Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-21
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM DALLAS.
INSURANCE MEN IN JOINT SESSION
YESTERDAY.
The object Was to Discus. tho Cot
ton situasion-whns narrymnn
charges Against Kent and What
the Latter Has to Say.

'@N9t'4H tlhoii, an cSecuifc orkitniNA-
tion OF the fire insurSoce companies.
which control much OF tRs business OF
the company. has been In jItnt cxecu-
tive session today With the executive
committee OF tho Texas Underwriters
association, with a vles. TO Glscusaisg
the condition OF business generally In
thls sss,e< rrlscs ncetinx IL sciGS htin
IN The Texas Undcrwrilerss asseclStion
ioonls III the frost bulldlng. Tue r,-
lowing rnen compose The Waiting eom-
nilttee; c. ". Low Of New Orleans. as-
siatant manager Of the liverpool and
London and Globe: Milton Dargan.
fcfmcriy Of Dallas. but now southern
managcr or The Lancashire. headauar.
tiers at Atlanta: Arthur l.ansham. OF
Barbce X castlcman, Loulsyillc, and
$. y. Tuppcr. southern manager OF the
Queen, Atlanta.
The meeting adjourned this after
noon 10 assemble in New orleans next
month.
An insurance man anid to a Gazette
reporter: "'rhe object OF the meeting
was 10 discuss the cotton situation.
The truth ~, the companies have rot
no cotton lQsul ance thls year. Hereto.
lvrc We have insured Il all throughout
the cotton growing region. nut this
year II has gone sonicwncre else. Prob
ably the marine companies have Sc
cured It. The cotton business rs u big
thing, ana worth looking after. On
course 1t ia gone FOR this season. but
there Is nothing like looking after II
for next year"
Mr., Acc'pmas. living six miles north
pf fpNNn A. o. a.
ing by the barking OF his dog, and IN
getting up. he saw three mounted men
run away, leaving drove OF fat cattle
In his lane. Mr.. McComaa turned them
into MS lot and nouhed Sheriff cabcll,
who now has n couple OF deputies
looking for the owncrs Of the stock.
The men that had the cattle were evil
IDENTIFY rushing them into Dallas to get
them on AN early morning market.
j. L. Goode, editor and proprietor OF
trade publications that have been IT,
aued periodically in Dallas and Fort
Worth, died suddenly at Waco this
forenoon, while en- business trip 20
that city. Deceased was son-ln-luw
of kov. Dr. Buchnpr The body will
be brought to Dallas,
II. Barryman today made charges
before Justice LauderdQle ngains, lcAiu
Kent, chan cling him with shooting with
Intent to XIII, Mr.. Kent wns placed
under bond 10 await the action Of tho
lTand jury. MIR. Kent told reporters
this exciting story;
Last Thursday 1 went down to the
gravel pit on my land south OF the
fair grounit Ea Wilson was In the
pit lllR boy drove up on waEon
which had my dump board on It, l
told hinrfo take the dump bonrd right
of. He refused to do SO Then | took
It off myself. The hoy started on aud
said he was going TO tell his daddy. In
n tow minutes herr came lea, m ~ ~,
other erd 81 the ut, with shotgun
ald \ pistol, AID ordered me to place
Tho board back un the wagon. Without
more rdn 1 pulled my revolver and
fired at I'D, and then snapped the other
fve cartridges These falling 10 cx-
plode, went home and not my Win
chester,
'Nvhen | returned and stp1d on the
cGge OF hn pit Milann nut b,riyufn
opened on me from the stable. tearing
up the ground all around me with
buckshot carefully located them by
the sound Of their guns and turned
my Winchester loose ON thcm, and they
came rolling out OF the stable Hike rats.
after having fired three shots nj me,
while / was shooting nj Wilson.
Barryman took dpnd rcft with his
shotgun on the wagon bed and fired
both barrels at me. and then ran. !
look iNftt NlhihN Ut hAHl WIN iAtN W III
chester ua he ran around the smoke
house.
"Burryman came up 10 town ycster-
day evening, bought him new Win
chester. and made AFFIDAVIT against
me"
Mrs. Henry Fabian, wife Of the well
known Dallas and Fort Worth base
ban player. presented her husband
Sunday morning with n handsome baby
boy Weighing 10 Ia pounds. MT Fd-
friend that when he first saw the little
Fabian, the newcomer had base bail
In HIS right hand drawn back ready TO
throw 10 first base.
The Salvation Army is arranging to
give free dinner 10 the poor on
Thanksgiving day. Five hundred tick
cts have been printed. TO be distributed
IN the city
X. Kahn lodged complaint before
Justice skelton against Henry Prlnglc.
charging him with assault 10 murder
He said he had had n scrap with Pfin-
gle, In which the latter used knife,
cutting a deep gash Ia his jaw.
Joe Smith. VINO several months ngo
shot his sweetheart because Of jeal.
ouHy, was tried today ia the criminal
district court ana hned s2b and costs
FOR assault with lntont to murder.
The criminal district court Is Occur
pled with the case Of y. j. Reeves,
charged With killing Tom James for
alleged Intimacy with Mrs. Reeves.
,rhc tragedy took place Mt " dance ~
East DALLAS last December, after,
Rscvos had found letter teemiug
with cudearlng terms from James IN