Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-03-21
A SUMMARY OF
THE DAILY NEWS
Events at Home and Abroad
That are Important.
Condensed From Dailies for
the Benefit of those too
Busy to Hunt for
Them.
British Naval Observation-Disclosures
of Andrew Carnegie--Lynching of n
Negro - President Loubet's Friendly
Sentiments Toward America.

The Nebraska state senate, by a nearly
unanimous vote, defeated the bill ap-
propriating 100000 TO buy medals for
w. J. Bryan and the members of his
Third Nebraska regiment. Senator
Crounse, u veteran of the civil war and
a former Republican governor, de-
nounced any movement "for the indis.
criminate giving of medals to men who
never saw battle"
Andrew Carnegie, ON finally retiring
from active business life, has given
"a ,OOO. 600 for the endowment of fund
for superannuated apd disabled EN-
ployees of the Carnegie company. Mr.
Carnegie, in letter addressed to the
people Of Pittsburg, says he has always
felt that old age should be spent, not as
the Scotch say, ''in making mickle
mair," but in making a good use OF
what has been acquired. He acknowl
edges his deep debt to the workmen
who have contributed SO greatly to his
success, and concludes: Labor, capita
and business ability are the three legs Of
a three.legged stool. There is no prece
dence, all being equally necessary. He
who would sow disco d among the three
is an enemy of all. -
John Henderson, the negro who out
ragged and murdered Mrs. Younger, was
burned at the stake at Corsieana, Tex.
by a mob in the presence of more thai
5000 persons The negro was i'll the
charge of officers, who were taking hin
TO Fort Worth for safety. When the
train reached Itasca the officers were
oyerpowered and the negro was takei
from them by citizens of the county
who had gone there for that purpose
Henderson was then brought to Corsi'
cana, and when confronted with proof
of his guilt lie confessed the crime
Just before the pile was fired Conway
Younger, the husband of the murdered
woman, jumped at Henderson and
slashed him across the face with knife
Mr.. Russell Sage. at So, says he does
not believe in quitting business as Mr.
Carnegie did. 81 am going to stay ii
harness TO the end" said he. "The
older person gets the more valuable il
his experience. | owe it to myself ano
to those connected with me in business
TO keep at work.
Governor Aycock of North Carolina
sent special message to the genera
assembly stating that a $4,000 deficit
had been found in the accounts of the
state prison Major w. III. Martin, &C
years old, clerk In the office for years
until the 10th of March, 1901, confessed
that he took the missing money, which
he says he gave 10 the church and IN
charity. He was arrested on warrant
charging embezzlement, and went tc
Jail in default of $4,000 bonds.
Watson Armstrong, heir to the late
Lord Armstrong, inventor of the Arm
strong gun. has given fi00, 900 to the
Victoria Jubilee infrmary at Newcastle
on-Tyne, England, in memory of Lord
Armstrong The foundation stone OF
the infirmary was laid last June by the
Prince of Wales.
Gambling rooms in New York city
were raided and the roulette wheels
players were at the mercy of the dealer
The cups in the wheel were fitted with
suction tubes, and the ball, never
dropped in number on which big
bet was placed. George Brotherton,
lessee of the rooms, was arrested, and
held ON $4,000 bail. He has a criminal
record. the police say. both in New York
and San Francisco.
President Loubet of France, in reply
to the thanks and appreciation of the
Americans who had been decorated with
the legion of honor at the close of the
exposition, highly praised the part the
United States took in the Paris exposi.
ton, and spoke of the sacred tie uniting
the two countries. As an instance OF
their friendship he pointed to China,
where, the president said, he was most
happy to see France and the United
States were always in harmony and in
accord with their traditional friend,
Russia.
The British naval estimates for 1901.
1902 amount to over $3.50, 900, 900, chiefly
for shipbuilding. There is an increase
OF 1854 in the number of officers and
men. The shipbuilding programme pro.
vdes for more than 80 vessels, among
them being Ave submarine boats OF the
type invented by Holland.
Nelson Morris. the millionaire packer,
is planning the erection of "a $2,000,00
packing house at Honolulu. The pro-
posed house is for the purpose of sup
plying the Hawaiian and adjacent
islands with fresh meat without being
compelled to use the present system OF
refrigeration. The idea is to transport
the livestock to Honolulu and slaughter