Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-06

'InQ1cCeQ hfteen persons for fraud in
connection with the sale of Otoe In
dian reservation lands, by which. the
red men were defrauded to the amount
of $4,000. ! ; y d.
Two men engaged in digging roots
on an island in the SusQuehanna river
are said to have unearthed a metal box
containing $4,000 in gold doubloons,
$4,000 in Mexican silver, and $1,000 in
small coins.
An attempt is being made in Balti-
more to show that Wilkes Booth killed
PRESIDENT Lincoln because OF the lat
le1's failure to pardon Captain John
Yates Beall, who was shot as q con
federate spy. ~
Samuel Wannamaker, the forger,
was taken into court at YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio, on a stretcher, to receive q SEN
tence Of fifty years. Imprisonment. He
is SO years old, and is still too weak to
raise his head.
A member of the Smith family Of
Ohio has escaped from the pepitentiary
at Columbus, and the citizens of Find
lay are greatly alarmed at the prospect
OF his temperance there with his
gang of outlaws.
A mob at Davenport, Washington
Territory, refused to permit the county
records to be transferred to Sprague,
but the appearance Of Sheriff Cody
with n hundred armed men was the
signal for surrender.
W. W. Beckett, a hardware mer-
chant of Sherbrooke, Province of Que
bee, whose liabilities are over $4,000
has made al assignment. He is a
heavy indorser for the New Bruins
wick bobbin factory.
W. p. Rend s. Co., of Chicago, have
obtained from the federal court at Gin
clnnatl q mandatory order requiring
the Hooking Valley road to furnishsat
once such cars as are necessary to carry
coal mined by the firm.
Eighteen masked citizens of Anne
Arundel county, Maryland, took from
a deputy sheriff and strung up a COL
ored burglar named George Briscoe,'
who had repeatedly been warned to
leave the neighborhood.
An agreement for the speedy restor-
alton OF eastward rates has been signed
6y all the general passenger agents at
Chicago. and will be sent at once to the
managers for approval. The differen-
tial rate was placed at 81.
Rev. John Maxwell, of Springfield.
Ohio, rendered miserable BY poverty,
poisoned his four children and himself.
The effect was fatal on the little ones,
but he recovered sufficiently to permit
of his being lodged in jail.
Bell Mann, formerly a reputable
druggist in Chicago, has gone to
Washington to undergo trial on an in.
dictment for swindling the government
by means of fraudulent vouchers for
medical supplies to the navy.
The Mexican government has caused
q thorough investigation to be made as
to the lyncEing of Lucian Padillo. at
Crete, Nebraska, for assaulting a child,
| and will probably demand that the
lynchers be brought to justice.
At Monmouth, Illinois, a Texan
named II. R. Thompson. who had sus-
tanned heavy losses by the failure of
the First National bank, fired five
| shots at B. 7. @. Hubbard, the default
ing cashier, without hitting him.
In 1857 the Fort Wayne road per-
sisted in taking gravel from a pit in
Allen county, Indiana, claimed by T.
W. Swinney. After prolonged litiga-
ton the railway company has paid q
judgment for $4,000 for the trespass.
A court at Albany has affirmed the
judgment rendered against Frank R.
Slerwin of a fine of $500 and lmpris-
onment for two years in the peniten-
uary. He escaped to New Mexico by
depositing 5000 in court in lieu of
bail.
A statue of George Brown, the
founder of The Globe, was on Tuesday
unveiled in Queens park, Toronto, by
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Brown was fatal
ly shot by a discharged employee four
years ago.
Senator Conger, of Michigan, will
resign his seat in the Senate the latter
part of December to accept a judicial
appointment at Washington. The
Legislature Of Michigan, which will be
Republican.
Governor Cleveland receives q vast
number of visitors. He has announced
that he will accept no Invitations to
public demonstrations. About thirty
canes have been forced upon him, but
q dog sent from Brooklyn was prompt
~ returned.
Walter Young, a miner employed
near Pittsburg, who some months ago
became totally blind, has returned to
work, and, with the aid Of a son of II
years, manages to earn a living for the
family. He fought at Balaklava in the
English army.
The joint executive committee of
the Associated Press, after Investigate
ing charges of ~partisanship in cam
paign dispatches and the election re-
turns, reports that no improper influ-
ence has been permitted to enter into
the management.
Madame Annecke, who ended her
days III Milwaukee on Tuesday night,
fought az a private soldier in the Ger.
man revolution of 1913. Since her ar
rival in the United States she has
founded a female seminary and writ
ten several books.
DR.. A. G. Haygood has resigned the
presidency of a Georgia college to be-
come agent of the educational fund OF
100000 or more left by John F.
Slater, of Norwich, Connecticut. A
northern gentleman recently gave $685.
600 to Emory college.
Miss Laura G. Clancy, an actress
who recently died in Baltimore, left
instructions for the cremation of her
body, which will be carried out next
week at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The
ashes are to be placed in the graves of
her mother and sister.
Judge David Davis will deliver the
auHual duuIesS dC VIC meeLluS O1 tne
Illinois State Bar Association at
Springfield Jan. ID and IA, and the
Hon. E. B. Washburne will deliver an
Grafton on the life and public services
of the late Isaac N. Arnold.
The National bank at Middletown,
New York, closed its doors Friday, on
account of unsecured advances made
by President King to a grain dealer at
Indianapolis named BENJAMIN D.
Brown. The capital of the bank is
S2QO. QQ0 and the ~surnlns Sis I'M