Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-05-09
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Fatal Result of a Gasoline Explosion
In n Gum Factory-Big Wind storm
In Nebraska-Colonel Funston TO BE
Promoted.

Promoted
The immigration laws of the United
States have been extended to Porto Rico
Cuba and the Philippine islands.
Smallpox was discovered among the
negroes Of Kansas City some days ago
Thirty persons were down with the
disease.
The strike of union miners at Ward
ner, Idaho, has grown serious and
armed guards are required to protect
non-union miners.
The transport Zealandia has arrived
at Manila from San Francisco with sew.
eral companies of the Ninth United
States infantry.
| There is renewed uneasiness over the
situation in the Transvaal President
Krueger's general-in n-chief, Jubert, ID
inspecting the frontiers and selecting
places suitable for intrenchments. More
rigid inspection Of the military has also
been ordered. Kruger is expecting
hostilities with England.
The transport Sheridan has sailed
from Manila for the United States
Among her passengers are General
Charles King and Mrs. Colonel Stotsen-
burg, who is conveying her husband g
body to the United States.
German is now going to take hand
in the Dreyfus case, and it is expected
matters will assume new phase.
A terrific wind storm swept over st.
Edwards, Neb., doing great deal of
damage to property and iniuring several
persons. The wind was accompanied
by hail, which covered the ground to a
depth of two inches. Some of the hail
stones measuring five inches in diameter.
The net earnings of the Santa Fe
road for the month of March were S1,-
l04, 500, an increase of S144, ,419 over the
same month in 1898.
A company of marines from the
cruiser Nashville participated In the
confederate memorial exercises held at
Vicksburg last week,
The wages of carpenters in Denver
will be increased 30 cents day, making
the minimum days wages 50 day.
About 900 men are affected.
The graves of the Confederate dead
were decorated at Augusta, Ca, We'd
nesday. The memorial parade was
headed by the band of the Third Ne
brasl1a regiment.
1t was said at the war department
that Colonel Frederick Funston of the
| Twentieth Kansas volunteers would
surely be appointed brigadier- general
Of volunteers. The formal recommen-
dation that he be promoted must first
be obtained from Major General Otis,
who will be asked to submit it, if he
does not do so of his own volition. The
usual course is for the commanding
general to submit his recommendations
for promotion when the campaign is
over, and it may be that no action will
be taken in Funston's case until the
Filipinos have surrendered or been dis
persed effectively.
Smallpox is raging to an unprece-
dented extent in Rio Arriba county, N.
M. Whole families are down with the
disease. 1t is especially fatal among the
Indians, nine out of ten of whom die.
Globe, Arizona, has granted nom
exclusive franchise to Martin e. Brown,
for building city water works. The
water will be piped from q natural
spring in the Pino mountains, eight
miles distant.
The British government has declined
the offer of the New Zealand to send
troops to Samoa.
1t is said that the British government
has decided to lay a cable between
Canada and Australia.
The war department has decided to
make Colonel Funston of the Kansas
regiment brigadier-general Of volun-
teers in recognition of his bravery at
Calumpit, P. l.
A statement prepared by the war de.
partment shows that 1893 were killed in
the Philippines from February 4th to
April 2sth and iii were wounded;
total, 1909,
Six men were killed by the explosion
of powder press at Dupont's smokeless
powder works at Carney's Point, N. J.
The dead are: Captain Stewart, U. s.
A., power inspector, Harvey Smith,
Joseph Yeager, Isaac II. Frient, Amos
Morris Jr., workmen. The cause of the
explosion is unknown.
Monday Secretary Hay paid to Em-
bassador Cambon the $50, 900, 900 pro
vided by the treaty of peace for the ces
sion of the Philippines. The payment
was made in four treasury warrants Of
S5,000,000 each.
Vellen Vasque has been convicted al
Riverside of murder in the second de
gree for having on january l3 sho
and killed G.. Alamanarez.
The internal revenue department ha'
seized Al, 900 unstamped cigars in Ore
gon and Washington.
The Commonwealth Lumber com
pany, Buckley, Wash, has for capita
stock 100000 hours work, worth, q