Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-06-13
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Captain Dreyfus to Have . New Trial
Killed at Bu1ifght - Arizona Has
Woman Bandit - Train Robbers
Make n Big Haul.

Make Big Haul.
A combination of foundry supply
manufacturers is in process Of forma
ton at Pittsburg.
Major Charles A. Coolidge, Seventh
United States infantry, has been pro
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant -colone
and ordered to Manila.
The cruiser Brooklyn struck hidder
obstruction in New York harbor las
week and was seriously damaged.
President Mckinley has issued Al
amendment to the civil service rules
which releases from the operation ot
civil service about 1000 offices.
The war department Is informed that
the award of the contract for furnishing
fresh beef to the army in Cuba and
Porto Rico has been made to Swift 8
company of Chicago.
Company K and L, Seventh United
States infantry, have been ordered to
Alaska.
Brigadier General Theodore Schwan
has been ordered to Manila as General
Otis chief Of staff.
General Joe Wheeler is being urged
to accept the Democratic nomination for
governor of Alabama
Lieutenant General Viscount Kawak-
ami Soroku, chief of the Japanese army,
/ Is dead.
A farmer named Wells, living near
/ of his boys into a we'll and then at
tempted to drown himself in the river
He was rescued and arrested. Two
boys, aged and 5, are dead, and one
aged will die, but one aged 9 was
not badly hurt,
Explorer Henry NJ. Stanley has been
knighted by Queen Victoria.
Six masked bandits held up Union
Pacific passenger train west Of Wilcox,
Wyo., just before daylight one morning
last week, blew up the express car with
dynamite, severely wounded the engi-
neer and escaped into the mountains
with their booty The officials of the
road say the amount of money taken
was small, but other reports say they
secured over $4,000.
Advices from the island Of Monsterrat,
one of the British West Indies, report
that forty-five earthquakes occurred in 4
i period of five hours on May II, and that
these were followed by frequent slight
shocks. Much damage was done to
buildings and growing crops, and few
fatalities occurred The population, the
advices say, is demoralized
Two people were killed and two others
were injured in a fierce storm, which was
general throughout Kansas Saturday and
Sunday. A deluge of rain amounting
! from three TO four inches was followed
by windstorm which approached in
violence a tornado. Near Valley Center
Mrs. William Thompson, so years old,
was struck by lightning and killed, and
| IL miles northeast of Stafford George
Witter was killed ond two of his family
were injured. Pratt the Santa Fe round
house was leyeled and several barnes
and outhouses were demolished. Near
Abeline crops were damaged by the over
flowing of the creeks, while in other
parts of the state the rain was very timely
and will do immense good to wheat and
corn.
Henry L. Philips, a native of the Phil
ippines, was naturalized at Tauton,
Mass, this week. He was born In the
/ town of Pasig and is full blooded Tagal.
A bull fight was held at Juarez, just
across the Rio Grande river In Mexico,
Sunday An infurated bull caught a
/ rider and his horse and gored both to
death in full view of thousands of speo-
/ tators.
Ex-Governor Frederick William Nc
Kay Holiday, died at his home in Win
chester, Va, aged II. He was colonel
in the Stonewall brigade and lost an
arm at Slaughter's Mountain.
Sergeant Charles Campbell, an assist
ant quartermaster at Fort Sheridan,
H., was arrested charged with defraud-
/ ing the government by issuing raised
receipts to contractors. The govern
ment, it is said, has lost about $40, 900.
DIR. Blyden, a native Liberian states
man, is now EN- route from Liberia en-
powered by the Liberian executive to
demand an American protectorate for
Liberia, and in the event of the United
States refusing he is empowered to ap-
proach the British government ON the
subject,
Arizona has II woman bandit She
helped male companion hold up the
Globe and Florence stage few days
ago. The robbery took place near Riv
erside, station half way between the
two towns, Neither rohber wore 8
mask, and though the smaller wore
mems clothes there was no doubt of hei
sex. Descriptions of the two fitted q
man and woman who had been at Flor
enoe the day before. There were three
passengers on the stage, from who $3.50
a six shooter and gold watch were OBJ
tanned While the male robber wal
searching the victims his companior
kept them covered with a shotgun.
The case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus
the French army officer sentenced 10 life
imprisonment ON DEVILS island, ha!
been ordered revised by the Court o.