spection he finds that he can move but slowly II
he desires to see all the sights. On every hand,
before and behind, are articles OF perhaps small
size but containing merits and attractions that
demand attention.
The Texas Spring Palace cannot be inspected
in day, and many arrivals in the city have
discovered that fact, for they have made ar
rangements to stay over for several days.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
A Gang of Coffee Thieves.
Special to the Gazette.

Spectral " t4lG OdZSlLe.
GALVESTON, TEX, MAY 15.-On the 4th of
May Mr.. Nichols, of the firm of Wiley & Nichols,
warehouse men, reported to Chief of Police Lor-
dan that their warehouse, corner OF Nineteenth
and Strand streets, had been entered and
twenty-three sacks of coffee, the property of
Adoue & Lobett, stolen. Chief Jordan detailed
Officer John Smith, one Of his most trusty men,
to watch the warehouse. This he has done from
conscaIed point since the 18th inst. Tonight
his watch was rewarded by the capture OF a
burly negro known as Virgins. Virgins en-
tered the warehouse through the rear door re-
across Nineteenth street and piled them up ON
the edge of the pavement, covering them with
empty barrels. AS ne was depositing his
last sack Officer Smith sprang from his
place OF concealment and captured Virgins.
Shortly after the capture Of Virgins and his re-
moval to the police station, Ed Francis, ar
other negro, driving two wheeled spring cart
entered the alley from the north and was APP
preaching the pile of coffee, when he saw the
officers in charge and quickly turned to drive
away, when he was covered by an officer and
brought to {. halt and conveyed to the police
station. He tells rather fshy story OF why be
was in that neighborhood at IL o. clock at night
with horse and cart. Virgins will say moth
ing. There is evidently gang of negroes that
have been doing profitable business by steal
ing coffee from the warehouses on the wharyes
and Strand, the Morgan steamship warehouse
having lost twenty-seven sacks in the past few
months, and the police think they are on the Law
OF the gang and will round them up.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
IT'S A BABY.
The Mystery Which the Officers Helped to I'm
rayel-At the Inquest.

There was quite furry of excitement yester-
day at the city hall when workman came hur-
rying in and reported that the dead body of an
Infant had been found by him down in that part
OF the city where the Benbrook road enters the
limits. He was laboring under intense excite
ment, and shade of horror fell across his face
when he told of his CHASTITY find.
The city ambulance was immediately sent for
and Officer Jud Rims, who was the only police
man to be found, gave his belt an extra hitch
and started for the scene under the guidance of
the workman. An air of gloom settled upon the
occupants of the ambulance, and even the driver
stopped whipping up his horses as the place
Finally the workman said, "Hold on'' in
sepulchral voice and alghted. The gallant
officer followed. He gave his belt another hitch
and tried to whistle, but it was no use and he
gave up the attempt with start as the workman
WHISPERED, Here it's
There before them lay a small wooden box
with the top open, and small child's dress was
plainly visible.
ITS baby said Officer Judkins as he
turned away to breathe.
1t was some moments before they attempted to
lift the box with its human freight, but at last
the workman and officer stopped to pick it up.
Poor thingl" they murmured in concert, as
they deposited it IN the ambulance and pulled
the oilcloth cover softly over 1t.
The drive back to town was slow and funereal
and the officer watched his freight and felt of
his club all the way. The wagon stopped before
Justice McClung's Office and he was called
Lifting the oilcloth covering, he turned away
and said family, cts baby
Then the procession wound slowly to the I'M
dertaker's. where the examination was to take
place to determine whose child it was. The am
bulance gave up its dead burden, and when it was
deposited in the deadroom with the black oilcloth
removed, the undertaken put his handkerchief
to his face and muttered: Its baby
Justice McClung slowly stopped and pulled
partially aside the clothing. A dark, wet curl
struggled out and the justice said poor child -
and turned away. But he conquered his feel
ings and returned to his duty. The covering
was removed and there lay the poor dead-dog.
Between his folded paws, and blotted with a
few tears, lay g card with the inscription:
"Died on May day. Fido.''
The justice Is said to have said few words,
and disappeared up the street in The direction of
his Office, and he has not been seen since. The
workman left suddenly. and Officer Judkins re-
manned alone with his disclosed mystery.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
LOCALITIES.

A marriage license was issued yestefuN
W. Jones and Miss Dora E. Cromer. Il,
Yesterday was Ascension day, and apr P'''
services were held in St. Andrew chul'1'
The Methodist Sunday-school, so1ia' rs,s.
take their pupils FOR picnic a. 'D'
on Saturday. May Il. =.
The boy who stole the pin and diano1 ~. :.
in Dallas and pawned them IN this CT!
turned to that place last night 80,
Katie Cherry and Gay Hsrpold, w .,oia,sl
girls of twelve years each. have been XII ~.
editors forthe Fifth Ward Monitor, ,.ess;, y
ton to be read at the examination e1eiNS x,
the 23d of May, at the school building w ~
Mrs. Gossett, who came to this el jI,,...r
Meridian on visit to her son, was fo1h la, 10 y;
day morning in an unconscious conal.H.- o.
corner Of Throckmorton and First stresssiin y.
Ger Ben Bell found her, but after recy,sls.T =
was unable to give an account OF me-
night before. -, !.
Yesterday morning a nicely dressed, 80 :
costed Officers Kits and Maddox anu 1.ber .
persuade them that he was on IRE; Inn nfs y
that he was demented and attempted ~ : lof y
into the calaboose, but he made DIea 10 -
eSty and 1t took all their united enoIs .sn so.
him. He is Edward Nearly, and mas 14s re- n "a ?
ping at the Spring Palace hotel. be
be quite wealthy. - .,
Sneak thieves yesterday morning en..,S arss
dwelling of Mr.. Adams on West SlL. .. psls,.
and chloroformed the inmates, QulLe > -psi.s
of valuables were missed. In tine sHDpe y. v.
borhood some jewelry was also stoiel. sto,pS
Maddox, a Baptist minister who va 49, u5sssli
with Amos Creswell, on the south o,lls,sl oiS'
a suit Of clothes, a watch and SCI ets
things when he arose yesterday morniHs'
If you Santss GOOD bath, hot Of I
go to Hal al YRS bathhouse' n'
II 49,. 81
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
ALWAYS IMPROVING.

Materials That Require Eeplenishing-Re-
touching Decorations.
Always improving That's what they are do
ing every day at the Palace; not because the ex-'
hibition in all its features is not complete, but
so great is the interest taken in each detail by
those who have charge thereof, that they
are constantly detecting points where striking
improvements in effects might be produced by
slight change, and haste is made to perfect the
Improvement Then owing to the tendency to
decay of all the materials used in the decOra-
lions there is a constant necessity for renewing
the same, which is never neglected. To the visi-
tor there does not appear TO be any room
for Improvement. but these tireless decorators
are never idle The beauty of the Texas Spring
Palace is not Of the fadeless variety, but those
who have it in charge are determined to pre-
Ierve it in its entirety till the closing day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
Ei,ilors % ~ sn,.i,,n Pnlnc..

1 have a genuine surprise for you.
What do you pay for your calico? You
say 6, Z, 8 nd l0c, no deabt. Next
Monday you N;Rn buy all grades,
figures, colors. fQsigos, satlne, oil and
zephyr calicos for Vnly 5eper yard.
This is no humbuk q straightfor-
ward sale for MondazNaly
1t will pay you sfbS Nave your homes
and bring few ektE# dollars along, and
while you take iT ne Palace you can also
take home q SOUVENIR. Cope SIS soon as
the doors open PIE there Is good as
sortment to selse from,
HARRY MEYER,
l4l2 Main street.
FIrst store from Spring Palace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16

on Sunday-school day, May 20. This
was received and thanks returned. 1t
was moved and carried that all organic
ing agents o last year be continued dur
ing the ensuing year.
]. c. Scott moved that the convention
stand adjourned for the year, which al
ter prayer by Mr.. Crawford OF Lar
rissa, was carried. After adjournment
there was general handshaking
throughout the church, and expressions
of good derived from the convention
were MINGLED with lingering goodbye.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
Spring Palace Notes.

Professor Hecker says that SO mauy re-
quests are sent up to the band for
special pieces of music that he is not
able to comply with them all; and
in order that he may satisfy everyone he will set
aside one night each week for RICHEST music.
During that evening he will play such pieces of
music as have been requested. The request must
come in couple of days in advance, and those
pieces which are most generally desired will re-
ceive first attention. The first request evening
viii be announced soon.
Lovers of good music should not forget that
to- day will be red letter day at the Palace In adj
alton 10 the beautltnl programme by the band,
the infant eornetst will appear in the afternoon.
At the evening concert the Hecker children
Will make their second appearance, and the
charming cancatrice, Miss Maud Peters will
enoer vocal solo. Everybody should attend.
President Paddock was compelled to lay off
yesterday to recuperate his strength, and his
place was ably and acceptably filed by Mr.. It.
B. Burbridge. Tom makes ''fun hand'' at
everything he undertakes.
The floral department of the Palace desire to
return thanks to Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Brown
Miss Byers and d.. j. ]. williamson of Gle.
burne for the beautiful flowers sent to the Pal
ace on Wednesday.
The attendance at the Palace continues to be
satisfactory, and will doubtless increase as the
wondrous beauty OF the Palace becomes known
throughout the state.
The Spring Palace have made arrangements
by which Miss Jessie Thompson, the infant cor
ASt4Ses ~ opPSssA az Tue TdlaCG every afternoon
and evening until further notice Little Jessie
is an ARTIST in her line, and will draw good
crowds TO hear her performance.
An attendance of 10. 900 would not exceed the
expectations of the management to-day, Every
train coming into the city will be heavily
laden with excursionists and sll parts of Tsxas
and outside states will be heavily represented.
The street railways are pushed to take care Of
the patronage they receive these days When
the time of opening and closing the Spring
Palace comes there is scarcely room to catch
hold of a car running to or from that place.
The number of exhibits outside the Palace
grows larger each day as the size OF the atteud-
ance becomes known abroad.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
An ARr1sr1c DISPLAY.

One of the most artistic displays to be
found within the Palace building is on
and under the stairs at the right
Of the main entrance, and was
presented to the Palace by the citizens of
Denton county. This exhibit is attract
ing large amount of attention, and all
pronounce 1t ''simply splendid. - Do
not fail to see what Denton county has
when you come to the Palace.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
INTERESTING PROGRAMME.
Several special Features Miss Maude
Peters-The EeoEer Children-A Child
Cornest.

The musical programme for to-day
will be of special interest, and will
comprise many unusual features, among
which are the appearance of Miss
MGude Peters, the universally admired Fort
Worth cantatrice, a cornet solo by little Miss
Jessie Thompson, whose performances have
been heard of but not witnessed i'll these
parts before, and the second appearance
of the Hecker children, the musical
prodigies who won round after round OF ap-
plaUse from the immense audience last evening
Besides these, the regular programme of the Ell
GIN watch factory military band will be I'M
usually interesting.
The child cornetist made her appearance I'M
announced and unexpected last evening during
the intermission in the programme, and gave
slight Taste of her ability. She is pretty little
age, scarcely large enough to hold a
heavy cornet to her lips, but
at Home' in such an artistic and
fetching way to secure q hearty encore, to
which she agreeably responded. She handles
the instrument with the ease and grace Of a
veteran, and gets pure, sweet tone from it.
She will appear during the afternoon.
The selection to be rendered by Miss Maude
Peters this evening had not been decided upon
last night, but that she will do justice the occa
sion those who have had the pleasure TO hear
her before feel fully assured.
Following is the programme to be rendered by
the Elgin Watch Factory Military band to-day.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
l. Overture-'The MINSTREL .......... Lamotte
2. Valse-"Love's Dreamland '......... Roeder
3. Duet for Trombones-( Selected) ..........
....... ........... Messrs, Harlow and Stress
4. Monastery BeIls..................... Weiy
.. Piccolo solo-Russian Dance, Mr.. scher-
ger. ..,...'.:;.............. ......-... Chinks
6. Barber of Seville. :...;...... .Rossini
Z. Baritone solo, Arbucklmian, w L. Good
8. Grand selection. semiramide. $500. .Rossini
9. Spanish fandango, Pearl of Madrid. Bachman
10. ldylle, Little Flatterer'' Eilenberg
EVENING.
I. Overture, Massaniello .Auber
2. Idylle-The Mill in the Forest. Gutenberg
3. Mosaic. (solos for different instruments5
...-.-.....-.-.-. REVERE
4. Invitation TO the Dance. Weber
b. Cornet Solo-'tMy Pretty jane with
chorus), B. b. Keyes ........... go. .Bisphop
6. Russian Carriage Song. Thornton
e Medley-The Jolly Mistrel ...-....... Brooks.
Following is the programme for the Hecker
children at $3.50 p. m:
Zaragoza. march. ......... Ortega
Fantasia, Ill Trovaiore. Verdi
Gavotte, Secret Love 80. ................R eck
Stella, Bertha, Cecie and Carl Heeker.
venetian Gondellied. ...-- .......... Mendelssohu
Meditation composed by the porformer). E.
Bertha Hecker.
Hungarian Rhapsodie No -. ......... List
Grand Valse BrillIante OF "A, No. Chopin
MRzurka, Caprice Beautiful Dreamer. .Abesser
Stella Hecker.
Air ct Varie-Home Sweet Home Hartog
Pizzicato, from Sylvia (by request) 1850. Delibes
Carl HeCher.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
E,otinr IN, snain.

Madrid, May ia majority of the iron
works at Bilbao have stopped operations. Re-
Inducements of troops occupy the surrounding
districts. Large, riotous meetings havs broken
out in the vicinity of Bilbao. Several miners
were killed while resisting the gen d. armes,
Troops are pouring to the scene,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
THE music

The Programme Rendered By the Band
During Yesterday.
The programme of music rendered by the
Elgin wltoh factory military baud yesterday
conisiued many numbers Of uuusnal Interest.
~ the concei ted pieces may be mentioned
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16

The Bee county exhibit demonstrates
the wonderful produotiveness OF that
county. They have on exhibition roast
ing ears, ripe tomatoes, cucumbers,
beets oyer a foot long, cotton stalks
waist high, seven-foot bean vines with
eight-inch bean pods nearly ripe, all of
which have been planted andgrown since
the freeze OF Merch l. Fieldf corn that
came up March3RO now sttalds eight feet
high; potatoes planted ,46nr weeks ago
are as large as bah bahs. All of this
shows how prolific DIS county is and how
much in advance 99ysNorth Texas the
crops are. The corBAAd cotton crop is
practically made .;;s8h3 exhibit is in the
charge of Rev. WGJ. Joyce, who will
take pleasure lnsgying relIable informa-
ton of this county. In the columns of
THE GAZETTE WITT be found daily re-
liable description of Bee county. Its
relative position to the other cities of
Texas is also shown by the map of the
Arkansas Pass railroad and its nearness to
the soon to be deep water harbor at Ar
ansas Pass.
In visiting tbe Palaeesdo not fail to see
the artistic display made by Denton
county. 1t is 6ns.atthe best, and al
though hastily 66f3en up, admirably sets
forth the w9naefrSI diversity of the
county s resqsFoes.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16

exclusively for the use of the exchange
and its friends. The train will leave the
down. town depot at 1906 a. M; re-
turning, leaving Font Worth about
D. m
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
ExouRsIoNIsrs coM1NG FRoM n,rr.s

u INNtO-NISt9 OO1aINW T IIUM DALLAS.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, May l5.-The mem
bers of the Builders exchange and their
invited friends will go on an excursion
to Fort Worth Tomorrow morning to
visit tbs Spring Palace and take look
at the most enterprIsing city in Texas.
Three cara have been chartered by the
exchange. They will be handsomely
hammered and decorated and reserved
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16

The April edics-"Ge1 move on you y
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16

If youA ant I Food bath, hot Of or. II 4
go to Ha xtal er's bsthhouse, p'
Houston stI.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-11

Now that the arms have been scat
tered among the settlers, nearly al! the
men have returned to their ranches and
should Mr.. Indian show up on Rapid
or Box Elder, as he is reported to have
done on Spring and Battle creeks, he will
meet with a warm reception. To M. II.
Day and Thomas Sweeney, more than
any other two men, are the people IN
.debted for this final distribution o.
arms.