Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-05-02
News Of the World.
Happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.

lay XuaG bOTes
Captain CoghIan Creates . Dtg ssnsa'
tion by Stories of Dswey-A Negro
Murderer Burned At . staks-Bia
Copper Trust Formed.
The war department has decided Il
send the Seventh United States ARTILLERY
10 Manila.
General George w. Davis ID TO BE- th@
military governor general of Porto Rico
10 succeed General Guy v. Henry, who
has resigned.
The employees of the Reading railroad
fhops at Pittsburg, have received IL
per cent advance in wages.
The state Legislature Of Pennsylvanis
has adjourned without electing United
States senator.
The Sixteenth United States infantry
has been ordered 10 Manila by way Of
San Francisco.
At Henderson, Tenn, masked men
overpowered the sheriff last Tuesday
morning and compelled him to surrendsE
A. M. Larue, who was confined In the
Jail for killing John Young, . neighbor,
last March. They then shot him through
the head and body and left him dead, -
they supposed. He lived several hours
and gave dying statement that one Of
the men was Ike Young, brother Of
the man he had killed and that another
was Dan Smith.
The war department has decided to
send the Eleventh United States in
fantry from Porto Rico to Manila.
The navy department has decided 10
equip the new armored cruisers with
three propellers.
During the month of March the In
ternal revenue receipts were e9e, 7SS, ,4lf.
an increase Of $9,49l $40 over March.
1898.
A court Of inquiry at Albany, N. Y.
has found Majors Austin and Smith and
Captain Whittle of the Seventy first
New York regiment guilty Of incompe-
tency and cowardiee at Santiago.
II is estimated that 1000 deaths
have occurred in India this season from
the plague.
The provost marshal at Manila has
seized 100000, which was collected In
the south of the Island OF Luxon and
shipped to Aguinaldo's agent, Manila
business firm.
Thomas b. Reed, the Maine politician,
has announced that he will give up the
speakership Of the house Of representa-
tives and politics, and settle in New
York TO practice law.
Recent advices from Australia state
that a terrific hurricane swept the north
east coast of Queensland early in March
and about 400 colored men were drowned.
Six schooners and so luggers were
wrecked. The damage is estimated at
81 900, 600.
1t is reported that General John X.
Brooke, now in Cuba, will be transfer
red to California upon the retirement Of
Wade will probably succeed General
Brooke in Cuba.
Senior Vice Commander = in Chief
johnson has assumed charge Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, with
headquarters at Cincinnati, o.
The Russian minister Of railroads an
nounces in special dispatch from ST.
Petersburg that when the Transsiberian
railway is completed 1t will be possible
to go around the world IN 33 days. as
| follows; Bremen to St. Petersburg
11la days; st. Petersburg to Valadivo.
stock. 10 days; Vladiyostock to San
Francisco by steamer 10 days; San
Francisco to New York, Az days; New
York to Bremen, days
England is experiencing great diff.
Guilty in securing recuits for her army.
and may be forced to some form of con.
scription in order to fill up the ranks.
A gigantic copper trust has just been
formed in the east and will control S400.
600 900 worth of property. The Stan.
dard Oil company and the Rothschilds
are said to be heavily interested,
Canada announces official intention
to lay cable across the Pacific ocean
from Vancouver, B. c., TO Australia,
the cost to be borne by the governments
of Great Britain, Canada and the Al.
stralian colonies,
The Utah Pacific railroad is completed
10 within 40 miles of Phoebe, Nevada.
II is expected that the line will be ex-
tended there by July. 1899.
Last week the Colorado Midland rail.
road blockade west of Leadville, Colo,
was broken and through traffic, which
had been interrupted for n days, was
resumed.
Captain Joseph B. .Coghlan Of the crui-
ser Raleigh, recently arrived at New
York from Manila, created u sensation ut
banquet few days ago by stating
that Admiral Dewey, growing tired Of
the continual nagging of the German
officials at Manila, sent word to the Ger
man commander that if he made an.
other aggressive move he would blow
the German fleet out of existence, and
that if the Germans wanted war they
| could be accommodated within Ave
minutes.
The steamer General Whitney, Cap,
tain Hawthorne, sank 80 miles east OF
Cape Canaveral, Fla, a few days ago.
One boatload Of l6 men, attempting 20
land, upset and IL, including the cap.
tain, were drowned
The British government has decided
/ to increase its armed force at the CNpe
/ Colonies from 5000 to 1900 men.
Less bhan per cent OF the Americt ,
troops at Manila are incapacieated by
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