Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-10-31
News Of the World.
happenings Of the Past Few
Days from all Qaarters.


)" = storm = M;IIi"ns for Gov~rn-
memt Imprevem ents.
In Mazatlan. Mex, thers has met been
, failure or a fire for 10 years.
The United States of Colombia want
10 borrow $l4, ,J99, 800. with which to re-
place its paper currancy with silver.
Beef on the hoof sells at ~ hundred
Mt Chicago-.he highest October price
since 1884. British war orders indicate
further advance.
William II. Appleton. the pioneer
publisher of New York. is dead.
Grover Cleveland is to fill the Stafford
Little lectureship at the Princeton Col
lege, n. J.
During last week William Jennings
Bryan made over - political speeches
in Kentucky and Ohio.
The partitionment of the Samoan
islands is now being talked of by the
Interested powers. Germany isanxious
for division Of the islands-provided
she can get the richest slice.
News comes from Seoul that Clarence
r. Greathouse, who for eight years was
legal adviser of the king Of Cerea, is dy-
ing at that place. Some time ago the
serious illness of Mr.. Greathouse was
reported, but it was than Thought he
would recover. Greathonse was ap-
pointed consul general to Japan in 1886
and left San Francisco newspaper work
to fill the office. In 1890 he was selected
as his judicial adviser by the Corean
king.
People of Leadville, Col. are greatly
excited over a phenomenal strike re-
Gently made in mine near there. Be-
tween two drifts body Of ore was I'M
covered that is worth fully s2.000,00O.
The first steel plate ever made in Col
orado was rolled at the new plate mill
at the Bessemer Steel Works, Pueblo,
on the ilth inst. 1t is a ss-inch mill
aud the first day 5 product ran ~ inches.
The capacity OF the mill Is 100 tons per
l2 hours for finch plates and 25 tons
Tor ten gauge nlatas.
The last series Of races between the
American yacht Columbia aud the
British yacht Shamrock was sailed Fri
day and won by the Columbia The
defeated boat lost the race by q minutes
and "a seconds. Just after the start of
the second race the Shamrock mast
broke and she was compelled TO abandon
the race. According to the rules the
Columbia had to sail alone and was de-
clared winner. The first race was sailed
last week and won by the American
boat. Sir Thomas Upton admits he was
defeated by a superior boat. but declares
he will build another yacht and try
again.
The Transvaal war will interrupt u
profitable and growing trade in mining
machinery sent from ths United States,
but which in any event will be renewed.
Contracts have been made with ten
steamers to carry ore from the Lake Su.
perior iron docks to Cleveland, Ohio, nexi
season at 4l.25 ton against 30 cents
this season. This means that iron OFT
will sell at fully 81 ton advance over
the prices of the present year.
The annual report Of the chief Of eli.
gineers of the army. BrigadierGen-
eral John NJ. Wilson, just made public,
submits estimates for rivers and harbol
works already authorized by congress
but not provided by continuing con
tracts. amounting to $26, ,906.82l. In
addition he asks for $l5. 5S2, ,6s8 to carry
on works already contracted for. A
summary of the detailed estimate re.
shows the following items: Coquille
river, Or, $4,000; Siuslaw river, Or.
$50. .OO0 Columbia and Lower William.
cite rivers below Portland. $}22, 46l;
waterway Puget sound to Lakes Union
and Washington, $300,00o; San Diego
harbor, California, $ll9. 400; San Luis
Obispo harbor, California, $l5O,000
In addition to the foregoing the fol.
lowing estimates are made under the
continuing contract system: Oakland,
Cal, $3.50, 900: San Francisco harbor, $l70
600; San Pedro, CAL, $500, 600: Gray,
harbor, Wasn.. $345, 700; Everett har.
Dor, Wash. 100000; Sacramento river,
CAL, $50. 900.
Telluride, COL, saws: The body OF
| Thurlow Washburn, assistant superin
tendent of the Liberty Bell Mining com
many, who started on horseback last
Thursday for the properties owned by
the company, just over the range III
Ouray county, was found about $50 feel
from the top of the range near the Vir
ginius pass trail. Washburn had near
ly reached his destination when over
come by the terrible blizzard which wa,
prevailing.
A business block iu South Chicago
burned early Sunday, entailing IA loss ol
$40, 900 and painfully injuring IL per
sons. Fourteen building were burned
An old landmark was destroyed in the
burning of the Grand Central hotel. Il
was frame building and was consumed
rapidly.
At meeting of the supreme counci
of India, held at Simla, q. NJ. Riva'
said that the famiue-affeeted areas com
prised 100000 miles OF of British terri
tory and 100000 miles of the territory
of the native states, each section con
tanning upward of l5,00O,OW people
The situation in tha central provinces
and particularly Berad, Gnzerat, Norti
Deccan, Southeast and Central Punjab
Badora, lndore aud Rajdutsna, was dis
tinctly grave.