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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
A RUNAWAY ENGINE.
Big Machine at Victor Mine Wrecks
the Shaft House.


The big double compound engine on
the No. 2 shaft Of the Portland mine
at Victor, Colo. ran away Tuesday
morning and literally tore itself to
pieces. as well as wrecking the shaft
house and tearing down the gallows
frame. The loss will reach SIS, 900, and
it will require sixty days to repair the
damage.
Just what caused the accident will
never be known, but it is supposed
that key came out of some part of the
engine. The safety level came off, and
an upcoming cage that was loaded only
with cars was shot into the sheave-
wheel.
Engineer Williams, when he saw
that the engine was beyond his con-
troll, yelled to the FIVE men who were
in the shaft house to run for their
lives, and this they quickly did the
engineer following. The crossbeam
came down and the cage dropped back
into the shaft, where 1t was followed
by 1900 feet of cable. When about
300 feet down the cage caught, but the
cable went on down. The high speed
gained by the engine caused the fly
wheel to go into a thousand pieces,
and portions of 1t were thrown 300
yards. The gallows frame was torn
into small pieces and half of the roof
of the shaft house was demolished. The
shaft is supplied with two cages and
the descending one tore it's way to
the bottom, 100 feet from the sur
face
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Cut Her ChiId's Throat.

According to dispatch from Eu-
reka, CAL, Mrs. Lucy Johnson on Sat
urday morning wandered in her night
clothes from the home of Ed Albee,
at Freshwater, Cal, where she was en-
ployed as housekeeper. She took her
5-year-old child with her. Their bodies
were found later in the woods, the
threats Of the mother and child being
cut. A razor lying alongside told the
story Of the tragedy. The reason for
the woman's act Is not known. The
mother is still alive, but the baby Is
dead
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Entire Family cremated.

A dispatch from Dawson says: Five
people were burned to death in the
Aurora road house on Hunter creek at
o'clock Thursday morning. Charles
Bernise, who owned the house; his
wife and two children, and Thomas
Baird, who was in charge Of one Of
the government road houses, were
burned to crisp. Neighbors who saw
the burning building were unable to
enter on account Of the smoke. The
Bernsie family came from Portland,
Ore, and Baird was from Ontario.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Result of a Spree.

A Billings, Mont, special says:
Thomas Solomon was shot early this
morning by H. p. Rennick with 49,
caliber pistol. The bullet entered the
liver and fatal results are feared. Rem
nick is under arrest. The shooting Is
said to have been the outcome Of q
drunken spree, in which Solomon,
Rennick and "Pic" Kirk, a woman Of
the half-world, who came here recent
ly from Mexico and established .
house in the tenderloin. participated.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
BENSON IS IN JAIL,
Murderer Could No Longer EIude the
Officers.

Christ Benson, the murderer Of Jail.
er Morrell, has been captured and Is
in Jail at Olympia, Wash. Benson was
found to be hiding ir a deserted mill
and the sheriff summoned. On arriv-
ing at the mill the sheriff unlocked the
door, pushed it open and commanded
Benson to throw up his hands and
come out. The murderer did as he
was bid and offered no resistance to
being handcuffed. Benson Is a nerv-
Gus wreck as the result of his long
efforts In eluding his pursuers. For
the past week he has put In most Of
his time in the brush. He claims q
general Jail break hal been planned.
and that he did not intend to kill Jailer
Morrell
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Dalmatians Living on Herbs.

The distress in Dalmatia is so severe
that the people in parts of that prov
ince are reported to be subsisting ON
the bark of trees and on wild herbs.
A committee has been formed in Wen
ma to raise funds for the relief Of the
sufferers and the Crotian Archaeology
cal society has started excavating at
the Dalmatian village Of Plavno, where
interesting discoveries are expected,
the immediate object being to provide
work for the famine stricken inhabit-
ants Of the commune Of Knin.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Flood In Nebraska.

According to special from Lincoln,
Neb., three hundred families living In
Columbus have been compelled to
leave their homes and seek higher
ground. The Lewis river at this point
Is more than mile and a hah wide.
The Union Pacific tracks for that dis.
lance from Columbus to the big bridge
over the Lewis river are under water
and cannot be used. Ice gorges are
forming continually. At Stanton
Minnie Doetsch was drowned in Union
creek, which Is beyond its banks.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
BOY cAPsIZED BOAT.
And In Company With Eighteen Fellow
Workmen Is Drowned.

Nineteen men are dead as a result of
the capsizing of the boat used by the
workmen at the Spier Falls, about ten
miles west of Giens Falls, N. Y, on the
Hudson river.
Inc men have been using a boat to
cross the river to their work. On Fri
day an Italian boy became frightened
Saturday he again became frightened,
and iell overheard, but was rescued.
seized one of the tackle ropes. Some Of
the men started toward him and in
stantly the boat careened and filed.
The river was swollen by recent
rains, and many Of the men could not
swim. The boy and eighteen others
were drowned,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Killed by Collar Button.

After completing the autopsy on the
body OF George Cooper, whose neck
was broken while wrestling with
Frank Wagner at Turnvereln in New
York City Friday night, Coroner's
Physician Charles Wuest said death
was the result Of most unusual &C.
cident. Wagner had partially thrown
Cooper, who suddenly lost his balance
and fell off the mat, striking the floor
on the back of his neck. His long.
shanked collar button struck the side
OF the spinal column at It's tenderest
place, causing the fracture.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
To Aid Russian Painters.

The Gear has set aside the tidy
sum Of 100000 in the imperial bud
get for the encouragement Of Russian
painters. The subjects are chiefly
shooting and hunting parties held by
the Gear and his immediate court.
He demands that all the native ami
mails of Russia, such as the elk and
wild OK, which are in danger OF ex.
tinction, shall be portrayed in these
pictures. Commissions have been
given to Chimoff, Simoksje. Navozoff
and other painters.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
SPECTATORS WE'RE KILLED.
Terrible Loss Of Life Caused by Ex
pIosion Of OIL.

plosion OF O'l'
At least twenty-five people were
killed and forty five others injured, a
number of them fatally, by an explo-
sion of oil near Clean, N. Y, Monday
night.
A freight train on the Erie, made
up principally of oil tank cars filed
with oil. broke in two near the city
about 3 o'clock. The two sections Of
the train came together with crash,
and one of the oil tanks was demol-
ished. Fire broke out almost instant
iy. and the sky was lighted up for
miles.
A large crowd of people left the
city for the scene Of the fire. While
they were lined up along the tracks
terrific explosion occurred. The
flames communicated quickly with the
other tank cars, and second and q
third explosion followed each other
in rapid succession. Sheets of flame
shot out in all directions. Scores of
persons were caught within the zone
of the fire and enveloped in flames.
Men and boys ran screaming down the
tracks with their clothing ablaze. 9th
ers fell where they stood, overcome
with the awful heat. Just how many
were killed is not known, as many of
the bodies were incinerated.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Wants Hospital for Actors.

Robert E. Bell, a Denver actor, has
on foot project to give 600 benefit
performances throughout the country.
from which 1t is hoped to realize $780,.
900 to build the proposed sanitarium
for consumptive players. Mr.. Bell, &C.
cording to his own cheerful declara-
ton, has been more than half dead
for the past eight years. but, he adds,
so far | have managed to keep about
a length ahead of the dread rider on
the pale horse" Some $50 companies
have volunteered their services so
far.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Boxers Are Active.

Yuan Shat Kai, governor Of Chi Ii
province, having been informed that
the Boxer organization has resumed
activity In the eastern part of the prov
ince, dispatched troops, who discovered
that members Of the society, we'll
armed, were drilling at night in town
a hundred miles east of Pekin. The
Boxers were dispersed after dozen of
them and several soldiers had been
killed, and their heads displayed in
Dublic
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Had a Bio Contract.

When Mr.. Chamberlain was about
to commence the speech which he
made from the balcony of the Marine
hotel at Durham, South Africa. he was
star tied by the sudden apparition OF
a reporter who slid down a pillar
from the roof and arrived breathless
and dusty, but notebook in hand. Mr..
Chamberlain was astonished. Whom
do you represent" he said. The en-
tire press OF the empire" was the
reply, uttered with perfect sel'-pos.
session.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
FINDS USE FOR GLAND.
Philadelphia Surgeon Confident He
Has Valuable Discovery.

Chicago physicians are deeply inter.
ested in the announcement which has
just been made before the Philadel-
phia Medical society by Dr. C. z. De
M. Sajous that he has discovered q
hitherto unsupported function of the
pituitary body, which is an appendage
of the brain OF which scientists have
but little understanding. Until few
years ago 1t was thought that 1t was
simply a piece of embryonal tissue
which had no function, but recently
1t has been discovered that like the
thyroid and superemal glands, the en-
tire system is Immediately affected
when 1t becomes diseased.
DR.. Sajous, after having devoted
fourteen years to the study Of the sub
ject. has now announced that the or
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
CONGRESSMAN De Almond.

Canada and its annexation to the
United States, is one of the brightest
and ablest of the Democrats in the
house. He halls from Butler. Mo-.
whittier he removed from his native
state Pennsylvania as lad. He is now
serving his sixth term as representa-
tive of the sixth district.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Congressman cannon's Metauhor.

Congressman Cannon sometimes in
dulges In metaphor when addressing
the house, and at such times he de-
clines to be bound by any rule. As q
consequence his metaphor sometimes
is mixed. He was arguing against a
proposition favoring a railroad one
day. THE railroads have been before
the senate on their knees praying and
praying and praying" said Uncle Joe
in his preacher-like tones, and then,
stopping a moment and looking about
the house, he concluded to finish with
an expression that might better ap-
peal to the understanding of many
members and added: And, gentlemen,
let us call their hand"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
viii Not Bother With smoot Case.

Senator Burrows, who returned
Tuesday from Michigan, has stated to
inQuiring members of the committee
on privileges and elections that no ac-
ton will be undertaken by the CON-
mittee in the Smoot case during the
special session or recess. II the case
is taken up by the committee, 1t will be
upon the assembling of congress In De-
ramher
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
Canada runs much nearer the coast
and leaves the headwaters Of several
lnlets within Canadian territory.
HE OBJECTED 70 PUBLICITY.
6ibulous Gentleman Opposed to Fiour-
ing In a Novel.

Elmore Elliot Peake, the novelist, is
an indefatigable student of human
types and gatherer of literary ideas.
Not long ago, while prowling around
the east side of New York, he came
across an eccentric and bibulous char
acter whom he followed about for sew
eral days. picking up his sayings, Gull
ing his anecdotes and studying his
mannerisms. Suddenly the old fellow
turned on him and said: Say, young
fellow, do you write stories?" Mr..
Peake pleaded guilty. whereupon he
was presented with this information:
We'll II you ever put me into one of
your books I'll break every d--n bone
In your body-see?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13
DE ARMoND LONG IN CONGRESS.
Advocate Of Our Purchase Of Canada
SERVING Sixth Term.

Congressman David H. De Almond,
tically recommending the purchase Of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-03-13

The dark line in the above map
shows the boundary claimed by the
United States. The line proposed by
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The negro problem is now con.
fronting the authorities of the wa,
and navy departments. Hereto
fore negroes have been allowed to
enlist in the army and navy, and
in few instances in the army
commissions have been issued to
them. One negro is now a Cap
tain in the army, having gradua-
ted from West Point some years
ago. So far he has been assigned
to colored regiments and no ma
terial embarrassment has been
encountered. But in the course
Of time and our system of promo
ton he will become a colonel and
entitled to command regiment,
thereby placing him over white
o&6cers-and then the trouble will
As a result of the
present race agitation, and the
problem presented by this colored
omcer, it is not likely that COM
will be issued to any
more negroes.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The Grand Army of the Repub.
lie will bring all of it's influence tc
bear to prevent the confirmation
Of the appointment of Leonard
Wood to be a major general in
the army, over the heads of more
than four hundred officers of rank
who served gallantly in the two
recent wars of this country, and
who are known to be well uuali-
fed for the honors denied them in
favor of Wood. Gen. Wood has
already been abundahtly reward
ed for the good work he has per-
formed in Cuba, while other Of
fcers have gone unrewarded to
this day, except such promotions
as comes in the regular order of
things. The President will make
q serious mistake if he seeks to
Thrust Wood down the throats of
the people, for the people are
masters of the situation, and can
make or unmake presidents.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29
NOT OVER-WISE.

There is an old aIlegorical picture of a
girl scared at grass-hopper. but in the
act of heedlessly treading on a snake.
This is paralleled by the man who
spends large sum of money building a
cyclone cellar, but neglects to provide
bis family with bottle of Chamberlain $
COiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as
q safeguard against bowel complaints,
whose victim Outnumber those of the
cyclone hundred to one. This remedy
is everywhere recognized as the most
prompt ard reliable medicine in use for
these diseases.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29
LOCKS AT PLAQUE.MlNE.

Bids for the construction OF
locks at Plaquemine, La, are
about to be asked by the United
States government, and the assur-
ance is given that the work is to be
pushed to completion as speedily
as possible. Even long before the
iron horse came to this fertile Sec
ton of the state the construction
of these locks was being advocat-
ed, along with the cutting of the
Charenton canal, of which very
little is ever heard at present. The
opening and locking of Plaque
mine will doubtless confer benefits
on the Teche region; perhaps the
most important of which will be
enjoyed by our lumber interests.
It would also considerably shorten
the water route to New Orleans
and may induce the plying Of a
regular line of steamers between
st. Martinsville and the metropo-
lis, as in the days of yore, pro-
viding Congress should also make
the necessary appropriations for
the dredging of the Tcche near it's
source. Whether or not the works
to be made at Plaquemine will
render a water route profitable as
against the railroads at this late
date remains to be seen, though
its possibility will act as check
upon excessive rates on the part
of the latter, but we opine that the |
making of the locks is now mainly |
for the purpose Of |
giving the Mississippi river an
outlet in times of flood, which |
would relieve the pressure against
the levees in Point Coupee, Iber-
Vile, Ascension and other river
parishes, and afford this section
better water facilities at every
high water stage, though we fear
somewhat increasing our liability
to overflow. The locks to be built
at Plaquemine are estimated to
cost about two millions.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The Grand Army of the Repub.
lie has just closed its annual con-
vention at San Francisco, and the
whole world has been saying nice
things about these old heroes who
served their country in the valley
of the shadow of death, who con-
Quered one OF the bravest foes
tnat ever drew a sabre-a foe com
posed of our own people, of our
own flesh and blood. There were
heroes on both sides, so let US
honor them all in this day of a
reunited country.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

Stuyyesant Fish, president o.
the Illinois Central Railroad, says
there are at present, more thar
800 railroad companies, and that
before very long these will be
merged into twenty or thirty cor
porations. Mr.. Fisk maintains
that corporation mergers are a
necessity and in the interest of the
general public, but the common
people will reserve the right to
torn their own opinions on this
subject and it is more than likely
that they will have something to
say about such a wholesale mer-
ger when the proper time comes.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The uprising in the Balkans has
brought prominently before the
public again the chronic condi-
ton in the Turkish provinces.
Affairs appear to have reached
the acute stage in which murder,
pillage and all kinds of horrors
have become the rule rather than
the exception. The Macedonians
are in revolt against the Turks
until the latter make reforms-a
condition about as far remote as
the antipodes. The minions of
the Sultan are numbering the
Christian population, and the in.
surgents are retaliating against
the Turks. Altogether it is an inn
possible condition, one which will
in time depopulate the provinces
if a better condition is not inaug-
urated.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29
Louisiana
State UniverSjtv.
Baton Rouge, La.
THOMAS D, Boyd, A. M. Ii. D, Pres.


FORTY years renowned for the training that
makes successful men '~'
= Full literary and scientific courses OF study
special and graduated courses. Compiete
Som.niercial Snm.r Tc Course: Thorough course in
sugar chemistry, Sugar Agriculture. and
Sugar Mechanics. New short course in Agri.
culture. ~ " ia A6A''
~ strong faculty, large library. well equip
peu laboratories, workshops and experiment
stations: Thorough, modern, practical in.
s.ructI0n. ;. Excellent discipline. Four build
ings-the Hill Memorial Library, the new
rIhyslcs Laboratory, the new Mechanicai
WORKSHOP. and the Electric Power House.
erected this year. making thirty-four in nli
hi.iu 6eautifui grounds. Excellent sanitary con-
Tuition is free, the University being
supported by national and state endow.
ments. Board at University, $40 per
month, in town. $3.50 to $40.
Next session opens September 16, 1908.
FOR particulars or catalogue, address
S. l.. WEST3ROOK.
Secretary.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

Occasionally we hear some one
make mention of the fact that Mr..
Getthere is rising young man
and "near the political throne -
In times he goes to the Legislature
and is the envied of the envious
But let US look at the other side,
No sooner does Mr.. Getthere land
on the front seat than his friends
are legion. They come from the
office, the store, the shop and the
schoolhouse; the cornfleld sends
it's quota and even the digger in
the street has his eye on the
"bright and shining star" And
they all want something; and are
insistent in their demands. Some
want office and others seek to con-
troll his patronage; one wants a
contract, another wants a job for
his son. Jones wants free pass
to somewhere, and Smith imag-
ines he should be colonel on the
governors staff; every Office in
the gift of an appointive power
has fifty applicants and Mr..
Getthere is expected to land each
and every applicant in a good fat
job. BY those who are taken care
OF he is praised and flattered,
while by the unfortunate he is
cussed and damned and roasted
to a finish. And at the end of his
term he is quietly laid upon the
shelf among the political corpses.
But he has been 'near the throne"
and should be content.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

Secretary Root is considering
the building of 900 miles of rail-
road in the Philippines, princi-
pally on the island of Luzon. The
secretary is of the opinion that if
these roads are built it will prac-
tically settle the question of in
surrection on the part of the ma
tives by opening the country up
to the commerce of the world.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29
The OUTPUT

The output is the Keynote to profit.
In deciding upon a price at which to
sell, manufacturer, no matter what ar
tlcle he has to offer considers how many
he is likely to sell, and bases his charges
accordingly. 1t is quite reasonable, too.
If tailor sells only two suits of clothes
each week, his income must come from
the profits of these two suits. If he can
however, double or treble his output
without materially increasing his work
ing expenses, he can naturally afford to
make the profit on each suit much less.
Again. this output decides the buying
power. 1t is only necessary to state that
there have been manufactured and sold
over
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The State of Louisiana is taking
a leading part in the World s
Fair. The history of Louisiana is
practically history of the domain
from which the States and Terri
tories have been carved. New
Orleans, prior to 1903 was the seat
of government for the territory,
and it was in the Crescent City
that the formal transfer was made.
Louisiana has appropriated
S12O, 900 for representation at the
Fair. She has been awarded a
choice site for pavilion among
the States on the main roadway,
west of the Missouri Building, and
near the United States Govern
ment Building. The historic
Cabildo, where the formal treaty
was made, December 20, 1908, will
be faithfully reproduced as the
State building; it will not be as
the building stands to-day, re-
modelled, but as it was on the day
of the transfer. 1t will be furnish
ed throughout with the furniture
of the time of the 18th century. In
the room where the transfer was
made, will be exhibited the treaty
between France and the United
States signed by Livingston, Mon
roe, and Marbois. The walls will
also bear portraits of Jefferson,
Salcedo, Laussat, Wilkinson and
Claiborne, besides the signers.
Charts from the 10Th century to
the present time will also be
shown. In the Cabildo prison
may be seen the original stocks
in which the Spaniards punished
their prisoners. The entire build
ing will be rich with historical
relics, charts, documents and |
paintings pertaining to the ter
ritory.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

The bashi- bajouks, or irregular,
unpaid troops of the Turkish
army, are the most dreaded of all
the soldiers in the conflict now
raging between the Turks and the
Macedonians. They are a fierce,
bloodthirsty people, with no re-
gard for anything but the gratifi-
cation of their insane desire to
murder and pillage.
The St. Mary banner., 1903-08-29

President Roosevelt has deliv.
cred himself of some more advice
to the youth of our country, ano
in some respects it is timely ano
to the point. Here are a few o1
his suggestions:
"It is not what comes into a
mans mouth, but what goes out
of it that counts"
"You cannot retain your sell
respect if you are loose and full of
tongue"
"The future welfare OF the ma
ton depends upon the way in
which we can combine decency
and strength in our young men,"
"There is no good in your
preaching to your boys to be brave
If you run away yourself"