The Record Murderer Skeleton Found in San Bernardino
A skeleton with an iron collar and long chain was found in San Bernardino and is believed to be James Wharton who escaped from Los Angeles twenty years ago. The case drew wide notice as investigators consider possible fate. In Salem a woman’s burial was delayed by coroner order amid claims osteopathic treatment may have altered fatal risk. News from New York notes steady stock markets. elsewhere a fire in Coeur d Alene's lumber yard threatens mills and yards. Stockton reports ongoing search for escaped convicts with misidentified arrest and possible leads Fahey and another convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps News Association
San Bernardino
Cal
Stockton
Howard
San Francisco
Fahey
Sacramento
Cantrell Confesses to Six Murders in Indiana Penitentiary
The Indianapolis prison inmate John Cantrell admitted to killing four men and one woman, robbing the bodies and selling them to a medical college for dissection. His confession links to several unsolved disappearances, fueling public outrage over corpse handling by the college.
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Scripps News Association
Indianapolis
John Cantrell
Cantrell
Medical College
Identity of unknown man linked to missing May case
The headless body found in the Duwamish River near Seattle was identified as A. E. Lavan, a man who disappeared last May and was long presumed murdered. Herman Keesler, a close friend, identified the body by a mark on the left leg, though the corpse was badly decomposed and recognition was difficult. The time in water remains unknown.
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Seattle
Wash
Duwamish River
A. E. Lavan
Herman Keesler
Mrs S Snyder Dies After Prolonged Illness in Independence
Independence Oregon August 7 Mrs S Snyder wife of a former Methodist minister here died yesterday after months of deranged mind and four weeks without adequate nourishment. She is survived by her husband and several children.
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Independence, Or
S. Snyder
Pension graft dispute in Eugene Oregon a 1909 letter
A Eugene Guard editor letter rebuts misimpressions about pension administration. The writer says no agents were needed to obtain back pay for Indian War veterans and that his own pension and the state apportionment were received with minimal costs. He asserts many could have done likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Wood
C. B.S. Wood
Washington
Gate Creek man slays huge Cascade bear near Cold Springs
Andy Hickson of Gate Creek in the Marx MacGuire party on a lake trip in Crook county encountered a large bear at Cold Springs. With three rifle cartridges spent, he used a hunting knife to pierce the bear’s throat after a brief fight. Hickson was scratched but not seriously hurt.
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Andy Hickson
Gate Creek
Marx-MacGuire
Cascade Mountine
Cold Springs
Crook County
Andy
Mr. Hickson
Roseburg encampment planned for separate O N G battalion
The encampment for the separate battalion of the Oregon National Guard is set for Roseburg despite dissatisfaction from battalion members who say the small camp cannot provide proper instruction. Major Yoran recommended the Roseburg site while the Third Regiment will camp at Gearhart Park near Oregon City.
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Roseburg
Yoran
Gearhart Park
Oregon City
Water power acquired at Sidney by Independence and Monmouth company
Independence and Monmouth Water and Electric Light Company has secured control of Sidney water power, one of Oregon's best falls. Plans call for operating the Independence and Monmouth plants with Sidney power, wiring and pole setting to begin next week. Sidney lies seven to eight miles from Independence.
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Independence, Or
Independence and Monmouth Water & Electric Light Company
Sidney
Monmouth
Independence
Eloped With a Gambler in Albany Oregon
Mrs W B Mays wife of a Southern Pacific bridge carpenter eloped with a gambler who had been in Albany for days. He took $80 from her husband to complete a piano and game furniture purchase, and they fled the city leaving two young daughters. Their whereabouts are unknown.
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Albany, Or
W. B. Mays
Southern Pacific Bridge
Terrific Hail Storm Ravages Northern Colorado Crops
Reports from Northern Colorado describe a Wednesday night hail storm that devastated crops with damage conservatively estimated at more than 8.5 million dollars. Officials note widespread losses across farming regions and call for assistance as farmers assess the impact and recovery needs.
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Denver
Colorado
Lane County Oregon Teachers Examination Notice
County Superintendent H W M Miller announces a three day examination in Eugene at the court house for state and county papers and primary certificates. Schedule lists penmanship history spelling arithmetic geography physiology and more across Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday July 30 closing remarks follow with locations and times provided.
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Lane County
Oregon
Eugene
Court House
U.S
U. S
River Bars and Levels Describe Channel Building
The article explains how rivers raise beds in wide valleys by spreading floodwater, leaving sediment to settle and form new beds. In lower valley counties like Marion and Yamhill the gravel is fine and deep, requiring bridges to be placed on deposits far below the river. In narrow mountain valleys floodwater chokes the channel, wearing the bed down to solid rock and continually lowering it.
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Marion
Yamhill
New Paper Moves to Albany with Evening Daily
BE E Prodie editor of the Oregon City Record plans to discontinue the weekly and move operations to Albany to launch an evening daily Republican in politics. Albany would then have as many daily papers as Portland. The Herald orders a Mer Genthaler linotype for mid September. The Democrat enters volume 30 of the weekly and volume 16 of the daily, continuing to serve Albany and Linn County with Democratic goals.
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BE. E. Prodie
Oregon City Record
Albany
Republican
Portland
Herald
Mergenthaler Linotype
Democrat
Linn County
Democracy
Note and Comment on Portland Weather and Local Mysteries
The brief remarks question whether to leave a siege of Portland weather and reference an attempted holdup on the Coburg road. It notes Mr Jett and Mr White, both colored men, on trial for murder in Kentucky. It mentions the Willamette River once ran through Eugene along a line with the courthouse and post office, implying the river shifted course.
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Portland
Coburg Road
Jett
Willamette
Eugene
Miss Sadie Ford Appointed Assistant Teacher at University of Oregon
The well known musician Miss Sadie Ford of Eugene is named assistant to Arthur Louis Frazer at the University of Oregon School of Music. The opening notes announce a strong faculty with seven to eight instructors and a goal of substantial pupil growth this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Ford
Bogen
Arthur Louis Srazer
School of Music
University of Oregon
Miss Ford
W. Gifford Nash
Department of
Frazer
J. M. Glen
Rose Hollenbeck
Arthur Louis Frazer
Ethel Palmer
Grant's Pass
Eugene
Mre
Susie Fennel Pipes
University
The
Universitty
Claimed Inspiration From God
Mrs. Penina Fogle, of the city, was examined by the county judge on a charge of insanity and declared insane. She was taken to Salem by Deputy Bown and Mrs. Scarborough. Her mania was religious in origin, claiming direct communication with God and obedience to perceived divine impulses. She attended church, sang an old hymn during the Epworth League service, and said the Lord commanded it. She objects to wearing a hat, and stares at the sun as the all seeing eye. Her son Clyde Fogle, a university graduate in the East, is mentioned.
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Daily Guard
Penina Fogle
Salem
Harry Bown
W. K. Scarborough
Epworth League
Clyde Fogle
University of Oregon Music School Catalogue Praised
A fine catalogue from the University of Oregon School of Music is being distributed. It features top quality illustrations and flawless press work, reflecting credit on the university and the School of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon School of Music
University
School of Music
Campmeeting at Trent school house in 1900
The U B church holds a camp meeting near the Trent school house starting September 24, 1900. Presiding Elder P A Black and other speakers will attend. Everyone is invited. Alonzo E Wheeler, Pastor.
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U. B
Trent School House
P. A. Black
Alonzo E, Wheeler
Mrs Mary E Ritsoe dies at Natron aged 92
Mrs Mary E Ritsoe died at Natron from old age this morning aged nearly 92. Funeral Sunday with interment in Natron cemetery. The Halsey fire loss telegraphed statewide at 70000, but actual fees may not exceed 5000. city loss deemed irreparable and hard to state. Roseberg baseball team members left on a county tour: Kostal, Bilyeu, White, Newell, Morrow, Joerger, Bradley, Griffin, Robinson with O Day and Shannahan not joining. Bilyeu of Albany joined. Director W H Jamieson to meet team at Marshfield Monday.
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Mary E. Ritsoe
Natron
Halsey
Albany Democrat
Roseberg
Cooa County
Kostal
Bilyeu
White
Newell
Morrow
Joerger
Bradley
Griffin
Robinson
O'Day
Shannahan
Eugene
Albany
W. H. Jamieson
Marshfield
Hotel Planned at Thurston by Hastings Purchase
A sale closes for ten acres in Thurston from C Russell to C Hastings for 800. Hastings plans a sizable hotel and a feed stable on the property, with construction to begin promptly.
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Sitle
Thurston
C. Russell
C. Hastings
Portland Robbery Strikes Defiance Tea Company Office
In broad daylight two blocks from the police station, a raid on the Defiance Tea Company at Second and Ankeny streets stole 150 in cash. No witnesses or suspects remained when the robbers escaped.
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Portland
Defiance Tea Company
Second
Ankeny Streets
Mayor Chrisman’s new building completes plastering work
Workmen cleaned rubbish as plastering finishes mark the completion of Mayor G. R. Chrisman’s new building.
Court House real estate transfers list extensive parcels
A court house notice itemizes numerous real estate transfers and mining filings. Transfers include 10 to 140 acres in townships 175 to 176 with buyers Washburne Oregon Timber Co and others, plus various parcels in Eugene Coburg and Creswell. Mining claims and licenses are listed, with several parties named for locations in Blue River and Bohemia districts. Medical and marriage licenses appear, along with proof of labor on Blue River mining claims and a stock brand description for cattle and horses.
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Act
Triea Anderson
Washburne and
Oregon Timber Co
Louis W
Mary Holt
Washburne and Oregon Timber Co
Alfred
Hannah M. Kirkland
John L. Ziegler
S. M. Douglas
Booth- Kelly Lumber Company
Harry C. Bishop
Coleman
Coburg
BE. P
Mary A. Coleman
J. D. Wylie
William Kroenert
Frances V. Canfield
Andrew J
Alice Kroenert
Alex
Mary E. Cockerline
Carrie E. Winters
Shaw & Patterson's
Eugene
L. A. Brandes
John E. Blazier
Blue River District
Edward and
Amelia Creede
Blue River Mining Co
Amelia
Blue River Mining District
Pearl
L. &. Sabin
Wm. E. Parkerson
Amanda E
John A. McCullough
C. E. Anderson
Iver
Hilda
L. H. Larson
May E. Kent
L. M
Lydia L. Hall
Jackson
Elizabeth J. Kile
J. B. Linebaugh
Creswell
A. E
H.E. Wood
Anaconda
J. BE. McCauley
C.E. Dimond
Blue River
Harold F. Grant
Riverside
C. M. LeRoy
Bohemia
C. M
Hilma
Blue Jay
Margaret
Robbin
A. G. LeRoy
Bohema
Jill
Modoc
J. W. Tate
Marion Tate
W. H. Morton
Portland
Edward Crede
Creede
W. H. Morten
P. Culp
Portland Timing Clain
Army officer rates militia companies in Fourth Regiment
Major Chenowith of the 26th Infantry OU 8 A inspected the militia companies last April. His report to the government rates each company on manual of arms and drills. Company A good. B fair. C good. D fair. E very poor. F good. G good. H poor due to many recruits.
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Chenowith
26Th Infantry
Uhis
Footpad Forces Escape On Coburg Bridge Ride
Chas Ingram rode away from a lone highwayman at Coburg bridge and sped toward Eugene after being ordered to stop. The assailant concealed in the dark bridge gave no warning, and Ingram escaped, risking life as such incidents have ended in Portland with shots.
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Chas. Ingram
Coburg
Coburg Bridge
Ingram
Eugene
Portland
O W Holmes Made Springfield Precinct Constable
The county commissioners court appointed O. W. Holmes as constable for Springfield precinct after a petition by many Springfield citizens. The court adjourned citing harvest season. A Catholic picnic preparations at Bangs Park were completed and expected to draw a large crowd.
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O. W. Holmes
Springfield
Mr. Holmes
River Bars and Levee Dispute Over Willamette River Levels
A Portland court dispute cites evidence of former river bars rising ten feet above current levels near the courthouse. Residents recall gravel bars uncovered by flood currents and speculate flood action could have dropped gravel where now a gravel belt lies.
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Portlang
Oturl
Tui Hee
T. Cree
Credity
Condon
Condon Cap
Parish Notes and Funeral Reports From Junction Times
Mrs Penrga nee Dell Buel ley visited this week as Mrs Montgomery’s guest. G C Millett shipped four feet of fat cattle to Portland. Prof J A Sibbetts returned from Everett to visit family and land interests. Mrs R V Howard and Mrs Mabel Baker attended the funeral of Vina Moore Rowley in Portland. A newborn baby was buried with her. Brakeman Fred Golling fell twelve feet from a ladder injuring himself. he uses crutches. The Dane congregation held a new ball with special notices and a supper. Rev N oft of Des Moines preached the dedicatory sermon.
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The
Times
Penrga
Dell Buelley
Our Public Schools
Montgomery
G. C. Millett
Portland
C. W. Washburne
J. A. Sibbets
Everett
Washington
Jock Ig
R. V. Howard
Mabel Baker
Fa Vina Moore
Howard
Vina Moore-Rowley
Fred Golling
Noft
Des Moines
Money Found and Purses Recovered at Hales Store
A purse found in front of Hales' store by L C Parker was turned over to Chief Stiles. It contained 88 in cash and a promissory note to Miss Dooley from Monmouth Nora School. Miss Dooley was located and her purse restored.
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L.C. Parker
Hales
Stiles
Monmouth Nora School
Miss Dooley
Bet
Walter McCornac Arrests Prove Innocence in Nighttime Incident
Walter McCornac was arrested in the evening on evidence from anxious Quaker doctors and charged with throwing a night. He proved the doctors wrong, and the officers did not apprehend the culprits at the scene after the off.
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Walter McCornac
Bear and Cabin Chase Near Eugene Prompts County Sheriff Action
In southeast Eugene area hunters pursue a bear and a vehicle said to be involved in livestock or orchard damage. Cottage Grove pioneers and Linn County officials discuss plans as Sheriff Fisk oversees efforts from his Cottage Grove office. The scene hints at ongoing rural tensions and local leadership strengthening.
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J. P. Corrina
Dan
Cottage Grove
A. B
Imot
Linn County
Lane County
Basii
Fisk
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Los Angeles
Scrippa News Association
Aug
New York
Wall Street
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Folsom's
Eugene, Or
Eugene Guard
Guard
W. M. Miller
Carrie Holsinger
Mary Montange
Fagene
G. R. Chrisman
Browns
Tim Shannahan
Ted Lister
Dallas Times-Mountaineer
Homer Angel
Court House Ems
Edward
Amelia Crede
Alexander Copron
M. D
F. BR. Madison
William Barnett
Eliza Delph
Jobo S. Barnett
Charles J. Danelson
Jutta L. Dahm
G. C. Dahm
Charle Witt
Mary Loretz
M. J. Drew
Jess Eddy
Eva Dompier
George Konnn
Circuit Court
Adeline Church
Va. O. W
Travis
Power OF Attorney
Multnomah County, Or
Edward Creede
Benjamin Lee
Lorane
Giles
James West
J. F. Robinson
Commissioners’ Court
Lane County Electric Company
Springfield County
Bangs’ Park
David Cherry
Lake
Marble Works
Leigh
Hustler
BE. Etter
Foley Springs
Hubble
Sam Morris
J. E. Snyder
Upper Soda Springs
Brownsville
Opera House
L. O. Beckwith
Oakland
Lems
Rgg
Jobineon
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