Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 114, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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ORANGE, TEXAS. FRlbAY AFTERNOON* AUGUST 7, 1903.
NUMBER 114
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the Financier of
the Revolution,
without whose aid even Wash-
ington would have failed of
ailcceas, is a pood example of
bow much is due to the power
of money. The greatest tal-
ents and the most brilliant
genius are alike powerless
without Its help, Therefore
avail yourself of the financial
advantages offered by this
bank.
The Orange National Bank.
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ORANOS, TEXAS.
Tiller
■ Wright
Talks OH
Driller Wright vu aeon at the ar-
tesian we this moraine. The crew
are laid off today awaiting the arrival
of the two-loch pipe tor cleaning out
the well and for the Ant time since
the well waa begun Mr. Wright had a
little leisure . He greeted the news
paper mas wtth a smile and said:
"Wen, I suppose you want to see her
spout, do you? Sorry I can't acoom-
yjou. but she wont perform un-
I ran get that pipe here from Bcho
some like It from Houston."
iked as to the exact depth of the
fc* said.
rhe «op or tip sand strata which
««Matos, the artaaian . water Is Just
tow kúitod feet below (he surface.
I sank the pipe thirty feet into this
sand and drew It bach, twenty feet.
"The main pipe now penetrates the
sand ten feet and there will be a forty
Hoot strainer attached at the bottom
of that This will make the well pane-
- Ihe sM*.s <MlagWi of fifty «set
wftl assure a splendid well. I
fc>«* «mm rmmmnm to believe Utlfe Well
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will be done. One thing. Is certain,
however. The present well can only
furnlah about one-half the water need-
ed by the company and It Is altogether
Wkely they will sink at least one more
well near this one. It will be a very
easy matter for the well to be sunk
to this oil sand, have It fully develop-
ed and then, If the oil flow Is not suf-
ficient to justify the expenditure, the
well can be sunk another hundred feet
and strike the water which they need.
In this manner a test well can be
drilled at very little* cost over what
would be necessary to put down the
well to the water and it seems likely
that this will be done.
"Understand, however, this Is only
surmise on my part and I don't want
to be quoted as having said positively
that there would be any oil develop
ment on this land."
Horrible Wreck of Great
Wallace Bros. Circus
More than a Score of People Killed and Full as Many In
jnred. Air Brakes Failed to Work and Second Section
Crashed Into First. Appalling Scenes of
Death and Destruction.
HIGH LIFE AND THE GOAT.
Interesting Delngs at the Holland Ho-
tel Last Night.
About midnight last night the few
people who were on the streets were
startled by a series of the most un-
earthly screams from the neighbor-
hood of the Holland hotel. The
screams resembled anything and ev-
tlitng tram a dog wtth a can at'
tached to his caudle appendage to a
«E r „ Chineae highbinder in the tolls of his
will he a batter one than that at Bcho, own silken cord.
mnd t know It. will be as good." Somebody turned In a police call and
The universal subject of oil waa in a few momenta two doughty mem-
p, then brought up and after considerable bers of the force tore madly down the
talk about the relative value of the atreet, revolvers in hand, and with
/ signs which have been found here and grim determination written on their
other petate in the county, Mt. countenances. .«
ild: Arriving at the hotel they found
haven't the slightest doubt or that some one had poured higblife on
being oil tn paying quantities 300 the pet goat of the popular hostelry
below where we are standing. I snd he wss trying to butt out the ceil-
not alone In this opinion, cither. ing between the first and second floors.
This wall has been watched from the "Billy" would alternately jump
day the drill started until the present straight up to the high ceiling and
at and there are number* of peo- make a series of short turns in an ef-
i who believe, as I «o, that we pass-
ed through a strata of oi! bearing
•and at a depth of between 25C and
100 feet
By Associated Press.
Durand .Mich., August 7.—The great
Wallace Brothers' Circus was wreck-
ed In the Orand Trunk yards here at
four o'clock this morning, and twenty;
one men, mostly employes of the cir
cus, Including a few performers, were
killed outright.
Twenty more were injured, some fa-
tally.
The show was traveling In two sec-
tions over the Orand Trunk tracks,
from Lansing to Lapere, and the ac-
cident was caused by the failure of
the air brakes to work.
The second section ran into the
first and four cars of the latter were
completely demolished. Much valua-
ble property was destroyed and the
loss of tbe circus people will be heavy.
Some of the killed and a few of
the injured are railroad people and
these Include trainmaster McCarthy of
the Orand Trunk.
Some of the animals were killed.
The scene after the collision was
tppa'ling. The wreckage of an engine
ind four cars was strewn about and
oiled high. - while the' shrieks of the
The Echo
Well is a
injured and the bellowing of the
frightened animals could be beard
above the hiss of escaping steam and
the excited shouts of the rescuers.
Some of the Injured linger in ter-
rible agony and It is feared that seven
more will-die.
The dead are:
JAMBS McCarthy, trainmaster
Orand Trnnk Railroad.
A. W. LARGE. Trainman. <■
JOHN PURCELL, Peru rndiana.
LAPE LARSEN, Cambridge, Ohio,
team driver.
W THOMAS.
HARRY StCLAUt
JOHN LEARY. Springfield, Ohio,
tbe boss of the ring stock.
AJÍ DREW HOWLAíÍD. of New
York, canvas man.
FRANK THORPE, of Dundee, Mich.
ROBERT RICE, reaidence unknown.
OEOROE SMITH.
CHARLES SANDS. Peru, Indiana.
JOSEPH WILSON, Pittsburg.
W. J. McCOY, Columbus, Ohio.
And seven imfllentlljed men, em-
ployes of the circus.
There are also seven others serious-
ly injured.
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___ OPERATION PERFORMED.
Curiosity
A geníféSílti Who lives* at Bcho came
over yesterday and called on Driller
Wright, who Is putting down the Water
Works company's well her®. Mr.
Wright drilled tbe Bcho well snd of
course asked the visitor how the well
ABOUT YOUR PHONE would like to have tbem
and we are going to de*
ORDERS liver them quickly in the future
1 ■' • —and, by the way, we have a
twenty-five cent preparation for cleaning Straw Hats.
Include a box in your next Order and surprise your hus-
band, lather or brother. Of course, it is at the
GATE CITY DRUG STORE
Originators of Everything Good
and New.
With a
Sledge
Hammer
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 6.—A killing
occurred tonight in a house boat on
the Néches rfver whereby Frank Obat
lost hlft life and Hermann Otto íh In
Jail charged with the crime. Otto is a
Norweigian and Obst an American. A
sledge hammer weighing eight pounds
was used. After the crime had been
committed Otto locked himself up In
the cabin and refused to come out er Frank Pfieffer, of the Citizens' Tel-
until the door was battered down by ephone company. Mr. Pfieffer stated
the sheriffs' posse. v No statements to a representative of this paper that
were made. Tbe deceased was mangl- Mr. Smith's interview was consider-
ed beyond recognition. The row u, ably overdrawn. He said:
said to have accurred about monov "Frank B. Smith exercises
Otto has $600 in the bank here.
Local
Exchange
Not Affected
The interview published In the
Houston Chronicle of tbe 5th Inst, in
which Prank B. Smith, the general
manager of tbe Huntington telephony
combine, stated that that company
controls the Orange and Beaumont
Citizens' — independent — telephone
companies, is. denied by Local Manag-
abceaa of the liver. Bml« stood the
operation well snd his physicians
wrote a very encouraging letter to the
young man's family immediately af-
terward.
This waa followed later by a short
note written by the young man hlm-
Just
about as much control over the two
exchanges—Orange and Beaumont, i
[ mean—as you do. The Huntington
combine does control several toll linen
In the State, and in fact own the toll
line which we use for our long dis-
tance business, but we have it leased
and ft 1b under our absolute control as
Bernia Looney Survives the First, But
Will Have to Undergo Another. The Hor,<5 St,"ayed Away'
, ' i . Three young society men drove out
R. B. Looney, «on of Postmaster R. to a country home lant night to pay
J Loóney, who has been at Marlln for their respects to the young ladies of
some time in aearch of health, was op-: the house and some visiting girls.
«« before yesterday for They drove a nice gentle old family
horse belonging to one of the parttotrf^mg'ae'-tlnrleese holds; :
andsuxivintf at tfie houA the animal "Ab far as the |ocal exchanges in
waa tied rather carelessly to a fence these two towns are concerned, I know
and the young men entered the bos- positively that the Huntington combi-
pitable home. An evening of pleasant nation has absolutely no control over
conversation, interspersed with vocal thorn; and what is more to the point,
and instrumental music, was spent there Is small probability of their get-
"At tills depth you first strike n
fort to sets* his tnll. Then be would
lie down snd roll over s few times
gnd next he would make a bolt for
one of the walls of the rotunds and
land against It with the Impact of sn
American ram on one of Cervera's
vuata of sand stone which l> very hsrd
and tbe drill works its wsy through It wsrshlpe.
very slowly. When you get through The policemen, assisted by Heir Ju-
this you enter s two-foot strata of llus. the night elerk, snd a couple of
•and which sends up every Indication belated guests, finally succeeded In
ot having s generous supply of oil In gutting William outside the building
It. As I aay, this sand Is only two feet snd the last seen of him he was mak-
fn depth where tbe present well la Ing a bee line for the river.
•uak and 1 don't know whether it in- He showed up In time for breakfast,
treasss or dscresses In depth at other however, and tbe only damage visible
points. but f do know it bears every was a small patch of wool gone from
Indication of being chock full of oil
"Passing through this ssnd you
etrike a layer of coal of considerable
snd after passing through this
it Indication* cease, at least as
_.j I have gone with this wall*
Mr* Wright says tlwre Is every rea-
non to believe that a well can be put
down to this oil sand snd be made to
produce from eight to fifteen barráis
■¡¡p, per day," |
Ra says that the wells could be put
down fa close proximity to each other
materially lessening the flow
a portion of his splnsl column.
aa to what h« thought the
Works Co. Intended doing he
!
have not made any contract
aa to «Ink a test well and I can-
positively that such a thing
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Anothsr Read for Texas.
Outhrle, Okie, Aug.. «—A Terri-
torial charter ivas granted today to the
Kannaaa, Central Oklahoma 4t Oulf
Railway company, with Hp,MO,000 cap-
ital. The estimated length is 8,000
miles, with $20,000,000 as the estlmat-
ed cost. This proposed line is to be
eonstucted from Bold, Ok., to Nsw Or-
leans, La.. Galveston, Tag., and Win-
nipeg, Manitoba. The Incorporators
are J, A. Kountm, of Hutchinson, Kan.,
D, D. Thomas and I*. C. Spalding of
Kansas City, Mo„ J. H. Ledgerwiod,
A. H. McMahan and W. O. Jones, local
capitalists. "W
was doing. The gentleman told him se,f' wbo 8t*ted that the operation waa; and at a late hour the young men said ting control over them.
that the well was flowing Just as clear a!most the d**th of hlm- He said adieu and walked out to where they "These two exchanges are good pay-
and full a stream of water as when Mr. that 11 wu over with *nd had left the rig. They were dismayed lnS propositions and are increasing tn
Wright left Bcho. but there was one belleT0d that would now get well. to And their horse and buggy"'very of their franchises each day as
phenomena wnlch no one has yet been About noon yesterday Mr. Looney i much gone. A rapid search of the sur- well as In the volume of business
able to acoount for. Alongside the r*ce,ved s wire requesting that he or rounding country was made, but no
pipe which is sunk Into the ground |one °' hla 1,0,18 come t0 Marlin at once signs of the horse were to be seen. Af-
some four hundred feet a small stream i Mr v*rtis D Looney left on the ter a council of war had been held
of oil oosas up almost continually and
at every Joint in the pipe which ear-
riea the water to the different por-
tlona of the town the oil leaks out Is
a never ceasing stream.
There Is something pecullsr about
this. If tbe pipes were greased at the
Joints when they were put together,
they have had ample time to Have got-
ten clear of every vestige of 611 in the
threads long since. Then, the fact
that the oil comes up on the butslde
of the main pipe itself has to be taken
Into consideration.
It looks aa though Orange county
la going to have an oil well In spite of
ail the "anvil chorus" can do to the
contrary,
Oriole for that point
Mr. Looney was very much wrought
up over the telegram and haa been
anxioualy awaiting further news from
his sick son. This morning he re-
ceived a letter from the young man'a
physician, stating that the abcess waa
forming again and that a second oper-
ation would be "necessary. He had
which they handle, and the number
of new phones installed. They are
dividend payers and there is simply
no reason why they should be sold to
Huntington or anybody else,"
Mr Pfieffer called up Mr. C. W. Em-
mer, manager of the Beaumont ex-
Llpton Wins a Race.
Atlantic Highlands. N. J.. Aug.
Twoniy-two and a half minute** In a
twenty mile race, which occupied a
little more than three >hours In the
nea. was tho beating administered to
Shamrock I, by Sir Thomas Llpton's
new cup candidate today. No shift of
wind or cslm helped or hindered either
boat. The challenger'a victory waa
without a flaw.
A Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Woods are re-
Jolotng over the arrival of Aa ten-
pound girl at their house this morn-
ing. Mother and babe are doing nice-
ly and the doctors say that with prop-
er care and close watching there Is
little danger of "Cary" losing his
mind.
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received a barrel of
ÉRAUÉ
'"'ml;
they decided to walk back to town.
They went a portion of the way and
struck a bad mudhóle. This turned
them back, and as a last resort they
telephoned to one of the livery stables change, and after talking with him for
and had a surrey sent out. a f«w minutes, said :
They arrived In town at 2 a. ra., and "1. have just asked Mr. Emmer if
just on the edge of the corporation lim- the Beaumont exchange had passed
Its they found their horse walking Into the hands of Mr Huntington, and
wired for some member of tbe family slowly toward home nibbling grass he says that nothing of the kind has
to come to Bernle's bedside In order ! by the wayside. All of the parties be- occurred.-v What applies to our ex-
to be with him during the second oper- mg of a very moral character, they change applies in equal measure to
&tlon- ha* to get the hack driver to express
The physician held out hopes of the their feelings about any well rogulat-
secood operation being successful and ed eqnfre that would play his master
Mr. Looney feels very much relieved A i urvy trick.
since receiving'his explanatory letter, i
Bernle's friends In Orange trust that!
the second operation may prove en !
that qne and there is «mail probabil-
ity of it going Into the combine."
PANAMA CANAL TREATY,
INVESTOR COMING.
ttrely successful and that the young j g^there Pacific WaltlnB for Michigan
man may be restored to his family'
and friends sound and well again.
THE GREAT MURDER TRIAL.
Nsiwspaper Corresponds Testifies
Ewefc Feared far His Life,
By Associated Press.
Cynthiana. Ky., August 7.—Demlng
Goode. a newspaper correspondent,
waa placed on the stand in the Jett-
Wblte trial today. Goode test) fled
in Jackson the day after the killing
that he had been In a room alone with
Gwen and Hargls and that Bwen stat-
ed to Hargls that he did not know
who killed Marcum.
Goode stated that Bwen repudiated
this statement to him next day, but re-
quested that ii not be published as be
feared for his life.
MISSISSIPPI PRIMARIB8.
Mensy for Senate and Vsrdsmsn Nom-
inated for Governor,
By Associated Presa.
Memphis, Tern ., August 7.-—Incom-
plete returns from yssterday's primary
election in Mississippi verify former
reports of the nomination of Sanator
H. D. Money for the United States Son-
ata u d Major James K. Vardaman ot
Oreen'
■ ThA
for Governor,
are coming tn ak>wly
«afán u
Mated an
Capitaliat, Who Will Inveat.
Last year Prof. C. D. Smith, dean
of the Michigan experimental station,
came to Texas and examined into the
natural wealth of the country, says
Now Urged that Its Acceptance Would
Be Unconstitutional.
Coion, Colombia. August 6.—Latest
advices from Bogota state that the
adversaries of the canal have assumed
a now attitude, which Is based upon
the recently published opinion of an
eminent lawyer at Bogota, who claims
the Houston Chronicle. Prof. Smith
and his party were shown over Texas that acceptance by the Colombian con-
by Col. S. F. B. Morse, passenger gres of the Hay-Herran treaty would
traffic manager of the Southern Pa-
cific.
A few days ago, Col. T. J. Anderson,
genera] passenger agent of tbe South-
ern Pacific, received a letter from Prof.
Smith telling him that he had Induced
one of his wealthy friends, a man for-
merly connected with the sugar trust,
and now sn operator of boats on the
Great Lakes, to come to Texas and in-
vest upwards of 12,000,000.
Tho wealthy Michlgander will arrive
within the next tow days.
Prof. Smith has, slnoe his return to
the Michigan experimental station, da- .
llverad several Illustrated lectures on
Texas.
In addition to the coming to Texas
of tha investor spoken ot above, Prof..
be unconstitutional because congress
did not sanction the last canal project,
and for other technical reasons.
Dr Jose Inslgnares has been nomi-
nated to succeed Dr. Joachim Veles as
Governor of the Department of Boli-
var.
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Getting Rssdy to Drill.
Mr. T. Turner, of the Orange Oil *
Refining company, was tn town last
night and was sean at ths Holland and
to whan that company ex-
pects to begin drilling for oil on their
holdings southwest of Orange. Ha
stated that everything was now In ran-
Smith says that he haa had a number dlneM for ^ dr,lHng machlnery and
of letters from people ail ovar the ..... . , . , . .
North asking about Texaa lands and y ^
expresses tha opinion that within the The big derrick la up anp everything
next year thousands of people will in the way ot preliminaries haa buen
I° ü" r" ^ oompW l. Ttar. I. wrtltfm
Tbe letter coming from a man like . . . .
Prof. Smith, who la of national tema, " , J t
a source of areat satisfaction to tha tl,e tnrn
people. Mr. Turnar, Uka
" '■ narted with
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Rein, Charles M. Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 114, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1903, newspaper, August 7, 1903; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182889/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.