Oil region visiting leaders tour Beaumont field
Feaumont Texas April 30 Guffey Galley and Lucas arrived from the East to tour the oil field. They saw pipelines pumping facilities and the Lucas well and discussed future plans for more wells tanks and lines. Colonel Lufkin praised the field noting its unmatched potential and uncertainty about how long the boom will last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feaumont
Texas
Beaumont
Stock Exchange
J. M. Guffey
John H. Galey
A. F. Lucas
Messrs
Guffey
Galey
Pittsburg
Captain Lucas
New Orleans
Colonel Guffey
Lucas
Pennsylvania
Largest Northern Mexico ranch sale in 1250 acres
Captain Charles Davis of El Paso sold his 1250 acre ranch along the Rio Grande, 50 miles below El Paso, to Riverside Hereford Company of Ashland Nebraska for 25 cents an acre totaling nearly 300000 dollars. Wm Humphries of Riverside handled the deal and plans stocking with Hereford cattle. If the Stillwell railroad is built, the company expects further benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie
Sota
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Chas. Davis
Riverside Hereford Company
Ashland
Neb
Rio Grande
Wm. Humphries
Riverside Company
Davis
Stillwll
Three New Theaters Planned in Texas Circuit
Henry Greenwall of New York, president of the Greenwall circuit, arrived from New Orleans and said the Dallas opera house burned there will be rebuilt at $75,000. He plans a Beaumont house and a Galeston project, totaling three new Texas theaters, all up to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Henry Greenwall
New York
Greenwall
New Orleans
Beaumont
Galeston
Only Six More Claims Remain Before Chilean Commission
Only six claims remain to be disposed by the Chilean claims commission before it can adjourn sine die. Twelve claims have been determined. Claimants seek about 2.5 million dollars for damages. The commission has awarded 2000 dollars. One case involves the seizure of the steamer State by the United States as Chile plans a determined effort, with Senor Don Anibal Cruz preparing the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chilean Claims Commission
Herald
Washington
Chile
United States
Senor Don Anibal Cruz
Young man killed by Cotton Belt train near Plano crossing
A 25 year old named Horton was run over by the west bound Cotton Belt passenger train near the Central and Cotton Belt crossing in Plano. The engineer did not see him until near impact. Parents live near Bowie and telegrams were sent regarding burial. Horton had worked on a farm at Renner.
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Plano
Texas
Horton
Central and Cotton Belt Crossing
Bowie
Judge Berryman
C. W. Horton
Renner
Kitchener Reports Boer Laager Captured at Klipdam
Lord Kitchener, reporting April 28 from the Transvaal, says Gren’s scouts surprised and captured Van Rensburg’s laager at Klipdam. Seven Boers killed thirty-seven taken prisoner eight thousand rounds of ammunition and all wagons and pack animals seized. One British man wounded. Other columns report three killed fifty-eight prisoners and fifty-seven surrendered with one swift clipper captured.
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Transvaal
London
Lord Kitchener
Grenfell
van Rensburger
Klipdam
Oil Well Near Beaumont May Reorder Industry
Beaumont Texas May 1 news from Sulphur Lake forty three miles east of Beaumont reports a vigorous heavy black oil gusher on the Union Sulphur and adjacent to the United Oil company land. The strike could rival Beaumont field though under Standard Oil control. In San Antonio carpenters painters and now electricians strike risks a broad building trades tie up.
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Beaumont
Texas
Beatty
United Oil Company
Sulphur
Greer
Hunter
Shreveport
Union Sulphur Company
Standard Oil Company
Forward Reduction Co
San Antonio
Builders’ Exchange
Exchange
Schuwirth's
Braden Plumbing and Electric Company
Rushing land patents as oil boom hits Texas
The General Land Office reports about 300 patents issued in May as oil discoveries spur rapid final settlements. Buyers in Jefferson Liberty and Orange counties rush to pay off lands bought for 50 cents to 1 dollar per acre now worth at least 100 dollars. More patents are expected as the 1900 land act expands settlement areas and ends some lease restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
General Land Office
Jefferson
Liberty
Orange Counties
Rich Silver Find Near Nacogdoches Promises Lead Ore Boom
A trusted local farmer revealed plans for a silver and lead mine within ten miles of Nacogdoches Texas. A ore sample sent to a chemist reports $500 in silver per ton and 200 pounds of lead. The region already shows abundant iron ore and related mineral prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Texas
German cruiser surveys Margarita island charted harbor for coal station
German cruiser Vinetta surveyed Margarita for ten weeks charting soundings and discovering a fine harbor suitable for a coal station. German merchants in Vene zuela seek to buy the harbor and nearby lands under a private guise, with a rumored secret deal with President Castro for consent. This may relate to the withdrawal of Minister Loomis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Vinetta
Island of
Margarita
Venezuela
Castro
Miniter Loomis
Aguinaldo Subpoenaed Then Available as Witness
Aguinaldo was subpoenaed as a defense witness in a Mando Ducat murder case in Tay Tay Morong province. Later he was declared available. Captain John B. McDonald and 21 cavalrymen attacked 60 insurgent riflemen and 40 bolomen in Abra Province, defeating the insurgents. McDonald was wounded in the lungs and a private was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Aguinaldo
Tay Tay
Morong
John B. McDonald
Third Cavalry
Abra
McDonald
Infant Fatally Scalded Near Manchester Texas
A four month old baby of J. P. McKinney, a Red River County farmer, was fatally scalded when a kettle of boiling water toppled from a hearth as the child crawled into the room. Death occurred within twelve hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Texas
McKinney
Manchester
Red River
Temanettes Offerions and Texas News Across Towns
A chaotic digest of Texas notes reports industries under study in Waxahachie and Dallas, a sleeping mattress plant planned in Gaimeeville, and an oil rich Beaumon development. It notes deaths from accidents in Galveston and Tyler, a Salem-style strike of a railway switch near San Antonio, and a host of local incidents from Denton to Paris.
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Galley
Vistors
C. F. Lufkin
Lima
Ohio
Lufkin
Tam
Mr. Lufkin
Port Arthur
Nho
Hay
Dewey
Louisiana
Beaumont Oi
Temanettes
Annona
Jim
Ken Williams
Texarkana
Fiead
Gaimeeville
Battle of
San Jacinto
Lucinda M. Orr
Hill County
Brandon
The
Bnai Brith
Houston
Waxahachie
Pearson
Riys
Taseasa
Galveston
P Bradly
Port Stockton
EL A. Teel
Sam Alexander
Baby
Denton County
Philippines
Denton
Bud Spear
Tyler
Pick Messers
Anthony Westfield
A. W. Rissen
Oak Chm
T. A. Morris
Corsicana
Woog Broomer
Rogers Pasture
Tyer
Lizzie B. Adkms
Red Snapper
Comnays
James Carroll
Tinker Caroll
International and Great Northern Railway
Wo Hicks
Pat Monchin
J. Benton
Cleburne
Beamont
Mississippi
Junction
Whitesboro
Hempstead
B. M. House of Austin
T. W. House of Houston
Spindletop Heights
Beaumon
Lucas and Higgin
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Tenge
T. O. Ray
Frank Lee
Madisonville
Lee
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