Fergus County argus., 1901-07-24


ernment- HislIfe has been a tragedy.
and the use of liquor has madeitso,"
The salmon trust, which has been
talked OF for some time past, ID now /
an assured fact and the Pacific Pack
ing & Navigation company has alb
sorbed seventeen canning companies
in Alaska and eleven on Pugetsound.
Other firms are expected to come In
shortly and swell the number to
thirty concerns. The company ex-
poets to pack between 100000 and
1000, 900 cases of salmon this season.
Russian crops have suffered consid-
erably this season and reports from
twenty-seven provinces show that
the crop prospects are far less prom
ising than month ago. The Rus
sian grain harvest isnow not expect
ed, at the best, toexceed the average,
while in some districts 1t has been al
most destroyed by the unusual heat
and drought. Elsewhere the grain
has been washed out OF the earth by
floods or cut down by hallstorms.
Late advices from Dawson, under
date of June 18th, state that the god
shipments to the outside this year
have amounted to S5,000,0 goo to date.
Over So, 900, 600 of this sum went down
the Yukon and is going out by way
OF st. Michael and the balance has
come up the river. News has just
been brought from the mouth of the
Hootalinqua river by steamer that n
placer strike has been made on Lake
creek, a tributary to Lake Teslin, the
source of the Hootalinqua.
Postmaster General Smith has re-
eeived Il letter at Washington from
u rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish
church at Wabash, Ind, Offering to
sell to the department a new discov-
cry in mail transmission, by which ii
Is claimed the mails can he regularly
carried across the Atlantic in the
space Of two days. The letter says:
Esteemed Sir: / take the liberty to
inform you that | have scheme to
convey the mails to Europe within
two days. should like to submit
the idea to the government, and II 1t
can be carried through should ask
compensation" The writer. Rabbi
Sigmund Frey, will he asked to throw
more light on his discovery.
The residents OF Ronkonkome, l..
l., are suffering from severe shock
to their sense Of modesty and decor
um, owing to the presence of sun
cure and physical culture resort in
their midst. The seekers after health
as part of the treatment sun them
selves I'm Adam and Evelike costumes,
and when one of the inmates of the
resort attended divine worship In an
extremely abbreviated costume the
citizens appealed en- mass to the local
authorities for redress and insisted
that the patients must not meander
along the public highways in cos
tunes which might have been alright
before the closing OF the gates of the
garden OF Eden but are now little
out of fashion.
General Funston will retire from
the army. He is quoted as having
said as soon as all active military
operations in the islands cease he will
give up his place in the army and will
represent a large commercial concern
which has mude him a handsome offer
for his services. His resignation Is
expected to lie Forthcoming before
October. The report that the Kansan
would resign was thoroughly dis
cussed by officers at the war depart.
ment, and while no one seemed to
have any direct information concern
ing his intentions the statement that
he would leave the army is generally
accepted as true. People in Wash
ington who know Funston say that
he Is not by nature adapted to the
routine OF a military part In times Of
peace and that his spirit OF daring
and enterprise will lead him into
other fields.
Despite the dropping of3S. .0S2 names
from the pension rolls through the
death of that number of pensioners
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
there was net increase OF 1906
names to the rolls by the granting of
new pensions, and the number of
names carried on the rolls on June
Both was 997,S34 There was an in
crease Of 2,273 In the number of pen
sioners who died during the year, as
compared with the record of the pre-
vious fiscal year. The total expendi.
lures on account OF pensions and ad-
ministration was $l3S, ,53l ,494. being
an increase Of S69,353 over the dis
bursements OF the previous year.
The number Of claims filed with the
pension bureau on account OF disabil-
tiles incurred in the SpaDisl-American
war aggregated up t. June 30 1910,
oi which 7,0s6 were granted and 1853
were rejected.