Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-05-03
NEWS OF THE COAST
Short Items Of Interest.
The Cen us of Cuba--PrOminent Ken.
lucky Citizens Isdieted For Murder
Two Women burned TO Death ir
North Dakota.

were working on railroad for him at
Acatlan, Mex, Jordon l.. Cook was shot
and killed by an unknown bandit, who
lode up and fired into the crowd.
There is great demand throughout
Great Britain for the recall of Generals
Butler and Warren. They are charged
with many blunders and the loss of
battles.
A prominent Chicago builder claims
that cement is soon to entirely take the
place of stone for all building purposes
Many deaths from bubonic plague
have lately occurred among Chinese and
Filipinos at Manila.
John Hughes. aged 60 years, shot and
killed his wife and wounded Elizabath
Lyons, aged is years, as the women
were leaving st. Vincent de Paul's
church at Syracuse, n. Y. He then at
tempted to commit suicide by stabbing
himself with pair of shears. He and
Mrs Hughes were married year age
and had separated.
The gross earnings of 108 eastern sys-
TENS of railway for the first three
months i'll 1899 was $l18,Sl2, 259. Gross
earnings of same systems for the first
three months III 1900, S153, S43, ,99S
Increase for 1890, $35,03l. .739. The
railroads throughout the country report
enormously increased earnings com
pared with the first three months of
1899. During the year they are going
to expend ii large portion of the increase
i'll building new lines, bettering old
ones and providing new and better
equipments.
Rev. G. o. Brown formerly pastor of
San Francisco church, and who was
involved in a big scandal there, has re-
signed his Chicago church and will
wi thdraw from ministerial work
The price asked by the owners of the
Calaveras big tree grove is considered
exorbitant by government officials, and
it is probable that the law will settle
Che question.
Henry A. Robinson, ex-statistician of
Che agriculture department and ex-state
labor commissioner. died ut Detroit aged
81 years Robinson Nominated Peter
Co per for the presidency i'll the green
back convention i'll indianapolis
pire wiped out the entire business
portion of Edinburgh. n. d. Property
to tha amount of s401,0o0 was burned,
ani two women per.shed in the fl INES
Entire families are without homes, and
many viii b. compelled TO spend the
night out Of doors. The food supply is
short, ami the homeless ones will under
go dis ress from hunger. Mrs. Jacob
Lindall, wife of IL former prominent
merchant aud bride of but a few
months, and Mrs. b. b. BJornsen We're
burned to death.
Niscount Hinton, the celebrated or
gan grinder of London, is to be Earl of
Poulette His father disowned him and
for years he has fought for recogniz-
alton, but without avail. His claim is
now recognized. The father is dead
While working on high scaffolding
at Pueblo, Colo. five men We're thrown
off by the breaking of a scantling. L.
Du. Crtiss was instantly killed and the
four others seriously injured, one OF
whom may die.
Reports received at Denver from the
Colorado grazing regions indicate that
heavy losses of live stock will result
from the prolonged rain and snowstorm
Losses of sheep i'll the vicinity of Trini-
dad probably aggregate 20,00S head
According to "A census just taken the
total population of Cuba is Lore, 191,
including sl5, ,205, males and 757, 592 fe-
males. There are 447.312 white males
and I62, ,926 white females OF native
birth. The foreign whites number H5,-
160 males and 26, I5S females. There are
Ill sos male negroes and l22, 140 female
negroes. The mixed races number l25,-
900 males and l45, 305 females. There
are II ,604 male and l63 female Chinese.
The population of Havana city is $780,
9Sl and OF the province of Havana
424, ,s04. The population of the prov
ince of Matanzas is 202,44 of Pinar
del Rio l73,06i, of Puerto Principe SS,-
236 of Santa Clara 356, ,534 and OF San
tiago 327, ,1l5. OF the total population
of the island LOS, 700 persons are set
down AS single, 246, 35l AS married,
while 13l, ,7S7 live together by mutual
consent. There are S0,ll2 widowed
persons.
The Franklin county. Ky, grand
jury has returned indictments against
ten persons charging them with COM
plicity in the. murder of William Goe-
bel. The principals named are Henry
f. Youtsey, James Howard, Berry How
ard, Harland w. Whitaker and "Tal-
low Dick F" Combs (colored.) Those in
dicted as accessories before the fact are
Secretary of State Powers, Captain
John L. Powers, ex-Secretary of State
John Finley, w. H. Culton and L.
Wharton Golden. In the indictment
relating to the alleged accessories three
other men are indirectly referred to as
accessories, though no indictments were
reported against them. They are Gov
ernor w. 5. Taylor, Green Golden and
Captain John Davis.
Over $4,000 worth of automobiles
have been purchased of late for service
in the Hawaiian islands.