Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-05-23

It Is believed that President Mckinley
will call an extra session Of congress
about October 90
The transports Pennsylvania and Mel
son have sailed from Manila for San
Francisco.
The secretary of war has decided to
return all volunteer troops to the United
States by way of San Francisco.
London reports the visible supply of
copper May ! to have been ss, 5e0 tons.
a decrease of III tons since April 10.
1t is stated that 46 per cent of the
traffic of the Mexican Central railroad
is in the transportation of ores.
James A H. Bell, the philanthropist
of Brooklyn, N. Y, has decided to re-
mf re TO Los Angeles, CAL, in order to
escape frequent demands for charity.
Terrific rain and hail fell all over
Northern Nebraska last week, destroy
ing considerable amount of property,
especially on low farms.
William N. Boggs; the defaulting tel
Ter of the Dover Del.) National bank,
has been sentenced to five years in the
Trenton penitentiary.
The residence of Dr. L. O. Bagwell.
ten miles east of Dalton, Ga, was burned
recently. DIR. Bagwell, his three chill
dren and their negro housekoeper were
burned to death.
The U. S. Rubber company announced
an advance of ten per cent on the price
of rubber boots and shoes tho coming
season.
A fire at Kansas City last week de-
stroyed the five.story warehouse of the
Newby Transfer and Storage company.
The loss is estimated at $1,000 Dur
ing the fire James T. McNellis, fire.
man, was killed.
During a collision between two trains
at Utica N. Y, Friday Harry Neal of
Buffalo was so badly injured that he
may die.
The conference between the coal oper-
ators of Southeastern Kansas and the
executive committees of the miners,
held at Pittsburg, Kas., adjourned
without arriving at a settlement. This
may lead TO suspension of work in all
the mines In the district. Twelve
Thousand men will be involved.
The schooner Nelson, deeply laden
with cargo of coal, foundered In lake
Superior, off Grand Marais, and carried
down all hands except one. So far as
known, only one man, Captain Hogney,
escaped from this, the first disaster of
The season.
Joe Harvey of Howard City, Mich,
shot his wife, baby, father-in-law,
grandmother, his uncle and himself.
Mrs. Harvey. the grandmother. and the
uncle are dead. Family trouble is sup
posed TO be the cause. Harvey will
die. He refuses to say anything about
the crime.
The war department has decided to
send the transports Thomas, Meade and
Logan from New York to Manila. They
will probably transport the Seventh and
Nineteenth regiments of infantry and
the First and Seventh regiments of
artillery to the PHILIPPINES.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Crosby
and her l4-year-old son Thomas, charg-
ed with the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Nye, at Chtago, returned its verdict.
Mrs Crosby was found guilty of man.
slaughter and sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary. The boy was ae-
quilted. Constable Nye was shot and
killed by young Crosby as the officer
was breaking in the door of Mrs Cros-
by's home to serve a writ of ejectment
upon the family.
General Maxine Gomez recently in
formed General Brooke at Havana that
he must withdraw from the plan for
distributing the 100000 appropriated
to the payment of the Cuban troops to
the extent that he will not name any
other commissioners to replace those
originally named by him who have re-
fused to serve,
In accordance with a decision rem
dered by Judge Dale at Wichita, Kas,
adjudging the street cars to be public
nuisance, the cars quit running. The
lease of the present company expired
some time ago, but they continued to
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