Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-21
News Of the v or|d.
Happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.

OdyS from dii quarters.
Governor Barnes of Oklahoma has
vetoed the statehood bill.
The tug Bowen and crew of ~ men
were lost off Hog island, Virginia, re-
Gently.
Eastern railroads have made a half
rate fare to delegates attending the
National Educational conventional at
Los Angeles.
The Minnesota senate has passed the
Batz bill, repeating the sugar bounty
law, which has been in effect in Mime
sofa since 1895.
1t is announced from New Haven,
Conn.,, that steps are being taken by the
leading coffin hardware manufactures
in the United States to organize an in
ternational trust.
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the incorporation under the laws of
New Jersey Of the International Cement
company, which will have an authorized
capital of s5O, ,00OO, 600.
President J. ]. Hill of the Great
Northern, who has returned to st. Paul
from the Pacific coast, says he has made
no arrangements to establish steam
ship line from Puget Sound to Asia, as
has been reported, and has no intention
of doing so.
President Mckinley brought to the at
tention of the cabinet recently the pro-
vision of the river and harbor act rela-
tive to the construction of an isthmian
canal. The purpose was to decide upon
the measures to be adopted to carry out
the decision of congress to make q
thorough examination of the various
routes, Nicaraguan and Panama, and
report the result to the next session of
congress.
A fire in Dyea, Alaska, destroyed the
Palace and Northern hotels, the Chill
coot tram stables, the Senate saloon
and the courthouse, The loss is $l2, 900.
The horses and wagons of the tram
company were saved. There was no
fire apparatus, and the flames were
fought by bucket brigade.
Two nitroglycerine bombs were found
lying in front of the Hickox Office build
ing, Cleveland o. There was sufficient
explosive in each Of the bombs to work
great havoc in the immediate vicinity.
The design for the statute to be erected
over the grave of Miss Winnie Davis,
the Daughter of the Confederacy, has
been chosen and approved by Mrs.
Davis. The design is the figure of q
- in t, l,1 - Tta1ia y,
marble.
The Porto Ricans are reported to be
very restive and it is feared an insur-
rection is being planned.
The following statement has been is
sued showing the number of deaths in
the army reported to the adjutant-gen-
erals office between May 1, 1898, and
February 2S, 1899: Killed in action, S29;
died of wounds, 1876; died of disease,
5277 total, 573l.
The United States transport Grant,
which sailed from New York January
10Th, having ON board Major General
Lawton, the Fourth infantry and a bat
talon of the Seventeenth infantry ar
rived at Manila Friday.
The transport Valencia sailed from
San Francisco on the 9th inst. for Manila
via Honolulu. laden with supplies for
the troops in Hawaii and the Philip
pines. She carries 81 800, 600 in coin
for the payment of the soldiers.
British ship owners are to compete
for carrying government stores from
San Francisco to Manila.
Captain Morton Levy Phillips, COM
mander of the United States revenue
cutter Boutville, died recently at New
berne. N. O.. of the grip, aged 81 year.
DIR. Charles E. Murray, son of R. j.
Murray, one of the best known and
highly respected residents of Sewickly,
Pa, shot and killed John Jennings, col
ored. his fathers butler without cause.
Murray for about week has been act
ing strangely, and it is thought his mind
has been affected by drink.
Rear Admiral Higginson and Leuten-
ant Aaron Ward, both of the navy, have
declined to be promoted over their CON-
rades stating that they have done moth.
ing to deserve it.
The condition of Rudyard Kipling is
much improved and he is considered
out of danger. is1
The February exports are likely to
prove the largest of any February in the
history of this country's trade, with the
single exception Of 1898. A preliminary
statement Of the exports of breadstuffs,
provisions, cotton and mineral oils, is.
sued by the bureau of statistics, gives
the total of those articles at $50, ,9S9, 1874,
against S49,S43. .s06 in February, 1897,
$52, ,114,373 in February, 1896 while
with the single exception of 1898 nc
February shows as large exports of these
articles The figures for February, 1898,
are $62 ,609, ,536.
In head-on collision between two
| freight trains near Naugatuck Conn. },
Engineer George Dean of Hartford was
was buried under his cab and instantly
killed, and his fireman, Dan Kennedy OF
Danbury died a few hours later. The
engineer and fireman on the other train
escaped by jumping. Several brakeman
we're injured, but none fatally. 1t il
claimed that the collision was due ts
fog.
The new Allen Line steamer Casil
ian, from Portland, Me-, for Halifax
went ashore at Gannet Rock light, neal
Yarmouth, Sunday at low tide, in I
/ Ans. IL