Petroleum rates cut as 6.4 pound gallon defined
Austin and rail commission unveil a new crude oil rate of 12 cents per 100 pounds with a 6.4 pound gallon, lowering the effective rate to about 10 1 2 cents and extending to Dallas Fort Worth Waco and Austin. The change takes effect after a twenty day notice. Also reported Pittsburg plans a world glass monopoly led by American Window Glass Co with European factories in Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Pittsburg
the Times
American Window Glass Company
Twenty first Gusher at Spindle Top Heights Beaumont Texas
The Cox and Josey well on block 86 in Spindle Top Heights spouted at about 8 pm August 8, producing a six inch column oil 200 feet high. It is the twenty first gusher in the field, located near the Ground floor well in block 36. The Cox & Josey owners, two young men, drilled with P M Lee & Son and their gusher follows a seven inch effort earlier. Other rigs in the Hoge Swayne tract actions halted to prevent a fire.
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Beaumont
Texas
Cox & Josey
P. M
Block 36
Hoge- Swayne
Messers. Cox & Josey
Grant of river front at Pleasant Valley to Ross and Sprague
New Jersey State Riparian commission awards 550 feet of river front at Pleasant Valley near Fort Lee ferry to George R. Ross and William Sprague. Report notes possible link to Robert Crooks & Co announcement about forming a large independent sugar refinery for Western grocers.
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New York
New Jersey
Pleasant Valley
Fort Lee Ferry
George R. Ross
William Sprague
Robert Crooks & Co
Still No Clue to the Robbers in Selby Smelter Heist
San Francisco reports no clues about the identities of the men who robbed the Selby Smelter company and the location of the $280,000 worth of gold bullion they obtained.
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San Francisco
Selby Smelter Company
Gunboat Machias Ordered to Colon Near Isthmus
The acting secretary of the navy orders the gunboat Machias from Boston to Hampton Roads and then toward Colon near the Panama isthmus. The move aims to allow observations in the isthmus area and readiness for any emergency after a railway disruption near Panama City.
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Gunbert
Colon
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Machias
Boston Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Panama
Navy Department
Department
Adee
Navy
Hackett
Gudger
Hatachin
Isthmus
Panama City
United States
State Department
J. Edward Simmons
New York
Panama Railway Company
Atlantic
Pacific
Alamic
Wisconsin
Steel Strike Honors Easy In Western Pennsylvania
In Pittsburg and Newcastle the big steel strike saw closing actions. Amalgamated association succeeded at Newcastle while Clark mill in Pittsburg partially reopened. United States Steel plans to restart closed sheet mills and use nonunion plants to train strike breakers for other mills.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Newcastle
Clark
United States Steel Corporation
Kiskimenetas
Train Wreck at Keith Lake Sends Passengers to Rescue
Sabine Texas August 9. A nine car train on a trestle over Keith Lake gully collapsed into water seven miles above Sabine Pass. Engineer and fireman escaped. fireman badly scalded and back injured. Seventeen passengers rescued by tug Ernest crew after roof removals. most passengers escaped or swam from water-filled cars. The wreck blamed on eaten trestle piling from terredo. salvage operations planned with wreck train and tug crews assisting.
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Sabine
Texas
Keith Lake Gully
Sabine Pass
T. C. Stribling
Ernest
Wood
Port Arthur
de Young
Keith Lake
Manhattan well yields in Beaumont oil field gusher
Beaumont Texas August 9 The Manhattan well finally gushes at five PM marking the twenty second gusher in the field. The well initially seemed a gas pocket delaying a six inch completion. after damage and repairs a four inch gushEr was brought in. The Darragh well near Hogs Swange is being bailed and expected to spout tomorrow.
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Beaumont
Texas
Manhattan
Aragua's New President Wins Aragua State Office
Francisco L. Alcantara elected president of Aragua Venezuela. A West Point graduate four years out, he became a special cadet admitted by President Cleveland. Alcantara fought for the government in a rebellion and rose to general at age twenty seven, succeeding his father who previously led Aragua and the republic.
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Aragua
New York
Francisco L. Alcantara
Venezuela
United States Military Academy
West Point
Young Alcantara
Republic
Francisco
Cleveland
Andreza Palacio
Alcantara
Six of ten Mexican Central wreck victims discharged
In El Paso six of the ten injured victims taken to the hospital have been discharged. Physicians say the remaining patients should recover within a few days.
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el Paso
Mosquitoes to be Banished from Chicago Parks
Chicago officials consider using castor bean plants to drive away mosquitoes following a recommendation by Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago. Starr reports his tropical experimentation led to mosquitoes disappearing after touching castor bean branches, a method proposed for park use.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Starr
Faith Healers Escape Hateful Crowd in South Chicago
In a South Chicago street confrontation, two followers of Dowie the faith healer fled pursued by an angry crowd after a man named Henry Christensen was identified. Christensen's wife died weeks earlier from injuries in a fire during failed prayers, fueling local hostility to the healers.
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Chicago
Dowie
Calumet
Henry Christensen
Christensen
Pipeline Franchise Offered to New Orleans Oil Firm
The Lone Star and Crescent Oil Company offered a bonus of one half cent to one cent per barrel for oil sold inside the city in exchange for a pipeline system to distribute fuel oil. Mayor Cappelle and the council accepted, an ordinance was ordered, and construction is to start after the next meeting.
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New Orlans
New Orleans
Lone Star and Cresent Oil Company
Cappeville
Bank May Resume in Austin as Officials Work Toward Reopening
President W B Wortham of the First National bank and Receiver Yerkes arrived in Austin and spent the day at the bank with the examiner. They report affairs moving in harmony and expect a resume within ten days or sooner. State Treasurer Robbins holds 358208 89 in state funds deposited with the bank and in collection.
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Austin
Texas
W. B. Wortham
First National Bank
Yerkes
Wortham
Robbins
Texas items from Terrell to San Antonio reflect deaths and developments
The column records diverse Texas happenings from Terrell to San Antonio. It notes deaths in Beaumont and Dallas, veterans reunions in Clarksville and Maverick, land sales near San Antonio, and a major oil acreage purchase by a New York firm. Other items mention tax rolls, admissions to West Point, crime, and civic actions.
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Richard Grona
Gillespie County
Townsend
Hampson Gary
Merchant
Byrnes
Father Brickley
Ennis
St. Paul's
Dallas
Pauline Hennessey
Fort Worth
Porto Rico
Hennessey
Lighthouse Service
United States
San *Han
San Antonio
Texas Oil Company
New York
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Quebec
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Anacortes
Puget Sound Naval Station
Terrell
Aleck Brown
Dick Brown
Jim Nobles
Italy
Ellis County
Gibson
Texarkana
Clarksville
Beaumont Bleck
Broan
Dick Fennel
Runnels County
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Victoria County
Controller Love
Js Emon
Taylor County
West Point Military Academy
Charles C. Banckhead
Roland
McKinney
Clyde Burge
Beaumont [Improvement ]Company of
Caroline Hayter
F*nny Thomas
Nacogdoches
William Mongan
Hillsboro
West
Woodmen of the World
Denton
A. P. Brown
Wotten
Duttus
Piel Cowie
William Zinn
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway Company
State Commissioner of Insurance
Benevolent Knights of America
Meridian, Miss
A. N. Jones
Alabama
Amanda Beard
Hopewell
Lamar County
West Paris
Justice Love
W. N. M. Grimmet
Merkel
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