Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-11-29
NEWS Of THE WORLD
Taken From The Weeks
Dispatches.
Efforts to Fstsblish q Department ot
Commerce wants his Cabi.
net to Stay with him = Population ol
Ohio aud Georgia.

Official count of Omaha and Dongla
county, Neb has just closed, showing
one Republican senator aud seven rep
rescntatives elected. This gives the
on joint ballot, Il constitutional major
ity Of five to the Republicans.
Resolutions We're passed by the execu
tive committee of the National Bust
ness Mems league at Chicago, asking
President Mckinley to urge in his nexi
message to congress early legislation
favorable to pending bills establishing n
department OF commerce and industries
and the reorganization Of the consular
service.
A carpenter named Dewitt McCom
mons WAS fatally injured at Orlando by
fall from building on which he was
at work He was making his way along
steep roof when he lost his footing
aud fell distance of about 30 feet
fracturing his skull and inflcting in
ternal injuries. He cannot survive.
Henry Filing, pioneer of Montana
and president of six banks in that state.
died ut his home in Virginia City aftei
"A brief illness.
Captain John Hart of Cuban filibust
ering fame died ut Philadelphia of apo
plexy. During the year 1896 two OF
Captain Hart's vessels. the Bermuda
and Laurada. made frequent trips to
f,.h i'll ,ft 20,
the Cubans. He was convicted in De-
cember. 1896. of participating in fill.
clustering expedition and was sentenced
two years Imprisonment. In February,
1896, the sentence was put into execu.
ton and in June OF the same year Cap
tain Hart was pardcned by President
Mckinley
William Kennedy aud Daniel Kildee,
miners, attempted to kill Deputy Sheriff
Dick Adams at Gem, Idaho, few days
ago. Before they could shoot, the
deputy killed them both
John Pymm. for 3S years postmaster
at the St. George, Utah, postoftice, has
resigned ON account of old age.
sst man in America. His interest in
Carnegie steel company alone is worth
at the market value s2l6, 2i0. 600 Thi.
was shown when the initial quotations
of the Carnegie company stock wer
made at the Plttsburg stock exchane
One share was sold at $500, $500 abov
par value. At this figure the to.a
stock Of the Carnegie Company would
valued at $40S, 900, 900, of which Andrew
Carnegie owns 53 per cent.
President Mckinley has announced
clearly and forcibly to the members OF
his cabinet his desire that they should
all remain with him during the foui
years of his coming administration. His
wishes were made known in an extended
speech at the cabinet meeting in the
white houe Responses were made b,
all of the members present. Will,
there We're no definite pledges from any
OF them that they would accept the port.
felios thus rendered afresh there wa
on the other hand no definite declina.
tion.
Captain Joseph A. o. Yoeman OF
Fort Dodge, Ia, who furnished the IN
formation which led to the capture of
Jefferson Davis in the civil war is dead.
The end of the famous warrior came at
Washington Courthouse, Ohio, whittier
he had gone to visit his sister.
Two Il en- We're instantly killed aud
four others received injuries that will
probably resu fatally in disas rous
rear. end collision on the Alabama and
Wick sburg road one mile west of Jack
son, Miss.
The steamship Sonoma, built nj
Cramps shipyard for the Oceanic
Steamship company of San Francisco.
has sailed from the shipyard fol
her home port. The Sonoma was
launched August 7. She measures Alt
feet three inches in length, 70 feet in
width and has depth of 30 feet. Her
gross tonnage is 59sS. During her
speed trial she made II knots.
Fire broke out in the Valley Hotel al
Phil ippi, w. Va. and destroyed larg'
portion Of the business area Of the city
Loss, 100000.
The dry kiln Of the Paine Lum el
company, at Oshkosh, Wis, filed with
fine grade lsmber. was totally destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The population of the state of Ohio.
AS officially announced is 4, l51. oil
against 3,67s,3 ia $50. These figures
show an increase since 1890 of 4S5, ,2e0,
or 1872 per cent. The population in
1880 was 8. los, ,062, showing an increase
of I74. 254. or 40 per cent from 1880 to
1899. The population of Georgia, as
announced by the census bureau is o.
al6,38l, AS against lS37,35S in 1890.
This is an increase of 37s,9 ,97S. or 206
per cent.
An express train was deraiied between
St. Georges and Saubusse, near Dax.
France. Thirteen persons We're killed
and 20 injured. several seriously. Five
passengers are missing. The list OF
killed includes j. +. Canovera, Peruvian
minister to France, and an attache OF
the Peruvian legation at Madrid.
Mrs. Zerelda James, widow Of the
bandit, Jesse James, died at Kansas
City few days ago.