The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-05-20
- NEWS SUMMARY -

The case OF Mrs. Chadwick has been
set for hearing by the United States
court OF appeals for October 3.
A destructive windstorm struck
Lawrence, Kans., on the 10th, doing
considerable damage to buildings.
Hiram Cronk, said to be the only
survivor OF the war of 1912, died at
Ava, N. Y, on the 18TH at the age Of
los.
Excavations near Pompeil have re-
suited in the finding of human skele.
ton and nearby large quantity OF
jewelry.
During n storm at Marietta, Ohio,
circus tent was struck by lightning.
one person being killed and several
injured.
A wlndstorm at Kingman, Kans., did
much damage to buildings, and John
l.. Franks was fatally injured by a
falling building.
A dispatch from Odessa says It is
reported that thirteen Jews have been
killed in riots at Melitopol, in the gov
srnment of Taurlda, Russia.
J. G. Teller of Colorado was indicted
at Cheyenne by the Federal grand jury
on charges of having cut and removed
100000 railroad ties from government
land in Wyoming.
As an initial step in the rapproach-
ment with Chile the Peruvian govern.
ment has appointed its minister to
Washington, Senior Manuel Juarez Cal
deron, minister to Chile.
1t is reported from Szatmar, Hun.
gary, that n rowboat containing four
teen peasants was capsized while
crossing the river, with the result that
eleven women were drowned.
Two prospectors, brothers named
Rulings, were found dead in their cab
in near Three Forks, b. c., under cir
cumstances which point to either muir.
der and suicide or double murder.
Returns to the chief of the bureau OF
statistics, department Of agriculture,
up to May J., show the area under
cultivation of winter wheat on that
date to have been 29,723,O0O acres.
Truman Mason. aged Go, shot and ia.
tally wounded DR.. V. Davis at the post.
office in Wapella, ILL.,, and then killed
himself, The shooting grew out OF an
assault on Davis by Mason six months |
ago.
In view OF the situation in the island |
Of Crete, the Italian battleship Sar.
dogma and the cruiser Giovanni Bau. |
san have been ordered from Rome to |
60 to Sunda bay, in the northern part
OF that island.
Police Sergeant James Higgins, who |
had been in service twenty-five years,
was murdered at Erie, Pa, while ar
resting burglar who was coming out |
OF the Central school building. The
burglar escaped.
Ten persons were hurt in the wreck
OF the Frisco Meteor" the Oklahoma
and Texas limited train, in the Rose
dale, Kan, railroad yards by the
Meteor" crashing into five box cars
which stood on the main line.
Because of unrequitted love Peter
Katheister OF Lincoln, Neb., shot and
killed Miss Grace Townsley, IS years
old and lieutenant in the volunteers
OF America, He then shot himself |
twice, dying in few minutes.
John Hewitt OF Abel, Ca, shot and
killed his wife, shot her sister and
brother wounding them slightly and
when surrounded by a posse of citi-
Gems, shot and killed himself. Hewitt's
mind had been affected by ill-health
-Four men We're killed and two score
others were more or less seriously
burned by the collapse Of an immense
gasholder at the Point Breeze works
OF the United Gas Improvement com.
pany, in the southern part of Philadel.
phia.
Louis ]. Rens, one OF the best
known men in Oconto, Wis, agent for
the McEachern company, has commit.
ted suicide by shooting, in barn near
that city. A shortage of more than
100000 has been found in his &C.
counts.
Reports from the island Of Crete
represent the situation there as ex-
tremely grave, Prince George, repre-
senting the powers, is unable to con.
troll events and it is expected the in.
surgents will attack the international
troops,
Four armed men attempted TO break
into the magazine of the Fourth Don
Cossack regiment at Schuchin, Rus
sian Poland, to blow up the stores OF
ammunition, but We're driven OF by the
guard after revolver fusillade. They
escaped