Guffey Galey and Lucas Tour Beaumont Oil Field T: Guffey Galey and Lucas Tour Beaumont Oil Field
Beaumont Texas April 30 oil magnates Colonel J M Guffey John H Galey and Captain A F Lucas arrived from the East to inspect the Beaumont oil fields They spoke softly about future plans saying they would sink more wells sell more oil and build more tanks and pipelines Local officials described the field as the most remarkable in the world and praised the vast pumping facilities and storage tanks They indicated Galey would stay in charge and Guffey would visit other Texas leaseholds while Lucas emphasized expanding output and distribution
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Beaumont
Texas
The
Stock Exchange
J. M. Guffey
John H. Galey
A. F. Lucas
Messrs
Guffey
Galey
Pittsburg
Captain Lucas
New Orleans
Colonel Guffey
Lucas
Pennsylvania
Davis Ranch Sold in Northern Mexico For 300000
Captain Chas Davis of El Paso sold his 1250 acre Davis ranch on the Rio Grande to Riverside Hereford Company of Ashland Nebraska for 300000 at 25 cents per acre. William Humphries, the company's general manager, expects to stock the property with Hereford cattle and build a large Mexican herd. The ranch lies on the Stillwell railroad survey and could benefit the company if the line is built.
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Davis
Sota
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Chas, Davis
Riverside Hereford Company
Ashland
Neb
Rio Grande
Wm. Humphries
Riverside Company
Three New Theaters Planned in Texas Circuit
Henry Greenwall of New York, head of the Greenwall circuit, arrived from New Orleans and announced the Dallas opera house will be rebuilt at a cost of 75000 dollars. He said Beaumont will get a new house and Galeston will also be ready next season, forming three modern theaters in the Texas circuit.
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Dallas
Texas
Henry Greenwall
New York
Greenwall
New Orleans
Beaumont
Galeston
Only Six More Claims Remain Before Adjourning
New York April 30 Only six claims remain to be disposed by the Chilean claims commission before it can adjourn sine die says the Heralds Washington correspondent. Twelve claims have been determined with claimants seeking about 2500000 for damages alleged in Chile. The commission has awarded only 2000. Among the claims is the seizure of the steamer State by the United States and Chile plans a determined effort to win this case with Senor Don Anibal Cruz as counsel preparing his brief.
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New York
Chilean Claims Commission
Herald
Washington
Chile
United States
Senor Don Anibal Cruz
Tragic Pedestrian Struck by Cotton Belt Train in Plano
A 25 year old man named Horton was killed when run over by a west bound Cotton Belt passenger train near the Central and Cotton Belt crossing in Plano. The engineer did not see him until almost upon him and the body was mangled. Parents in Bowie were notified and the body may be shipped for burial if suitable. Horton had recently worked on a Renner farm.
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Plano
Texas
Horton
Central and Cotton Belt Crossing
Bowie
Berryman
C. W. Horton
Worton
Renner
Kitchener Reports Victory Amid Boers Capture at Klipdam
Lord Kitchener cites April 28 reports from Gren's scouts they surprised and captured Van Rensburg's laager at Klipdam. Seven Boers killed, thirty-seven captured, eight thousand rounds of ammunition and all wagons, oxen, horses, and mules seized. One British wounded. Other columns note three killed, fifty-eight captured, fifty-seven surrendered, and one quickler captured.
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Transvaal
London
Lord Kitchener
Grenfell
van Rensburger
Klipdam
Oil Well at Sulphur Lake Signals Beaumont Rivalry
News from Beaumont Texas on May 1 reports a heavy black oil gusher at Sulphur Lake forty three miles east of Beaumont on the Southern Pacific line. The Union Sulphur company and United Oil company stake the field as potentially equal to or better than Beaumont’s, amid Standard Oil influence and secrecy.
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Beaumont
Texas
Beatty
United Oil Company
Sulphur
Greer
Hunter
Shreveport
Union Sulphur Company
Standard Oil Company
Forward Reduction Co
Rushing Land Office Issues Record Patent Total
In Austin on May 1 the general land office reports a surge in patents amid oil discoveries. About 300 patents this month, more than any month since railroad certificates era, with school lands in Jefferson Liberty and Orange counties seeing final settlements and full payments as land rises from cents to large sums.
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Austin
Texas
General Land Office
Jefferson
Liberty
Orange Counties
Rich Silver Find Near Nacogdoches Reported
A well known local farmer, requesting anonymity, announced a planned mine for rich silver and lead within ten miles of Nacogdoches Texas. A ore sample sent to a chemist and assayer reportedly yields $500 in silver per ton and 200 pounds of lead, with abundant higher quality ore and mineral evidence in the area.
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Nacogdoches
Texas
German cruiser surveys Margarita harbor for coal station
Reports from Naval Station Trinidad on May 1 claim the German cruiser Vinetta charted Margarita island for ten weeks finding a promising harbor ideal for a coal station. German merchants in Venezuela allegedly seek the harbor and acres near it masked as private investments, with a rumored secret deal with President Castro to allow it in exchange for money. This ties to calls for Minister Loomis's withdrawal by Venezuela.
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Sermon Naval Station
Trinidad
Vinetta
Island of
Margarita
Venezuela
Castro
Loomis
Aguinaldo Subpoenaed Then Not Available as Witness
Aguinaldo was subpoenaed as a defense witness in a Mando Ducat murder case in Tay Tay Morong but later deemed unavailable. Captain John B. McDonald with 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.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Tay Tay
Morong
John B. McDonald
Third Cavalry
Abra
McDonald
Infant dies after kettle accident in Red River county
Four month old child of J. I McKinney, a farmer from this county, fatally burned near Manchester Red River county after losing balance on a hearth and tipping a boiling kettle. The child died within twelve hours.
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Chad
Paris
Texas
McKinney
Manchester
Red River
Texas Towns Report Crime and Industry Movements
Reading through scattered items, the report notes Tan Seales, a colored man, fatally wounded at Annona. Waxahachie to gain three letter carriers. Gaimeeville to open a 100 daily output mattress factory. several cities observe San Jacinto anniversary. Mrs. Lucinda M. Orr dies near Branson. B'nai B'rith convention held in Houston. Waxahachie citizens invest about 150000 in companies. Other items include river battles, accidents, arrests, and fires in Dallas, Galveston, Dallas, and Plano with multiple fatalities and incidents.
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Tan Seales
Annona
Waxhahachie
Ben Williams
Texarkana
Mineral Wells
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Battle of
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Lucinda M. Orr
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Houston
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Tascoasa
Galveston
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E. A. Teel
Sam Alexander
Baby
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Anthony Westfield
A. W. Rissen
Oak Cliff
T. A. Morrie
Corsicana
Wo OG Kroemer
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Tyer
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Tinker Carroll
International and Great Northern Railway
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J. Benton
Cleburne
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Mississippi
Junction
Whitesboro
Hempstead
Bulll. House of Austin
T. W. House of Houston
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Beaumon
Lucas and Higgin
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Texas
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