Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-04-12
News Of The World
Cleaned From Al! Quarters
in the Past Few Days.
Russia Seems to be Drifting Into
War Several Children Burne
to Death Many Men Stranded
at Honolulu.

to Death Many Men Stranded
at Honolulu.
yioA Ho,sockcr, stenographer. who
was asenl!v on trial at Hastings, Neb.,
accl al o. sending poisoned candy to
he. rll..sy er's wife, has been found not
ga:a';y.
IN osicial account has been issued at
Tsr- II the victory of the French
,reon. over the Arab army at Inrahr,
tyl.cy assembled with the object of
sta. king the French expedition which
rsc..4tly occupied the oasis of Insalah.
southwest of Algeri;i. The French
l15fned of the scheme and decided to
s.orm the enemy's position. which was
successfully carried March 10 by col
umn led by Lieutenant-Colonel Eu. The
I town was first bombarded and then
stoined, the Arab warriors making
their last stand in the mosques. They
ief5 600 men killed and a hundred
wounded on the field. In addition 450
prisoners were taken.
Archibald Forbes, the well-known
wac CORRESPONDENT. died i'll London re-
Gently. He had been in bad health for
some years. and during the last six
months had been unable to do anything,
owing to complications arising from
rheumatism and paralysis.
An explosion occurred at an early
hour at the Union Pacific oil house at
Laramie, Wyo. The end walls were
i blown out, the roof thrown 30 feet in
/ the air, turned over and fell back upon
the remaining walls. The explosion
was caused by the carelessness of ear
oiler in leaving the faucet of a gasoline
tank open. A score of persons were
more or less injured.
Many men from the coast are strand
ed in Honolulu on account of the plague
They went there expecting to secure
employment, taking enough money with
them to return III case they could not
/ get work. When the plague broke out
they could not get away, and not secur-
/ ing employment spent their money for
living and are now in a serious plight.
A special dispatch from Washington
/ says: The government has received in-
formation of the appointment and in.
stallation of Senor Teofilo Castillejo as
the first American governor of the
Batanes group and Calayan island
Senior Costillejo is Filipino who re-
sided in Aparri The new governor
was taken to Batanes and Calayan in
I the gunboat Prinston, Commander
Knox
Three children We're burned to death
in IA fire which destroyed the farm
house of John Brassill, i'll East Provi-
/ dence, r. l. The mother succeeded in
rescuing one. an infant, from its burn
/ ing cradle, but the babe lived only Il few
hours. The other little victims persisted
while the mother yainly stroye to pene-
trate the wall of fire that kept her off.
A large quantity of plnws, hoes and
other farm implements have been re-
eeived at Santiago, Cuba, for free dis
tribntion throughout the province, and
hundreds of applications have already
been supplied. They say they can soon
raise enough to support their families
The London Standard gives double
4 1tttuttl W iiit ipllbMiliE us
patch from Odessa: "There can be nc
longer any doubt as to the object of the
4 war-like preparations now being COM
| pleted IN south Russia. Nearly 30, 0oo
troops have already been mobilized for
active service. The Black sea squad
'en, with transports, is held in instant
Aeadiness. The tension in the relations
,,atxraoo Sf patarsb,,ro aod r., Srk
lime Porte becomes every day more
scute. The position is looked upon
With the gravest apprehension. Ii the
ottoman government, supported by
Germany, should prove stubbornly i6-
sractabe with regard to Russia's CON
cessonary demands in Asia Minor, seri-
ous complications must inevitably
ensue The Russian garrisons in the
I Caucasus and along the Armenian
frontier have been increased fourfod
and equipped for active service.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
the interior, sent his resignation to the
white house Monday, through his pri-
yate secretary. As the white house no
statement was obtainable concerning
1 tne ItsiSHttiOu otiltr tllhil tnc ldct thdt
it had been received, and the oificials
declined to say whether it would he ac-
cepted.
/ Queen Victoria is visiting in Ireland.
Another prehistoric city covering
several hundred acres has been dis
covered near the Indian village of Teo-
caltiche, state of Oaxaea, Mex.
The only hitch in the negotiations
looking to the purchase by the United
States of the Danish West Indies from
Denmark concerns the price to be paid
for the new territory. The bill intro
duced by Representative Gardner of New
Jersey providing for the payment OF
$1,000, 900 for the islands is believed to
have caused the Danish government to
raise the price above the -, 600, oo0
which this government is willing to pay.
Efforts are being made to conpronse
the matter, however, and the nogo,i-
ations are now being conducted between
the Danish crown and the American
minister at Copenhagen.
Secretary of State Caleb Powers of
Kentucky, has been held for trial with.
out bail for being connected With the
plot to murder Governor Goebol.