Sale of a Gusher in Beaumont Tops Oil History
The Beatty oil gusher with its Texas Western lands and leases sold for 1 250000. The well reputedly yields 70000 barrels daily on about 150000 leased acres. A New York buyer’s syndicate led by R L Henry of Chicago takes control while Texas Western retains its name and plans marketing and pipeline expansion. The sale marks the largest oil deal in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Beatty
Texas Western Oil Company
C. D. Pullen
New York
D. R. Beatty
R. L. Henry
Chicago
Henry
rattlesnake scare during Texan fishing trip
Edna Texas April 10 Mr Frank Dickson editor of the Progress and companions fished Saturday but their vehicle stuck in mud A hollow log yielded a six foot rattlesnake with 22 rattles They killed it and reached the waters but the encounter left Dickson too rattled to fish well They caught four small catfish Pipeline completed Port Arthur Texas April 10 The Beaumont oil field to Port Arthur line finished Oil can now move from Lucas well or El Victor relay to ships at the wharves The 50 000 barrel exporting tank foundation is ready for tank builders to begin work The tank sits about 3000 feet from the water front and will supply steamers and oil barges for export and coastwise shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Texas
Frank Dickson
the Progress
Mr. Dickson
Gibbs
Port Arthur
Beaumont Oil Field
Lucas Well
el Victor
Guffy & Galey
Ansgar Arrives in Galveston in Quarantine Detention
The Norwegian steamship Ansgar from Jalcutta India with a jute cargo reached Galveston on April 10 and was placed in quarantine. Captain Amundsen noted the pilot refused to board, while a pilot recalled boarding a ship deemed in good shape yet held in quarantine. The vessel will likely be unloaded in the channel and fumigated on barges before ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catcutta
Galveston
Texas
Ansgar
Jalcutta
India
Amundsen
Houston man sues Southwestern Telephone for heavy damages
T F OConnell of Houston filed suit in the district court against Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph for 50000. He says he was employed in Houston and refused to join the union during a strike, suffered hardship, was discharged and blacklisted after settlement, and seeks 16000 in actual damages and 40000 in punitive damages.
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Austin
Texas
T. F O'Connell
Houston
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Troops Start to Manila Movement from Texas Stations
The Tenth cavalry based in Texas began moving toward Manila with Troops E and F arriving from Laredo. They join here and move west to muster others at Fort Clark and El Paso. The Twelfth cavalry, a new regiment, is slowly recruiting here.
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Manila
San Antonio
Texas
Tenth Cavalry
Laredo
Fort Clark
el Paso
Twelfth Cavalry
Holliday Creek irrigation dam ready for test in Wichita Falls
During a visit to Fort Worth Mr J A Kemp stated that the Holliday Creek irrigation dam is finished and await copious rains to fill for a practical test. The project aims to irrigate 8000 acres on Holliday Creek and in the Wichita Valley while leaving water to spare for Wichita Falls. The company owns the land and plans a full water supply test with costs ranging from 150000 to 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
Holliday Creek
Wichita
Wichita Valley
Holliday Creek Irrigation Company
Lampazos Disturbance Inches Toward Confrontation
Reports from Laredo Texas describe a serious unrest in Lampazos with about 5000 residents. Four youths from prominent families were arrested by military authorities including a son of General Naranjo. Families protested at the depot as General Naranjo and a crowd followed prisoners to the train bound for Monterey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
Lampazos
Naranjo
Monterey
Anti Clerical Riots Break Out Over Electra Drama
Dispatch from Buenos Ayres reports serious anti clerical riots in San Pablo Santiago El Estro after the Spanish drama Electra by Perez Caldas was presented. The audience clashed with clergy, rushed from the theater, and marched to the convent of San Bonito where it was assaulted. Many arrests followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald
Buenos Ayres
San Pablo
Santiago el Estro
Perez Caldas
Spain
San Bonito
Aguinaldo signs peace manifesto in Manila
Officials remain silent but report that Aguinaldo signed the peace manifesto yesterday morning. Chief Justice Arellano drafted the document. Aguinaldo objects to two clauses, and significant argument overcame his objections. Additional surrenders of insurgent crews are noted.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Arellano
Patrick Holds On In Estate Battle Over Rice Justice
Surrogate Fitzgerald allowed Cantwell and Moore to file the alleged February 17 1900 assignment and the September 21 1900 stock deposit documents for Albert T Patrick while objections call the proposition hazardous and speculative. An affidavit from Texas claims Charles F Jones discussed chloroform with a Rice valet. In Bowie Texas a giant powder explosion damages property injuring none seriously.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Cantwell & Moore
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Patrick
Wall Street
B. B. Rice
Baker
John P. O'Brien
Houston
Texas
Mr. Rice
Cantwel & Moore
William L. Jones
Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rice
Osborne
Rivers Are Booming From Potomac Floods In Maryland
The Cumberland valley section near Hagerstown reports heavy rainfall and a rapid rise in the Potomac river and Antietam and Conococheague creeks. The Potomac swells about six feet and threatens damage while banks along the Chesapeake and Ohio canal are watched. South Mountain peach belts see freeze injury to early buds, casting doubt on a large peach crop this summer.
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Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley
Potomac River
Antietam
Conococheague
Potomac
South Mountain
President's Western Trip To New Orleans Then Houston
The president's party will arrive in New Orleans at 4 30 p m on May 1 with a banquet in his honor that evening. A carriage ride and luncheon at Cabildo follow on May 2 before departing at 6 p m for Houston arriving the next morning with a two hour stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans
Cabildo
Houston
Six Months Appropriation Conference in Austin Texas
The free conference committee on the six months appropriation bill met today in Austin Texas. The senate reduced the State militia appropriation from 5900 to 2500 focusing the funds on transportation and subsistence for volunteers while on active service.
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Austin
Texas
Free Conference
House
Senate
Soil surveys planned for Texas projects announced
Representative Burleson and Prof. Whitney discussed soil surveys in Texas under the Agricultural Department. Montgomery County will receive a complete survey, with parts of Brazoria County and soils on the lower Brazos farm also to be surveyed. Weather work will not end the Palestine weather station despite resident concerns.
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Bureau of Soils
Washington, D. C
Burleson
Whitney
Agricultural Department
Texas
Montgomery County
Brazoria County
Lower
Brazos
Wilson
Taylor
Palestine
Boers Still Troubles on New York Rail Lines
London dispatch reports Boers active in destroying trains near Johannesburg last Saturday. They were driven off before looting. South Africa rail traffic remains uncertain as Rand mines reopening looms as a supply problem. Dewet stays at Vrede despite crossing rumors and precautions to block Botha from reaching him.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Johannesburg
South Afric
Dewet
Vrede
Vaal
Botha
Killing of Brother in Nacogdoches Texas
In Nacogdoches, Texas, on April 6 at 1 30 am William Hardin shot and killed his brother John Hardin one mile west of the city. Both men were drunk and quarreled over a minor matter. William used a shotgun while John had a Winchester. Cartridges were removed from both guns, but William found shells and loaded them. The incident caused considerable excitement in town among local residents who knew the Hardin brothers.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
William Hardin
John Hardin
Child Succumbs After Rabid Cat Bite In Texas
The 12 year old son of Charles Cylinger of near Taylor died on a train while en route to Chicago for Pasteur treatment after being bitten by a rabid cat. The boy was brought to Austin for burial. Two other Cylinger children were bitten by the same cat as their father continued to Chicago with them.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
McKinley
Free Conference Committee
Galveston
Charles Cylinger
Taylor
Chicago
Mr. Ciinger
Porto Rico Merchants Urge Postmaster Pick in Brooklyn
Wenceslao Jorda, for the Merchants Lanters and Bankers association of Porto Rico, writes to the president urging the appointment of Fran i Hi Wilson as postmaster of Brooklyn to succeed Governor Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Washington
Wenceslao Jorda
Merchants, Lanters and Bankers Association of
Porto Rico
Frani Hi. Wilson
Brooklyn
Allen
Notable Deaths and Global Events Hit Headlines
Composer C C Gibson died at Henriks New Hampshire. Writer Josephine Ellen Barry died in Indianapolis. Denmark’s government suffered a sweeping election defeat. France’s Premier Waldeck-Rousseau ill with throat abscess. Turkish transport Aslam wrecked near Lembo with twenty soldiers drowned. North German Lloyd to build four steamers at Bremen. Prince Louis Napoleon warned against opposing the French republic. U S president will travel south via Memphis and skip Atlanta. British forces brief capture of Boer laager near Boschberg Orange River Colony. Mrs Isaac Faulkes dies in Elizabeth New Jersey. last of Lafayette’s 1824 welcoming group. Chief Surgeon R H Hall dies after osteomyelitis. The Scorpion will replace Bancroft at Memphis reunion. Bancroft to Key West for decommissioning. Treasury secretary buys 2.6 million in short term bonds. German exports fall to 22,220,215 marks. Norfolk and Western freight collision in Richmond kills Eng Heatherington and Fireman Singleton. Uncles Tom’s Cabin stage accident injures driver David Peyser and unsettles audience. Cyclone near Brewer Georgia. pine trees uprooted. Pan American stamps set for May 1 sale in post offices. Denominations 1c to 10c marking national progress. Burglary thwarted in Pittsburg. Mrs Ann Ward beaten. $1200 in home. Aguinaldo oath signals insurgent end and U S sovereignty approach. Lieut. Col Alexander reassigned from Havana to Gen Wood’s staff. Carol H Beck to receive Carnegie commission to copy Penn portrait for New York Penn Society. Jacob N Schiff buys $475,000 Fifth Ave house for finish in two months. Jacob Wickmann’s stomach removed in Williamsburg hospital. cancer patient gains predigested food.
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Navy
Memphis
Norfolk and Western Railway
Richmond
Heatherington
Singleton
New York
David Peyser
Brewer
Bne
Pittsburg
Ann Ward
Aguinaldo
Col. Alexander
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Havana
Wood
Island
Carol H. Beck
Philadelphia
Andrew Carnegie
William Penn
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Penn Society of New York
Jacob N. Schiff
Fifth Avenue
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Jacob Wickmann
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Texas Western Ol Company
Assantia Convent
Ferce
Jones
Bowie
Rock Island
Denver
C. C. Gibson
Henriks, N. H
Josephine Ellen Barry
Indianapolis
Denmark
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
France
Aslam
Lembo
Lloyd Steamship Company
Bremen
Louis Napoleon
French Republic
Tenn
Atlanta
Boschberg
Frankfort
Salt Pan
Orange River Colony
Elizabeth
N. J
Isaac Faulkes
Lafayette
R. H. Hall
Department of Northern Luzon
Jill
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