Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-26
DALLAS FIRES.
Another Early Hour Blaze
Placed to Its Credit.
COMING A LITTLE TOO RAPID.
A Copper Loses His Toys, Spies the Thief
A Lively Chase-YOuns Americans
Go Into the News business
Without Capital
Special to the Gazette.


DALLAS, TEX, Aug. 25-At 2:4o this
morning the fire department was again
called out in response to AN alarm from
Race street. Two two-stOrY houses, valued
d $1,000 each, were consumed. One was oC-
cupied by Mrs. Nix, who lost household
goods to the value of $1,000, with 500 insur-
alce. The other residence was occupied by
Thomas Best, who succeeded in saving his
goods. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The frequency of fires in this city is the
all-aosnrOing topic OF conversation among
the business and professional men. All
recognize that there must be cause for
this great and unnecessary destruction of
property, and that 4 remedy must be ap-
piled. Since January ! of this wear not
much less than 81, 600, eco worth of property
has been destroyed by fire. OF this amount
the insurance companies are sufferers to
the amount of 100000. Many instances are
furnished and the evidence necessary to
prove the fact where the insurance on
destroyed property was much more than
the property was worth. Many believe
that the insurance agents can do much to
lessen the number of fires by being more
careful in the amount of risks taken upon
property. Careful and conservative bust
ness men are compelled to carry more in
SlranCc than they otherwise would, owing
to the fact that they know that many of
their neighborS' insurance Is too high. 1t
not the best but that is not ali the cause
that fires run wild and destroy so much.
I ne fair name of Dallas is at stake, and q
united effort should be put forth to lessen
this great evil that now exists in our midst.
Conservative business men from abroad
will not settle in our midst where the in
sIrance rates are so high, and the risks
from fires so great. There is no reason
why Dallas should pay greater rate of in
sIrance than other cities, and yet she Is
forced to do so. The remedy must and will
be applied as the business interests of the
city demand it. The withdrawal OF a num-
Der of insurance companies is a great detri-
uent 10 the city, and q detriment that
should be checked
Policeman Jordan had little fun all by
himself last night in the following way;
Someone stole a suit Of clothes from this
@ood-uatured guardian of the peace, and
they were subsequently found in an East
Dallas pawu-shop by Detective Kirby. Mr..
Jordan paid the amount of pawn money,
obtaining his clothes, and then laid for the
coon who pawned them. Shortly after
lark the African was seen approaching the
s ore, but he III some way got a tip that
the copper was after him, whereupon he
ran. Mir. Jordan gave chase, shooting in
the air in the hope of frightening the fleeing
coon, but the result was the coon ran the
harder. By-standers lent hand in the
chase. and an exciting time was had, but
the negro escapee in the darkness.
There is gang of thieves in Dallas that
piunder rooms and houses. They find a
ready refuge for these stolen wares at some
o. the pawn-shops and secondhand stores.
L. would appear that the frequent visits of
the gangs to the pawn-shops would convince
the owners OF such places that the goods
ust be stolen. The matter should be in
vestigated and broken up The police force
is doing all it can, but the city has got TO
get aid from the pawn-shop men in order to
break up the business of these professional
thieves.
For some time past many complaints have
come to the newspaper Offices from SUBJ
scribers TO the effect that their papers
were stolen from their yards after having
been deposited by the carriers. Watch has
been made by the police for the thieves,
but until this morning none could be de-
tected in the act of hooking the papers.
This morning. however, two boys were ar
rested, being caught in the act of taking
the papers. The boys would steal q num-
ber OF papers and then proceed TO sell
them.
On January "a Of this year c. c. Carlisle
married young wife Now he sues for
divorce from lis wife, Lucy Belle Carlisle,
on the grounds of adultery with various
young men.