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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
8
Rumors fly of a near clash between jurors over the high cost trial. Prosecution leans on information suggesting one juror may hold for Ruef. A large crowd waits as detectives prepare to investigate holdouts. noon deadline ends hope of conviction.
Toledo reports John Mulholland, nationwide committeeman for Ohio in the Hearst party, as missing with all state funds and records of the Independence league. H. W. Madge, the party state secretary, cannot pay outstanding bills due to the loss.
A blaze last night in the Cascade mountains leveled the Scenic Hot Springs hotel on the Great Northern road. Guest W. Whitsett of Anacortes leaped from a two story window, dislocating his shoulder. Manager Prosser sustained minor burns while attempting to rescue valuables. Origin remains a mystery. the hotel valued at $50,000.
Thirty passengers were injured when the North Coast Limited derailed a mile east of McKenzie, North Dakota. The train, traveling about 35 mph, overturned six coaches after spreading rails are blamed for the wreck. one man reportedly bled to death.
A sales pitch extols a candy shop's range from an ounce to a six pound box, urging customers to "get acquainted" and promising value for money in a playful, promotional tone.
Three ex convict bandits held up a Great Northern passenger train at Hillyard near Spokane at midnight. They stopped the train, ordered the fireman to cut the express car containing $26,000, but fled with the engine and two mail cars, stealing the registered mail. A guard says the trio planned the heist for December 2 and were seen in Seattle two days earlier.
San Francisco reports say the Vallejo entertainment committee will start its own inquiry into blamed tainted food after 24 new cases of ptomaine poisoning, eight of them in Vallejo. Health officials continue to investigate the Prometheus collision or launch as injuries mount.
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