Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-05-10
WAR IN THE TRANsvALL.
Progress Of the Fight between Brtten
and BOer.

Progress Of the Fight Between Brtten
and Boer.
LONDON, April 27-The Constsntino-
pie correspondent Of the Daily Chron.
icls says: The Turko- American dim
Guilty is in fair way Of settlement, the
sultan having promised satisfaction. 1t
Is asserted that the porte has revived
the project of building . cruiser In the
United States to disguise the payment
Of indemnity and Ahmed Pasha - 60
ing to New York to negotiate with the
Cramps on the subject.
The Constantinople correspondent Of
the Daily Mail says: In addition 70
re. building the American structures at
Kharput, the sultan has found = way
Of paying the indemnity by ordering q
cruiser built in the United States she
cost of which will include the $aOO. 600
claimed. BY this adroit movement he
hopes to shslve the question - princi.
Pile and thus avoid giving the covers a
pretext for pressing their claims.
LONDON. April 25.-It is officially an
nouHced that Wspener has been re-
ieved
The war Office has issued the follow
ing from Lord Roberts. dated Bloem-
fontein. April 20.
THE enemy retired from In front OF
Wepener last night and this morning
ned northesstward along the Lady
brand road. Their number was be-
tween 1000 and 5000.
LONDON, April ga special to the
Times. dated Mafeking. Basutoland,
April 25, says:
l rode from Jammersburg here, skirt
ing Wepener, and met General Brabant' 3
advance guard four miles south Of We
pener. They report three successful
fights Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday.
with SO casualties.
The siege was raised aud 5000 Of the
of the enemy retired along the Lady.
brand road within our sight and un.
pursued. Colonel Dalgety's casualties
are 80 killed and 1872 wounded.
CoxsTAaTINoPLE,A April 2y.-The porte
has not yet replied to the note handed
to Tewfik Pasha. the Turkish foreign
minister. by the United States charge
d affaires. Lloyd Griscom. regarding the
Indemnity claim, and the situation Is
unchanged. 1t is believed in some
quarters that . settlement will yet be
made by means Of some arrangement
with private American contractors, con.
sealing the actual payment. aud thus
relieving the Ottoman government from
admitting responsibility for the losses
occasioned at the time of the massacre
New YORK, April IA Sun cable
from Manila says General Otis has
ordered the trial by court-martisl OF
Colonel James 9. Petit Of ths Thirty.
first volunteer infantry on charge OF
violating the 6snd article Of war Pet
tit ID aocI sod Of making arrangements
with Mayor Medill Of Zamboanga for
the capture Of the notorious Juan Ra-
mos. who was afterward 10 be trans
ferred TO Medill 10 be killed, Petit cap
turea Ramos aud turned him over To
Modill, who killed the prisoner without
trial the same day, The court will
assemble in Manila. Major Willard
A. Holbrook of the Thirty eight volun-
tesr infantry will preside. while Judge
Advocate Grant will conduct the prose
oution. There are seven oolonsls on
the board of officers to conduct the
trial
General huis RIVERA, SECRETARY OF
agriculture, industry aud commercial
Of Cuba has written letter, which Ia
10 be largely circulated, calling upon
political parties Of all shades to unite III
order to present a united front to the
and people VI the United
States when asking that the year 1901
shall be devoted to the formation Of an
government for Cuba.
which shsll begin to act on its own re-
sponsibilty after the end of 1901. The
letter has caused 4 great SENSATION
among the Cubans generally, coming as
IL does from u cabinet secretary, and the
feeling 10 that the letter is. to all prac
tical extents. to call upon the Oubans to
demand Independence. He will have
to ssgn.
Governor Roosevelt has declined to ac.
cept the Republican nomination OF vice
president.
President Mckinley has nominated
Frank L. Campbell Of the District OF
Columbia to be assistant secretary Of
the interior, vice Webster Davis, re-
signed
DAVID H. Shields, formerly post
chaplain IN the United States army,
died suddenly at Philadelphia few
days ago. Shislds was recently court
mt San Francisco, and SCH
fenced to he dismissed from the army
because Vt his intemperance.
The gunboats Bennington and Con-
cord are to return 10 the United States
from Manila.
Property worth millions of dollars
has been swept away by the floods in
tbs southern states along the Mississippi.
Rain pourad down in three states fur
ther increasing the damage. SO far the
only loss Of life is reported from Jack
son, Miss, where John Horton, his
wife aud five children wsrs drowned In
the baokwaters Of the Pearl river while
trying TO reach the hills. Vast damage
10 being done 10 bridges, railroads and
dikes. Telegraph service il destroyed
in many localities. 1t is now estimated
that the total property loss will reach
up to wv. 900, 900.
General Joe Wheeler has rendered
hts Yesigpatton a. Alabama's rsprssen-
tativs in congress from the Eight dis
triot.