Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-03-07
A SUMMARY Of
THE DAILY NEWS
Events al Home and Abroad
That are Important.
Condensed From Dailies for
the Benefit of those too
Busy to hunt for
Them.

Justice Brewer, in recent address al
Yale, declared that 1.-The jury system,
as at present administered, is little
more than a relic Of semi barbarous
age"
There has been another battle be-
tween the rebel Indians and the Mexi-
can troops near Labi. The Mayas were
found well intrenched. but the Mexican
troops rushed their positions and the
Indians fed in panic.
August +. Chamot, a millionaire silk
merchant of Peking, and his wife have
gone to visit European capitals. where
Chamot will be knighted for valiant and
heroic work during he siege of Peking.
Before his departure he said he was
sorry he had not good word for Amer
lean Minister Conger, who one day
came up to Mrs. Chamot and rudely
snatched Mauser rifle from her shout
der and handed it over TO man.
nWhen | heard about the affair, said
Chamot, Il hunted up Conger, and in
the same abrupt manner in which he
had disarmed my wife, l slapped his
face" Mrs. Chamot, who was San
Franciso girl, said: minister Conger Ii
not gentleman. The sooner he is re-
called the better"
William Maxwell Evarts. the distin'
gnished lawyer and orator, died at his
residence in New York, aged s3. His
death was caused by pneumonia.
1t has been decided TO erect in London
A memorial to Queen Victoria. Notable
persons are being consulted as to the
most appropriate form for the memorial
The bodies of Louis Burch and Addit
Taylor, both about Is years of age, vert
found in deserted house about a mile
south of Pueblo, Colo They were
locked in each others arms, and re
yolyer found between them told the
story. The girl was dead, but the boy
was sill breathing when found. lie
died without regaining consciousness
Parental opposition to their marriage
il is supposed. was the cause of the
double suicide.
The bridges for the Uganda. Africa
railway will be supplied by an Ameri
eau firm. Among nine English hrm'
who entered the competition the bes
/. bid in the lot agreed to put the bridge:
on shipboard in 60 weeks at fl5 os., Oh
s76. % per ton. There was only one
American bidder, who agreed tc hay,
the bridges erected in 40 weeks a
SIG l6s., or ssl 40 per ton, delivered IL
any British port. Although 1t wa
1915 per ton higher than the lowest
English bid, still the saving of IA weeks
in time was considered to be an over
balancing factor in its favor, aud 1t car
ried off the contract
Bert II. Sheppard, student of SYRIA
euse IN. " university, and one of tn,
most popular men i'll his class, was ar
rested. having confessed to the bur
plnry of bonds valued at $4,000, $2S2. 4;
in cash and Sli4 worth of revenue
stamps. On the night of August 6tl
Sheppard crawled through the transon
of the office of the Syracuse and Bald
winsyille railway company. Need foI
money was his only plea.
The Bank of Desplaines, the Bank o.
Ellettsville, Ind, and the Centennla
bank of Ashley. his, have failed, ano
lianid air has contributed to the failure
of the three institutions. Edmond
Palmer, lawyer. lecturer, banker ano
promoter, was IA partner III the three
banks. While he was engrossed i'll hi
LIQUID Lair experiments and lectures hi
three banks failed, and the depositor
are told that "too much liquid air" il
the cause of the trouble.
A British punitive expedition agains
the Somalis. in East Africa, lost ! ! mel
killed, including Lieut.. Colonel Matt
land. The Somalis We're beaten off viii
a loss of 100 men killed.
The National Education association
in convention at Chicago, rejected thu
spelling reform movement by vote o.
4 lO5 TO n. This is taken to mean tha
the English speaking people of thi
country prefer the present system o
spelling, and do not want to writ,
"thru" for through, "profecy" for pro
phecy and adopt many other phonetic
/ changes.
The board of health of Honolulu at
/ its last meeting directed the attorney
general to draft bill for presentation
to the next legislature prohibiting an,
person sun ering from any contagious o.
infectious disease from landing in thu
territory. The bill is aimed primaril,
at lepers and consumptives. as during
the past few years large number o
persons suffering from consumption
/ have come to Honolulu, and the death
rate from tuberculosis has rapidly in
creased.
A. G.. Becker of Chicago is now pay
ing off outlawed debts TO the amount o
$500, 900. He was II member OF tn
banking firm of Herman Schafner 4
Co., which failed about eight year
since, and Herman committed suicide
Becker has paid thus Tar 100000
selecting among his creditors Tor firs
payment those who seem to be mos
needy.