Suit to recover six thousand on note against Asa B Thomson
Receiver Walter Niedner sworn complaint to sue Asa B Thomson to recover 6000 with interest from August 3 1903. Suit filed by Farmers & Traders National Bank receivership over unpaid stockholders assessments and possible asset assignments being challenged. Thomson, former United States land office receiver, now in Umatilla county, holds extensive land titles.
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Farmers & Traders
Walter Niedner
J. W. Scerber
Thomson
United States Land Office
Umatilla County
Niedner
Washington widow ties new knot after 19 children
Issaquah Wash Feb 19 Mrs T Goddell aged 57 mother of 19 grown children returns from Seattle where she wed James Hall aged 58 a widower with five grown children. She has 48 grandchildren and was widowed a year while he was widower five years.
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T. Goddell
Seattle
James Hall
Revolutionary Leaders Desist and Disband in Russia
Berlin reports the Deutsche Zeitung states the Russian revolutionary committee is dissolved and leaders like Prince Russulitich abandoned the movement. A Chicago defense group says this news is misleading and notes Azef, a government agent, influenced tactics shifting away from terrorism toward force or education. A separate note: Rev. Polley H. Powers faces charges following Mrs Brock Venneers's death after a loan dispute and alleged blackmail.
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Russian Revolutionary Committee
Prince Russulitich
Russia
Chicago
Defense League of America
Azef
Polley H. Powers
Monroe Avenue
Corones Hoffman
Brock Venneers
Oregon Adjourning Day Hikes Fate of Weston and Monmouth Schools
Salem reports the Oregon legislature faces adjournment with key school appropriations in doubt. Weston Normal School's $106000 allocation was indefinitely postponed, Monmouth’s was rejected 17 to 12, risking abolition. Ashland’s bill failed without division. Senate killed local option liquor bill 17 to 1, while passing a branch asylum plan for eastern Oregon and a new insurance department. House approved a Senate substitute for the Oregon City locks and canal and a fisheries unification bill.
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Clibs
Senate
Postoffice grows cotton in miniature garden
Arthur Van Fleet a local postoffice trustee has transplanted cotton pods inside the post office space. Plants thrive and blossom is expected soon. The experiment expands to show a miniature cotton crop with several inches in height and promising blooms.
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Arthur van Fleet
Uncle Sam
Night Riders 10 Can New Lease
Six condemned night riders Garrett Johnson Arthur Clear Sam Applewhite Fred Pinion Tid Burton and Roy Ransom secured a new lease of life via appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The case awaits action at the May term in Jackson with attorneys confident of relief.
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Jackson, Tenn
Joseph E. Jones
Union City
Garrett Johnson
Arthur Clear
Sam Applewhite
Fred Pinion
Tid Burton
Roy Ransom
Supreme Court
Jackson
Remarkable Gas Flow Continues at Ontario Oil Well
A Baker City Democras dispatch reports a strong gas flow at the Ontario oil and gas well with 160 psi tested and potential 200 psi. The gas must push 2210 feet through mud and water, and may fuel Portland and Boise if confirmed. Drilling continues using gas to power machinery, with oil flow increasing after a mast explosion. Fumes are detectable a quarter mile away.
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Ontario
Boise
Snake River
Governor Gillett Signs Anti-Betting Bill
Sacramento Feb 19 Governor Gillett signed the Walker anti race track betting bill delaying its effective date to 60 days past approval. The measure makes wagering on horse racing unlawful statewide and drew criticism for the timing of the signature while supporters say it gives racing interests a brief window to operate.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gover
Gillett
Walker
Prisoners Escape From Oakland County Jail
Eight inmates bored through a cell door at the Oakland county jail and escaped last night. They climbed to a adjoining roof and lowered themselves to the ground while guards pursued them.
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Oakland
War threatens Servians as Austria demands action
London reports rising tension between Austria and Servia with Vienna demanding Servian troops withdraw by February, warning of war and frontier mobilization. Officials expect a declaration within a fortnight, though Servia is not believed to consent.
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Servia
Olympia Legislature Teeters On Postal Funding Debate
Olympia Feb 19 The house and senate spar over a postal funding option amid slow progress and continued negotiation. Lawmakers resume sessions with hopes to tie up public roof and shipping issues as debates extend into late hours.
House Budget Bills Keep Secret Service Limits In Place
The sundry appropriation bill, despite Roosevelt’s recommendations, retains a limit on Secret Service activities. Major items include 22.668 million for the Panama Canal and 19.575 million for rivers and harbors work. The package totals 136.022 million with 17.619 million for public buildings and 2.5 million for a Washington building to house several offices.
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Secretary of the Interior
Maine
Cuba
Havana
Congress
Washington
General Land Office
Geological Survey
Indian Office
Reclamation Service
Southern Pacific approves $82 million convertible bonds
The Southern Pacific railroad authorized an issue of 82 million dollars in 20 year convertible bonds at 6 percent. Directors approved the issue and an annual stockholders meeting is set for April 7 to authorize increasing common stock to 200 million dollars to finance the bond issue.
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New York
Southern Pacific Railroad
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