Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-02-14
A SUMMARY Of
THE DAILY NEWS
Events at Home and Abroad
That arc Important.
Condensed From 0ailies for
the Benefit of those too
Busy to Hunt for
Them.
Terrible Mining Disaster In Mexico-Big
Fire In PIttsi u Queen of Holland
Weds = Defeat for Mexican Troops
Carneg'e Sells Out.

Weds - Defeat for Mexican troops
Carnegie Sells Out.
In dispute over a piece OF land at
Yuma, Ariz, Mrs. Joseph Burns was
shot and killed by a constable. Marion
Alexander.
A mass meeting of the citizens Of To-
peka Sunday afternoon, at which 1000
were present, decided that the joints
Df the city must go al once. Friday,
February I5. is named as the time when
the cleaning of the city must be made
complete. If it is not done by that time
an army of thousand men will I'M
mediately move upon the joints and re-
move them by force.
Judge Waterman of Chicago set aside
the verdict of IA jury on the grounds
that it was secured on the testimony Of
women. He objected to women's testi-
mony saying that they drew on their
imagination and testified instead Of re-
lating facts.
The young son of NJ. A. Lehy OF
Lordsburg, N. M. fell into a bathtub
and was drowned. There were only
two inches of water in the tub. The
boy fell face downward and was un-
able to release himself.
Abel Sedillo, a notorious desperate,
was killed in a battle with officers al
Albuquerque, n. NJ, and Claude Duran,
one of the most dangerous desperadoes
in the West, was badly wounded. A
band of five desperadoes have been
terroriz.ng the surrounding country for
months, stealing horses and cattle,
holding up travellers and daring officers
to seek them.
The five-story brick building at Twen.
ty-thrd street and Allegheny Valley
railroad, Pittsburg. occupied by the
Armstrong Brothers cork factory, was
destroyed by fire recently, together
with the foundry and machine shop of
the lotion Iron and Steel company, on
Twenty-fourth street, adjoining the
Armstrong; The loss will reach al.
most $3.50, 900, with insurance covering
amount fully. The loss of the Arm
strong company is 100000 The con-
flagration was one of the most spec
tacular seen in Pittsburg for a long
time.
The United States transport McPher-
son was wrecked on IA reef near Matan-
zas. Cuba, during heavy fog She
will be total loss.
Andrew Carnegie, is reported to hav,
have disposed of his entire holdings in
the Carnegie company TO IA syndicate
headed by J. p Morgan Something
like Ss5, 900, 900 was involved in the
deal
A dispatch from Baku. Russia. says
800 persons perished in the conflagration
there The flames are again beyond
control. The police station. ten large
tenements, 500, 900 tons of mazout so.
900 tons naptha and all the Rothschild
reservoirs were burned.
Charles A. Bonfils, young reporter,
and Mrs. Winifred Black, better known
as Annie Lanrie, the writer, were mar
ried at Denver some days ago. Bonfils
ID some years younger than his wife.
The charges of treason filed with con.
gress against delegate Wilcox of Ha
waii are being investigated. He is ac-
cused of Offering to fight with Aguin'
aldo. in the Philippines.
Addison Cammack. a noted broker OF
Wall street, il dead at New York.
The Italian cabinet has resigned.
Wilhelmina, queen of Holland, and
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Scwer
were married at The Hague. one da,
last week.
A dispatch from chihuahua, Mex.
saws: Word has just reached here oi
one of the most terrible mining dis
asters that ever occurred in Mexico. An
explosion in the San Andreas mine
situated in a remote locality of the 81.
era Madres, in the western part of tn,
state of Durango, caused the death oi
&, men, women and children. and in.
iured many others. The catastrophe
was due to the explosion of several hun.
dred cases OF dynamite, whlch wa
stored in an underground chamber OF
the mine. Electric wires, connecting
with the hoisting machinery passed
through the room IN which this dyna
mite was stored, and 1t is supposed that
these wires became crossed, thereby
causing fire which set oil the dyna
mite. All of the killed and injured
were located on the sur ace, most ol
chem occupying residences Immediately
over ths underground workings of the
mine. The explosion tors away tbs
whole top of the mountain on which
the village of miners was located, and
men, women and children were blown
into small pieces, Among those who
were killed was Herman Lutzman
the superintendent of the mine anc
all the members Of his family.