Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1901-05-16
A SUMMARY OF
THE DAILY NEWS
Events. at Home and Abroad
That arc Important.
Condensed From Dailles for
the Benefit of those too
Busy to Hunt for
Them.

! The executive f1laa It e - the ;an
/ Francisco Labor oG as'il will cndraYoi
to secure a sefremeni 10y arbitration Of
the cooks and waitersy strike, in order
to avoid further comp iralions.
The police department Of Santa Rosa,
Cal, was formally notified that after
the 18th Of May all slot MACHINES aud
gambling devices will be abolished
&. L. Grill, the Durham suspect, who
was brought from Kansas 10 San jose,
was liberated, as the authorities were
satisfied that he Is not Durham.
Private Joseph Bicknell of Troop L,
Fifteenth cavalry, shot himself through
the head IN lie reservation near Benicia,
Ual. This is the second case of suicide
at Benieia barracks within IA short time,
as 1t was onls tile week previous that
Private Antoine Fettig shot himself
through the head while ia state of
intoxication.
Canada gets the 800 Chinese poll
tax, while the United States gets the
Chinese, We're the words of Chief Com
missioner Clute during the inquiry at
Vancouver, +. c., into the Chinese immi-
grafton question Tor the federal govern
ment. The remark was caused by the
sworn statement of Zip Yon, secretary
of the Chinese board of trade of British
Columbia. that 10 per cent of the Chi
nese immigrants into Canada We're
promptly smuggled into the United
States. Zip Yon stated that it was his
belief that If Canada stopped Chinese
immigrants for i've years there would
be very few Chinese left III Canada.
Steve de Costa, Arthur Bernell and
Powell Memoir, boys ranging i'll age
from IL 10 Is years, We're arrested ut
San Jose and charged with cruelty TO
animals. Having got hold OF stray
cur the boys tied II securely to post
and lei ioase upon tho helpless creature
ferocious bulldog. Before the arrival
of the police the savage animal had torn
the flesh in shreds from the body of the
helpless cur, while the boys danced
about the scene encouraging the bulldog
hiAH iiiN4i fbOAAas
Hundreds of wild horses which have
been running wild during the last few
years on the plains between Lillooet and
Cariboo and 9kanpgan, B. c., are being
captured by ranchers TO be sold to the
British government for use in South
Africa. Prices paid tor these horses
are from $50 10 $40 each.
AT Marysyille, Cal, L. IL. Bronson, a
bartender from oroville, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Ada Clark, aged
10, aud theI turned the weapon upon
himself and sent ball into his skull,
but the wound Is not considered danger
Gus. Jealousy Is said to be the cause of
the shooting The injured girl was re-
Gently employed At the Palace store,
Spokane, and her father is II resident OF
Oroyille..
The Retail Grocers' association of
Vancouver, b. c., has decided to con.
solidate 80 stores into II, and it is said
this consolidation will effect u monthly
saving IN expenses of 1900. Part of
this saving Is to be realized by purchas-
ing i'll large quantities the supplies for
the syndicate nf stores,
Ex.Judge John Henry Boalt, best
known 10 the California bar as menu
ber of the former law firm of CARRIER,
Boalt q Biohop, died at his summer
residence near Gloyerdale. lie was born
III Norwalk. o, in 1881.
M. -, nDS lSp ,,rna ,l.a,.,.,d
with the city treasurer of san Francisco
Tor taxes of all kinds collected from
July, 1900. to April, 1901, both inclusive.
Lucy Hite has at last settled with
John II. Hite, the Mariposa millionaire
whom the courts adjudged to be her
common-law husband. a release was
fled on her behalf with the county re-
corder OF san Francisco, whereby she
reinquished all claims i'll consideration
of $4,000, only reserving claim to
81, 900 acknowledge which She now
holds This makes "A total consideration
Of s2i 900
Rear Admiral George Melville, u. ).
~, n member of President Mckinley's
party, was robbed of 800 in the Van
Nuys hotel At Los Angeles by II sneak
thief who entered al.,l made his escape
nndetected. The money wasin sealed
official envelope from Washington, and
was in a small satehel in Admiral Mel
yille's room,
All Chung, a Chinese employed at the
residence of Judge j. II. McKune, 1911
Il street, Sacramento, was arrested on
The charge of having stolen buckskin
bag containing diamond rings valued at
fl 800 belonging to Mrs. Julia Dnnn of
SAN Francisco, who Is on visit at
Judge Mckune's. Mrs. Dunn had left
the jewels on shelf in the bathroom
for short time, but ON her return the
Jewels were gone The Chinese was
leaving the bathroom when she suterad.