Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.

San Domingo's President Resigns--chi
cago Men Working a. House Help
Japan Suffers Severely From Firss-
The Morgan City Ashore.
John Cowell, holder of large rea'
estate interests in California, died al
Brooklyn, N. Y, few days ago.
President Figuereo of Santo Domingo
has resigned. The ministers will con
finue at the head of their department.
until provisional government is formed
after which the elections for president
and yice-president will occur, business
sat stapdstill, The Dominican gun.
boat Restauracion is ashore on the rocks
nj the entrance to the harhor Of Macoris,
Six hundred lives have been lost by
the flooding Of q copper mine at Beshi,
island Of 6hikoku, Japan.
The Jacob Dold Packing company's
plant at Kansas City, Mo-, was destroyed
by fire Friday night. The loss will
reach 100000. Over 1000 men are
thrown out of employment.
The government of Peru continues to
make numerous arrests on charges of
completely in the insurgent movement
~ the southern provinces.
Crowed out of stores, factories and
offices by women's willingness to work
Tor low wages, idle men are going into
domestic service IN Chicago, and are
raising the wage scale there, too. More
aver, 50 far as employment agencies
have had reports from the clients who
employed men for housework, the latter
are giving excellent service and seem to
be, i'll most instances. satisfied to remain
in their new positions.
A boiler exploded at the Republic
Iron Works on South gath street, Pitts.
burg, shortly before daylight Friday
morning, killing five men and seriously
ipjuring seven. The mill was partly
wrecked and the entire plant was CON-
PEELED to close down.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that the debt, less cash in
the treasury amounted to 81. l57, ,308, $50,
decrease as compared with the last
month of -, 2s1. .ll6. This decrease is
accounted for by a corresponding in
crease in cash ON hand. The debt il
recapltulated as follows: Interest bear.
ing debt. 81, ,048, ,048, $50; debt ON which
interest has ceased since maturity, $1,-
al5, $50; debt bearing no interest, $780,
1QS io-. total 400 es0 foc
The receipts of gold at the United
States assay office at Boise, Idaho, dur
ing August were larger than for any
other month in the history of the office.
the total being $43,820. For the first
eight months of the year the receipts
were II, 100 ,5s2. against 1888. 796 for the
corresponding period of last year.
The remains Of James Tapia. the last
victim of last Wednesday s fire at Yuma,
Ariz., were recovered recently. The
body was identified by fragment of
the clothing. This is the last body posi-.
lively known to have been buried in the
ruins.
An advance of five per cent in the
price of cold rolled steel shafting is re-
ported.
The New Zealand government will
join in defraying the cost Of the pro-
posed Pacific cable.
Smelter preferred and railroad stocks
have advanced several points since the
cessation of the Colorado smelter strike.
The directors of the Union Pacific
will increase the company's capital
stock to absorb the Oregon Railway g.
Navigation company and Oregon Short
line, the exclusive ownership Of the en-
tire line operated by the Union Pacific
from the Missouri river at Omaha and
Kansas City to Portland being thus
vested in the Union Pacific.
The trans Andine Railway line, which
is expected to connect the Pacific with
the Atlantic, from Valparaiso, Chill, to
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, lacks but "a
miles of completion. Recent appropri-
ations for completing the tunnels re-
quired for this purpose encourage the
belief that it will soon be completed,
and through land transportation thus
given between the Pacific and the At
lantic at that point.
Japan has suffered severely from three
or four terrible fires lately. The most
extensive fire for many years in Yoko-
hama occurred in the native town Au-
gust H. About 30 streets were destroyed,
including the business part Of the town.
The number of houses destroyed are re-
ported to be about 10000, including
four theaters, elementary school, post
and telegraph offices and a police sta
ton. A number of children and other
people were burned to death. The losses
of insurance companies are estimated at
some $500, ,000 while the actual loss is
several millions. The city of Toyama
was destroyed by fire the same day. Six
thousand houses were burned down.
The Kencho police department, pre-
fectural assembly hall, police station,
middle school, commercial school, post
and telegraph office, city offices, hos
pital, three newspaper offices. exchange
building and the building of the Kwansi
Industrial exhibition to be held next
year, which was in course Of construc.
ton, are among the places reduced to
ashes.
The builders trial of the battleship
Alabama took place of Lewes, Del,
last week. The vessel developed speed
of l714 knots, / 4 more than required
accoding to specifications.
Frank Ives. the billiardist. is reported