The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIITH YEAR, No. 248, Ed. 1, Sunday, December 8, 1901 Page: 56 of 64
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Iloxvuvor no elloit Is belug mads by ship
tiers to get business nttaj from home It
bolus inapustlble to till such orders with
the present supply of cars
There Is not a company lit the field that
has not refused orders tor oil and If the
shljipeTs had been In position to go out nr
ter liusluess It is Impossible to estimate
what tho dully shipments would be poxv
Thtf demand for oil Is becoming wide-
spread that shippers are taking a xeiy
optIiiil8tu vlexv of the future feci lug that
they liavu but to load the oil and s ud It
out as fast psthe cuts como back for thu
market jib lirevlously slated Is already
made and is noxv xvcltlng ou the shippers
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BhlprieVs nrxj receiving letters from ojl
users that a fo sl vlng th ciu much pleasure
top Atu vng th pso recently received Is tma
from Charles 1wko Co In xvhlch they
etnto y at they saved 7850 In tbelr fuel
btl last mouth fJunugh the substitution of
oil for coal under thlrty wo boilers The
flrtm state s lso that oil xrould be far tbe
better fuel uvtu nt a greater cost than
coal for us n dredges steamboats nnd
steam Vessels betnust xvJlh oil there la no
dumping of ashes no pulling of clinkers
no tires to trim no Smoke or sparks to
endanger barge loaded wltb ItiUuiuinablo
material fhe firm states that Its dredges
will carry twentyfour days supply of oil
white tbei will carry only eight days sup-
ply of coal
It Is re u1ts like those spoken of by
Messrs Clurko c Co tlmt inuke fileuds
for fuel oil and among Unite who are
familiar svjtbtbe great ccemmiy In the tub
of oil there Is not the slightest doubt ns
to its being the future fuel of the South
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As yejt vtrj ftn l Js hare Jieen made
with oil In cook stoves nrfjbe tlng stoves
buf th rre srei tbrtb or foitj Jiurners xrhcb
it js ajjldjsre r ncl1 adapted for the it
of j f in stoves fhoi fsct tbat iiope of
sheisbsve been glreasufflciefit tests bow
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lect to Provide Tank Cars
Te xas Is Using a Large Percentage of the Oil
Which Is Noy Being Shipped From
< i the Beaumont Field
Beaumont Texas December 5 For o
time after the first oil companies la this
flfcldcenipfeted tbelr arrangements for the
shipping of pL the representative of those
companies juslcd themselves with finding
a market or the oil It jxas a new fuel
ard untried In the territory contiguous
to Beaumont anil the work ef Introducing
It xvas therefore somexxbst laborious at
flrstC This lian all cbuuged however and
theoil shipper Is now busy with the dlffl
colt proposition of Inking care of his
ordprs Tho eiporlruental ft a go Its pa l-
and fuel users knoxv uow Jost xxhat the
oil Trill do when they spray It Into their
fntliHCfw Jluch after the maimer of a
anrrtybsll rolling dotVn a4xHIlde has been
tbejgroxvth of Ilraumont crude oil popu-
larity among fuel oners OHe man used
andtold his neighbors about It They txv
It xvas a good thing aud dctennltipd to
profit by the tlrtt mans erleuee So
readily have tjie people taken to the u <
of the oil as fuelthat It nifty ho said that
a market for Hiiitimnnt till l already made
It 1 not meant by tola that tin dipping
of ell lid regehed Ira enlili or exen that
It I fairly begcu but tbm tin demand
farfescefds the nbiltty < f shippers to Oil
orders
VMft oil rarx plentiful the situation
Xvoujd lie different but < > far the shortage
of auk enim bin been a great hamllcup in
thefchlpplng of oil The railroad companies
aresprnuilslng m remedy tiilK as fi t as
poSHble and insuy shippers now have
orders > m for ears wbieh xvheu ttlled
Mill pin tpai lu mueh belter K > lth > u to
handle their orders As It stand m >
there Is not au oil shipper Ju the Held
who could not send out txrlpe dm much oil
as He Is doing If be had the ears and wore
tbatl one oil company baa Informed Th
Ieit correspondent that it eould ship four
or jlre times as much oil If ears wore
plentiful
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Urea at this early day fhe history of oil
tbhttnent from thin Held Is one that
abounds In interest and nt no lute date
It will axtouud the world The neat ear
of jal went out of tb s on March
ofW the Southern Iacllb mllroad Iront
tb dat to July S3 UW cars f oil w re
mtfftd over that road alone and fro n
JUlI St to October Ml SM l cars were
tulip led makliiK a total of 42W cars ror
the Southero laelflc mtober 81
The Uulf Colorado nut Kama Ve handled
10 tsrs up to tietnhei 1 a shortage or
vtti seriously huurtMipliig that riid
lie Tost iorresl > u < ent could not aacnr
tslrt the shlpiueuts o < hi iV Kitisaa city
tjfttuhern hut ther hate not linen hnKp
provably Jt ears
Kjpm NornBher I to Noremtier 2fl tSCi i
ears of oil neat out of this ueld inhiJIiiK
thcCardluin s caicn which went to t u
rop
AaeonUuB to theae nmiies HT7S ears of oil
were shipped out of tliu Arid up to Ntirein J
beti20 not Ineludluz at least W < irs sent
down the Neches river by liarKtt or piped
to lion Arthur orablue luss Hiid ahlppeil
from ono of tbo c place
In all uot leas than b0 < ears of oil hare
rone out of tho Held and while this Is
Inglgultllaut when compared with the pro-
duction uf the field It I Mill a vnu utiuu
tlty of oil it In I JStV XJ lairreli and
thete barrSIa 1 If plarert end to end would
extend a distance of IW > miles nr the ol
eoutilned 1n then would till a l liieh pipe
Hne > 74 < 0 mllea lonK If all of tills oil eould
khve hoen jJilppud Itvuiic tralu this train
would have lieen sixty miles loujc oi would
have extended from Houston in Galveston
with enough left oxer for siding ami
attltehe
There la no xvay of eomiuitlng however
wu tt the shipiuauts would iiatj hern IX
net bad beet pVutlfui lb re plenty
of ojl ineu whn u ert tliil slilpiin iitii xvould
uowBverase Xi init per flay jii II m >
for the cur Miittinje and huio of ne more
riptiitolstli any r < it earn of ol would Ro o it
Horr day If the eir i ud he luni sitid
lll la U but the beglnuluK of he oil bu > l
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About 00 tur Cent nf the oil shipped up
tp tills lime ha Bojie to Texas utii IouU
Inna Points owl psrhaps 73 pee emit of this
amount has been taken bt Texas fuel
user HMeittlue the Cnrdhiuia carxp u
xery siiuill peWKlilaK of the shipments
bus soue nbrotU or to other Stales than
Texas and lA UInuu
Amonc llu MrCer oil iiMiik lawns lu Tex-
as nle UntistoU t tlixetoii and Unllns ttitir
Anlonlo and JoctWorth are not rciflvlug
as iuueh oil ilie other eltles uiuiiUuucd
but the demand a I each of these pluov
In srotvluir The oil using letrltory III
Texas up to this lliue lies to the east of
u line draxvn fn > ui Gainesville lo Kurt
Worth iheine to Waco Austin and Sun Au
tonltV To the xvest of this Hue the d
nxaud has uot assumed very Itirjie piopor
tlo Iloxtever the ablppera havo beou
forced to take i aie of tho territory near-
est home al the expense nf iiujHUCN fur
ther auuy for It lini been found dosiiable
to keep ilia limited supply of ears us near
heme us possible
lu IfOuUluun Crowley Lake Churls and
New Orleans are the principal oil uiliw
poliilb while tiui ur mituutacturer at small-
er to xtna use a considerable ciiuiutltv
This la the terrHory that Is helns actually
supplied Hut ordea ate touting from near
ly all of the Southern State nod some
orders and many luqulrlea come from tho
Allitdle Stiller ami the North nud Kaat
ever preclude any exact knowledge to
what they xx1H do Ow or two of tftero
bate showed retnarkibla remits for n
hort time but they have not btjco teetnl
long enoupb to determine their permanent
Value
Mr Alba Hevwood Informed The Tost
conespondeut that he had made testa with
a burner xvlth xthieh he Is eirxrlmaiitluc
and that he Siittsnetl himself that It would
furnish sufficient heat to run an ordinary
cook store ten hours tor day at a cost of
cents per day HRurluft the oil at BO
cents per barrel at which price It can be
delivered anywhere within 0O or 4f t miles
of ltcaumont
It txas thought by some that the oil lu
Its natural atale was of too exploelvo a
Unraeter to permit of Its use In slotes
but In the tests made here no results of
that kind have been bad However the
J M Guffey Petroleum company Is de
MriphnrlsluK the oil at Its rellucry at Port
Arthur and this process remove all pos-
sibility of danfrer front erploalon with or-
dinary care lu the use of the oil by raising
the liash test The sulphur element con-
tained in the oil Is supposed to contribute
Rteatly to Its Xj lo lre qualities rhe ll
exported by this company In the tank
steamer it as desulphurized
The Post < oir spondent has frooj time
to time ttled to set Infortmtton mi to
tb prbei pjld for oil but all shippers
uislittuln the policy of sitln nothing atom
the price nt which they bell Memltuc to
fear that the making public ot prices
would hurt their bualuess Tor n time It
was kiiotxn that some of the Muallef com
puites were selling oil at ildteulously low
prtcei but theso loiupinles had irftctlcally
traiKportution fi < Jllties and tbereforo
lspocil of hul little oil Whit no au-
thentic informatiou can be bad It Is knoxxu
that a l > r t > pereentaeo of the idl tbut la
going out uitx la brtu tnK more than J
eenU per barrel and some of It Is brlnglua
id csnta In other words tt Is brltitflnc an
lliMt the varliiis Hblp > crH ran got for it and
thiro is Ho stable or regular price
To auui tii the dlnation from the ship-
per staudpolut ti may he said In nil n
rionsneM Hint i market for lloaumoula
to g t the 11 I the markI Is the diffi-
culty U t now confronts the uiuu or com
Iiatiy who bun M tor s l nn 1 ihle propoat
Iloit i Iar more xxeighty than mmil appeiir
to Hie casual observer
After Intert tewing lepresenlatlvea of
most f the nil companies noxv actually
shipping oil The 1vat correspondent > an
s that there la now an ani iiiiiainl for
hi least M l cars of oil per dat and that
quantity would lie going out If the ears
copld be hail and the railroads could hnndl
lhm While Iteauinniii hns five railroads
there ore only three tiunk ItoeSj and only
ttxo of these reach the
oil neld
pi tie I
city
AMERICAN ARHITKATION
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rogneci with them lu the but they
ai uot yet propaied to take nil direct
from the field and It Is a question Wliutuer
xtllh the iircsen trackage facilities MO
enrs flatly could be handleu ojrt of the field
and even If I lie trackage Were sufficient
aud cars wore plentiful there would no
doubt be n scarcity or locomotives lo pull
fciieli an enormous tonnsge
1V tbe Htiiium of HkMllWl Ttxns and
the ludlait Territory rulsed a bumper cot-
ton crop ot 3S MH > bales estimated and
tho render may have some Idea of the
enormity of loo cart of oj for tW > days
when he Is Informed that It would mom
than ttoble In tonnage cotton crop like
that raised In Texas ami the Indian Ter-
ritory In IfsnHlsil The crop weighed
11HHiOOiMltO pounds calculating JUKI iwiunds
to the bale mid a shipmentjpX 1H0 cars of
oil per dav for one your would make u
tirtnl xteigllt of lllTBUWMSXl pounds
llgii I 11 em nny standpoint the Uetu
mom oil Held U cue of tli biggeti pivpusl
tlons vlihiii the history of Blrj nJuiitr and
the people ie blBlniiltig tn bnr wyes
pin to Ita poHsthllliles v
lruuk Andrews
Conlsrenee Commilto May Present Its
Report Next Week
Mexico tlty Iiecember Ult Is probable
that Ike arbitral Ion committee 111 lircscnt
Ita r i > ort toward tho eml of next week
it xectna likely that u common grnitod hits
been reached The report It Is umlorWoiid
xxlit cmoiniuend compulsory tubltiiitlon fyr
m re pwunlur claims voluntary for other
uiattirs and general adhesion to tho princi
plesof The Hague peace conference xvlth
the rescrvutliiu of purely Auieilcnti ques-
tions
Thousands Are Storvina
London Oscembcr 7 ThoUsiinds of the
stnrvlng nneinpluyed are rioting dally at
Prague islegrephs the Vienna correspond-
ent if the Ibilty Mall Mini strong forcci
n police arc presetting order there
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Czar Would Receive Them
Vienna December report hua been
received hero from llelgrsde lo the olteet
that the cxar has conveyed an Intimation of
his ttllllnguess to reeelvs Alexandria und
queen Drngu of Servla
Spanish Steamer Afire
London December tl Tho Spanish steam-
er Juule captain Kchovurrla from Nexv Or-
leans Koveinlwr H via Norfolk Novomlicr
18 arrived at Havre today xvlth her cargo
lu No 1 hold on lire
I Gold Standard Law Sanctioned
Lima Pern Uscetubcr tlThe chnmbcr ot
deputies yestcnlay sanctioned the gold
standard law xvhlch has already passed the
senate
I Successful School at Sour Lrxko
Sour Lake T ias lc < tmber 5 Tho pub-
lic school hero closed today with nn en-
tertainment by tho pupils of the school
The program began about 2 oclock aud
lasted for about tiuo hour aud n half
Kverybody aceiued delighted Tho teacher
a young lady from North Texas Miss Lei
lull P lt bus been sxde tcd to teach u
the Terroll high school and will maka
preparation to go thero lo begin teaching
by tho 1st of January 100 Tho peoplo
bore very much regret to lose her as
she was a good teacher and hnd tho esteem
uud resiiect of every one here
Millionaire Lost at Sea
Savannah Gn December 0 Mrs ICnth
crlno OKvcfe of this city received today a
letter from Joseph Michaels of Yap Oaro
line Islands advising her of tho probable
loss nt sen of tier husband Captain David
D OKeofe and tho fuel Vbat ho hnd left
property worth probably lo0d00O
Michaels hns applied to the American
consul at Hong Konc to protect OKeefoa
property Mrs Oheefe has engaged
law firm hero to look out for her Inure
After Half a Century of Work
James II Falrchlld who recently retired
from active connection xvlth Oberlln col-
lege hid served Ibat Institution for sixty
three years Ou his graduation from the
college In ISIS ho became a tutor lie
was promoted to a profruoridilp n 1S4A
and from IRtid to 18S7 ha was presldeni
hlnce then be has takena somewhat le a
acthc part In the lollrje but taught a
lite ts 1837 f
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Kvery kind of an onlnlnu xvns expressed
The following paper was read before a
meeting of the Soirth Texas Truck Droit
cis association by V It liases of Skid
more Testis regarded a nn export
The wagons to convey melons from lield
before loading When three or tour roxvg
of tho first layer of melons have been
plurod In one end of car the second layer
should bo commenced not by putting
melons against end of car as In first lajer
but by placing lit IioIIoav pnee > made by
four of first tier hiid so on with other tiers
After the lop layer Is placed In ears the
bpitreH around edges can bo filled so us to
cause load lo remain lu ptitcesnd luu
steady Loading hhouhl piogifeisfriim onch
end nt same tlmu iind flulsu ln center of
car Hoards or slats must bo uullod on
car to pi event melons resting against ear
doors Kuril car should contain melons ot
same slro and variety o far as n slh e
when this Is not iirnitlrnldit then different
varieties uud sizes may be trparated In op-
posite ends of enr The loud should bo
uniform trom bottom to top and largest
melons not placed lu tail layer Care should
be used lu loading so tbut our melons shall
arrive at their destination In good shape
und keep up the tine reputation that aelons
from Southwest Texas now have In itl TBut
markets
Marketing melous Is Important but might
be disposed of brlolly by saylug sell on
track at home station or nut at all
TheiH are doubtless many houest men
III the commission business xvho haudle
melons and make dun returns but xxheu
xvo generally uindo consignments txvo years
ago xve found the other class much In evi-
dence and predominating
llotv to sell at homo to best ndvuntage
may be answered by ndvl lug that every
shipping point hnvn a local association In
which the name of each truck grower In
tho vlclulty shoald be enrolled The by
btxxs may permit each member to contract
and sell his oxvn products Indepnudsntly
of thu organization but as far as posdbio
all should sell together The names ot offi-
cers tvlll Im extensively published In the
papers xvhlch will bring correspondence
ltrlef notices nt proper time should be In-
serted In Northxvestern papers such as the
Packer showing xvh tt the association xvlll
have to sell This xvlll hrlng buyers Tho
entire orgonUatton should collectively see
that no shipment of melous or other truck
s < N
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Must Find Ite Chief Field as a
Producer of Powe r
Will Also Make the Cooking for Families
Economical and Residences May Be
HeatedCheaply Without Risk
Though It has been demonstrated that
the petroleum gushing wolls on Spindle
Top heights ncjr llaauinont yields k per
eentnee of Illuminating nud other oils suf-
ficiently large to render Its icuntng prodt
ahle It Is as fuel tbst said petroleum must
And the best and readiest sale The
worlds demarfd for Illuminating oil la al-
ready belug met from other ounrters to
auoh au extent that thero Is nothing like
room for th dispoalliun of the cjuautlty
ot lilumluant that eould be extracted from
I hephenomenal flow from tho Spindle Top
tvella and the same may be said of the
demand for lubrlenuls and other byprOd
utrtn of iietfolettm In other words ili
xtorld eould not ioniMimB the output of
the petroleum from these walls should I
be reilued as fast ns It comuo from the
ground That some of tt can and will bo
reflued with profit Is of course true bm
the bulk of It will eventually flud Its
way to market to be usctl for fuel
That potroleuin la a perfect fuel agent
has long since Iwen deinonstrated Its gen-
eral adoption as such having Ittta prevent-
ed bynothing save a limited supply theic
of With the discovery of the depoatt near
Iloauuiout scarcity of the product cease 1
uud Its use to the extent Us bent produc-
ing qiiallltes cull for was assured In the
excitement Incidental to the grout Spindle
Tirp oil strike little attention wns paid
at the outset to the marketing itiestion
etfort being directed Imrttatt towurns tint
Ing more and more of the valuable mud
As It became apparent however thai it
was obtainable xvlthln narrow and well
denucd limits only those who had liven
lucky euough lo bore Inside the tinigl
Held began to look about for u way to turn
their oil Into cairn
product of this refinery hns already r
made to Europe and others sre lo fMiew
und ex cry arrangement l txtag cs < 3 t
place said prodtict within reach of naii
tie consumers
Though this Port Arthur refinery iaraff
out jmsollue liltmilnatlng oil HtWloitinjt
oil and solar oil Its roost Important j rwl
net with reference in the Bmimoit M
and tile fuel question Is donlphilwl p
trolonni In Ita oftlce there 1 a rookins
atoro of HtertlKO Hiin txaih ruu for
twentyfour hours ou four zill of dc
utriphurlised petroleum Thl > imlexim l
nonenl < K lve mil can Im but tie I without
productug offeoslxo fxlurs md < ri b re-
tailed at a praat ut not more Cum eont
1 er gallon WKH it cooking f r a good
aired family can lie done t n cost of about
I cents per day for fuel and rooms can
be hcotod for abCWt r ceuts each t other
tvords Urea for cooking uud heating pur
ji i nan l > e maintained with this oil at no
expense of about 33 per cent or that In-
cident to the use of wood > r o > r fuel
lilttle thought hi required to git an idj >
of what It means to be able to compote
ou such terms for the trade in domestic
fuel or of whnr It means to be in a posi-
tion to servo the householders of tbe coun-
try xvlth a cheap and safe substitute for
coal and wood Once created the dn nd
for this substtrule will mow a movcuent
I iheteof that will tax the capacity of ib
lleaitmont line to take cafe of It to the j
u t most
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Turning from the domestic o the tadus1
trial Ueld another great market for Beau-
mont oil pressnt Itself This market Is
being exploited to a limited extent Just >
now It has been estimated that as yet not
more than 1 tier cent of the power prodnc
ing capacity of th State Is helnsdeveloped
with oil the llrfnted supply of tank ears
with regard lo the finalities of Spindle for Its trntsspftrtatlou interfering with tts
p oil us toon as It was demouKtruuil u for power creating purposes When all
Unit It was practlcodly lintneasuinhlp In
uuiiutily Kxiierts rcjtl and alleged h <
a great deal to say about It und mm h
that was not battering lu fact the most
of them were euro that It was nf too poor
a quality to eoiiimsiiil attention nf tin mtl
ele of commerce Undismayed by these un
fiivoiable remarks a number of xvell own
era undertook to get themselves In shape
to Introduce the oil their xtells were yield-
ing Samples of the oil were submitted
to Intelligent iinultsli and found lo Insub
eit to treatment that will leave It In
condition to become mi article of < rsllt nn i
uulxenal consumption Pipe lines loading
racks mid tanks were erected to store nnd
of thfttn got to burning olln cnutlDgency I
dependent solely upon the itlpseHy of the
railroads to move rhe KtutTa fair Ida of
the xveitith producing virtues of a Ueau
uiont gltsber Will be rtbtnln d
To tie oareleuv obsener the most reason-
able prediction of the possibilities of the
Remnmout oil Held sounds like fiction be-
cause justice can not he dorm them with-
out dealing In big figures But when It la
remerobereil that the first guthor tyos
brought In leas than ten month ago and
lhah nearly 100 more have been brought
In since and that nt lost i0onc < M to s y
nnfhlng of in amoxints paid for roll and
other sites nnvw Ken spent In rlcgmg and
pline It upon the market Weverul mJlllcn piping tb 8e1d and providing for Morage
dollarn were spent In this way and th aod reflnlnp facilities in that sjort pe
work Is still going on ilod of thne It seeim ImposKllile to ey
A ictlnery was creeled near Port Arthur 1 aggeitlte with regard to the future At all
which Is lo be enlarged until It becomes events nothing short of the unforeseen can
the largest rennet v lu the world and on > prevent a rexroltfSon of the fuel market
other refinery < to lie erected at Orange for at lenst txxentv rears to come nn a
Whep completed the Xott jLriburtfnury jciilt of the development of Splmlle lips
with the pipe line feeding II And the fanks iourreati revolution wlilcli will idd
Kiixlllary threio vxIII represent au Inxrit rn millions to the wealth of Southern
ment of lfmiW A large shipment of the T vas T A P
> ooao9 aeooosoeose DOo i9noaea o a9
TEXAS WATE
THEIR LOADING AND MARKETING
to carry shippers of melons then they
might xvlth some propriety be compelled to
truusnort shippers of any other freight and
tlmt cattle Had to be watered aud puiihed
tqi This closed the Incident though the
to cars shod bo xvel Gilded uh f XWSrWte if
straw or hay and cure excicWeil lo prnnt a much more perishable nature than liim
Injure to melons from sides or ends of lr hardware iml many other thlnga and
I the limited tlmcin which they bo
i wag us The car also must be well bedded must
i maketed makes It to the inferest of rail
roads to give growers every facility In mar
ketlng we leliete the transportation
companies shomd if practicable give us-
a minimum weight of 24000 on cars Inxrenl
of 30000 ns new fixed and at the sime
rate V > it Hayes
Train Wrecked in Oregan
Porllaud ore December 0 The e ot
liouuii pusenger on the Oregon itallxvay
and Nitxlgitluu companys road which left
ihls city at 0 a ui was wrecked twelve
tulle east of The Dalles this afternoon
The engine turned completely oxer and Kn
glneer Maurice Cnvanaugh wns badly scold
ed and pcrhapo internally Injured
Fireman Kriink CYnse xvas seriously In-
jured Nouo of the passengers xvcre hurt
The wreck was undoubtedly tho work of
train wreckers
Gift of Babylonian Books
T Witter Ilrown of Philadelphia bus
presented to lluverford college neatly liKs
eluv tablets or rtabylonlnn books many of
xvhlch were In existence T0oi years be-
fore the coming of Christ All of the tab-
lets bear inscriptions In the Assvrian
language
European Scholars to Lecture
flardlner M Lane of he class of SI
hns mndo n gift to tho Harvard corpora-
tion that will enable the classical depart-
ment to Invite eminent Iuropenn scholars
to lecture at tha milvorblty on subjects
connected xvlth Greek and Latin literature
TwentyNinth Artillery Transferred
Wrshlngtou December fi The twenty
ninth battery field artillery has been trails
fcrred from the department of Puba to the
department of the Missouri and will take
station at Tort BUI O T
Hanged for Murder
Danville Ark December Eugene
Wilson colored was hanged today for the
Is mndo that Is not In nccordanco xvlth slip murder of Hoiiert Naylor a deputy warden
illations of contract made through corre
spondence or xvlth local buyers
The difference In price of melons lu he
Northern markets by the ear lot and bv
retiill Is disproportionate In some places
where a car containing lti good melons
averaging txventy pouuds each sells for
JltXl or lean than 10 cents each thev are
rotatled nt Wi cants eneh If nn ussocii
tlon will send two mei lit advance aud se-
cure a loentlop where meUuis can be ae
celved and sold In J h lots Jcxul prlr s
may be realized This bus txxni done suc-
cessfully
These sales haxc generally been satis-
factory when tho owner ueoompaulcH ship-
ment Siaie years ago Mr A W Horton
of Mathls xrent to points In Missouri and
had his melous forxrttrded to hlui and s ut
them xvell Two years ago at u imc inj
of our ttssoclatlon In lleevltlo A tl Pbkcti
J l Sullivan uud tho writer xvcre appoint
M to confer xvlth tho railroad romnilssgu
and railway trafilc inanagerH rts to pe
Tilt ting shlpmers of melons to neeompuiiy
shipments and to nrrause t to how
many car would be required lo eutltle one
to shippers paw The truffle managers
In tbelr answers did uot plead the laws
penalty but e < t4med thut the rate wis
thru as low as they could afford to make
the haul
Hlncn then the Interstate rates have been
raised A tetter xvus addressed t he
chairman of the Bloe ralliosd commlailou
waking s single qiiestloni Would It be any-
more a violation of laxv to permit a shipper
of melons to go along than a shipper i > f
cattlef
The quritinn xvas Igonrrd but a ttsl
meat mttds that if rallroadirwtre requUed
r < iU >
or the State penitentiary on September 1
5 last
ZZ2ZX XJUX tJt + J JZ2
M ts the Bft Toilet Soap made A wondtrfu
skin curative Best for the complaxlon Jlest
for the bstH Itest for the bsby Ttest for the
balr Large cat cs J5o Trial slto tc all drug
guts ilunyons Ramedies Sre p < sltiTa cures
Adflco and flulde to Uealth free by sail
Munxon New York and Philadelphia
KOHTONS INHiLER 0DBi8 0ATAREE
wiLcpj TIMSY PILLS
Tor J ye Mlh only Mfssnd relltbU
Female Itegnlator for all treuMti
r li tr < ijhtii 3 dsts jXldnifiuu
er bj tastl Prl S > 3 ffnlicfir
eWotntnfxf Ou rdTlleoi > a
icai Co i u UMxtL rwiH r
J
Wh iV < i t > t r
HOUSTONDAILY POST SUNDAY MORMNG DECEMBER 1901
THE MARKET FOR TEXAS CRUDE OIL
Shiptrients Held Down byNeg
v
v
An array of Din-
ner Sets Une-
qualled in beauty
of design ar tis
tic shapes supe-
rior quality and
low prices
Vt form decoration at lfi00
iUvllin1 c C > in j Dinner
CarlsraJ Cnit in KuiM mj decorations at 1350
PorceUm Umous Kutil Lue Porcelain made by Johnson
lit others of England i c 01 enough for a queen at 750
Lamps
No poor lamps
at any price
just the good
ones atidalatgt
a s s o rtttient to
select from We
would like to
quote pricesbut
it will not give
a proper idea of
the exce lltnt
values we offer
Toilet
Sets
Search the state
over and you
will not find an
assortment
equaling Notwithstanding
Notwithstand
ing that act
there are more
in tratitt One
of our factories
wrttssas as fol
loxvju Because
t t > nf your o rder al onceue
at Sfr ling xtu a mxte expciiive set Jt the same price In
inv trai iaclion tint results favorably for our patrons get
the benetit
Cut Glass
As beautiful as is made A splendid
line to select trom at price way be-
low theaxrage
v qfrap
The one store in Houston you should not
miss seeing This week we inaugurate
special sales in all departments and you
will be fully repaid by taking advantage
Seeing is belieVing and we invite you to
come All goods marked in plain figures
Dinner
Sets
Jardin
ieres and
Pedestals
We are determ-
ined to close out
the stock or
hand and the
prices we put on
the goods will
do it If Inter-
ested ask to see
them
Bohemian
Glassware
More beautiful
than ever We
show Liqueur
Sets Wine Sets
VasesBon Bons
Rhlnewines
Epergnes Rose
Bowls Lemon-
ade Sets etc
Coffee
Drippers
Genuine Trench
Coffea Drippers
an importation
order delayed in
transittherefore
the reduced
prices 60c 75c
S5c 100 125
Clocks
Good time keep-
ers 2 4 c a r a t
gold plated or
namen tal and
useful 250 and
upwards
e SNSX WVU
Pretty Souvemn
of Houston F
with purchass
of 300 and ifr
wards
This Iron Bed No 787 extra heavy and
strong elsewhere 1000 Smiths ftA
Pce only U7U
NS SN FURNITURE
J 1 1 s us s 1 si I
Hy rent is less than onethird that of any furnI
on Main street and onethird cdw
my prices naturally
It doesnt take a wise man lonp to understand that
Ifcnrl have in fine Co0 dfp
overboujiht my needs
THEREFORE REFUSE NO HALF WAV REASONABUg
ot i j
now and Xmas See new
aee
Chairs Office 11 1 isk Reds Wo
my
Desks Sideboards Iron Vordr C5 1
QuarterSawed Vou are w
Oak Bed Room Suites
if you dont
Six Solid Oak Dining Chairs cane seat E
duringCarnival Week uu
New Catalogue It free write for
now ready
Ed CSmith Fisrnitare Companj
505 and 507 Travis Street just in rear of Rice Hotel
WEARE ° LE AUENTS F0R THE CELEBRATED JEWEL STOVES AND RANGES
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