Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-09
BOILED DOWN.
Burglar raLded Denton SUNDAY night.


Congressman Springer was better last
night
Denton Democrats will organize Clark
club Saturday.
Mr.. Springer is reported to be better and
improving slowly.
Congressman Robertson Of Louisiana has
declared for Hill for president.
Over six thousand bales of cotton burned
in aLiverpool warehouse Sunday morning.
The Searles will contest is over Timothy
Hopkins gets 100000 to withdraw his
suit
Two hundred negroes from Arkansas are
on their way to the Cherokee strip to stake
out claims.
Kansas kilograms report the crop pros
poets there the finest ever known. Snow
covers the wheat.
The instruction for Mills at the Lancas-
ter, Dallas county, meeting was carried by
vote of rs to SO.
Congressman John W. Kendall of Ken
lucky was stricken with apoplexy yester-
day. He died at 9:25 last night.
A half block of stores in the business
part of Coldwater, Comanche county,
Kan, burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
Capt Van W. Hale has been heartily en-
dorsed by the Paris bar for position on
one of the new civil courts of appeal.
Al the defendants in the whisky trust
cases have been recognized for appearance
at Boston Saturday except Nelson Morris.
The British steamer Creole arrived in
Tampico harbor yesterday. She is the first
ship to enter since the work of removing
the bar began.
Senator Chandler says Blair is strictly in
it for president; that he represents the
labor, educational and temperance elements
Of the country.
The hurricane which passed over the
age to property and harbor works. Six
persons were killed.
It was reported at Secretary Blaine's res
idence and the state department yesterday
that the secretary's condition was consid-
erably improved.
Two deaths from yellow fever on the
steamship Euclid which has arrived from
Brazilian ports at New York caused her de-
tention at quarantine.
John johnson, white convict at
Columbus, Ohio, stabbed Lafayette Gray
son, a negro convict in prison there. Gray
son will probably die.
Brakeman H. E. Lewis, a stranger, was
run over and killed by switch engine at
Dallas last night near the brick depot. His
age was about thirty-fve.
Before the Raum investigation commit
tee yesterday Chandler, assistant secretary
of the interior, was the first witness. His
testimony was Of little Importance.
The final returns of elections for mem
bers of the London county council, which
were held Saturday last, show the return
of an overwhelming majority of Progress
sives, or Liberals.
DRichard Scanlin went home in New York
last night and found his wife in a COM
promising attitude with his brother. He
picked up lamp and threw it at her. She
was burned to death.
The London grand jury has found true
bill against Mrs. Florence Ethel Osborne
who is at present in the infrmary of Hol-
loway jail, awaiting trial on charges of lar
ceny and perjury.
Judge Endicott, counsel for contestants
in the Searles will case, has filed formal
waiver in behalf of Timothy Hopkins and
wife of appeal from the decree allowing the
will of Mary z. Searles.
At tax sale of town property held yes |
terday, the Illinois Central railroad freight
and passenger depot was bought by the
town of Summit, Miss, for SIPS, the
amount of unpaid taxes.
Jay Gould has given 700 to the Uni |
versity of New York The gift was made
few days after he gave his check for
$4,000 to the Presbyterian church extern
sion. 1t was Mr.. Gould's desire that the |
gifts be kept secret
Hon Charles Foster, secretary of the |
United States treasury, left Waterloo sta
ton on the express train which left for |
Southampton at 4 o'clock yesterday. He |
will embark on the Spree, the same vessel |
on which he went to England.
At the regular monthly meeting of the |
Distiners and cattle feeding company's |
board of directors it was decided that in
view of existing circumstances to reduce !
the quarterly dividend to per cent and to
cut the price of whisky l cent per gallon.
The fune. al services over the body OF |
Representative Kendall will be held at
1915 O'Clock to-day at the late residence
The deadman was Methodist, and services
will be very simple. Kentucky delegation |
will accompany the remains to the station.
There has been radical change in the
situation of the Richmond Terminal reor-
ganization and it is now likely the plan
adopted by the committee will be quickly |
issl ed. The syndicate to be formed will
have capital of sl5,oOO,OOO or $50, 900, 900.
Jonn s. Sanders, assistant ticket agent of
the Santa Fe at Galveston, has disappeared,
leaving the safe open and empty and note
to his wife saying the waves would finish
his career The suicide theory is not en-
tertained by his friends. He has been gam
bling of late.
The United States government has deter
mined upon the manufacture of smokeless