Six Killed In Pendleton Shooting Tragedy At No 4
Ed Dolsen, reportedly drunk, handled a pistol that discharged killing Jessie Walton at a Cottonwood Street resort. A coroner's inquest found Dolsen negligent and he was bound over to answer second degree murder. The victim, Jessie Walton, was linked to Salem and Melbourne and described as a well-known figure in certain social circles.
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Pendleton
Jessie Walton
Eliot
Pee Eaes
Dolsen
Athena
Justice Fane, J
East Oregonian
Ed Dolsen
Maria Dolsen
Edna Homer
No. 4
Cottonwood Street
Ank Vaughn
Dolsey
Maria Dolaen
J. W. Morrow
B. B Bishop
Ed Dalsen
C.8. Jackson
T. C. Taylor
H. Jackson
H. McArthur
John Ducan
William Hilton
Dalson
Bishop's Court
Sen
Dol‘yon
Rich Strike Sparks Gold Fever Near Bonner's Ferry
News rush as rich gold discoveries draw prospectors to Bonner's Ferry Idaho with rapid claims and heightened activity. The Bonner's Ferry district, long a silver region, benefits from the find reviving the Kootenai valley and boosting excitement amid distant arrivals from Spokane.
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Bonner's Ferry
Idaho
Whale Kootenai Valley
Spokane
Man Found Dead In Fields Near Baker City
A person herding cows near Baker City found a deceased man about six years old. The body showed signs of being dead for about a month and morphine overdose suspected. The deceased carried food rations and a watch, but identity remained unknown.
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Baker City
Apiney
The Fight Now On Over Silver and Labor Law Clash
Report from the House of Representatives details a fiery debate on free coinage and the Sherman act, led by Richard Bland and supporters of silver. The vote favored proceeding with the bill, signaling a major party rift along 1890s lines amid broad fiscal and labor tensions. Heavenly Fireworks over Lehman Springs recounts a dramatic nighttime sighting, a bright fireball with a luminous tail startling travelers and livestock, illuminating the valley briefly.
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America
England
Europe
Richard P. Bland
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
House
Wilson
Bland
Cannon
James
Robert Means
Will Campbell
Lehman Springs
Pendleton
Outrage Near Hamilton Leaves Woman Struck and Hurled
Miss Lizzie Green, living near Hamilton in Grant County, was assaulted by Mel Dustin while riding home from a road near her house. The attacker fled, a posse pursues him, and locals call for severe punishment for such crimes. The report also touches on labor disputes at Cripple Creek and diplomatic notes involving Italy and the governor.
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Lizzie Green
Hamilton
Grant, Co
Mel Dustin
Miss Green
Dustin
Cripple Creek
Gresham
Washington
Waite
Kangaroo Courts Preserve Order Among Traveling Miners
Colorado miners stream into St Louis and ride in gangs to Four Courts where a primitive self governed system forms. Captains and Kangaroo courts appoint a judge prosecutor sheriff and jury to try offences with swift punishments from menial tasks to ducking in a pond or beating with a bed slat. A Eugene Oregon girl uncovered old love letters from her father to her mother, reciting them to her mother and swapping names, prompting concern from her mother over propriety and a young man’s letters.
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Colorado
St Louis
Four Courts
Eugene
Oregon
Seven More Gases Cholera Bulletin From Swinburne Island
Health Officer Jenkins reports bacteriological confirmation of cholera in several cases moved to Swinburne Island. Additional patients were removed, with a total census of ten at the hospital, while precautions tighten between Naples and Rome. The alert includes notices of yellow fever risk and related dispatches, plus local crime notes.
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Jenkins
Swinburne Island
Spirilla
Swineburne Island
Hoffman
Giovanoi Laurie
Fernandi Trissio
Georgis Cordias
Cate Beis Scioppo
Antonio Pieri
Koramania
Naples
Marseilles
NOME
Rome
Signor Carlani
Roumant
Tarbine Hospital
Inge
Obile Ala
Tort Morgan
Havana
Board of Health
Hargis
Pensacola
Or.ange
Coal Discovery Near La Grande Sparks Local Excitement
News reports a coal discovery by Edward M. Coombs and William H. Stanley in the Beaver Creek area south and west of La Grande. Filings were made at the U S land office, with several named prospectors and locals visiting the site. The vein runs eighteen inches deep with potential for a larger deposit, and observers expect Beaver Creek coal could become a valuable regional asset if developed, aided by river and rail access.
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la Grande
Edward M. Coombs
William H. Stanley
Grande Ronde Mill
U.S. Land Office
Pullen
George P. Wilt
Robert Smith
Beaver Creek
Hilgard
Grand Ronde River
Butter Creek
Birch Creek
Blue Mountains
Central America War Cloud Grips Headlines
The Herald reports from Buenos Aires that General Rawson repulsed Costa at La Plata amid foggy casualty tallies. In Rosario Santa Fe, 100 killed and 800 wounded. San Luis radical prisoners freed as governors fall. Guatemalan unrest and possible plots linked to agents of El Salvador. City news teased by Paros.
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Union Pacific
Annie Faxon
Snake River
Riparia
Lewiston
Wade's Bar
Almore
Engineer Brown
Faxon
T. H. McIntosh
C. J.mcintosh
McIntosh
Spokane
Walla Walla
Thomas McIntosh
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Rawson
la Plata
Costa
Wid
Rosario
Santa Fe
Cofferat
San Louis
Guatemala
Central America
Bon
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