Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-26
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Heavy Loss In Battle In nyenexueia.-New
York Carpenters On y strike.-Death of
n Congressmsn an Remains OF Noted
Cubans Exhumed.

Cubans Exhumed.
The gold certificates so far issued by
the government in exchange for gold
coin amount to $54, 1853, ,430.
The transport Morgan City which
recently went ashore ON the Japanese
coast can be saved.
Admiral Schley Is soon to take COM
mand of the South Atlantic naval
station.
The four-days army maneuvers of the
German army took place in South Ger
many last week and are said to have
been fat failure owing to numerous
blunders on the part of commanding
generals. There were 10000 men
engaged.
Charles o. Summers, formerly a de-
tective, an escaped convict from the
Mississippi penitentiary, a gold hunter of
the Klondike and man with a con-
science, is again within prison walls in
Mississippi. He journeyed all the way
from Dawson to New York to Memphis
and Memphis to jackson, Miss, to sur.
render himself as safe robber.
Key West physicians made no reports
recently, but great many cases of yell
low fever are known to have developed
and one death.
A plant of the American Fisheries
company at Promised Land. L. l., was
/ destroyed by fire. Eight buildings in all
were burned, together with q large
quantity of very valuable machinery.
The loss cannot yet be estimated, but it
is said that the machinery was worth
$500. ZOO.
A cable from Caracas, Venezuela, says:
Valencia fell into the power of the revo-
lutionary chief, General Cipriano de
Castro, after terrible battle. Presi-
dent Andrade, who commanded the
government troops, has retreated to
Caracas. 1t is reported here that the
Venezuelan minister Of war. Senior Fer
rer, was killed in the action. Sixteen
hundred were killed and wounded. No
one now believes that General Andrade
is secure In his possession Of the office
of president and the control Of the gov.
ernment at Caracas.
Alfred Day, representing Philadel-
phia syndicate. is shipping men and ma,
terial to Alaska for the construction of
the second railroad in that territory.
The road is to be 10 miles long and is to
be used in connection with the develop
ment Of $4,000 acres of coal lands on
Kachemok bay, Cooks inlet.
Walter Banes, his wife and two chill
dren were found dead in their cabin at
the upper end of Platte Canyon, Col
The bodies showed no signs of violence
and the house was undisturbed, leaving
the impression that the father had
poisoned the rest and then laid down to
die. The tragedy was probably due to
the poverty Of the family.
Six robbers blew open the safe of the
Exchange bank at Frankford, ILL.,, and
carried away nearly $4,000 in currency.
Night Watchman Knipple was blind.
folded, gagged and thrown into ditch.
while one man stood guard over him.
Then the bank was broken into and
work began on the safe. Three ex-
plosions were necessary to blow OFF the
door.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, head of the
vanderbuilt family, died at his resi-
dence in New York city last week from
a stroke of pvralysls. Mr.. Vanderbilt
was in his seth year. The attack was
very sudden and entirely unexpected,
and it was impossible to reach any
physician before death occurred. DR..
Francis Delafield, who had been attend
ing Mr.. Vanderbilt, arrived at the house
after Mr.. Vanderbuilt's death occurred
Q. A. Pillsbury, the well-known -four
maker, died Sunday at Minneapolis.
Milwaukee is bidding for the national
Democratic gathering.
The Boer government has replied to
the last note Of the British. The Beers
decline to yield from their position but
favor arbitration. The present week
will probably see the crisis of the dis
pute.
G. T. B. Howard, famous for swind-
ling operations in connection with Eu.
ropean estates, and who was arrested
recently at Horton, Mich, by postoffice
inspectors, was taken back to the Ohio
state penitentiary to serve out his SEN
tence. Howard escaped from prison
four years ago, after having served part
of a nine-year sentence for carrying on
swindling operations through the mails.
An adobe house five miles from
Moran, N. NJ. collapsed killing Manuel
Cordova and his wife and six children.
It had been raining i'll that vicinity for
several days and the dirt roof of the
house, having become saturated, fell
upon the inmates crushing them. Only
one member Of the family, boy of ten
years, escaped. he being outside the
house when the accident occurred.
The ceremony of exhuming the TO.
mains Of General Antonio Maceo and
Francisco Gomez, son of General Maxi.
mo Gomez, took place at Bejucal, Cuba,
Sunday. Two thousand people went by
special trains from Havana and as many
more attended from the surrounding
districts. Governor.G General Brooke
was represented by Adjutant.Gener