The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

In time Of peace the Japanese army.
consisting of 421,0OO men. costs but
SIS, 100000 a year.
A number Of buildings were shaken.
down at Manzanillo. Mexico, a. the,
result Of an earthquake.
Russia has the largest number Of
soldiers and reserves Of any country
on earth except Germany.
Fourteen thousand miners are on
strike In Iowa as a result OF refusal
of the operators to increase wages.
Four American warships have ar.
rived at Panama. One or more Of the.
vessels will remain there indefinitely.
The statement is made that Senator
German will not be a candidate 10,
the Democratic presidential nomina.
ton.
A quarry blast explosion near Rich.
mond, Va. resulted in the death of
three men and the serious injury of
two others.
This is the fourth time Japan has
made war on foreign nation, except
for early barbaric expeditions against
the Koreans.
Senator Clark of Wyoming has in
troduced u bill providing for q right
Of way for irrigation on the public
lands and reservations.
Martial law practically prevails in
the department Of the Nord, France.
owing to the menacing attitude of the
striking textile workers.
rhe correspondent of the Matin at
Toxic reports that the Korean gov.
ernor of ChengWu has established his
Office under japanese protection.
Representative williams Of Missis.
sippi has introduced bill providing
that tariff duties on any article shall
not amount to more than 500 per cent
advalorem.
Herr Dufay, the German vice-consul
at Balta, has been murdered by an
Italian beggar, who was arrested. Tho
motive Of the murder is said to have
been revenge.
Thomas Danforth OF McKeesport,
Pa. after losing 5000 in poker game,
went before notary public and took
an oath not to play poker again for
ninety-nine years.
A dispatch from Kata Rata, island
Of Sumatra, announces that in an en-
gagement between Dutch troops and
Achinese. the former lost three men.
while SAL Achinese we're killed.
Both houses of the legislature have
passed a bill authorizing the payment
by the state Of New York Of pension
Of $72 per month to Hiram Cronk. the
last survivor of the war Of 1912.
The commandant at Vladivostok
has published an order in the Russian,
Chinese and Korean languages to the
effect that he will sink any vessel at.
tempting to enter the port at night
| An explosion in the Citizens Ma.
tional bank building at Abba, Iowa,
resulted in r. Ramsey, Edward Dough.
erty and Richard Grimes being killed.
The explosion is supposed to have
been in the heating plant.
| Postmaster General Payne's condi.
ton has improved sufficiently to per
| NIT him to come downstairs. Prepare
tons are making for the postmaster
generals southern trip, ON which he
expects to start this week.
The survivors of the Variag and
Korietz, which vessels were destroyed
In Chemulpo harbor, arrived at Sebas-
topol Sunday, and received ovations
as enthusiastic as those with which
they were greeted at Odessa.
Detectives working on the case say
that the bandits who held up the Ore
gon Express at Copley, Cal, and killed
Messenger O'Neil were the same men
who held up fifteen men In Dave End.
colts saloon at Kennel, Cal, Oh March
goth.
The Illinois miners and operators
have signed the state agreement. eff.
fective for two years. When the joint
convention met Sunday there was not
one dissenting vote against the agree
ment reached by the joint scale com
mittee.
A correspondent, cabling from
Seoul, says 1t has been learned there
that the Russian cavalry. in much dis
tress, is retiring toward Miju. They
are cutting down telegraph poles to
use as fuel and their horses arc dying
for lack of proper food.
The mint at San Francisco during
the month of March broke all records
for gold coinage since the use of mon
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