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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-25
LOSS OF OIL STEAMER
Is Regretted at Beaumont, as II Adds
10 Transportation Problem.
THE RECORD BROKEN DURING MARCH.
here Are Now Two Hundred and Two
eusheTs in the Fied--A New Pipe
Line Proposed.

Beaumont. Texas, March 24.-The burn.
ing OF the OIL steamer Major Barrett. viii h
was reported of Bodols island. is much re-.
sretted by oil men here, since IT not only
removes a vessel from the service but may
create prejudice among owners of We .
sels against Beaumont oil. The fact MAT
she was wooden steamer made her really
unht for long voyages as oil carrier as
rough weather was calculated 10 cause tho
oil to leak and thus endanger the vessel.
Ihe Major Barrett was regularly en-
gagged In carrying oil for the Texas on
/ pph SIN LIPS Line company, aud sailed for
fels OF crude oil on board. sixteen nrn
Mtle aboard OF the vessel when she sailed
put Is Is supposed that they escaped
re No,on Gt >, a. Buck president Of the
= ~ beaumont, has received no news rn
suIuins the burning of the vessel other
'hah that contained in the press dispatches
March Is already a record breaker Tor
the bringing in of gushers, twepty.eipht
Spouters having been added to the list dur
ing the month Between ten and twenty
more Welis VIII be brought In before the
emu OF the month TWeuty-six was inc
previous high record FOR any month There
are now w spouters on Spindle Top.
~
Iwenty-three days of March show shin
ments of 3571 cars or 5s2. tS7 barrels Of
cih against 4007 cars or 6s7961 barrels for
lhe month of February. The keeping no
OF the average daily shipments for the
remainder of this month will show a total
oil 4SlI cars for the month a substantial
gam over February.
Earp,or ,,.ut-... On,
shipped four carloads of oil to Chicago to.
day to he used for the manufacture Of gas
the consignment being in the nature Of a
trial order Several cargoes of Beaumont
oil have been used in philpdeiphia for ms
making, and the oil Is being used in New
! ork for the same purpose Tnday'S shin.
ment was the first that has been made 10
chicago, however.
Il. L. Cox today forwarded to Austin the
articles of Incorporation of the proposed
cooperative pipe line from Spindle Ton 10
Port Arthur, The line will be owned nv
several of the smaller companies that are
at present compelled to hire their pumping
u"ne. ne cooperative company will he in.
corporated for $25O.o0O.
~
Mr., Lewis ]. Wilde, president OF the
United States Fuel Oil company is in the
city with party of prominent Minnesota
gentlemen who are investigating the Beau
mont field. Among them are: Edward Van
Duyzee Of the St Paul Pioneer Press: g
W. Taylor, lie Seur, Mimi; j. \. Kern,
e. T. Mcclure ]. O. Mcclure and &. G..
Graves, st. Cloud, Mimi; w A. Salisbury,
Winona, and Colonel William Robbins OF
Minneapolis.
~
Following are the closing quotations on
the Beaumont oil exchange:
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The Bio Hill Proposition.

La Porte. Texas, March 24-William
Keienberg Of the La Porte Saw and Plan.
ing Mill company stated today that he had
just received word from his brother.iu-
law. Or Amos Scherer, at Cedar Bayou to
the effect that Mr. Patillo Higgins had
within the past week closed a second deal
for large tract Of oil land at BARRIERS
Nm. The price paid Is said to be ST5 900.
This makes $4,000 that Mr. Higgins has
paid for land in hat vicinity recently ne
ouircd by him. and he has the material on
the ground for two wells which he pro,
has been quoted as having great faith in
the Cedar Bayou held, and the fact that
he proposes to begin drilling soon has Great
ed quite a stir at this point for the reasolt
that If Is felt that should oil he strnck
tbcre In Porte would become the natural
shipping point as well rs the place for re-
dncries.
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pemurraae charnes on Tank cars.

Galveston, Texas, March pa. S Her
shey, general freight and passenger agent
of the Kansas City. Beaumont and Gu T
Railway company, with headquarters ct
Beaumont. was In the city today. He says
that the company has now4fnough oil tank
cars to handle all the business offered for
points along the line Of the Santa Fe road,
hut that the cars are not allowed 70 leave
the tracks of this company The statutory
requirement. however, by which the snip
psrs Of oil were required to unload Che cafs
within forty -eIghts hours after they arglye
at their destination or pay S25 per day ior
each day over that time has been removed
Now II is only necessary 10 pay 81 per ca
as set forth In the rules Of the Texas Car
Service association. Mr. Hershey says tnat
the oil business In Beaumont Is not increas
ing very rapidly at present owing 10 ne
fact that many Of the concerns which con
sumo a large quantity OF oil during the sea
son are not in operation at present.
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AlIENDANCE AT REUNION
RAN BE IN EXCESS OF ONE HUN
DRIED THOUSAND
F0m FONTS Outside the State and More
Than that From Texas Towns.
Dallas Getting Ready.

PANS Ie1as, March 24.-E. p. Turner,
Fnelsl passenger agent of the Texas and
s'''le returned today from tour Of the
p'usaslern States. Mr.. Turner's trip
H. ior the purpose Of informing himself as
u0N many visitors are likely to come to
Ss'as curing the National Confederate re-
%i0n 10 open on April %. After careful
zef'aiion' he estimates that the railroads
.''lng In Dallas will bring in from be-
Il ~ .ne limits OF Texas, not less than
~" persons during the four days Of the
Lsn.a Inc number from Texas will
'pvaoy ne In excess Of these figures.
s'e'!"fere | went" said Mr. Turner.
.auna the people talking about and ar.
s'us 70 come to the reunion. The rail-
~ VIII nave their hands full and Dallas
gong to oe crowded" Representatives
..ner railroads make statements similar
nose Of Mr.. Turner
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THE FIGHT IN DOSQUE.
Result Will Be in Doubt Until the
Votes Are Counted.
CONGRESSMAN wOorEN is REALLY SICK
But Continues the Campaign, Speaking
for Two Hours Nesterday---Ths
Eleventh District Contest.

Morgan Texas, March 24.--Hon, lack
Beall Of Ellis county and Congressman
wooten OF Dallas are both IN the county
and viii remain until next Saturday, the
day Of the primaries. The race seems to
be very close and no one can tell until the
votes are counted who will get the SIX
votes OF Bosque county IL Wooten car
ries the county that win settle the matter.
but II Reall carries Il, Hill county Will
have 10 say who viii be the congressman
from the Fifth district.
Meridian. Texas, March 2A-Hon. Dudley
Wooten has been quite sick at Meridian
two days. but was SO much better today
he went TO Valley Mills aud addressed
large audience for nearly two hours. He Is
accompanied by both Mrs. Wooteu and Or.
Lumpkin and Is really a sick man. The
graveSt fears are entertained Ivy his friends
that he VIII completely break down,
Dallas. Texas, March IA relative or
Congressman wootcu, who reached Dallas
from Meridian AZ 1880 tonight. states that
at the last minute the sick congressman
refused to accompany his relatives to Aus.
Tin. lie declared that he would never
quit the canvass white able 10 stand up or
utter a word. and that he would speak at
'htton TINS evening, II he died Ia the at
tcmpt"
Acting on this determination, he started
overland in carriage Tor Clifton.
His condition was so serious this morn.
Ing thaa his father and brother were tale-
eraphed for they arrived from Austin
tonight and arranged 10 remove him TO hts
fathers home Va that city
Mr. WootcnS Dallas friends are de-
pressed at the bad news concerning him.
but are determined to continue the fight in
RoSquc.
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TEXAS DEATH ROLL.

LEWIS -seguin, Texas, March 24.-Rlley
Lewis, sged 10 years, died at his home
near this city today
TI1ILONs wheelock, Texas. March "a.
Died near Wheeloek on the 22nd instant,
Mrs. Mamie Tullons, wife Of Lum Tullons.
SMITH. Center Texas, March 24.-Mr.
G. NJ Smith, prominent man and merch'
sheibyyille this morning at 4 O'Clock.
CAMPBELL Seguln, Texas, March "a
Mrs Peter Campbell. aged So, aunt OF
Sherin John Campbell Of San Antonio, died
AT her home near this city last night.
REED Bonham, Texas, March q. Rev.
i. q. Reed. q Methodist minister. died In
This city last night az the home of his son,
His death was caused by stroke OF paral-
ysls.
wHITEsIDES.-Mrs Beyie whitesldes.
wife Of Conductor ~ II. Whitesldes Of the
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School House at Waco.

Waco. Texas. March 24,--Tha strpthsa
school building was burned nt an early
hour this morning. The building was q
frame with four rooms and was well fur,
nIshed for school purposes. 1t was a prb
Vate school and was owned by the prln-
clpal, ]. Il. Strother. The principal says
that he is confident that the building waa
SGT on tire and SAYS that two attempts have
been made within the last two weeks 10
destroy tho building, Tho loss Is about
5000 and was insured for S1200
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rhe Penman oiI Tank PIant.

Galveston, Texas, March paw. Fl Pen
man of the Penman Boiler works OF chi
cago is In the city today. He has the con
tract for building the oil storage tanks
along she line OF the Santa Fe road ana
has recently secured contract 10 construct
forty-se storage tanks for the Southern
Psciac Railway company, which will nave
an aggregate capacity OF over 100000 oai.
rels. AIr. Penman Is arranging to move nis
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OIL LAND Suit.

l'nuH Was Given Judgment in sayIes
,Ao vs. Campbell.
n, s Texas, March 28.-In the dis.
~ .Vurt Yesterday the jury in the case
n 80 mary f, sayles VS.. W. r. Camp
Is,r.o, howard Bland, for enforcement OF
|siD,s returned verdict In favor of the
\. ~ Tor Sl6,35o aud Interest at the
A, ~ y per cent from May g, 1901. This
b AZ line me ouigrowth Of the sale OF seq
excl, ,ru near Sour Lake during the bic
~ si nbhnenht In that country. and was
lmpbenp ~ fought by both sides. Mr..
Geo sp Is or Beaumont ana Mr. Bland
lyles, is n WI ~ While the plaintiff, Mrs.
- : . resident Of this city.
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SALES.
anglo. American; 500 shares at &c:

Anglo American. 500 shares at &c.
Consolidated oil and Pipe Line 10 shares
at S45.
Gold Eagle. 1900 shares at Toe.
Isabella 1000 shares at 81.
Independence. 1000 shares at sac.
Keith Ward, shares at S25,
German American, 100 shares at 1910.
Gober. 500 shares at &c.
Gnher 500 shares at 2bc.
National oil and Pipe Line, 200 shares
at SOC.
Rex Petroleum, 5000 shares Mt 10c.
Lucky Dime. 200 shares at SIC.
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An on MiIl for DeuInn

Devlne, Texas, March 22.-DeVine is 20
have a cotton seed oil mill The land has
been purchased and ell arrangements made.
Mr.. Landa Of New Braunfels is the promot
er OF the enterprise. The land bought IS
on the railroad track about COO yards north
Of the depot and Is first class location.
Mr. Landa VIII huild large feed pens ana
the stockmen will feed a great number or
cattle here for market.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-25
W Know and You Know.

To meet the growing demand and con.
sumption. prompted by general apprecla
tion OF high quality. Moet & Chandou
Champagne imported 252. 432 bottles In
1901 In excess OF the year 1900, greater
than 100 per cent of the combined increase
Of all the other Champagnes imported.
Meet & chandon White Seal. Epernay,
Frances Dry, Delicate and Delicious.--Ady.
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Sales at Galveston.

Galveston, Texas, March 2i-The sales at
the Galveston oil Exchange today were as
follows:
Eureka. 100 shares at soc.
Anglo, American, iO00 shares at &c.
Beatty. 1000 shares at lSsc.
Eureka 100 shares at sic.
Geyser 20 shares at 25c.
Galveston Land, oil and Gas 500
shares at DC.
Manhattan 100 shares at 57iac
National Oil and Pipe, 100 shares at 3oc
Inckv Dime, 1000 shares at 1l2c
AnpIo-Ameriran $500 shares at lxe.
American oil and Refining, 100 shares
at aiac.
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Barn Near Sonora.

Sonora. Texas, March 21-rhe large bara
on Tho ranch OF Mr.. c. 4. Turney In thh
county was burned last evening. 1t con.
taiued qunntity Of grain. hay and valua,
hle farming machinery and utensils, all OF
which were totally destroyed. Loss estL
mated at $4,000: no Insurance. Supposed
Ia have been caused by cigarette dropped
by empoye, careesSly.
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1.epOpI on REBUILDING DAM

80 March 24.-The antitrust
Dustin ors sled here some time ago
t Ea a,.,,Ict attorney against three cot
ine u asmoanles on an alleged charge of
e. .s~ y control the price Of cotton
NnA H. town Of Buffalo are set for
y ns,t month. Attorney }. W.
- Tarlor, who is representing the
= ii company Of that town. and
|Nn y ,necea 10 have been party to
flD hos aled an answer to the
Il Nnplne' ,bst company. The answer
lsal !. general denial to ALLEGATIONS
|ts,l' st :, petition, and the fact that
lss sA NJ been fled goes to show that
, 9.sar u Company is ready for trial, A
rom he SSqr to% of Siy! c apPea Is cN III
1 N MY NJ forthcoming before these cases
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VII Lake Care Of the Gas.

Mineral Wells, Texas March %.
company boring for oil six miles north OF
pao Pinto is preparing machinery to take
care Of the gas found IN the well and work
yell is down little over 1900 feet. his
was done on account of the inexhaustible
dow of gas. The company will begin bor-
ing for oil this week at another place three
miles from this we'll
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COTTAGE at Yoakum.

Yoskum, Texas, March 2t.--At i o'clocN
this morning Ore destroyed cottage IL
the southwest part Of town tho property
OF Dr. j. NJ. Goodwin. Loss about $500,
partly covered by Insurance. Prompt res
sponse by the hremeu saved two othea
cottages adjacent.
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Dam Rebuilding Report.

,sn. texas, March 24The report of
j, EXERT engineers on the rebuilding of
Il. Sam reached here today and the actual
n /; estimated at SAB 46s. In their
s,alnss t1ey found that the bed rock
M The foundation were swept away and
Hrnmend the building of sloping up
tfim wall
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News Notes.

n lusin. Texas. March 2i-The governor
Nav signed forty patents to land, said
II tents belng In favor ~ John II. Kirby,
Il covering land In the counties of New
|tn Sabine and san Augustine.
Judge Maroney of Angelina county was
H. today with bond Issue amounting
n S00Q0 for court house purposes, and
siw were approved by the attorney gen
sli and registered by the comptroller
\ The Frsterna Home of Hamilton, Mo,
beneficiary association, fled its annual
fitement today with the insurance com
6ssloler
sheriff D. Chandler OF Trinity county
FB here today and settled up his ac-
funts with the comptroller.
! The new pension quarter for the old
9cnfedeFate soldiers Will begin on the first
the month
Rev, R. K Smoot, a member of the board
.nrdons, Is confined to his home with
sckBess.
Nolan county this afternoon redeemed
EW worth n jail funding bonds held by
J, school ft8i
Hon. Cecil Smith of Sherman is here for
rev days on business with the State de
etments.
State Treasurer Robbins is campaigning
Bosque and Montague counties this
ate Health Officer Tabor Is in Wealth
'l0fo Tor Few days on business.
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Following are the closing quotations on
the Beaumont oil exchange:
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-11
MAD MULLAH AT WAR
Old-Time Adversary Again Menaces
Great Britain.
Ruler Of Somallland In Field with
10000 Men-His Followers Are
Splendid Fighters and Elk.
tremely Plous.

Great Britain is again in trouble.
This time it is the mad mullah of So
maitland, who is disputing the right
of the English to govern himself and
his people, and at the head of con-
siderable force of fanatical followers
has declared war against King Ed
ward and all his minions. Several
years ago he was found to be tough
customer to deal with, having been one
Of the chief obstacles to an early set
element Of the war in the Soudan. He
was finally overcome, however, and it
was hoped that his rebellious spirit
was effectually broken. Such does not
seem to have been the case, however,
FOR he is now said to be as full Of fight
as ever, and we'll equipped for carry
ing on protracted resistance to the
British authority.
Somaliland is but small country
situated some 10 degrees south of the
equator-near the northwest coast of
Africa. 1t is for The most part des-
ert, and the people subsist by trade
with the surrounding tribes. They are
nomadlc, like most desert dWellerS,
and all attempts to civilize them have
proved futile. Their religion is Mo-
hammedan, and like all followers of
the prophet they fight with despera-
ton, deeming it sure passport to
heaven to fall in battle.
The operations of the mad mullah,
Hail Muhammed Abdullah, says the
Chicago Chronicle, began early in 1899,
when be led raid against neighbour
ing tribe on the pretext that it's men,
bers had stolen camels from his peo-
pie. He was then an ordinary mullah,
or priest, but after number of sue
ccssful raids he proclaimed himself
the successor of the mahdi, assuming
an antagonistic attitude toward the
British protectorate government, and
announced that he intended to rule
the interior, leaving the coast to the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-11
DEVILS OF THE SEA.
That d What Mariners Call the
Submarine Boats.
Olx Of Them Are Now Being Finished
and Tested ut New Suffolk, LII.
How the. Boats Are
Operated.

Because of the secrecy which guards
Uncle Sans venture with the subma-
rine torpedo boat little has been heard
of this saucy little newcomer in naval
warfare since the explosion of the
Fulton off Delaware breakwater last
April while it was attempting trip
in the open sea from New York to
Washington, feat never before un-
dertaken by similar craft.
The world at large, says the Chi
cago Tribune, is totally ignorant of
the fact that a formula BILE tiotilla of
submarine boats is being Matched out
in American waters. Floated about a
secluded landing in the Great Peconic
bay in a remote corner of Long Island
six of these little daredevils of the
sea are daily exploiting their Won
drous feats, diving out of sight, rising
again in four seconds, firing their
deadly torpedoes under the water at
targets, and performing all the tasks
laid for them by their inventor when
he first dreamed Of this means of de-
s,roying an entire navy.
Since the United States navy accept
ed the boat invented by Holland six
others have been built and are await
ing the inspection of experts. They
are the Fulton, the Adder, the Mocas-
sin, the Shark, the Plunger and the
Porpoise. All of them are afoat at
New Suffolk, L. l., the testing and fin
fishing station especially fitted up for
this work.
All of the boats which are now be-
ing finished and tested at New Suf-
folk, L. l., have been fitted with ap-
paratus which will make explosions
impossible in the future; and there
can be no doubt that long step has
been taken in the perfecting of the
submarine boat.
The safety of the crew from suffoca-
ton while spending long time under
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-11
PEACE NOW IN SIGHT
Gen. Fred D. Grant Brings Good
News from Philippines.
lnhabitants Of Samar Will Make No
Farther Trouble aud MOrOs CaA
BE Controlled by . Small
...-as Force,

Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
who pacifed the dark and bloody
Island of Samar, has returned from
the Philippines after three years
service in the islands. He came on
the transport Logan and brought
with him a bushel of facts about the
situation in the island, together with
a rather concise idea of the situation
down there. Since Gen. Smith, of
linquished his authority over this
blood-stained island, Gen. Grant has
been in charge. He began the work
of bringing the fiery native spirit of
the islanders under civil and military
control, where Gen. Smith left off,
and he pursued the task with
mixed combination of aggressiveness
and diplomacy, qualities that pre-
dominated in his father, the late
president of the United States, U. S.
Grant.
Gen. Grant has been in the Philip
pines since the first outbreak, and
during that time he has only been
months sick leave. He goes to San
Antonio, Tex, having been appointed
to take charge of the department of
Texas.
'Samar is enjoying the first period
of peace it has ever KNOWN" said
Gen. Grant, land am entirely salts
fed that the inhabitants of the
island will not attempt to make any
further trouble for our government.
snow that they have been forced
by the stress of military operations
to cease their hostility, the natives
for the most part seem actually and
absolutely contented with the new
order of things. An incident which
occurred just before I left has con-
WINGED me that even the natives who
live in the thinly populated portions
of the islands are no longer opposed
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-12-11

Europeans. Great Britain, with the
furnish sufficient protection to the
friendly or neutral natives, with the
result that thousands of them joined
the mad mullah, being given the choice
of doing so or being raided. In March,
1900, he attacked an Abyssinian ex-
peddtion of 1900 men sent against him,
and although he lost $500 men and re-
treated, the ferocity of his attack in
spired Menelek's troops with such a
dread of him that no attempt was
made to pursue him. Three years ago
he had 1900 followers, with only 90
rifles; now he has 10000 men, good
percentage of them armed with rifles
secured in raids on caravans.
The mad mullah is so deeply re.
ligious that half the soldiers in his
camp .~e engaged in prayer when they
are not drilling or attending to their
camp duties. The natives are abso-
lutely fearless of death and believe
that defat under the mad mullah is i'm
possible and hold to the view that
heaven is the reward of all those who
die by the bullets of the hated foe.
Great Britain is in no hum or for an
other war. The. boer campaign cost
$500, 900, 900 and is not over yet. OF
course, India has an enormous army
of native troops, differed by English
men, but to send them away would be
to invite another uprising and the old
mutiny is not forgotten.
Enough English blood has been
spilled already, the English think, but
the mad mullah mutters and Great
Britain shudders.
Personally the mad mullah is an ex-
traordinary man. He, while despis-
ing the civilization of the effete west,
has secretly made study Of every
invention the news of which came to
his own city. 1t is rumored that among
the prisoners taken years ago by this
queer chieftain is an English officer.
who was, as most English officers are,
a graduate of Sandhurst, which cor
responds to our West Point. The story
is that this man has taught not only
his own language to the mad mullah,
but has shown him the mysteries of
telegraphy, the telephone and other
things, including the science of mill
:ary strategy and that of arms in gen
eral.
The mullah is personally so strong
that he is said to be able to break an
iron bar in two as easily as the average
man snaps a walking stick. He has
host of soothsayers and priests about
him. whom he consults on all possible
occasions.