Fergus County argus., 1901-07-24
NEWS or TINE WEN.
tens Of General interest Condensed for
the Busy Readers.

Count Tolstoi IL seriously I'll at Mos
cow with an attack OF gastric fever.
The crops in England and Scotland
are being burnt up. by the intense
heat,
Earl Russell received a sentence oil
three months Imprisonment for big.
amy.
Pope Leo XIII foretold four years
ago that his death would occur in
July, 1901.
The city OF Pekin will be fully and
finally evacuated by the allies on
August 18th.
1t is reported that Senator Clark
has invested $1,000 roubles In the Ural
copper mines in Russia.
The Duke of Connaught has sue
ceeded King Edward as grand master
of British Masonry in England.
Disorder and lawlessness reign su-
preme in Pekin since the Chinese
authorities have taken charge.
Three hundred and fifty Beers have
arrived In Oklahoma territory and
intend making their homes there.
Moro castle, which overlooks the
harbor of Havana. will be retained
by the United States as a fortified
position.
Carlisle d. Graham, who is known
as "the. hero of Niagra," made trip
last week in barrel through the
foaming rapids of Niagra Falls.
The ministers OF Denver have or
ganized vigilance committee in or
der to suppress the trough element
and raise the morals OF the city"
A general rain fell In the drought
stricken region OF the southwest on
July 18th and it is now probable that
greater portion OF the crops will be
saved.
DIR. Ronald McKraig OF Glasgo W.
Scotland, who was one OF Queen Vic
torias physicians, is on his way to
Bauff, the Rocky mountain health
resort.
Hugo Jone, a Chicago chemist, has
patented coal consuming battery
whose electrical energy is produced
by the oxidation of lead and ferrous
chloride.
The most curious cemetery in the
world Ia situated at Luxor, on the
river Nile. lis there that the bodies
of millions of mummified cats, which
were held sacred by the Egyptians,
were buried
Harry Craven, son ofRear Admiral
Craven, has been declared insane.
Craven, while a student at the naval
academy at Annapolis, was, SO 1t is
alleged, brutally hazed, from which
time dates the arrangement OF his
mind.
John Alexander Dowie, who is the
organizer OF Zion City, i'm Illinois, has
declared his intention Of becoming a
citizen of the United States and re-
nounclng allegiance to King Edward,
to whom he has done homage for
many years.
Mrs. and Miss La Buskie, who fell
into the "paint pot" at the National
park-last week, have been removed In
a private car to their home in New
York. A Chinaman fell into the
'paint pot" this week and was seri-
ously scalded.
News has been received that the
Missouri river has cut through its
banks and is now flowing into the
Platte river at n point beyond Wald-
ron. The encrOachment upon the
tracks Of the Burlington is being care
fully watched by IA construction crew.
Experiments have been made In the
fields Of Connecticut in the growing
VI toba'to tohfds anu
been attended with success. w. G.
Whitney, the ex-secretary OF the navy,
is Of the opinion that a revolution In
tobacco raising will result and isc
templating the purchase Of large to-
baceo interests i'm Connecticut.
A matrimonial agency OF a novel
character has been established in
London by Frank =. Willard of New
York. The object IL to provide rich
American girls with titled husbands.
charging the husband percentage Of
the wealth brought tn him by the
lady and selling the title to the am
bilious fair one at a stipulated figure.
Dan Lamont has denied the rumor
that he Is to succeed Mr.. Mellen as
president of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way Co. and says: "The story is not
true. / am not aware that Mr..
Mellen, whose efficiency IL conceded
and whose success is n matter OF rec
ord, has any intention Of retiring,
and am positive that under no cir
cumstances would take the place" "
At the funeral of the late Congress
man A. Ii. Martin. held at the Pres.
byterlan church In Bluffton. Illinois,
the Reverend c. Z. Miller, the pastor,
created "A sensation by his sermon.