Head Found On Umatilla Butte Tells Grim Tale of Hedberg Murder
Ephriam Hedberg of Cumberland Wisconsin disappeared in August with daughter Elina while traveling to Ashland Oregon. A severed head identified as Hedberg was found near Umatilla Butte, north of Hermiston, suggesting murder after he left a train for a sandwich. Police seek the rest of the body as coyotes are blamed for further mutilation. Hedberg carried $1090 in drafts at disappearance.
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Hermiston
Ore
J. M. Scarborough
Umatilla Butte
Ephriam Hedberg
Umatila
Hedberg
Oregonian
Cumberind
Wie
Elina
Ashland
Oregon
G. H. Tedberg
Southern Pacific
Umatilla
Portland
Cumberland
Bank of
Wis
Woman accomplice arrested in Seattle tied to fraud
Seattle February 26 Margaret McClellan also known as Mrs Franklin and Mrs Edwards Stubley has been arrested as an accomplice of Edward Stubley an Englishman held by post office inspectors for using the malls to defraud A loot valued at 100 was found in her room and she allegedly confessed to taking articles from places where she worked as a scrub woman A bank book among Stubbys effects shows 4000 in the bank The woman claims she is a niece of General George B McClellan
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Seattle
Margaret McClellan
Franklin
Edwards Stubley
Edward Stubley
United States Post Office
Stubley
George B. McClellan
Man's Hands as a Living Torch
San Francisco February 24 Frank Buts soaked his hands in gasoline to remove paint then grabbed a heated oil lamp at Vallejo street wharf and his hands ignited He leaped into the water and swam ashore He was taken to a hospital and had severe injuries with bones exposed and most flesh burned away
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San Francisco
Frank Buts
Vallejo Street
School Representatives Meeting in La Grande
Delegates from Baker City Pendleton Walla Walla Ontario and enterprise meet in La Grande on Feb 26 to confer with the Eastern Oregon High School Athletic Association about uniform rules for school meets. They discuss the four year rule and a 21 year age limit and how officials are chosen.
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Ta Grande
Ore
Baker City
Pen
Wleton
Union
Cove
la Grande
el- Fin
Ontario
Enterprise
la Grande Ilay
Eastern Oregon High School
Athletic Association
Schoo
Seattle May Boost The Price Of Bread
Seattle, Wn Feb 20 The question of raising bread prices in Seattle is under discussion at the master bakers meeting. The decision on moving to 26 loaves for one dollar will be settled tomorrow night. Currently 28 loaves are sold for the same price.
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Seattle
Ismclatlin
Women Given Time to Earn Fines in Winnipeg Court
A Winnipeg dispatch reports a Monitor bin Legislature revelation that immoral women unable to pay police court fines are granted time to earn money. Jewelry is taken as security and magistrates instruct them to work off the fine. The note reflects court practices and gendered punishment in Winnipeg.
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Barn Pines
Vienna
B.C
Winnipeg
Monitor
Location split over club quarters renovation debate
The Commercial association weighs remaining in current quarters versus moving to the new city hall. A March meeting will decide, with a possible committee appointed if not resolved. President Will Moore and the new board discussed plans and agreed to improve the association’s quarters.
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City Hall
Elgot Will Moore
Board of Miningers
Richardson
Woman and babes burn while asleep near Hakerstel
A widow Mrs. W. M. Beekman and her four year old children died in a fire that destroyed their home seven miles from Hakerstel. The mother and children were asleep when the blaze started, keeping the origin unknown and their bodies unrecovered.
Horse Smothered by Ton of Mail Deluge in City
In New York on February 26 a horse was killed after a wagon overturned into a canvas chute, burying the two horses under about 150 sacks of trade papers. Rescue workers freed the surviving horse, but it died before intervention.
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New York
West Thirty-ninth Street
Nebraska Senate backs Oregon plan for U S senators
Lincoln Neb Feb 26 by a vote of 26 to 13 the state senate passed the Humphrey bill providing for U S senators to be elected on the Oregon plan. The measure has already passed the house and Governor Shattenberger will approve it.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Senate
Humphrey
United States
Oregon
House
Shattenberger
Congress Night Session Ends In Long Filibuster
The House, filibustered against sundry appropriations, extended into the night and adjourned at 3:30 this morning after Tawney announced punishment for the attack. A select five-member committee will consider expunging a speech by Cane Ereon in Cook of Colorado from the records.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Tawney
Houte
Sorech
House
Five Toe
Caneereeon
Cook
Colorado
Koxeveln
Howe
Canada
Portland Boosters Plan 25000 Leaflets to Lure Early Colonists
Tom Richardson of the Portland commercial club urged Pendleton leaders to promote early westward colonist travel with a uniform Harriman rate. About 600000 leaflets are to be distributed by Portland merchants and schools, with committees named to prepare and issue the material. Funds raised in Walla Walla and Milton support publicity efforts as exhibits are arranged for the fair and regional display in Umatilla and neighboring counties.
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Richardson
Harriman
Oregon
Pendleton
Portlaind
Commercial Club
Cluef
Walla Walla
Milton
Wallin Walla
Umatilla County
Tiake Spice
Walla Wallin County
Richardnot
Alexander
ZS Moore
T. C. Taylor
J. O'Ne't
O., TR. & Wn, Company
J. Smith
Fred Eppinger
Baker City
Nell
Low Euny
Drop Gonbel Case Report From Lexington Circulation
A circulating report in Lexington claims Governor Wilso n will soon pardon WLS Taylor Chis Finley John Powers Hilian Whitaker and Capt Totin Dios tied to a wider indictment for conspiring to kill Win. Gobel. Robert B. Franklin, Wolth’s attorney, reportedly refused to oppose pardons, stating it would be pointless to oppose these vs those of Powers and Howard.
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Lexington
Caleb Powers
Robert BR. Franklin
Wolth
Worthorney
Powers
Jim Howard
Wilston
Howard
Sentenced to Hang for Second Time in Murder Plot
Dear Lodge Mant Feb 26 Ling Yonglye is sentenced for the second time to the gallows with April 2 planned execution. Genie Nock, already hanged, led a gene piracy threat in March. They killed Warden Robinson TB Young, conspirators in a train robbery case. Sixty years for train robbery to be handed down tonight. The Hys case before the supreme court.
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Dear Lodge
Mant
Willingy Liye
Genie Nock
Warden Robinson
TB Young
Hiys
Supreme Court
Cardinal Hervas of Toledo Dies After Illness
Cardinal Giriaco Maria Sanchay Hervas, archbishop of Toledo, died yesterday in Toledo Spain. Born in 1839 he was created a cardinal in 184. The report notes his long church career and leadership in the Spanish capital.
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Hlervas
Toledo
Spain
Giriaco Maria Sanchay Hervas
Southern Pacific Accused of Overcharging Hay Shipment
Grinte Pass feed company filed formal complaint with the railroad commission against Southern Pacific overcharging five carloads of hay from Molodott to Grant Pass on the Corvallis and Eastern. The buyer was told 18 cents per bale before purchase but paid 22 cents at Grants Pass, with delivery withheld until payment.
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Salera
Southern Pacific
Railroad Commission
Grinte Pass
Years in the Mails Delayed Letters Found in Box
Two discolored letters mailed over a decade ago in Chicago by a former salesman for goods were received by Adchuler Wrapper Co in Waukegan Illinois. The letters appear to have sat in a mailbox the entire time and postal authorities have offered no explanation.
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Chicago
Adchuler
Waukegan
Train Wreck Kills Six Near Vanhorne Town
Six persons die when the St. Paul Overland Limited derails after an open switch at Vanhorne Town. The train traveled about 50 miles an hour. engineer Brown was killed in the crash.
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Des Moines
Lows
St. Paul Overland Limited
Vanhorne
Brown
Wells Arrested in Tacoma for East Side Bank Robbery
Portland police bring Virgil Clase Wells former business agent of Portland local 339 bartenders union to Portland from Tacoma for the December 7 East Side bank robbery in which $17000 was taken. He declines to speak. Police seek two accomplices. Wells was tracked across western states by Pinkerton detectives.
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Portland
Ore
Virgil Clase Wells
The
Bartenders’ Union
Tacoma
East Side Bank
Wells
Pinkerton
Fire Levels Chicago Block. Six Firemen Injured
A Chicago business block valued at two million dollars burned today. Six firemen were seriously injured and escaped death by walls collapsing around them. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Chicago
Oregon murderer Hangs after brutal bedside murder
Salem reports C. Y. Timmons was hanged at 12 30 for killing his wife by slashing her throat as she slept beside him. Weighing 140 pounds, his neck did not break on the fall and a ghastly wound gap oozed as he lived for 16 minutes before dying 26 minutes after the sentence.
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Salem
Ore
C. Y. Timmons
Timmons
Wheat Prices Hit Record High in Chicago Market
Chicago February 26 wheat prices climbed to $1.18 1-8 a bushel, the highest since September 2004, with a sharp sale at that level as the market closed.
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Chicago
Possibly no racing up Meadows this year in Seattle
James F McElroy who controls The Meadows says if racing occurs this year it will be run by him and his association and he is certain the track will not reopen. He says discussions with California horsemen about a short meet were considered but abandoned after reflection.
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Seattle
Wash
James F. McElroy
McElroy
California
Meadows
Doctors convert Goldendale home into hospital
Dr Frank H Collings and Dr A C Stec kie have purchased the Walter dwelling at Goldendale on the town’s highest point and will convert it into a hospital. The home is described as the finest in Goldendale and will stop residents traveling to distant cities for treatment due to lack of local facilities.
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Goldendale
Frank H. Collings
A. C. Steckie
Almee Walter
State Board of Curricula Formed In Salem
Governor Chamberlain named C. J. Smith Pendleton J L Wil son Portland J E Hedges Oregon City A W Prescott Roseburg to a nonpayable State Board of Curricula to align studies at the state university and Oregon Agricultural College and remove duplications in curricula. F M Saxton Baker City and Harry L Holgate Klamath County named water supervisors to enforce irrigation code and adjudicate water rights. Pilot Commissioners W D Wheelwright R D Inman Portland and F J Taylor Astoria reappointed for two years.
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Saxton
Baker City
Holgate
Klimiath County
Pilot Commission
State University
Salem, Or
Chamberlain
C. J. Smith
Pendleton
J. L. Wileson
Portland
J. E. Hedges
Oregon City
A. W. Prescott
O. P. Coshow
Roseburg
State Board of Curricula
Oregon Agricultural College
F. M. Saxton
Harry L. Hoélgate
Klamath County
Pilot Board
W. D. Wheelwright
R. D. Inman
F. J. Taylor
Astoria
Board of Pilot Commissioners
Governor Chamberlain Is Signally Honored
Governor George E. Chamberlain has received a telegram from Rabbi Stephens Wise inviting him to chair and speak briefly at a Civic Forum meeting in Carnegie Hall on Friday, March 12. Senator La Follette is to be the chief speaker on direct nominations.
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Salem
Ore
George E. Chamberlain
Stephens& Wise
New York City
Civic Forum
New York
Lee
Taft
Bryan
Carnegie Hall
Senator LaFolette
Principal Clarke Exonerated by Jury in Scotts Mills Case
Salem Ore Feb 26 Word received here that J R Clarke principal of the Scotts Mills school was driven from town by an irate mother who accused him of beating her child. A Silverton jury exonerated him after a physician testified the boy was not injured. School directors and public sentiment favor the principal.
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Salem
Ore
J. R. Clarke
Scotts Mills
Oregon
Clarke
Silvertoyy
Governor veto blocks Sunday baseball in Indiana
Indiana news brief reports Governor Marshall vetoed the Sunday baseball permit, halting the plan for Sunday games in the state. The brief notes the action was taken in Indianapolis on February 24.
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Indianapols
Ind
Govarnior Marshall
Richar doon contest for high school students
Tom Richarandeon of the Portland Commerce club told high school students about a state publicity drive to attract settlers westward using low colonial rates. He offered $5 for the best article on Umatilla County resources, to be written in March and April and judged by three locals. The winning piece will be published in local papers.
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Tom Richandeon
Portland Commerce Club
Cody
The
Commercial Association
Richaniem
Umatilla County
Focal
Word
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