Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-07-18
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
Terrible Floods in Texas.-Au But One
of Family Killed by an Engine.-Big
Forest Reserve of Over 1000, 900 Acres
tOr Minnesota.

| Robert Bonner the former publisher
Of the New York Ledger and owner OF
many famous horses, died at his home
in New York recently. Mr.. Bonner had
been i'll for some months, yet was able
TO be about until about ten days ago.
| His death was due to general breaking
fown of the system.
General Brugere, former chief of the
late President Carnot's military house
hold, has been appointed military gov
ernor of Paris, in place of General Eur
linden. The latter retains his member
ship in the supreme council of war.
A national park or forestry reserve
association for governmental preser-
vation of over 100000 acres of land in
Northern Minnesota viii be formed this
month. The organization starts with
the Endorsement of Governor Roosevelt
of New York, President Hill of the
Great Northern railway, Colonel John
5. Cooper of Chicago and prominent
| congressman and government officials
interested In the immediate creation of
great national reserves for the preser-
vation OF native forests and streams and
the preservation Of the game of the
land. The Minnesota project ia made
doubly important through the fact that
friends and promoters of the reserve
have also III view the placing under
governmental charge all lands surround
ing the headwaters of the historic Mis-
sissipi river.
Dick Williams, negro charged with
the murder of two white men, was
lynched at Alma, Kas.,. Sunday evening
by a mob of white men. The mob left
the negro hanging to telegraph pole,
and six minutes later he was cut down
by the town marshal and taken back to
the county Jail, where he recovered con-
sciousness. The negro cannot live.
The cut in freight rates from the At
lantic to the Missouri river has got as
far west as Utah.
On the Olinch valley division of the
Norfolk and Western, at Tiptop, w.
Va, an engine exploded, killing En-
gineer J. d. McColgan, Fireman E. w.
Albert and Brakeman Oscar J. Owens.
A passenger train ON the Burlington
road went through culvert near Wal
dron, Mo-, recently. Fireman Charles
Welty of st. Joseph, Mo-, was killed,
and several passengers are reported to
have been seriously injured,
Violent transforms brought on terrible
foods in Texas last week. A message
from the vicinity of Calvert says: Fully
200 lives have been lost by food within
a radius of 80 miles of Sealey. Nearly
100 We're drowned In the vicinity of The
Mound, small piece of high land near
old San Filipi, to which hundreds of ne
groes fled from the Brazos bottoms, tax
ing their horses and cattle. The waters
have gradually eneroached upon them
until only about about an acre of space
remaids. The nearest point of land is
three miles away. Probably $4,000
square miles are under water. Esti-
mates place the damage at $4,000, 900.
All but one of the seven members of
the family of William Reinhard of COL
umbus, o.. We're killed and the remain
ing one was badly injured by Big
-Four passenger train Sunday afternoon.
The accident occurred at the Woodward
avenue crossing of the Big Four. Mr..
and Mrs. Reinhard and their five chill
dren were out for drive i a surry.
They arrived at the railway crossing Just
as a west-bound passenger train was due.
The carriage was struck by the train and
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhard and Arthur and
Karl We're killed outright. Edward and
William were so badly injured that they
died after being removed to a hospital.
Clarence sustained severe injuries. The
horse was literally ground to pieces.
Tho Transvaal government has de-
cided to prosecute on a charge of high
treason the three principal defendants
whose completely in the recent attempt
TO promote rebellious rising at Johan-
nesburg has been for several weeks
under judicial investigation.
While stealing a ride in box ear on
the Great Northern near Spokane, Sun
day morning, G. r. Martin, who says he
formerly kept restaurant at Chico was