The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-05-29
UTAH.
NORTHWEST NOTES.

The remains of Purcell Murray and
In at the Eglanol mine at Lincoln,
Mont. have been recovered
The athletic meet between the uni.
versities of Washington and Idaho,
which was to be held at Seattle May
80 has been called off by the Idaho
men
Statistics compiled by President r.
G.. Power OF the Montant state board
of sheep commissioners. fixes the to.
tai number Of sheep lost in the recent
blizzard at 10000
Harry Anderson. a colorod boy aged
ID, has confessed to setting fire to the
Montana club building at Helena on
April 2S, and said that he did it in
order to see the fire department run.
Attorney w. D. Drafrcr of Missoula.
Mont, died suddenly last week of
pneumonia. He was AT one time as.
sistant district attorney of the western
district of Missouri under President
Cleveland.
Robert sticliney. who has been on
trial in the district court at Great
Falls. Mont. on the charge of abduct.
Eng four young girls from Denver, has
been sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary.
A strike occurred last week in the
Burlington railroad shops at Sheridan,
Wyo. Trouble has been brewing for
some time over the Introduction Of
piecework in the shops instead of
straight work
The town Of Altman, Colo, known
as the highest Incorporated city in the
United States, was almost totally de- |
stroyed by fire last week. and five men |
have been arrested on suspicion of
having caused the fire.
Inspectors Doran and Smthers Of
the postofflce department are in Pu.
eblo investigating alleged violations of
the postal laws. Several persons have
received circulars advertising lot
tery in Hamburg, Germany.
Boyd Irwin. youth of 81 years. is
under arrest in Denver, charged with
threatening to dynamite the Cheesman
hotel In that city unless ne was paid
the sum of 10000, which was to be
left in certain spot for him.
The body of William Plummer. a
sheephorder who persisted in the ter.
rible blizzard which swept Montana
recently has been found on the range
near Chester where mis- remains were
revealed by the melting snow
IL is made public that recent de.
Velopment work by George +. Campion
In the Caribou mine, located I'm the
city limits of Leadville, Colo. has
opened up one of the largest iron ore
bodies ever found in the camp.
Three masked men held up an cleo.
trio car on the Portland railway line
near Woodlawn at II O'Clock on the
night Of the Goth. and robbed the con.
ductor and passengers. securing about
SIZE In money and several watches.
An unknown tramp believed to be
from Salt Lake. was killed in the
Union Pacific yards at cheyenne last
week. He is supposed to have been
r'dlng on the trucks of freight car
when he lost his hold and fell under
the wheels. The body was literally
cut TO pieces.
william Fornetti was shot and fatal.
~ wounded at Mssoula. Mont. nv
Victor Janejan. the entire right eide
OF mis- face and portion of his head
being torn on. The weapon used w,s
shotgun. FOrnetti had been drink.
ing ana the men quarreled. Janeian
says the shooting was in self.defense
Thomas Phillips, Frank Bishop and
FRED T. Watts, members Of the old
BOARD OF county commissioners OF
Arapahoe codnty, Colorado, were found
guilty OF malfcasance on eleven counts
by jury in the district court last
week
John w. Bowers. a dairyman, was
struck by a passenger train while
crossing the track near Tacoma, re.
ceiying injuries which proved fatal
He crossed the plains in he early days
and had resided in Pierre, our " for
thirty-two years
The Butte police nae discovered
the presence in that city of band OF
anarchists, with whom Rousseau was
affiliated They believe the dynamite
found on the wharf intended to be
placed on the Umbria was manufac.
tured in Butte
The reclamation service of the Init.
ed States government has plans ON
foot at the present time whereby over
20o,UJN acres of arid land in Malheur
county, Oregon, will be reclaimed |