Spindle Top well finishes in Beaumont Texas
The Spindle Top Oil company finished a well near Beaumont after a precise bore ends with oil in the sand. The well does not spout. oil is flowing but quickly capped as engineers control the flow. Directors include J B Collins and D R Beatty. land belongs to Ward-Keith and leases cover 90 acres in nearby leagues. The company plans further tests and likely spouting later in the week.
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Beaumont
Texas
Spindle Top Oil Company
J. B. Diffey
Spindle Top Heights
John A. Veatch League
Ward-Keith Oil and Fuel Company
D. R. Beatty
Fort Worth
Beatty
J. B. Collins
J. C. Phelan
Corsicana
D. B. Henderson
Galveston
A. Templeton
Colonel Hunter
Spindle Top Company
J. W. Bullock
Ed M House Leads Purchase of Beaumont Street Lot Deal
The Spindle Top Heights subdivision streets near Lucas and Higgins wells change hands for 100000. Ed M House of Austin and T W House of Houston lead capitalists in acquiring control through heirs of Judge C T Cleveland. Buyers plan a 1 million dollar company to develop the lands.
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Austin
Texas
Ed M. House
T. W. House
Cleveland
Lucas
Higgins
Record cabbage shipments set new Texas coast peak
Corpus Christi reports a record cabbage week with 25 carloads by freight and 15 000 pounds by express. Over 4800 dollars paid for cabbage this week and demand remains brisk. Season totals reach 180 carloads and about 20 000 pounds per car, with shipments likely to surpass all prior years despite a dry spell. Fresh potatoes now shipping at high prices as coast farmers push diversification.
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Washington
Charles Smith
Willam Johnson
J. Fisher
W. R Iamilton
Winstanley Fark
East St. Louis
John Isely
Spring Place
Teun
Isely
Himseelf
H. S. Scruggs, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Skinner
Rowland N. Hasard
New York
William A. Brady
Dan Daly
DeWolff Hopper
Academy of Maaste
Mra
Joseph Fairfax
France
Henry H. Hawthorn
Soldiers
Dayton
Fairfax
Schwab
The
Steel Trust
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
Kansas City
Texark
Corpus Christi
Texas
Express
Reform preacher assails church in Brooklyn lecture
Rev. George D. Herron denounced the Christian church in a Park Theater talk in Brooklyn last night. He declared church leadership has crushed individual freedom, equating orthodoxy with atheism in Christ’s spirit and criticizing English and American pulpits for backing wars and oppression.
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New York
George D. Herron
Park Theater
Brooklyn
Christ
Jesus
Aguinaldo Confesses Near Misses in Philippine War
London dispatch quotes Emilio Aguinaldo recalling near stands at Calumpit and Tarlac and his 1500 riflemen retreat from Calumpit. He describes slipping through Lawton’s cordon with 250 men hours before Wheaton’s landing and notes possible U S visit and future plans. He doubts federal pacification and offers no definite destination.
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Aguinaldo
London
Manila
Calumpit
Tarlac
Wheaton
San Fabian
Nueva Vizcaya
Lawton
United States
More Men for Artillery Enlistment Authorized
The War Department plans to enlist thirteen thousand men to raise the artillery corps to 18 000. Secretary Root ordered the enrollments after General Miles urged full staffing due to scarce artillery manpower for coastal defenses and gun care.
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New York
War Department
Washington
The
Herald
Root
Miles
Artillery Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
Natural Gas Explosion Destroys Commercial Hotel
A massive natural gas blast at the Commercial hotel in St Marys West Virginia killed four people including Sam Cunningham of Rixford Pennsylvania and John George of Butler Pennsylvania. The frame structure burned rapidly with many unaccounted for and several injured but expected to recover.
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St. Marys
W. Va
Sam Cunningham
Rixford
John George
Butler
Harry Robinson
Corning
Ohio
John Slater
Editor Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment in Capetown
Capetown April 23 Albert Cartwright editor of the South African News was convicted of seditious and defamatory libel for publishing that Kitchener had secretly instructed his troops to take no prisoners. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
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Capetown
Albert Cartwright
The
South African News
Kitchener
Creditors Pursue Prince Henry Debts in London
Special dispatches report that Prince Henry, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, faces creditors asking the queen to settle his debts. The queen is said to be angry and insists the prince pay from his state allowance.
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London
Prince Henry
Wilhelmina of Holland
Aguinaldo urges complete end to hostilities in peace bid
Aguinaldo proclaims acceptance of US sovereignty across the Philippine archipelago and calls for a lasting peace. General MacArthur orders the release of 1000 insurgent prisoners who swear allegiance to the United States, signaling pacification.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Philippines
United States
Philippine Archipelago
McArthur
The New Land Bill to Change Texas Land Sales Method
The Texas governor is expected to sign a general land bill that changes how land sales are handled. Applications and money will go to the county clerk, who records and forwards them to the general land office, with funds and land descriptions then moving to the state treasury.
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Austin
Texas
General Land Office
State Treasury
Alleged Anarchist Plot Reported in Rosario
The Herald’s Rosario correspondent says the German consul in Rosario discussed an anarchist conspiracy to kill European monarchs. The consul claims no official notice of Romagnoli’s arrest in Germany and says Berlin instructed actions against the anarchist group in Rosario, though he remains unconvinced of a real plot. A police informant named Caceres is cited regarding paid aims and an appointment.
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Argentinas
Apri
Herald
Rosario
Germany
Russia
Italy
Turin
Consu
Romagnoli
Berlin
Caceres
Hobson to Head Inquiry on Tingey Extras Forfeiture
Naval Constructor Hobson, on special duty in Washington, is assigned to a board for the torpedo boat Tingey. The Tingey contract has been forfeited by the contractors alleged extras. The vessel will be towed from Baltimore to Norfolk for inquiry into the extras' warrants.
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Hobson
Washington, D. C
Tingey
Baltimore
Norfolk
Quails for Sweden Stir Trade Interest
Washington April 20 Consul Nelson at Begger reports strong interest in importing American quails to Sweden. Over 5000 quails valued around 3500 dollars have been ordered for shipment and more orders are expected.
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Sweden
Washington
Nelson At
Begger
Rancher reports strong gas flow on Ramirena land
J Wright of Ramirena Live Oak county told Beeville reporters he struck a fine gas flow while boring a well on his ranch last week. He already has one productive oil well and believes the new gas strike indicates valuable oil land despite rejecting leasing offers.
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Beeville
Texas
J. Wright
Ramirena
Live Oak County
Wright
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