Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-08

five aerial bombs was fired and sim
ultaneously hundreds OF flags were
raised on the buildings and grounds.
II the weather permits 5000 homing
pigeons, entered by fanciers OF various
cities, will be released during the
afternoon.
The fact that Italy Is making a
dumping ground of the United States
for her criminals and paupers has
been foreibly brought to the atten-
tion Of the local authorities at New
York by the arrival at that port OF
three notorious brigands. These
desperadoes had their expenses paid
to the land Of the free by the Italian
authorities In ordertoge rid Of them.
Many relics both valuable and rare
have been gathered together by the
national society OF the Daughters Of
the American Revolution to be used
in decorating the Continental hall In
Washington. The Massachusetts
Daughters had hoped to secure the
first church bell cast by Paul Revere,
but it slipped away from them to II
church I'm North Cambridge, whose
members also have aneyetonational
heirlooms.
ex-governor David b. Hill, has
made the following statement in re-
gard to the probability OF his being
nominated for president in 1901: 81
will state that l am not II candidate
for the presidential nomidation In
1901. am neither seeking the nomi-
nation o expecting 1t. regard all
suggestions OF candidates at this
time as premature and inadvisable.
No one can now tell what can or
ought to be done in 1904"
A slight departure from the Carrie
Nation method OF regulating the sale
OF spirituous liquors has been made
by Mrs. Crater of Cincinnati, Ohio,
who in place OF a Ratchet uses a
whitewash brush with good success.
She has issued a mandate forbidding
saloonkeepers selling her husband
sDirituousl liquors, and on her orders
being disobeycd she sails into the Of
nixoloaIst's place OF business
anI whttew ashes everything in sight,
from the bartender to the cigar sign.
Cablegrams have been receivedfrom
Manila stating that General Tinio,
who has been operating in northern
Luzon, has surrendered with his
whole command. CulOnels Ciprianio
and Gregorio Katibac, Malvar's best
officers, surrendered to Colonel Kline
at Lipa ON April 2Sth wltlL23 officers,
los men aud Sc rifles. 1t issaid at the
war department 10y officers recently
back from the Philippines that there
now remains in the field in Luzon
only one chief whom they are partic-
ularly DESTROYS Of capturing, namely,
Cables, the head hunter. This man
has violated every ruleof warfare and
it IL not expected that he will be taken
alive.
a new automatic pistol has been
adopted by the board OF ordnance
and fertilization OF the U. S. army
which is capable OF dlscharging l1G
bullets per minute. Exhaustive tests
by the government experts have been
made which seem o indicate thatthe
principles Of the automatic field gun
and OF magazine rifles have been com
bined in a practical form In n pistol
no heavier than the revolvers with
which the army is now equipped.
Named iorits inventor, George Luger,
a former officer of the Austrian army,
the Luger automatic pistol il made
by u German rms and ammunition
factory and fabrique rationale OF
military arms in Belgium.
James Douglas Reid, who was
known as the ''father OF the tele-
graph" died last week at his resi-
dence In New York City. He was
born in Scotland, coming to America
In 1884, his first telegraphic service
being in 1915, when he assisted In the
organization OF the Atlantic and
Ohio Telegraph Co. He entered the
service Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company In 1856. wherein he
remained until 1889, when he was
appointed United States consul ut
Duniermlie, Scotland, through the
influence Of Andrew Carnegie, who as
a hoy had served as messenger and
telegraph operator under Mr.. Reid at
Pittsburg. He elinquished this Office
In 1897. The statue Of Prof. Morse In
Central park, New York, was erected
by the telegraph fraternity through
the efforts Of Mr.. Reid.
Miss Florence Newman, who has
been IA great sufferer from muscular
rheumatism, says Chamberlain's
Pain Balm Is the only remedy that
affords her relief. Miss Newman Is IA
much respected resident Of the village
of Gray, n. Y, and makes this state