Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-02-14
News Of the World.
Happenings Of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.

"A ure at COlu1nDuS, w., ulu oduhko "
the business center of the city to tn
extent Of $750,00
'rhe last report from General Oti
showed a total sickness among tn
American t.-oops at Manila of l1ss.
Smallpox has broken out among tn
American troops a. Manila. 1t is no
thought that the disease VIII De sef'ou'
Seven thousand regular troops are
be rushed to Manila from .>oe vario'
garrisons of the United States.
Princess Ferdinand of Bulgaria DIE
one day last week at Sofia, during
child birth.
A party of Youngstown, o., capital
lists and other eastern lnoneyed men
have arranged to buy the Cornucopia
gold mine in Oregon.
Alice Atherton, the actress, well-know
on the Pacific coast, died in New York
recently.
Frank Blair shot and instantly killed
Edward Brovard and Mary Anderson at
Westminster, o., and Immediately
afterward committed suicide. jealousy
was the cause, Blair and Miss Anderson
having been engaged previous to Bro.
wards appearance on the scene.
The town of Shiloh, O., was almost
wiped out by fire recently. The only
protection Of the village is a bucket
brigade.
In boarding house fire at Springfield,
ILL.,, three persons were burned to
death. The dead are Mrs. Eva With
ey, proprietress Of the boarding house;
Miss Helen Rose; J. @. Hall. Mrs.
Whitney lost her life trying to save q
boarder
Mrs. Martha Place is to be executed
at Sing Sing prison, New York during
the week of March 30. She had mur.
dered her step-daughter some time ago.
Colonel James A. Sexton, comman.
der-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, died at Warrington d. c.,
Saturday Colonel-Sexton has been i'll
for over month with infiammatory
rheumatism and kidney trouble, which
had considerably interfered with his
work as one of the War Investigating
commission.
Ten thousand rebels are besieging Shu-
chau, the third most important city in
the province of Anhoui, China. If Shu-
chau falls all the northern and central
portions of Anhoui will be at the mercy
of the rebels. An Imperial general,
while trying to recapture Kuyan, was
defeated on January 23d, losing 2000
men.
The strike of dock laborers at Colon,
Columbia, has grown serious. Vessels
are unable to take or unload cargoes.
In answer to an inquiry the navy de-
partment has been informed that there
is now a force of American marines at
Pelxing, the Chinese capital, and at
Tien-tien, the port. At Peking there
are IS marines under command of Lieu.
tenant Sutton, and at Tien-tsin 80 ma.
rines under Mutenant Gibson.
United States Consul Colville Ingate
at Patras, Greece, is dead after horrible
suffering of hydrophobia. He was bit.
ten by dog two months ago, and des.
pite warnings that the dog was mad,
refused medical treatment. He became
Il a few days ago and died in agony.
Law makers of New York wishing to
protect public morals are devising means
of putting a censor at public amuse
ments.
A two-horse wagon loaded with furn.
iture and on which five men and one
woman was riding was struck by fast
Baltimore and Ohio freight train neal
Pittsburg. The five men were killed
and the young woman SO badly injured
that she may die.
A gas explosion occurred at Etna, Pa,
completely demolishing brick house
ard killing Mrs. Weaver, besides Sc
riously wounding four others.
There are strong indications that the
proposed consolidation Of all the street
railways in Cleveland o., will take
place. The combined capital stock OF
the two companies is $50, 900, 900.
Mrs. Katherine Shirley of Kansas
City Mo-, who claims the two million.
dollar estate of John Stetson, in Boston,
will send an attorney to that city te
fight for her alleged rights. She says
she is the daughter Of Kate Stokes, the
actress, who was married to Stetson.
The success of the negotiations con
Quoted with Gomez by General Porter
has encouraged the authorities to be-
lieve that similar policy may be ef
fective in dealing with Aguinaldo
Consequently preparations are to follow
ut once for a commission to meet with
the Filipino leader.
Responding to a resolution Of inquiry
General Otis report on the health con
ditions at Manila. The report was
dated Friday and is as follows: Deaths
among the Philippines since arrival NJ
to February LIST, seven months, 220. OF
which 40 were due to wounds and acci
dents. OF the remaining 179, go died Of
typhoid, 43 of smallpox, 22 of dysentery
ana eight of malarial fever. The re
naming deaths were due to many var
ious diseases.
A freight and pay car special col
lided near San Simon, Ariz,, while go
ing through sandstorm. Fireman
Albert Favoy was instantly killed and
Engineer Ralph Fetterly was badly in
jured and Engineer James Leavitt re
ceived injuries which caused his death q
few hours latter.
The United States transport GRAM
touched at Gibralter Saturday for sup
,,lin. Sha inmadiately nrncaedad OIL