Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-11-21
News Of the World.
happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.


Aged Banker Goes to Jail.
The election in Kentucky last week
brought on a number of shooting scrapes.
"A which u few were killed and many
wounded
Dewey's flagship. the Olympia. has
zone out OF commission and is tied up
IT the Charleston navy yard.
Merchants of Barcelona, Spain, re-
tuse to pay their taxes and the Spanish
government is going to send squadron
there to compel them to pay up.
n Dlnish syndicate has been formed
Tor the purpose of supplying Denmark
with American coal
Admiral George Dewey and Mrs
Mildred Hazen were quietly married at
Washington Thursday.
Two young men wanted to playa joke
On new workman, John Shinder, in il
Chicago carpenter shop. They tied him
to post with tar rope and in order to
frighten him set fire to it, The rope
blazed up rapidly, set fire to the victim S
clothes and severely burned him Both
Young men were taken to jail.
Robbers attempted to run things their
own way few nights ago at ntusyille.
Ia. They came in contact with two
officers. and in fight that result d both
officers were badly wounded and one
robber killed.
News from the Orient is to the effect
that rupture between Japan aud Rus.
sia IL very apt " occur III the near flu
ture. Japan is making every prepara-
ton for war, mobilizing and drilling
troops, besides putting her navy in first
class condition. The firms buiding
warships for Japan have received orders
to rush the work with all possible haste.
A hunting party of six Navajo Indians
precipitated fight near Flagstaff "a.
1. Saturday night which may lead to
serious trouble with the Indians of the
Navajo reservation. In the encounter
w. II. Montgomery, a cowboy. and five
Indians were killed, while the last of the
six Indians was wounded. as were
ADNPttf fthV'ihs Ihif itpSdbt Vi
Troop A. Rough Riders, and W. Roden
both well-known oattlemen. The trouble
arose over the Indians resisting arrest
Montgomery had been maltreated by
them few days before and he caused a
warrant to be issued at Flagstaff for
their arrest.
A bill is 10 be introduced To the next
congress asking for the extension of the
Yellowstone park. The scheme is to
annex several thousand acres in Wy
oming, Montana and Idaho
Two people are dead and third is
seriously i'll IN Kansas city. Kas, from
eating mince pies. apparently containing
ptonaine poisoning. George Hoffman
aged - years, carpenter. and his son
in-law, John Salmon, aged 40 years. died
after an hour of agony. Mrs. Hoffman
Is critically i'll.
Nearly 81 1000, 900 have been invested
in gilsonite claims on the Colorado Utah
state line by Boston men. and consid
cradle will be spent in development.
A railway is to be built on the island
of Hawaii from Hilo. the principal city
ON the eastern coast, to Makusona, with
total trackage, including branch lines,
of 1870 miles.
From July l2th TO Oct. Goth the White
Horse, Alaska, horse railroad carried
II 900 tons of freight over its five miles
of wooden length for SEQ per ton Next
season the railway takes its place
Matters in the Samoan islands are
quiet at present. The natives are await
ing the outcome of the report of the
international commission.
Lewis Warner, aged 80, who wrecked
the Hampshire CountyNational bank and
the Hampshire Saving Bank of North
ampton, Mass. by embezzling $500, 900.
was sentenced TO term in the state
prison of not more than IL nor less than
nine years, the first day to b i'll solitary
confinement.
So far the state department has re-
ceiyed no official statement of the agree
ment between Great Britain aud Ger
many as to Samoa However, the Off
cials do not doubt the accuracy of the
press report The chief interest of the
United States in the Samoan archipel-
ago was the preservation of our rights
in the harbor of Pago-Pago, a lease of
which was secured to us by the treaty
of 1878. By the arrangement recently
made between the governments of the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many. the United States becomes pos
sessed of all the islands of the Samoan
group which lie east OF the list merid
ian of longitude. These islands com
prise Tutuila, where is situated the
harbor of Pago. Pago aud further east
Manua, Oloosinga, Ofoo and Rose isl
ands.
James Jefferies aud J. J. Corbett have
signed articles for fight. The fight
will not take place for some months yet,
Frank Giles Of Chicago, was waylad
and assaulted by two highwaymen Sal
urday night. Before the robbers c I'D
accomplish their purpose he shot one Of
them dead and the other fed,
The Santo Domingo congress has pre-
claimed Senior Jiminex president OF
Santo Domingo, and Senor Nasquex
vice. president. They will go into office
December |, when the constitution will
undergo a change. The country is quiet
and business 10 improving.