Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-01-31
News Of the World.

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Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
An Insurgent officer Shot by an
American Sentry at Manila-General
Wood Makes a Report on Con-
ditions at Santiago.
The battleship Oregon is to be sent to
Samoa instead of Manila as was intended.
The present state Of affairs in the former
place require the preseuce of battleship
and the Oregon is to be there.
The propositions of American capital
lists to control the Cuban tobacco produc-
ton and the manufactures are taking
definite shape. The plan originated with
some New York bank.
The State Bar association Of New
York at its meeting indorsed the action
taken by the Gar Nicolas In convening
an international peace congress.
Chief of Police Grow of Somerville. N.
j., was shot and perhaps fatally wounded
by burglar he was chasing. The burg
lar escaped.
The resolution indorsing the expansion
policy of the administration and inviting
President Mckinley to visit Augusta
passed the Maine House.
Within the last few days Cleveland
and Detroit shipbuilders have closed
contracts for four steel freight steamers
OF 1000 to 5000 tons net capacity each,
and of about 100000 in aggregate
value.
Governor Roosevelt Of New York has
refused to grant an application for re-
storation to citizenship Of . man who
served out his term in prison for con-
nection with the Gravesend election
frauds of John Y. McKane.
Frank M. Dorsey, formerly cashier of
the First National bank of Ponca, Neb.,
was found guilty Of misappropriating
the bank funds and other Irregularities.
He is a brother of ex- Congressman George
w. e. Dorsey.
A Manila dispatch says: A party of
so insurgents advanced upon an outpost
held by Montana troops on January 13
and the Americans retired Brigadier-
Geneaal Otis went to the scene and after
consultation with the insurgent COM
mander the latter withdrew his men to
their former position, alleging that the
lieutenant in command of the advancing
party had acted without authority. This
is the nearest approach to hostilities that
has yet been made. The Americans
have acted with great forbearance. This
manifestation was undoubtedly not
countenanoed by Aguinaldo, but is indi-
cative of the increasing animosity of the
masses against the Americans.
Some excitement has been caused at
Manila by the killing of an insurgent
captain named Belmonto by Private
Ulmer of the Minnesota troops recently.
Ulmer was on guard duty in the center
of the city when Belmonto came along.
The insurgent officer ran when he saw
the guard, and, getting q short distance
away drew his revolver. Ulmer ordered
him to halt, and upon his disregarding
the command, fired and killed him.
The six-story store of A. j. Cammeyer
at $40 to 3l6 Sixth avenue, occupying
the greater part of the block between
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, New
York, was almost burned out. Gam
meyer places the loss to the building and
contents at about $3.50, 600.
General Leonard Wood, military com.
mander of the department of Santiago
was before the senate committee on
military affairs few days ago. He ex-
pressed the opinion that for some time
the 1900 men now In the province of
Santiago should be continued, and that
military force would be necessary to
the maintenance Of order for some
years. General Wood said that his
first effort had been to encourage the
people of all the towns to establish self
government, and he had been especially
jealous in having them select their local
officers, open schools and establish
courts, build roads etc., and in cases
where they did not have the money for
these purposes. he had aided them by
making contributions from the general
fund.
The secretary Of war recently sent to
congress the report of the engineer 8
department on the San Joaquin river.
The improvement proposed consists of a
dam three miles east of Stockton and
the construction of canal 100 feet wide
ut the bottom and 2&,850 feet long,
thence to the north branch of the Gala
veras river.
Five small boys were drowned in
mill pond at Gibson, Pa. They were
coasting down hill and ran on to the
ice of the pond. The ice gave way and
the BOYS We're drowned.
John Russell Young, librarian of the
congressional library, died at Washing.
ton few days ago after an illness OF
several weeks.
General Eagan, oommissary. general
of the United States army, is to be
court-martialed for using language un.
becoming soldier.
The Southern Pacific Sunset limited
en- route from San Francisco 10 New Or.
leans dashed into an open switch and
collided with light engine At Lacoste,
Tex. Robert Nicholson, engineer OF
the light engine, and Alonzo Miller, fire.
man of the limited, were killed.
Michigan and Montana copper inter.
ests, representing $l00, 900, 900 Of capital
| ;pvasted have formed a conner comhin