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Show TOWN HELD AT BA BANDITO TERRORIZE TOWN NEAR PORTLAND, ORE. Made an Unsuccessful Attempt to Dlow Up Bank Building. For two hours Monday, Newburg, Oro., was practically under control of a gang of bandits, whoso object was to blow up tho building of the Hank of Nowburg nnd loot tho vnult of tho money on doposlt. Though bov-oral bov-oral charges of dynamite were oxplod' cd, tho steel vnult fnllod to glvo way, nnd, tired of their attempt, tho bandits ban-dits finally departed on horseback. Tho vault contained probably $20,-000, $20,-000, and had tho safe crackers succeeded suc-ceeded in blowing open tho vnult, their booty would havo been n rich ono. At 3 o'clock tho citizens of tho town were nwnkened by n series of muffled ox-plosions, ox-plosions, tho vigorous ringing of tho town flro bell nnd occnslonnl rlllo reports. re-ports. Almost to a man they turned out to sco what was tho causo of tho disturbance. It was soon lenrned that robbers had taken possession of tho bank, and tho crowd turned Its attention at-tention In that direction. By tho tlmo tho people reached tho scone, however, how-ever, tho bandits had succeeded In getting nway. |