Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-08-23
NEWS OF THE WORLD
Taken From The Weeks
Dispatches.
Ex-Secretary Powers round Guilty and
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment--
Lord Roberts's Severe PROCLAIM alton

The transport Indiana has reached
faku and the troops it carried havs
beep sent to the front.
Heavy rains in Yavapai county. Ariz
have caused the streams to fill and nj
danger of drought is now passed.
Rev. Charles o. Brown, formerly o.
the Congregational church at San Fran
cisco, where he created great stir 1
few years ago in connection with somt
young women of the congregation, wa
quietly divorced In Chicago recently
his wife charging him with adultery
He has since been married to Mrs
Malloy. widow Of means.
An express package containing $50 ,00'
in currency was stolen from safe in al
Adams Express car some distance from
Burlington, Ia The package Of none,
was forwarded from the Commercial
National Bank of Chicago and was billed
to one of the large banking N,titutionl
of Burlington. When the end of tn.
run was reached the bills We're missing
from the package and number o.
blank sheets of paper put in their place
A young man living in the Tennessee
mountains has found u cure for rattle
snake bites. Ii is n weed known a,
"gall of the earth" He allows reptile,
to bite him, applies the weed, and no il
effects appear. Several of his friends
have been cured of poisonous bites by
the application.
James n Burnham. a publisher ot
Wymore, Neb., shot and killed hi,
father last Sunday. The elder Burn
ham was drunk and attacked his sol
with butcher knife. When there wa,
no escape the son shot, killing the ole
man instantly. He acted III self-defense
and was exonerated by jury.
Lord Roberts proclamation issued al
Pretoria, reciting the fact that mar
have broken the oath to maintain he,
trality and that the leniency extended
all who break their oaths in the future
...at they will be punished by death
Imprisonment or fine, He declares thai
all burghers in districts occupied by the
British, except those who take the oath
will be regarded as prisoners of war ant
where the enemy or his scouts are har
bored will be liable to be razed
The extremeley heavy rainfall in al
parts of Iowa in the last four days ha,
become serious menace TO crops, Tbs
Des Moines river has risen ten feet
The lowlands are flooded and man,
bridges have been swept away,
The trustees of the Des Moines, La.
Baptist college. who are seeking to raiss
an endowment fund of 100000, have
just been notified by John ID. Rockfel
Ter that he will give the institution $50
900 on condition that like sum is raised
by the trustees themselves. The trus
tees have raised $25,0
An order has been received at For
Smelling. Mimi, from the war depart
ment directing that the Second bat
TALON of the Eight infantry be SEN
from Fort Smelling to San Francisco
not later than September 8. whenct
they are scheduled to sail ON the trans
port Thomas, September 10.
The puddlers, helpers and mill hand.
of the Diamond State Steel company
at Wilmington. Del, received notice
that they We're Indefinitely laid of un
til the mills resume running. 1t is esti
mated 1000 to 1900 hands affected.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. l9.-Plans for the re
sumption of work on the Worlds Fail
fund of s., 900, 900, which has been vex
atiously interrupted, are under dali,
consideration by Chairman ID. Il. Fran
els and William II. Thompson of the
two principal committees. Mr.. Franci.
expects to sail for Paris about September
10Th and hopes to have things in such
shape by that time that the fund will be
pretty complete. In fact. one reason he
delayed his departure was TO assure
himself that there would be no hitch
The prominence which General Chat
fee has attained in the China campaign
has already started some discussion al
Washington as a suitable reward fol-
him by promotion in the regular army
A second serious accident has hap
pened at the Paris exposition. The
hand rail ON crowded bridge gave
away precipitating large number ol
people over the side. Two people were
killed and many wounded.
An organization Is to be formed b,
veterans who served in the Philippin,
war.
A crowd of figthing negroes stabbed d
policeman to death IN New York on,
day last week. A crowd of white
started TO wreck vengeance upon al
colored people found and caused con
trouble siderable for a day or two
Police reserves kept the crowd on tn,
move.
General Alban. civil governor ant
military commander of the departm IN
of Panama. telegraphs that he has re
eeived dispatch from Socorro announc
the absolute surrender of the rebe
forces under Vargas Sontos, Focion Sot
and Uribe at San Vicente. Genera
Tribe escaped tn Barrunca.
BY the result OF telegrapher's erro
two passenger trains collided in u dens
fog near Grand Rap DIS, Mich Seve
men were killed and nine injured, on
Of whom cannot recover.