Jealous Lover Slays Woman Wounds Escort Then Self
Henry P. Morrison a brakeman near Heppner Oregon fired on his sweetheart Nora Wright and her escort Barney Ahalt, killing Wright and wounding Ahalt before turning the pistol on himself. He survived, but doctors deemed recovery unlikely as investigators collected statements at Morgan Oregon. Morrison had long troubled by jealousy and depression over the romance.
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Mailroad
Heppner
Ore
Henry P. Morrison
R. & N. Brakeman
Nora Wright
Barney Ahalt
Ahalt
Shutt
Netson
Morrow County
Ittie
Morgan
Cecil
Morrison
Miss Wright
Hal
Morgan Morrison
Mins Wright
Panhandle Express Car Robbery Nets $500000 Haul
Pittsburg May 4 report says robbers who held up the Adams Express car on the Panhandle road Thursday night secured $500,000, one of the largest hauls in U.S. history. Today men and boys found gold coins along the track, including several $6 pieces and other gold.
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Pittsburg
Panhandle Road
United States
Senate approves 250000 relief for tornado victims
Washington May 4. The senate passed the house resolution appropriating 250,000 dollars for tornado sufferers in the south.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
South
Fish Resigns From Missouri Pacific Board
Stuyvesant Fish the railroad magnate resigns today from the directorate of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company in New York.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Fire devastates New Aveline Hotel in Fort Wayne blaze
Ten known dead and up to twenty believed trapped as the New Aveline hotel burns at Calhoun and Berry streets. Fire discovered at 3 am. interior engulfed within 20 minutes. building reduced to a smoking shell. Bodies taken to Peltier morgue, injured treated at St Joseph and City hospitals.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Jared
Aveline
Calhoun and
Berry Streets
Allen County Court House
Marit Ankenvruck
R. & Johnson
Pang
M. Hirgoh
New York
J. B. Miller
Heberigan
Win
J. E
Ellis
Chicago
W.A. Pitcher
G. W. Deving
Philadelphia
Peoples Store
Peltier Morgue
St. Joseph
City
Automobile Day Race Card Planned for Saturday
A La Grande committee led by A V Y Andrews Ray W Logan and G M Titckey organized an automobile day with races on Adams Avenue near the post office. Small cars under 10 hp head the program followed by under 16 20 and 40 hp classes and a surprise novelty race with prizes for winners. The event includes a parade and a two by two time trial format when more than two entries exist.
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Adams Avenue
A. Vy, Andrews
Ray W. Logan
G. MM. Titckey
Adam Avenue
James Smith
Crowe
Dr. Clarke
Inland City
la Grande
Valley auto owners join push for big Saturday outing
Auto owners across the valley signaled plans to back a mass event described as a hummer and spread promotional efforts to ensure a standout publicity push next Saturday.
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Suto
Duke's Ex Husband Died After Opium Den Incident
Evidence reaches New York that Duc de Chaulnes, former husband of Mina Theodora Shonta, was removed from an opium den to a hotel before dying. He visited the den with a sister’s friend, Duches d’Asex, and the proprietor later called for medical help.
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New York
Duc de Chaulnes
Mina Theodora Shonta
New York Times
de Chaulnen
Jhis
Duches d’'Asex
Thaw Appears in Court Again in Release Hearing
Harry K. Thaw left Matteawan asylum under guard for habeas corpus proceedings in Justice Morach Morschauser’s court in OssiningN Y Thaw looked healthier and was accompanied by Dr Baker He was the sole Thaw family member present Four chaplains and five attendants testified at the prior trial and District Attorney Garvan attended The hearing was delayed to May 11 to allow District Attorney Jerome to appear and Thaw remained at Poughkeepsie Sail
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Catakin
N. Y
Habeas Cor
Harry K. Thaw
Mattenwan Asylum
Morach- Auser
Thaw
Baker
Tome
Allennats
Garvan
Harry
Morschauser
Writeases
New York City
Jerome
Boat Sinks Off Oregon Coast in Lumber Schooner Wreck
The two masted steam schooner Minolta Kilton from San Francisco with a lumber cargo wrecked on rocks near Faquina Bay, Oregon at 5:30 PM yesterday. Eleven feared dead. eight crew rescued by life savers. J Nelson swam ashore with a broken leg. The vessel lay on a desolate beach sixteen miles north of here with a deck load shifted and the ship taking on water.
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Amy Pe Herreer Ener
Minolta Kilton
San Francisco
Tain
James McKenna
Aberdeen
Faquina Bay
McKenna
J. Nelson
Liberty for Caleb Powers and Jim Howard
Governor Wilson may grant clemency to Caleb Powers and Jim Howard after inconclusive trials for the Goebel assassination. Reliable sources say the governor has decided to pardon both, sparking statewide reaction as Kentucky awaits the outcome.
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Kentucky
Powers
Howard
Esther
Frankfort
Wilson
Caleb
Jim Howard
Goetel
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Panhandle
Fish
Royal Tailors
Bsulla
Oregon
Ana
City Speedway
Duke
Miss
Opium Ben
Matteawan Asylum
Alicnisia
Mingle E. Kile
Newport
Liberty
Caleb Powers
Hill’s Drug Store
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