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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28
In CLOUD LAND
The Sky Folk and Their Ice
Cream FreeZerS.

Prize essay: What i.
saw in Cocooshia, a city of the imagi
nation.
sob, what a beautiful cloud!
Should we not have fun if we were
there climbing those beautiful, w..ite
mountains p The words were hardly
out of my mouth before 1 was waited
up, up, up. Hurrah! I was going
starihgt to that feecy cloud.
l was soon landed on one end of it
and it seemed as though I were On a
large floating island. Slowly I
wended my way across the beautiful
white valleys and hills. At last as I
came abreast Of a high hill saw,
hanging over a very picturesque val
ley the word ''Cocooshia' formed Of
pieces of cloud. Climbing down the
hill l went towards it. | could see
no houses of any sort but after look.
ing around l discovered a great many
small caves seeming to be made for
dwarfs. Each family occupied a
separate cave which was furnished
with soft, downy beds, curtains OF a
beautiful silvery sheen and cha irs
and tables resembling toadstools in
shape, only larger. Following a
path | came upon a great many queer
little people dressed in white fluffy
garments. In their midst was a large
object like an ice cream freezer.
Some were turning the rank and
others were shovelling in a substance
which I did not recognize, while out
OF a spout poured a stream OF lovely
clouds which l,nded on different
Darts Of the island, making it NOUN
famous and larger. b this time the
sun was setting. turning everything
to gold.
AS I gazed at the beautiful sights l
was slowly waited oI the cloud and
down to my home, WHERE the members
Of my family and NY friends gather
et to hear of my wonderful adven
tire. l have always hoped to enter
the regions Of "Cocooshia'' again.
Hazel Fancher.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28
THE BOND
QUESTION

So much has been said in the
papers about the advisability of call.
ing a constitutional convention that
the 1nter-Ocean asked Senator Hale
OF this city for IN opinion. In reply
he said:
A constitutional convention has
been talked of a great deal and since
the recent decision of the supreme
count in the state institution boudiug
matter it has been offered as a possible
solution of the difficulty that the
limitations of Indebtedness prescribed
for the state by our constitution has
ment of the fundamental law OF the
state.
1t may as we'll be dismissed at once
from consideration for section 202 of
the constitution plescribes the only
procedure for the amendment of that
instrument and Il constitutional con
v%ention is not provided for.
The method is that an amendment
must be agreed to by a majority Of
the members elected to each of the
houses Of the Legislative assembly
and referred to the next Legislative
DISQUALIFICATION publication for three
motnhs, prior to election-then if it
is agreed to by a majority of the mem.
bers elected to that assembly, it shall
be submitted to the people in such
manner and at such time as the legis.
lative assembly shall provide.
If the matter is of such vital i'm
portance as to Justify the expense, the
present legislature could be called
: together, such amendment passed as is
7 considered necessary, then ext legisla
ture could pass on them and orde,
: them submitted to the people at 6
special election on town meeting day
in March, 1905, the vote could be
canvassed and the debt increased be.
fore building time in 1905-providet
the people so desired.
For my part l consider it of far more
Importance to the people of the state
thatthe accumulation Of money in the
S hands of the state treasurer belongin!
L to the permanent school and institu
ton funds be made to earn r decen
y rate Of interest than that the deb
limit be increased, and believe tina
V the laws now on our statue books ar,
q ample, if carried out. for the invest
meut Of that money in first mortgag,
farm loans. the question Of the need
y OF the state institutions, would soo1
be solved by theincome from the fund
derived from the sale of the lands
but it is utter folly. to sell land
on a rising market to get money 70
cannot invest at a profit. OF tn
!. money heretofore leaned on farm
not one cent has been lost, Will
8 to that deposited in banks there l
= a shortage of 50. 800, and one o
!. these days if this money is not KEEP
invested, we may have a similar ex
!. 2 perience to that South Dakota had i
. the Taylor disaster.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28

front by the city, will make a decid-
ed improvement in the appearance
which will be as much %up,to-date as
the interior is.
If you want to pay the balance due
on your crop contract for land, John
w. Maher will loan you the money
with which to do SC
j. C. Adamson, the good natured
and genial member of the firm of Nc
Glory, Barnett & Adamson. won a
handsome carved pipe in a contest of
chance with Il number Of his friends.
The pipe is a genuine work of art and
a beauty.
No delay in making loans of. John
w. Maher. You get your money as
soon as papers are executed.
Peter Mckone. Of Penn, has moved
to Minot but before he lett he pur-
chased an elegant piano from Geo. w.
Gets. Mr.. McKone 81 IMPLY sent in
an order for the instrument. he never
having been solicited by Mr.. Gets.
That what merit does
Pay up your past due mortgages,
drawing high rates of interest. by
borrowing money of the First National
Bank. Lowest rates given.
Some late import from a heatherr
land. and who should be returned tc
the land where vandalism is the rule
of conduct. broke the new sidewalI
being constructed on Kelley avenue,
kicking all the curbins and causing
considerable time and trouble in re
pairing it.
The First National Bank loan,
money on stock and farms at loves
rates. .
The Victoria hotel was the s.ene O
a very pretty wedding Thursday whel
Edward Strabe of Brinsmade and Mis-
Tena Thurena Davias of Church:
Ferry we're united in the holy bond
of matromony by Rev. F%alkansrud
The genial landlord was best MAJ
while Mrs. Huesby vas matron 0
r honor.
The cost of hardware is an importan
: item to be considered in building.
' is therefore important that builder
should give J. Q. Adams a chance t
figure On bills.
Call and see the Percheron broo
, mares for sale at Whipple's barn.
The name Of the 1nan who con
mitted suicide at Edmore. was Gu
4 tave R. Eoss. and not Anderson.
d the first reports from that place CAV
Coroner Nimmo held an inquest On Il
body. and the verdlct Of the jury wa
y that he came to his death by his ow
hand during a fit of temporary i,
sanity.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28

was spent in dancing. Both the bril'
and groom are we'll known and popu
lar young people, and a host Of friend
extend happy congratulations. The.
are at home to their friends.
Reaper For Sale: One Mccormick
Daisy reaper, used only one season
A snap. Time, if desired. c. NJ
Losey, Jr., Devils Lake. N. D., a
Prusser & Serumgard's.
Robert Wilmot. one of the hust
ling farmers of Lake township, com
pleted the threshing Of a 1OO-acre feel,
of wheat last week The estimate:
on this field ranged from 8 to /:
bushels per acre, but greatly to tn,
surprise of everyone in the neighbor
hood it measured out 20 bushels pc
acre Of No. / hard.
The Improvement company
will soon issue a new telephone
directory. Get your order ir
for a telephone so your name
will appear in it.
Having closed out our business
those who are indebted to us are re
auested to call and settle. Office
second floor of the Bangs block, next
door to DR.. Moeller: Stade & Svee.
An accident caused by a team of
horses slipping through the earth
covering the recently excayated sew.
er. drew quite a crowd Saturday
afternoon. The team belonged to f.
Harmon, who was moving his house
hold goods from Minot to Crazy. in a
hay rack. As he was driving along
Fourth street IN front of the bowling
alley. the horses fioundered, and sank
several feet into the ground. upsetti. Q
the havrack, and demolishing ituuite
generally. Before they could be
extricatel, the horses had broken
their harness, and wrecked the front
part of the wagon, 50 that it was
found necessary to leave the vehicle
standing in the street. Nj. Harmon
%securued another wagon and is hauling
his goods to Crazy today. The horses
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28

Miss Lena Berg is visiting friends
at Cakes, this state.
Interest and principal on all loans
made by John w. Maher are payable
at his office at Devils Lake, N. D..
without exchange.
Col. Creel went to Grand Forks on
business Saturday afteroon.
The owner of a good gun is parti.
cular about who handles it. To ac'
commodate this class Of trade J. @.
Adams has secured the services Of a
first class gun smith.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Leo Beau.
champ, August 81, 1903, a boy.
No long winueu applications re.
quired, whichare submitted to eastern
companies, or waiting weeks for
money after mortgage is executed.
You get your money when mortgage
is signed at First National Bank.
G. H. Rodenbach and family made
a visit to Fit. Totten Sunday after
noon.
Special sale of gloves, mitt and
hosiery at Mrs. Garvey's.
Mrs Fuller Swift is spending a
few weeks with Mrs. G. W. H. Davis
near Starkweather.
DR.. Reeds Cushion shoe is
the easiest shoe on earth. Sold
only by S. L. Wineman.
J. S. Kirk, tie progressive Lake
View" farmer of Odessa, and Mrs. H.
E. Johnson were the guests Of Mrs.
Boyle Sunday.
We always make our word good.
We say that the Prince Condo cigar
is clear Havana filled and hand made.
We would like all good Judges of a
cigar to try them. Weber Bros.
Devils Lake. 7-tf
Miss Agnes Skundberg returned
last evening from Custer, Mimi,
where she has been visiting her par
ents the past few weeks. She will
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28
teach in the high school this fall.

teach in the high school this fall.
There are always opportunities to
buy town property at a bargain.
The trouble is to find them. NJ. P.
Nef & Co.. will save you the trouble
have found them Call and
see them.
Miss Hazel Sparks and Dorothy
Kahn, two accomplished young ladies
of this city, are visiting Miss Pearl
Hesse at Cando.
$40 acres farm 4 miles from station
and s miles from Devils Lake, with
good house, barn, granary. hay shed
and machinery house. $50 acres under
cultivation $50 acres summer fallow.
ed, for rent by John w. Maher. 24-a7
J. A. Mahood, accompanied by his
daughter Laura and Miss Pearl Duell,
visited Bisbee friends Sunday in his
automobile. -CandesRecord.
For Sale-A few good farm work
horses at a snap. Will exchange for
cattle. E. j C%hamberlin, Devils
| Lake. $50 If.
Ladies Aid society Of the NJ. E.
church will hold one of their home
cooked food sales in the window OF
G. W. Gets. Saturday. August goth.
Ice cream with crushed fruits
best in town-at 7. A. Haslam's.
DR.. Lytle. t~heosteopath, went dow
to Devils Lake Monday, to assist DR.
Shortlidge in some important case
down there for a week Or SC. -Cand'
Record.
Powell Hail; Hail Powell
square deal. huff said.
A small sized riot was narrowl,
averted Saturday evening when tn
sewer workmen We're receiving thei
weekly stipend. Several of the me-
had been allured by the large wage
being offered for threshing hands, an
were going to quit enmasse. Tn
contractors could not afford to los
their men just now, and so the matte
was patched up satisfactorily. al
though not without some hard feelin
on both sides.
u For Sale.-Two good flax machine
for sale cheap. S. c. Jones, Devil
Lake. S.2O.
Mr.. A. E. Chambers and Mi:
Della Golden were married at tn
home OF the brides parents Mr.. an
Mrs. Golden. August II, Rev. Jon'
officiating. Miss Grace Gordon, siste
e of the bride, was bridesmaid, and NJ,
Earl Strong, was best man. An ell
CANT wedding repast was serve'
About forty friends of the hapl
couple We're present and the evenir
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28

sustained no eve injuries. as the I
hole in wnich they fell was not deep,
and they were taken out without diff
Guilty.
The sun., 1903-05-03
POLICEMAN'S WIFE HELPS.
Grabs One Pickpocket while Cop Grabs
AnOther-AlsO Int erprets.

Sergt. Abram Hulse of the Leonard street
police was on a westbound Twenty-third
street car after the police parade yester-
day with his wife when young woman
who sat across from them cried out that
she had been robbed. She pointed to two
men who were hurriedly leaving the car
Huls se was in uniform and hustled after
the men. His wife followed. Hulse grabbed
the larger Of the two men and Mrs. Hulsc
grasped the coat collar and wrist Of the
smaller Hulse is big man and re-
lieved his wife of her prisoner. He hailed
both men to the Tenderloin station, with
his wife bringing up the rear, accompanied
by the young woman who was robbed.
She was Mis- Sadie Redpath of 4S9 Man
haitian avenue. AT the police station Miss
Redpath faid the smaller of the two men
had taken her pure containing sixty cents
and handed II to his companion. The
purse was found on the larger man. He
aid he was Samuel Cohen OF IS Christie
street. The other prisoner was Antonio
Bontano, an Italian. Bontano iabbered
away to his pal in Italian, telling him to keep
his mouth shut and not make any state
ment.
Mrs. Hulse talks Italian. and she inter-
preted the prisoners remarks, much to his
surprise Bontano then swjtched to Spanish.
Mrs. Huls told Bontano in Spanish that
she unders TODD what he had said. He
and his pal were locked up.
MY wife would make great cop, said
Hulse proudly.
The sun., 1903-05-03
II. ROTHsCHILD A SUICIDE.
Brother OF the Hotel Majestic Man shoots
Himself Dead.

Herman Rothschild. IS years old Of
$50 West Eighty-second street committed
suicide late yesterday afternoon by shooting
himself In the forehead His body was
found In the woods near i77th street and
Amsterdam avenue by Policemen Hilden-
stein Of the West l52d street station and
Douglass Of the West Sixty-eighth street
station.
The suicide il a brother of Joseph j.
Rothsohild who Is connected with the Ma
jestic Hotel and lives at 3sl Central Park
West. The hotel man found, when he re-
turned home late yesterday afternoon. a
letter from the dead man telling him that
If he wished to flnd his body to go to NTH
street and Amsterdam avenue. The letter
gave no reason for suicide and added only
a good-by.
Mr.. Rothschild WAS very much alarmed
by the letter and told Policeman Douglass
who was on the beat near his home about it.
He asked the policeman to investigate, so
Douglass went to his station. reported the
matter and was sent to the West 152d street
station.
He told the sergeant there about the
letter, and Policeman Hildensten was told
to 60 to nth street with him.
The policeman went to the woods at 73O
o'clock and after few minutes search
found the body lying only short distance
from Amsterdam avenue. There were
two bulletholes in the dead mans temple
and another in the left hand. In his right
hand was .22-calibre revolver.
The police removed the body to the West
l52d street station. and few minutes later
the dead mans brother called the station
on the telephone and, after hearing de-
scription OF the suicide, identified it as that
Of his brother.
Coroner Scholer gave a permit for the
removal Of the body and it was taken to
the Hotel Majestic. Joseph j. Rothschild
told the police over the telephone that he
knew no cause for his brothers suicide.
He did not tell the police anything about
the dead man.
The sun., 1903-05-03
FETE HURTS A "CAT" GAME.
"Fift' Av'nOo fer YOursw Yelled Eleventh
Avenue YOunEst ers.

Avenue youngsters.
A fete yesterday at Eugene Glaenser's
Italian Gardens. at Twehty-first strest
and the North River, netted 81 900 for the
Summer Home Of the French Day Nursery.
1t also interrupted an interesting game
OF "cat" that Eleventh avenue boys were
playing. q.
From lively curiosity, the .eeptitpeAH Of
Mr.. Glaenzer's longshore neighbors .nas
stuok-uc." is the criticism passed on the
iete in the blacksmith's g shop opposite tho
gardens.
The little girls on the sidewalk refused
yesterday to waltz to the strains OF the
three violins, cello and piano, which, within
doors, amused the able-minded And
while the patrons of the fete. who paid 81
each to get in, flshed for prizes, at quarter
a fish, in a sixteenth century basin. q dozen
youngsters found lot of trouble in their
effort to bat and catch a stick OF wood in
the roadway. because of the landaus and
victorias which invaded their domain.
The fishing we'll was presided over BY
Miss Lulu Grau and Mrs. Paul Fuller. Mrs
j. Herbert Johnston, Mrs Charles Mon
tant and Mrs. Noel served tea. A Punch
and Judy show and lightning sketch
artist performed to incongruous surround
ings in the seventeenth century chapel
upstairs. As the charity was French,
every one who could spoke in that Ian
guaRe.
"Ffft' av'noo fer yours" yelled the
cat players as the carriages began to
roll eastward again.
The sun., 1903-05-03
MLEANS CRIMINAL HISTORY.
Man Supposed to He He Captured BY Brook.
lyn Det ectives on the Csracas.

lyn Detectives on the CsrAcas.
The police recently received information
from Scotland Yard that Charles Mclean,
a ticket-of-leave man, had disappeared,
and it was believed he had sailed for rAmerica.
Yesterday morning Detective SerGeants
Farrell and Vachris went on board the
Red d Line steamship Caracas at the foot
Of Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn, and while
walking around the decks saw a man at
tempting to enter stateroom with skele.
ton key. He failed to open the door and
then went TO the next door.
The detectives arrested him as q suspi-
cious person and he was taken to the Smith
street headquarters. where Capt. Formosa
noticed that he answered the description
of Mclean. Subsequently he secured cor
roboration that he was right in his surmise
and Mclean, who is So years old, but who
refused to tell where he lived, was locked
up in the Adams street station charged with
vagrancy.
Capt. formosa said last night that Mclean
had long history. lie was arrested in
April. 1875, for robbing hotel and was
sent to Sing Sing for three years. At this
Under the name of Lambert he was arrested
In June, 1891, for similar offence and did
two years at Rlackwell's Island. In 1891
under the name OF Mclean. he was arrested
in London, England, for robbing hotel
and served six months imprisonment. In
1892, under his proper name. he was arrested
in Paris for hotel larceny and served six
months.
He was next heard Of in Brussels, where
he was doing a six months term for hotel
arrested in Southampton for similar
offence and got there months sentence
In September, 1895 under the name OF
Hamilton he was arrested in Belgium and
was sentenced to a years imprisonment
and fine of 20 francs.
He was next arrested in Frankfort on
the-M Main In January, 1903, for robbing a
hotel and for this offence f,ceved a sentence
Of three years. Then he drifted to York,
England, where he again robbed a hotel
ment In July. 1900.
When searched at the Smith street head
quarters he had SIS In cash, knife and a
numbar OF keys In his possession.
The sun., 1903-05-03
WAR TAX TO BE RETURNED.
Judge kirkpatrics Decides fer American
Sugar Refinery.

Sugar Refinery.
Judge Kirkpatrick OF the United States
Circuit Court has rendered decision in
favor Of the American Sugar Refinery in
the suit brought against W. D. Rutan and
Herman H. c. Herold. collectors Of internal
revenue at Newark. for the recovery Of
800 900 paid for the Spanish war tax under
an act Of Congress in operation while they
were collectors.
The court finds that the corporation
may recover the tax paid on the receipts
for stevedoring, with interest from the
dates Of payment the taxes paid In receipts,
received by 1t, from indebtedness prior to
Juno II. 1893, with interest and for interest
upon each payment Of tax during each
special tax year. from tho date when the
tax was paid to July next, after the expira-
ton Of the special tax year. .-.-4-. -
Il is understood that tho decision is Of
great Importance - affecting sugar corpora
tions in other taxing districts, and the Sugar
Trust u said to have been behind the liti-
CATION. The collectors are sued individu-
ally. but the United States Treasury De-
partment will have to return the money.
The sun., 1903-05-03
PRIEST HELD FOR A MO9DER.
ACCUSED or KILLING THE SISTER
or A BROTHER PRIEST.

Bl0Odh0unds Play Part In the Arrest 0f
Father Waiser Of Toledo for the
Murder Of Miss Reichlin u Lsrain
In the Parsonage Of Her Brother.
LoRAIN, Ohio. May 2--The Rev Father
Ferdinand Walser, pastor of the Catholic
Church Of the Sacred Heart, In Toledo,
was arrested hero this morning on the
charge Of having murdered Miss Agatha
Reichlin, sister Of Father Reichlin, in her
room at the Catholic parsonage here on
Thursday night. Crowds begtn to gather
when the news YVES spread and II was feared
that Father Walser would he lynched.
He was hurried into an electric car and
taken to the county jail in Elyria. He
protested his innocence here and after he
arrived in Elyria and said that everything
would turn out all right In the end.
Prosecutor Stroup and Mayor King de-
cided to take this step as means of pro-
lection to the priest and also because Of
the action Of bloodhounds. The dogs
In charge OF y. L. Hickman, a dog fancier
Of Fort Wayne, Ind, arrived here on the
li5 A. NJ. train and were taken at once
to the parsonage where Miss Reichlin met
her death at the hands Of the assassin.
The dogs were taken to the ladder which
was leaning against the house with which
1t will be alleged, the murderer gained
entrance to the house They failed to
get the scent The dogs were taken to
the murdered girls room and passed back
ward and forward many times between
this room and the one occupied by Father
Walser. They finally jumped upon the
bed and literally tore it to pieces.
Father Walser had previously beep
taken to st. Joseph Hospital. and when
taken to the street the hounds ran up the
street as far as the hospital. Father Walser
and Casimir Rechlin. brother of the dead
women, had been drinking on the night
Of the murder. Reichlin got whiskey at
saloon after the murder and before 1t
was reported to the police.
Father Reichlin and Casimir Reichln
both say Father Walser IL innocent, while
the police think just the contrary. A
post mortem examination showed that the
dead woman had not been assaulted.
Miss Reichlin was beaten to death with
q large stone. her skull having been
crushed.
The sun., 1903-05-03
WATER roo COLD FOR A DOG.
"CrueIty" Society Of Philadelphia wouldn't
Let Capt. Hinnan's Dais! Belle Go In.

PHILADELPHIA May 2.-Capt Sidney Hill
man OF the Coney Island Life Saving Crew
and his Newfoundland dog, Daisy Belle.
tried to give an exhibition of their life
saving methods in the Delaware River off
Race street pier to-day.
The captain appeared with his pneumatic
rubber suit on and the dogs with pink
ribbon Before either could reach the
water Jealous agents Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals seized
Daisy Bell
what's the matter" shouted Hinnan.
while the animal struggled
Water il too cold Tor dog" said the
agents.
why, that dog was born where the
weather Ia never above Zero" said Hinman.
This here stream IL Turkish bath to her"
The agents proving obdurate. the captain
went In alone. Daisy sat down and howled
until he came out.