Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-04-04
News Of the World.
Happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.

Secretary Alger and party OF friends
have departed for Cuba on a tour of in
spection.
Arrangements have been made to
construct railroad from Deadwood, >.
d. to Denver
The leather manufactures of the
country have combined under the title
of the American Hide and Leather COM
pany.
The Pacific Iron & Nail company
have conveyed to the Balfour Guthrie
Investment company the old Pacific and
Nail Works property.
E. O. Kelsey. city engineer, Salt Lake
City, Utah, proposes to spend $25, 900
i'll betterment of that city's water
system.
The formal opening of the ship canal
at Port Arthur, Tex, took place Satur-
day.
A small manufactory of fireworks
in Hoboken, N. j.. was destroyed by an
explosion Saturday. One man, Nicola
Anzalone, was killed; Michael Angelo,
IA years old, was fatally hurt.
A number of bandits have been caus-
ing considerable trouble about Santiago,
Cuba, for some time. Last week Amer
lean soldiers were sent to capture them
and fight took place in which several
of the bandits were killed and others
captured.
During an argument over some papers
o. E. Westenhaven, an attorney, was
shot and killed by Paul and John Zelt-
ner The murderers made their escape
to their home, which they barricaded,
and successfully held at bay mob of
men, besides officers and company of
militia.
Adjutant- General Corbin has under
taken to get all the volunteers ont of
Cuba by April 25th, and arrangements
are now being perfected with that end
in view. This is fully two weeks within
the limit, May 10Th, set by the president
before he left for the south. The pro-
portions of the undertaking may be
realized when it is realized that % regi-
ments must be transported by sea to
the United States ports within month.
A contract for 300 barrel flour mill
in Shanghai, China-the first contract
ever given United States firm for
flour mill in Chinar-has been received
by the Edward p. Allis company, Mil
waukee The milling machinery, en-
gine. ETC., complete will be shipped next
month
The Pittsburg Iron company is to es-
tablish branch at Seattle, Wash, for
the manufacture of iron and steel for
the Orient.
The Roumania has reached New York
from Santiago with the remains of 554
and 120 from Porto Rico. Arrange
ments have been made to send the re-
mains OF the soldiers to their former
homes. Where no requests are made or
the remains are unknown they will be
sent to the Arlington National ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Motion, near La Grande. caused
the death of two of her children by ad-
ministering morphine. She attempted to
commit suicide but failed. She wrote a
note to her husband, saying that she
had given the drug to her children and
had taken it herself. 1t is said that she
feared that her husband was becoming
insane, and for that reason she wanted
to die and take the children with her.
Two miners, Charles Reuss and Bur
Frey, have just been rescued from the
Bonair mine, near Leadville, Col. They
had been imprisoned for 13 days by a
cave-in. The men We're none the worse
for the experience, food and water hav-
ing been sent to them by means of an
air pipe.
George Bidwell, who with his brother
Austin, swindled the Bank of England
out of 5000, 600, by forgery, died at
Butte Mont, few days ago. His
brother Austin died three weeks pre-
vious and grief is supposed to have
brought on Georges death.
Advices from Ecuador announce that
the Protestant missionaries IN that
country are in grave danger. A wave
of fanaticism is sweeping over the
country and general massacre is threat
ened. Minister Sampson has appealed
to the government.
The division of the wheat crop for
1898, as between spring and winter
wheat, is estimated by the agricultural
department as follows: Spring wheat,
acres harvested 1880, ,430; bushels, 292,-
600, ,673; winter wheat acres harvested
25, 733, ,S4s; bushels, 8S2. 1872 ,032; total
acres harvested, 44,055, ,27S bushels,
675. 14S. 705.
John Webb and Will Toney, two
negro boys about Is years of age, were
/ killed and two of their companions seri-
ously wounded at Edgefield, s. c., by
four white employees of the Edgefield
cotton factory. Two of the murderers
are mere boys, probably not over l6 years
old. 1t is difficult to fix the motive for
the crime, but it is supposed the shots
which killed the negroes We're intended
for others.
Paris, France, is suffering from the
scourge of Influenza. The deaths dur
ing the last seven days have been 23S
above the average.
Fire destroyed the Armour curled
hair and felt works at Chicago. causing
a property loss of nearly $i00,0o0 and
injuring IL employees, one fatally, Six
people who were in the building when
the fire broke out are missing, and while
it is not thought that all of them are
dead, it r. probable that the majority Of
them perished.