The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-05-13
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bank.
The lower peninsula of Michigan
was swept by storm which did $780,
900 damage to green houses and or
chards
A band OF masked robbers rodes into
Gilbertsville, N. Y, blew open the safe
in the bank and made their escape
with $500.
Building operations in Brooklyn are
almost at a standstill as the result OF
a strike OF hod.carriers, bricklayers
and plasterers.
Tax Collector Smith, who disap-
peared from San Francisco with $62-
600 belonging to the city, has been
captured in st. Louis.
Former State Senator Bunkers Of
San Francisco, convicted OF accepting
a bride, has been sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary.
A typhoon which swept over the
coast of south China last week is said
Pacific squadron considerably.
Four employees of the Southern Pa
ciflc railroad, on trains running out OF
Bl Paso, are under arrest at Lords
burg, N. NJ, charged with smuggling
Chinese into tho United States.
All records were broken Sunday in
the number of immigrants that passed
quarantine. Within twelve hours 49,
O39 foreigners, arriving in Storage,
were permitted to enter New York.
1t is believed that body was placed
in box half filed with quicklime and
thrown into the sound near VashoD
island. Wash, about six weeks ago. 1t
ia believed "a murder was committed.
Tho grand Jury OF San Francisco
has presented an indictment against
Pietro Torturici and his wife, Rosa
Torturicl, charging them with the
murder of Diagio Vilando on the night
OF April 6.
China has informed the United
States that she Is using every effort
to prevent the departure from her wat
ers OF the Russian cruiser Askold and
the Russian torpedo boat now informed
at Shanghai
The caucus of Republican members
OF the Connecticut legislature to nom.
mate successor to the late Senator
o. II. Platt chose Congressman +. ID.
Brundegee of New London on the
thirty-seventh ballot.
miniature Coxey army is forming
among the striking army boot workers
in Northampton. 1t is proposed to
march on the war office in London and
lay the mems grievances in regard to
pay, etc, before the officials.
Fred Bruhn, cadet at the state
reform school at Whittier, Cal, lost
his life by falling from dormItory
window while making at attempt to
escape. He fell fully forty feet, strik.
Ing on the cement pavement.
Tho court OF appeals for the District
Of Columbia has decided that the sec.
rotary of the treasury cannot be en-
Joined from paying the S5O.OOO,OOO APP
propriated by congress for the pur.
chase OF the Panama canal property.
Mrs. Nettie Craven, who claimed to
be the common law wife of Senator
Fair of California, died in hospital
at Washington. Iowa, last week. She
was brought to the hospital recently
from Burlington. deranged mentally.
e. J. Smiley, secretary Of the Kan.
sas Grain-Dealers' association, was
last week placed in Jail at Lacrosse.
Kan, to serve a ninety days sentence
OF the United States supreme court
Tor the violation of the antitrust law.
The government has, granted per
mission TO NJ. Tereschtenko, a rich |
sugar refiner Of Kieff, whose property
was greatly damaged by rioters in
March, to organize a military company
OF 100 men to protect his factories and |
other property.
A report from Crete which wishes
to unite with Greece says the situa.
ton in that island is very grave, the
insurrection having taken the charac.
tor Of brigand methods, with theft,
murder, incendiarlsm and outrages
upon women.
The Paris Mathis correspondent at
Fez learns from an authoritative
source that the sultan of Morocco rec
ognizes the necessity for the reforms
proposed by France, but only consents
to their carrying out by concert of
European powers.
The Krupps' immense contracts,
partly for the rearmament Of the Ger
man artillery and partly for Russian
Japanese and Turkish orders, have
required the company to increase the |
number of workmen from about p. LOCO
to more than 10000.