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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRE WEEKLY.
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The TRI-WEEKLY GAZETTE, or country
edition, contains all the news OF interest In
this State, snd will be Of especial interest to
Alexsndrisns living away from here, but
who wish to keep up with their hone news.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10
COAL AND WOOD

BY ELEvATING THE QUALITY
Of our coal We lower the price In economy OF
consumption. Consumers will find that 1t Ia
cheaper to use our high grade Lee Coal, that
has BEEN screened and freed from slate and
stone, than that Of an inferior grade 1t gives
more heat, lees ashes and burns longer than
any other coal, and our prices are ss low a.
Any. Coal and Wood under cover.
]. z. ZIMMERMAN,
Foot OF Queen street Alexandra, Va
Telenhnna N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10

ERUIT JARs.-Msson's Pint, Quart and
II Half Gallon Fruit Jsrs for sale BY
&c. MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10
EoR RENT,

EoR RENT.
SIX ACRES OF LAND nj Lochsber, just
north Of the city limits. Good place for Q
profitable market garden. Apply nj thi1
ofics- dec23 II
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-06-10
DRUGGISTS.

CLARA I.lEADBTATIR c. &. LHADfaATAl
K. g. LhADBEATER. J. LkADEEAIEs'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
NEW OIL COMPANIES.
Five OF Them with Capitalization In
Excess OF a Million.

Five OF Them with a capitalization In
Excess OF a Million
Austin. Texas. MAY II. The following
oil companies were chartered ;olay:
rho Planters Crude oil company of Beau
mont; capital stock 100000. Directors;
l.. b. Pipkln, ]. y. Gilbert, william Cur.
roll, Clint Wood, Lee Blanchette Of beau.
mont; j. Il. Speers, Mnshaltown, Iowa,
and ID. G. Saunders Kansas City, Mo.
The Brilliant Oil company OF Beaumont;
capital stock $t50,O0o. rrecrprs: = NJ
Bowie G.. A. Holland. NJ. {. Cameron. c.
ID. Fartnett w ID. Carter. q. w. Curtis,
Nea thcrfoId ID. L. Knox. JacksbOro, and
T. NJ. Wadsworth, Beaumont.
Black Hawk Oh company Of BEAUMONT
kiester, William lTusslnau. Beaumont; Ii
{. Dmgs. G. +. HolcK, r. Maven, l.. II
Camp and ]. c. McCahcran, Black HawE
county. Iowa.
Hcber Stone on and Mining company Of
Brennan: capital stock $500. 900 Directors
Heber Stone Il. x Harrison, A VI. Gid.
diugs, G. L. Benjamin ana Giddlres stone
Brenham.
The beaumont and Brnzos Valley on
company Of iiryan. capital stock $4,000
Directors \. y. MrCOdico, G. NJ. Bran
don, r. Shisa, I. II, Royder. W f. Con
nelly, " g. Hudson, c. $. Parker and j.
Of Galveston.
Walton Drilling company Of Beaumont;
capital stock $4,000. Directors J =.
Bowen. r. d. Gage. Pecos, Texas 4. L,
Matlock. Fort Worth. aud W. VIZ ON. A.
j. Brown, Higbee. Mo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22

grazing or timber classification as well as
u those upon which mineral Is known 20
exist. In other words. the question IN
VOWED therein, as claimed by many. Is
whether the state, having neglected TO pro-
vide for a geological survey. although Ill
recting upon its statnte books that such
survey snail he made. can come IN ana neG
To he absolved of its neglect and permit
ted to take away from an actual settler In
good faith such minerals as he may In the
course OF wears accidentally discover On
lands ortgit ally sold to him under an ag'l-
cultural grazing OF timber classification.
IN Schendell's case the land commissioner
leiuses to Issue patent because the M.
plicatinn for the land involved was moi
accompanied by the oath prescribed In the
mining acts Of 1850 and 1875 to the effect
that the applicant has no know ledge of tho
NiStence ot minerals or oils on the land
involved. and because II Is now believed
that said land Is oil bearing. Should
Schendclls application for a writ of man
damus be refused great confusion win tol
low, and further clouding Of land titles will
result. as no, over 200 of the thousands Of
applications for school lands heretofore
recognized by the general land office are
accompanied by the oath referred TO. said
recognized applications having come most
~ from territory within known mineral
districts Another point raised by the state
In this case Is that the section of the min
Ing act requiring the making OF this oath
declares that all school, asylum and uni
Ncrsity lands hereafter sold dhat Is, since
1850 shall he disposed of with the I'M.
Outstanding that the mineral therein is
reserved. This would not he so bad. par
ties Interested assert, IL the Legislature
had made provision for the carving in -
eject of the directions of a companion
section Of the mining act which orders Il
geological survey of all of the school, INT
NcrSitN and ASYLUM lands for the purp sc
of nscertainng their mineral wealth and
disposing thereof on certain terms But
II Is inequitablc, 1t Is now claimed. FOR
the State Ht This late day, after having tor
years disposed of it's school lands under
acts in which no reference tn mineral
reservations Is made. to come in and seek
remission of grieyous sin of OMISSION
that 1t may he permitted to take ndvan-
tagc Of an act that is hut incomplete at
hest In order to get the upper hand or
and accidentally obtained more than they
honestly hargaincd for in the nrst IN
stnncc. To be plain about it, say these
apparently he pleased TO even mp on the
actual settler and purchaser in good faith.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
LUCAS ON DAMON MOUND.
Well Known Expert Gives His Views
on The Prospects for Oil.
WILL BE RICHEST FIELD IN THE WORLD
Bases His Assertion on Indications IL
Comparison with Beaumont Field.
Theory OF Formation.


Captain A. F. Lucas. the man who made
Beaumont famous and incidentally spread
fame all over himself was In Houston yes
tcrday afternoon on his way to some point
where he will he able to enjoy a few
weeks of quletude and absolute rest. He
said that he was tired. very tired for his
life had been one of continual activity and
harrnssment ever since he struck oil at
Beaumont on January 10 of the present
year. Really the wonder Is that Major Ia,
cas- has kept np So well. since that nomor.
able day. for 1t is well known fact that
he has literally bee1 on the lump ever
since.
Captain Lucas has Just returned from the
vicinity Of Damon Mound In Rraaoria coua.
ty. where he had been acquiring leases
on prospective oil lands for tho j. NJ
Guny Petroleum company of Beaumont.
recently chartered and capitalized at So.
100000. This company, unless deferred ny
the legal complications that now threaten
property In that locality will commence
operations on the mound in the Immediate
future. The company holds leases on va.
rlous tracts In Brazoria county. hut the
hrst operations around the mound win be
commenced IN the land of the Wisdom
heirs ana known MS the Mulcnhcy tract
Three rigs Will be put to work on these
tracts, which nre situated immediately on
the mound, and Captain Lucas said in con
versntion with representative OF The
Post while IN the city Yesterday that ma
chinery WAS heng hurried 10 The ground
even now, The lumber Is already there for
the derricks and few days at tho outside
viii suffice to get the rigs In operation
'rhe machinery Is being unloadcd at Roscn-
berg. which makes rather long haul by
wagon TO the mound. Columbia is the
nearest railroad point. that hnug about
twenty three miles distant but on account
of the location being more accessible ia
Rosenberg. the machinery is being uuloaded
AT the latter point.
Captain Lucas is highly pleased At tue
prospects for oil in Rrazoria county, aud
especially at Damon Mound. He said:
Damon Mound should. from all appear.
| ances, prove the most prolific AMI rlcnaSt
oil fields So far discovered. and. Judging
by indications and comparisons with inc
beaumont field, IT should prove infinitely
better He tddcd that II the theory h
maintains with reference tn the formation
of spindle Top Heights in the Beaumont
field applies to Damon Mound. II would
ductlou Of the latter hill will he.
Captain Lucas contends that the hin
! called Spindle Ton Heights was thrown up
| by the action Of oil ami gas pressurcs m.
derneath and he also applies that theory
MS a solution 20 the formation Of Damon
| Mound. which from outward appearances.
/ is simply n hill that rises to \ height OF
| ninetyseven feet from levcl prairie.
| Spindle Tip Heights reaches an altitude
! Of only twelve and our-half feet above the
face of the prairie from which 1t rises.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
Oil leases on Land Near Hearne.

Hearne. Texas May 21.--For the past few
weeks quite number of oil prospectors
have been In Hearne and surrounding coun-
try taking In the oil situation. large
number Of leases have been bcrfcctet and
deals ore on for more. A prominent cit.
izen of BRACES county has made several
trims n Hearne recently and wsN taken tn
~ hnt'ar, whore tho oil Indications arc
good and he was well pleased with what
~ saw he was shown the gas well on
the Hearue plantation also.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
winch Lie in the Ground Sold by the State
to Actual Settlers
TO BE ADJUDIcATED BY THE SUPREME COURT.
Vuestion Is One OF Wide Importance as Thousands
oi purchasers of School Lands Would Be
AFFECTED by an Adverse Decision.

Austin, Texas, May 2l-.Barnett & Jones
attorneys for August Schenden. today nle1
motion In the supreme court for prr.
mission to apply for writ of nanaonns
to compel Land Commissioner Roran IN -
sue patent TO fractional section 80 =,
The public free school lands situated ~
Fort Bend county, located and SURVEYED in
1861 for the school fund by the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad eompany NV
,.rine oi certificate No. III.
The motion was granted hv the c,n,,
This evening and the cause set down Tor
hearing June 3.
Said fractional section was put upon the
market by the commissioner of the general
land office according to the provisions 81
tue land act of 1887. classified as agricul.
turai land On the first day Of April, Is &,
II was settled upon in good faith by vii
nam Armstrong. who made application
therefor under the provisions of the land
act of 1898, and to whom it was awarded
on April H. lSD6. On May ~, 1920 I'm.
strong filed with the land commissioner
proof OF his three years occupancy of the
land as an actual settler according TO the
requirements of law and on the FIRST aity
OF December, 1909, transferred 1t to August
echehdeli, who filed with the land commits
soner, In lieu of the original obligation
of Armstrong, his obligation to pay IN,
land out. together with Armstrong; d, ed
of conveyance after having had same. duly
recorded by the county clerk of Fort Benl
county. Becoming DESTROYS OF paving IN
full the balance OF the purchase money due
the State and of obtaining patent 70 tue
sec ,o IN question as provided for in
the lana act OF 1850, SChendel on MAY ~,
1901, paid said balance to the State trees
urcr and on the same day rendered the
land commissioners tnc State treasurer $
receipt showing a fun ana complete di,.
charge of his obligation and also the sun
OF 50 as patent fee aud demanded u pa
| tent Acceptance Of the receipt was re-
fused aud Schendel was denied the put Mt
AS heretofore reported, this is a ease
! Tearing upon the question of whether the
statutory reservation from sale except
upon certain conditicrs of mineral boar
Ing lands belonging to the school fund ap.
Plies to lands sold under an agricultural,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
Jury Failed to Anree.

La Grange, Texas, May q. 'rhe Jury IN
the ease Of stephan Adamnk, Bohemian
who was charged Ivy Indictment with muir
dcring his wife near Ellinccr some time
ago. which has been out slnce last Thurs
day. having failed to agree upon verdict,
was today discharged
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
LUCAS AT ROSENBERG.
His Visit Has Raised Faith in the Mount
Country.

Country.
Rosenberg, Texas. May 21.--CaptaIn A
f Lucas of Beaumont was in the city to.
day looking after his rigs shipped to This
point for operation in the Damon Mound
country TO Post reporter Captain Lucas
eaid that he considered the mound ms a
great natural phenomenon In fact the great
est In the coast country, and that he was
highly pleased with the prospects and in
dcations for oil there: that he felt - nlh
pressed. After few weeks vacation Cap
tain Lucas VIII come here AGAIN 10 d4rrcl
the operations Of the boring IN the mound
country. Captain Lucas visit here has en-
couraged citizens and business men and
now there are no doubters as to the pos
siblitey of the Damon oil hed The three
derricls Gre now In the course of cOnstruc-
ton and part Of the machinery ls here
awaiting transportation 10 the moun-l.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22

No conservative oil company should IN
dertake to sell stock without "A few acres
OF land on High Island 70 make certain
their investment whore oil Indications arc
With one or two small exceptions the
IsInnd i leased nv Lucas and development
by the largest company yet organized will
commence shortly
| have -four ten-acre tracts for sale on
High Island az a bargain TO first Corners
Address ]. z. Broussard. Beaumont, Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
To Seek Oil Near eercIair.

Berclair, Texas. May PA gentleman
from victoria came over yesterday and
leased from Mr. II. =. Wilkinson part Of
his ranch adjacent To the town for the
purpose 81 boring for oil. He represented
one Of the pipe line companies.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
.JAMESBUTE
HOUSTON.
OIL, OIL LANDS,
OIL LEASES,
OIL STOCKS,


on orders We buy and sell stocks of all
oil companies, but will not represent any
oil company to advertise Its stock unless
its entire status Of organization aud capt
taizatiOn may be published. Money sent
10 us for Investment at our discretion Will
only he used Ia the formation of mutual
syudlcates and companies for the purpose
OF The purchase. sale, lease and develop.
ment Of oil lands, and the proper care and
marketing Of oil or other minerals dlscoy
cred in the boring OF wells. such syndi.
Gates or companies 70 be strictly mutual,
all subscribers to same being on an equal
basis aud on the ground floor
Those who desire to interest themselves
in such syudicates and companies viii
please advise rs that we may keep them
Informed as 10 such special opportunities
which seem 10 promise favorable results.
All persons placing lands, leases ana
stocks with us for sale or orders to pur-
chase same, at limited prices, will re-
celvc the full benefit Of any variation in
price IN their favor We may procure We
make a speciality Of placing contracts for
tho r1pply Of petroleum TO consumers.
r. w. GAMBLE e. CO.,
Investment Agents and Brokers.
ne Main Street, HOUSTON. TEXAS.
See our ad. In For sale-Reai Estate.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22

the Southern Paclhc has perfected plans
matter how large It grows. They say.
also, that the buildings tc he erected are
- be expensive structures, and when com
hleted VIII be ereditable to the Southeast
Texas metropolis.
Mr.. Luthern Kountze of the firm of
Kountze Bros. bankers, New York City,
and Mr.. H. Kountze of their branch house
in Omaha, Neb., arrived in the city this
morning. They have with them as
guest General A. j. Warner, ex-congress.
man from Ohio.
They went out to the filed this morn
Ing and were somewhat astoniShcd at the
developments IN ina part o. Jefferson
county, Kountze Bros. practically own
sabine, Pass and several thousand acres
Of land in that section, ana OF course are
deeply Interested in the developments GO
iLg ON ut present. Mr. Luther Kountze
said i am no oil man and of course
"an say nothing on that subject. We are
down merely on an inspecting tour and
have formulated no new plans whatever
in regard to our property" When asked
II they had decided TO prospect ON their
holdings at Sabine Pass Mr.. KountZe re.
marked that the oil fields did not extend
that far down at present but when the
rrpt rtcr remarked that they may be shown
that far down he said they could he de
pended on TO take the oil out If 1t was
The party will remain in the city and Sa-
binp Pass for probably week and then
visit Kountze Bros. ranch IN Hardin
county.
The visit of these gentement to Texas
iust at this particular time may mean a
great deal more than even they are ngnt-
Ing on at the present time for there are
number Of strong companies and syndi'
Gates who have In contemplation the cree
ton of storage tanks ana rennerieS whose
location has not yet been decided u1on.
Al present Sabine Pass and Port Artnur
are rivals in pipe line terminals and, natur'
ally. each is bent upon securing all there
is to he had.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
To Sink Three Wells at the Mound.

Richmond. Texas. May 2l-Captaln
Lucas and his expert well man paid Rich
mond a visit today. They met a number
Of prominent citizens. Captain Lucas seems
delighted with the mound proposition;
states that he and his associates will put
down three wells as soon as possible Ma
teral is being hauled to The mound lie
thinks they wiz begin operations within a
very short time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
oil Discovered in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, May 81 "A special 10
the Gazette from Prescott. Ark, says; OIL
was discovered today in large quantities
here AT a depth OF i70 feet. The Ind is In
the corporate limits of Prescott
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22

Better for the Blood Than Sarsaparilla
For Those living In the Malaria Dis
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
CLOSING RECEPTION MUSICALE

To Be Given Tonight by the Houston
Quartette Society.
No concert will have hitherto been given
In Houston with such wealth Of splendid
chorus work as will characterize the clos
ing concert Of the season TO be given by
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
A suioide al Nooona.

Nocona. Texas, May Ell. IL. Smith. a
highly respected citizen, committed sui
eide last hight by linking StrNchninc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-11

spell, so that when at s years Of age she
was sent to the primary school she was
sent home by the teacher who said.
This child can read in the primer; we
do not take them farther than that" a
compliment that greatly pleased Mrs.
Morrison who had not considered her
daughters literary attachments at all
unusual
During the period of wandering Mrs.
Morrison and her daughter went to Hi
nois. There they lived on a farm the
mother helping at housework. while
Clara played with the farmers children.
This seems to have been the happiest
period Of her childhood. for food was
abundant, which it had not always been
in the cities, and the little, lonely girl
had human companionship. She learned
to ride a horse bareback without a bri-
die and tramped about over the prairies,
breathing the fresh, bracing air that
put strength and energy into the tired
little limbs This period, Miss Morris
thinks, gave her that love of nature
which has never forsaken her The
stay in Acadia was not a long one. Her
mother received no money for her serv-
ices. but when she arrived at the farm
she fortunately had little cash. which
later sufI1ced to take her and her child
back to Detroit. Then Mrs. Morrison
decided to go to Cleveland, where she
became the assistant manager of a
boarding house. One of the occupants
was Mrs Bradshaw, the leading old wo-
man" of John A EIlsIer's stock COM
pany. Her. daughter Blaneh. who was
also a member OF the organization, took
an interest in the little girl Clara, who
had wonderful faculty of spinning
stories She was an omnivorous read
er and had an excellent opportunity to
crafty her taste in the fine library. to
which the owner. discovering her love
OF books. kindly admitted her
Miss BIanch Bradshaw, impressed bv
the realistic recital of Clara,s stories.
said, You ought to be an actress
When the subject was first preached to
Mrs Morrison, she refused to even con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-11

GENTLY "springy' to Withstand the
strain of the heaviest winds, while they
are so much stronger than the wooden
sticks" that much more sail may be
carried.
The schooner type Of vessel is a yam
kee invention, and it has long been ia
use on the north Atlantic coast First
it had two masts, then three. until only
few years ago when some daring gen.
Jus evolved the four master. 1t proved
SO satisfactory in carrying low grade
freight, such as coal, iron ore and oil.
that others Of the kind were built.
Then another mast was added. and
within the last two years i've masted
.scho0ners came to stay. It was thought
that the limit in this direction had been
reached. but last year, 1900. saw the
birth of the six master Two schooners
of this type were built, the Eleanor A.
Percy and the George ". Wells, which
cost about $125, 900 each. The larger OK
the two. the Percy, is S24 feet long, SO
feet beam and about 25 feet deep ana
will carry about $500 tons of freight. OF
nearly 1000 tons more than the ordi-
nary British tramp steamer Of the
smaller class.
The Wells, which was launched at
Camden last August, has more than
borne out the predictions of her build
ers and has proved a veritable nier. on
her last trip to New York from Bruns-
wick. Ca, she made the run Of more
than 200 miles in an hour less than four
days, which was only day longer
than the steamship schedule. Last Mo-
vember she made a trip from Philadel-
phia to Havana in the very fast time
of six days with the largest cargo OF
coal ever loaded for that port. She IS
345 feet in length over all, 48 feet 6
inches beam and % feet deep. The 1--WE
masters are nearly as large. having a
capacity of from 1000 to 5000 tons Of
cargo, and all are rugged schooner
fashion, the masts. all of equal height,
being provided with steam power for
hosting sails and handling cargo.
JOHNSON A. WILLSFORTH.