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Show four mm BAITS RQB TRAIN HEAR PORTLAND Wreck Doors of Express Car With Nitroglycerine and Open Strong Dox, Dut Secure Little Dooty. Portland, Ore Oregon Tlaltway & Navigation train No. 1, known ns tho CMcago-lortland special, was held up and tho express car dynnmlted by four unmasked robbers shortly after 9 o'clock Thursday night, nine miles past of Portland. Hxpross Messenger O. H. Huff said tho robbora secured llttlo of value. Tho robbers did not molest tho passengers, but uncoupled tho express car and ordored tho engineer engi-neer to tnko It down to tho track toward to-ward Portland. About n mile beyond tho point where tho train was hold up the doors of tho oxprcss car wcro ihattcrcd by nitroglycerine. Tho train did not carry n through safe, a small local safo nnd a Btrong box being the only receptacles for vulnables. Tho robbers compelled Kxprcsa Messenger Huff to open tho Mnnll safe. It contained con-tained but threo or four small pack-ppesj pack-ppesj tho others aro believed to Imve been of small value The strong box Mns not touched. |