Senate fails to recognize Benson house in state legislature
In a crowded senate chamber on Monday the body debated the two rival housing organizations of the House. A tie vote on a resolution and a ruling by President Simon preserved the temporary house while a subsequent message from the house asserting permanent status was rejected as invalid. The chair ruled the permanent organization void for no quorum and the senate maintained its decision.
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Senate Chamber
House
King
Simon
Benson
Senate
Benson House
R. E H. Moody
Baker County
House of Representatives
Legislative Assembly
U H. L. Benson
R. R. Hays
Bourne
Morgan
Alabama
Alabama Senate Deliberates on School Tax Measure and Coop Law
The dispatch from Senator Morgan explains the Alabama legislature's structure and quorum rules. Senator Price proposes a new method to collect school taxes, while Senator Smith's bill on cooperative corporations limits stock, grants one vote per shareholder, and requires director consent for transfers. A Sunday session ended with only seven members voting.
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Senator Price
Lt 14
Smith
Reapportionment plan outlines Oregon districts
Under state constitution the legislature must reapportion districts from the 1895 census. Somers frames the measure with a ratio of 1 senator per 12 084 population and 1 representative per 6042. Multnomah gains seats. other districts listed for both senators and representatives. Hold‑over senators may shift to new districts.
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Somers
Secretary of State
Marion County
Linn
Lane
Douglas
Coos
Curry
Josephine
Fixth
Jackson
Gilliam
Crook
Klamath
Lincoln
Benton
Polk
Yambhill
Pleventh
Clackamas
Washington
Tillamook
Yamhill
Tiarney
Wallowa
Multnomah County
Prwent
Multnomahy
Wheat Market Headed by Short Sellers In Week of Decline
Weekly market notes show heavy long liquidations in May wheat at Chicago with prices dropping to 78c and closing around 74 1/4c as traders and outside interest waver. Broad market prices for Portland goods and regional staples are listed, highlighting weak demand, abundant supply, and cautious investor sentiment amid volatile cash and futures activity.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Understanding Word Origins and a Paris Tenants Mystery
The text notes misinterpretations of medical terms like rheumaticum and relief and claims St Jacobs Oil cures pain swiftly with no return. It mentions a Paris house inhabited by over fifty tenants who never paid rent for twenty years, with the landlord unknown.
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St. Jacobs
Paris
Obsolete Health Advice and Odd Facts From a 19th Century Page
An early 19th century advertisement text extols laxatives like Hostetter’s Bitters to ease bowel obstructions and various ailments. It also notes a German patent for a flat-ended sewing needle, a testimonial from Mrs Mulligan in 1845, and trivia about libraries in Mexico and czarist banquets with asparagus prices.
Clever Escapes and a Press-Gang Tale from Orkney
A visitor gathers Orcadian tales of press gangs and clever escapes aided by women. One wedding is interrupted when the groom arrives dressed as a bride. Barbara Wick and Barbara Dinnie aid fleeing lovers by stoning pursuing sailors and guarding the cliff path. A bold youth feigns capture by stripping and rolling in nettles, earning release as unfit for service.
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Orkney Islands
Robert Miller
Barbara Wick
Barbara Dinnie
Barbara
Pedmell
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Senator Morgan
Davis
Mulkey
la Grande
Union County
Eastern Oregon Agricultural College
State Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Corvallis
Adin
Stanley
Union
Langell
Ashland College and Normal School
Southern Oregon Normal School
Arlington Red and Gin
Dawid Hae
Columbia River
Crawford
Douglas County
Brownell
Hope
Malheur
Downing
Mopk
Ns & Company
Review of Trade
Portland
Salem
Cascadia
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon Burbanks
California River
Byggs
Oregon
Young America
Wool—Valley
Seattle
Wash
California
Dakota
Puget Sound
Farey
San Francisco
Salinas Burbanks
San Joaquin Plains
Ferald
ScAddfing
University of Edinburgh
Geddes and
MacGregor
Mulligan
Flumstead
Kent
England
National Library of Mexico
New York
Europe
America
California Fig Syrup Co
Frazer
Jae
Orergos
Atd
Potaluma
Cal
Sample
Bomen
Eclipse Mfc. CO
Mai
Bosanko
Phila la
Ler
Rex ST Soutlington
Conn
Des Maxerrecy
Arket St
San
New England
Jacot
Alway
Cash
Prof. Crochet
Mr. Knoteworthy
Mr. Cash
Boston Transcript
Ong CO
Weui
Riga
Burlington
Sansome Street
Hercules Gas -Engine Works
Henry Roth
St. Louis
Will Specific Co
Atlanta
THE
Whitaker & Ray CO
Market Street
Ferry’s
Lobwane Ereane
M. Ferry 4 CO
Detroit, Mich
Bo-San-Ko
JL. Stephens
N.P.N.U
S. F.N.U
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