Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-09-19
News Of the World.
Happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
An american to be Executed In Japan
"A Cougar Kills "A Chiid--Navai Ap
prentice system to be Changed-Ex-
press Train Robbed in Arizona.
The glass makers of the country have
formed a combination.

frned a combination.
The Glasgow (Scotland) town council
has just placed an order for two Ameri-
can-built traction engines for city use.
William II. Snyder, bar-keeper OF
Keswick, Cal. is in Jail charged with
blowing up the residence of Mrs. Plumb
with dynamite. Snyder threatened to
blow up the woman's home because she
refused to marry him. The house was
recently destroyed by an explosion and
Snyder is accused of destroying it.
Fire destroyed the stove factory of
Bridgford q Co., at Louisville, causing
loss of $200.000; insurance about $780,
600. The Phoenix Tanning company,
situated in another part of the city,
was destsoyed by fire owing to lack of
engines. Loss $4,000, fully insured.
John Zehnder, a spectator, was fatally
hurt.
Mrs. Ethel S. Rowe committed suicide
at Tuscon, A. T., Monday night by
hanging herself, after drowning her ten
year-old boy in a bathtub Mrs. Rowe
secured a divorce a year ago and despon-
deney is supposed to have been the cause
of her act.
John Y. MeKane, a once noted politl-
cal boss of New York, died at his home
on Coney island some days ago.
Advices from Samoa are that pending
the final decision of the three powers
the Samoans are in state of uncer-
tainty. The commission informed the
Samoans before leaving that the Berlin
treaty is still in existence; also the Of
flee of chief justice. They had no pow
er to alter or change these, and Chief
Justice Chambers left of his own ac-
cord. They had no control over him.
The natives claim that if the Berlin
treaty is still in force, then they have
autonomy, and will proceed to elect a
supreme chief, avoiding the title of king.
Colonel Albert d. Shaw of Water
town, n. Y, has been elected command
er-in-chief of the grand army of the
republic.
A report is current in New York that
Commissary- General Charles p Egan,
who has been suspended from the army
for five years, will ask to be retired.
After drought of 81 days in Texas,
during which the maximum tempera-
ture has been over 100 degrees, rain fell,
but only enough to lay the dust. The
present drought is the most severe in
the history Of tho weather bureau. The
water supply has become SO light that
street and lawn sprinkling has been
abandoned.
The navy department expects to begin
the manufacture of smokeless powder at
It's powder mills few miles back from
the Potomac river, near Indian Head,
within the next two or three months.
Work on the mills has been pushed
energetically, and at present about 1900
men are employed. Admiral O'Neil,
chief of the buresu of ordinance, accom-
panied by Lieutenant Seymour of the
bureau, inspected the work during the
last week and was much pleased with
the progress made. Already about a
dozen buildings are completed, the elec-
tric light plant is installed, and the
stand pipe l20 feet high, is up. There
are / | or IL other buildings well along
toward completion. Altogether the
group of buildings will number "a or %
with n capacity of s000 pounds of
smokeless powder daily.
A cougar recently seized four-year-
old child that was playing in front of
its fathers home near Kamlah, Idaho,
and started for the woods. The animal
got Heightened and dropped the child be-
fore it had gone far. The baby's neck
was broken and it was dead.
Yellow fever is spreading rapidly in
Florida and Mississippi. Thirty new
cases We're reported in "a hours at Key
] West recently.
she executive committee of the Gu
7 ban Assembly has commenced a distri-
button of promissory notes to members
of the Cuban army, which notes are to
/ be paid by the future republic. Each
general receives a note for over $40, 900
and each colonel one for $ll 900, The
I total amount to be paid is over $40, ,000,-
I 600.
Acting Secretary Allen has issued an
order making important changes i'll the
navy yard apprentice system. Hereto
fore there has been no rule for the ap-
] pointment aud education of apprentices.
7 Now conmandants at navy yards are
/ instructed to receive applications from
/ likely candidates and make up lists of
eligibles from which appointments will
be made The examinations will not be
severe, except physically, the require
ments being ability to read and write
and knowledge of arithmetic up to deci-
mails. Candidates must be between the
/ ages of 10 and II years. Once appointed
4 the boys will be thoroughly instructed
in their trades and examined from time
to time for promotion. 1t is hoped i'll
this manner to cure the ills of the pre-
sent apprentice system,
Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking, com
manding the navy yard at Boston, Mass.
died OF appoplexy recently. He was %
years of age.
A telephone line from Denver. Colo,
to Cheyenne, Wyo., is now III operation.
Steel rails have again advanced to the
following prices; New York 1872, Chica-
go 33l, Httsburg $50.
Eighteen miles of heavy narrow
gauge road viii be built this season from
Morenci to Guthrie, Arizona.