Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-05-15
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ushman to land in Japan, IS buried
near kokosuka. LIN
Police Justice Kyle at Kansas City
in one day tried 1856 cases.. the. fines
amounting to S1,G92. 81
There Is a daily average Of forty-one
immigrants who are refused admission
at the port Of New York. -
In Coffeeville. Kan, when the court
restrained man from selling liquor in
his cellar he dug a new cellar under the
sidewalk and continued business.
The Baptist state commission has
chosen Lawton. Okla, as the site for
the new Baptist university, the city
Offering to furnish forty acres Of land
and $4,000 in cash
A lighted lantern in falling from a
seven story building in Philadelphia
struck a hat on the head Of Thomas
Adams. wedgi2s it tightly over his
ears, the air inside acting as a cushion
and saving his skull. ~
Three valuable miniatures of the
Duchess of Fife. queen Of Norway and
Princess Victoria. belonging to Queen
Alexandra, have been stolen by bur-
glars from the studio Of an engra yer
in London to which they had been sent
for reproduction. g.,
Lemuel Andrews of Morocco, Ind
has a flock of prairie chickens on his
farm that has become practically do
mesticated Some Of the older birds
have been on the farm for tive years
during which time they have increased
In numbers from a dozen to more than
$50 BIRDS '<+s
L. A. Leavitt Of Oldtown. Me-, cut
down a big elm tree recently from
which be realized $3.50. The tree was
four feet and four inches at the butt.
and 121 bateau knees were cut from
its branches and were sold for $27 so.
Five more cords from the tree sold for
SIS cord. -
For the first time in its history the
British mint last year used aluminium
for coinage purposes. In all 31,872, 1874
coins were struck from this metal.
these comprising half cent pieces for
use in Uganda and one-tenth of a pen
ny pieces for circulation in the Nige-
rian protecterate. .-"..
Signor Enrico Toselli, the music
teacher who married the Countess
Montignoso. the divorced wife Of the
king Of Saxony. is writing+,a comic
opera and says be intends later,to pub
lish some curious and important news
which would astonish those tWho are
Interested In public life.
The third great athletic stadium to
be built by American universities has
Just been completed at Syracuse 1t Is
$40 feet long. covers six and one-third
acres and will seat 10000 spectators
comfortably. 1t is constructed Of con-
crete and Is modelled after the old Ro
man and Greek arenas. &ET%
1t is said that Of the Americans met
in South Africa more than copper cent
are westerners, mostly from the Pa
cific coast There are some twenty
graduates Of the University Of Califor-
MIA employed in the Rand mines. and
Calffornians have penetrated into the
little known lands north of the Trans.
vaal.
Senator Gore Of Oklahoma told q
New York writer that he had been a
candidate for United States senator
ever since be was eleven years old.
and. speaking Of Oklahoma. he added
1--WE have there every requisite for
human happiness, think, and we
don't get anything from the: east ex.
cept the sunrise
William Kent Of Chicago, now at
Kentfield. Cal. has decided to the Unit
ed Sto.es government tract of land
of 200 acres Of natural redwood forest
In the southern slope Of Mount Tanlai-
pals. about six miles from San Fran
cisco 1t is the intention to name the
national monument Muir woods" after
John Muir. the noted naturalist. Fl,
King Menelik of Abyssinia will soon
be added to the list of monarchs who
are automobiles, and there are now
only few that are not The British
government. through it's prime minis
ter to Abyssinia. will present car to
him which has been specially con-
structed to withstand the jolting OF the
apologies for roads that exist in his
kingdom. .fse5,r
Giuseppi Maruzza. twenty one years
Of age. who has neither arms nor legs
and is. moreover. dumb. has just arriv-
ed in Venice from Germany in a pack
ing case, from which his head protrud-
ed He had made the long and" IN
comfortable journey In order3>to pre-
sent himself to the military sauthori-
ties. who naturally declared that he
was unfit for service. At.
The utmost precautions are taken to
preserve the correspondence @of King
Edward invtolabIe. jImmediatelysth that
his majesty leaves his study#ta conf
Dental secretary goes carefully throiag't
the room. collects all scraps; of paper
the wrappers Of newspapers Ssan. the
top sheets Of a blotting padsun$l, d.
stroys them before servant fs, allow
ed to enter This precaution Is also
taken after cabinet meeting #:. 81 g.
+ AIois Burgstaller. the tenor. has fin
ally been forgiven by Frau Cosima
Wagner. and in consequence, he will
appear next summer at Baireutb as
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