The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-08-17
NEWS SUMMARY.

The railroads in the Southwest,
especia--y in Texas, are having
terrible time with washouts.
The Russ estimates that the Jap
anese losses thus far, as a result Of
the siege of Port Arthur, aggregate
$4,000 men.
Carrie Nation has, 1t is said, mailed
check for $3.50 to the Home for
Wives of Drunkards at Topeka, Kan.
as a personal gift.
The navy department has directed
Admiral Sigsbee, commanding the Ca
ribbean squadron, to send warship to
Gonavies and Jeremie. Haiti.
Paraguay advices say insurgent YES.
sells have passed Angostura, where
they served out arms. Militay officers
and deputies are escaping to join the
revolutionists.
A Reno, Nevada, special says II. G.
Lawrence, accused of attempting to
Assassinate J. ID. Garrison, an en-
ployee, nearly three months ago. has
confessed his crime.
Damage to the tobacco crop to the
amount of over 100000 has beeL
caused In the vicinity of Westfield.
Mass, by a hailstorm which lasted
about fifteen minutes.
Five hundred japanese laborers
sent to Santa Rosalia, Lower Call
fornia, to work Rothschild's mines,
have struck because they consider
the timbering unsafe.
II is announced that the empress OF
Japan suggested that the Japanese ar
range with the Russians for the safe
departure of women and children and
non-combatants to Dalny.
Because her husband compelled her
10 take bath in whiskey when she
complained of his drinking, Mrs. Hat.
tie Martin obtained a divorce from AL
vine Martin of Hazelwood, Pa.
A settlement has been reached eth
the Nebraska Packing company, re
braska City, Neb., through which over
300 union men have returned to work
after a lockout of more than a month.
Charles II. Reilly, employed in an
automobile garage at East Orange, N.
J, has been killed by the overturning
of q machine which he had taken out
secretly to entertain party Of friends.
The heaviest earthquake that New
Zealand has experienced in many years
occurred last week Several public
buildings were seriously damaged and
private firms also suffered heavy
losses.
John p. Johnson, negro living at
Kinloch Park, suburb of St Louis,
shot his wife Viola, twice, wounding
her severely, shot and killed his
mother-in-law, and then with the same
revolver ended his own life.
Judge Reed, in the Feleral court
at Sioux City, granted an Injunction
restraining the strikers at the Cudahy
plant from interfering in any way
with the operation Of the plant.
About 1000 strikers are restrained In.
dividually.
The Chinese governor OF Mukden
has Issued a proclamation welcoming
the Japanese. This is due to the fact
that the successive retirements Of the
Russians upon their main lines have
caused the Japanese to lose faith in
the Russian army.
Another sign that a general assault
on Port Arthur is imminent is found In
notified Field Marshal Yamagata, chief
OF the general staff, Of his desire that
non-combatants be allowed an oppor'
tunity to leave the fortress.
The Russian reply to Great Britain's
representations on the subject OF sink
ing of the steamer Knight Commander
by the Vladivostok squadron, while
couched In the friendliest terms, does
not recede from the Russian position
as set forth in the prize regulations.
The charters OF several well.knowE
medical colleges OF Pennsylvania may
be revoked by the State Board Of
Medical Examiners on the ground thai
the institutions are graduating stu
dents who are not competent TO be
intrusted with the lives OF patients,
A dispatch from Salonica, says that
the Macedonian internal committee
has issued stringent orders to rs
bands TO refrain from the use OF dyna
mite, the intention ueing TO keep the
insurgents inactive while Europe II
engaged with the troubles in the IA
East
President Reyes has sent the fol
lowing dispatch from Bogota, Colon
bia: The reported attack on the Amerl
can consulate here Is untrue. The con
sui, charge d'affalrs and other Amer