Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-07-17
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tie South Omanu III lngnt last week.
One hundred and two In the shade
was the heat record for Chicago on
July 10th.
Rear Admiral Crownlnshield claims
to be the author Of the famous dis
patch to Dewey.
Telegraphic communication Is now
d open from Seattle, WASH, to Port
Simpson, Alaska.
In spite OF his many munifcent do
nations Andrew Carnegie has still
SEQ, OOo, 900 to draw on.
In all probability Governor Wood
Will have to resign his position In
Cuba, owing to I'll health.
The Constitution has been proved
to be a much faster boat than either
the independence or Columbia.
Owing to a shortage In the beer
supply at Dawson City 1t Is worth In
the neighborhood OF $3.50 a barrel.
The throwing Of a lighted cigar
into a stubble field In Kansas started
a fire which consumed $1,000 acres OF
wheat.
King Edward VII has sat for n
new portrait, which is to be used on
new postage stamps In England, re-
placing those now In use.
The Kiowa and Comanche prop
erty in Oklahoma besides having
magnificent agricultural possibilities
is rich in minerals and oil.
The launching OF the new battle
ship Maine will take place from the
Cramp Ship Building Company'syard
at Philadelphia on July 9TH.
Dowie's disciples invaded Evans
ton, Illinois, last week and were run
out of town by the fire company play
ing on them with n two-inch stream
of water from the company hose.
The Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon OF
Topeka, Kas., will reside for some
time in the slums o iChicago to study
social conditions there preparatory
to writing a book on slum life and
its remedy.
The labor council of San Francisco
has passed by a nearly unanimous
vote a resolution advocating In
strong terms the rejection OF Andrew
Carnegie's offer to the city Of $4,000
for a public library.
Sarah Bernhardt has originated a
scheme ofestablishing n cosmopolitan
theater In London, which Is COM
mented upon very unfavorably In
Paris, owing to the fact thatin order
to make her scheme ma~terialize she
must make her headquarters in the
English metropolis.
The Rev. II. A. Smoot OF the Bap-
fist church Of Arcola, ILL.,, is the orig
&. inator Of a very unique scheme for
keeping his audiences awake during
services. He employees two little
girls as spoilers" in his congrega-
ton and gives them n cent eachfor
every person they find asleep during
services.
Crimes OF all descriptions are now
i. being committed by bandits in vari-
Gus parts of China and the authori-
ties seem unable to cope with the
situation. All over the province of
Chill mounted robbers oam at will,
being especially numerousin the Paot-
ing Flu region. Highway robbcries
are Of nightly occurrence in Pekin.
The new Philippine customs tariff,
upon which the insular division of
the war department has been work.
ing for some time past, has been com-
pleted aad approved but will not be
promulgated until copies can reach
Manila. Meanwhile IL will be trans
lated into Spanish and he printed
both in English and Spanish. The
new tariff will be issued as an amend
ment or modification Of the present
!. tariff.
A. parliamentary paper issued In
London last week relating to the
peace negotiations demonstrates that
the Boer forces are in u perllous state
and that the burghers are only kept
in the field by unblnshing perverslons
OF Kitchener's terms and extrayagant
fables Of Boer successes. The most
notable instances Of the latter are
DeWet's statement that Cape Colony
had risen to a man against the Brit
ish and that in proceeding to invade
the colony he killed General Knox.
A modern illustration Of Ajax defy
Ing the lightning was given lately at
Baltimore. Maryland, by Phillips
Walls, II young farmer who, duringa
severe Thunderstorm, procured n
lightning rod, attached it to his head
and sailed forth. saying that he de-
sired OF all things to be struck by
lightning. He wandered about IA
field, calling aloud for the lightning
to strike him II 1t dared. He wasnot
| disappointed. Just ms he was pass
ing a great oak tree for the third or
fourth time "a lightning bolt struck
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