Wreck on mountain division kills four four hurt
Four people died and four were seriously injured when passenger train No 5 derailed after hitting a washout three miles east of Cayuse station on the Mountian division of the R N track at 3 15 Wednesday morning. The engine plunged into the Umatilla River with the boiler end in the water and cars wrecked. The fatalities include George McPartridge fireman two tramps identified as Mervyn Thompson and Mike Donn a Greek laborer and a fourth person unnamed. The injured include engineer Fred Gene mail clerks Graham and Oren and an unknown Chinaman. The wreck caused extensive damage to the engine b tows and track and reports say the grade washed out undermined the line. The body of a child named Gertrude Cook was recovered from a wrecked baggage car en route to Tacoma. The incident prompted work crews to search for victims and repair the line.
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Cayuse Station
Stout
George McPartridge
Mervyn Thompson
Mike Donn
Fred Gene
James F. Graham
I. W. Oren
East Oregonian
Umatilla
Vas
Chinaman
R. R. Collins
Freewater
Fred Sobilke
Thorn Hollow
Mr. Schilke
Schilke
McPartridge
la Grande Division
la Grande Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
la Grande
Graham
Oren
Cayuse
Gertrude Cook
Tacoma
A. L. Cook
Alcopera
Pendleton
Baker & Folsom
University faces impact from referendum on $125000 appropriation
President Campbell notes Oregon has relied on $47,500 annual base plus special appropriations for decades. A referendum would force a year and a half of old funding, delaying growth in departments and delaying expansion of self supporting programs. Other western states show higher university funding levels.
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Campbell
University of Oregon
Oregon
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Idaho
California
Cleanup days observed and indictments for gambling
Yesterday and the prior day were official cleanup days with rakes and shovels used and debris removed to improve Athena's look. Spots remain in alleys and backyards. owners will be notified and may face city cleanup at their expense. Nine gambling indictments were filed by District Attorney Phelps linked to the Matlock Sheverman case, naming Sheverman Braggart Portinger Endicott and Miller. The price of health in a mixed district is 25 cents per Dr Kang Now Life Pills, with 200 and satisfaction guaranteed at Wu McBrido's druggist.
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Athena
Phelps
Matlock-Sheverman
Jacob Sheverman
Louter Braggart
George Portinger
Will Wella
John Endicott
Sam Miller
Shewerman
Bwaggart
Eandicott
Dr. Kang
Bila Slayton
Noland
Ark
Wu. McBrido
Annual payroll allegations in Hermann corruption trial
The trial of Binger Hermann featured claims the official kept relatives on his payroll, totaling about $2,000 annually. Vouchers showed payments to his son in law Kyle Miller, while Miller studied medicine in Hermann's back office. Other relatives named include Barter, Bonde, G Hermann, Arthur B Hermann, Ernest Glotfelty, with discussions of mortgage, mortgage payments, and expedient fund movements.
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Binger Hermann
Hermann
Voughers
Kyle Miller
Miller
Washington, D
Land Office
W. A. Barter
Ancle
Edward Bonde
W. G. Hermann
Arthur B. Hermann
Ernest B. Glotfelty
Barter
Cathcart
Sohiller
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Moo
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Iver
Umatilla River
Kruger
Portland
Portland Journal
Bobby” Krager
Smith
Cuba
Wunale
5 Kroger
Jacksonville
le Grande
Ebens
T. M. Taggart & CO
T. M. Taggart & Company
South Side
Main Street
A. Barrett & CO
Dell Brothers
State University
Charles Perringer
John Perringer
Adams
Horne
Athens Cemetery
Rogera
Baptist
Adane
Jerry Stone
Freewater Milton Country
Walla Walla Traction Company
Walla Walla
Milton
Zula Ferris
Ruth Stewart
Dora Ferris
Hazel Clarx
Lawrence Pinkerton
Floyd Forria
Grady Herndon
Lilian Downs-Dobson
Jobo Waalingten
Bosquovilly
Tex
Bucklen
Bride
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