Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-05-04

ued at s91,1s1, 100. one-third OF this
total represents United States bonds.
This one-third, 10000, 900, brings the
grand total Of money within reach Of
San Francisco banks to- $78 900, 600,
and it is safe to say that sufficient
additional securities are SO readily;
convertible that the total could be.
made 500, 100000 in ten days.
Only One Paper suspends.
M 1t takes more than an earthqu aKes
and confiagration to put the San.
Francisco newspapers out of business
With resourcefulness that cannot
but be admired, they surmounted all
difficulties and to-day there is little
in their appearance that would indi--
cate the strain and stress. under which
they have labored in order to present
the news to the eager public of this
burned city. Only one Of them has
suspended publication. The Evening.
Post. being unable to acquire a plant
in the vicinity of the city, has retired
from the field for go days. All others
are issuing as usual.
The guests who were in the st.
Francis hotel on the day Of the big
fire have been granted permission to
visit their former quarters In the big
hosiery in order that they might as
GER ain what could be saved of their
personal belongings. One lady found
$1,000 worth Of diamonds near her
buried trunk. The gold settings we're
gone, but the stones were only slight
ly damaged. Very few Of the guests
proved so fortunate.
Quake Saves Accused Men.
Detective Gibson. of the local police
force, said that the fire destroyed
practically every bit Of & evidence
against Jacob and Herman Eppinger,
accused of swindling banks out of
$7SS,000 by borrowing money on fcti-
tious wheat certificates. The second
trial of Jacob Eppinger was set for
Wednesday forenoon, April is, the
date of the earthquake. In speaking
of the loss of the important documents
in this noted criminal proceeding, De-
tective Gibson said: 1t is my opinion
that the destruction Of all the evidence
secured by the state against the Ep-
pingers will make it impossible to
convict the defendants. AT the first
trial of Jacob Eppinger the jury dis
agreed. 1t looks now as If the Ep-
pingers would go free.
Europe Ready to Invest.
A European syndicate is ready to
invest S3,000,000 in San Francisco
realty. The determination to place
this sum in real estate in this city has
been formed since the great disaster.
The intention of the foreign corpora,
ton has been made known to H. e.
Law, one of the Law brothers, own
ers Of large amount of San Francisco
property. The head Of the syndicate
cabled to him Of its desire to get hold
of sites and buildings. The anxiety Of
the European investors to secure real
estate is taken as evidence Of the con-
fidence of the world in the future of
the new San Francisco.
Fifty-Four Dead in Santa Rosa.
Santa Rosa, Call, April so Two
more bodies have been taken from the
ruins of the buildings destroyed by the
earthquake Neither can be positively.
identified. This makes a total OF 81
bodies taken from the ruins. The at
torneys of Santa Rosa, realizing the
consequences that would ensue if a
number of lawsuits involving mar
riages and promissory notes and ques-
tons of land titles should be brought
now, met in convention at the Sono-
ma County Bar association and agreed
not to file any such suits for six
months. BY that time it is believed
confidence will have been fully re-
stored.
Los Angeles Declared Sac.
Los Angeles, Cal, April 3O.-Harri-
son Gray Otis, editor of the Times.
has prepared statement, which he re-
quests published, stating that Los An
geles was never in any danger from
the coast earthquake, being 500 miles
from San Francisco and 400 miles
from the rim Of the earthquake zone.