Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-10-09

btOr tldubufouBu vi N'oieu Donoeo
Mr.. Kruger has abandoned theide,
OF sending a delegation to the presi
dent of the United States, havinl
ascertained that Mr.. Roosevelt will
pursue the policy ofnon-intervention
Miss Charlotte Hill, daughter o
James ]. Hill, was married yester
day at noon to George Theron Slad,
OF Scranton, Pa. Mr.. Slade Is Al
present head of m Of the divisions
Of the Erie road. The affair tool
place at the Hill residence ON Summit
avenue, st. Paul.
Ii Is not generally known that the
opposition Of Senator Hanna to
Ro0sevelt's nomination for the vice
presidency was requested by Roose,
welt himself, but such il the case, and
the idea that President Roosevelt
harbors resentment against the sen,
ator from Ohio is totally without
foundation.
Fallen Angel-"What's this, dear.
est?" said the young husband as he
tried TO bite into it. why, that's
angelfood. darling" replied the fair
creature on theother side of the table.
"Oh! II IT." with contracted brows
and set jaws. IL thought, per.
haps, it was marble cake."-Phila.
delphia Bulletin.
A number OF English railroad Off
cials are coming to the United States
to study the system Of traffic man.
agement in use here, and it Is the
opinion Of Charles Il. Ierkes regard
ing English railways that they must
be taken In hand by Americans and
worked in their way, OF else they
will be laid down under the enor-
nous capitalization and wasteful
methods.
President Roosevelt will make no
radical recommendations tocongress
for n navy of large size. He has
made II careful study Of the needs Of
both branches Of the military serv-
ice. He is strongly impressed with
the idea Of making the navy n fight
ing navy and the army a fighting
army, but the question Of increasing
the number Of vessels and the num-
her Of troops il secondary to his
mind to that of fighting qualities
and readiness for conflict.
A dispatch from Sweden states
that j. Pierpont Morgan is negotiat-
ing with the Gellivara Iron Mining
company to take over all the iron
fields OF Lapland. II this deal should
he seriously attempted the govern
ment would certainly interfere. for it
is the fixed purpose of both the exec
utive and legislative branches tofore-
stall dangerous jobbing by foreign
capitalists In the Swedish rand. tits
expected that parliament, which
meets In January, will take up this
matter especially and will put the
iron deposits OF Lapland on a basis
satisfactory to the country's sense of
what is required to secure 1t from I'M
desirable foreign invasion.
A San Francisco dispatch states
that In speaking Of the conditions in
the Philippines, General George NJ.
Sternberg, surgeon general OF the
United States army, who has just re.
turned from the islands. says: 81
was surprised at the excellence of the
hospital service and the arrange
ments for caringior sick and wound
ed. We have a department In the
islands that We should be proud Of.
The percentage Of sick remains about
the same as during the early part OF
the campaign, namely, about Z per
cent. In Mindanao II IL only about
4 per cent. Taking into considera.
ton what we have to contend with
over there and comparing 1t with
the records OF the civil war, 1t will hi
seen that we have made great i'm.
provements in our military hospit
ais"
The biggest gun In the world was
completed last week and IL awaiting
Its carriage In the shops OF the Army
Gun factory at Watervliet, N. Y. II
was planned ten years ago and ha,
been over five years In process OF con
struction. 1t Is the most powerful
engine OF destruction known. Wher
compared to it the largest gun bull
In civil war times looks like q to,
cannon. The new weapon is known
as a l6-iDch breech-loadlng rifle, an,
1t IL intended for harbor defence
Forty OF these monsters were recon
mended by the Eudicott board 70
the harbors of New York, San Fran
cisco, Boston and Hampton Roads
New York was to have eighteen, Bos
ton eight, San Francisco ten nm,
Hampton Roads four. According /,
present Indications this number wi
be somewhat reduced.