Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-08-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Taken From The Weeks
Dispatches.
BATTLES Between Indians and Mexican
Troops Result In the Defeat Of the
Latter-Cattlemen In Wyoming XIII
Sheep Trouble In New Orleans.

Charles II. Hoyt, the playwright. has
gone insane and is in an asylum at
Hartford, Conn.
Sockless Jerry Simpson. the Kansas
politician. got into mixup at Fort
Scott, Kan, with some negroes and
came near being mobbed.
Emil Uhlbrecht, a we'll known bi.
cyclist, was drowned near Honolulu
some time ago. A few days later a
large man eating shark was caught in
Honolulu harbor, and upon cutting him
open remains of Uhlbrecht were found.
Identification was possible by one OF
the victims shoes.
A fire, due to the careless handling OF
kerosene in starting fire, Theodore
Haekenburg. Hackenburg and his wife
We're fatally burned. The property loss
is $4,000
A severe tornado passed through
Trail county, N. D, Saturday. IT.
path was 30 miles long and four miles
wide. The home of Thomas Everson
was demolished and his 7.year-old son
killed. Much damage to crops wal
4 done.
Estes G. Rathbone, recently director
of posts in Cuba, was arrested Saturday
at Havana on four charges. all in con
nection with the postal frauds.
Five cars of the Transit company OF
st. Louis were damaged Saturday night
by dynamite placed on the tracks al
different points by strikers. Nobody
injured.
Reports from the military operation,
in the Philippines during the past week
show that in that period 200 Filiptnos
were killed and SO captured. Among
the prisoners taken were eight officers
The two-days' fiesta in Manila. or.
ganized by Senior Palermo and his politi.
cal followers to commemorate the am.
pesty, resulted in fiasco. The people
were passive, unenthusiastic and not
even interested. Failing to perceive
any tangible, effective results of am.
nesty. they say that they can see nc
reason for celebrating
The war in South Africa is nearing
its close. The Beers avoid battles and
only attack small parties. DeWet's
early capture is looked for. Gold and
rain have greatly hampered the opera
tions of the British.
Trouble broke out in New Orleans
last week between policemen and ne.
groes IN which a former was killed. A
mob started in pursuit of the negro but
broke into a riot and went for every
negro in sight. Several people Of both
color were killed and an unknown num-.
ber wounded.
A tunnel was recently found leading
under the penitentiary at Allegheny.
It is supposed that the work was done
by Chicago anarchists who wished to
free Henry G. Bergman, confined in
the penitentiary for shooting II. o.
Friek during the Homestead riots some
years ago.
At Oroauieta, in Northern Mindanao.
Luzon, two soldiers entered q native
store for the purpose OF buying food.
While there one of them was killed by
bolo and his head severed from his
body. The other escaped and gave the
alarm. company of the Fortieth
infantry stationed at Cagayan repaired
to oroquieta and killed SO natives, 3S OF
Them being in single house.
The government has arranged TO pro.
vide the American soldiers now de.
tailed in China regular postal service
such as was in operation during the
Spanish war. Mails for troops in ser.
vice in China as we'll as from there will
lie promptly forwarded.
One day st week 3ll5 immigrants
reached New York.
A desperate battle took place last
week between the Mexican troops and
the Yucatan Indians in which the gov.
ernment troops We're badly routed and
lost heavily. This is the engagement
which has been awaited with the great
est anxiety in the City of Mexico. The
Mexicans had been chasing the Maya
Indians III Yucatan for several months.
hnt could never get them into straight
fight up to the time when the meeting
of the two forces took place at point
about IS miles out of San Luis, the
capital of the Indian tribe. General
Bravo commanded the Mexican troops,
aud it is said that he had about 5000
mon. The Maya Indians numbered
600 warriors, and it was discovered
That they were armed with the most
modern equipments of war.
In Rawlins, the southern part of Car
bon county, party of mountain cat
llemen from Routt county, Colorado.
visited the sheep camp of Martin John.
son, Just across the Wyoming line. IN
Routt county. and slaughtered over
IS 70 head of sheep, The animals were
shot down but the herders were not mo.
lested. but were warned To bring nc
more sheep across the Wyoming line.
Yellow fever has broken out in the
barracks OF the Seventh United States
cavalry and the First United States in.
iantry in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. There
have been nine deaths during the last
month and II cases are now undel
treatment in the hospitals. General
Lee ordered the camp moved three miles
into the country and the quarantine
will be strictly enforced,