Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-12-13

The Weyerhauser Timber company
Is negotiating Tor the purchase of abou
100000 acres Of timber lands belonging
to the state of Idaho, and situated
along the Potlatoh and Elk rivers
This deal will be the second largest oil
its kind ever consummated in the north
west. being exceeded only by the pur-
chase year ago by the same company
of 200, 900 acres of timber lands owned
BY the Northern Pacific company in
Washington.
James Shields, young nephew OF
the late Marcus DAILY, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by his wife
in Butte, Mont. Saturday. Domestic
troubles caused the tragedy.
The report OF the third assistant post
master. general shows that the total re.
csipts from all sources of postal reve.
hue during the year amounted to $l02 :
S5i.519. while the expenditures reached
$i07, 740.2 .267. The value of the total
number Of pieces of stamped paper
issued to postmasters was $97 ,687, I'll,
net increase over the issue of the pre-
sious year of S7,588.1ll
Warden johnson announced that
typhoid fever had broken out among the
convicts in Sing Sing Prison, N. Y.
There are IL cases in the prison hospital
and additional cases are developing
daily.
Twenty persons were injured in an
accident on the Philadelphia, Whining
toni, and Baltimore railroad, at Gray, ,s
Ferry station, in West Philadelphia.
An empty box car jumped the track and
damaged several of the passenger
coaches ON the express train which
leaves Washington at 1 a. IN. for New
York. Miss Emma Dougherty of Ches.
ter had both legs broken and is in a
critical conditional, and Miss Ella Little.
of Chester, was dangerously injured
The bodies of II sailors and marines
who died or were killed during the
military operations of the American
forces ia China are ON the way to the
United States on the transport Cali.
fornia.
The czar of Russia has coyered from
his recent attack OF severe illness.
The statement has come from Wash
ington that the brewers have won t
victory in their fight for "a reduction
of the war tax.
Chicago operators are endeavoring I,
get corner On December corn.
The Cariboo mines in ri,ish Colum
bia yielded over one-ihird OF million
dollars worth of gold last summer.
The cash balance on hand shown by
the report of Secretary Treasurer Bran
wood of the international Typographical,
union is 81 ,60S. The Union Printers
home has cash balance of $s720 on
hand.
Oliver Berriman, Oscord Moore and
james Dodson were killed and Boil
Cleyenger and Oscar L hot We're seri.
ously injured by ths falling Of large
bowlder from the roof Of mine at
Aurora, Mo. They We're spade hands
engaged in loading tubes ut the head OF
drift some distance from the main
shaft.
Galveston, Tex, is threatened with
an epidemic of typhoid fever as u result
of the late disaster.
w. O. Gully has been reelected
speaker Of the English house OF
commons
George Knight, for 43 years an in
mate of the Maine state prison at
Thomaston, committed suicide recently
Up to the last he maintained that h,
was innocent of the crime he wa,
charged with--murdering his wife in
1856
The annual report of the commits
sioner. general of immigration shows
that during the last fiscal year the total
number Of immigrants who arrived in
this country was 44s,572, of which 49,
200 came through Canada. or the
whole number 304, l48 were male and
IA, ,424 female This is net increase
over 1899 of 1856, S57. But 90. .C35 aliens
came as cabin passengers, and would
have swelled the total immigration to
5l4, 2O7 had they travelled in the steer.
age. or the whole number of arrivals
424, 100 came from European countries,
7,946 from Asia. 30 from Africa and
5s95 from all other places. Switzer.
land aud Spain and the Spanish islands
show small decrease In immigration,
while Austria Hungary shows an in
crease Of SS per cent; the Russian EN-
pire and Finland 40 per cent increase;
Italy 20 per cent increase and Japan
$40 per cent increase. This total OF ar
rivals from Japan, however, amounted
to only s79l.
The secretary of the treasury has di.
rected that the interest due on January
| on four per cen. 1907 bonds and two
per cent 1880 bonds be paid without re-
bate. The coupons will be received
after December 10 nj interest checks
will be payable after - cen,ber 90 The
total amount involved is about $5,250,'
900.
Millions Of voices, old and young, in
! 1900 towns AID cities of the United
States will join In the simultaneous
singining of the "Old Hundred on the