Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-12-19


About 900 coal miners have struck for
increased wages at Diamondviile, Wyo.
Mexico is monthly sending $1,000
pounds of rubber to the United States,
ut 40 cents per pound.
In 1898 Colorado coal miners were
paying diggers 65 cents per ton; now
they are paying 70 cents to 81.
The. Southern Pacific company is cred
tied with intention to build a cutoff
across Great Salt lake from Lincoln to
Ogden, Utah.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railway company has voluntarily in
creased the wages Of its engineers, fire.
men and switchmen about 10 per cent.
American manufacturers are selling
to the outside world over 800, 900, ,00o
worth of iron and steel in excess OF any
earlier year in their history.
For years there has been standing
reward offered by the Nebraska legisla-
tnro of $4,000 for the discovery Of q
marketable vein Of soft coal, 80 inches
thick, in that state A discovery, on
which the reward is claimed, Is re-
ported in Decotah county.
Albuquerque. N. NJ, has the record
of the greatest number Of sunshiny days
in the year Of any town on the American
continent Santa Barbara. GAL, has the
record of the most equable temperature
and Neah bay, on the Washington
coast, the greatest annual rainfall.
A bill has been introduced in the U. s.
senate for the construction Of Pacific
cable by the navy department, to be
operated by the postofiice department,
and aappropriating 81, ,0O0,0 for this
purpose. 1t is to run from San Fran
cisco to Manila, via Hon olulu, the Mid.
way islands, Guam and IlOilo.
A pending amendment to United
States coinage laws reduces the stan.
dard weight of the unit Of value from
25.s to 2556 grains in the gold dollar,
900 fine, and makes all gold bullion Of
quantity and quality legal tender, as
though coined. The amendment de-
grades the greenback to the position OF
warehouse certificate which can be
exchanged for gold.
The contemplated advance in Chicago
Atlantic seaboad rates Of Is per cent
which is expected to become effective
January 1. will not effect through rates
Pacific coast points, unless the eastern
tariff is revised by the interstate com
merce commission.
Stockmen may file on 160-acre tracts
of land for reservoir sites. The fee Is
81 for each filing. One may hold land
for two years, at the end of which time
q reservoir must have been on each 100
acre tract. Ii the reservoirs are built,
and contain water, then the holder ol
the land, without further fees files an
affidavit each year, and thereby holds
the land.
All but one of the Australian colonies
have now given their adhesion to the
proposals fer federation and the es-
tablishment of the commonwealth OF
Australia--is about to take its referen-
dunn vote on the question, and as there
is little doubt that the answer will be
in the affirmative, hardly year is likely
TO elapse before the election of federal
parliament.
BY vote of ten to one the house OF
representatives decided that it would
not permit Representative-eleot Roberts
of Utah 10 take the oath until the
charges of pologmy against him had
been investigated by the special COM
mittee This result was assured when
McRae of Kansas joined Taylor OF Ohio
in objecting to his being sworn, but the
immense majority was surprise to
every one.
Several large manufacturing firms in
the east have advanced wages during
the past week The average advance is
10 per cent. Fully 10000 working peo
Pile are benefited.
Clyde Mattox. the slayer of five men.
was convicted at Newkirk. 0. t., OF
mansaughter and sentenced to IL years
imprisonment in the penitentiary. Th,
crime for which he was sentenced-his
fifth murdar-was the killing of Lin.
coin Sweeney, u rancher. with a roputa.
ton as dangerous man, during a bar
room fight at Ponca city last spring
After the killing Mattox escaped to the
southwest, and was afterward arrested
in Los Angeles For previous murder
Mattox was sentenced to hang but
President Cleveland commuted the sen
tence to Imprisonment for life, aud
President Mckinley Mt "a later date par
doned him.
President Mckinley is credited with
suggesting u novel plan for ending the
unpleasantness that arose from the
Schley Sampson controversy. His idea
is to revive the grade of vice-admiral in
the navy and promote both rival ad.
,nirals to that position. His plan is to
allow Sampson to rank Schley. The
president talked the matter over with
Senator Wellington, and it is under.
stood that Wellington, i'll behalf OF
Schley, approved the scheme.
William Thorn, an insane man, was
placed in padded cell at the San Fran
cisco hospital for safe keeping. He
managed to secure IA match and set firt
to his bedding. When found he was
dead from suffocation.
General Leonard Wood is soon to be
appointed military governor of Cuba, tc
succeed General Brooke. who will re.
turn to the United States.