Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-06-12
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w 1OhiAiiNNNE IA w" 1CfH 1f'
in the suppression OF vice.
The great Portland gold mine at
Victor, Colorado, is reported to have
been sold to an English syndicate for
S2l, 900, 900.
John d. Rockefeller has made the
gift OF three scholarships to the CO.
lumbIa University, with the Under
standing that each Of the holders be
negroes.
Two senator's and seven represen-
tatlves will sail for Manila on the
next transport to make personal in
vestigation OF conditions in the Phil
ippines.
Mrs. George NJ. Pullman, Jr., Inns
instituted divorce proceedings
against her husband, in which very
sensational charges are made. Mr..
and Mrs. Pullman were married in
1897.
The Cuban convention has much
important work yet before it and the
ministry has to be devised for choos-
ing officials OF provinces, rs well as
those Of congress and executive posi-
tons.
Leo MI il rapidly growing more
feeble owing to his increasing years
and has lately been subject to faint
ing fits at short intervals, which have
caused grave apprehension for his
recovery.
At the Chicago live stock market
last week native beef cattle sold nc
lively, and the better grades sold n
shade higher. Hogs declined ~ and
) cents, and sheep and lambs ruled
10 and 15cents lower. Cattle reached
S6.l5, hogs S5.97k, sheep s4,35 and
lambs $3.50.
Leroy Grove, the 1G-year-old son of
a farmer residing near Napoleon.
Ohio, became insane last week from
reading sensational dime novels,
stabbed his sister to the heart, stran-
gled his younger brother and then
shot himself through the temple, kill
ing himself instantly.
Edward Kimball, the man who
converted Dwight l.. Moody in the
old Mount Vernon church in Boston,
and who raised more money to pay
off church debts than any other relig-
ious worker I'm the world, died last
week at the home of his son, DR.. X.
H. Kimball. in Oak Park.
The marriage of Jas. w. Gerard to
Miss Mary DAILY, daughter of the late
Marcus DAILY, took place at Grace
church in New York City on June 18th.
The ceremony was performed by
Bishop Potter and was attended by
lbs guests. relatives and intimate
friends of the bride and groom.
The Pabst Brewing company's
plant had IA narrow escape from be-
ing destroyed by fire last week. The
fire started on the roof of the malt
elevator. Timers were at work there
and 1t il supposed a spark from their
heating pot got under the covering
and started the blaze. The flames,
famed by the strong wind, had
swept along the entire roof Of the
building. threatening the whole plant.
An order has been received by the
commissioners of immigration at New
York that tuberculosis of the lungs
is to be considered a disease serious
enough To cause the deportation OF
any immigrant afflicted with it. The
mandate was issued by Superintend-
ent of immigration Il. V. Powderly
and will undoubtedly greatly de-
crease the number of immigrants ad-
mitted to this country.
The British Pacific telegraphcable,
which il to connect Canada with
AuNtTulld, VIII sObu De ldlu anu VIII
be 5,S}i miles in length. Work on the
cable proper already has been COM
meneed in England and the first in
stallment, which will be II cable for
the route from Tanning island to
Australia, is expected to leave Eng
land in January, 1907. By the terms
of the contract the whole cable IL to
be laid and in working order by Jan
uary. 1903. 1t will cost $40, 1000, 600.
A Buffalo man has invented n new
matte furnace, which requires abso-
lutely no fuel. The furnace consists
of n water-tight vertical shaft not
very dissimilar from the present pyr-
lite furnace. In Mr.. Garretson's fur
mace, however, the use of fuel il alb
solutely unnecessary, the required
heat being generated by the combus-
tion OF sulphur in the ore and oxidiz-
alton o. the iron and matte. While
the heated gases arise from the hearth
Of the furnace. beginning the combus-
ton Of sulphur in the ore in the upper
portion of the furnace, the mass OF
the charge keeps passing downwards