The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-28


excitement. For an hour or two during
the forenoon It may have appeared to be
greater than II was yesterday, but taken as
a whole the day has heeu Just about the
same. The fact that this Is Saturday may
in a measure account for the lul--f, In
deed, II can be termed lull--but many at
tribute II to the repeated dlsappotntments
occasloned by the failure Of the wells,
which have been promised. TO come In as
expected.
1t cnn not be said whether the reports
that have been sent ont regarding these
wells were fakes created with view to
booming the stock Of some of the companies
or not, but 1t can be said that the spccu-
lators here are becoming so used TO prom
islng reports about these wells they nay
very little attention TO them which means,
OF course. that they DO not believe them.
Very little Information eau he obtained
from The company Headquarters as TO the
progress Of operations Ia the field. and
what one does get is given in such Il suilvc
knows how to take IL. For instance The
Post correspondent entered the Office of
an oil company mere which Is supposed TO
own wei that ~ past due aud asked
about the progress OF the work ON H. Thc
reply was something like this: ION, SHE'S
au rlBht-a real wonder when II comes To
spouling OIL That assurance. too. In the
face Of the knowledge The Post man had
that the drlll was sim wording IN the
we'll
All one can do Is to give the rumors and
F.nn 'nT pnpnc iraJ lpr inI"rmatioh comics
rutnors In cIrculntion here eV"., Jay and
u H. next 10 Impossible TO get at the fncts.
4o, snow, are ~" words generally
" ,b,,S ,nVSe ~ poSiloii 10 Know. ana
rumors have their origin In fact. hut an
tSHatANu pu'in, cau :" HlSinFl Hlntcmenls
mn mn , ", ,,r"VVV "INn' thorH ~ hhrhF
TO- me ,nrr,nt rnln nv, '"' "r'E'"" statement
" '"e V"'l'"' 'nH'"I
There Inns been nothing new today from
the Kaiser aud Kelly well owned by the
HeywooIs ana their associates. nor from
the spindle Top or the Smith wells. but
the Lone star and Crescent has been heard
from and the report is rather encouraging.
The wen Of this company is ON the In.
gals tract. and was expected to come in
nm. ,.nt,,,t ,'..,t,t,, ,, ~ a..
from 1t. The operators began hallng yos.
to-day afternoon ana az a,t.,
MIR +. A. Flfcher' VIII" ,nm, In fr,, ,'I t6ngo
held said DE wcil was drilled INTO The The
10 snI, bc " nieasn n or%"E Ib III at any Tine
wns n r"n,pt iStn thIy We or"on,"r3 ih, ere
well had come n bnf Il Il moi y ,n"' v1 spp
fed " B. Dunlnn. II lnrpt stocthn Mar
in The company. sai1 reeardiny H.. ronort
thai he dhl not think Il was true herausrt
mon mmS "'R t ,not ihr plans Of tn
hold Inc Vol BACK pnttI ramo,r, Wy'u va
unless II has forced It's way In against the
If bns nc w w urilbr,S IS pfnbtble that
Only meagcr ana Unsatisfactory ronort.
eohid he obtained tlom the other operators
brought tbc w"i,s ~ Ia nous OF ineln nave
ably ccrtnin Those who vIaitod ma AKA
this afternoon report that both the zen
yer Wen and the Kelley wen were working
and from appearances nothing uuusunl had
taken place.
~
New companies continue 10 fern with
= va. i"p'"N anu iloeslou Is getting into
inc held IN great shape. one of the latest
in Houston is the Edgar Watkins OH CON
49," ~ ~" wy svu''ehI"n nearing that
n"nie ~ 'ne PreSld'nt Houston com
p1Ie' YET prospective has purchased Ave
northwest Of the gushers and Mr. tioyv Sa'.J
l.. Smith will probably he the prrsldent
MT Sterling Mler was here today looking
The. Acme OH aud Fuel company Is n
new Beaumont organization With holdIngs
near the Kaiser and Kelley wei.
~
around Fort Arthur. but Who il is ia "n nu
uncertainty. II ~ said that it is out OF
''N"' N"NAN'
neAum-ptis expecting the largest crowd
VI VI pPopsp tou'orroW thHt ever visited
~, aeAas to"n or e''y on similar occasion.
ny 'Ncurslop tiQinS due TO arrive here
WIFE, II Is believed, be crowded with nor
sons anxious to soc a lfpsher In n,ti,,, ma
III. l,.,. $1,000 "'"'"' ""u
'"S "'se crown lhat Is already on the
scene win bc greatly augmented
what Is anticipated for tomorrow I'm tho
way or large crowd Will also he repeated
every Gay during the coming week IL ~
stated that there VIII he one or more tx
eurslon trains IN each day OF next week. l
ana these excursions are not going TO NJ
iocM Sfalrs either. They are 20 come
t . lulnols, Indiana and even Michigan.
lns rum ltom The latter State hoing |
senSunleu 70 arrive Thursday night
-, Nhut VIII pc the result of the visit OF
tnese sIoWys Is ct course mere coujec-
.ure' put the present outlook Is for ctpn
, Miuer, times than have yet been cxpc.
, n,..u,,.d lhose who are. already on tine
ksr"uhu pelitNe That large percentage
VI .,.,,, 'hose VINO come In on the excursions
MI NIL tahe lhe iefer, which means of
t."nfsv; tnat they VIII plunge neck dem
i y W. speculation. II this anticipation
par. nt nsz ln.S 1asI as + nov up