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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-09
AN INDEX TO THE SUNDAY Posi-

SEVENTEENTH.
Live stock markets.
Want ads
EIGHTEENTH. 4
Want ads.
NINETEENTH.
Want ads
TWENTIETH.
Mcsgan's latest scheme.
lransi0selssippi Commercial Congress.
The Orange lumber market review
TWENTY-FlRST.
Forecasts by Foster.
TWENrY-sEcoNp.
George AIDES Modern Fable.
TWENTY-THlRD
The late Guy NJ Bryan.
TWENTY-FouRTH.
Local society,
TWENTY-FlFTH.
New York society
TWENTY-SlNTH.
Partisan fashions,
Women and womeu's clubo.
TWENTY-SEVENTH.
Theatrical gossip,
TWENTY-ElGHTH.
Drummers department
TWENTY-NiNTH.
Happyhammer letters.
THlRTiETH,
Local courts.
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IN STOCK.

loo feet 1l~ Inch Wen Cosir,
M feet peSinch Wen caeing
l'vN feet asinch Well Casi1y
~ feet S-inch well CASING
SVN feet 6-inch Well Caglnr
900 feet S.lnch Line Pine
~ feet 6.inch Merchgnt Pine
1890 feet Alnch Galvz pine
h'tn feet h.inch Gaivz. Pine
,,i,alrge ASSORTMENT Black ana Galvanized
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District Averages.

Not inciAded IN meahs.
Number OF stations. %.
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FIGHTING OVER LOSSES.
Several Briefs Filed in the Territory
Cases at WASHINGTON.

Several Briefs Filed in the Territory
Cases at Washington.
Washington, October 5-Scycral briefs
were fled at the interior department TO-.
day In the case Of the Cherokee oil and
Gas company, which is contendlng for
leases Of lands belonging to the Cherokee
indian Nation In the Indian Territory for
the purpose NJ mining oil and gus. The
case VIII have a hearing Monday.
The company claims an act OF the Chero-
kee National council authorizing Cherokee
citizens to sublet their mining licenses to
noncitizcus MS authority for granting a re-
newal Of their leases, but the briefs OF the
other side, representing the Cherokee Ma
tion and certain individual Chcrokccs, con-
tend that that act was repealed and fur
ther that the council had no authority
20 pass such an act. They claim that the
granting of the lands would violntc treaties
acts of congress and Of the Cherokee Ma
tion.
A brief Of the Delaware Indians protest
Ing against the granting OF the leases SAYS
that neither the ChcrokeeS nor the Della
wares have consented TO the leasing OF
their lands.
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EXCITEMENT AT JENNINGS.
Oil Well Has the Drawing Powers OF a
Circus.

".V''
Jennings La. October st was some
thing like a circus.dov crowd in town TO.
d,, ,,,,,,orai,,, o,,,. rbs ar,i,,c
there was mn unusual activity plainly no
ticcablc on the streets. and this activity
49,. ~. 4to ,i,,. t.....,,,,, ia AZ.
XIV" "5 'ne 'dN "''"iu' "iueI' \ slt'''l
portion of this activity was directly trace
able 10 the oil business, vet among II all
u,s 81 coror,l c,,rr,rt Of rico tho COR.
wa" So ~ nv '"
talnty the chlcf product OF thls territory.
But II present. Indications count for any
thing oit will ,oon plyc rico n merry chase
lhr attempt to hilNe the -FOUR lnch Ppe AT
the Jennings well viii be tried early Non
day morning. Everything Is being put in
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BIG SALES OF OIL STOCK
ANIMATED SESSION AT THE Ex-
CHANGE, WITH GOOD RESULTS.
to,6ot Shares SOLD and Lively Bidding
Was Done for More--Some of
the Advances Noted.

! Yesterday was banner day for sales Mt
the local oil exchange. The call resulted
In the transfer Of 1O.6O1 shares and ami.
mated bidding frequently occurred where
deas could not be contaminated Victor.
international and Gladys of Galveston
seemed to cause more interest than hereto.
Tore. A sale on the former was made ut
yesterdays bid, but no more could be got
ten at y cents Increase international
could have brought jAc advance, but the
holders did not respond Better bids were
naue Tor Gladys and block was OF TIMED
at "a. Houston and Beaumont had higher
offers ana after good-sized transfer at
the highest no more WAS put on the board.
Lucky Dime was popular and sold around
the same hgurcs us on the previous day,
WIN small quantities offered Enterprise
was In more demand and sold above the
former bid. one sharc Of Higgins was
traded aud greater quantity was sought.
queen city registered u 40 gain In the price
Tor which Il sale was made, and further
bids were the same. Loss was offered Tor
Ahgl0-American, while that for Palestine
IHu beauluphl was higher. y good slice of
btulty was obtuiucu At the amount offered
Ioi several days aud sale OF tiober Nug
nlaue at Snght. advanced price
rev uccilhcs were noted, but an In
ctease was made In most OF the valuations
rue prices bid ana asked ycstrruay anu
tue sales made were as follows:
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Y. M. c. A. MATTERS.
announcement of Meetings for TODAY
An Inter stinn Cn,tnct NJ E.,.I...

Announcement of Meetings for TODAY
An Interesting Contest Next Friday.
The first address Of the season with thc
Young Mems Christian Association will be
given this afternoon at o'clock by Rev.
Edwin McNutt, pastor OF the Westminster
Presbyterian church. His subject will be:
Am l My Brothers Keeper" All men
are invited.
The boys meeting will occur at 3 o'clock.
Mr, 5. A. Klncalde, the general secretary,
VII have charge OF the meeting and win
4cI{er an address on 1.-The Kind of a Boy
The University c--5 will hold It's first
meeting tomorrow night in the association
paflor. All members are requested 70 he
present, and IN case il Is imnossibIe foy
any member To attend such member is re-
quested TO send word to that eject The
meeting VIII be an important one and will
suing year io' tue en-
An Interesting contest viii no Witnessed
IN tHe gymnasium Friday evening next,
Hneh team or six association men from
H"INeston VIII contest with the home feo m
~ game OF baseball. During last season
o ont asfSoclatlon gave a large number Of
cb,.r.a for the public without
sm"L,Se' Is hoped that the charge of n
suIaI admission Will not prevent the at
tendance being large and represenfatI~e
Ihe admission Is the only means The ss.
sHe'allOn mas for paying the expenses ~
me game. The following viii eonstitutc
me houston team: Il. S. Lewis cantain I.
W Il; Frazier. n. c. Eoyt, II. @ Raj
T. belk, $. NJ. McAshan, Jr. e'N'
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PIPE BROKE DEE.
Work Stopped on the Well at Bryan
HEIGHTS,

Work Stopped on the Well at Bryan
Heights.
Velasco Texas October 5.-The pipe In
the Bryan Heights OIL and Pipe company .
well broke of yesterday, and is now down
In the bottom Of the wen at depth OF
about 700 feet, The thread OF the second
Joint from the bottom broke, which makes
It only matter OF getting The necessary
machinery to get Il out. The implement
for drawing up the two Joints viii he
here in few days and then the work viii
proceed. The drlll has Just gone through
a boulder and was resting on another hard
rock, where they were putting down the
elght-nch casing, and drilling with a six
inch pipe, which broke on At this point
the drilling will be delicate matter. as
they are nearing the famous gas pocket
and they want to get through IL, for they
are certain that oil win be found after
they get down below the gas vein
The famous Lucas gas well sim blows
gus and the real thing, Photograph ~
the we'll shows no flow, which proves that
i is pure gas. There is no let IN and par
ties who go out 10 see 1t pronounce Il A
wonder.
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ReeviIle Notes.

BeeyilIe' Texas, October 4-Hunting par
Ties have been quite numerous this week
and several deer and turkeys have been
bagged,
A large Wild cat was chased and shot at
IN the eastern part of town one day this
week He finally made good his escape
however Several cayotes have been killed
IN his part of the city in the past year
Ranchmen w, II. George and j. c. Wood
are preparing to sink an arteSian well in
the southern part of the county. They are
putting m 2 rotary machine having a ca.
pac.ty Of 1900 feet.
Two fine buggy horses Of G. Nj. Porter
Of Mathis were killed recently by men out
''hrr hunting Mt night.
Nearly 1900 bnles Of cotton have been
turned out by the Becvllc gins up to date
this season, which Is about 500 bales less
than were ginued up TO the same date last
season.
Congressman George r Burgess Of Con
2ales spent several DAYS I'm the city this
week getting acquainted with the Bee coun.
ty people, who are now in his district, the
new Ninth. He Will be n candidate for the
democratic nomination next year ana there
is likelihood of his having opposition.
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LONE STAR AND CRESCENT on. CO
LAKE CHARLES LOCALS.
Rice Farming Is More Profitable Til
BorinJ for Oil

Rice Farming Is More Profitable Than
Boring for OIL
Lake Charles La, October DIR. n. G.
Leslie, near Jennings, La, from thirty
acres Of rice. has Just thrcshcd 423 sacks.
which he sold for 50 80, netting him
Sl6G662. Another farmer in the eastern
part of the parish sold the rice from 500
acres for $4,000 and says it is better
than oil speculation.
Dan Jacobs Of Alexandria is now fully
inStalled as the railroad agent Of the Wat
kins road at this point. Mir. Cahiu. for.
mer agent, Is now in the banking business.
Father Van DE Ven has reached New
York from his extended European trim and
VIII be In Lake Charles today lie has
been absent several months visiting reln-
tives In Holland and other countries across
the water,
The rush 10 the Louisiana oil fields has
begun in earnest and Wednesday morning
the Illinois central brought In n large crowd
but seventeen We're bound FOR the oil re-
gion around Jennings. Lake Charles ana
crowley. All came over the Southern Pa
cue, twenty-five going to Lake Charles
hiheteeh 10 crowley and nineteen to Jen.
nlhgs twenty went 20 Houston two to
beaumont, two to E PaSo and one to san
ANTONIO. The prospects for oil in Cal.
casleu looks tattering and the prospectors
are going after 1t In earnest Lake Charles
mas taken turn and the local companies
are pushing things rapidly. A bOom 10
expected In the early future.
Inc street car company has decided Ia
lei the oid mule transit 90 for a while
until the line has been extended more Then
electricity Will be put on.
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Caldwell Items.

Caldwell Texas. October 5.-The cotton
seed war has made things lively and the
streets are FUN of people today. Business
looking up' the farmers finding them.
serves In better shape than they antic-
pated.
~, a good sized land sale was sonsummated
near Deanyille for the sum OF soGt0 ,u nv IS
hhnfnMS that Bprleson county dirt Is stu
~ Gur worthy tax collector was In hard
lncA last night. lie went out hnntinr ~ ,t
shooting at a coon. his gun bursteds , ahhu,
hhfe,too k dog for deer, hred M 4, arH
Killed H. 50 he missed coon and d Sna
The dust is covering oo-,.A,
makes V very diSAgrseahle. 'NihS and
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meats Is undoubtedly the best. IN spite Of
me claims made by vegeterians and food
| cranks generally.
As compared with grains and vegetables.
mcIi furnishes the most nutrlment in a
/ nlghIy concentrated form and Is digested
9adh6d asSmllated more quickly than vege.
\, Dr julius Remusson on this subject says:
NNteItHE,3us persons, people run down In
hgsalth and Of low vitality should eat plenty
az, a'3a', II the digestion IS too feeble at
, nI@J II may be easily strengthened by the
aFsgsn!ar use Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
tablets taken after dinner Will digest sew
eIQl thousand grains OF meat, eggs or other
autulAl rood IN three or four hours, while
1TuS tnult dlaStasc also contained In Stuart )
slhIchy FOODS. Ike potatoes. bread, etc, and
no matter how weak the stomach may be, no
| nouole VIII he experienced Ii "A regular
PMcnce IS made of using Stuarts Dyspep-
sia, IabletS because they supply the pepsin
ton and any form Of indigestion and
stomach trouble except cancer OF the
stomach will be overcome by their daily
That large class Of people who come IN
yer tle mead OF nervous dyspepucs should
Hgesuon by the systematic use of safe
harmless digestive medicine like SWlrt'S
dyspepsia Tablets, composed Of the natural
which actually perform the work Of digeS-
tlou and give the abused stomach a chance
10 rest and TO furnish the body and brain
cathartic medicines masdueradlng under
the name Of dyspepsia cures are useless
Tor relief or cure Of Indigestion, because
they have absolutely no effect upon the
actual digestion OF food.
dyspepsia In all Its forms Is simply q
iauure or the stomach to digest food and
the sensible. wav to solve the riddle and
cure the Indigestion is TO maKc daily use
81 veal time Of a safe preparation which
+ endorsed ny the medical profession and
known 10 contain active digestive prlnci-
pies. aud all this can truly be said Of
Smarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
All druggists thrOuEhomt the United
states, Canada and Great Britain sell them
q the uniform price OF 20 cents for fun
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uNDELWERED PACKAGES.

Goods remaining undellvered In the Of.
nee Of Wells, Fargo end Co.'S exnresY 10,
t HSa, week ending October 5. 100" r. w W.
Ba ahnnT; u. Anderson er$n' Mrs. II. Burk, olivia
yam Science Reading room, +. F. Cb 1eiS'
nnooIF., coleman. T. G. Casonoyer Ned
RT SePse' p 6. dPsgIffIy Hannah Oury, A.
a Franklin, IL; e Griffin j. q Wnicbc:.
son. II. Hargett, Parlin Jones
g. o. Johnson, r G. Klnnlson. @. F. Lang.
HSallezzo, William S Maberey. M w
nnaNsy, j; T. Mclean, I. Il Nelson "a
~ Nicholson r. $. Price, NJ. T. Rob
staples, R. Scott 6. VIRGINS W.T..
syeheek. !. p. Wilson. E-F' Zoe q" u
MMcss Nsts q 2 kSenpnSdy, w; Eredrlck. j.
= v hayser, S. +. Foster. j. ,H inyd
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Work Resumed.

Mineral Wells, Texas, October News
was received here this morning that the
company boring for oil six miles north OF
Palo Pinto that had stopped work on ac-
count Of striking an ineNhaustable flow OF
gas at a depth of about zoo feet, with a
had succeeded In getting Sc under control
and they had resumed boring for oil They
are confident OF striking oil within the
next 100 feet us every Indication is good
for II within this depth
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foot derrick; also have the engine and
boiler placed and VIII be ready TO begin
drilling MS soon as the tools arrive, which
have been delayed by the strike. The we'll
sary but the Indications are good for oil
at much less depth Gas is found cscap
quantities 10 produce q continuous blaze.
and water from the springs on the land
show every Indication of oil. The land
has been examined by experts and they
pronounce the outlook for OH as good as
any field In the state. Lands IN this por-
tlon of the county are advancing daily.
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Some MysterIous stories.

NavaSota, Texas, October i.-Navasota's
oil pulsation seems to come and go with
intcrmlssions, although the prospec,ors
work and plod along their unknown mathis
unaffected, guided mainly hy faith in value
Of knowledge gained by past experience
There are some mysterious stories anoat
about what the NavasoA Land oil and
Development company (Woodward'si have
In their well at Lamb Springs. They are
not now boring and Insiders appear to be
Quito Mell nleAscd
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No Work at the Walsh Wan

Jennings, la, October . There is being
no work done at the Welsh oil wen. as
they are awaiting the arrival of gate
valve. which has been-en route for several
days. They seem to be little leary Of
the well since the explosion several DAYS
ago.
Your, representative has interviewed sew
well and they report hne prospects az iii
and good indications Of a eusher. There
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lmportant Deal Enneoted.

Navasota, Texas. October 4.-R. d.
Beatty and Mr. Patterson OF Beaumont.
two noted operators. took convoyances here
this morning and are inspecting the Grimes
county fields. Mr.. Beatty Is said TO NJ,
DESTROYS of securing hoothod ln Grimes
county, aud there Is apt TO he reported ia
few days deal that win have much
bearing on the States oil trade.
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Good Prospects Near huntsville.

Huntsville. Texas. October AIR. ]. r.
Ruddock, manager OF the ]. n. Milton
OH and Development company NJ California.
was in town this week attending TO the
details relative to sinking an oil well on
the Spells place, fourteen miles west OF
Huntsville. p9sy have erected An eighty
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VIII be several more wells started In the
Welsh oil field as soon as further develop
ments are made With this one II seems
that there is always some one waiting on
the other IN this business. Several oil com
panies In Jennings own quite good dcaI
Of land near Welsh and IL Is thought TINT
they VIII commence drilling at an early
date close to this one
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Expects 10 Strike oil.

Hearne, Texas, October 5.-Mr. Allie
Scott, the contractor for boring for oil on
the Kaufman farm near Hcarne. saws he
has reached a depth of 1000 feet. aud from
all indications he will strike oil.
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set the. cight-lnch pipe and are now at
work sinking the four-inch pipe they
are down to a depth of 400 feet and every
thing Is running in tip top order. This
company expects great results.
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Down 400 90 AZ | ihertv

Liberty, Texas, October ) Work has
been resumed on the Texas, Missouri and
K.sItReky on eoppanxs Nall. They Aays
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New Cumberland Presbyterian Church at San Marcos
sssessosososeoesosss

insured
school
in the
n ont fee
Florenne the
MIR
destroyed in 1892 being the
ceremonies
ace this
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TWO NEW WELLS ARE in.
Manhattan and tIle Alabama Company
Each Brought 10 a GuSher.
A DEMONSTRATION FOR NEW WORKERS
They Are to Be Shown the Real Value
of the Texas OLA Discussion
Of the Loss OF Power.

Beaumont Texas October 5-The Man
haitian No. 2 came In this morning in an
Intermittent way, but the well will likely
have to be drilled deeper before 1t spouts
steadily. 1t is In the true gusher tcrrl-
tory however, and will doubtless be a
nrst-class well when completed This well
makes the sixty-hfth gusher in the field.
~
The well of the Alabama Oil company
came in in irst-class shape this afternoon
at O'Clock aud was a genuine sx-inch
gusher. They had n blowout several days
ago, but the company was not satisfied
with the action OF the well and had 1t
drilled deeper 1t flowed about fifteen
minutes when the protection committee had
1t cut OF for fear Of danger from fire. This
makes sixty-Gye gushers in the held
The recently revived story that the gush-
ers are fast losing their power to lift the
oil TO the surface of the earth has caused
much talk among oil men here-not among
boomers of stock propositions alone, but
among the actual producers and men who
have no stock to sell II Is admitted on
nil sides that the circulation Of such stories
over the country would do the field great
injury, and oil men generally deny that
theIc Is any warrant Whatever Tor such
statements about the wells. 1t Is fact
that the wells could be shorn Of even one
haf OF their present power and still dis
fh"Ese more oil than any pump could draw
from them and the striking Of such i'm
mense gas deposits MS were found In the
Guney and the Ira o. Wysc wells IS con
elusive evidence that there is plenty of
gas undcr the hin TO mako the wells ao,v
Tor many months
There prr pl,nfy of oil mon hcrc that he
Ueyp thc wolfe viii ro,tiui5, Az ,,nshrr4 fo-
at least a wear and many saw two wears
Tho fact ,.i.t O.aII. 1.,lsf 40 9Gitotcd H. fn,..
they win dov 1fter bovfn, sfnod for SOW
arai devs 1ndi.turbcd is not or ipiicntinn
that rho yrpss,irc Is divine ont far mo
Bcatty Won witch NC ri,r,.hoscd G ho
National oil md Pine + inc ,.5,,n,1 o. stoI
omen for more tbap tyyei,,, bnlirs U,ttbrut
howiur and when fhc scction ~ plne con
raiuiug the gate yulyc was removed the oil
cam IN powerful stream ana lowed for
iit,le nH had Lse, 'I rIr, We , Tl @l NrS
previous 10 This md Ii had therefore had
no chance 10 lose any Of IT'S power The
a"i,'i .Sr nel u4''nI VOL oi'rr moving Tor
men was fonnd to bo n, Jo,ila ne =" IIn lr,i,
after IL ha- seen closed for two or three
weeks
. \
,rbc pv,,rt cp and rt,o r,,, ...--.,,,.
iue Export 'H Hhd ripe Line company
OF this city is preparing 90 demonstrate TO
fuel users Of Now York Cit, tho .lprriorit,,
OF Beaumont oil over coal as fuel Prcsl-
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II is not for US to alarm you about your
Cold, you are wretched enough as it is.
Our province is TO supply the cure, and we
do so with confidence. Dr.. Humphreys
"SEyENrY-SEyHN" breaks up a Cold by
acting directly on the affected parts;
restores the checked circulation, starts the
blood coursing through the veins, awakens
the numbed organs of respiration and
digestion, cleanses the system, soothes the
mucous membrane, and the Cold passes off
without struggle.
->"77" is small vial OF pleasant pellets
that just fits the vest pocket.
Al all Druggists % cents. mailed on re-
eeilpt OF price, Doctors Book Mailed Free
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co,
Corner William apd JoRn Streets. New
peAAr -
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Aunt Luclndy I'D
Always carries Hunts e. lft rs sss!s,:s 4
ache. collie, weak e ssts,r ~ Az W
has sixty nine grs1 laaissug sbost
know what she Is taiA~
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A Jealousy-cral:cs. l Nss's'
San Angelo, Texas oe'0O, M. %
rage. WIN Junlus, eol2STnsa,m mistress 81
t hHSy shot iiof and killed himself
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WHAT SHALL.
VIZ EAT
To Keep Healthy and Strong2

healthy appetite and common sense are
excellent guides To follow I'm matters OF
diet' ana a mixed diet Of grains, fruits and
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~ "SH Va ~ S'i""iiio va N"H'P""'
came in in hrst-class shape this afternoon
at 6 O'Clock and was genuine six inch
gusher. They had n blowout several days
ago, but the company was not satisfied
with the action OF the well and had 1t
drilled deeper. 1t flowed about fifteen
minutes when the protection committee had
1t cut OF for fear of danger from fire. This
makes sixty gushers In the held.