Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-02-21
HOUSE.

RESERVATION was agIotO 10.
HOUSE.
FED, 9.-The Hous, spent an hour in
Committee OF the Whole OH the River and
Harbor bill: refu ling to appropriate $780,
WO for VickSbury and declining to forbid
tie repair OF private levees at New Orleans
at pubic expense. and then probab y killed
the neasur, ny dropping it, far the pos Of
ton 10 the fact that Out nineteen leyisla-
tive days of tie session Remain, and that
only ono OF the thrice , general appro; ria-
tio.l hi Is has gone to the President Tor his
approval.
Fen. Reconsideration of the Post-OfRce
Az roprta!ion bill vas resumed in the
HOu e. The action Of 10 committee III
cutting down the apprOlri ,tion for the let
tnr-car. ler service was or ~ticise,l. an Il more
liberal policy in tine cOmren 'atiOu of Amer
lean steamships for carrying the nails WAS
advocated. Mrs>rs. Clay aid Kc,fer were
70 e. ~ '' "0
FEB. 1.-the Hou 9 ras<cd a bill for the
or elton Of 2 puzzle D ii din: at X ukuk to
r1st $4,000. When the P''st"ttice Appro-
Whole, Mr.. Horr >e ure q. alr ption of
II IN .idmeLt i .crel III: "a iI.m for t ,e
le:ter-carrier system to 5 &c. Mr..
Money Two .'tsd IN xte 's!''" the free
t FL, telegraphy. No action was taken o. the
FEB. 12.-The Horse In considering the
PostOf1ce Appropriation bill, struck out tile
clause reQuir ny fast mail trains reaching
Chicago during the night to start W stward
within an hour. The amount r quire'l for
10000, with all amendment giving S 81 q
f,r special facilities M tho trunk hes.
Bills were passed limiting to So, COZ the
cost of q public build M at Erie, and pro-
vidiny for the erection Of a 50 y, 600 struc0
ure at u .troit.
FEB. I3.-On motion OF Mr.. Payson the
House cOnculr'd in the Selilte amen III nts
tO the House b:1l to prove It the unlaw.u nj
occupa. ion Of public lands. Til House
Went into Committee of the Who G on the
Post-Of e Appropriation bill. Mr.. Hot
man moved to strike on the paragr,p III.
lowing additional compensation to Amn't
can steamships for carrying the ocean mails
and to insert All amendment appro rat n!
SA2 900 Ior the transportation Of all foreign
mails. After long discussion, in wiicn
was bitterly alta kcd, MI. lIolman's III ton
to strike out the pa aGrapll WAS agreed to,
as well as the amendment which he offered,
which was slightly modified. Another
amendment was a,top cd maxim" the post
age OH drop letters two cents per ounce.
FEB. Reconsideration of the RIVER and
Harhor bill being esumed in the Hnus :.
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, raised q point of
order against the Hennepln Canal p'rr
graph, ~contending that the Committee on
Rivers and HarborS had mfringed upon the
jurisdiction Of the Committee OIL Railways
and Canals. Decision on the point Of orGel
was reserved by the Chair. The Post. Office
Appropriation bill was passed. Tie L.gis
!attve bill was taken up, and, after uispos
ing OF forty pages of that measure out o
lO5, the House adjourned.
FOREIGN.
The latest advlces from Egypt received
at t 9 British war Office report the killing
OF Gen. Earle at Brit Oh Tuesday.
A Paris journal states that the Mehdi's
minister Of war Is NJ. Veret, formerly q
capt lin in the French army, who taught the
Arabs how to break SOU .res of troops.
Policemen Cole and Cox, who were dan.
gerously wounded while trying to prevent
the recent explosion in Westminster Hall,
have received 95OO from members Of Parlia.
mant, ESQ each from the royal bounty fund,
e17 from the Home Secretary, and many
Ollrr valuable presents.
In Paris, Thursday morning. Miss Eva
Mackey and the Prince of Galatro we're
married by Monseigneur de Rende, in pres
ence OF forty persons. The bridal reception
given by Mrs. Mackey included amo ,g Its
French society.
Russian aggrpsslons in Central Asia are
becoming more and more alarming. Rus.
sian troops are said to be within forty miles
Of Herat IN Afgiianistan, and the seizure of
That city by the Car might be effected at
any moment. Conservative newspapers
say that with a man k. Di>racli in p"wer
such a condition OF affairs would have been
imnOsSible.
Gen. Lord Wrlseley telagrarhs that
scouts sent to Klartoum have returned.
Gordon and the massacre Of his followers.
Troops have already sailed from GiDra TAR
to reinforce the arm; in the Sou Ian. The
p oject Of building y narrow-gaug railway
between Suaktn and Berb.r has beel reviv-
ell. Several tir rs Of ell zine rant contrac-
tors have offered 10 construct tho 10 I'd.
Some of the II promise to build q sin -le
tra'k, with Sidin r., W It rita ks. and ta-
lions, atan average speed OF twenty miles
per day.
Messe;gcrs lave arrived a, k / who de-
care that K artnum ,a> not b I'll captur d
+. fuses 10 bcli-ve ne rum us concerning
the capture Of Z ,artoum and tn. massacre.
Of the garrison. 1t is rrlorted from Suakin
that a lAr4e ~a>>e,nblagrof hos. lie tribes has
g,tliereL at Tan al. Spies say that the
Mai,di'> IN II r. gard the re eut BRUSH VIC
cries a, Till important cnnnpar". with the
P.opilet's success in capturing K.l .r;ol.m.
1t IS rullor u tina 0 MA Di M will mahe
an effort 10 c'p:ur, os,ak II bcf re the ex.
p clr.t + mt"rctm has arrive. md Ii" will
Certainly opp Sc TIL a,lval.ce of the eXpedi-
tlnn from s akin 10 B rb.r. II is suggest
ell tina, the Italian tr..nls ut Mass ,wah be
req est Il 10 lrvu the D%r.ragurtu garrison
at Ka>sala, " icl has hevl, holding out
against gre t I'd IS f"r nrar'y ~ ' ear.
A comp e;e change Of front has been
made Ivy Tie Librrr. Ia,rtv in Eng and, and
Wings All | Rtdic.slS alike ale OUT in -oing
Tue LIMOGES. lac, V ,tt tlt mo t ~.
greSSiV' oi eratlOr~, even to a wlr OF tx,er-
m'natiln against lie Mai,di. Several criti-
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