Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-04-04
A SUMMARY Of
THE DAILY NEWS
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Events at Home and Abroad
That arc important.
Condensed From OaiIies for
the Benefit Of those too
Eusy to Hunt for
Them.

There is great unrest in Russia at
present. A rsc>nf dispatch says it is
reported that an officer Of the household
attempted 10 assassinate the czar. He
fired at his majesty. but missed. He
then shot aud killed himself before he
could be arrested. The London Daily
Telegraph's ST. Petersburg correspon-
dent says that 70 members of ii revoia-
tionary committee were arrested after a
desperate defense, the royolutionists
firing at the police. Altogether 3OO0
arrests have been made. II Is rumored
that some of the ministers now wear
steel ouirasses.
Sister Augustine and Sister Mary
Frances, two Carmelite nuns from Hal.
lettsville, Tex, were on Z Southern
Pacific train ON their way to New Or.
leans. when Sister Augustine went TO
the platform and attempted to throw
herself from the train. which was run
ming at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
Sister Frances grappled with her, but
was unable TO hold her back, and both
fell to the ground. Sister Augustine
was found TO be unhurt when picked
up. but her devoted companion was
killed Sister Augustine had become
demented. and her companion was
taking her to the mother house in New
Orleans for treatment.
The supreme court Of Ohio decided
that debenture companies are illegal;
that the methods employed are those Of
a lottery, and that they are fraudulent
and contrary TO public policy.
The departure Of large numbers Of
emigrants from Porto Rico for Hawaii
is draining the island Of It's best laborers.
The entire press of Porto Rico is object
ing to this emigration. Planters cannot
cultivate their lands owing to tho lack
OF money, and consequently there Is no
work to be had. The authorities are
taking steps TO prevent this emigration.
Tho North German Lloyd steamer
Gros.er Kurfnrst arrived at New York
from Bremen with 1854 steerage psssen-
gers. The largest number OF steerage
passengers previously carried by one YES
sci was 1914, brought by the steamship
Barbarossa Of the same line recently.
These two shiploads OF people show an
unusually heavy German immigration
for March.
An eccentric old man, who was known
as "Missr' Mead. aud his sister Susan.
who was supposed to be insane. We're
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home. 1872 Virginia avenue, Jersey City.
They had apparently been dead for a
month or six weeks. The body of the
woman, partly dressed, was discovered
sitting erect in rocking-chsir near the
cooking stove. Mead's body lay on a
bed in a corner. 1t Is conjectured that
the Two died either Of exposure or were
asphy by coal gas from the stove.
Mead was about 10 years old and his
sister about 10.
Joseph H. Millard OF Omaha aud
Governor Charles FL. Dietrich of Hast
ings were elected United States scna-
tors respectively for ihs long aud short
terms by the Nebraska legislature.
Totally bind. married for "a years.
the father of II family and proprietor OF
a prosperous restaurant, b. Coffee OF
Kimball, 5. d., eloped with his wife's
sister, Mrs. Clara Richards, n married
woman with a family of grown chill
dren. Mrs. Richards home is at San
Francisco and she recently arrived at
Kimball to visit her sister. Trouble
ter, and finally Mrs. Richards left.
Coffee followed her aud joined her III
Sioux City.
John Newman, formerly an Indian
fighter and pioneer of Arizona, re-
tarned recently and recovered bar OF
bullion worth $1,000, which he had
buried in the ground at the root OF Il
tree near Phoenix 80 years ago.
A big black spider has appeared III the
fields all over the lower part Of British
Columbia as an enemy OF tho cutworm.
The latter did great damage to cereal
crops and potatoes last year. The
spiders are harmless to vegetation, and
are killing of the early cutworms i'll
great numbers. Deputy Minister Of
Agriculture J. X. Anderson has made II
complete investig . ON, and he considers
that the cutworm is pest OF the past
A heavy rninstorm, accompanied by
high wind, prevailed in Dallas, Tex.
The wind damaged roofs and blew down
shrubbery, and the rnin was SO heavy
that the streets were torrents, which
swept erything before them. Street.
car traffic was delayed. and a quarter of
n mile of track in the southern part OF
the city had to be abandoned for nearly
day. The damage in Dallas is esti-
mated at s25, 900.
In the oxford and Cambridge boat
race, Oxford won by half length. II
was n grand race. Both crews were
much exhausted,