Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-10-10
News Of the World.
happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Japan TO Keep Its Schools Strictly
Secular - Captain Carter's Sentence
Approved by the Prssidsnt - The
German Government Trying . sineas

The big strike at Havana is over, and
the leaders of it are in Jail.
The German government has just
paid into the Spanish treasury the sum
Of $4,000, coo pesetas. the, price Of the
Caroline islands.
Fire destroyed the Holiday Milling
company's new elevator at Cairo TIL. },
and 1900 bushels of wheat. The
loss is over $500, 900. partially covered
by insurance.
The winter and spring crop OF Russia
is estimated to be below the average.
The yield of wheat is nearly 88l 900
pods.
James Harlan. the last living member
OF Abraham Lincoln's cabinet and
Iowa's "Grand Old Man." il lying at
the point of death at his home in Mount
Pleasant, La His passing away IL ex-
pected at any moment.
Poultney Bigelow, one of the dele.
gates to the International Geographical
congress. now in session at Berlin, re.
Gently visited Kiaochau, Shantung,
China, pn behalf of the American Geo
graphical society, and there discovered
an economic fact which the German
press has hitherto ignored. Mr.. Pigelow
said that the German government had
put into practice at Kiaochua the land
theory of Henry George.
A telegram has been received at the
Harvard College Observatory stating
that comet was discovered by GAceo.
bini at Nice on September 36-S:l3
Greenwich mean time, in right Ascen-
sion l6h. 28m. 32s. and declination
( degrees 10 minutes; daily motion in
right ascension Pm. Is.
The safe of the bank OF Houstonia,
at Houstonia, No, was blown open by
burglars. The robbers are reported 70
have secured $40. 900, but Cashier W. F.
Longan says the bank lost only el100.
Albert Medley, who has been miss.
/ ing from his home at Marion. Ind, for
some time, was found at Montpelier. o..
in pitiable condition and almost
starved. He had been kidnapped by
four tramps, who were holding him for
reward They had stood guard over
/ him constantly, but one dav all four
went to sleep, when the boy escaped.
The business done at the United
/ States assay office at Boise, Ida., dur
ing the month Of September amounted
to $202, ,526 against $lsl .s94, for Sep.
/ tember, 1898, an increase of t70,63l, OF
nearly 80 per cent For the quarter
ending September Both the total was
/ 1858, 1886.
The president has approved the fnd
ings of the court martial which con-
yicted Captain Oberlin M. Carter. and
now Carter sleeps in q cell at Governors
island, n. Y. He is under sentence of
dismissal from the army, five years i'm
prisonment at hard labor, and in ad
dition must pay fine Of $1,000. He
was convicted of misapproiating 81, $780,
900 i'll government funds.
The trouble with labor unions over
the laying Of the cornerstone of the
Chicago postoffice has been adjusted and
the stone will be laid October 0.
Train No. of the Indiana, Decatur
and Western railroad went into the sid
ing at Montezuma, Ind, but the rear
sleeper did not clear the main track,
and was struck by fast freight train
The sleeper was upset and eight persons
were injured, all of whom will recover
Miss Ethel Sigsbee, youngest daugh-
ter of Captain Sigsbee of the navy. died
suddenly at Pehoboth Beach, Del, a
few days ago Of heart failure.
A disastrous wreck occurred near
/ Glasgow, Mont, few mornings ago
The wreck was caused by head on
collision and resulted in the death Of
four trainmen and injury Of several.
Leonard B. Imboden, president Of tho
Planters bank, wildcat concern Of
Kansas City, Suppressed by the state
officials several months ago, was found
| guilty in the criminal court Of forging
a draft for $4,000. with which he hoped
to get a false credit for his bank, and
was sentenced to ten years in the peni-
/ tentiary.
The Japanese government, having
decided to keep its system Of education
strictly secular, follows its decision by
withholding its sanction and privileges
from all schools in which religion in any
form is taught. This has, of course,
been construed as an attack upon Chris
tian schools, propaganda boards, ara in
effect almost the only ones to suffer
from the new policy. Some have al.
ready been closed, and all are being
greatly depleted in attendance because
of superior advantages and privileges
which purely secular schools enjoy. The
missionaries in charge are placed in an
awkward dilemma, for II they elimi-
nate the teaching Of their religion they
must lose the support Of the home
boards, upon which they are largely de-.
pendent, while il they attempt to carry
out the main purpose Of which they are
sent here their schools will inevitably
languish aud die for lack of native at
! tendance.
Three of the Union Pacific train rob-
bers who in July last held up he cast
bound express near Rock Springs, Wyo.
and relieved the Pacific Express NJ sser
ger of his iron box contain.ns 81 .5.h1,
in cash, have been located in sts,..
and arrests are expected ~ result BAN
time.