Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-03-13
WASHINGTON l. ct TER
Especial Correspondence.1&

| Wiley OF Shanghai Will REMIND stay at
home Americans that the federal court
is ready and waiting for them in the
far east If they and trouble should find
themselves together in the orient This
consular court and those Of other ma
| lions at Shanghai is maintained as q
refuge from native court procedure.
| Consular Courts.
In China, Japan, Egypt and at some
points on the north coast Of Africa
the great powers Of the western world
have insisted at various times on their
own courts for their own subjects. OF
course this is a reflection on the nation
or people which no strong power would
tolerate Japan never really ranked as
one Of the powers until the consular
courts there were withdrawn and for
eigners left to Japanese justice. The
foreign courts at the treaty port Of
Shanghai are sore spot on Chinese
pride, but China Is in no position to
ask for their withdrawal.
| Scope Of Court at Shanghai.
If two Americans In China have Diff
f1culties. then-or If an American and a
Chinaman develop legal dispute-the
case is adjudicated before the Amer
lean Judge in Shanghai If an Amer
lean dies in China his estate is admin
istered through this court. Business
and contract law with which Ameri-
cans in China are concerned is passed
on In Judge Wilfey's court. Criminal
police court Jurisdiction with other for
eign courts over part Of Shanghai
belong to the American Judge. He
doles out maritime law too. a.
The Paul Jones Book.
| There Is a public document, 8 book.
called 1.-The Paul Jones Commemora-
ton" The government issued it, and
a few copies were given to each SEN
ator and representative to do with as
he would. 1t is likely that each sen
ator and representative wishes that the
book never had been published. There
have been scores of applications for
every copy printed, and from some
districts the applications have come by
the hundreds, possibly even the thou
sands, for the number keeps mounting
every time the inquiry is made.
| Real Bones Of Great Sailor.
BY the way, this Paul Jones book,
or, rather the pictures that are In it.
prove pretty conclusively that we have
the real bones Of the real Jones safe
In the coffin under the stairway In the
big hall Of the Naval academy.
Soon the bones will be transferred to
the more hallowed spot within the
chapel, and when they are there the
thronging visitors may be pretty well
assured that they are standing close tc
the real remains Of that very much of
man who took the Drake captive and
who thrashed the Scraps out of hand
The story of the finding Of the body
and of the means that were taken tc
make it seemingly certain that the
right coffin had been brought to ligh
are as nothing in insuring the genu
ineness of the discovery to the proc
which the pictures present There II
a picture of the bust of Jones made
during his lifetime put side by sid,
with the photograph Of the body tina
was unearthed in Paris. 1t is the bod.
= of John Paul Jones unless some mai
walked the earth as Jones' double IL
the days long ago.
Increase of Widows Pensions.
. Charles C. Burton, commander II
! chief Of the G. A. R., and the member
{ Of the pension committee Of that OF
! ganization-General r. B. Brown, JOIN
R. King and S. s. Burdette-conferre
: with the president the other day abou
}, the bill pending In congress for the in
crease Of the pensions Of widows iron
e So to SIP per month. The presiden
y told the committee that he would ar
prove this measure should it become
law and that he would stand by the oil
soldiers whenever he could do so. Ger
eral Brown, who is former com
mander in chief Of the G. A. R., say
that he Is confident the bill will be
n come law at this session of congress.
: Land Values Growing. $%
:: Assessed and estimated values In til
e square known as reservation B ar
e interesting in view Of the abandon
). ment Of the Sixth street railway Sta
t ton and the effect on prices in tina
= section. Advocates Of the Heybur
4 bill take this square to emphasize th
e necessity Of immediate purchased
= the government of the land ons th
&c south side Of Pennsylvania avenu
n from Second street to Fifteenth stree
u ). northwest for future public building
and Mall extension.
n n The square contains 146,662 squar
l. feet, assessed at $3.50, ZIG, or abol
= $1.91 an average foot for the groun
o and S197,7O0 for Improvements, wit
real value for both, determined b
the assessment rule, Of $716,724, 4
9 about $3.50 an average foot. 5# ss
4 Bust of the President. 5
;. President Roosevelt has received
II bust Of himself made by workment
n Montevideo, Uruguay. The present.
e hon was made by Senior Lafinur mil