Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-27

disposed of. A bill was ntroduced reviving
the grade of vice admiral and authorizing
the appointment OF Sampson, Schley and
Clark Mr.. Jenkins (Wis.) proposed a con-
stttutional amendment to control trusts.
Adjourned to January 6.
DOMESTIC.
The steamer Kanawha Bell, which
runs between Charleston, w. Va, and
Montgomery, was wrecked and nine
lives were lost.
John F. Bull, a broker, killed his
wife and himself in Parsons, Kan.
AS a result of the intense cold and
blizzard stockmen figure a ten per cent.
loss in cattle in Oklahoma.
The state bank of Gothenburg, Neb.,
closed its doors with liabilities of $780,
600.
The Massachusetts, memorial tablet
erected on the site of the old prison
at Andersonville, Ga, has been dedi-
Gated.
l.. T. Exum, a farmer living near
Centerville, Tex, killed his wife and
himself after a quarrel.
d. d. Baroush and John Lisco,
founders and leaders in the Polish
colony near Osceda, Neb., were killed
in a runaway accident.
The new training school in Salt
Lake City of the University of Utah
with its, entire contents has been de-
stroyed by fire.
The home of Henry Davis near
jackson, Miss, was destroyed by fire
and his wife and child were cremated.
Marconi expects his system of wire
less ~telegraphy will reduce the rate
to Europe to M cent a word.
A lone robber held up the bank at
springdale, Ark, and secured $1,000.
Cherokee Indians are reported
starving in the hills near Tahlequah,
Okla.
Ten men were killed and four fatally
injured by a gas explosion at the Soho
furnace in Pittsburg, Pa.
Three persons were killed and rs in.
jured in a collision between Southern
Pacific trains at Uplands, Cal.
Charles F. Chip, an employe in the
New York comptroller's office, robbed
undetected for 20 years. II.
The exchanges at the leading clear.
ing housesin the United States during
the seven days ended on, the goth ag.
gregated $2,374, 1852, against $2,102,
s31,s92 the previous week. The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of last year was sc.
George Gardner, of Lowell, Mass.
knocked out Kid Carter, of Brooklyn
N. Y, in the eighth round of their fgh,
at San Francisco.
John D. Rockefeller has offered $3.50,
ZOO to Wellesley (Mass.) college for
dormitory.
The Worlds Union of Christian En-
deavorers has been incorporated un
der the laws of Massachusetts, will
Rev. Francis E. Clarke, D. D., as pres
ident.
A London syndicate has acquired
the Hogg-Swayne oil properties il
Texas for S. 5000, 900 and will spent
nearly 100000 in improvements q
Port Arthur.
The newly formed labor court of ar
bitration met in New York, elected
Senator Hanna chairman and outlined
a o of action.
W. c. Hicks, editor of Bradstreet'
Commercial Bulletin, was crushed t,
death by an elevator in Chicago.
The transport Thomas arrived il
San Francisco from Manila with 1888
soldiers.
A photographer at Richmond, Ind
has invented a machine for usin;
acetylene gas in taking photographs.
The navy department has al
nounced the final acceptance OF, tn
b%attleship Wisconsin.
In a report sent to the war depart
ment Gen. Chaffee says history has n
parallel for the treachery of the FIJI
pinos.
The lower house of the Norwegia
parliament passed a law to punish al
archy-
A Portuguese ship. was wrecked i
the harbor at Lisbon and Is of the Gre
were drowned.
The progress CT the South Africa
campaign is now causing more sati,
faction in England.
Andrew Carnegie, in conferene
with the president concerning his gi.
of $1o,ooo,Goo to the government, o
fered to change the form Of the gi:
to cash or government bonds.
The state normal school buildin
at Aberdeen, s. D., has been d
stroyed by fire.