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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
The QUESTION OF SAFETY.
Mr.. Clrroll Calls Attention to a Short
coming OF Oil Men.

N's ~'hFOH OdllS ANNGVAiON 10 q OVOTI-
coming OF Oil Men.
Beaumont, Texas, October i5.--Mr. George
W Carroll, who Is largely interested In
Spindle Top lands aud oil wells, has writ.
ten the following letter:
To the Oil Producing Companies the Real
Estate Men. Hotel Men, Merchants aud
Bankers Of Beaumont
Taking into consideration the very great
danger from FIRE on spindle Top and the
lncalcuhble damage that such ire would
cause Ia beaumont | am constrained to
eau Your attention to the following facts;
There seems TO he great lethargy In thlS
respect on the part Of our most pr0lhl
nent oil men, real estate men and mer
chants. Some two months ago there was
q connltee Of safety appointed This
committee was composed % fifteen men
This committee was appointed for the pur
pose OF protecting Spindle Top as their best
Judgment might suggest This committee
was very hurriedly appointed. aud while
every man on II Is a good man. still the
more prominent and directly interested par.
ties are moi on the committee. AS before
stated. these do not seem TO take any in
terest whatever. either personal or imam
cial
AT our meeting yesterday only six Of the
committee of safety were present We
found ourselves badly Handicapped. having
used up all the funds that we now have
on hand. The committee Of safety win
have to make another effort to secure
funds. otherwise we eau not accomplish tao
ends desired.
In this connection desire to say that
the larger companies, now quite numerous,
which are selling and shipping oil must
come to the front In n more liberal spirit
than they have heretofore.
All oil companies that have wells on the
hill should respond.
All real estate men should respond
All merchants that feel an interest IN
the advancement of Beaumont should re
Spond
II is fnct that this safety committee
has stopped two fires that would have posi-
lively destroyed the hill FL In view o.
this fact to abandon our good work means
In my best judgment the destruction Of tho
oil field at Spindle Top. That would mean
q very great loss to Beaumont. in fact
many Of the buildings now in course Of
erection would 20 unoc,uped
Mr. Hill who hns special charge Of the
s1fetv committees work on Spindle Top
Is doing everything In his power. and ! re.
gard the work done by him as having been
iuticiousiy done and at the smallest ex
ponSe.
10 order that this very important matter
may hc more fully aud better understood,
/ suggest that n meeting loo held at the
Oil oycbaugc 90 Thursday evening at 3
Or ook 10 discuss the matter Of protection
against ire more fully ! rrggest thnt
evorN citizen that feels an interest In the
town OF Beaumont be present at this meet
Ing, Respectfully submitted,
Gen w Carroll
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
TEXAS OIL FOR EUROPE.
First Step in What Is Expected to De.
veop into a Great Trade.

First Step in What Is Expected to De-
vecp into Great Trade.
Philadelphia Record,
An important event In the shipping world.
and one which is believed to he but the
first step in building up great transat.
lantic trade, was the charterlng In this city
yesterday Of the British steamship Cardium
TO load a full cargo Of Texas oil at Sabine
I'ass for London. This will be the first
cargo Of Texas oil ever shipped to Europe,
ont many are expected TO follow II soon,
as the merits OF the oil for fuel purposes
uuYe been thoroughly exploited abroad. aud
trglish dealers are said 10 have agreed
Ia purchase all the oil that can be shipped
iiom Texas In the next three wears
The Carlinm. which Is 70 have the honor
OF being the pioneer In this commerce, Is
a bulk-Oil carrier owned by Samuel
sian oils, in England. She viii take out
over 5000 tons Of the Texas product and
will use oil for fuel instead OF codi. The
Cardium arrived at this port yesterday
from Java, and as soon as her cargo OF
sugar is discharged she win proceed 10
sabine Pass to load her outward cargo.
Several vessels are now loading oil at Sa-
blne Pass for consumption In this city and
vicinity. rhe Development OF the Texas
10 shipping. and many steamers now laid
IN in England for want OF business will.
IL is thought. be changed TO bulk oil car
riers ana thus secure profitable employ
Inent Contracts ohave heen closed vita
Tshi pbuilders for the construction OF a num-
her Of barges 70 carry the oil from Texas
| to ports along the Atlantic coast.
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Wharton Countn,s smear MIIIs.

Wharton, Texas. October l5.-Nir. {. W.
Jones tells The Post correspondent that he
will receive his second consi gnment OF
beaumont oil today and will commence
grinding cane tomorrow The machinery
Of the syrup mill has been enlarged and
added TO very much, increasing the capacity
over that Of last year. This will he the
first experiment with Beaumont Oh made
In the county. although the Wharton oil
mill will use OF MS soon as cXpcdent, Mr.
Jones can be regarded MS tho pioneer Of the
sugar industry In this county. hts splendid
success last season having bazcd the way
for the Gigantic enterprise now building
at Glen Floya. The next sugar mill win he
.at Wharton
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Readu 10 Rore Al Rin Am.

Matagorda, Texas, October 1.-THE four
carloads Of well-borlng machinery and fuel
oil which arrived at Bay City a week ago
for the oil well at Big Hill, in Mntagorda
county. IS now on the ground and In an
other week boring win he under way. IS
the rig Is a new one, aud that veteran oil
well borer. p M. Lea Of Beaumont has
the contract, rapid progress may -,be ex-
nectfd and as Big Hill is almost q dupli-
cate Of Bryan Heights. both In location
and general appearance II Is reasonable to
exneet the same general results IN the one
as in the other. The southeast quarter
az Matagorda county, with It's hills and
ridges especially invites tbe attention ~
skilled prospectors. u having been almost
entirely overlooked. on account Of being
on the lines Of travel and twenty miles
from the railroad hut had this section
heon 10 the east Of Houston these hills and
ridges would all be covered VIII oil der.
rieEs and oh wells Some OF cur large
land owners seem very anxious for oil de-
yelopments on thelT lands. TOR one Of them
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16

cARAcRIsTPs CHARGE.
Says the Standard Oil Controls the
Geological Survey,

Geological Survey,
Special To The Post)
New Orleans, October 10 Prof e. f..
H. CaracrIstl. the oil expert, In an inter
view today said that the United States
geological survey IS absolutely dominated
and controlled by the Standard OH COM
pany, and everything possible is being done
by the trust to strangle the development
of the Southern oil fields Prof. Caracristi
said; 1T may not he generally known that
Southern oil helds-thos OF Kentucky
were the first oil fields discovered in North
America. Have you ever thought that the
civil unp,ensantncss broke out just after
the discovery Of petroleum In the East and
that by its powerful influence over Amer
ica's commerce the petroleum trade was
zealously kept 10 benefit the East aud that
every time move was made to bring for
ward Southern and Southwestern oil the
combined forces Of the East and Northeast
were brought to bear against the invest
ment Of capital7 Naturally. you VIII ask
what power brought about this condition
and IN reply will state that 10 late Years
the STANDARD OH company, by ne I'M ~ ~
of the United States geologlcal SURVEY NO.
been sb!a IA suppress the development VI
the Southern oil nelds, .t.,oha
BEFORE the Southern on aAaldh ha-
startled the world. did any one ever near es.
~ +be nossibilitias ~ Southern petroleum
excent Il was ridiculed or Ignored by ths
Tinted states geological survey heau
the r hep time Sas come when svery southern
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senator and congressman should ask what
we mineral resource division OF the geo
south outside OF copying State reports and
taking the credit The South Is interested
~ having its resources known. and small
way
The division of mineral resources OF tho
geological survey should he abolished and
De made n part Of the United States cen
sus, which In turn should he made perma-
nent bureau. governed by q non partisan
commission
The southern petroleum industry dc.
mandS that the United States report should
not be dominated by the Standard oil com
pany through its influence with the geo.
logical survcyl ! am sounding this warn
est 81 the great petroleum interest Of the
south, and ask the Southern press TO In.
Nestgate the logic of my position through
tnelr Washlngton corresnondents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16

Saratoga. Texas. October i5.-The Hooks
well is going steadily down they have
cased on the oil dow. and arc now In rock
at 500 feet, evidently the cap rock All
eyes are now turned on this we'll as they
fully expect to bring In rusher NOW at
any time Experts who have kep, mp with
the drlll say that every foot OF formation
passed spells oil
Land sales are beginning to matcrializc
from unexpected quarters the Shrcwd spec
ulator is IN evidence and the abstract man
Is busy. They have roast vepisoh, slowed
Venison, fried yeniSon, haShcd veuson.
vcnlscn liver with sweet potatoes, and vent.
son gravy as slice line
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
lRRIoAIloN On nc PEcos.

A CHICAGO Company VIII Invest One
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Fort Worth, Texas, October ia Chi
caco company purchased the rights lease
and property OF the Highland Irrlgahng
plant. on the Pecos, which was partially
constructed eight years ago and then aban-
doncd because Of financial troubles after
twclye miles Of bitches had been completed.
The new company Will eNpend a Sl,OO0,OOO
and will build six miles more Of bitches
Tho plant now irrigates 5000 acres The
same purchasers have also bought the
Pecos river irrigating plant OF seventeen
bitches one hundred thousand dollars VIII
he speni in betterments Of this plant The
people OF the Pecos country are jubllani
over these changes.
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THE velAsco oAsseR.
VIII Shut of the Water and Wait for
DEVELOPMENTS

VIII Shut OF the Water and Wait for
Developments.
Nelasco, Texas October i4.-Thc chief
engineer Of tho GuGcy 4 Galley company
has been here 4 day or two this week l,sN.
ing nm expert eN,nination Of their fampns
gus Well which thcy have tried to contrui
" IN so little success There Is M dou0t
pvt what great irlrorfanrc is placed pom
W. value ot the gas aud ihc urliuatr.itcy
81 the now The df Her ~t-S H. Nt ilrtVc
the pipe down md shut of the aytcsIap
water and wait further Developments
While bad luck has heaa s'm.k nv the
ihhtie of the Bryso Hci-hrs ronn,apv to
SIS ell Vet all peopr hcre fc,l ina. e.
srHS arc far yhead Of wat we al Est
expected In the absence III mi
Some expert oil an cas mca arc OK
tcrled hrrc 20 view the sitpltian. aGd no
GUuht something viii he lone with the
uCaS well soon
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Heavv Losses at Merkel.

Mcrkcl Texas, October 10 The mnrcan
tile firms of J. r warrior, Fits & Smith
star store company Davis & Wood J. r.
MrAdnms. A. j. HiL a. ]. Lcenan, the
Nlerle Mall and tho Merkel Telephone
company were burned ont this morning
Estimated loss SSOUdO Insurance S2s,opp
Origin ot frc unknown.
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RAIDEp FREIGHT TRAIN.
Boarded a Freight Train, Wounded Two
Brakemen and Robbed the Crew.

Texurkana, Texas October l5.-Last
night the station Of the Kansas City South
crn railroad at Wilton, Ark. thirty i've
miles north n this place. was entered hy
burglars and robbed Of $3.50. Shortly AZ.
t,rwards. at about o'clock In the morn
ing pair Of toughs boarded a freight
train north Of Wilton and robbed the train
crew. severely wonndlng two hrakemen
named Muhallan and Shanklc. The rail-
road officials are at their wits ends at pur-
suing tho robbers, who are menaciug their
the depredadons bear evidence of connec-
lion with the recent train robbery which
they have thus far been unable to clrcum.
Won't.
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WANTS MASONIC TEMPLE.
Fort Worth Offers inducements to
- .----L 1 ILL. L.a.l....-.a.----

Fort Worth Offers inducements to Sc
cure Grand Lodge Headquarters.
Fort Worth. Texas, october l5.--The com
mittce 70 locate the Masonic Grand lodge
Headquarters OF Texas is here looking over
tho propositions which the people ~ Fort
Worth offer for the location. some ten or
twetve diderenf pieces of property were
shown the committee. Besides tho geIec.
lion Of one location the local masonic lodge
proposes 10 give their hue three story TEN
Street valued AZ $4,000. II is understood
a yerv large cash hoIbIs is also 10 be given.
The committee viii visit Waco and Austin,
after which II will make a recommendation
70 the Grand lodge.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
VIII Aggregate More Than Quarter of a
Million Dollars.
INDIRECT LOSS is ALSO VERY HEAVY
AS the Merchants Were Doing Large Business-A
Statement of the Direct Loss and Insurance.
Nothing Known to Origin of Fire.

-, '"v,'' go 80,
'aes ~ u'e'' 'V"",eu au n.,'.V r"s'l'sS 80
story brick building owned hy, w. Il. pun-
-. - a., n, az c.,.,t.-t.... ~, 49,,
'HP ~" - '"N"'''s 'au ""u w.
smal frame pniiWngs occupied by saloons
erc viii aggregate something near omar.
go, -,
yer OF mllV"h' oud the loss "t prohlS on
business until the burned buildings cun be
replacea win he large Tho hnslnoss mon
W p'"u"'"t h''' "V''r sven hu'e N"S'
porous time than tho present, aud those
VINO LOST their stocks Inst night lost lar
- -, ~ ~ -, -,
iu"'' 'h"n INV Nu'"e W 'Ne s"Vus pul"'''
, Nothing is known Of the origin OF the
fire. eXccpt that ID started In tho whole.
,oio ,,.c.orv b,,,so 90 n . pc,1 .r,oro
S"e St"'''F IN"S' W - = "''"' l"''V
mad been no hre ~ ine store room since us
coustructfnp and tho only thcnrv IL thnt
.t.,..,t, ,.tm,aa 80 ta.t,.
u'l'V'N' N"'"A =" rus h""N'"H VS.
matches started the destructive blaze
Tho Rood grocery house Is directly soutn
~, a.. so,.h,., p.,,a. ,,..o,,,,.,r A,no,
81 tue N""'n'l" a'lNN P"SSV"h'' "'i''''
there being only narrow street between
the two.
- =, ,,.,,,,,.t,. ,,,,,,,o,o,. Go, ,,o vyes,ar,
J. - luulphlhS' nanae'' LOT 'u' "'S,Vl
Union Telegraph company, who had
lodgings I'm the Mctaddin uats, luSI above
the Reed grocery house, was perhaps the
first To- discover the hre. He aud DIR. ),
W Field came down from their rooms in
the McFaddiu hats TO investigate the
source of smoke that they smelod very
distinctly Mi Tompkms looked In at the
front of the Reed store and saw what he
believed to be- smoke Mr. Iompkins got
assistance and the front doors of the store
room were prlcd slightly apart. smoke
came out OF The room and there was no
longer any doubt as TO the location Of the
Gre.
Dr. Field. who, with his wife conducts
McFnddn Oats, rushed up stnlrs and 10
formed Mrs Field that the building was
on fire Mrs Field ran 10 the telephone
eud fried 10 cot tho IRE department Lut
IL was some time before she was sucgess
hell awakened several OF the lodgerS nut
the rooms had In the meantime oiled with
smoke from the store room beneath The
dodgers rushed around trandcally trying
TO ma place og ext nS,gpr pE ,ai,r
Of The people ran to W NJ S %n'r S I1gg
CROPPED their way to back stairway where
they made their exit. ,,.,
There was hardly person ID the M'i 40,
din hats hut had u narrow escape rom
w. ~. "A -. rl,-,1 ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
El.ot.d AIdermen a Denton.

Denton, Texas. October BIN a city
election held here today P. o'Rieley was
elected alderman from ward ]. TO al ont
the unexpired term Of J. y. Edwards. re-
sIrned and w T. Mccormick was elected
from ward 4. 10 fll the unexplred term oi
Iohn geKauer resigned.
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offers that any responsible party may So
iee, 10 acres out ~ his 20,NO acre pasture
he viii give 10 the party boring a clean
deed " the ido acres upou which the well
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer Of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR Mrs. PTNKHASf: II want TO
tell you and all the young ladies of the
country, how grateful am TO you for
NIL the benefits | have received from
using Lydia Il. Pinbham's Vege-
table Compound. / suffered for
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Ennis Texas, October II. Tho home ~
!. A. Kelley of Alma was totally destroyed
ny fire Sunday night The amount Of the
loss Gun not he learned, hut there was only
q small insurance Cause Of IRE unknown,
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Ben Franklin, Texas. October i4-Cotton
ON the railroad Platform here caught Gre
from an engine ana seventeen Of tho 200
bales were burned The hu~~wA cotton hr.
longcd To the TcNnrkaun Cotton company.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16

Down Over One thousand Feet
Haskell Texas, October IA. The oil well
near the city is now down over 1000 feet
and going down al a lively gait.
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Hay and Warehouse at San Antonio.
san Antonio, Texas October 10. The hay
warehouse at the Sunset Wood company b
yards was destroyed by ire tonight, togcth.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
HENRY G. FERGUSON DEAD.
The Well Known CoIored Politician Died
at EaGle Pass.

Eaelc Pass. Texas October l5.-Henry c.
Ferguson, one Of the best known colored
republican politicians In Texas died this
evening In this city Of heart failure. At
the time OF his death he was deputy col
lector and United States quarantine In.
spcctor at Qucmado, Texas. His wife aud
son were present at his bedside.
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Sales on the oil exchange today:
Higgins, 10 shares at SIS.

IIGEIIS, 10 Snnrps AZ SIN.
Higgins, 30 shares at ST1
Manhattan, 300 shares Mt - cents
beaumont OA Co. II shares at sol
Federal Crude, 1900 shares M 90 cents.
Grace 5000 shares at 10 cents.
Buffalo, lo0O shares at 50 cents
Buffalo, 800 shares at S% cents
BuhllO, 200 shares AT s cents
Gladys and Galveston, 500 shares at s
cents
Beatty, 300 shares at Is cents.
Port Arthur, Texas, October 15.-ThG
steamer Atlas and barge No. 81. which
were loaded With crude petroleum by the
National oil and Pipe Line company, sailed
today for Philadelphia.
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z ftTnerienced aud bonded detectives for
ciyil Or criminal investigations; bonded
watchfneu for day or night service II.
n. Cure, general manager, cOos5 Main
street. -
4 q COTTON a BROS, Fire Insurancs
Agents and Adi1sters. -. Main IS: =
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q JITAM ~ NILSON-Ofnce DO hlan
lNliding. headquarters for Houston homes
u monthly payment o. any other plaza
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Spinds s. BYERs. lawyers, practice I
Pass, raj and State courts, 9l5la Congress
az Glue. Houston. Texas. IL
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-27
FORMER. GOVERNOR oE MICH
GAN. DIES In LONDON.
LIES CLOSE. IS PEACEFUL
Remains Will BE Embalmed and Con.
veyed-to This Country for
Interment.

London, June 19.-Ex-Gevernor Pin.
gree of Michigan died at 11.35 last
night. The attending doctor left Pin.
gree's bedside about Ills. promising
to return shortly.
H. S. Pingree, Jr., who had been
watching at his fathers side constantly
for four days, noticed sudden change
in the patients condition. He had hard.
ly reached the bedside when his father
died peacefully, without warning. and
without speaking word.
Young Pingree wired his mother and
uncle in the United States not to come
to London.
Thebody will be embalmed and taken
to his home.
The diagnosis made by the London
specialists of the cancerous affection OF
the intestines, from which Mr.. Pihgree
suffered, left no hope for the patients
recovery. Towards the end of his ILL.,
ness. the ex-governor suffered great
pain and weakened rapidly. He was
unable to retain nourishment.
His mind, however, remained fairly
clear. During the whole of Tuesday he
was practically Kept alive by infections
of strychnihe and drugs administered to
lessen the pain
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-27
BAD BLOOD IS DISPLAYED.
West Virginia Miners Armed With
Rifles Watch Colliery Entrances
in Disturbed District.

Mattewan, w. Va, June 22.-More
trouble was imminent here today.
The striking miners are marching
around the entrances, many carrying
Winchesters. All coal operators We're
closed today but the operators will
endeavor to resume Monday with new
non.union men. Last evening a
sllirmish occurred in which 100 shots
were fired. Only a few persons We're
injured. and none killed. Sheriff Hat
field and large force of deputies are
at the Lick Fork mines, where ii is
feared an attempt may be made to
destroy property. Governor White
has not yet been called on for troops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-27
MARION CENTER OF VORTEX,
Lightning Skaters a Church and
Lays Low Party of Sa-
loon Revelers.

Indianapolis, June 2o.--Three persons
were killed and several injured by light
ming during severe electrical storm
which passed over Indiana.
The dead:
BERT HATHAWAY, ldaville.
GRACE LARGIN, Riley
IRA SMITH, Youngstown.
The storm took on a serious aspect
at several places. At Marion the First
Presbyterian church. was struck by
lightning and badly demolished.
James Rowan,s saloon was partially
destroyed and five men knocked sense
less.
At Greentown trees were. uprooted
and the growing, crops badly damaged
by hail. The damage in the vicinity viii
probably reach 100000.
At Roachdale the building occupied
blythe Roachdals News was entirely de-
stroyed..
At Monticello the barn Of Bert Hath
awaywas struck by lightning and HATH
away was instantly killed.