Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21
THE WACO BUDGET OF NEWS
a SHOTGUN THAT WENT OFF SUD
DENLY.
Dram Sees the Cotton Palace and
thinks Il Worth Crossing the state
to see--He win Talk 60 the snow
shoVeIerS About n.

Waco, Tex, Dot. 2O,--Charles Ray
mond. timer, was walking along
lsranlklln street this afternoon In front
OF the Provident National bank. carry
ing "A single-burrcled shotgun In his
hands he did not know tho gun was
loaded and he snapped the trigger
The result was terrible discharge,
which startled everybody in the VI
entity. The gun was loaded and the
charge OF buctshot tore large hole
IN one OF the large plate glass windows
OF the bank No other injury was done,
a lucky result, an the ntreot at that
point was crowded with people.
The 81, Charles saloon ana restaur-
ant WAS neatly robbed between / ana
o'clock this morning. There was a lit
10 lull IN business and the bartender
and restaurant waiter buth do2cd Tor a
few moments, This dozing proved bad
for tie each regiatcr ana druwer which
some thief approached and robbed, So
curing about slO. ana Huceosstully get
ting away witn IT, There Is no clcW
to the tnlef and The bartender and
restaurant walter are, ngurauNely
speaking, kicking themselves Tor the
easy manner IN when the place WAS
touched"
Mayor AcCulloch received yesterday
from st. Louis The urHt series 100000
public works bonds and nth series
$4,000 street Improvement bonds, which
have been aligned up and Will be taken
10 Austin IN n lew days and registered
with the comptroller. Assistant secre-
tary Jablonowsld says mat all the
necessary papers to accompany the
bonds have been prepared and the
bonds are In good shape for resistra-
ton.
w. C. Brann. late editor OF the San
Antonio Express, but now In the lee
turo field, was n Visitor TO the Cotton
Palace today
What do you think of III" asked
abe representative OF tho Gazette.
Young man." said the great spell
binder. impreasiNey, as lie took am
other turn about the building and
caught a 'clfclS" In his neck inspect
inH the ceiling decorations, II hardly
know what TO thin.N OF II. You see,
supposed when 1 heard OF the Cotton
Palace that IN was to he solely an
exhibit OF the neeey staple and it's pro-
> duets, and l have not yet got recon-
olled to the fact that It ia to be n
colossal exhibit OF the resources and
Industries of Texas. just give me
little time and i wiz be able 20 grasp
the situation. Say, do you know" he
broke out MS though addressing a vast
audience instead OF one reporter and
half a score OF surprised decorators,
"do you know this " the most unique
thing have yet seen? It's wen worth
trip across the state to see. 1 am
going north this winter TO talk 10 the
snow shovelers' about Texas and this
gives me new thunder, Lots OF those
fellowa up there think Texas is
bowling wilderness. peopled only by
cowboys and cacti. wish that |
. could put the Cotton Palace on wheels
cnd take II with me II would be a
revelation 10 those follows and would
start tide OF immigration this way
that would block the kings highway.
Am l coming back to the opening?
Surel And III bring half of San An
tonic and Southwest Texas with me.
just understand, please, that this Cot
ton Palace exhibit doesn't belong to
Waco exclusively; Il belongs 70 all
Texas. and all Texas should be here to
enjoy it"
Notices have been sent out by the To-
cal insurance agents OF this city IN the
past few days stating that the colin
aurance clause, concerning which there
has been 80 much discussion, has been
abandoned, and win hereafter form no
part Of the Insurance policies. w. b.
Hayes. speaking OF this matter today,
eaid the clause had been abandoned
by every company In the state. He
stated that ne believed In II as fully
~ ever believed II WINS n good meas
ure and would ultimately have resulted
in material reduction Of insurance
rates. a few companies abandoned II,
and a number were Indifferent con-
crrpiry t. and hence It's death fol-
lowed. This CLAUSE made the insured
q c0-insurer against portion OF his
loss ind provoked statewide criticism
md opposition. ~ VIII be remembered
that meeting was held In this city,
for ths r4larnsss - crEanixinx aEalnst