Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-21
WASHINGTON.
Speaker Carlisle has been seriously Ill but
his health is much improved.

Speaker Carlisle has been seriously i'll but
his health is much improved.
A prominent Treasury official at Wash
house unlervaluatlons in Ibis county was
made at the Port of New York. Underval-
llatlons of ribbons and drugs have been 30
great az to virtually prevent importations
by dealers In CHICAGO and elsewhere inland.
Pierrepont Edwards, British Consul at
House of Representatives similar to that of
the Senate in regard to the manufacture
and expectation of dynamite. tits current
" b believed that he will shortly return tu
New York with a large-sized flea in his ear.
It has been decided by the House Com
nittee on Foreign Affairs, to which were
referred resolutions in regard to the recent
beneath the di nifty OF the Hou % Of Repre-
sentatives to assume that American ciLizens
had had anything to do with the crimes In
question.
The value of the exports Of domestic cat
tie, hogs, and beef, pork, and d!iry pro
1904, S9.o.l:S77; beef and pork pro luc.s for
three months ended Jan. ii. l Is, S3S, 21O,-
CAB: 1854, $40. 74S, ISL. Dliry produ IS for
the nine mont IS rnle Jan. 81, 1851, $l3,-
1882: 1881, $14,3l0,4T.
Presldent-elect Cleveland authorizes a
pOSlIlNc COIltIiiUICllOl VI tllc SIlIHlIcIll tll''S
lie las sent a letter to Senntor Biyard ten
derllg t lat gent EN- n q Cabin t position.
He further auth 'rizrs the state nent That he
has not i,sue.l IL ters t. anyoOdy else on
that or kildre SUI ,je t., ami dos not III.
tend to do So for s,ne i'm. to come.
A tract o s,014 /, covered by the
oil. which pas g | the Hons. providing for
the sale Of the Sac and Fox India Il serva-
ion in Nebraska and Kansas. Only 8 vell-
ty-6ve Indians are living up III 'lle reserv Is
lon Mt present. I. Is pro ided that the
lands shall b.. sold to the hi chest bid,l + at
y also made t.Iat actu Il settl' RS are to have
these lands in quantities not exceeding l6U
acres.
IL is stated that the findings of the court
martial which Tried Jluge-AdvOcale-G n
eral Swain will recommend his r duction
f.um acknowledgements to Major, the low
est position in the Judge-Adv0cate' bureau,
for two years. The SUI ct was discussed
at tue Cabinet meeting Friday, and it was
thought that such a sentence would re suit
III the accomplishment of the purpose OF
the court-martial-the dismissal of Swain
from the army 1t was held that reducin
him to the lowest grade would be a mild
way of suggesting lis resignation.
A bill has passed the II use which
amends the Union Pdcifi: act so rs to allow
the construction Of a road from Sioux City
w~estwarlly via the Ninbrara Valley to a
pc ut on the Union Pacific west of the Tooth
meridian. The object Of t.lis Is to cut off
the great bend made i'll the eastern portion
of tile Union Pacific. and will, it is said,
shorten the distance from Chicago to San
Francisco 200 miles. 1t docs not grant any
lands to the company to build tle road, but
does make the road, when built, a section
proratiny, exchange Of freigltcarI, etc. 1t
is understood q company stands ready to
begin the building Of the road at once.
The postage Oh newspapers and periodI-
Gals as finally agreed upon makes tile rate
l cent per pound upon copies sent by puo-
other agents, but takes away the right CIV
ell to publishers AMI news agents by the
present law of NJ lrch 3, 1879, Of sending
sample copies at The pound rate. Sample
copies are made subject to the rate Of tram
silent Secoml-class matter-viz, l cent for
stamps. Publishers will be perm tied UNI
der the new law. however, to mark articles
in papers sent to subscribers without sub
Jectlng them TO extra postage. The old re-
s%trlction which requires papers, etc, for de-
livery by carriers at the office of publication
to pay l cent each is still retained.
TIE NEXT ENATE
Some idea of the perlnancncy of the men,
bership Of the Senate may be formed from
the fact that while twenty-six Senatorial
elections were held to ill terms beg ming
the 4th of March, only eight new members
were chosen, so that of the seventy-slx
members of the next Senate sixty-six at
least will be Old mem:erS, the election in
Illinois and Oregon not having taken place.
The new member will be Spnoner. Of Wis
c~onsin, Stanford, Of California, Wilson, OF
Maryland. Elstis, of louisiana, EvArts, OF
Kansas. and Bi;ackburH, Of kcn'ucS,y. Mr..
Clacr, Of R rode Island. is already mem-
Der If the S:nate, and Mr.. Teller, of Colora-
40, MI. Hi, s successor, returns to tue seal
vacaleu tnree years ago t. become a mem.
uer of President Artiur's Cabinet. AT
present there are forty-lour committees OF
Tie Senate. The Craftsmanship OF seven of
Them is tiIed by ID lm cratic Senators and
thirly.sevem BY Hei'ub. leans. AS there are
only forty r puulicans it will b. seen that
nearly every one now has a committee VI
his own. In the distribution Of chairman
ships III the next Srnale it is understood the
Democrats will Dt cut down to three com.
aa.ttees to provide lor the increased Repub.
IicaM membership.