Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-05-08
NEWS or the wEtk.
Items Of General Interest Condensed for
the Busy Readers.

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the Busy Readers.
The present population of the city
OF London, Eng, is 4,536,034.
Lawyer Patrick has pleaded not
guilty to the charge OF numbering
millionaire Rice.
A -four a is In progress at Eat
Claire, Wis.,, and a cut has been mad'
to so cents per hundred.
President Mckinley has been grant
ed the degree OF doctor oilaws by tn,
Harvard university corporation.
In all probability several detach
ments OF the United States troops
To- stationed at Manila will be or
dered home In the future.
The British government has leased
Darells island, one of the largest o
the Bermudas. and will there trans
port 800 Boer prisoners.
A Russian doctor has performed an
operation in which he successfully
spliced the great femOral artery by
means OF an artificial insertion.
The Union Pacific tunnel through
Sherman HILL, Wyoming, has been
completed and the new line from Bu.
ford to Tie Siding now becomes part
OF the main system.
A university will be opened in
Toxic, Japan, this summer which Is
to be used exclusively for women.
The entire expense will be borne by
three japanese capitalists.
Adelbert Hay, who Is a son Of the
secretary Of state, has sent in his
resignation as United States consul
at Pretoria. No appointment has
been made as yet, to fill the position.
Forest fires are raging in upper
Michigan and unless that section is
visited by heavy rains shortly much
damage will ensue. The whOlecoun-
try is extremely dry, no moisture
worth mentioning having fallen this
spring.
Large government ice plants will
shortly be In operation In the Phil
ippines They are badly needed for
cold storage purposes. Two plants
which are in operation in Manila, are
unable to supply the demands Of INIT
city alone.
Prince Henry de Croy of Belgium.
who lately arrived at Hoboken on
the Holland-American liner Potsdam,
ON being examined by the custom
authorities there was found to have
a large amount OF iewelry concealed
on his person.
During the last twenty years the
railway mileage has doubled nearly
three times. In 1850 there were 1910
miles OF track; in 1900 there were
1851. In 1850 to sonth produced
3I5,50l tons OF pig iron; In $3.50 the
total surpassed 5000, 600.
The army canteon question will be
brought to the front again during
the next session of congress. Army
officers in Washington predict that
the prohibitory law will be revoked
and the army canteen will be as much
in evidence at army posts as for
merly.
The "Apache Kid" notorious for
bl~oodthirsty raids and depredations
of all descriptions on the southwest
ern frontier, has at last been cap
tnred and brought to justice. lie
was hanged ut A~ntejuda in Mexico
last week by the order of General
Lorenzo Torres.
The old Central Music Hall of Chi.
cago was pulled down last week to
make way for the building Of a large
business block. For the last twenty
two years this hall has been the cen
ter and headquarters Of art in Chi
cago and its destruction will be re-
garded with regret by many.
1t has been successfully demon
strated by experiments that tobacco
can be grown in northwestern Wis
consin. Last year ten acres were
planted which yielded $500 pounds Of
first-class leaf, and numerous agri-
culturists in that section are contem-
plating going into the tobacco-rals-
ing business.
An Irish recruit I'm one OF his ma
jesty's riding schools had the misfor-
tune to part company with his horse.
According to thecustom the sergeant
strobe up to him and demanded:
Ibid you receive orders to dismount?"
"Idid, sorr." "Wherefrom?" From
headquarters, yer honor" said Pad
dy, with a grin.
The Leyland line OF transatlantic
steamers, the head Office OF which IL
at Liverpool. England, has been pur-
chased by Pierpont Morgan q Co.
This line Is one Of Great Britain's
largest shipping interests and its
purchase IL undoubtedly the first
move by Morgan & Co. to gain con-
troll OF the transatlantic shipping
service.
Thegreat Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo was declared open last
Wednesday. Nav LIST. on which Occa.