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December 24, 1907
The Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, UT
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BANKS RESUME BUSINESS Legal Holidays in California Come to an End-Small Failure in Sonoma County. San Francisco, Dec. 23.-The period of leading holidays declared by Governor Gillett, to meet the recent financial stringency, having expired at midnight last Saturday, all of the leading banks transacted business as usual today. Normal conditions prevailed and there was no run nor crush of people anywhere. Many deposits were made and the withdrawal of funds did not exceed the amount customary during a day's business. Clearing house certificates continued to circulate, but when coin was required it was readily obtainable. The principal bankers unite in declaring that the financial trouble which for a time caused some inconvenience, is a thing of the past. San Francisco, Dec. 23.-The Bank of Calistoga, Sonoma county, closed its doors this afternoon. Its capital is $50,000 and it has a reserve of $8,673.12. The last report made to the commissioners was on July 31, 1907. It showed that the amount due depositors was $175,314.11. H. H. Brown, president of the bank, says the institution was closed on account of the financial stringency, and that he thinks the institution will soon resume.
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January 2, 1908
Heppner Gazette
Heppner, OR
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RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Happenings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers-National, Political, Historical and Commercial. New York is overrun by hundreds of unemployed. The Twenty-fourth Japanese diet has just convened. President Roosevelt is hunting turkeys at Pine Knot, Va. State Treasurer Steel, of Oregon, has filed his new bond in the sum of $635,000. Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturers plan a resumption of work for fully 10,000 former employes during January. Railroads throughout the country have shown the effects of the financial panic by a curtailment of orders for rolling stock. At a meeting of the Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers' association in San Francisco it was voted to stop gambling among members. A passenger train collided head-on with a freight near Lenox, Mich. Five tra nmen met death. All passengers escaped with but slight injuries. In a raid on Chinese gambling houses Portland police secured $10,166.90 in coin and currency and $4,445.09 of exchange on Hongkong banks. According to law this money may go into the state treasury. Raleigh, N. C., has voted prohibition. Dewey has just celebrated his 7Cth birthday. Officers and crews of the big fleet are enjoying life at Trinidad. Heney says special privilege is the root of political corruption. Reports of New York banks show a recovery from the money crisis. Accused members of the first Russian douma deny they advised rebellion. Indiana Republicans have formally indorsed Fairbanks as their candidate for president. It is said a dark horse has been selected to fill Bristol's place as United States attorney for Oregon. Burning snowsheds near Truckee, Cal., has greatly delayed Southern Pacific trains between Portland and San Francisco. Latest developments in the row between naval factions brings out the fact that it is over ranking of officers. Two constructions of the revised statutes is possible and each faction claims it is right. Five men were killed while working in a Paris subway. St. Joseph, Mo., started a crusade against loan sharks. The New York Republican club has declared for Hughes for president. All signs of yellow fever has been driven from the Panam canal zone. Puget sound steamboat men will cut the pay of their engineers January 1. Lawson says only the re-election of Roosevelt can avert a national disaster. A severe sleet storm has demoralized telegraphic communication around Chicago. The head of the Methodist Book concern calls labor unions the worst of tyrants. The Bank of Calistoga, Calistoga, Cal., has closed. Officers of the institution say it will reopen. Heney is in Washington arranging with Attorney General Bonaparte for the Oregon land fraud trials, which will begin at Portland January 13. A detachment of 900 Chinese soldiers in Manchuria murdered their officers and pillaged the meighboring villages. Cavalry has been sent after them. Philadelphia is facing a street car strike. t a The first woman jury in Colorado has decided against a woman. Secretary Taft says self government je succeeding very well in the Philipp pines. New York bank statements show a complete recovery from the financial to sringency. Goldfield mine owners are trying to prevail on the president to allow the troops to remain. of W Work is progressing slowly at the Darr mine, Jacobs Creek, Pa. Only 13 bodies have been recovered. C te The Hamilton Powder works at C Nanaimo, B. C., blew up, shaking the se surrounding country badly, but no one al was hurt. re In an address at Chicago Attorney of General Bonaparte said all the rich ti law breakers seemed to think the law exempted them and they should be immune from prosecution. A Hawaiian official has written an C angry letter to the Japanese consul, th saying among other things that the E
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January 2, 1908
The News=record
Enterprise, OR
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NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week. New York is overrun by hundreds of unemployed. The Twenty-fourth Japanese diet has just convened. President Roosevelt is hunting turkeys at Pine Knot, Va. State Treasurer Steel, of Oregon, has filed his new bond in the sum of $635,000. Cleveland, Ohio, manufacturers plan a resumption of work for fully 10,000 former employes during January. Railroads throughout the country have shown the effects of the financial panic by a curtailment of orders for rolling stock. At a meeting of the Pacific Coast Commercial Travelers' association in San Francisco it was voted to stop gambling among members. A passenger train collided head-on with a freight near Lenox, Mich. Five tra nmen met death. All passengers escaped with but slight injuries. In a raid on Chinese gambling houses Portland police secured $10,166.90 in coin and currency and $4,445.09 of exchange on Hongkong banks. According to law this money may go into the state treasury. Raleigh, N. C., has voted prohibition. Dewey has just celebrated his 7Cth birthday. Officers and crews of the big fleet are enjoying life at Trinidad. Heney says special privilege is the root of political corruption. Reports of New York banks show a recovery from the money crisis. Accused members of the first Russian douma deny they advised rebellion. Indiana Republicans have formally indorsed Fairbanks as their candidate for president. It is said a dark horse has been selected to fill Bristol's place as United States attorney for Oregon. Burning snowsheds near Truckee, Cal., has greatly delayed Southern Pacific trains between Portland and San Francisco. Latest developments in the row between naval factions brings out the fact that it is over ranking of officers. Two constructions of the revised statutes is possible and each faction claims it is right. Five men were killed while working in a Paris subway. St. Joseph, Mo., has started a crusade against loan sharks. The New York Republican club has declared for Hughes for president. All signs of yellow fever has been driven from the Panam canal zone. Puget sound steamboat men will cut the pay of their engineers January 1. Lawson says only the re-election of Roosevelt can avert a national disaster. A severe sleet storm has demoralized telegraphic communication around Chicago. The head of the Methodist Book concern calls labor unions the worst of tyrants. The Bank of Calistoga, Calistoga, Cal., has closed. Officers of the institution say it will reopen. Heney is in Washington arranging with Attorney General Bonaparte for the Oregon land fraud trials, which will begin at Portland January 13. A detachment of 900 Chinese soldiers in Manchuria murdered their officers and pillaged the neighboring villages. Cavalry has been sent after them. Philadelphia is facing a street car strike. The first woman jury in Colorado has decided against a woman. Secretary Taft says self government je succeeding very well in the Philippines. New York bank statements show a complete recovery from the financial sringency. Goldfield mine owners are trying to prevail on the president to allow the troops to remain. Work is progressing slowly at the Darr mine, Jacobs Creek, Pa. Only 13 bodies have been recovered. The Hamilton Powder works at Nanaimo, B. C., blew up, shaking the surrounding country badly, but no one was hurt. In an address at Chicago Attorney General Bonaparte said all the rich law breakers seemed to think the law exempted them and they should be immune from prosecution. A Hawaiian official has written an angry letter to the Japanese consul, saying among other things that the mikado's subjects are nuisances wherever they go. The governor has extorted an apology. The rush of aliens to Europe has subsided.
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February 18, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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DEPOSITORS OF WRECKED BANK RECEIVE $7,500 Former President of Calistoga Concern Disgorges Somewhat [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, Feb. 17.-E. L. Webber of this city, attorney for H. D. Brown, president of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, announced today that he had paid Receiver S. L. Johnston of the bank $7,500. The money was received from the sale of property near Calistoga which was owned by Brown. Brown is in the east at present. A special grand jury of Napa county called by the district attorney is investigating. Steps to close the bank will be taken. Webber stated today that Brown still owns the fine Brookside property near Calistoga, but that the place is mortgaged. Brown conveyed a large part of his property to Webber several weeks ago. The money just received by Receiver Johnston will be used for the benefit of the depositors. It is believed here that the wrecking of the bank was due to gross mismanagement of the concern by some persons.
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February 20, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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WEBBER DEEDS ACRES TO BANK RECEIVER Depositors of Defunct Institution to Profit by Transaction [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, Feb. 19.-E. L. Webber, attorney for H. H. Brown, president of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, today deeded three tracts of land near Calistoga to H. L. Johnston, receiver of the bank. The property comprises 87 acres of farming and timber land, and is valued at $4,500. Receiver Johnston filed the two deeds for record in the county recorder's office here today, two of the tracts being included in one deed. one in a second instrument. Brown, before he went east, and after the bank was closed on account of its unsound financial condition, deeded 120 acreg of land to Webber, and Webber still retains a 35 acre tract. Receiver Johnston will use the newly acquired property to increase the amount which he is preparing to distribute among the depositors of the bank.
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March 14, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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Accuses Banker's Lawyer NAPA, Cal., March 13.-Several important developments occurred here today in the complications attending the affairs of H. H. Brown, president of the wrecked bank of Calistoga. Receiver H. L. Johnston of the bank this afternoon instructed his attorney, J. T. York, to draw up papers to have E. L. Webber, attorney for the indicted bank president, cited for contempt of court. Johnston says that Judge Gesford, when he made an order a few weeks ago appointing Johnston as receiver, ordered all officers of the bank to turn over all property, real and personal, to Johnston. Webber was then attorney for the bank, as well as for Brown, and Johnston says he neglected and refused to turn over to the receiver a house and lot in Oakland which was worth at least $4,500. Webber this afternoon admitted holding temporary title to the property. President Brown having been arrested today in Washington, D. C., will be brought to Napa for trial on a charge of embezzlement.
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March 14, 1909
Evening Star
Washington, DC
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Indicted Last Thursday. NAPA, Cal., March 13. -Henry H. Brown, president of the wrecked bank of Calistoga, who was arrested in Washington, D. C., today, was indicted by the grand jury of Napa county last Thursday, after an investigation devoted to discovering how far he was responsible for the suspension of the institution."
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March 16, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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COMPLICATIONS GROW IN WRECKED BANK'S AFFAIRS Receiver Alleges Juggling of Property on Part of Brown [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, March 15.-Several additional complications in the affairs of President H. H. Brown of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga and his attorney, E. L. Webber, arose here today. Receiver H. L. Johnston of the bank filed a petition in the superior court citing Webber to appear to show cause why he should not turn over to the receiver a house and lot in Oakland and other property. Johnston claims that Webber is simply holding this property and valuable water rights on the Brookside property at Calistoga for Brown, and that it should be turned over to depositors of the bank. Webber, in order to be released from the attachment on the Oakland property, today gave C. M. Hoover a mortgage on the house and lot. Hoover had the property attached to secure a claim of $1,600 for goods furnished Brown in the last few years. Webber admits that he is simply holding the property for Brown. Receiver Johnston will insist that the Oakland property be handed over to him. A sample of the loose financiering done by Brown and the cashier of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, F. M. Cutter, was laid bare in the superior court today. Testimony was given which showed that in May. 1908, George Gressot paid Cashier Cutler $300 on a mortgage of $360 which Gressot owed the bank: that Cutter gave Gressot a receipt for the $300. However, Cutter never gave Gressot any credit for the 8300 on the bank's books. Judge Gesford directed Receiver Johnston to give Gressot credit for the $300 on the books. It was learned here this afternoon that while the indictment for embezzlement against Brown is for $2,361, another indictment may be returned against him Tuesday on a similar note transaction.
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March 30, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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INDICTED BANK OFFICIAL BROUGHT BACK TO NAPA President Brown Faces Charge of Embezzling Funds [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, March 29.-The hearing of E. L. Webber, attorney for H. H. Brown, the indicted president of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, on an order to show cause why he should not turn over to Receiver H. L. Johnston certain money and real estate which Webber is holding, was held in superior court this afternoon. Judge Gesford ordered that the demurrer of Defendant Webber to the petition of the receiver be overruled. Johnston claims that President Brown, after the failure of the bank and while Webber was attorney for the bank, conveyed a large sum of money and property to Webber in trust to be turned over to the bank, that Webber still retains part of this money and a house and lot in Oakland valued at $4,500 and refuses to give them to the receiver. Brown was brought here today from Washington, D. C., in charge of a sheriff to stand trial for embezzlement. In the superior court he was arraigned and will plead not guilty. There are three indictments in which the embezzlement sums are fixed at $2,361, $5,000 and $6,384.
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April 25, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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WRECKED BANK CASHIER TURNS OVER PROPERTY Land to Be Sold for Benefit of Depositors Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, April 24.-A deed of property from F. M. Cutler, formerly cashier of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, to H.L. Johnston, receiver of the bank, was filed in the office of County Recorder H.
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June 17, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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BANK RECEIVER GIVEN JUDGMENT ON NOTE Calistoga Coach Horse Association Directors to Pay [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, June 16.The trial of the suit brought by H. L. Johnston, receiver of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, against S. W. Kellett, G. S. Cutler and other directors of the Calistoga coach horse association, over a note given for money borrowed from the bank, was held in the superior court here today. Judge Gesford decided in favor of Receiver Johnston for the principal and interest, amounting to $1,300. The note was signed by G. S. Cutler as secretary of the association, who was also at one time cashier of the Bank of Calistoga, and was given in 1905. The court ruled that all nine directors, who are businessmen of Calistoga, were equally responsible for payment of the note.
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July 2, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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DEPOSITORS OF WRECKED BANK SUE STOCK HOLDERS Claims for $60,000 Are Filed in Important Suit NAPA, July 1.-A vigorous contest between the depositors and the stock holders of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga was commenced last evening in the superior court of Napa county, when a complaint was filed by the depositors' committee, A. D. Rogers, Dr. H. L. Parish, C. A. Patrick, A. V. Turner and C. McCullough. The depositors, 95 in number, ask judgment for $60,000, the amounts asked from the principal stock holders being: President H. H. Brown, now under two indictments for embezzlement, $33,614.17: John S. Brown, $753; G. S. Cutler, $8,023; J. R. Rutherford, $521; William Spiers, $1,516; C. M. Hoover, $755; J. Grimm, $753. A San Francisco attorney represents the depositors. The liabilities of the stock holders date from August 27, 1904, to the time when the bank closed its doors, in May, 1908. The complaint is the longest ever filed in Napa county, comprising 138 closely typewritten pages. When the bank, suspended operations it had 370 depositors.
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July 19, 1909
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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BANK FAILURE RESULTS IN AGED MAN'S DEATH Father in Law of Banker Dies of Broken Heart [Special Dispatch to The Call] VALLEJO, July 18.-George W. Cutler, formerly a millionaire resident of Monmouth, Ill., who came to Calistoga eight years ago with his son in law, Henry Brown, and purchased the Bank of Calistoga, is dead at his home in Los Angeles of a broken heart. The old man was respected and prominent in the east and also in this section, but the attending disgraces on the closing of his son in law's bank and the ruining of many formerly prosperous neighbors was too great a burden for him to bear. The remains will be shipped to Cutler's old home in Illinois.
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March 5, 1910
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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ATTACHES PROPERTY OF FORMER BANK PRESIDENT Receiver Seeks to Recover $1,600 for Depositors [ Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, March 4. -Receiver H. L. Johnston of the wrecked Bank of Calistoga, yesterday afternoon filed an attachment on three pieces of valuable property belonging to Harry H. Brown, president of the bank. The attachment covers 130 acres of land near Calistoga and is made to recover the sum of $15,665.20. with interest. Johnston claims that this amount has been due from Brown to the bank since December 29, 1906. When the bank closed its doors a year ago Brown fled to Washington, D. C., but was brought back to Napa on being indicted - by the grand jury of this county. Johnston is endeavoring to save the $16,000 for the depositors of the bank.
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March 10, 1910
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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RECEIVER FILES SUIT TO COLLECT ON NOTE SANTA ROBA, March 9.-Buit was filed in the superior court here today by Harry L Johnson, receiver of the Bank of Calistoes, a corporation in liquidation, against M. n. Clark, Minnie L. Clark, the Hanta Rosa bank, # COTporation, and other residents of No. noma county to recover on # promis sory note given by the Clarks at Calistoga February 7. 1908, for $1,356.30 and secured by a mortgage on 80 acrés of land in this county,
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August 21, 1910
The San Francisco Call
San Francisco, CA
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PRESIDENT OF WRECKED BANK LOSES $19,572 SUIT Secures Receiver Judgment Against Calistoga Financier [Special Dispatch to The Call] NAPA, Aug. 20.-Receiver H. L. Johnston of the wrecked bank of Calistoga obtained heavy judgment in the superior court here today against H. H. Brown, former president of the institution. The amount is $19,572. on four notes given by Brown for $2,500 each, one note for $1,500, an overdraft of about $4,500, and interest on these amounts since 1906. Brown was indicted for embezzlement, but the matter has been left to the United States courts to take up. Johnston has declared a dividend of 8 per cent for the 350 depositors of the bank.