The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-27
|Reaumont Simply Overrun With People and
II Is Growing Worse.
yryT WEEK is EXPECTED TO BE A RECORD
BREAKER.
standard Oil Rumor i'm Which Little Faith Is
pIaced-Ex- Governor Hogg's Suit Compromised
~ by an Equal Division of the Property

r..-r,ont. Texas, April 26.-'I have two
Il. oue mile from the gushers for Sl0,-
- az acre"
sneBtlemen. will sell you land in the
4 Williams league at $500 per acre"
,,oos Of jefferson county; buy YOU a
~ and get into the land business"'
.What am | offered for leases on 500
-. Of oil lands in Hardin countyy
Got sample OF the oil, only 10 cents
bottle"
4stop minute and look at this plat
II ,he iand In that survey can be bought
,,,,r for $4,000. over 1000 acres ana
os fifteen miles from the oil wells
NV friends, / will give YOU Just i've min.
~. TO decide on this bargain ten acres
the c. Williams for 5000 an acre
.soByenirs, photographs, buttons-buy a
4 Ny,on and take an oil well home with
iar
.ncrcs The Houston Daily Post; all the
/ ii nevis"
The above will give Sotse little idca W
h, jargon of sound aud battle of voices
1 nal NOW -ItflN Fht NlNuhh Tue 1ANNhA
snse. Not content with taking up every
sca Of space Inside aud outside this hotel
he constantly Increasing throng has now
ry.ied the grounds adjoining. Hastily
Instructed offices have been built just
nislde the hotel during the last two
iays desks have been unpacked, signs put
% and new business begun by score
more Of land agents.
The town is simply overrun with people
ad Il Is getting worse daily. Ofnce
ron, Is at a big premium. Tents are he.
lTs erected In all parts OF the town. Every
Are shanty is rented ont and nearly every
house has been thrown open To the invad.
lag hoss, No one now asks Tor room AT
ANtel. Everything IS engaged ahead for
weeks 10 come The restaurants are doing
splendidy considering the unusual clrcum.
Stances, but at the regular meal hours
they are always badly ovcrtaxcd and the
crowd clamorinr to enter frequently
reaches out into the streets.
Where and when 1t will end no one
tap say. The wise ones are shaking their
heads and declaring that 1t is speculation
gone mad but other wise ones did the
ane thing week. two weeks. three
weeks ago
gentleman who is on the inside OF
one of the telegraph Offices today said
nat the telcgrams sent and received dur.
hg the last few days would indicate that
ne whole county would be in Beaumont
lst week. lie declares that prominent
nresters are on the way to Texas from
ewT section Of the Union.
hahager Witt of the Houston office OF
ne Postal Telegraph. who is here now to
oN after the immense business being
%Ae said this morning that never In
ne history Of Texas had SO many mes
Nses been received at and sent from any
w point The rush of busines. after
We Galveston storm, he declared. was no,
NSA to what he Is experiencing here.
respite this the messages are all being
aaaaled quite promptly by both the Pos
y and Western Union aud there is DO
unusual delay
Nv town In the world mas ever had an
upehehce TO compare with this All
s1es hooms sink Into lnslgnidcanre In
NMparlson, 1t Is something that was
s''e' dreamed Of as possible. and natural
exciting comment In all parts NJ
w country. II has advertised Texas het,
w tnsn anything else that could have
saFPehed and has caused investments to
Z maoe In all parts Of the state. The
Ts'uailen in oil lands is bound TO end
''ne time Of course, and waan the end
NV. money will be lost, hut SO far
"pns but gains have been recorded.
~
fumor Is current on the streets to
ssa' that the Kiser Kelly well came In at
! pe'ock this evening, but II the web
-N oeea brought in it has not been re.
,N At the headquarters Of the com
~ which owns It, For that reason the
\, ,-~''' Is not regarded as being authen.
IS also report that strong per
= Improvement company is organlz
- sna this report Is given more ere
~, $50 Inc capital stock Of the improve
ssI company Is to be $1,000 600 ana It's
, ..!s,'s and purposes are to erect ordce
,.ss'aes and make other permanent ian.
II, OF general nature IN the
q, MI v Wless is said to be the pro.
'gns Or principal spirit,
~
excitement was created In
,-slont this afternoon when the report
ue current that the Standard oil com
- had bought up all the wharyes AZ
~, arthur and 90,0O0 acres OF land ad-
The excitement was caused by