Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-24
WASHINGTON,

Congrcssm IN Spring RS friends conf
DC lily predict that lie w,li DO S''rc:ary OF
the Interior in Mr.. CIevrland's Cabinet
There j. Al imp"eS:'"n in Washington
that the Gu lon Cnnmi>S.Ol bill will pass
the Senatr. Tie Reagan Dill seems to have
but a slim chance.
The Senate Co nm ;te'or pensions does
MT favor a WlIll,y allowance of S.N t,
the wild wv of Lieutenant Commander De
Long.
john Davis, assist INT secretary of State,
was a"lni 1t Il Ivy Pc .idrn: Arthur a julie
or the court IT Ct ii y. lie is a ,on-in-law
OF Serre arv Frrlin"Auysen.
A dire v Dew lie, who mas been appoint d
ny Speaker { 'rlisle T Tic al Reporter OF the
H"us IT kc,res natives. ) ole of the
men diSplaceu by Speaker Keller.
No not &c Is 10 De taken Oh &c !. Hazen's
charges aga nsl Gen. MrKetver concerning
the alleged derogltrry remarks III Il by the
Ia. tor about the il1nas I'm mt OF the Greedy
expedition.
The House COMMITTEE on rivers and har-
bors his 'iec1le | to recommend All appro-
prIatiol Of 81 I 900 Tor the Hcnnepin canal,
with q provisO f"r the speedy commence
Inent OF WEk.
l; doc, II t seem likely that the Spani,l,
tr"aty VII yer b rep .rtel rom the Sen
consideration OF the Nicara, u treaty will
probably De postponed md the o. Cor
gre>>.
According 10 the annual rep"rt Of the De-
pa tment uf Agriculture ut WASHINGTON,
the corn Production "f the country asst year
was !, ~. oU, oUb bus :Ieis. OF wheat thrre
was $500 o 0 Lu>hel., and VI oats $780,
90 hu' .lels. Tn,. are the largest ag ,re-
ga rs ever recorded.
Great pr 'paratiDns are being made for
the inaugural. Oh. Thousands OF mattresses
are Offered t, rrlt, and pri - for windows
range from SlD to $50. Very considerable
c"i!ribn 10 IS are s lid to have been made
appear TO have been subscribed by individ-
uals.
The work of the Investigating Committee
appointed to look mt, the matter Of alleged
md REALIZATION Of imported goods at The
New York Custnn+Housc may extend to an
"verlaulingn ct the Ell Ire department: Sev-
eral trrlIktuis OF complaints Ut irregularities
are said to be Oh file at the Treasury iu
Washington.
Among the Items included in the River
ami Harb II bill is one OF S"0O. GO for the
Heniepin Canal. For the a1i >souri River
:4I.tO0 is appropriat d., W til 800. o aidi-
tlolal for special purposes. Tae bill appro-
Par'd by engineers in charge Of HE various
improvements amounted to S34, 01,3O.
Three reasons were given in the Congo
Conference for the participation of Amea.
ca ~ It's deliberations first, that America
was the first P,wer to Officia ly recognize
tie African international Association Sec
ond, ti'at the pnpu alton OF this country in
ciud $ 6.tD0,0" O negroes whose parent coun-
try is Africa; and, tn.rd, that Americans
maillr explored the country.
Civil war has broken out in the Uni1.'d
States OF Colombia. 4 battle was fought
Thursday at Tunla. The result being the de-
feat OF the federal fore g, and the killing II
tll'ir commander. General Montisfar. Out
breaks of a desperate character haze occIr-
red in 5 ,ntander AMI Boyaca. The rev-
int'' nists Sc k to uvtrtu:n the liberal state
governments rs a preliminary to an eturt
to disp:acr Pr side 1 Nuwe.
No h"hnite indication aEIr:ars 50 far as 20
die prooab.e a'ti0n of lie Senate on the
+ lnte!-Sstatc Conm rec III. 1t is said by
those who profess u sno" that all the H.
pubiicans In the Scna;e, with the possible
! exception of Van Wyck, will vote for tho