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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26

the officers were respectively enti
tied. What | have to decide, there
fore, is whether or not President Nc,
Kinley did injustice in the matter
This necessarily involves compari
son OF the actions OF the different
commanders engaged. Exhaustive
official reports of the action leave lit.
tie TO be brought out anew. but as to
the question Of Admiral SIMPSONS
right to be considered in chief com.
n.and, which was determined in his
favor by President Mckinley and later
by the court of claims, has never
hitherto been officially raised. |
deemed II best TO secure statements
of the commanders of the FIVE ships
(other than the Brooklyn and New
York. flagships OF the two admiralsl
which were actively engaged in the
fight.
THE question OF command is in the
case nominal and technical. The ac-
tual fact, the important fact, is that
after the battle was joined, not helm
was shifted. not gun was fired, not
pound of steam was put on in the
engine room aboard any ship actively
engaged, in obedience to the order of
either Sampson or Schley or their
own two vessels. IL was captains
fight.
Therefore. the credit to which each
OF the two is entitled rests on matters
apart from the claim of nominal COM
mand over the squadron. for so far
as the actual fight was concerned
neither one or the other. in fact, exep
cised any command. Sampson was
hardly more than technically in tho
fight. His real claim for credit rests
upon his work as commander.n.chief,
upon the excellence OF the blockade,
upon the arrangement of the ships
heads In semi-circle around the har.
Dor and the standing orders in accord.
ance with which they instantly moved
to the attack of the Spaniards when
the latter appeared For all these
things the credit Is his.
Admiral Schley is rightly entitled
as Is Capt. Cook-to the credit of
what the Brooklyn did in the fight.
On the whole, she did well, but I az.
rec with the unanimous finding of the
three admirals who composed the
court of inquiry, as to the loop II
seriously marred the Brooklyn's 9th.
crwise excellent record. being. in fact,
the one grave mistake made by any
American ship that day.
1T was just to Admiral Sampson
that he should receive greater ad.
vance in numbers than Admiral Sch.
ley-there was nothing done in the
battle that warranted any unusual re-
ward for either. In short as regards
Admirals Sampson and Schley. I fnd
that President Mckinley did substan. |
tial justice, and that there would be
nc warrant for reversing his action.
Both Admiral Sampson and Ad |
riral Schley are now on the retired |
list. In concluding this report the |
members of the court OF inquiry, Ad.
mirals Dewey Benham and Ramsay.
unit in stating that they recommend |
ttat no further action be had In the |
matter. With this recommendation |
most heartily concur. There is no ex.
cuse whatever for either side for any |
further agitation OF this unhappy con-
troversy. To keep II alive would
merely do damage to the navy and
to the country.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26
A legacy Of the Grip

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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26
SHUFELT OUT OF JAIL.
Man Who Killed Long Henry" Only
Fl Years Old.

Ed. Shufelt has been held to the
district court OF Valley county for the
killing OF Long Henry" Thompson
and released on $4,000 bail. The pc
culiar circumstances surrounding the
killing and the truly remarkable tes'
timony given at the inquest led to this
action. Shufelt. who was raised in
Valley county, is only 21 years old
and is noted as one Of the crack
broncho twisters OF the state. He is
a great favorite with the cowboys OF
the lower Milk river country, who
have spoiled him. and latterly he has
been inclined to think himself some.
what of bad man"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26
OF for Washington.

New York. Feb. 23.-The prince
and his party reached Jersey City at
1910 a. m. and walked to the train
through a rope enclosure guarded by
so policemen under Chief of Police
Murphy of Jersey City. The train
consisted of eight cars, the last one
being the Columbia, devoted to the
use of the prince and two immediate
attendants.
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CONTINUED on seventh page.)
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26

,cK AND WOOL INTERESTS :oF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
READY FOR TIE END
Pope Completed All Arrangements
for Funeral and Burial.
Tomb Is a Beautiful Work of Modern
AFt-Wil Leave His Estate to
Holy See-Worries over
Successor.

The recent revival of the publiea-
tion Of reports. of the imminence of the
pope's death has led TO inquiries being
made of Chevalier Centra, valet de
chambre to his holiness. The chevalier
declared that the pope's health is excel
lent. But, he added, my master for
some time past has spoken almost sole
ly of his mortal end as though il were
near. The pope concerns himself daily
with the questions of his deaf III and
successor. He has settled all arrange
ments for his funeral down to the mi
nuteSt details. He says that the MEM
bers of his family and NOT the papal
government must ask the italian gov
ernment for the necessary permission
for interment in the baSilica of ST.
John Lateran. A monumental tomb is
ready for fixing in it's place. II is the
work of the famous sculptor Giuseppe
Luchetti and has cost 100000 lire $780,
0OO). which has all been paid"
The tomb is a beautiful work Of art.
The sarcophagns is surmounted by the
recumbeut figure Of Leo XIII in full
pOntifical robes. Guarding the tomb are
life-size statues of 81. Thomas and st.
Francis. and also a statue of he Virgin
and two angels, all in white Carrara
marble.
The interment will take place in the
early morning. with an entire absence
of ceremony. BY the pope's express or
der the actual casket in which the
body will rest will he of plain white
wood.
The pope leaves scarcely anything q
his relatives in his will He quite re-
GENTLY divided among them his purely
personal estate, so that his bequests
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
OBSERVATIONS FROM LIFE.

Statistics sometimes prove that Liars
can figure.
A budding genius is all right until he
begins to blow.
Her fathers boot frequently makes
an unfavorable impression.
Too much of the noise in this world
tries to pass itself off as music.
1t is better to be wrong at the right
time than right at the wrong time.
The more a woman argues the more
she is unable to convince herself.
Some dancing, instead of being the
poetry of motion, is mere doggerel.
The price of liberty is eternal vigi-
lance, but the cost Of frepairs is extra.
Young men think themselves wisa
and drunken men think themselves So
Der.
The man who knows il ell IL . fia
companion for the woman who knowa
nothing.
ANY man can think as he likes, butaA
isn't always policy TO put his thoughts
into words.-Chicsgo Daily News.
some Knowledge.
He-The young man who is paying
attention TO Miss Gotrox? Yes; he's =
lawyer.
She-I understand he doesn't know
anything about law.
He-Well, he knows enough about
law to see that there's more money IN
matrimOny-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15

enough to hold a mans fist. Out of
this shot the head of a large black
snake. Mr.. Hadsell promptly killed
it and dragged it out of the hole.
Two more heads made their appear
ance and these two snakes were also
dispatched.
When Hadsell looked at the spring
again the whole bank seemed to be a
living mass of reptiles. He threw
down his pitchfork and ran for assist
ance. He found Daniels, and the two,
each armed with pitchfork, made an
attack upon the army of snakes.
They had a big task. The spring
was full of kissing. writhing, wrig-
Cling snakes, some of them of great
size. For a time the battle waged
fercely, but at length the farmers
routed the enemy with great slaugh-
ter. After it was over they counted
% dead snakes on the bank of the
spring, the snakes being from three
to five feet long and one of them
measuring - inches around the thick
est part of its body.
They are not certain that some Of
the snakes did not escape slaughter
by remaining concealed in the hole.
1t is not known why these snakes
should have shown so much activity
in cold weather, for if they had been
peacefully alternating, as a self-re-
specting snake should do, they would
not have brought down upon them
selves such prompt destruction. 1t is
supposed that there is a cavern or
waterway through which the snakes
reached the spring. and that they
were stirred to activity and vigor
when they found that the spring was
not frozen over.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15

are mere gifts of remembrance. All
the money he now pnSSeSSes, about
100000, 200 lire (SG0. 900 OOO). he be-
queathed to the treasury of the holy
see.
All these things, says the Chicago
Tribune, are perfectly familiar to the
inmates of the vatican, for il is the
pope himself who constantly talks
about them. He speaks quite as free
ly and as often of his successor on
the papal throne. His consuming fear
is that his political work so persist
emily and patiently performed aud so
fruitful of practical benefit to the
church should be enullified by some rash
inheritor. lie would like 10 have the
assurance that he will he succeeded by
Cardinal Ramp0lla, hut he knows that
to he almost impossible. and failing il
he would prefer Cardinal Gotti or Car
dinal Wives Tuto. lie disaPProves
the candidaturps Of Cardinals Vanu-
tell, Svampa and Oreglia Yet one of
these three will probably he the next
pope.
Cardinal Jerome Maria GOtti is a
GcnOese. 6S years old. and is Of the or
der of Barefoot CarmelitPs the most
austere branch. Under his subsequent
leadership the order made marked ma
terial advance. He accomplished the
partial restoration of the mother
hOdse for the work in Palestine He
also visited England and the United
States TO counsel the order to austPrity
and wider service on the part of the
mendicants of the order. He was COM
manded To go TO Rrazil in 1892 to look
after the Catholic interests. In 1898
he was created cardinal. Personally
he is below medium height. hun pos
sessed of a well-roundPd and we,l-pre-
served figure. He lives modestay IN a
handsome palace. His tastes are scien-
tifc. but he is the hest authority on
canon law in the college. His friends
say he is the ideal scholar. saint and
diplomat. He belongs TO no factions,
keeps out of politics and never goes
into Roman society.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
GERMAN INTERESTS.

German companies now have sig
steamers plying regularly on the
river Yangtse between Shanghai and
Hankow.
The German peasantry have a curl
Gus instrument called the nagel-
geige or nail violin. 1t is a circular
frame of wood in which are set 60
or 20 iron pins, played with bow.
The custom of writing foolish beg
ging letters to the emperor has be-
come so prevalent in German schools
that a warning has been sent out that
it must stop or fines will be inflicted.
The authorities of Aix-la-ChapeIle
recently sentenced to two weeks i'm
prisonment a man who carelessIy
threw away a lighted match in a for
est near that city, although no dam
age was caused by the act.
1t is the practice in Berlin when any
poor person dies and leaves no heir to
have the bed disinfected and stamped
by the official stamp of the town eoun-
Gil. In this way a large number of beds
are collected, and are then lent to the
very Door.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
TRUE SNAKE STORY.
IWenty-Six Big Reptiles Killed in
the Midst of Winter.
Farmer HadseI Discovers the Cause
of Trouble with a Spring and
InauguFates a War of An
nIhiIatiOn.

According to the Hartford Conn }
correspondent of the New York sun.
Deacon Joseph Pepper. of the Meth
odist church of West Avon, is truth
, tul and teetotaler, and doesn't see
snakes where no snakes are. Through
him remarkable tale of snakes has
! been made public.
Silas Daniels is a member of Dea-
con Peppers church, and he was an
eyewitness of part of the occurrence
and was in at the death. 1t was from
him that Deacon Pepper learned the
particulars.
On the farm of Adelbert Hadsell, a
neighbor of Daniels, is a fine spring
that never freezes over, even in the
coolest weather. Hadsell carries the
water from the spring through a
pipe TO the barn for watering his
live stock
Recently the cattle refused to drink
the water, and Hadsell noticed a few
days ago that the water, which is
usually clear and pure, had become
slightly muddy. He went to the
spring to investigate.
He saw nothing unusual about the
spring at first, except that the wa
ter was muddy, as though some an
imal had worked up the mud at the
bottom. Mr.. Hadsell returned to the
barn for pitchfork, and when he
got back to the spring he made an in
yestigation.
He jabbed the pitchfork about in
the water without striking anything
but the mud at the bottom. While
he was thus engaged he noticed that
the bank at one side of the spring
seemed to be in motion.
He stuck the fork into this place
and pried up a clod of the frozen
earth, leaving hole about large
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
BAAQCET 81 AMPIIONS

a Aotnqurt Va It'd red the ltdi s
1-A..ny Jy tn AmphiOn glee club
Heiarst sty vuIus latar Murry's
el-e tnI there was Il lar e attend -
aa;r OF the C u mem 0ershrp wIGn
.-e.I Wives, ami the ladies auAjli-
lazy with their escorts.
The roIoy.ug order of exercises
UG observed:
IaS.ru ne .oaI selectioh-Mr. VIM
BAy ou
Ialrodoc-ory r.marks-ul JHen-
" Lewis
Clo 'rne Monkey said G. the
C2'mp"zee" rhe AmphionS
Lac Orla,u,. Ampnl,u-Mr j
h Washington
Q"r Kentucky Home-Mes
't' dos Nuson j D NIls,u " Ii
Carte. Jr aud Nm Copper
Olf LaIes AuXiuary-Mr B Il
Ba5.r
Y@r Noma's L'I B ,y-Messrs
y a Cn mp Nm DeL)ns b II
o 0'A,rann ) Il Wasn't tt
0lf D Past-Mr JOS Dewitt Wilson
,'-ao oclecuou-Mr Wm Rrax
hu
va Future Mr. Wm IL Carter
,~ochu5ersts Serena11e-Ehe
4nphlO.s
p. - Henry Lewis WAS tOas mas
n. aud his Iemarks Kept the com
Z" III eI3e,lel humnr
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
BARNEY ON HIS TRAVELS.

does. She has been TO most all the
West India islands. South America and
several southern ports.
Twice in midocean has Capt. Look
hove the vessel TO and rescued her, she
having fallen overheard. once from the
spanker boom and once from the taf-
frail.
In speaking of the eat Mr.. Wilson
said to a Boston Globe reporter:
Barney was the strangest acting cat
ever saw. She would not allow any
cats or dogs to come aboard the boat
while in port. She was what might be
termed the monarch of all she sur
veyed.
IF we passed steamboat At sea and
the whistle was blown, barney would
at once seek hiding place. So fright
ened was she that at times she would
remain in hiding two or more days.
''She is a great bird catcher, a fine
mouser and will tackle a rat as large as
herself"
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
TALK OF THE LODGE.
II Made Such an Impression That the
Member Repeated 1t Partly
in His Sleep.

Out in Kansas there are a good many
Swedes, and very exemplary citizens
they make. One of these representa-
tives of this states foreign population
stayed out late one night and at break
fast the next morning his good wife
Huldah demanded an explanation.
"Where were you last night?" she
asked in a before breakfast tone of
voice.
''Ve haf a special meetin' of te lodge,
Huldah, an eferything for te CUTE Of
te order"
"Last night you were talking in your
sleep and you said something about
twO-cent limit. What did you mean?"
80. das var nodder falier's fault. Haze
var talkin' bout raisin' te assessment
an das mex me hot"
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15

~. V,ue Marshall VI / be married
+. Jaar, To Ar. Harry Prater.
a.. r,-,e- Martin will spend the
Easter s'.sr 6,r5usi' Richmond
~ e. vr. Williams and Childrer
,i, WIS.,. u- civ 'h'S summer
,r.s F#-v ddleton Wills end Easter
Ti.1 Rs2t.morr NJ. y with fIiends.
Miss G.a Io4rs OF Ba.tlmo,e t, Md,
D.', ,s- rI.,t ot the Misses Martin
this TevA.
v..sl1aP1Iland is able to sit up,
.;rl- me accident in Anacostla some
few wreE, ago.
Ms nrs sheDpards Va has ex-
.b,o,-t schools with Miss Minnie
i+I..s I"rss fyom B-lnings TO Banneker.
,r.s F. E Coutee viii spend the
r.sr-ruy.llays as agursIot ne' sister,
Mrs Augustus Henderson IN Brooklyn,
New YORK.
There was a good audience ar the
p.ooI-'s Church on Wednesday
.v.a.ng to listen to paper by Mr..
Nm. /. Lee entitled "A Tale OF Two
Cite"
Mrs ClakI-v, the wife Of the late
Gabriel Coak.ey, aud The mother of
Mr. HaXHus OF p n Street, \. w.
lied on Tuesday an was buried on
last Thursday, from 81. Augustine
Church.
Mrs Yates, the great woman advo
rsr- Irtl Tor her nome last week. Her
address before the mass meeting was
well received,
Rev. Singleton Hughes, Of Mary
and, was In the city attending the
Methodist Conference Rev. Hughes
Is one OF the most active ministers in
Maryland.
Mr.. lanes Johnson of he Bureau
dEngraElng anI Printing who WAS
seriously injured some TIME ago Is
able to be- Oll again.
Mr. Edward Lucas, who has been
nhe city rrvera. d tys on account of
Mde4u6 has returned TO his school
10 E.CHnS0u. Md.
10 P'52arauon the reci al Of Miss
BeaIZ L. Chase Al the 18th street
PfS5G-ru Clurch AJril 18th.
Pull plrCI.ars latter on.
S-,5n. citizens Of Baltimore, Md,
were over last week ID attend the in
Spec.0n 0i The High Scnool , adets.
among ah m were Rev. Johnson,
Miss Cora Tucker and others.
Mss Hattie Ham-r who has taught
successfully I'D the night school at the
kn1a,. Building. Will leave shortly
lo' FmldrIphla, Pa, where her sister
IS. Miss Hamer has a large circle of
Henda who will regret her absence.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
rAs Cow aaa the Gamers.

L.I Is a sagacious COW that a.
S-o'o promptly to a little matter Of
4. ,ness' and deserves a blue ribbon.
O'oomheld, n. j., the other day
M amateur photographer stole .
tog-1. On some girls az they were
...'"lng in stream on the Dodd
~ Ihe camera was all adjusted
t,,,,-,s = exposure, and the photographer
~, beneath the black cloth. A
hs. apparently took in the situatioR
a. y. IA the mex Of ume, and bueked
H.. sa,neFa fairly and sent II flying.
h. ele turned to the man and chased
mn - ~, rail fence, standing guarG
,ss ue girls had donued thsir slO Othsu
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Eir.t of Canal Locks.

The first canal lock built in Amer
lea is preserved as a relic near the
presept site of the 500 canal. II was
built by the Northwestern Fur com
pany in 1876. 1t is 3s feet long and
eight feet nine inches wide. It had
a lift of nine feet and a depth OF 2h
feet. During the war of 1912 it was
badly wrecked. The early day fur
companies used this little water way
to lock down their small cargoes OF
valuable furs.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
TRAVELS OF A CAT.
barney" Born at Sea. Has Sailed
Many Voyages and Was Rescued
from "A Shipwreck-

Barney" is the name of a remarka-
Die cat, the property of Capt. o. w.
LOOK of Jonesport, Me. Barney was
on the schooner E. I. White, which was
wrecked off the Bahama islands a few
weeks ago, and was saved and brought
10 Mansfield by Edward Wilson, stew
ard OF the boat, and shipped to Jones'
port, where she viii spend the winter
with her mistress, the wife of Capt.
Cook, going TO sea again as soon as op.
portunity offers.
She was born on the ocean on board
the schooner AZ years ago, and has al.
ways been TO sea.
The picture was taken on the VOYAGE
from the Canary islands to Barba.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Danger In Little Knowledge.

A school-teacher in Newark, n. j.,
received the other day the following
letter from the father of a pupil:
'Dear Teacher: Please don't teach
Johnny any more about his insides.
1t makes him sassy" 1t seems that
Johnny had become entirely too sci
entific and critical concerning the
family bill of fare.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15

"And you said you was in What
did that mean?'
"Vell, ct meant dot Aye var member
an haf youst so notch to say as any
body"
when you said: III open it, what
did you mean?"
"Some feller could not get onto the
door, Ave tank. You see, dear wife, ct
is lock all tenn"
"Once or twice heard you say: It's
a showdown What does that mean"'
"Hu.dah. Aye haf no right to tai 20
tengs outside of te lodge, but Aye will
tai We dis: Das means in lodge Ian
guage: God bless mae home
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
New York's big Tunnel.

New York's new tunnel is far ad-
vanced. and the engineers have
worked out their complex problem
without an error. An army of men
is burrowing under the main streets
81 the city without interrupting traf-
fic in the least. The blasting is under
such exact control that no harm has
resulted to foundations almost sd-
iacPnt
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Her Opinion.

He (watching another eouple)|
suppose he feels that be eepld not live
without her.
she-Yes, and don,t'thipk he'll have
a chance to find Out that he eeqld.-
Puck
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Hint for American soIon..

When a dog in japan disturbs the
neighbors by barking at night, it's
owner is arrested and sentenced 70
work a year for the disturbed neigh
bors. The dog never barks again, for
DE is at once put to death.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
HeIninr Him Along.

Mr.. Timmid-I don't suppose il
would be proper for me to kiss you on
such short acquaintance?
Miss Innit-No. suppose not; but
isn't il too bad we haven't been ac-
quainted longer?-Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
sfunIh Al A,annd-

Patience sent postal card to Win
last week, and forgot to put his name
or address on it.
Patrice-Really?
"Yes; he must have thought me stu,
pid when he got it.-YonkeIs States
man.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Plausible Theory.

She-I wonder Why a mans hair
turns gray before his beard.
He-Oh, that is easily explained.
There is usually about 20 years differ.
ence in their respective ages.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
HIS strong Pull.

Beekman Streete-There'S a man
over there who has made a fortune
through his pull.
AstOr Howes-Politician?
Beekman Streete-No; dentist.-N.
Y. Times.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Plenty of EN- About.

Miss Smart-That Mr.. Gadden seems
to be II home anywhere.
Mr.. Sharp-Er--yes-except at
home.--AllY Sloper.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Another Lie Nailed

Dora-The papers say you are to
marry Lord ToPnott.
Clara-It's a base slander. I'm OILY
engaged to Hmm. Y. Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
He L. EHnnndInE.

HE believes in expansion, doesn't
he?"
''Wen, should say so. Why, you
ought TO see him eat."-Chicago Post
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
nnn Wnn 20 snurean.

cit is close attention to the little
things" remarks the Observer Of
Events and Things, (which makes the
successful nurse. e."-Yonkers States
man.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Oldest City in the World.

So ancient is the city of Damascus,
in SYRIA, that there is no record of its
origin in any written histories.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
His Idea.

Teacher-What do you mean By .
'quietus7"
Pupil-A blow in the solar plexua.-
Puck.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Polo an Ancient sport.

Polo is probably the oldest of attn
ietic sports. 1t has been traced to
500 B. c.
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Sample Blankets.

These magnificent California
Blankets are reduced TO a point
that insures the quickest kind
OF clearance.
ia Blankets-Worth SII-
reduced to...........S6.4 40
ia Blankets-worth SO
reduced to. to............SIo qS
ia Blankets-worth %
reduced to-. S4.48
II-4 Blankets worth-SI9-
reduced to.............SI2.4 .48
IA Blankets-worth Sir
reduced to............$7 .e8
ia Blankets-worth SIs-
reduced to...... SO. oS
ia Blankets worth $II. 90
reduced to..........$8.25
IA Blankets-worth $40, So
reduced TO .......,...SII.4S 4S
The Washington bee., 1902-03-15
Roman Sofas

I Sofa, was SI2. so. now. S8.49
I Sofa, was S27. so now S74 90
I Sofa, was S32 so. now. .S26. 90