Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-16
The Todd FIGURING Mills and
Elevator Destroyed.
TOTAL LOSS ABOUT $4,000.
lnsurance--State Undertakes Association t.
Meet at Fort Worth Next Year.
The Grand Council of Texas American LIE.
gion OF Honor to Celebrate San Ja-
cinto DRy-Fire Insurance
Agents Meet.



DALLAS, Ten, April 15.-One Of the most
destructive fires ever in the history Of Dial
las took place this afternoon. The Touring
| mills and elevator buildings of the Todd
milling company are a mass of ruins and
the Texas and Pacific railway trestle and
water tank are badly damaged These mills
were situated at the junction of the Texas
and Pucitic track and the Trinity river.
The mills and elevator have not been run
ming fer number of months, and the origin
OF the fire IS unknown. The heat was in
tense, and many freight cars on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas tracks had TO be
moved. The Texas and Pacific railway
company's loss on water tank and trestle
will be about $500 or $1,000. The milling
property is valued at SO, 600 and is com
piete loss. The insurance amounts TO $685.
$50
The losses in to-day's fire were divided
among the insurance companies as follows:
On Todd mills, Phoenix of New York, $1,000
Macon, $1,000 Lion, $1,000; American of
New York, $500; National of Hartford,
$1,000; German-American. $500; Lanca-
shire, $500; St. Paul, $1,000; Connecticut,
$1,000; Fireman'S Fund, $500; Sun Mutual,
5000; Providence, Washington, 500; Nj
agara, 5000; Knoxville, $50; Michigan,
800; Springfield, $1,000; Denver, $1,000:
State Investment, $500; Commercial Union,
$1,000; Fire Association of Philadelphia.
5000; American of Pennsylvania, $1,000;
Commercial, $500; Phoenix of London.
$1,000; CaledOnian, $1,000; Hamburg Bremen,
$1,000. Total, So 1000.
Insurance on Todd mills elevator: Queen.
Sl625; Phoenix of London, Sl625; CONNER
cial. $1,000 Total, $3.50
Total insurance on both, $4,000
a large force of men We're put to work on
the Texas and Pacific railway trestle as
soon as the fire had died down, and the
In Js-aS hD.
pass by 5 o'clock p. N.
THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS
to-day elected the following officers:
President, Ed C.. Smith, Dallas; first
vice-president, r. r. Dulin, Sherman; sec
ond vice-president, C. B. Sutherland, Cor
Sicana; third vice-president, H. Harrigle,
LaGrange; fourth vice-president. Joseph
Shearn, San Antonio; treasurer, W. y.
Rumpie, Brownwood.
Secretary. 2. w. Liuskie of Dallas, for
the fifth time.
Delegates to the national association
which will meet at Richmond. Va. in Octo-
Der next: w. p. Linskie of Dallas a Har-
rington, of Sherman, Ed c. Smith of Dial
las. AlternateS: w. A. Rumple of Bre-
mond, Thomas Hitler of Franklin, j. p.
Crouch of Mckinney.
Executive committee-F. NJ Raines of
Marshall, ". a. Rumple of Bremond, j. p.
Robertson of Fort Worth, J. P Schmitz of
Denton, H. Harrigle of La Grange.
Finance coTnmittee-R. r. Dulin of Sher-
man of Denison.
Fort Worth was selected as the place of
next meeting in April, 1892
LEGION OF HONOR.
The grand council of Texas, American
Legion ofHonor, to-day closed their sixth
biennial session. The following officers
were elected and installed.
Tot,,, I
mander; William Repp, Galveston, grand
vice-commander; a. B. Storey, Lockhart,
grand orator; Z. A. Blantou, Gainesville,
past grand commander; F. n. Bailey, Paris,
grand secretary: q. B. Paxton, Fort Worth,
grand treasurer; Frank J. Smith, Dallas,
grand guide; Robert Hurlock, Navasota,
grand warden; h. S. Blythe, Sulphur
Houston A. Fernier, Galveston, Elias Ed
wards, San Antonio, grand trustees. E.
w. Taylor, Fort Worth, alternate supreme
representative.
ANOTHER FIRE.
At 80 this morning two houses, corner
Of Veal and Marilla streets. were, with
most of their contents, consumed by fire.
The buildings We're owned by Ben Fabian
and valued at $1,000. MIR. Fabian and fam
lily occupied one OF the houses while the
other was occupied by Theodore Hoffman.
Origin unknown.
SAN JAC1NTo DAY.
April q will be duly celebrated in the
Texas metropolis. In the morning there is
TO be grand parade of the school children,
Federation OF Labor and the military, after
which there will be grand barbecue and
picnic at the Oak Cliff park. At the park
opera house there will be a matinee and
night entertainment given by the Dallas
juvenile ministries for the benefit of the
girls cooperative home. The cause for
which the entertainments are TO be given
viii insure large crowd. During the af-
ternoon the business houses viii be closed.
SECRET MEETING.
A large delegation of fire insurance agents
from various sections of Texas met here to-
day in secret session. Some kind of state
organization of insurance men is supposed
to have been perfected.
NOTES
Mr.. J. T. farrell had the misfortune to
fall and break his arm on Monday night
He fell over some of the irons distributed
for the construction of the Elm street cable
railway.
a movement is on foot to have spring
races here sometime in May, aand the mat
ter will be definitely settled within the
next few days.
L l.. Campo, who resides on Grand ave-
nue.. South Dallas, is short gold watch,
chain, valuable charm and pocket change
A burglar entered mis- room and took them.