Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-05-09
A SUMMARY OF
THE DAILY NEWS
Events at Home and Abroad
That arc Important
Condensed From Dailies for
the Benefit Of those too
Busy to Hunt for
Them.

Captain j. II. Forsyth has been de-
tuehel from he Indiana ut League
is.aid and ordered to Mare island as
captain of the navy yard.
The members of the San Francisco
Cooks and Walters Alliance went out
on 4 strike, demanding that they work
SIX days week instead Of seven, ten
hours to be considered a day. Many
restaurants in the city. being without
help. were practically closed.
According to the Los Angeles Even
ing Express. there will be an addition
OF 100 miles or more to the slectric rail
way system Of Los Angeles county.
The plans include rhs construction Of q
road through the sau Gabriel valley a.
far as Monrovia, coast line skirtinG
the ocean shore and connecting Re-
dondo, Long Beach, Santa Monica and
San Pedro and a line to Whittier,
President Mckinley reached FL Paso
Sunday, May 8, and was met there by
the representative Of President Disz.
General HernAndez, who WAS instructed
to personally present his good wishes to
the chief magistrate Of the United
States. President Mckinley. In re.
sponse, sent message reciprocating the
courteous greeting. Great preparations
have been made for the reception Of the
president In the various towns in Cali
fornia through which he will pass. San
Francisco. noted for making big dis,
plays. will surpass Itself, aud there will
be a military parade such as has never
before been seen in the west.
A Prosser tWash.) dispatch SAYS that
the 6-year.old daughter Of W. b.
Mathews. former county commissioner.
was found in q badger hole on Horse
Haven plains, dead from hunger and
thirst. From the appearance OF the
body when found the child had been
dead about SO hours. so for five days
and nights she had been without food
or water. The girl with her I.year- old
brother left her fathers ranch one
morning to hunt for cattle, but in some
way during the day the children became
separated When the boy returned
home without his sister searching parties
were organized and the country was
secured day and night. Beside her in
the badger hole lay bunch Of flowers
and grass, which she had been eating.
The place where the child was found
was fully II miles from her home.
At Champoeg, where the provisional
government Of Oregon was organized SO
vasrS M a manu,uapt cntp m a N, ora ri y {.
Of the event, was unveiled. Francis
Y. Matthieu, the only survivor of the
patriotic band of SO Americans who
voted for American sovereignty on May
2, ls43. unveiled the granite shaft amid
much cheering.
B. 81. Lelong, secretary OF the Cali
fornia state board Of horticulture, com
mitted suicide in the Capitol park at
Sacramento. When found by Police
man Campbell, who heard shot and
went 60 investigate. he was drawing his
last breath, and expired without utter
ing q word A revolver was clenched
in his right hand and bullet-hole
which had torn through the roof OF his
mouth told the story OF suicide. A let.
ter was fonnd on his person addressed
to the Elks aud Knights Of Pythias, in
which request was made that they
take care OF his body and help his wife
aud child a little. II commit this, ="
continues the letter, rather than bring
further disgrace upon my wife aud child
am not responsible, but others are"
The supreme court of California has
handed down q decision in the case Of
the county of Sonoma against Gil Z.
Hall, ex.recorder, and his bondsmen, In
which it is declared that the statute of
limitations had operated against the
plaintiff. BY this decision Hall will
not be compelled TO pay back TO the
county the amount he is alleged TO have
misappropriated.
a verdict Of acQuttal was rendered
IN the trial of john A. Woodman on the
change OF having murdered his wife
near Day sville. Cal. Woodman killed
his wife while shooting at the man who
hnd broken up his home. The latter,
when the husband opened fire, seized
the woman and held her before him as
shield. hoping thef, ~ to prevent Wood
man firing.
A MADEIRA Cali dispatch states that
William Sellers, who lives near Zebra,
was dragged from his bed. tied to a tree
and whipped by masked men. His two
sons. Alonzo and Claude. were tied
hand aud foot aud whipped. Around
the neck OF the younger. u boy II years
Of age. hair rope was placed and pulled
tight. nearly strangling the little fellow.
They were then ordered out of the
country, the masked men telling them
that II they remained there until next
SAY they would he killed. The motive
lor the assault is that Sellers is believed
to have given information in regard to
simber.eutting On government Land. 1t