The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-10-02
NEWS SUMMARY.


Enormous prices are being charged
for foodstuffs at Colon.
A second expedition against the en-
trenched Moros Of Mindsnao IL unde'
way.
Mount Aetna shows further signs Of
activity and the volcano OF stromboii
is active.
Advises from Macedonia show that
the insurrectionary movement there 10
Increasing.
A cyclone wrought havoc at Modica,
. town of Sicily, where several persons
were killed.
A trust has gained control OF go per
cent. Of the spinning and weaving
mills in the south.
Nome has been storm-swept again,
with the loss Of two lives and heavy
damage to shipping.
There Is terrible suffering at Santa
Marta, Colombia, as the insurgents are
intercepting the supplies.
Direct cable communication between
the United States and the Philippines
will be established by July /, 1908.
An official telegram to the Korea
legation. Berlin, says the emperor OF
Korea Is alive and in the best of health.
In London the new smalgamation Of
&nhu oCo - "a
has been received with mixed feeling.
viceroy Tseng. with two battalions
OF the Shansi province guard, has de.
fested the Boxers outside Of Cheng To
Tu.
A strike on the tram car lines Of
eeneva has led to serious disorders and
the complete stoppage Of the tram
service.
The statement is made that within
eighty days messages will pass over
the Pacific cable between San Francis
co and Honolulu.
number Of prominent people In
Panama are said to have been impris-
oned because they sympathized with
the rebel movement.
official reports say that 5000 persona
have emigrated to the United States
from Greece during the past year, and
the exodus continues.
In Salonica, European Turkey, the
military forces have been called out
and troops are being dispatched into
the interior of Macedonia.
The city council of Detroit, Mich,
has adopted resolutions favorinR .
movement to force the resumption Of
coal production in Pennsylvania.
1t is reported on authority that Bo-
livia is disposed to accept the modiflcs-
tions of the Acre lease contract pro-
posed by the Brazilian government.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Morning Leader says thirty
miners have been killed at Masearron,
province Of Murcia, by poisonous gas.
The Bolivian foreign minister and
the Peruvian plenipotentiary have
signed a treaty settling the boundary
question between their respective coun.
tries.
The situation on the Isthmus Of Pan
ANA remains unchanged. Free transit
between Colon and Panama obtains
and the American marines are still
travelling on all trains.
The national committee to which
the national congress OF French miners
referred the question of date Of the
general strike, is composed entirely Of
members opposed to a strike.
The Russian government estimates
the harvest as follows: Wheat, $40, 0QO,.
900 pools Ia pood equals forty pounds);
rye, 1895, ooo, 900 pools; oats, 750, 0OO,-
900; barley, 375, ZOO, 600 pools.
A patent has been secured covering
novel engine for marine propulsion,
which John Wilt, the inventor, as
serts will reduce the crossing of the
Atlantic to at least a three days Jour-
ney.
General Botha, the former Boer COM
mander, in a speech said he received
800, 600 in aid of the destitute Beers
from Arthur White, an American, and
appealed to others to follow his ex-
ample.
Bessie Hickland, who murdered ~
year old boy at Wilson, Kansas, last
July, and who was found guilty Of
murder in the second degree a few
days ago, has been sentenced to 20
years in the penitentiary.
Sunday night several sticks Of dyna-
mite were exploded under the step Of
Columbus Walton's house at South 81.
Joseph, and the main part Of the
structure was destroyed. The family
miraculously escaped injury.
The Danish West India islands bave