Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-04-26
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Taken From The Weeks
Dispatches.
The Austin Floods A Polit1cion
Drops Dead After an Argument
The Oolville Reservation to be
Opened up.


There will be no change in date OF
place of holding the Democratic Ma
tional convention previously set for Kan
sas city. July 1. The committee in
charge have determined to rebuild con-
vention hall and have it ready for oc-
cupaney by that date.
d. J. s Cooke, a blind physician of
Boston was found dead IN his home
there SOME days ago. His wife stated
that he committed suicde but the po-
lice think otherwise.
The total number of British soldiers
killed, wounded disabled o. captured
since the war began is almost $4,000.
With the Colorado Midland and Colo
RADIO Southern railroads at Leadville,
the latter road will lay third rail to
accommodate the cars of the former
vruers were issued by Secretary Root
last week formally directing the dis
solution of the Eighth army corps.
This action will relegate to history the
last of the army corps organized to
wage war against Spain. The Eight
army corps has been in existence longer
than any other corps formed since the
civil war 1t has been merged into the
Division of the Philippines, with four
departments presided over by general
officers
President Mckinley has signed a
proclamation opening to settlement the
northern half of the Colville Indian
reservation i'll Washington. The proc
lamation will go into effect October 10
next. The land open to settlement is
all that part Of the reservation which
has not been allotted to the Indians and
comprises about l, 100, 900 acres. II viii
be disposed of under the homestead
laws at 81. 80 an acre.
Without warning and with rush
and Il roar, the four story brick build
ing. at the corner of Second avenue and
Wood street in Pittsburg, collapsed,
burying in its ruins number of people,
three Of whom We're taken out dead.
Six were badly hurt and several others
slightly injured. The dead are: Mrs
Martha Jones, aged 81, Eugene Barn
hardt ana Arthur Bigler
Five Thousand coal miners of the
Georges creek region, Maryland, struck
for an increase of wages.
james B. Kellogg. the head of the
E. >. Dean company Of New York, was
sentenced to seven years aud SIX months
in the state prison.
The new $40, 00o 900 English mining
syndicate purchased the South Side
Mining and Milling complny's Is zinc
mines and ten mills at Galena, Kas.
The consideration i said To be about
500. 900.
1t is definitely known that the con-
tract for building the Union Pacific cut
of from Cuford TO Laramie. a hoo foot
tunnel through the crest of Sherman
hill aud rock causeway over Dale
creek has been let. The work will re.
uuire a large force of men two years
time to complete. The contract calls
for double track, with tunnel double
track width The project will necessi-
tate the expenditure of about S2,50O,-
600. Il is announced that operations
will be commenced about May |.
At the Republican convention held at
Amityville. l.. l., last week for the
election of delegates to the state con-
vention there was row, during which
former State Senator Richards Higble.
the leading Republican of the east end
of Long island, became greatly excited.
He was one of those elected delegates,
and after the convention he returned
home aud was stricken with heart dis
ease, dying within few minutes.
The flour mill of X. Tuttle & COM
pany at Columbia city, Ind, was wreck
ed by AN explosion Henry Landon,
fireman, and o. 5. Young, teamster.
We're killed Several others were pain
fully injured. The mill was not run.
ming at the time and il is believed
natural gas caused the explosion.
j. Albert Merritt. aged l6, one of the
most successful dry goods merchants III
Kingston, n. Y, i'll fit Of temporary
insanity shot his mother through the
head and then shot himself, dying in
stantly. 1t is thought Mrs. Merritt
will die.
The expulsions of Czech miners have
begun again. More than 100 have been
expelled from the Weldenburg coal dis
trict. In the Austrian reichsrath the
Czech delegates intend To take up these
latest cases.
The famine in India is growing worse
There are now 5000. .00o people suffer
ing. The daily relief expenditure is
placed at SSl 900
The foods about Austin. Tex, have
subsidized and the aftermath presents an
appalling loss to the farmers and stock
men OF that section Fields are washed
almost beyond recognition, aud fencing
has been washed from places heretofore
considered beyond the reach of any
food Stocks of all kinds was drowned
and in many places corn will have to be
replanted.
While touring through Italy nine
members of an excursion party from
Boston died of smallpox. Others were
stricken
On Al il ! there were 63. .5S5 officers
and men OF the United States army in
the Philippines.