Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-02-13
News Of the World.
happenings OF the Past Few
Days from all Quarters.
The United States and Great Britain
Come to an Agreem Large
Fires In Eastern Cities-Two People
Frozen to Death In Chicago.

FROZEN To Deotb Ia ChlchS0s
The South African war is costing En-
gland y, ,O0O, 900 per week.
Minneapolis, Mimi, gets the conven-
lion of the United Mine workers and
The Interstate Conference of operators
and miners in 1901.
One hundred and two sunstrokes were
reported in Buenos Ayres, Sunday. OF
these 93 were fatal. The temperature
was 100 in the shade.
The monthly statement Of the con-
troller of the currency shows that
the coinage executed at the mints of
the United States during January,
1900, amount to $l4,05s, 43l, as fol-
lows: Gold $ll, ,515,0OO; silver. 2364.-
1871; minor coins, $174,270.
If plans are carried out which Coils
have under consideration, one of the
largest cotton mills in the country will
be put up at Newport News, Va, in the
near future.
Consul Fee, at Bombay, India, in q
dispatch to the state department, speak.
ing Of sailors who have been thrown
upon his care at the consulate because
of utter destitution says that he is in
clined to believe that there is gang
located in New York who make busi
ness of procuring men by fraudulent
means as sailors for foreign ships, and
that, in consequence of this MANY men
are shipped ON foreign vessels who are
utterly unfit and unprepared for such
service, and who, when discharged III a
foreign port, are absolutely helpless.
The United States and Great Britain,
it has been definitely learned, have
reached an amicable agreement respect
ing the operations of the Clayton Bull
wer treaty as affecting the right of con-
struction and control by the United
States of the proposed Nicaragua canal.
The result marks the termination of
conferences between the officials of the
state department and Lord Pauncefote
of fully years duration, during which
a number of meetings Were held and
the subject fully discussed by the repre-
sentatiyes Of the governments interest
ed. Great Britain agrees to a modifica
ton Of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty, by
which she practically relinquishes any
claims respecting legal control of the
Nicaragua canal after 1t shall have been
constructed.
Fire in East Grand Forks, n. d., de-
stroyed a saloon and burned to death
W. ID. Kelly, one of the proprietors, and
I. J. McAdam, former mayor of the
city The bodies were locked in each
others arms, indicating that one had
attempted to carry the other ont.
Two people We're frozed to death in
Chicago Friday. 1t was the coldest day
of the winter, the mercury touching s
degrees below zero.
A receiver has been appointed to
wind up the affairs of the Independent
Order of Foresters of the state of llli-
nois. The order has been in existence
for % years.
Orders have been placed for two more
the Carnegie docks at Conneaut, Ohio.
The great scoop, which is part of the
massive 400-ton machine, dips mp ten
tons of ore ut time, one machine work
ing ten hours day doing the work of
100 men.
During 1899 there were 1866 industrial
establishments in Japan, of which 296S
employed motive machines and 1895
were without mechanical motive power.
The first group includes PA 900 workers
and the second 140, 900, or total .Il4. =.
900 workers. The industrial consump-
ton of coal has increased there from
about 278, 900 tons in 1898 to over 2,000,-
600 tons in 1899.
By the burning of st. Lawrence
O'Tooles parish school at St. Louis,
Sister Stanislaus and Mary Foley, a
pupil, were burned to death.
The American Association of Base
ball clubs has been organized at Phila-
delphia. There are eight clubs in the
league.
The house of George Winans, at
Boutonville, Westchester county. N. y,
was destroyed by fire in the absence OF
the parents and four of Winan's chill
dren, whose ages ran ges from two to
eight years, were burned to death.
Fire burned the milling department
of the wholesale grocery house OF
Sprague. Warner & company. at Chi.
cago. Damage amounting to $1,000
was done. $35, 900 being on the building
and the balance on the stock The fire
burned for two hours. The fire started
during the noon hour, when over 40C
employees were eating lunch or lettering
about the fiye-story structure. They
rushed out by the stairways and fire.
escapes. Albert Kreuger, who was em-
ployed on the fifth floor, is missing and
is believed to have perished.
Joseph P. Gallagher, state senator
from Clear Creek county. was i'll.
tantly killed at Leadville, Colo, by the
explosion of blast which was sup
posed to have missed.
Dolly Evans, the well-known burlesqut
actress, committed suicide at New York
by drinking large quantity of carboliC
acid. She had been unable to secure al
engagement, and worry and suffering
resulting from the lack of money led t.
the deed She was a handsome girl
only % years old. Ia private life she
was Dora Knoblaugh, and came from
the wa.s