Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-14
WASHINGTON.

wv WIG CIN III 90. - ~ OIL t.iClllC COIn-
W the Gnvrr.D,.,I 81 s,6.!2, and
that the United Sat =, ~.,:l:.i 10 pay tho
rates a> nr. at " IS ar tranSporta-
ton.
The Secretary of tie Navy has authorized
Lieut.. Il OrIe w. Stoney TO make further
in AIaska witn 81 rartyof three
officers and ten men. 4. >tea'M-launch will
1e constru IT'D in the nary-yar,i at San
exneditfm to Putnam river.
The committee sent tn Washington by the
New Orleans Exposition seems to have but
lltt!e, prospect of obtaining the $500, 00O
which 1t Is so anxious to get. The Presi-
dent is said to he favorably inclined, but
congressman are Opp,sel to granting the
request. !
1t seems that Campbell, the stockman
who is at present herdiny $40, 200 cattle on
tile Oklahoma lands, is there without per-
!!niSsrDn. Secretary Teller says til t Camp
BELLS cattle being ordered out of the C.luy-
eline anu Arapalloe Reservations, he was
Z ven l.ermissl0n to drive them tirou rh the
Oklahoma tract. He was not, however, al
owed 10 stay there.
Representatives of the Minneapolis news
papers, after a years unavalling effort to
induce the department to abandon the fast
mail trains. lave succeeded III securing the
OF a clause in the P0st,O Office APP
p1opriatlon bill which, II enacted, will reil-
9 .r 1t impossible for persons living between
: Slcayo and Minneapolis and in all the ter
$,y papers as they do now.
friends Of the River and Harbor bill are
fearful Us to its fate. The comm ttee by re-
Using to hear ary:melnber respecting i'm
prove'nents In his " district has excited
LAUGH feeling, unfriendly 10 the bill. Tnere
is considerable opposition 10 the employ
III mt OF civilian engineers in the work Of
improving the Mississippi. During the de-
bate In the House, Representative Breck-
dian q the 'Mfssissippi Comm; omInissio ~ viii, viii
cost not less Than SlD,UO0,UOO.
An adverse report has. been rendered by
the :s~ub-committee OF the House Foreign
calling upon the Secretary Of State for In.
formation relative to the possible connec-
ton OF American cit:zans with the recent
Outrages III London. The sub
commit iee held that the Adoption OF such
re solutions would amount to an .acknowl.
e.igm mt that c~Itizyns OF the United States
were parties to a~conspiracy against Eli
gland.
President Arthur sent to the House a
message ! lying before Congress the offer
nladB ny Mrs. Grant to give 10 the Govern
nlellt the swords AND other testimonials,
military and civil, wliicl, lately belonged to
Ab - WV w W 4A4s Y Dll UI
that at, The death of Gen. Grant,
or sooner, they should become the property
Of The United States. III his message the
President 'pertinently suggests tile 0bliga-
ton Which rests upon Congress. Of placing
Gen. Grant ,, thu army retired list.
Representative RYAN, of Kansas, says that
the boomers will make another attempt to
Invade TIL: Oklahoma lands after the 4tl Of
March under thei impression that Cleveland
will pro sect them. (Mr. Ryan thinks that
Democrats III Congress are nxlOu to do
something to relieve the new Atministra.
ton Of this embarrassing question. The
new bill prepared by Mi. Ryan opens np
ately upon its passage, regardless Of trea-.
ties In case the bill should pass cattle.
mons, leases In, the Cherokee strip would be
rendered alu ess.
NATIONAL BANKS. ;
The Controller of the Currency has pre-
pared a statement showing that the Nation.
al banks whose charters have expired dur.
t'le last few months have generally ap-
piled ~fOr'renewals. In eight c ,ses expir-
ing charters have been taken by new banks
and continued under new names. The
number OF National banks in the Western
States which enewen their charters prior
to Feb. ], are: In Llama, twenty-tlree; can-
itall, 81 .937, CUO. Illinois. twenty-nine; cap
ltal;; $4ls. so. Iowa, thirtesli; c~anital, ST..
5000. Nebraska, one; capital, s., Ob,t
~ 'sconsin, fourte"n; capital, S ,O1O,OUO.
The totals are eighty banks, with all aggre-
gate capital of S7,7+l,;.0o.
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE.
FEB. 2.-rhe Pacific Railway bill being
taken up in the Senate, amendments were
adopted specifying the Sioux City Road os
IN the pill and subject to its pro-
visions and maxim : it clear that the interest
on the wilo,e debt must be paid each half
year: Alter y snort discussion on the bill
repeating the Presumption and Timber-Cul-
tlro laws consideration Of the Interstate
Commerce hill was gesumed. Mr.. Beck's
motion tn strike out the { vil-rights clause
was reje ted by a party vote. Mr.. Dolph
presented Il memorial from the legislature
Of Oregon, asking for all act to open to set
Element that norton OF the Northern Pacific
land.
FEB. Reconsideration of the Inter State
Commerce bill vas resumed in the Senate.
the Senators varied inversely with their
disposition TO do anything. Mr.. Beck spoke
Of the Senate bill rs a mask behind which
the railroads could hide. The provision of
the Reagan bill restr citing raj way passen-
yer rates to tire: cents pr mile was strick-
eli out, as Wis also the clause permitting
and colornI l'eoplc. The motion to substi.
tute the Cull0m Commission bill for the
Reagan bill WIS adopt ii by a vote of IS
to -.
FEB. 4.--Thr Senate, by a vote of 4s to IA
passed. an II 'er-State Commerce bill pro-
vldIny for Il c minis ion of nlne melnbe.x
only five Of them from tner political par.
ty, to receive salaries uf -, Oract, and all
recei.v E- trtrc ing EXPENSES. Tines. Com.
mlsslD!e S are to II I'VE iur sdic,i0n over the
operations or y | lntel-otal. transpur: alton
companies. They are autlinriz ii to require
such companies 10 furnish annual reports,
giving. full inf,rniatio al to their financial
conditions, etc. During t:,r frs. year the
report upon the subjects uf maximum and
minimum charges, i%nnliilg, watering stocks,
and unjust ~uiScriN, mutton. The bill ex-
presSly f''rolds extortlnn OF discrimination
by transportation omlani IS.
Feb. a.-The Senate, passed resolutions
calling OH the Secret Try Of the Treasury
for information as to the accounts of tile
Union Pacific road, u directing the iu.ii.
GARY committee to report necessary legisla-
ton as to courIs-mEertiaI. Mr.. Sherman In
troduceu a bill Tor The s:ri1in : ut medlis to
commemorate the c0npletioa of the WASH
tngton monument, tn thou >ant Of them to
be sold to the public at ro,i. A bill was
p"o11SNA oth''N LIE TIC iHluStl ly O1 Tue mis-
sissippi river ut Memphis.
FEB. 6.-The S.nate pasAed the diploma
tic appropriation bill. Mi. Palmer, Of Mictl-
Ign, was given leave to ueliver a speech on
woman suffrage. Mr.. Sewell offered a res
olntiOn calling upon the Secretary of War
Tor information whether plans have b 'en
mat'red to defend the seacoast and lake
harbors by %torpedoes In case of sudden war
wi' h any foreign. pnwer.
: FEB. z.--The.Senate passed bills to au-
thorize a retired list for non-commissioned
officers and enlisted menUf the army who
have servet thirt, years, and 10 increase to
$s.0N per annum the pension Of the widow
Of General George II. Thomas. A resulu-
!nad!lS rendered by Mrs. us Grant aud
W. H. Vanderbilt, to be temporarily cared
Tor by the Secretary of War.