Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-12
Crushed linseed oil has been advanced

owners are paying w day and board
and lodging to pick and shovel men.
Barstow, Cal, is to be make division
headquarters for the Santa Fe. The
shops now at San Bernardino will be
moved.
To carry out its proposed works the
Kootenay Railway & Navigation COM
pany of Kaslo, b. O., has arranged u
five per cent mortgage for ~, 400, 900.
The Butte county, CAL, Electric Power
e. Lighting company has contract to
furnish power to Chico and Oroyille and
to tlredgers on Feather river.
Governor Gage has issued a procla-
nation calling upon the supervisors of
California and citizens to collect money
in aid Of the destitute people of Porto
Rico.
The state normal school ut San Jose,
opened "Wednesday. The registration
is given at about 650-about that of last
year.
The cruiser Newark reached San
Francisco last week from the Atlantic.
Fire destroyed the building occupied
by +. f. Sanguinetti at Yuma, Ariz.,
last week. Six persons We're killed by
the collap e of the walls. The property
loss will amount to 100000.
The scarcity of cans is causing no end
of trouble in Sonoma county. The big
Rose City cannery was shut down sew
eral days lately, it being impossible to
secure sufficient cans to supply more
than one of the packing houses. The
Cutting cannery has been running stead
lily all the season. The Sebastopol can
merry is only operated about half the
time on account of the can famine, and
the two canneries at Healdsburg have
been handicapped from the same cause,
The Finnish delegation, which has
been sent to America to select lands for
q colony of between 5000 and 10000
Firms. will decide upon British Colum.
bia. along the Pacific slope. 4 letter to
this effect was received in New York
from A, Borgstrom, one OF the dclega-
ton. The ma ajority of the immigrants
from Finland are young men who, to
avoid being sent into Russia to serve in
the army, are leaving the country in
stead.
The Southern Pacific company is re-
placing its 2o-ton coal cars with cars
that carry 100. 900 pounds The coal j.
unloaded from these ears by two chutes,
one on each side.
Orders have been received by Mana
ager Merrimen of the American Steel
company at Everett, Wash, To send the
nail machines there 10 San Franclco, to
be used in enlarging the nail mill opcr-
ated by the company.
A mortgage for 500 0o0, 900, issued by
the Central Pacific Trust company IL
being filed III the counties of California
through which the road runs. The
mortgage requires $4,000 worth of rev.
enue stamps.
The Yuba, Cal, Power oompany's 81
mile line to Sacramento is completed.
1t furnishes the greatest voltage of any
western electric company. with the ex-
ception of the Provo Mercur company
of Utah. The 5000 horse power to Fol-
som will be conducted over the wires ut
a loss of less than 10 per cent
The transport Morgan City is wreck,
but all on board are saved. Such was
the substance of from Nagasaki re-
ceived by Colonel Long depot quarter
master at San Francisco. from Powers
the coaling agent of the government ut
Nagasaki The brief dispatch tells how
the Morgan City, as she was entering
the Inland sea on her way to Manila.
went on rock, i'll IA storm, near Kobe.
She began to take water and filled rapid
ly. Captain Doris got up every pound
of pressure possible for prope.lers and
pumps and made for low lying shore
on the northern side of the channel,
where he beached the vessel. The lives
of the 800 and more of troops and crew
were saved by his quick action. The
cablegram says that the damage is un-
known and it's sender promises further
particulars as soon as he can reach the
scene and communicate through Kobe.
Isaac Rodgers was arrested ut Mound
city on charge of attempting to kill ID.
Smith by slow poisoning. Both men
are orchardists at Mound city, small
place about seven miles from San Ber-
nardino. Smith had been i'll for sew
eral days and has been taking medicine.
He became suspicious that the drugs
were being tampered with. A watch
was kept on Rodgers and he was caught
pouring poison in "A medicine bottle of
Smiths.
Charles Kennedy, city attorney and
member of the Placer county board of
equalization of Lincolon, died unexpect-
edly after few days illness. He was
instrumental in incorporating the town
of Lincoln. He was IA native of Penn
sylvania, aged 40.
Two armed men held up crowd of
gamblers in saloon at Spokane, Wash,
Sunday morning. The robbers cleaned
mn $l70O in gold and left. They were
immediately pursued by policeman
and several shots We're exchange. A
bullet struck the officer and caused what
is believed to be fatal wound. One of
the robbers was captured.
s H. Holt, state organizer OF the
Peoples party Of Oregon. recently
stated that his party would not fuse
with any other party for the coming
campaign.
Wallace Beck, second son of Thomas
Beck. formerly secretary Of the state,
died suddenly at his home in Watson
Vile recently. He was native of Cali
fornia, aged 43 years.
James f. Turner, well-known IN San