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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
2
A chaotic digest of events from around the world cites Castro amid promises and potential warships, a Pennsylvania ex‑governor’s death, and Alfred Beit’s paralysis. Reports mention crimes in Quincy and Burlington rail robbery captures, strikes in West Virginia coal and isthmus storms, and varied diplomatic twists involving Germany Britain and the U.S. officials.
After two stormy cabinet sessions Venezuela agrees to the powers notes on arbitration with Castro. The government yields to force though calling the conditions annual and vows to honor cash payments and guarantees for claims. Blockade effects worsen while the Matos revolt loses support amid alleged German naval aid.
A Pennsylvania system crash on Main street at 6 PM left three dead and more than a dozen injured as trains No 19 and No 33 collided with No 36 under a driving snowstorm. Engineers and crew survived with minor injuries as rescue efforts began.
A San Francisco test at the Presidio saw 17 inch guns aimed at a pyramidal wooden target towed along at seven mph. Gunner Regan fired a 12 inch shot that struck the moving target, splintering it. the event interrupted heavy practice as officials reported the hit. The same day in Washington the House Foreign Affairs Committee completed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, proposing about 1,000,000 dollars and adjustments to Greece and Switzerland postings.
Fragmentary OCR notes show A Wetter or Measten as head of a firm facing liquidation. Details are unclear, but the item records a public or legal process involving a company leader and insolvency action.
Philadelphia reports the coal strike hearings after eight days with about 150 witnesses from nonunion groups. General Gobin testified on lawlessness in the coal region, noting riots, stone-throwing, cave-ins, and threats to troops, while detailing supply difficulties and a crackdown that included a controversial shoot to it order.
John Murphy and William Tom Kennedy are noted in a brief Seattle item. John Carter is referenced with a date line in a damaged OCR fragment. The text appears fragmentary with unclear context.
In compliance with the Timber and Public Land Act, Duncan McKay of Big Lake Washington filed sworn statement No 67 for the purchase of the w% of nw, e% of nw, and ne of awk in section No a, township south of range 10 west. He will prove land is valuable for timber and stone before the Roseburg Oregon Register on June 13. Witnesses are John Lehnherr, WR Mureny, LG Baker, and A H Lehnherr of Camas Valley Oregon. Adverse claimants must file by June 8, 1968.
Public notices of timber land filings and hearings from Roseburg Oregon record multiple filings by Mary B Forney Kate Henderson and Charles Erickson. Claims include sections township and range details with witnesses named and deadlines for adverse claims. Readied before Register and Receiver in Roseburg on specified June dates.
Public notice of timber land sale under the Timber Land Act referencing Roseburg Oregon. Names Kennedy Crouch Hiler De Crouch and others as claimants. claims must be filed before August 4 1908 with the Receiver in Roseburg Oregon. The notice lists lands near Roseburg and requires proof of entry or purchase.
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