Gasser McFadden No 4 Gas Rush In Beaumont Field
Spectacular gas eruption at McFadden No 4 in the Guffey field sends rocks and gas skyward alarming onlookers. Heywood No 3 also reported a strong gusher with visitors flocking to witness the spectacle.
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
5
Platt Amendment Endorsed by Republicans and Nationals
The Platt amendment gains approval from both major parties in Havana as the Cuban constitutional convention accepts the measure. Within the parties a split over backing the delegates’ action leads to friction and resignation of Juan Gualberto Gomez from the Republican ranks and from La Patria’s editorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt Amenum
Havana
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Gomez
la Patria
Test of Strength Looms in Cincinnati Strike
In Cincinnati Ohio June 25 a likely test of strength may occur between striking machinists and idle manufacturers of the Metal Trades association. Manufacturers announce shops open to allow workers to return with protection offered. no penalties for not returning. Machinists threaten to double pickets and seek proposals to end the strike if a working force is not secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Metal Trades Association
Troops Besieged After Negro Suspect in Trinity Texas
At Trinity Texas on June 22 a special Houston cavalry train arrived amid armed townsfolk claiming justice for a jailed Black man. They say 1700 armed residents surround a school house where the suspect Spencer is held, while Captain Breedlove’s troops stay nearby. No entry or arrest occurs as daylight nears and operations seem halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Texas
Houston Cavalry
Chandler
Trinity County
Brooks
Walker County
Phelps
Breedlove
Manning
McCormick
Light Guard
Spencer
Groveton
Reichardt
Cushing
Kerosene lamp blast wounds Calhoun family at Rogers
In Rogers Texas on June 22 Mrs Miley Calhoun and three children were badly burned when a lamp filled with kerosene ignited after a child struck a match. Mrs Calhoun died minutes later. The husband and a hired man were seriously burned while trying to rescue them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Texas
Miley Calhoun
Sour Lake land sold in landmark oil region deal
The Sour Lake Springs company holdings totaling 825 acres plus 400 acres owned by Mr Merchant were sold to a syndicate represented by W. W. Wilson and J. H. Trezevant. The price reported at $1,125,000 with a $100,000 cashier’s check as earnest money indicates a cash transaction in the largest real estate deal in the area since oil discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Sour Lake
W. W. Wilson
J. H. Trezevant
Sour Lake Springs Company
Merchant
Condition of the Cotton Crop in Yoakum Texas Notice
Mr. Hampus Roos reports crop prospects in Yoakum Texas June 22. He notes boll weevil gathered and fallen squares burned improve outlook for a good cotton yield and urges farmers to keep burning fallen squares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Texas
Hampus Roos
Insurgent Leader Cailles Near Pagsanjan with 700 Rifles
Manila dispatch reports General Cailles, insurgent commander in Laguna with 700 riflemen and Bolomen, marching toward Pagsanjan, about a day from Santa Cruz on Laguna de Bay. He plans to surrender Monday and aid in bringing in Malver, his nominal superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cailles
Laguna Province
Pagsanjan
Santa Cruz
Laguna de Bay
Malver
Census of Consumptives to Begin in New York State
The New York State board of health will start a census of consumptives in about three weeks. It aims to quantify sufferers and gather data on care options for those who cannot pay for private sanitarium treatment. Dr. Lewis plans to notify physicians statewide to bolster reliable statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Board of Health
Lewis
Boards of Health
Benedict Arnold's Schooner Found Near Burlington
A Burlington dispatch reports diver J G Falcon located the Royal Savage wreck from 1776 at about thirty feet depth. He recovered three gun carriages and roughly thirty cannon balls and shot. Two carriages go to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and one to Burlington city. The wooden and iron carriages are now petrified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Arnold
New York
Burlington
J. G. Falcon
Royal Savage
Smithstonian Institute
Washington
Cotton Press Destroyed in Houston Fire
A fire at the Inman cotton press near Houston Heights damaged the structure and destroyed about 2000 bales of cotton. Loss estimated at 120000 dollars, fully insured. Origin suspected as a spark from a passing locomotive. Ownership by Messrs Inman and Nelms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Inman
Houston Heights
Messrs. Inman & Nelms
Appeal for Aid for Transvaal Women and Children
An appeal issued in New York on June 22 requests funds to supply women and children in Transvaal camps amid the Boer War. Signers include Rev. Dr. David James Burrell William Van Rensselaer Edward Van Ness Andrew D. Parker and Rev. Herman D. Van Brockhuizen. The note states 22,000 women and children are in camps and 318 children died in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Transvaal
Rey
David James Burrell
William van Rensselaer
Edward van Ness
Andrew D. Parker
Herman D. van Brockhuizen
Prussia
Cuba Affairs Reported Favorable to Platt Amendment
Secretary Root has received Governor General Wood’s report on Cuban affairs. The convention’s acceptance of the Platt amendment by Congress is said to be received with general satisfaction across the island. An order from General Wood on debts and mortgages is expected to tide over recent difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Washington
Root
Wood
Prohibition Defeated in Hell County Vote
In Hell county the antis won the prohibition election with a net majority of 900. Temple reported an anti majority of 485 and Belton 195. The vote counted mainly from larger precincts. smaller boxes remain to be reported. The election went quietly amid some personal campaign tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
Temple
Texas
Hell County
Belton
Sour Lake Gusher Reaches Fifty Feet High at 30000 Barrel Rate
Sour Lake Texas June 21 1906 a new well tapped by the Nicey Petroleum Co spouted about fifty feet above the pipe with an estimated capacity near 30000 barrels per day. Residents and visitors rushed to view the spray as workers vainly attempted to force water down the pipe to halt the flow amid strong gas. Guards were posted when the second vein was reached to protect the cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Morris and Keller
Market House
Market Square
Sour Lake
Nicey Petroleum Company
Beaumont
Health officer concludes Beaumont shows no cholera plague or yellow fever
State Health Officer Blunt reports he found less sickness than a month earlier in Beaumont Texas after visiting the hospital and speaking with physicians. He declares there is no cholera bubonic plague or yellow fever in the town, noting only typhoid fever malarial fever smallpox and dysentery with one hemorrhagic smallpox death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Blunt
Joseph Cragens
FF. Brun
Duellike Fatality Shocks Audubon Park Society
In New Orleans at Audubon Park Bailey a prominent young man killed Walter Selph in a bare handed duel after a quarrel at the May ball. Selph is son of Dudley Selph president of the Travelers Protective Association of Louisiana. The duel followed a note inviting Bailey to meet last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Audubon Park
Bailey
Walter Selph
Young Selph
Coone
Dudley Selph
Travelers’ Proective Association of Louisiana
Washington Artillery
Selph
Birm
American Telephone declares quarterly dividend in Boston
Boston reports that the directors of the American Telephone company declared a regular quarterly dividend of 12 percent. The announcement confirms the financial plan for the upcoming quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
American Telephone Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gasser
McFadden No
Heywood
McFadden No. 4
Guffey
O. W. Heywood
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Hays
Harriman
Stubbs
C. P. Huntington
Roanoke
Keystone
Cortez
San Antonio
Gregorio Cortez
Glover
Gonzales County
Morris
Karnes County
Laredo
Bexar County
Choate
Avant
Atascosa County
Schnabel
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Mackay
San Diego
Cal
Carlisle City
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Carlisle
Kansas City
Oklahoma
J. J. McKenna
Aumont
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