OPPORTUNITIES ways produce equal results ndrles may beablf but never the work done at SIPICKARDS entjon to Hit smallest dka llst to please those most partlo DOTH PHOfJEs 332 le igation chinery and Estimates on PLETE PLANTS tall or Write UST0N I SMITH CO jOallon Halfdallou and Quart Cans CHEMICALS 0 GLUCOSE ial will mean your r orders tsjSyrup is unequaied now prepared to quote prices d White and Yellow ONION ushel crates lots or less Bliss Triumph Jlebrott Peerless and other rs Southwestern Tele and Telephone Co w say person to Inspect or look phono unless tbey org ablo to in on company letter beads nu tho Southwestern Telegraph and jmpany signed by P M HENSHAW Manager badges will bo provldod in a v kejs Somferfs utisigs IAL DRY GOODS GO HOUSTON IS FEVER JAUNDICE JL Chill Cure is a specific I them all and find it the most WALTER L liOWSE MAILABLE EDITION HOUSTON JUST ARRIVED CAR tf IH GALVANIZED EAVE TROUGH AND CONDUCTOR PIPE In iofoot lengths Getourprices before buying L Five Oil Tan < 4 diameter 16 feet high 5 Oil lit s 14 feet diam eter 16 leet High Several smaller tanks and tank material Hartwell Iron Works Houston Sur 6as Fixtures and Phone 400 Houston Plumbing Mfg Co 713 Main Street ELECTRIC MM1HERY GO IDEAL ENGINES Telophono 616 mail 1009 TEXAS AVE Receive Immediate and Prompt Attention We solicit your consign ments and guarantee satis faction andprompt atten tion VV L MACATEE SONS cement urn and mm Write for Prloo Carload Loto IMAUQHLIN GO Houston Texas Drs Daviss 5 Gohlman E > e Car and Throat Rooms 305 and 306 Blnz BuIIdc T HOROUGHLY TESTED I Sold on Its Merit Garvlno FIREPROOF ROOF PAINT Ask your Dealer for It IpNl MA < OIL CO Houston feta PURDYS PorDookt Stationery Blank Books and Commercial Job Printing 1009 Congress Avo teisiviizsiiinsmiiiiisattiimsmsiittsiiij AND RETURN VIA SET ROUTE SUNDAY JANUARY 13 pecial Train leaves Central Depot 800 a m making no stops trafou leave 915 a m and 140 p m Returning leaves Gal 445 p m and 800 p m City et Office Main and Franklin prinoucT r Ticket Aecnt Ii J PAltlC Gen Iuim Aecnt v it Monsrc ran TrnfUc 3Iur ftf ietftcfftftf tffffff < tceff fftrfifc AN ENDEAVOR TO CONTROL THE FLOW Is lo Be Made Today but Success by Is No Means Assured SYMJICATES ARE NOW BEING ORGANIZED To Invest In Jeffcrnon County Lniiil In tlie Interior un AVcll iin nt IHiuiiiiout Beaumont Texas January 12 Tho pbenomonal oil well discovered by Cap talu A W Lucas continues to improvo and It seems that all its wonderful qual ities have not yet developed ltaports from thd well today and up till lato this afternoon aro to tho effect that the stream of oil pouring from iLo well is growing stronger ovcry hour B A IFletchcr who visited tho noli today eays that the sight Is simply lndespriuible Ho says tho solid stream of 6U It now shooting twleo the height of the der rick Other parties arriving from tho well this aftornoon report that tho sroara li fully 200 feet high and growing stronger Tho oil Inks which has forniod below tho Roll his overflowed all tho Ieve > j3 and li being stopped acalnat tho 3alno aid Kist Tex s grade Captain Lucas has ordered a special trtln of sand from tho Sablno and EistTcas for tho purpose of making a dim at tho loner end of ho ravlno to prevent tho oil from getting awiy Superintendent Gcorgo De Youus at last reports v > as endeavoring to so curo an engine and train to send after the sind and It is probablo that I will reach horo some time tonight The Post correspondent asked Captain taica this afternoon what step3 ho would tako tewdrdsivfiig tho oil KtTrcpllcil that bo was securing with all juVsILlq spocd a largo numbir of tanks n which to storo tlo oll Asked If no had atsdo any preparations toward shipping It away he slid ho had not that It aduM bk im practical to do th3 until tho quality and grade of tho oil has been dotemlnjd hut just as soon ns the grade of tho oil has been determined he will prepare to losd In It cars and forward It either to Sabine Pass or tho refineries Mr J Q Hamll of Corslcana ono of the contractors who dug tho well ar rived in he rlty this morning and wllh his brother who has charge of the well will endeavor to stop or control tho How of the well Mr lmlll said this morn ing that he was by no means cortaln ho eculd control the well but tho cflort will be made A syndicate of Beaumont capitalists was haUlly organized yesterday for the purpose of buying oil lands Tho com pany Is composed of John X Gilbert L U Pipkin Will Carroll and C T Ilelslg end tho first deal for lands was closed yesterday afternoon This was tho pur chase of a fourfifth undivided Interest in fifteen acres owned by Patllio Hlglni and located only a few hundred ya ds from the big geyser The price paid for this fourfifth interest was 5000 Tho land lies between the Ingalls poperty which was purchased by Grooves Fletcher ind the woll It Is tho purooae of these gentlemen to permanently or ganic this company when they hive an opportunity and in tho meantime they wilt secure all tho land possible for oil speculation It is also probable lint tnoy will drill for oil on tbelr own ireount Mr I D Polk this morning received a telegram from H P Manvficld of Fort Worth In wb h be Btatcs that a sndlcan of Fort Wonh people has been formed and that they want to purchase all the oil land controlled by Mr Polk The tel egram states fiat representatives of the syndlmto would arrive in TJouaton tpday Mr Polk Is noncommittal regarding the probable Hale of bis lands but it Is not likely that he will sell out at this tlm Another oil company was organzeJ to dsy composed of C A Uagaraan V C Tyrcll of Iowa Emmet Fletcher 0 11 Greeves Leon Levy and J F Weed These parties this mornlns purchased thirtyseven acres just north of th Lucas well for S000 Mr Itageman sld this afternoon that this company was organ ized for tho purpose of operating for oil and not merely for speculative purposes Tho gentlemsn have ample linanciU backing and will begin as soon as nes nlblo putting rigs to work drilling on tbe land already purchased and other land will bo bought They now have tnrcc other land deals on hand which may bt closed up today Olio BunsetCentral flyer this morning brought a large number of Corslcana cit izens and all experts to view the wonder ful geyser of Capla < n Lucas and a auir ber or oil men also arrived in tho ttty last night irom Corslcana Among then were representatives of the gouthutstcra of the Standard a Jj i Oil company which la opcratxd at Corslcana Fallowing is a partial list of the corslcana visitors J L Halbert S W Johasqn ansyor of is a partial list of tho Corslcana vliitorb J U Halbert S W Johnson mayor of ullcorslaana Preston Lee6 A XVht 3 IF Maxwell V JMc le J Q HataUI J ± < 0 Doe stiiiXt COFSiCAN A Oil POMPINU yw m7im m STATJOM lecato ono luTe just no anon as wo can rot the supplies here What do 1 think of tbe iwol It is undoubtedly the largest In tho UntoJ1 States It Is aM that pautlng wells havo ibeen found In Husuia which llowed as high as 20000 or 30000 birrols per day but I never heard ot ono In this country equal ttjhlo Yes I huro soon nearly all tho molls In the United States I was In Pennsylvania during tho big oil ox cltetnent thero and havo nleo been fa miliar with all other fields My opinion of this well U beat described by a mos iiago which I bent today to tho Woatorn Olt Mens asaoriatloi of Toledo ns well ao to my flnm Mr Jones here turned Ho tho Postal telegraph toperAtor In tho Crosby houso and secured u copy of his messase which reads as follows Woitfm Oil Mens Aestoclatlon Toledo Ohta Well doing six to eight hunlred tatrcs por bour Sulphur oil heavy gravity Samuel M Jones Please understand said Mr Jones that I am not Jn any way Interested In tho develcpmcnt of the oil nor am I hero to speculate I camo first to seo illie well and secondly to ostabllsh my ibcianch hout > o here This well Is certain ly a wonderful thing Mr Jonet estimate of 800 barrels per hour would put the dally output at 1J 200 ibarrclg the highest catlmUo yet made by any one nnd substantiating the estimate roado by Colonel vY A Fletcher yesterday iMr Jones and his sen cxpeet to he horo several days Captain Lucas rcqucots The Post cor respondent to fitato that he Is In no way corncctcd with tho Standard Oil company My connections aro J M Guffy and John H Galey of Pittelburg Pa slid Captain Lwcas It la unnecewary for mo to 4cll you who these gentlemen are I will merely t > ay that we hjive ample funds to develop tho oil on every fort of lan4 on which I hold leases I will state further that the oil will be developed If It becomes necessary we will operate a hundred derricks and the refineries and 1 THE TEXAS OIL STREAM 28 PAGES TODAY AN INDEX FIRST PAGE ho Beaumont oil well Washington spocjals SECOND rortlgii news Ooucral telegraphio THIRD Sporting news Toiisnowa Nt FOURTH General telegraphic FIFTH Dig sawmill to bo built In Texas Telegraphic and Texas nowa SIXTH legislative proceeding Galveston budge SEVENTH Austin budget liigbcr courts decisions EIGHTH Naw deep water committee Local nows NINTH r > iew policy for the Philippines1 TENTH ChlneKo nows ELEVENTH City Uremles leraonal iMcntlon TVELFTH Kflltorlala Tampering wllh Trifles hcrao Washington Kotcs THIRTEENTH The Letter Box Literary matter FOURTEENTH llallroad nows FIFTEENTH Commercal news SIXTEENTH Commercial news SEVENTEENTH Tho Belgian haro busing 1 Olflclala circled by Texas banks EIGHTEENTH Report of tho financial agent ot peniten tiaries NINETEENTH Forecasta by Foster Mxccllanr v TVENT1ETH Tbo farblcns TWENTYFIRST Tlicatrlcal news and gossip TWENTYSECOND Want nds TWENTYTHIRD Want ad Miscellany TWENTYFOURTH Local society TWENTYFIFTH Socio Questions of Etiquette pipe lines to take care of the oil will te JWENTY8IXTH built It Is only neceu ary for you to print tho names of tho gentlcsnen whom I htvo designated as my associates and tho oil world will realize that tho Beau mont field la to bo developed and tho product utilized Captain Lucas asltei also that a cor rection to tcado of tho statement that ho had been unsuccessful In his oporitlena on Uio Gladys City property Tho first well I aunk on ttut property was not a allure When I flunk thl3 woK I was not Prcspectlng for oil 1 discovered oil but tho ntatoMoery In uie furas not heavy Brummoru Iiepartment TVENTY3EVENTH Happybainmer letters TWENTYEIGHTH Local courts U C V Orders t < bo found In 4be Immediate vicinity I mant to ay to Jher that It ithad nit been fcr he ifeirneas and cenercolty ot the ownera ot Gladys Citr property I enough to develop the find so I reared mlgtat have never discovered what you epemtlons until a ware Kttlifaolory rl liave tsintd ttie Lucas Oil aeroer They could be ohtalnoi Taking tho flfat well have been exceedingly liberal with ino as a guide I bored tho nyell which his proved auch a groot BtfiJtojfl I nada no failures In my oporottons ha Gladys City property Tho first I sank will develop all right and J oao wi4ireaon iwl > y others oqipil o tli0 > prei9epA epsTitor th uld B t especially r George W Currotl nal Oaptaln O V OBrien and < tbo tleaion stratton that their confidence and gener osity was not misplaced l < i Indeed grati fying to me who wis the recipient I lAsnousoctsiant of Otytsln Lujajs Chat 1 t VH MT K ay xwir f FIRST EDITION 240 A DAILYPOST M POST XYITH YEAKNO 284 HOUSTON TEXAS SUNDAY JANUARY 13 1901 PKIOE 5 CENTS SOLID STREAMOFPETROLEU The Flow of the Beaumont Well Con Italics to Grow Stronger Hourly TWO HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR is the Oil Forced by the Tremendous Pressure Under It The a1g > vo drawing was mado l > y tho Postn artist from a pencil akotch submitted by Captoln Philip H Fall of Houston It bIvob nn Idon o what is suppose tn bo tho How of tho oil stream from North Toxni to tho cqast though the descent ts tnoro gradual than la Indicated by this drawing Cnptnln Fall thus explains tho above sketch of the oil vein flowing to tho Gulf of Mexico At Corslcana oil htis to bo pumped but at lloaumnnt It gushes over one hundred fcet hleh oooatiso llko water It must find Its level Corslcana being several hundred feet hlghor than Uoautnont thero is no level above ground for oil to seek honcc tho pumping process to bring It to tho surface while at iionumont the pressuro to reach Its level Is inconcolvablo In force All Toxons who have road to any extcut know that out In the gulf thero nro placid wrttors for mllrs In tho roughest weather whllo all around tho warves nro mountain high and wo know this caltu district Is cmttml by oil finding an outlot at tho bottom of tho gulf C < Jo doubt this is the voin tho UonumonterH have fltrhek nnd cro wild over My lde3 ts that w qro some practical parties to sink an lUmonse Iron plpo below tho wato r nnd Into tho ground there would too found a gusher that would supply tho world for conturles NV > doubt It has bubbled Up through tho wators for thousands of > c rs and tho billions upon billions of linrrola waaicd mokes ino tired to think About Tho amount gono to waste would drown halt tho world In oil ooooo o or i > o eo o < n c oo oa oseooo ooo oooo e ie eooo oo eooooocsoo o III IM Peck H James A Hamilton J S CulUman T JfAVoods H L Scoles and A Tomploton A M Carter J K Catfor and nebert Flournoy of Fort Worth were also among tho arrivals to day These gentlemen immediately upon their arrival hero sought tho livery stables and drove at once to tho well Samuel M Jones tho mayor of Toledo Ohio arrived in Ihu olty last night from Corslcana acoompaalea by his son Paul H Jcnes Although Mr Jones Is famous tlirousrout tho country as a politician nnd o asontt iKaoUlfAlrtrrfie lthal u business man Ho Is a memSor ot tho Acme Sucker nod company ot Toledo oil well suppliers and general ongluoow and a he says himself liaB ibeen In tho oil well business for ever thlrtyflvo > ears Tho Pout ooi respondent mot Mr Jones this afternoon and found him pleasantly lnellnexl to talk about tho wonderful well of Captain Lucas I was at Corslcana said Mr Jones when tho news ot tho dlsccvory reached me ami we caime to eo It My firm has a brahch houso In Corslcana and wo wilt o o o eeooeaaoo ho la opoiutlng with an Indopondonl nnd 5 ill Merchants iP Dealers WESELL Lubricating Oils Illuminating Oils Car Greases Compression Grease Write tis for prlc and terms Southwestern Oil Co Hoiiston A BILL INTRODUCED By > Congressman Burleson for Ihe Im provement of the Brazos River AS FAR AS OLD WASHINGTON It Carries with It an Appropriation of 1 225000 THE GOOD rORTUNB OF MnVODttL Carried Off Honors at Law School anlPl Enter Texas Firm < THE SECRETARY OP THE TREASURY IIiin Urcnmmrnil il nn tiiroprintlniK it 23 < Hm for ItiNtorntliut of Shu luclnto Hutterlcd Special to 1 he Pan Wastilnsion Jauuary 12 Congressman liuilrson has Introduced n bill to appro Slprluto J226000 to Improvo tho imttou J river from its mouth to Old Washington o according to Oaptallt Iliohos report nlong b I these linos Tho npurt from that ol I gltioer uileor on tho Uranus rlvar from 51 Old Washlngloti to Waco lus not y kbqen o transmitted to cengroas and will jiot bo ifnr several weeks The delay has bflea J caused by the iioquent rlnes In the rltf uud ttie eouMequcnt dfticulty In aurvoy tng Unit psrt of tun stream with refer ence to looks nnd dims A soon as ho report is ftJort ellhei Mr Henry or ilr llurluion will Introduce a bill to cover tho roiommendnllon and push both bills liofore tic nenato comnierro copimUt o nnd tbov hope to hive tho llrAios river J reeognuoil m tho prusoiu rlvora and har bora bill ltivvniviJLvaDmiiH TireawY Official information has reaclie I tho wealthy concern a tls to tho vuluo of his tatp IcpaiUmcnl to tlio elfoot tint tho discovery and 1b s urnuco that the il InyPsunoeifato treaty as amouded by clepment et tho iDemirnorit oil fioliln will the United BUtea senate Is now unJor contlnuo find that the whWo country will profit from tho Indiwtry In intiikjiig InqulrloH Jnbo previous In vratlgjaHon f tho oil prwipeut n KoutU tvst Texaarrho Pont oomcttpowletv fouud n pirblluhol letter which Is inturoHtln It wiiro iwrWtcu by D T Cavtinaugih I D I I under Mato ofiHouHon JlniuaryV 1873 and pulblUhwl in itJio Il auuotit Jiua jvwvuttjt bf vuiuarj XS Wfytivi twehtyth reo yctira tug > r TOjo ao ur wolls aouWi of npaumaniiperilancvi iii tCio let tti i IthoipMlijtfWihoii tho Lwcaa acynor is row ttplirtilnK sulrdtfUm rtil anorfi than 100 foik It Jto Mw air Tho letter follows ronaldurstlon by tho Ilrltlslt cabtnytcf flaials with 11 view to flnnlly detcKnlalnc iwhutiior tho instrument In Ita amcndsil form shall bo agroedto or not lloyond the fact that the document Itself is now before tho officials for tlnal action the stale department W not ndviujil nnd tlKiro lb no luiluuitioti at lunil as to the proh nble result of iho confdruneouaw going qn That it Is actually taken tip given llromUo that an answer ono wax o ilw elllfir w4Uvbe apeodlly forthoh lnTna 1 that them wilt hojioJlongsarivhtput do l y over thenivBtf8tlWsK J Z G N TO NEWYORK Eaulpmont and Service Strictly db Jo Date GEO D HUNTER City Pjbs and Tkt Agf fe J Jl J i 217 TRAIN t tr i iLt Thq tact lltat thij t roity la now WtrlK tlvoiy cCnslSej od jn London naturally ttetlvoiy na uratjy Has excited milch tnicculctlon nt to tho Una outoomo but the fltate dupArtivttt s ubjeurt umnng nvlionr was my brother IWv Wt ICuvanaush who Siart InattlumninH by wtntcli to flmt pnI traoo volns ot c tl til or tiny stiller aubtur ranea 11 ktubtltanips anhl Jlndliig tbiit tilie tools worhud very Jlnely li any Stands I procurtsl a st t nnJ btougal thom lo Toxns WliU a vltivv ot prflyoctlng Ior pirtroltum in this State 1 flrwt tJtcpvcd in LMiirWhall w1hcie I re mailnul 1 ytiir Having lnlsurc I pias pocted eomu on > lled river mt the uupur b < a1lnc I fnupj mnall veliii In vailouit pailW rnngiim viailoi ilrpthn lint knowing thrj ithero wore fine BurTtce lu icatlona on Itdd ilver near th Indian Nation J icroBscid ovor to > tihnt rAttgo of country ihd atruek Iir o volns i tltn upper wtiters of ithn SvWIno ani found thoy huil a uniform ibciarliM from nortli wcot t owWieaiit In Lho Klirc < tJloti of the rnoufn of Saiblne river Safliuie Paa 1 ttuccJ thi io veins for aUoirt 00 miles finding a mlurjbor vt iilaccu wtiero tho oil camo up tihrioucb uho cartli 10 no ir face liul not In auffleleat quanwMoH to JuWtlfyitho workilng AVUh nvV luirtrmnonts 1 locuUvl two polnttl In Naiogdonlios cnitnly wlhere oil J3iild bo Iflourtd rl about ulnetyIour feet Uorlng wae dono nt boMi places and p > woa found but the eupply wos tqo scant to Justify working I have no doubt but thai imoio couldhavu been flaurul toy Ing deeper In Alugudt 18fiij II reaichnd neaunont on imy lino iiauthoast Horo I found botho fino vclnd onu ptfwlng under tho tour svclls twmo mile or tiwo uoufheaat of IJcaumon I ajao viWit il Sour Like whom I iOoun1 oil upon tho Mirfuce In greater quuntlUc lhan at any other pblnit I3y oxamlnntton I ifoupd tiwo lar o veins papjinijunicr mho lake frt n north wsut to iroutbeast nnd two oiner croa Idg nhom at rfwht angles under tpo lake 1 Miittbt tin pnlvilogf from iliho land own era mi boro for oil near itho lake but no buoJi privilege oould bo oiltalned I then tra ed ono of these volns a half mile fur ther eastward to othor iambs and bored fotttytiwo feet iv hen the quicksand bo como 80 troubiesomo tihat wo could pro teed no further twlMvout a groato 1 outlay of infancy ithan I was aMo to mecti no I atiarilonc tho obtorpnbio ea other du ties demanded my attention From ilnfcnmatlon nostly otittlned frccn Capin Olemants nettr finur Iikc an old 00a cajjWn a < Ide < l to what I al ready knew of Oho rango of petroleum veins rcadhtnz ifrom the Indian > < uHpn to the gulf I formed the opinion tliat there Is a perpcUuial llow of oil from he north the tudtjtloiia are faun ib > it uephmoo It wns pointed ou1 b on iioollon by nn otru al thit f 1 1 ait was contemplated It prababl w i J tivo been mndo at once whonu h 1 1 ot about two wWtsr si ite the n nlcd Aieaty readied the London toiila of flro gave evidence Unit thlfre i 1 do lro on the iart of lb ailn t of I la then lo tonslder tho nutter with mu h deliberation In tho liipe of iitnMts tbe two gnvtrnmrnts Into iiRrirnic t mil ounuivs good itoaTUNi Mr Wllllttm Odell who has bonn nee roLity to Senator CulbersonMaia bm election told The Post correspondent to day that ho would leave tomorrow for his homo In Cleburne Tcxas to cite tho law firm of Rimsny oiell as a riiffner Mr OI0II graduated In tlo Georgtrtown law Khool hero last aprlnn and cap turtd neitrlv all the honors Whim tins offer to eiitot tho firm of which his brother Strtto Sanator Odell la n tenia ber camo to tho y6ung mtn Senator Culberson who Is loth to part with II10 services of Mr Odell lnsstod that h could not afford to rofuso such alt exS l lont opening for rt young lawyer and ro luotuntly lot him go Olr A J Clopton of Jeffcron will lake tbo paco of Mr Odell as aocretary to Senator Culberson iMwnOMrAfPiox iort niATTBitins Tho secretary of iho tronsttry haa rec ommended n appropriation of 25000 for the restoration of the battorlcs at ort San Jacinto t Oalveston ileslroyitl by tho grost storm qf Heptembor 8 and nlso an appropriation cf S0O to reimburse M > v Claiborne the Urtathouso keeper fitstfoj Ivar point who lost his all la the aimo Btenn to ruouiT cutiBESitsaxs uil Giivcrnor Otero of New Mexltoti hero to fight tho bill Introduced by Senator Culberson to erect an international dun at El Kiao That bill has been reportal favorably by tho committee oa fare i relitlcnu and Is now oft tho soiato calen dar 1LW WAS iRlECOVTBRnO J Secretary iHay transacted cono ltlsrJble liuslncss at hl homo today but a there opnflnol inwtly to the Wcihc valloy u l presenco at the state depar cuit ha rpaebe tbo gulf noarSbiino Pasa wfioro < not resume hia official dut < is thsne 1 Ho appears to bo qultu recovered tioin CniKlmifil n KourK Iiirc Ujg recent ullmonU awiaiwarogagK 1 if J M rtl a 14