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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
7
Chicago police Captain Danner said Richard Schultz, 28, confessed to killing Elizabeth Healey, wife of a local druggist, who was found dying. Police said Schultz made a full admission, detailing the moments surrounding the crime. Authorities continue to investigate the motive and seek further corroboration of the confession.
Schultz was formally charged with murder this afternoon after authorities say he killed a woman by slashing her throat. Police describe him as weak minded and claim he admitted the killing was tied to a dispute over payment for snow shoveling on her sidewalk.
J W Reade a 45 year old Baker Oregon train dispatcher for Sumpter Valley railway was fatally injured when a gasoline motor car carrying him from Sumpter Valley offices to the depot was run down by a switch engine Chief Engineer Rupp aboard the car jumped free and was uninjured Reade remains in hospital with internal injuries two officials reported at Baker February 27.
Benjamin Cummins 25, son of J B Cummings a Lebanon Neb banker, shot himself at Miss Minnie Nelson’s home after his marriage proposal was refused. Nelson’s uncle reported the couple left for town, returning to find Cummins dead from a rifle wound in an upstairs room. Cummins had come to Seattle six weeks earlier from Vancouver where he owned a restaurant.
Wheat trading stayed narrow yet solid with a net May rise of 1-8 cents and July up 1-4 cents at close. May opened higher, July dipped on shorts pressure before recovering, with strong export bids and buying from shorts. Manitoba demand remained firm, and prices for international wheats and related grains showed varied but steady activity across track and producers goods.
Portland cattle market shows slow, dragging trade with only two loads of very good Montana steers arriving. Prices weaken across prime to common cattle, with hogs also lower after a small rise, and no sheep arrivals reported. Listings note shippers and loads from Montana and Washington, plus a Dr King advertising blurb promising relief for coughs.
The record notes the exact negotiations carried on with the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad regarding its reorganization.
Advertisement offering one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsed by a bank official and claims internal action through the bloodstream with testimonials. Also mentions 75 cents per bottle and Hall's Pills for constipation.
John 8 Baker funeral director and licensed embalmer advertises services opposite the post office with two funeral cars and 24 hour call responses. Hartman Abstract Co offers reliable land titles in Umatilla County plus city and farm loans, real estate brokerage, nonresident investments, and assorted insurances. Bentley Leffingwell, James Johns, H Marsh, and Lowell attorneys are listed with offices on Main Street or Despain building along with auction sales services by East Oregonian.
Washington February 27. The senate, by a 4 to 25 vote, tabled the Norris resolution calling for the department of justice to inform the senate on the matter.
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