The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-05-18

Nv! 4 the Week From Many
Sections d tho State
MANY ITEMS Of INTEREST
Gvsnts' Ar Briefly Written In Order
. Make perusai Easisr fer
0Ssy Readers.

0ssy Readers.
August Pfacksl Of Steele killed him.
self BY shooting, the bullet passing
through his head. His widow and I'VE
aAildre1 survive.
Wsis Aofo, seven years old. was
burned - death in . Ore which de-
0t1oyed tie I'd More home near Ha-
vaaa. The child VA trapped in the
basement.
Run ever BY . Geld disc when his
team became unmanageable John
zwinger walked 70 sykeston, received
medical attention and walked home.
where he died.
Governor Louis B. Hanna has filed
petitions - . candidate for United
States senator. His was the first petit
ton filed with Secretary of State
Thomas Hall ct Bismarck.
o. ]. sorlie Of Buxton announced
himself . candidate for the fsepnb.
Hoaa nomination for lieutenant gov.
T., Krsabel, the only
;etAsrs candidats, IN the fold.
James N. Plat, sixty.nine years old.
was found dead In bed at his home at
E1gslsy. Heart disease was the cause.
He was alone In tho house. his wife
having keae 70 the town Of Alfred to
visit.
Engineer George Kingsley was in-
jured when Northern Pacific train No.
1S ran into . two-foot sand bank on
. crossing near Alice and the engine
toppled over. The engineer was blind
Cd BY . sand storm.
Raymond Ledger, twentyone years
old, was killed ct Minot when his mo.
torcycle dashed into Z culvert, throw
ing him high into the Dir. He landed
On his head. Ledger swsrved from his
course to avoid hitting q box car.
Surrounded BY = posse Of deputy
sher1ifs and citizens Anheld shidet.
twenty.four years old, suspected Of
killing his father. Joe shilet, Z farmer
east Of Darlington, and burning the
body in a straw pile, committed sui
eide at SELF. Pierce county.
Hal 8. Davies, former Twin City
Newspaper man. IL now postmaster Of
Devils Lake. His appointment has
been confirmed by the senate. ending
Z, long standing fight Of Senator A.. J.
Gronna against John Bloom and Mrs.
John Bloom. former incumbents.
Colonel Alex Scarlet, seventy.two
PEARS old, veteran Of the Civil war and
Of the Fsnian raids and Rel rebel.
lions In Canada, serving in the Cana
dian army, is dead at Minot. Colonel
Scarlet was nj of the most pictur'
osque Of the pioneers Of that district.
Allena .Busette, sixteen years DID, q
Juvenile court charge IN the Florence
Crittenton home at Fargo, committed
suicide BY taking carbolic acid salve
mixed with match heads. Several
weeks ago she attempted to escape by
climbing down . rope made Of sheets
School children Of Cakes. within an
hour, took the census Of Cakes. The
children were furnished with printed
blanks and each was assigned to q
block. The result showed q total Of
1,479 persons, or within twenty Of the
number returned by the federal census
Of 1910.
Anheld Shifet, who killed himself
near Darlington when confronted BY
arrest for the murder Of his father
was made the beneficiary in q $4,000
insurance policy issued several
months ago and police omciala be
iieve this supplies motive for the
crime.
After over a week Of search citizen.
Of Flasher and friends have given W
the task of finding J. T. KroeEer, who
mysteriously disappeared April 20
Kroeger wat a candidate for state sen
ator last election and was appointed
for the Flasher postmastership, effec
tive May 1.
June IA, Is and 16 are the dates sc
lected for the North Dakota STATE
trap tournament, to be held in Lisbon
A program that hlls the three days
has been mapped out and, judging
from the number of inquiries on hant
for entry blanks, indications are thai
there win be many entries.
Suit to test the validity Of petitions
for the removal Of the state capita
from Bismarck to New Rockford was
started in district court ct Bismarck
by A. G. F1inckley, a Bismarck bust
ness man. The action IL In the form
Of IN Injunction against Secretary Of
State Thomas Hall. It is pleaded
that the petitions are insufficient.
The filing of q deed at Amidon fol
the right of way Of the Western Da
kota Railway company to the North
ern Pacific railroad may be the fore