Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-08-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Taken From The Weeks
A1sNAs Dispatches. a7sN
Big Wool Sale In Texa--M Mystrrfous
Murder ut Waco. Tex, Cleared Up
Canal Cencessio. fortih1d-Goid From,
the klondike.

the kiondike.
A fire in the lumber yard district OF
Ashland, Wis, caused a million dollars
worth OF damage.
The town of Halton. N. D.. was
struck by tornado and many houses
We're blown down.
William NJ Vaughn, was arrested
near Phoenix, Ariz. upon the statement
that he murdered his partner. Ed Wild.
ner. Vaughn is supposed to be crazy.
Both men belong in California.
The bubonic plague has broken out in
London.
An electrical inventor has invented
an apparatus for the cnre Of consum,
ton A physician of New York who
was given up for dead was cured by
three applications and is now practic.
ing. ~
-Four Young ladies, members of prom.
inent Philadelphia families were drown
ed while at Ocean ei.y. y. j., last week.
john Clark Ridpath. the historian.
died in New York IA few days ago from
Il complication of Diseases. lie war
50 years of age.
Samoan native chiefs have transferred
their possessions TO the United States.
Stringent measures are being taken to
avoid the importation OF fire arms and
liquor 10 the islands.
Three members of the family of j.
A. Norris of Harvey, ILL.,, died last week
from eating toadstools which they mis-
took for mushrooms. -Four others came
near dying.
Brigadier-G General James II. Wilson
was recently ordered to China To fight
the Boxers, and sailed from San Fran.
cisco one day last week.
AT an election held in North Caro-
lima last week the Democrats carried
the day. The election also disfran.
chised he negro. s
Two men and young woman lost
their lives by drowning in Muskegon
lake. Mich The drowned are: John
Mortkedt, Charles Erickson, Selma
Teliefson. The boat i'll which the party
was rowing eapsized about a mile from
shore.
About 800 900 tons of wool In the
san Angelo, Tex. market have been
contracted for on account Of eastern in
delivery though prices ON about 20O, ,00G
pounds of IL months are given at IA 10
l6 cents, The remainder is said 10 have
gone it u decline from previous hold
ings.
The secretary of the navy has called
for bids for the construction OF six
cruisers. The limited cost of each is
10 hc about 81, 600, 900
The government of Nicaragua has
taken possession OF the property of the
Maritime Canal company and removed
he company ears and rails and prop
erty in the interior TO Greytown. The
company failed co complete the work in
the allotted time.
An assassin attempted 10 take the life
of the Shah of Persia at Paris last
week. The assassin tried to shoot him
ts he was riding IN carriage but WAS
Dverpowered and arrested before he
could fire.
The mystery surrounding the double
killing at Waco, Tex, sunday night
has been cleared up by Duncan MoLen-
nan Sr., who, according to his own con-
fession, took the lives of both Mr..
kingbury and Duncan MoLennan Jr.
The motive for the killing is said 10
have been financial difficulties of long
standing between McLennan Sr. and
Kingsbury.
William Kent WAS arrested i'll Chi.
eitgn last week for numbering his
brother, Norman, two years ago. The
brothers quarreled oyer money matters.
Alexander Jester. the octogenarian,
who was on trial M New London, Mo,
for the murder of Gilbert Gates 30 years
ago has been acquitted.
Coils p. Huntington, who arrived in
Newport News, Va. from New York
recently, and said to a reporter that he
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his shipynrd there This mill will sup.
ply the yard with plates and perhaps
ms western 'a''i''''' WIZ" a'' '"e s'ee4
rails needsd'
Reports of the bureaa of tho mint
show that the receipts OF gold ut the
Seaftle assay Office in the month of