Gusher sale in Beaumont ties to Texas Western lands
In Beaumont on April 10 the Beatty oil gusher with Texas Western lands and leases sold for 1 250 000. The deal includes a 70 000 barrel daily well and about 150 000 acres. Buyers’ syndicate led by R L Henry of Chicago to market output. Texas Western retains its name and develops Beatty lands. Also in Austin the 27th Texas Legislature adjourned sine die with bills pending signatures and reapportionment plans and a trip committee to welcome President McKinley.
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Beaumont
Texas
Beatty
Texas Western Oil Company
C. D. Pullen
New York
D. R. Beatty
R. L. Henry
Chicago
Henry
Austin
Twenty
House
Senate
No Hope Of An Early Termination Of The War
London reports quote Lord Kitchener stating eight volunteer companies freed for the war are returning home while new relief efforts are planned for farther campaigns. Boer resistance remains strong and fighting is expected to continue until the Boers are crushed. There are unverified notes of Kru Ger possibly visiting the United States in June and a plan for Dewet and Botha to meet in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
St.ew
Brussels
Schalberger
Leydesdorp
Daily Mail
Hilversum
Kruger
United States
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Times
Kroonstaat
Dewet
Botha
Wrede
Merrimac Blown Up at the Harbor Entrance
On April 8 fifteen hundred pounds of dynamite were used by port authorities to blow up the Merrimac front and superstructure. The blast was heard five miles away and divers found forty feet of clear water above the wreck. Mines will be placed aft to clear the harbor within a week. Residents fled Smith Key as crowds gathered to witness the dramatic demolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Cuba
United States
Irwin
Smith Key
Tragic Drowning At Open Bridge In Milwaukee
Mrs Michael Chart and her 77 year old daughter Mary drowned when a buggy driven by a frightened horse plunged through the open Kinnikinnic avenue bridge into the river. Mr Chart was saved by a policeman who threw a rope. The bodies were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Michael Chart
Mary
Kinnikinnic
Kinnikinnic Avenue
Man from Black Jack gang identified in Sonora shooting
San Angelo Texas April 8. The man killed by officers at Sonora last Tuesday has been positively identified by several friends as Will Carver the last of the Black Jack gang. He attempted to draw his weapon when demanded to surrender and Sheriff E S Briant of Sutton county and deputies opened fire. Carver was mortally wounded and died after living three hours partly delirious. He revealed his identity before dying.
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San Angelo
Texas
Sonora
Will Carver
Black Jack
E. S. Briant
Sutton County
Woman Burned to Death in Ada Millinery Fire
Miss Maggie Riggers a milliner, died after her hair ignited from a curling iron flame and set fire to the stock and building in the rear of her millinery shop in Ada Minnesota. Neighbors heard her screams but could not reach her in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Globe
Ada
Maggie Riggers
Cotton Mill Debates Conclude. Brick Contract Near Let
In Lancaster Texas April 8 the final preliminaries for a cotton oil mill are completed. A stockholders meeting heard several machinery proposals but none formally accepted, as time is sought to review them. The brick contract is virtually let and construction will start without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Texas
Stribbling Well Nears Light Oil Breakthrough
Beaumont Texas April 9 oil excitement peaks as Colonel Stribbling reportedly finds light oil in the Stribbling Well at 1200 feet near Gladys City. Journal denies publication of the claim. field may expand eastward if verified amid broader Beaumont oil prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Texas
Daily Journal
Stribbling
Gladys City
Weils
Ediary Prietor
Texarkasia Postmaster Hopeful Held on Mail Robbery Charge
Assistant Postmaster Spafford of Stamps Arkansas was brought to Texarkasia by Deputy U S Marshal Holman on a charge of robbing the mails. A preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner J M Sommerville bound him over to the federal grand jury in a $1000 bond. He had recently won the endorsement of the county Republican central committee for the Stamps postmaster job.
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Texarkasia
Texas
Spafford
Stamps
Ark
Here
United States
Holman
J. M. Sommerville
Republican Central Committee
New Franco Italian Entente Reported in Tangier
London reports a Tangier dispatch on a Franco Italian entente in North Africa. Italy would drop opposed Moroccan designs in exchange for Tri poli access. Britain may favor a friendlier Tunis Egypt axis. A major move is anticipated after Del Casse and Count Lamsdorff meet in St Petersburg.
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London
The
Daily Chronicle
Tangier
North Africa
Italy
Morocco
Tripoli
Great Britain
Tunis
Egypt
M. del Casse
Count Lamsdorff
St. Petersburg
Arbitration plan ends newspaper lockouts in nation
Arbitration members of the International Typographical union vote by mail to accept the plan to settle disputes with the News Publishers' Association. The association also adopts the plan, ending lockouts strikes or boycotts against newspapers in the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
International Typograhical Union
News Publishers’ Association
Desperate clash wounds two in San Antonio suburb
In a Sunday night melee near Van Ormy fourteen miles from San Antonio two rival youths were shot. Pedro Ruiso was hit in the head and Ramos Guseman in the body. both were gravely wounded and likely to die. One man has been arrested and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
van Ormy
Pedro Ruiso
Ramos Guseman
The Guards Doubled Over Valet Jones in Detention
The New York guard detail at the house of detention has been doubled after Assistant District Attorney Osborne received a hint that Valet Jones may attempt self harm again. Two guards now stay with him around the clock to prevent a possible fatal act and monitor his increasing despondency.
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Manila
General MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Pasig
Sandico
Cabantun
New Ecija
M. Brix Hoelerman
Herara
Hoelterman
New York
Jones
Rice Will Case Adjourned In New York Courts
The two wills of William Marsh Rice were on the calendar for trial dates in contests before Surrogate Fitzgerald. Attorneys for Albert T. Patrick and the Rice heirs requested a June adjournment, while the temporary administrator urged immediate trial. The hearing was adjourned to next Monday or to the end of Patrick’s murder case before Justice Jerome.
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Patrick
Jerome
Plans to Consolidate Dry Goods Firms Concluded
The Journal of Commerce reports authority that the large retail dry goods companies will merge under a plan backed by a J P Morgan syndicate, with financing arranged for twenty million dollars. John Claflin has been deeply involved in bringing the consolidation to a definite conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Journal of Commerce
John Claflin
J. P. Morgan Syndicate
Stolen Hotel Safe Cash Recovered in San Antonio Arrest Made
A box containing 469 dollars and 35 cents plus a gold watch were stolen from a hotel safe in San Antonio on Sunday night. By Monday, 443 dollars and 75 cents of the money was recovered and an arrest was made. The suspect is confined in the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Wolves Captured Near Edna by Local Hunters
Edna Texas April 9. Last week J. E. Pickering Charley Whitney James Stone R Burdette and Bob Briggs with eight hounds ran down and captured five large wolves in the Pickering Bros pasture on the east Carancahua. The wolves had been damaging young calves and their removal is welcomed for the cattle interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Texas
Messrs
J. E. Pickering
Charley Whitney
James Stone
R. Burdette
Bob Briggs
Pickering Bros
Carancahua
Pickering
Fisherman Treks Near Edna Snakes Its Log Surprise
Frank Dickson editor of the Progress reports a fishing trip near Edna Texas where a party's vehicle bogged down. A rattlesnake six feet long with twenty two rattles emerged from a hollow log they carried for a pine pole. They killed the snake and reached the waters but nerves were shaken and only four small catfish were caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna
Texas
Frank Dickson
the Progress
Mr. Dickson
Gibbs
Ansgar Detained in Quarantine After Calcutta Arrival
The Norwegian steamship Ansgar arrived from Calcutta with jute and was held in quarantine. Captain Amundsen doubted the pilot’s actions while a pilot recalled boarding a ship deemed in good order but detained. Unloading will occur in the channel with fumigation before shore entry. Fort Worth reports on the Holliday Creek irrigation dam near Wichita Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Galveston
Texas
Ansgar
India
Amundsen
Houston man sues Southwestern Telegraph for damages
T F OConnell of Houston files in the district court for 50000 damages against the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph company. He says he refused union involvement during a strike while employed in Houston, was discharged and blacklisted after settlement, seeking 1000000 actual damages and 40000 punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
T. F. O’connell
Houston
Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Financial burden China can bear under expert opinion
Pekin April 9 expert opinion states China could pay twenty to thirty million pounds sterling without crippling its finances, while the powers currently demand totals range from eighty thousand to one hundred million pounds.
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China
Pekin
Thorndale Drug Store Burglaries Reported but Cash Left Intact
Melde and Summerlin’s drug store was burglarized but only a small cash amount was present, so nothing was taken. The incident notes no further damage or injuries.
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Thorndale
Melde & Summerlin
Disturbance at Lampazos Naranjo sought by troops
Reports from Lampazos Mexico say four young men from prominent families were arrested causing protests. General Naranjo led supporters to the depot as troops moved in to transport prisoners to Monterey. Soldiers reportedly arrived to arrest Naranjo and others, with fears of serious consequences.
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Laredo
Texas
Lampazos
Naranjo
Monterey
Troops Move to Manila and Fort Clark Route
The Tenth cavalry based in Texas begins its move to Manila. Troops E and F arrived from Laredo and joined others at the camp, then moved west to gather more forces at Fort Clark and El Paso. The Twelfth cavalry is starting to recruit here. Meanwhile several thousand head of cattle have been shipped from Mathis to Indian Territory this past week.
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Manila
San Antonio
Texas
Tenth Cavalry
Laredo
Fort Clark
el Paso
Twelfth Cavalry
Mathis
Indian Territory
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McKinley
Free Conference Committee
Fehrenkamp
Dandy Windmills
Moulton
United
Biazoria
Rice
Angleton
F. C. Baker
Judge Walker
F. T. Noblett
Munson Bros
Dan M. Woulfe
Clay
Lexington
Cassius M. Clay
Whitehall
James Bolin
Panama Canal
J. Pierpont Morgan
Columbia
Herald
State Department
Legation
Baron Silva
Hay
Colombia
Unan
Panama Canal Company
French Canal Company
Fort
Unites States
Hanna
Waldorf
Hanna Mr. Morgan
Nic
Aragua
Gins Wet
Timbe Sua Ancoes Tenn
Souther Lumber
Ment Company
Ince Pon Patie
Chattanooga Land Com Pension Commissioner
Pa Company
Bloun
Tennessee
Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Manzanillo
Neuvita
San Juan
Porto Rico
A. S. Kimball
United States Army Dépot Quartermaster
Der
Fort Worth
J. A. Kemp
Wichita Falls
Holliday Creek
Wichita
Wichita Valley
Holliday Creek Irrigation Company
Mexico
W.L. Tooley & Co
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