Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-31

JAN. M!-In the 'Hru 81, the Committee
on Public Lands reported u bill prohibiting
i G1'sans +, from ina a'4HiTi" '.3. it g 10 And And OWNING
thei, went into Committee Of The Wlo.e on
the Indian Appropriation bill. Mr.. Ellis
spoke in favor OF tine ap ointment of a
commission 10 ST 70: somewhere in. the
Northwest lands similar u those in Indian
Territory where t.!r InA,alls could bu rs.
abolished and rauy t. 10 Support tllrmse yes.
Ar; I~llrrkmorton a'Ivoclted the granting
of lands in Severalty 10 Indians. MIR. Ryan
urged the importance Of settling the Okla
homa question. A longdi cu>siOn followed
concerning the rigat il, lne case between
III" Cover III mt amt the boomers.
JAN. 2l.-In the House, Mr.. Kelley re.
ported !. b II to allow drawbacks ON inn
ported articles used in manufacturing t,-
naccO for export. While II, Committee of
the " 'ole OH The I,diaA approximation bill,
MIR. Burnes declared that Oklollama Il
practically in prss s>ioa OF cattle cnmpa-
llies, to the exclusion ut individual settlers.
JAN. G2-ln the House, an amendment
to Lie Indian bill was adopted directing
ne Secretary OF The Interior TO report t.,
Congress all approved aud pending ella nus
or c!tlztilS on account o. ludian deprela-
tions.- Sp baking of the Fort PEEK agency,
Mr. Ma -in''S nttrib It'd the starving condi-
tlon OIL the !mlianS .lltre to the inetficiency
VI the ln'll;ln Department. a letter from
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota. was read
BY, MI. Hewitt In wlir, Mr.. Hewitt was
asked to appeal to the President In behalf
OF the Indians. An amendment was adopt
ed appropriating S2;.MD for the erection of
an Indian INDUSTRIAL SrnoOi at Santa Fe, as
was also another amendment rendering In
dams liable to punishment for certain
crimes and permitting them to prosecute
civil actions in tho courts. Another amend
ment was Adopted authorizing the Presi-
lent to open negotiations with the Creeks,
Semtnoles, Hnd Cllerok les with a view to
opening the Oklahoma lands to settlement
The bill was then passed.
JAN. 8.-In the House, the constitution
al lawyers took all inning In the discussion
of a resolution direc Ing the judiciary Com
!nittee to Investigate and report whether in
its opinion the Senate, by originating, pass
Ing, and sending to the House for its action
pills appropriating money, has thereby at
tempted to invade the constitutional pre-
rogatives OF the House. Friends of the Ed
ilcational bill were grently relieved when
the resolution was tabled by n majority Of
four votes, that measure beng particularly
specified In the preamble.
JAN. M.-In the House, Mr.. Valentine
cal ed up a resolution submitted by him
Yesterday to amend the rules so that the
louise shall meet at II a. III. and devote nm
hour to the consideration of bills to which
not ten members object, five minutes being
allowed for discussion Oh eacll side. After
an hours discussion on 4 point OF order the
Speaker ruled that the proEnsed amend
ment must first 70 to the Committee on
Rules, The agricultural appropriation bill
was slightly amended and passed. Efforts
to take up the Mexican pension bill were
defeated by dilatory motions.
FOREIGN.
The German merchants of Alexandria
are about to melnorialize Bismarck in re-
gard to their business troubles, placing the
blame on the vacillating policy Of Great
Britain.
The pope Is said to be confined to his bed
with fever and rheumatism. The Scotch
Presbyterian church III Rome will be OPEN
ed next Wednesday. Archbishop Gibbons,
May. ."
A proclamation has been issued at Hong
Kong declaring that In the event of war
between TWO nations with which England
Ia at peace the men of war of neither Of the
belligerents will be furnished with equip
ments or supplies at British ports.
An avalanche at Melvulles, in the De-
partmeilt of the Hautes-Alpes, France,
ton in snow. Twenty men working in a
marble quarry near by were also buried. A
volunteer force is digging the victims out,
Last Saturday. at Il POINT about twenty
miles from Melemneh, in the Soudan, Gen.
Stewart had a desperate battle with the
forces of III Meldi, who were. driven from
their ranks; leaving eight hundred corpses,
Thu English lost nine commissioned OFF,
GERS and sixly-tive men, and an equal num-
Der were wounded. Among the Killed was
Lieutenant Colonel B 1rnaby. General
Stewards horse was shot dead.
1t is reported that the agreement between
England and Turkey regarding the. govern
mani Nf r. rVnt al. ,ViI1aS tNot fr,,rlrioE troo,,o
shall occupy Egypt with the exception of
the ,orts of Alexandria, Damietta, Port
Said, and Suez, which England will con-
tinue 10 occupy; that England shall MAIN
tain garrisons In the Red Sea litloral and
abandon the SoMdan to Turkey; and that
Tewfk Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, snail be
deposed, the. sultan to appoint in his steal
q Pasha who does not belong TO the family
of Meheme; Ali.
III: DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS.
Three disastrous explosions occurred In
London Saturday., The first was in West
minister Hail. A lady called a %policeman's
attention to a package lying upon the steps
outside the crypt. The policeman picked
juring four PERSONS. The great ornamental
gates leading 10 the crypt were shattered
and tic statues OF William ". and George
~. We're overturned. The second expfo-
son took place three minutes later under
ll'c oGldibclS Sdi.eIS III lie HOUSE OF COtll-
mOnS. Inc lobby was wrecked, the gallery
torn down, the Speakers chair DESTROYED,
and the massive ston"work displaced, The
third explosion Occurred 1T the Tower of
Loldon. One OF tho buildings known as
the White Tower was badly damaged. At
all early hour in the evening sixteen per
sons had been officially reported injured at
the Tower. o. these manly were children.
No one was morlaily hurt. 1t is suspected
that the dynamite wll.eu unquestionably
caused the explosions was conveyed into
the buildings BY womrn London is in q
frenzy OF excitement. No theory more tam
gible than pure speculation has vet been
evolved concerning the explosions. Engi-
necrs shy that Policeman Cole. who picked
up the package of dynamite, saved St,
Stephens at the expense of his own life. II
the explosion had occurred ut the entrance
to the crypt instead OF III the great hall the
effect would have been most disastrous,
The opinion Is Expressed in England lately
that France rather than America is the nest
where dynamite plots are Matched. The
destruction of the superb stained-glass win
doWS ut tie end Of Westminster Hall Ia
greatly lalnented.