Fergus County argus., 1901-04-24
kfwS OF THE wEEK.
Items Of General interest Condensed for
the Busy Readers.

the Busy Readers.
The collier Merrimac, which was
sunk In the mouth of Santiago har-
Dor by Lieutenant Hobson in 1898.
has been removed by means OF a large
charge OF dynamite.
The Boer war is an expensive lux
ury to the British Empire end nj
though organized Boer opposition Is
practically at an end the campaign
is costing about seven millions
weekly.
The conservation of the Rev. A. f.
w. Ingram as bishop OF London last
week was marked by disturbances
which almost amounted to a riot
His opponents charged him with
leaning toward Roman Catholicism
A charter has been granted to the
Crows Nest Southern Railway Co
by the Canadian government. This
road will form the connecting link
between the railways of the United
States and the extensive coal fields oI
British Columbia.
The Union iron works oiSan Fran
cisco have signed u contract with the
navy department for the construc.
tiOn OF the protected cruiser Mil
waukee. She is to have 90 knots
e speed and be finished in three years
and to cost 81, ,s25, 900.
Since the great oil strikes In Texas
In January, ninety-six oil companies
have been chartered in that state,
and four in outside states for the
purpose OF developing the immense
oil resources of Texas. The aggre.
gate capital of these companies is
$2s, s,537, 900.
Adelina Patti Baroness Cedar
strom) has decided to use her won.
derful voice for charitable purposes
only in the future. Next week she
will sing at charity concert In Lon,
don, the proceeds from which will go
to the support and medical attend
ance oisoldiers wounded in the Trans.
vaal.
Colonel Nelson Bergen, in COM
munication to the state department,
says that the importation OF Ameri-
can quails into Sweden has awak-
ened lively interest. More that j, ,000,-
900 quails. representing a sum OF
S3,o00,000 have been ordered for the
spring and still more orders are ex-
pected.
The committee at Washington
which has charge OF the Schley home
fund has announced that nearly
enough money has been received to
purchase modest home in one OF
Washington's residential suburbs,
which will be presented to the ad-
miral when he arrives in Washington
next week.
A remarkable fact connected with
the wrecking OF the Rio de Janeiro at
the mouth of the San Francisco har.
bor is the total disappearance OF the
wreck. Divers have thoroughly ex.
plored the bottom of the sea Mt the
place where the wreck is supposed to
have occurred, but not the slightest
trace Of the ship has been found.
A naval station is to be erected at
Olongapo in the PHILIPPINE islands, TO
enable repairs on the Asiatic squad
ron to be done by American labor.
The construction of a repair dock In
the Philippines will cause money
which Is at present spent in the
English dock yards at Hong Kong
to be expended with American work.
men.
Fruit pulps will in the near future
be put up in the form OF solid fruit
bricks which will be well nigh imper
ishable. California people have beer
experimenting on their manufacture
for some time. Theexperiments have
been attended with success and be
fore long immense quantities Of these
fruit bricks will be used In our Euro
pean export trade.
The Filipino general Sandico hal
been elected to succeed Aguinaldo al
commanding general OF the Filipino
forces as well as dictator during tn,
continuation OF the insurrection
Sandlco belongs to u distinguished
family residing at Pandakan, nea
Manila. He is a man of energy ant
10 well educated, speaking severa
European languages.
Some startling developments hav'
come to light ut the trial of Sergean
Memson, whose case was the first Il
come before the military commission
which is in session IN Manila. Evl
dence was produced to show tina
large quantities OF flour and provis
ions had been taken from Il govern
ment warehouse and sold by tire
commissary sergeants, who divide'
the proceeds.
Secretary Wilson will shortly sen,
out experts TO visit all rice-growini