The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
Throneed Beaumont Yesterday 70 See toe
Big Oil Well.
CAPTAIN LUCAS IRoCHA WAS BROKEN
The VAST Crowd surEcd Through
Wire Fence 90 Get q Iictter
View.

Beaumont, Texas, January 20--with
human energy and mental excitement an
SAUCES, II can be safely stated that to-
day beaumont experienced the liveliest
Sunday in the city's history. Visitors
from distant cities continued arriving on
the trains last night and this morning
and the streets were thronged with a
veritable hive OF working humanity from
early morn. This afternoon at o'clock
a special excursion train from Houston
and Galveston arrived. 1t consisted ot
thirteen coaches, each OF which was
loaded 10 the guard rails, and the train
crew estimated that there we're not less
than 1900 people Nhoard. The crowd
was largely predomlnated by pleasure
and curiosity seekers, ~ the earliest
possible moment they went out to tho
Lucas geyser and While they knew IA
advance that the spouter had heon
closed, they expressed considerable dis
appointment in not being permitted ta
feast their eyes on what has been &c.
knowledged the wonder OF the Twentieth
century.
To protect the wen from the crowds.
Captain Lucas haa constructed at safs
distance two harbed wire trochas. Theses
wore guarded by twenty men on horse
back. The big crowd surged against
these truchas for awhile and the guards
became hoarse explaining the danger OF
getting too close TO the we'll and TIM
mense lake of oil. Finally few boys
burst through the fence, This seemed
all that was needed. The crowd OF
5000 or 1905 mon, women and children
then sursed forward tearing Down the
fonees and were soon packed about the
VOL. Some of the moro hot-headed in
the crowd endeavored TO start a move
mont 70 take off the valve and unhar-
have probably been carried out had not
Captain Lucas taken the precsution 10
bury tho well under several carloads ot
eand, One young American" more
daring than the others. mounted thv
ocrfiok and waved his hat from the top.
When be came down he looked as II he
had been duckod In an oil pond.
Captain Lucas ia sorry that the sights
seers aid not have their curiosity graft
ned. He eaid however, that the valve
could not have been removed from the
well with safety and he did not propose
TO take chances. Then. too, IL had been
ANNOUNCED in this mornings Post that
| the well had been closed aud would NOT
| be again reopcned until there were re-
ccptscles to receive the oil.
! So Ear as Beaumont proper Is concerned
a was reasonably calm today. A re-
port that Rockefeller was en- route TO
tho city caused furry for moment.
nut Representatives OF this DISTINGUISHED
gentleman gave II out so strong that
never in his life had Mr.. Rockefeller
visited an oil field that this excitement
quickly eubsided.
Next To the oil well, the amendment
to the rivers and harbors bill proposing
a straight appropriation for the satiDe
lako channel is tho most discussed to-
day. IN this move senator Culberson
has gone diroct TO tho hearts OF the peo-
pie OF this section. A. tho same timo
he is promoting an improvement that
viii put dollars into the pockets OF every
man, taxpayer or otherwise. in the trans
mississippi country