Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-08
DALLAS.
Result of the Dark Lantern Meeting OF
Insurance Agents is Cut Rates.
A Movement TO Make the Opening Day OF the
Fair Legal Holiday-0ak Cliff Elec'
ton for Mayor Ordered.
CUTTING INSURANCE RATES.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEN. Oct. 1t appears
that tho "dark lanterns meeting held
yesterday by part of the local insurance
agents at room IA of the Windsor hot ell
was, at surmised in this mornings GA
ZETTE, for the purpose of making COM
bination TO drive out opposition. The
trouble has been brewing for some time
and started from the refusal of the North
British and Mercantile insurance COM
pany to accept the dictation of rates
from the Dallas board of underwriters.
Since that time cuts in rates have been
secretly made, and Yesterdays meeting
was the banding together of all the
agencies that did not represent the COM
pany mentioned above for the purpose OF
declaring a cut rate war. To-day rates
are off and risks are being cancelled and
rewritten at a much lower rate. The
agents all appear determined to do bust
ness at some figure. In all probability
the rates will soon be restored, but for
the present the cuts go merrily on.
STOLEN CHECK RECOVERED.
During the latter part of August
George Turner was employed on the
Reinhardt section of the Santa Fe rail-
road. He had received two checks for
Sl4.7 &c and $40. OF respectively as his pay.
The checks were stolen before be had
them cashed and until to-day their
whereabouts were unknown. The checks
were drawn on Ball, Hutchins & Co.,
Galveston, and as soon as Turner missed
the checks be notified the payers not to
cash them. The checks were sent for
collection from Dallas and were returned
unpaid. To-day Officer Pegues located
the STAG check in the hands of Jim
Kittle, who had cashed it and supposed
il was all right. 1t bore the forged in
dorsement of Turner and was cashed to
Kittle by section hand named Martin,
who was working with Turner at the
time of the theft.
PRISONERS DISMISSED.
The readers of THE GAZETTE may re-
member Of the arrest of Melear and JEFF
feTs OF warrants sworn out for robbery
by r. w. Griffin of Henderson county,
at the home of LETTERS in this city. The
alleged offense was committed in Sep
TENDER, The grand jury after carefully
looking into the matter have dismissed
the prisoners as the charges could not be
substantiated.
OPENING OF The EAlK.
A meeting of the leading business men
was held this morning at the city hall
which had for its object the making of
the opening day of the far, October
10. legal holiday Capt. McEnnis
presided over the meeting and three
committees were appointed to canvass
among the business men to try to get
them TO sign q petition 10 close their
,olo Of Inns
mayor was also petItioned TO declare
that day q legal holiday.
LOCAL NOTES.
Some days ago the room OF J. d. Al
drIch, on Corscana street, was burglar
lied of clothing, jewelry, a guitar and
other articles. negro by the name of
Sherman Drake pawned some of the
things stolen with q secondhand dealer
on Elm street. The negro was pointed
out by the dealer to Officers Rice and
Shelley and the negro was arrested.
Judge Bower has canvessed the re-
turns of the recent election on iucorpo-
ration of Oak Cliff and has ordered an
election for a mayor, a marshal and FIVE
aldermen to take place on November l,s;
inst. ~
The German citizens of Dallas on yes
terday celebrated the anniversary of the
planting of the first German colony in
America. The day was wet and dis
agreeable but the celebration was largely
and enjoyed. Mayor Conner
made an appropriate address. The first
German colony was planted in America
in the year 1892.
Shortly after noon to-day loud report
was heard to proceed from building
near the St. George hotel, and which
very much resembied a gun shot. A
crowd coon congregated, but no solution
TO the cause of the report was forthcom-
ing. Later it was learned the cause of
the report WIS the blowing loose of some
part of 2 gas engine used in Worley's
printing house. No one was hurt, and
The report is said to be of frequent oc-
currence.
MIR. T. L. Marsalis has declined to run
for mayor of Oak Cliff, and Major FL. F.
Ewing will, in response TO large petit
ton of Oak Cliff citizens, make the race,
and will undoubtedly be elected.
Mr.. E. G. Senter of the Fort Worth
Evening Mail spent the day in Dallas,
home this evening.
Tom Kingsley, the Southwestern trav-
cling passenger agent of the Louisville |
and Nashville railway, is in Dallas.
John f. Leith, travelling freight agent |
for the ''Frisco, - left for the North to- |
lay.
MIR. Frank Sample, assistant general |
passenger agent of the Union Pacific, is |
IN Dallas. Mr.. Sample makes his head |
quarters at Denver.
Consulting Engineer Cook has tele- |
yraphed Mayor Conner that he cRssot
come to Dallas to inspect the water<l
b. \
Mr.. Chapman in his stead and that Mr.. |
Chapman is in every way competent to |
make the investigation.