Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-05-30
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
An Unconnrmed Report of Naval
Fight at Beeas del Toro-Gomez May
Visit Washipston-An Ogden Dentist
Shat.

steel, iron and railroad interests, under
one management has been practically
closed at Knoxville, Tenn. The capital
stock Of the new corporation is said to
have been fixed at $l5, zoo, 900.
The mayor of Southampton has pre-
sented to Captain Watkins and the other
officers and crew of the American line
steamer Paris medals and gifts in re
oognition of their rescue of the crew,
consisting Of 22 men, of the British
steamer GVindobala on December 27
last in midocean.
1t has been definitely decided that the
monument to Lafayette subscribed for
by the school children of the United
States and to be presented te III .sne French
nation Is to be the work of Paul Way
land Bartlett and George q. Barnard,
with Henry r. Hornbostel the architect
Of the base Of the statue.
The Cars peace congress assembled
at The Hague last week
Senator William Afford Peffer, who
figured prominently in Populistic poll
tics of late years, has announced him
self Republican.
Levi Moore, a clerk in the City market
of Kansas City, No., shot and perhaps
fatally wounded Mrs. Jennie Campbell,
his former mistress, andl Mrs. Ella Lam
dis and Mrs. Anna Neck, in a jealous
rage. The Campbell woman had de-
serted Moore for another man. He shot
the other women for trying to protect
Mrs. Campbell
Dr. B. H. Fisher, dentist and well
known citizen of Ogden, was shot Sun
day. He claims that Miss Laura Geert-
son, a school teacher, shot him. She
denies this, but says she was struggling
to discharge the shots in the revolver be-
fore he shot her. Fisher is not serious
ly wounded.
General Gomez may go to Washing
ton for conference with President Nc
Kinley. He said he would do so If oc-
casion required in his manifesto and his
friends say that he will very likely carry
out his intention.
Henry Clay Evans, pension commits
siener, may have to resign because Of
the @. A. r. encampments have passed
resolutions against his conduct in refus-
ing to act in total disability cases result
ing from the Spanish war.
A cable from Colon says: A rumor
which has reached here from Bocas del
Toro states that the Nicaraguan gum
boat San Jacinto fired at the American
cruiser Detroit, and that the latter re-
piled, sinking the gunboat The report
lacks confirmation.
1t is announced In special dispatch
Allahabad, capital of the northwest pro-
vince, British India, that series epidmio
of cholera is following in the wake of
the plague. There were 80 deaths at
Kerrachoo.
A petition signed by hundreds of
American hunters and indorsed by hun
dreds Of Canadian sportsmen, asking a
repeal of the provision of the Dominion
game law which forbids the export of
big game. has been presented to the
government and may be complied with.
Because Ernest Austin of Bellefont-
aine, o., was opposed in his wishes to
marry neighbor's daughter, he killed
his mother, Racket Austin, and his
brother William, few days ago. He
e.pext set fire to the house and sent a
billet through his lungs.
T6e>pritish steamer Torch, sloop-of-
war, on her way from Sydney to Samoa,
fell in VITA feet of pirate sloops
which prey 6s~ merchantmen. and de-
stroyed the vesseaS, the crews escaping.
Ethel Crawford, sporting woman,
committed suicide at Say Antonio, Tex,
Saturday. She was in Veal life Mrs.
H. Forbes Blanther, wife ON. E. Blan-
ther, who committed suicide inN eridian,
Tex, while under arrest for the murder
of Mrs. Langfeldt in San Francisco
Just before the Crawford women died
she said that the letter that was brought
to light at the time of Blanther's death
purporting to be confession that he
murdered Blanche Lamont, was a for
gerry.
The steamer Victoria brings news
from the Orient that in one instance
Chinese troops have defeated Russian
Cossacks. who are constantly extending
the Russian frontier into Chinese do
minions. On Ape force Of Cossacks
attempted to cross Chattmak pass, from
Siberia into Kashgaria, Thibet. They
were successfully opposed by a squad of
Chinese and Thibetan troops. Several
hours fighting occurred. during which
the Chinese were strongly re-enforced
They had the additional advantage Of
several small cannons, while the Rus
sians had none, as they had not antici-
pated any determined resistance. The
Chinese brought up two heavy noun
tain guns from their fort ten miles
away and began firing them at tho
Cossacks, when the latter decided TO re-
treat and recrossed the Chattmak pass
Policeman Baginsd of Chicago was
attacked by several Italians while on
duty and to protect himself was com
PEELED to kill one and wound two by
shooting.
J. A. Garrison Of Washington, has
been appointed Auditor for the Island Of
Porto Rico under the war department.
At q meeting of the state board of
prison directors at Folsom Martin j.
Aguirre Of Los Angeles was elected
warden TO succeed Warden Hale at San
Quentin. Director Wilkins nominated
Aguirre and he was unanimously elect
Cd 10 take Office on July /.