Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-03-28
Events at Home and Abroad
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and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie was awaited
by delegations from various institutions
in England who wanted checks.
The Maryland Legislature passed q
bill practically disfranchising $4,000
illiterate voters of the state. Hereto.
fore these illiterates have had the assist
Ance in the booths of ballot clerks. who
marked their ballots for them or showed
,hem how to do 1t. This. 1t was as
serted. violated the secrecy Of the ballot.
H. Charles Humphreys, tenor singer,
leader of the choir at the Second Baptist
church, St. Louis, and = well-known
society man, committed suicide In his
studio. The revolver with which the
deed was committed was found lying
beside the singers body. which had
fallen In front of the piano.
The consumption of absinths in
France Is enormous. and is said to be
the cause, to q great extent. Of the de-
cadence of the French people and the
increase in suicide and crime.
At Norfolk, Va, $50 men deserted
from the training cruiser Dixie. The
men who jumped the ship are what are
known as farmer sailors" having been
recruited In interior towns in the west
for experimental purposes. The reason
for the desertions is said to be that the
farmer boys felt aggrieved whom shore
liberty was not granted them.
Emperor William, In reply 10 officers
Of the reichstag aud diet congratulate
ing him on his recent escape at Bremen.
complained of the "demoralization OF
youth" The emperor said that "all
classes Of the population bear the guilt
OF present conditions. The measures of
the government are too heatedly criti-
cised. Since the death Of Emperor
William I. the authority Of the crown
has suffered greatly"
A st. Peter sburg dispatch says 800
workmen paraded on the Nosh Pros
pekt, and ON the way thither they de-
molished the state brandy booths. Eight
hundred Cossacks, with drawn swords,
met the workmen, and fighting ensued.
One hundred of tho workmen are re-
ported to have boon killed or wounded.
A plot against the life Of the csar is
said to have been discovered by the
police. A group of students drew lots,
and the fatal choice fell to the son Of q
famous general.
A river of flaming oil swept down
upon the little village Of Glen Garden.
N. j., Sunday morning, and reduced II
buildings, stores and residences to ashes.
An immense freight train, composed Of
coal cars and IS tank cars. parted when
coming down an incline near the viii
lage. The engineer managed to keep
clear Of the racing cars until he was
near the depot Of Glen Garden, when
the second section crashed into the frst.
The crash caused the oil in one Of the
tanks to explode. and the terrific heat
caused the other cars to explode one
after another. The oil poured into the
village, setting IRE to everything il
touched.
Guglielmo Marconi, inventor Of wire.
less telegraphy, won the. suit brought
against him for SlOO, 900 damages and
to restrain him from further uss Of his
invention by the assignee Of A. f. Dol
bear. United States Judge Alfred O.
Coke, for the Southern New York dis
trict, dismissed the suit with costs te
the defendant.
Terrible bush fires are reported from
Oueensland. Homsstsads were de
stroyed and many settlers who were
caught In the sea Of flame were burned
to death.
There were disastrous gales and snow
storms in England. Heavy SHOWS fel
in Devonshire and Cornwall, where
snowplows were used to clear the rail
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