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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1906
Page
1
A fierce blaze along the East Side waterfront in Portland wiped out about $50,000 in buildings and left numerous people homeless in flimsy lodgings. Fire crews fought the flames as residents fled to safety.
In Reno engineers Holt and Dr. Saph of the reclamation survey found a half burned skeleton of a young woman in a cave near Hazen while searching for India America. The skull was cut open and officials think the woman was murdered and the body hidden to conceal the crime.
An investigation by the State Land office reveals Horace McKinley, accused land frauder, fled to the Orient last November with "Little Egypt" he met in Portland during the Lewis and Clark fair, and he deserted his wife in San Francisco.
A major blaze on Morrison street bridge in Portland destroys six frame buildings including Mount Hood saloon and East Side Transfer Company barn. Twenty are feared dead with ten injured while twenty five horses perished. Fireboat George H Williams and engines fought the flames but many lodging house occupants perished.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday is being observed in Washington today but not officially as federal law does not designate it a holiday. The United States Historical Society leads the main celebration this evening with help from the Civil War veterans organization.
Across Washag on and San Francisco reports, lawmakers push a bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to probe railroad coal production interests. Senator Longworth recovers from illness and Idaho Senator Hapburn is cited as supportive. A Chinese policy note follows with claims of administration backing and no congressional opposition. In Cincinnati and Chinatown, rumors of anti-foreigner violence surface, and in Omaha Pat Crows is named in a kidnapping investigation linked to Cudahy.
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