Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-01-10
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

States, the liza bilities being $131,111,-
$50, against 1888 failures in 1900, with
liabilities of $~174.113.256.
Crowds attending the New Years re-
ception at the white house broke all
records, President Roosevelt shaking
the hands of $500 persons.
The Young triplets, the oldest in the
world, celebrated, their forty.ffth
birthday anniversary in Chicago With
a big family dinner.
Tomas Estrada Palma, in his home
at Central Valley, N. Y, received the
news of his election to the presidency
OF the republic of Cuba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Gorton, an aged
coupe, were burned to death at their
residence ear Litchfeld, MINI.
Eugene Hector, a newspaper man,
shot and killed a highwayman who
held him up on a street in Chicago.
Emperor William has invited Miss
Alice Roosevelt, daughter Of the pres.
ident, to christen his new racing yacht.
now under construction on Staten Is.
land.
In the first ice yacht race of the
season three persons were injured, one
fatally, at Madison, Wis.
An increase of from 4 to 10 per cent,
in the wages Of 5000 trainmen is soon
to be announced by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company.
Seth Low took charge of the Office
of mayor of New York, the change
of administrations being without
special ceremony.
Marconi hopes SCOT to have wire
less communication between England
and America.
The San Francisco mint in 1901
converted $s1, 072, 500 from bullion in
to coin, breaking all previous rec
ords.
The public debt statement issued
on the I'd shows that the debt de-
creased ,Ss, 643,192 during. the month
of December. The cash balance in
the treasury was 1921, 6O3, 27s. The
total debt, less the cash in the treas
ury. amounts to $1,O11, 62s, 1856.
Five persons were killed by an ex-
plosion in a railroad roundhouse at
Macon. Ga.
Judge E. S. Elliott, of Milwaukee,
aged SO, dropped dead while playing
whist.
w. Murray Crane took the oath of
Office as governor of Massachusetts,
for his third term.
One of the new compound locomo-
tives used by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee g. St. Paul railway made the run
from Chicago to Milwaukee, IS 2-10
miles, in 81 minutes.
The circulation of national bank,
notes on December 81 was $500, $780,
726, being an increase Of $40, 14s ,551.
during the IL months ended that
date.
The Rochester IN. W theological
seminary earned a gift of 100000 by
}. D.. Rockefeller by duplicating it.
The search.ight hotel at Searchlight,
New, was destroyed by hire and Mrs.
Bullock and two children were ere.
mated.
The total coinage at the mints dur.
ing the past year was $134, 500, ITO, Of
which Slol,735,ls7 was gold, $50, s3s, AGO
silver and s2,12o.l22 minor coins.
The Naval Register just issued makes
the strength of the navy 225. ships,
with 60 under construction.
The Everett-Moore syndicate. con-
trolling many electric .srailway lines
and telephone companies in Ohio and
Michigan. has p~assedtinto the control
Of a committee Of Cleveland bankers
President Roosevelt gave his first
state dinner at the white house.
a Memphis undertaken claims to
have discovered emba lmin g fluid which
viii keep bodies forever.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the Sd aggre-
gated $2,093,613,162, against ST, s40,616,-
446 the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding week
of fast year was "a. Z.
There were 270 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sd, against $50 the week.
previous and 237 the corresponding pc
riod of.last year.
John Robinson, a negro, was hanged
at Dublin, Ca, for assaulting and MUIR
dering a negro m
Fire at Catoosa, l.. T., burned nearly
every business building in the town.
Capt. Leary, former governor Of
Guam. was promoted to rear admiral
the day before his death, but he never
knew it.
The sheriff of Natrona county,
Wyo.. was killed in a battle with four
outlaws who had escaped from Jail
at Casper.
Bradstreet's review of trade saws
traders are highly pleased with the
business of the old year and have
much confidence in the new.
The will of Frank H. Peavey, the
Minneapolis elevator king, disposes of
an estate estimated at $780, 900 in
hundreds of requests.
The steamer Walla Walla was sunk
in a collision with a French bark off
Mendocino, Cal, and Al of the pas
sengers and crew of the steamer are
missing.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation to christen Emperor
Williams yacht.