Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-07-11
News Of the World.
Happenings of the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
War Department swsmpsd With onsrs
for Enlistment. - England Dspsnds
Indemnity for the killing Of Subject
ny the Beers.

to go to the Philippines and take hand
in ending the insurrection there. u II
estimated that 100, 900 men have ten.
dered their services to the government
and that force of that size Is available
for immediate service None of ths
organization offers are to be accepted,
but additional men will be enlisted in.
dividually.
In the house of commons at London,
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary Of state
for the colonies, said that compensation
had been demanded from the Transvaal
government on the ground that the
Englishman, Edgar, who was shot by a
Boer policeman in johannesburg In De-
cember, 1898, was killed by a govern.
ment officer without any Justification.
At the Harvard university (Boston)
commencement exercises the degree of
bachelor of arts was conferred upon
these graduates Griff1ng Bancroft, Paul
Bancroft and Samuel Charles Wiel of
! San Francisco, CAL. and Benjamin Har.
rison Dibblee of Ross, Cal. The de-
gree, with magma cum laude on account
of excellence in the whole course, was
awarded to Charles Almont Ruggles of
Redlands, Cal.
One of the largest stock deals ever: con-
summated in the southwest took place
at Eagle, N. NJ, few days ago. The
Detroit and Rio Grande Cattle company.
of which Secretary of War Alger Is
president and principal stockholdsr, and
Colonel Philip Mothersill, now chief
commissary of the United States army
at Havana, Is manager, transferred to
Levi Baldwin, cattle king who con-
trolls vast stock interests in Central New
Mexico and Lama, Col, its entire New
Mexico property, including over 1000
head of cattle, extensive ranges and
many watering places, Baldwin paid
$50 head for all above yearlings and
s. for calves.
The mines in the neighborhood Of
Wardner Idaho, are being equipped
with gatling guns enclosed in block
house. The precaution is being taken to
guard against attacks from mob
Beginning July West Australia ad-
mits duty free, asbestos covering COM
position for steam pipes, boilers, etc.,
gauges and screens for mining and ma
chinery, and appliances for lubricating
and cleaning wire ropes.
The Canadian Pacific and Great North
ern railways are reported to have agreed
that a joint line shall be laid to connect
tha pau,da,xy CraaL -,,,;pino ANNA of
British Columbia with the Republic dis
trict in Washington, to be 50 miles
long.
The United States cruiser Chicago,
flying the flag of Rear Admiral Henry
L. Howison, has been ordered from
Tamatave. Madagascar, to Delagoa bay,
Portuguese East Africa, to protect
American interests in the event Of war
between Great Britain and the Trans
vaal The interests of Americans in the
South African republic are extensive.
A clerk in store at Racine, Wis, re-
Gently took in dollar that was made in
1904, and later sold it to coin collector
for $1,000.
A duel occurred at the corner of Ire
mont and Market streets, Galveston,
Tex, when the streets were crowded
with shoppers. James johnson and
William Boyd, two gamblers, came out
of a saloon at separate doors. Then shoot
ing began. Officer Rowe ran between
the men and made a desperate attempt
to stop them. He says while they were
shooting man standing in the door
way fired two or three shots at Johnson
Fifteen shots were fired in all When
the smoke cleared away it was found
that four men had been shot. johnson
died on the way to the hospital. Boyd
was shot in the left leg and right
arm, the bones in each being broken
George Lovey, aged 5S a blacksmith,
and w. Fl. Gordman who, were on their
way home from the government fortifi-
cations, where they are employed, were
hit by stray bullets. Lovey is shot
through the right kidney and is dying.
Gordman is shot ovey the right lung
though not fatally.
The charge of pur jury against John
Wooley Berkeley capitalist, growing
out of the Langford divorce case at
Eureka was dismissed on motion of Dis
trict Attorney Cooper he stated to the
court tnat he considered the evidence
insufficient.
The Steamer Carlisle City sailed from
San Diego for China and Japan last
week and carried cargo valued at
$500, 900.
c. Garff of Ogden, Utah. has a mu-
nicipal lighting contract and will put
in an electric light plant.
Tramps are begging for dimes in San
Francisco. California farmers are un-
able to get men to harvest the crops.
Los Angeles, GAL, has abandoned it's
project of municipal light distributing
but proposes to issue $a,000,0 900 water
bonds.
Sam aud George Adcock We're arrested
by game warden at Ukiah on the
charge of killing deer out Of season,
Vincent Page was brought in on the
same charge. All pleaded guilty and
were fined 90 each. A vigorous fight
Is being made against Illicit deer killing.
Serious drought continues in New
Mexico and southern Colorado.
Vladivostook, Siberia, is being su-
perseded in business Importance by Port