The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-16
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fpy even train To representative Of The
mat the situation in the oil neids az pres.
III was IN the main. an eminently favor
aule one Ihere is nothing wrong with
the Beaumont oil felds," 10 mid "and
| luSt why statements to the contrary are
tellinE mnde 4 hard to determine The
| iinclntes for shipping and handling oil me
limited. u Is true, but there Is no other
hatural FEATURE, so far as | know which
a nrs ~ lshdency toward restricting the
nimuuut OF on being sold or causing q de,
ohne 70 ne prices therefor. Every state
- made made by some obscure newspaper
hll Is diminishing Is taken M by fhe press
Ieplcsonting the other oil sections of tho
gooEnntII ana magnihed until the people who
nave no means OF ascertainlng the real facts
~ INC case are led to believe tbnt inc
beaumont reld Is failure and that the
sspP,,bg OF on VIII last only q few weeks
~ me most The most strenuous deninls
on the part Of the reputable papers of This
&c ION 90 not have the effect Of complete.
aa"iIIInern papers which are knocking the
nel9 pay no attention to statements If this
hssna, nut give their readers the fun benefit
OF tue stories Of the alleged dlmnntion in
the pressure and other similar stnfT How
Nfr' truth Is mighty and will prevail in
t,nS case ms In all others. SO that. even
nil ri,hl, g matter VIII no doubt come ont
During the course of genral conversa
sIun Mr. Lively called attention 10 the
fact that Of the 30 or more per conf Of n
iumlnatlng oil which the refining nro6eas
boiPss og1 OF the beaumont product over
made water white. which I b" z. e., may be-
r. Highest commercial product In that Inc.
tho mbricathIngt ms u.s. a, gGody percentage Of
Trghnlng process Is Of the zero test omaiitv
t tIat y, u WIZ not CONCEAL in any tempera.
oils now Tpy'g on ze r. Many Of the luhrcating
saIu 10 ne zero test, Will become too thick
ior use at IA degrees above zero.
played star engagement In Nc
Faddin's Roy Of Flats last nieht." san
Manager +. Bergman Of Sweeney &
combs thcater to a representative OF
ihe Fost yesterday. "In other words.
was In the McFaddn fats building In
Beaumont when the FIRE broke ont and
WIN one or two friends had a very mar.
row escape from death. had goac over
TO beaumont to be present at the opening
OF the new Kyle opera house and shortly
after midnight I went to the McFaddn
building to retire for the night. with me
were bd f. Maxwell, formerly manager of |
the Baldwin Melville company now occu. |
ping a similar position with The Cav |
MI Goldsteln.' and Barry Maxwell a mem |
Der OF the cast of the latter COMPANY |
INC alarm or hre was sounded before we |
had all gotten In bed. the news being
given to us by an attache of the transfer
company at Beaumont The Messrs. Max
"'H unu Inyseu rushed ont into the hall [
only TO find the stairs abaze. The situa-
non was decidedly a bad one and for n
time ] though that we would never got
ont but, after cropping about in the sizzling
smoke for considerable length NJ time.
we succeeded In finding a back stairway
through which we escaped from the burn.
ing building. The fire was at that time
wen under way and had we been com
PEELED to remain in the building few
minutes longer we would undoubtedly have
been subjected. OF course "A miss Is as
rfHft1 Al mil
care to repeat the performance. | feel
the two MaXwclls and myself owe our
lives to the man who aroused us and 10
ne fact that the FIRE did not occur little
later, when we would have been asloep
HAD this been the case II might have been
impossible for our friend 10 have awakened
Us In time"
Mr. bergman stated that the opening Of
the now thentcr, which, by the way. Is
one of the finest In the South, was sue
cesstui IN every respect. " The house was
hlled." ne said, land II was
noccs sary ia place some sixty additional
chairs In the parquette in order to accom-
modete tho crowd In that portion Of tho
house. The audience vas q brilliant one
the wealth and socinl life 81 the new oil
metropolis being fully represented Alto
2ciher the opening YVES quite "a event
The play. The Gay Mr.. GoldSteln" WIZ
worry warmly received 1t Is a well written
comedy with great quantity Of quiet
lumor In It. and IN It's cast are an unusually
large number Of capable players, among
.hem George Bonitace, Tom Kcough and
Mary Hampton. The patrons Of Sweeney
\ CoGmbS theater VIII he given an oppor-
unity to see the attra elton Wednesday nj,
ernoon and night"