Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-25

81. .O6.
A judgement for s2O6 has been re-
corded against Leopold Kahn in favor
of the Standard Oil company of New
York
| On Monday last fire broke out in the
plant of the Standard Oil company at
Detroit, which caused damage to the
amount of s10 600.
The London Times publishes a dis
| patch from Singapore saying that the
Manila Chamber of Commerce has pro-
posed to place boycott on American
petroleum.
Los Angeles has had it's first serious
oil fire. Several tanks Of oil and a
dozen derrcks were destroyed, as also
five dwellings, but the spread of deyas-
tation was finally stayed. The amount
of the loss is not stated.
The British Consul at Mannheim,
Germany, in recent report says: The
consumption of petroleum was fully
| up to the average, Russian oil gaining
a considerable impulse by the rise in
American Mannheim is the central
market for South Germany, and ship
ments to Strassburg and above pro-
ceeded with regularity up to July, but
river.
The organization of an oil well work
ers union is in progress in the Indiana
field and one thousand laborers in that
industry are said to be promptly taking
up with the idea. The union is bene
VIOLENT in it's purposes, it's object being
to provide work for idle mem mbers and
care for those in want. 1t is opposed
to strikes and hopes to further the in
terests which laborers and operators
have in common.
The Lima branch of the Western Oil
Mems Association was organized Oh
the 18th by the election of j. X. Kerr
as vice-president. Mr.. Kerr is one of
the largest and most active operators
in the Lima field. G. M. Sprague of
the Manhattan Oil sompany was elect
starts out with 76 members, SO new and
the remainder those who joined the
association last March, when it was
organized at Toledo f
Meade Coghlin, Toledo, O. brewer,
was some time ago induced to buy
half interest in an oil tract, paying
therefore something like 10000
Shortly afterward they were offered
$4,000 for the property, which was
proving good producer. Coghlin re-
fused to sell and his partner insisting
the offer should be accepted, Meade
bought his partner out on the basis of
the offer, $4,000, thus paying $4,000
about two weeks ago. He has since
been offered $4,000, but asks 500, 900.
The~ British Consul at Callao, Peru,
reports: THE petroleum works at Tai
ara having been closed for some time,
owing to pending lawsuit, and the
tank steamer Mineral, which occasion
ally brought cargoes of fuel oil to Cal
lao from Iorritos, another petroleum
been burnt at the last named place,
the railway companies and other pro-
prietors of works in this district who
had been using this class of fuel when
procurable have been compelled to
burn coal, as formerly"
An electrical storm passed over Brad
ford and the surrounding towns Mon
day night causing considerable damage
in the vicinity of Simpson and Davis
City. AT the former place two rigs
and four tanks containing about 800
barrels of oil were destroyed by fire.
At Davis City, rig and one tank of
100 barrels of oil were burned. The
property belonged to the South Penn
Oil company. Tuesday three rigs at
Dayis City were struck by lightning,
but prompt action on the part of the
men who were in the vicinity saved
the property from being destroyed.
Some new work is being done in the
shallow territory of the Big Kate dis
trict, Ohio. The pool was opened up
by the striking of the Big Kate well
on the Reed farm in the early spring
of 1894. The well had an initial pro-
duction of 500 barrels and made good
record for thirty days. Last summer
the we'll had declined to s or 10 barrels
day, when it was shot and unfortu-
nately spoiled, and all that remains to
mark the spot of the famous spouter is
the old conductor. This we'll led to
the discovery of the Sand Hill and
Waverly pools. The new developments
here at present are located south and
west from the Big Kate on Big run
Paints, Oils & Drugs.
J. L. Jones No. /, on the B. f. Cor
rel farm, put in the 81 casing Satur-
day and should reach the. sand today.
The rig for No 2ls ready to put up on
the same farm.
Garland & Hays are drilling Nos. Z