22 Mar 1888
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
1
Arlington, Oregon reports a major blaze causing extensive damage estimated at $150000. Authorities investigate the fire as a significant event impacting local businesses and residences. No injuries reported as crews battle flames and secure the scene.
March 21 reports a Missouri Pacific superintendent and a Wabash general manager issuing orders to their rail ordinates to receive all freight from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy with immediate effect. Other items note trials, floods, storms, Alaska and Columbia River bills, a deadly murder verdict, and political conventions across several states.
A Boston area note details a wife’s murder suicide with her Swiss husband after a quarrel. Separate dispatches report three Indian related murders at Privat Lake and a major fire in Arlington destroying multiple blocks including a jail, offices, and stores.
At the Banquet theater in Opowro on March 21 a gas explosion during a performance caused a fire that destroyed the theater. Ten ladies have been recovered from the ruins.
Congressional notes describe civil service preference debates with disloyal veterans, and Senate action on eight bills including Mission Indians relief and land allotments, plus House labor committee schedules. Sec Vilas seeks immediate appropriation for land resurvey, patents granted, pensions raised, and taxes discussed.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a tablet on the floor of a body and references an unofficial citizen tied to a figure named Wan who recounts a country’s history. The text is garbled and provides no clear event dates or actions.
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