The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-10-31
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-Four members Of the train crew {
D. p. train 70, were killed by trai
robbers at tunnel Is, seventeen mile
south OF Ashland, Oregon, Thursda,
the engineer and fireman wsre she
by the robbers. Mail Clerk Doughert
Oarrfcaded himself In his car and tn
robbers either threw fused explosiv
through window or set off a blast a
the door in an effort to gain entrance
The car was wrecked. mail pouche
burst and torn and stove insid
overturned. Fire followed, Whethe
the mall clerk was burned to deaf
or died OF the shock OF the explosion
cannot be determined. His body wa
charred beyond recognition. All tn
mail In the car was destroyed.
Plans for the deliberate Staying O
prominent residents OF Coos county
with their families were laid by Ar
thur Covell, AZ, crippled astrologer
according to his reported confession t
authorities at Mansfield, Oregon. Will
his 10 year nephew, Alton Covell, he Is
held in the county jail because of his
indictment by the grand Jury on a
murder charge In connection with the
death Of Mrs. Fred Covell, Sept. 2,
last.
All stores were flooded and numer-
Gus residences were partly submerged
by a nine-foot wall of water which
swept through parts OF Woodward.
Okla, Saturday, when the Northern
Canadian river overlooked from recent
heavy rains, according to reports
reaching over crippled wires Monday.
Scores Of persons are said to have
been made homeless, although no lives
are believed to have been lost. Tx
tensfve damage, as yet unestimated,
was caused.
The steamer Stanley Dollar whose
cargo was reported afire, arrived in
San Francisco harbor Saturday with
the cargo still smouldering. The yes.
sci was locked near the harbor fire
boats as precaution.
Olive street and Olive way In Seat
tie have been renamed Harding way,
under an ordinance Of the city coun-
Gil. Along these two thoroughfares
the late President Harding received
the greetings OF thousands of child |
rem on visit to Seattle less than |
week before his death.
GENERAL
Conductors, trainmen and yardmen
Of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe rail-
way presented demands to officials Of
the railroad at Galveston, Friday, for
wage increases averaging ~ per cent
above the present scale. Enginemen
also are contemplating demand for
an increase, 1t was said.
Foreclosure OF $2,750O0O bonds of
the Keokuk & Des Moines railroad Is
asked In a petition filed In federal
court at Des Moines, Iowa by attor-
neys for the Farmers Loan and Trust
company OF New York. The term Of
the bonds expired September 20. The
road involved runs from Des Moines
to Keokuk and is leased and operated
by the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific
Railway company.
An entire block Of residences and
business buildings have been de-
stroyed by fire, which broke out Sat
urday night, at the edge of the main
business district of Nogales, Sonora,
Mexico. across the international boun-
dairy. No lives have been lost, accord
Ing to reports.
Six we're slightly injured Saturday .
night near Pleasant Hill. Mo-, when
The Missouri Pacific passenger train
to Kansas City. was wrecked. ,
The home Of Charles Pearce, pro- g
libition enforcement officer at Smith 9
'ield, Ohio, was blown up Wednes- 6
lay by dynamite. Pearce, his wife ,
md baby escaped serious injury.
The blast partially wrecked the city
TALL opposite the Pearce home.
Jim Henry Mass, negro, killed I
iFee negroes and then himself early /
Wednesday at Crockett. Texas. He t
listed the home OF a negro preacher, 7
where he slew him and another negro, I
md then went to a second home Y
where a bullet ended the life OF
bird negro. He returned to his .
lone and killed himself.
Three armed men early Monday I
leld up the night manager and sew I
raj other employees of the fashion c
BILE Ritz-Carlton hotel at New York 4
nd robbed Jewelry store In the lob 8
y OF $4,000 worth Of gems. C
Famed by winds hundreds Of for
st fires burning in Wisconsin woods '
cached dangerous proportions, We'd a
esday. Five towns were threaten
by the flames and navigation on =
le Great Lakes was hampereo by
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