Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-12-23
Thursday. Dec. IN.

Uo0A dC4O1GteO III tu0 Ol6Gl1CG court ON
the charge Of bribery following an in
dictment by the grand jury.
A bill increasing the pension Of Flea
zir Smith Of New Hampshire, who is
over 100 years old, and one Of the three
survivors of the war Of 1912, to $50 a
month, passed the senate.
Frank Moran, one Of the most widely
known minstrels in this country, died at
the German hospital in Philadelphia,
aged 70 years. He was one Of the foun-
ders Of the Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks.
Friday, Dec. 16.
Ex-senator Calvin s. Brice is dead.
He was i'll only a week.
Judge I. E. Waite, chief justice Of the
Oregon supreme courtroom 1859 to 1862,
is dead, aged IS.
Mrs. R. J. Bright, wife Of Colonel
Bright, sergeant-at-arms Of the United
States senate, is dead.
The executive council of the national
council Of the q. A. r. has appointed
Sept. IL to 24.for the encampment at
Philadelphia.
The Illinois State Grange has adopted
resolutions advocating the state furnish
ing free text books to public schools, the
books to be made by convict labor.
The Wabash has given formal noti6-
cation to the Western Passenger associ-
alton of its intention to withdraw from
that organization on the 18th of next
month.
Saturday, Dec. II.
Street-lighting companies will COM
bine.
The tin plate trust has been incorpor-
ated.
Hawaii is to be made q customs dis
trict, with three supports Of entry.
The national board of trade pro-
nounced against postal savings banks.
The pension bill, carrying $145, 1885,
$50 passed the house without debate in
20 minutes.
Havana is excited over the report that
the Americans will ~depreciate Spanish
gold and silver.
The president attended the Atlanta
peace jubilee and made two speeches.
For one he received the thanks Of the
Georgia legislature.
The committee which has been inves-
tigating Lower Mississippi floods says
good levees are the only solution of the
problem. The work would cost $lS,-
100000 to 100000, 600.
Monday, Dec. 10.
Senator Davis is confident that the
senate will ratify the peace treaty.
Clement Scott, the noted London
dramatic critic, will lecture in the
United States.
The steamer Werra, which sailed from
Havana on Dec. 6with about 1900 Span
ish soldiers, has arrived at Malaga,
Spain.
According to Boston paper, Professor
Charles Eliot Norton has accepted the
Expansion policy as inevitable and ex-
pressed confidence in our success as a
colonial power, after making some blum
ders and paying for them"
Henry A.. Chaplin, the multi-million-
aire mine owner, and richest man in
Michigan, died during the night at his
homein Niles, Mich. He was Sc years
old, and his wealth was estimated at
from $40, 600, 900 to $50, OOO, 900.
Tuesday, Dec. 80.
Terre Haute, Ind, suffered a g, 0O0, 600
fire.
President Mckinley has returned to
Washington from his Southern trip.
The French are fortifying Tahiti, the
principal island of the Society group.
At a meeting of the general officers of
the w. G. T. U. at Chicago the dates Of
the annual meeting at Seattle was fixed
at Oct. 20 to Is, 1899.
Rear Admiral Sampson has sailed fos
the United States on board the cruiser
New York, Mrs. Sampson going with
him by special permission of Secretary
Long.
Theodore Heine, the Leipsic artist
who caricatured Emperor Williams
trip to the Holy Land, has been sen.
fenced to six months imprisonment fol
so doing.
Henry B. and Henry E. Mason, sur.
viving members Of the law firm Of
Mason Bros, Chicago, have filed in the
United States district court petition in
voluntary bankruptcy in which they
schedule liabilities amounting to owe,
800, COO.