Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-03-14
A SUMMARY OF
THE DAILY NEWS
Events at Home and Abroad
That are important.
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Them.


his American bride arrived at Liverpool
he was served with writ for an alleged
breach OF promise at the instance of
Portia Knight of London. Miss Knight
was on the stage ia New York for a
short time, and Is the daughter of
Colonel n b. Knight OF Salem, Or. a
pioneer lawyer of that city. She is %
years oil &c. and always showed marked
ability as an elocutionist.
During the recent heavy snowstorms
in Russia 90 men were sent to clear the
snow out Of railway cut hear Wolovo,
on the Riazan- Ural line. They were
just leaving the cut when the train came
down ut full speed and crushed about 80
men, their clothing clogglng the axies
and stopping the train. Inquiry showed
that the engineer aud trainmen were
drunk
The grand jury of Anderson county.
5. O., found that there were negroes In
the convict camp guiltless OF any felony,
but undergoing term OF seryitude
under voluntary contracts which they
had signed in partial Ignorance. The
grand jury declared that three men who
employ co yicts from the state were
also keeping confined III the stockades
negroes who for some petty cause had
been sent there, although convicted by
no officer Of the law.
Despondent over his recent discharge
from the Duluth diocese. the Rev.
Francis Budzyoski, Roman Catholic
priest, shot himself in the heart at u
hotel in Minneapolis and died before aid
could reach him.
A Berlin dispatch says that while
Emperor William was driving from the
Rathskeller to the railway station he
was struck on the cheek with piece OF
iron thrown by u man named Dietrich
Weiland. The Emperor was not seri-
ously injured. The assailant. during
an examination at the town hall, suf-
fered from several epileptic fits. Medi-
caments found in his pockets showed he
had been chronic sufferer from cpl
lepsy.
Bermuda has been selected as u fit
place TO bring of prize lights. and a
clubhouse will be opened there to be
managed by John l.. Sullivan.
w. st. John Brodrick. the British
secretary OF state for war. III intro
dueing the army estimates. proposed
sweeping reforms in the army. AS the
Bocr war had brought to light many
faults. Among other details the war
Office contemplates the ability to send
abroad 10000 men and at the same
time To have a sufficient force for home
defense. There would be no change To
compulsory service, seeing that 100000
men had offered themselves for the war
III South Africa. lie emphasized the
determination of the war office to ap-
point 10 the command OF army corps
only those officers who We're fit to- com
mand in time OF war The government,
he said. had determined TO carry the
war IN South Africa to "a conclusion,
and had not stiuted the generals III any
way.
A tornado passed through the north.
west side Of Willspoint, Tex. dsmol-
ishing everything III its track. Eight
persons were killed and about 20 in-
jured Many buildings were entirely
ruined and others badly wrecked. Re-
ports from Tyrrell state that the heaviest
rainfall on record occurred throughout
that section, and several persons are re-
ported drowned or missing. A storm
with the fury OF "a tornado swept over
the western part of Texarkana, aud
many buildings were destroyed and
several lives lost. A rain and hail
storm prevailed over Kansas, injuring
the fruit crop. Towns bordering on
Lake Michigan also suffered severely
With Chicago as the GENITAL point, the
gale circled large areas OF the region,
doing damage to the extent Of more
than $l.0O0.0OO Great damage has been
done to wheat lands and frnit trees
in southern Illinois and Missouri
The Philippine commission, it Is
learned, has passed an educational hill
which provides for the appointment OF
1000 American teachers and ten Ameri.
can division superintendents to serve in
the islands. The object of the commits.
sion is to make the English language
the spoken language Of the islands, and
also the killing of Spanish tradition and
customs aud introducing modern meth,
ods University graduates will be given
first choice and will be called from all
the universities in the country.
The Harvard university faculty has
required Ira Isbon Sterner to leave the
university because he has been working
too hard aud taking too little food. He
has been living at cost Of less than 10
cents q meal. composed chiefly of soups.
hot water and graham bread.
Large numbers of Chinese are ille-
gally coming into the United States
from the province of Quebec. Sheriff
Cunningham Of Clinton county. N. T.,
says there IL no more Jail accommoda-
ton for them.