The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-01-23
NEWS SUMMARY.

property in New York City for 1904 ia
over four billion dollars.
The mother of Captain Richard P.
Hobson died at Boulder, Colo, on the
18th, after a long illness.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier, has announced that parlia.
ment will be summoned at an early
date.
The house has passed the legisla.
tive, executive and judicial appropria
ton bill, carrying an aggregate Of
500 ,7177OO.
Welcomed by fully 10000 persons,
Archbishop Harry landed at Manila
Saturday, meeting with a most enthu.
siastic reception.
The fight between Young Corbett
and Jimmy Britt has been definitely
settled. They will meet in San Fran.
cisco on March IL.
It is reported that serious battle
has taken place between the Uru.
guayan government troops and the In
surgents, the latter losing heavily.
Because baltimore newspaper had
adversely criticised his writings, Pro
fessor Lyman Elliott Smith OF Mays
Lick, KY, shot and instantly killed
himself.
The London Standards Tien Tsin
correspondent says 1t is reported that
Russia has asked China to send $4,000
troops to Manchuria to protect Chi
nese subjects.
It is reported at Topeka that the
Headquarters of the superintendent OF
transportation Of the entire Santa Fe
system will be removed from that
city to Chicago.
William A. Harris, former United
| States senator from Kansas, has been
appointed a member of the executive
committee of the Kansas City. Mexico
G. Orient railway.
| The elections committee in the
lower branch OF the Kentucky legisla-
ture will report favorably on q bill
DISTINGUISHING the negro, on the
ground of illiteracy.
In a terrible hand-to-hand encounter
at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Ed
Kelly, said to be the desperate who
killed Bob Ford. slayer Of Jesse
James, was shot to death by Police
man Joe Burnett.
The Cuban senate. after long de-
bate. approved the i'll authorizing
President Palma to Increase duties In
his Judgment necessary, not to exceed
80 per cent than the present rates as
adopted by the house.
]. II. Edmiston, vice chairman Of
the national committee Of the People
party. has issued call for the com.
mittee to meet in st. Louis February
90 to fix the time and place for hold.
ing a national convention.
d. Bias, the murderer convicted OF
completely in the Dos Hermos mutiny,
was garroted at Manila Saturday. He
made a statement generating three
others connected with the affair who
are under sentence OF death.
The official statement OF the postal
receipts at fifty Of the largest post
offices in the United States for De
cember 1903, compared with Deccm-
Der, 1902, shows total Of SO, 1898 794,
a net increase OF s526,S1 or almost .
per cent.
The national Socialist committee
held n meeting at it's headquarters In
Omaha, Saturday. The referendum
vote In proportional representation
was canvassed and the PROPOSE
tion was found to have a large ma
jority.
Relatives OF victims OF the Iroquois
theatre fire and survivors OF the dis
aster, more than 100 in number. have
met and taken action looking TO the
perpetuity OF an organization 10 pe
known rs the Iroquois Memorial as
ISOLATION.
George Layton and his wife were
found dead in their apartments In san
Francisco. They had been asphyXN
ated by gas that escaped from leaky
tube connecting with n stove. Layton
was found leaning AGAINST table
while his wife was In bed.
The Donlsh navy department has
decided to commission four OF the
largest battleships which Will Dc
used to protect Danish commercial In
terests in tho event OF war in the ta'
east. The officials made every eror'
to keep the matter secret.
The first annual report OF the 1uVe
nile court in New York City has JUST
, been issued. A feature is the compar'