Logan Republican | 1904-06-25 | Page 2 | Town Destroyed by Fire

Town Destroyed by Fire. Word has boon received of a big flro at Hopland, Mendocino county, California, in which practically tho ontlro business portion of tho town was wiped out. Tho flro strtcd In tho Thatcher hotol and swept north. Not a storo In tho hotel block was loft standing. Whon a llvory stablo was burned twenty horses perished nnd sovoral Inrgo stago roaches woro dostroyed. Hopland Is tho starling point of tho North Coast stago , jo to tho Lako country summer resorts. patgn on tho Llao Tung peninsula, especially with roforenco to Port Arthur, Ar-thur, Is contained in an ndvlco that has reached Washington from a aourco bollevod .to bo absolutely reliable re-liable Tho Japanoso tactics which havo so puzzled tho Russians aro Intended In-tended to lsointo Port Arthur, but do not contemplate an nttack on tho place by General Oku's army. Tho actual work of roduclng Port Arthur will bo confided to another Japancso army under command of General NogI, which will bo landed on tho peninsula penin-sula (and. Indeed, may even now bo landed), at a point south of General Oku's position and considerably nearer Port Arthur. On tho 1st of Juno no loss than twenty-six transports had boon gathered at one of tho Japancso ports to embark this army, and It is probable that tho vcbsoIs attacked by tho Vladivostok squadron woro of this number.