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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Blockade of Wepener Still Con.
I
tinues, Although Relief 10
Close atsHand.
STORES ARE MOVED SOUTH
Shipments Made Necessary
z by the Operations in the
! Free State.
What ls to Be Done With Bull.
!: Ter and Warren Occupies
+, the Public.

LONDON, April le.-Heavy rains inn
pede the movements Of the British COL
umns. Ths blockade of Wepsner . !.
tinues, although relief 10 close. Largo
quantities Of stores + being moved
south, from Bloemfontsin, which il . re-
versal Of the course Of freight for the
past six weeks. These shipments arc
made necessary by the operations In the
south Of the Free State. There are 800
Held hospitals, most Of the. cases being
enteric fever and dysentery. With the
exception Of these facts the embargo on
war news 10 complete. The special cor
respondents send incomplete dispatches
which obscure rather than clarity the
situation in the efforts to prepare mat.
ter which will pass the censor Here
and there . phrase indicates ar expect
ancy that large things are about to hap
pen.
What 10 about to be done with Sir
Redvers Buusr and Sir Charles Warren
occupies evurybody's attention. The
papers continue to comment earnestly
upon Lord Robe1ts' censure Of these
commanders. They ask if more errors
are not likely to occur, together with
Fruitlsas Waste Of Life
In the event that men who have been
declared incompetent by their superior
continue to command 40, 700 troops. It
10 now generally accepted that the gov.
eminent had q purpose in the publioa.
ton Of Lord Roberts dispatch, aud that
the recall Of General Butler and Cen
eral Warren have probably been decided
upon.
According to Boer reports there is a
steady flow Of foreign volunteers to the
Transvaal. Hitherto these Adventures
have been attached to the different
commanders. Now it is said they are
to be formed into a separate legion with
foreign commanders, and it is rumored
that the chief command will be given to
a distinguished French soldier who has
recently returned to the T%ransvaal.
Presumably the officer referred to in
this report is General de Negrier, for
mafly a member of the French supreme
council of war, who was removed from
the active list last July by Marquis d.
Gallifet, as a disciplinary measure, al
the result Of revelations the Dreyful
cOurtmartial.
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Crofton Placed on Half Pay.

LONDON, April 19.-Colonel Crofton,
who was in command at spion Kop from
the time General Woodgate was wound
ed until Colonel Thornycroft was ap.
pointed to the position, and whose hello.
graph message to General Warren
caused General Butler to appoint
Thornycroft to the command, has been
placed on half pay. Private information
received from Shrewsbury during the
day is to tho effect that General Gatacre
is leaving South Africa this week to re-
sumo command of a local district.
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SENDING STORES SOUTH.

Large Quantities of Supplies Being Sent
Out From Bloemfontein.
LONDON, April 19.-The Morning Post
has the following from Bloemfontein,
dated Tuesday: In view Of the advisa-
bility of a retreat through Swaziland
emissaries of the Beers are now en-
deavoring to purchase secret informa-
ton concerning caverns in the Gray
stone country, which are only known to
the natives, with the object Of accumu-
lating provisions and ammunition.
Large quantities of British forage and
stores were dispatched south yesterday.
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plicated in the Goebel assassina-

plicated in the Goebel assassina-
ton.
Our trouble, with Turkey may
result in the Turkish minister
being given his passports.
Sioux Falls, the home of
Senator Pettigrew, elected a Re-
publican mayor by 1854 majority.
The English government pub
fishes a dispatch from Lord
Roberts in which Gems. Butler
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Against the Telephone Company.

S8In enO 101cF3oHe
MINNEAPOLIS, April 19.-Judge Nc
Gee has filed a decision in the case of
the Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company against the City of Minneap-
oils, in which he sustains every conten-
ton of the city. He holds that the tele-
phone company never had anything
more than a license or permit to use the
streets, alleys and public grounds Of the
city for the conduct of it's business, and
that this permit was revokable at the
will Of the council. The company, &C.
cording to the decision, never had a
franchise and had no vested rights.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20

Bank to Go Into Voluntary Liquidation.
BOSTON, April 19.-At a special meet
ing of the stockholders Of the Blackston
National bank the recommendation of
the directors that the bank go into vol
untary liquidation was ratified.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
DEBATE IS WARM
Discussion of the Naval APP
preparation Bill Drifts
Into Politics.
Messrs. Grosvenor and WILL
iams Clash on Porto RI.
81 can Question.
SOME PROGRESS IS MADE
Motion to Strike Out the Half
Million Contingent Fund
Is Defeated.
Bill Introduced for the Benefit
Of Generals: Wilson, Lee
and Wheeler,

WASHINGTON, April 19.-The debate
On the naval appropriation bill under
the 5.minute rule drifted into politics
and for . good portion Of the afternoon
members fought hammer and tongs
across the political aisles! The partisan
1ancor almost eliminated in q sensa-
tional GENE between Mr.. Grosvenor
CO.,, the champion Of the administer
ton, and MI. Williams (Miss.). Some
Of the Democrats began worrying Mr..
Hawley (Tex.) by pointedly asking if
the president had not changed his mind
on the Porto Rioan tariff question, and
Mr.. Grosvenor finally threw himself
into the breach. .&,f
Mr.. Williams made an interruption
that drew a sharp rejoinder. from the
Ohioan about 'the unfair advantage"
taken by the Mississippian. This
aroused the wrath Of the latter and
after Mr.. Grosvenor had concluded he
madsa singing response in which he
said parliamentary language would not
permit him properly to characterize MI.
Grosvenor's ofense. Later Mr.. Gros-
venor disclaimed Intentional affront
and there the matter ended.
Some progress was made with the
bill, but most OF the co%ntroverted points
went over. A motion to strike from
the bill the contingent fund of $500, O00
for the navy department. was defeated.
A point Of order against the %appropria.
ton Of $780, 900 for the new naval aoad.
emp at Annapolis was pending when
the house adjourned.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
s.t,.factorv for Both side,.

ATLANTA, Ca, April 19.-President
Powell Of the Order Of Railway Teleg-
raphers reported the situation in the
contest with the Southern railway as
satisfactory. Railroad officials report
nc delays out of the ordinary to trains.
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Tore or Red Cross Badges.

LONDON, April 19.-According to .
dispatch to The Daily Mail from Lon.
reno Marques nearly half the members
of the Chicago ambulance corps when
offered Mausers on their arrival at Pre-.
toria tore off their Red Cross badges.
Adelbert 8. Hay, United States consul,
notified the T%ransvaal government that
he must report the circumstance to
Washington.
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The Wisconsin Very High.

MILWAUKEE, April ia Wisconsin
special from Wausau, Wis, says: The
Wisconsin river all the way north Of
here has reached the highest point in
20 years. AL the railway bridges are
threatened with. a washout, and in
many cases the rails are now under
water. Men are making piers to hold
booms containing millions Of feet Of
logs. Rain has been falling for nearly
q week and the water reaches one block
into the CITY.
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Two Dollars . Day the Least. Z.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Mr. Glynn
of New York has introduced a resolu-
ton asking the secretary of the navy
for information as to the charter of all
transports and vessels in the navy since
the beginning of the war with Spain
and also a bill making 81 a minimum Of
wages for a days work for the govern.
ment,
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N1u.t Not Harm Native Chri.ti.n,.

PEK1N, April 19.-The government
has issued an edict directing all ~viceroys
and governors to warn armed organiza-
tons that they must refrain from acts
of hostility toward native Christians.
These officials are also instructed to
punish severely any attractions Of the
order
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
North Csxolina Populists.

RALEIGH, N. c., April 19.-The Pop
ulist state convention nominated Cyrus
Thompson for governor. The conven-
ton instructed its delegates to the ma
itional convention to vote for w. J.
Bryan. No reference is made in the
iplatform to national issues other than
to reaf6rm the platform adopted by the
nartv at St. Louis in 1896.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
STRONGLY E"NTRENChED.
General Dewet Still Surrounding Bra
bant's Force.

General DeWet Still Surroonding Bra.
bant's Force.
PRETORIA, Tuesday, April 1.-THE
latest official reports from the Orange
Free State are to the effect that General
Dewet is still surrounding Brabant's
(Dalgetty's) force, though the British
are strongly entrenched in Boer fashion,
indicating that they are Colonials. Com
mandant Froneman reports that he
chased 400 troops across the river in
the direction of Aliwal North, captur-
ing several prisoners.
1t is said that Bethulie bridge has
been blown up.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
llew$ Of tbe Week
SUNDAY.

SUNDAY.
A fatal storm occurs in Kansas.
Western general passenger
agents form a new organization.
It is officially deniedthat Russia
is making warlike preparations.
: The new finance law proves ex-
tremely popular, especially in the
west.
Many prospectors perish during
the trip from Dawson. to Cape
A Black River Falls boy fights
under the British flag and helps
to relieve Kimberley.
Democrats in the senate are
practically united in opposition to
the shipping subsidy bill.
Sunday visitors at the Paris
exposition see little but empty
and unfinished buildings.
Cape Town hears a doubtful
report that the Beers at Wepener
suffered a chrushing defeat.
Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst
vigorously attacks the Presby-
terrain confession of faith and
demands an entire new creed.
Secretary Longs implied will
lingness to accept the vice presi-
dental nomination upsets the
plans of some Republican slate
makers.
Rufus Wright, the Chicago
millionaire who was shot while
struggling with Mrs. Lottridge for
the possession of a revolver, dies
of his wounds.
Lord Roberts is believed to
have perfected plans to prevent
retreat of Beers now surrounding
Wepener, and serious fighting is
promised soon.
MONDAY.
Hamburg, Iowa, has a cyclone.
A rich gold discovery is re-
ported in Luzon.
British Columbia is being over
run with Japanese labor.
The Beers are said to have
raised the siege of Wepener.
Antitrust measures are per-
fe:ted by a subcommittee of the
house.
The Transvaal government relies
strongly upon American inter-
Bryan and Dewey is the latest
Democratic slate-and Dewey's
Willin'.
The Americans inhict a loss on
the Filipinos of So killed to one
American wounded.
Miller, the franklin syndicate
swindler, New York, is convicted
Of grand larceny.
The Americans give the Fill
pinos two more whippings, killing
over 200 of them.
The national supreme court
decides for the express companies
in the revenue stamp case.
Montana Democrats are said te
have agreed upon James Murphy
as Senator Clark's successor.
Both parties to the Kentucky
contest join in a statement anc
petition to the national supreme
court.
TUESDAY.
The new Philippine commission
sailed.
War between Japan and Russi'
is considered inevitable in Japan
A Kentucky grand jury return
ten indictments against prominen
neonle ALLEGED To have been i'm
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Bloemfontein Drenohed with Rain.

LONDON, April 19.-The Bloemfon.
tein correspondent Of The Morning
Post, telegraphing Friday. April II.
says: The town has been dre0ched with
rain during the last three days which
has caused the greatest discomfort,
especially a. the Thirteenth brigade 10
not provided with tents.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Invited Helen Gould to Attend.

CHICAGO, April 10. Miss Helen
Gould has been invited to attend the
Dewey day celebration and has signifed
her intention Of accepting the iavi-
tstion.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
would Abolish the Death Penalty.

BOSTON, April 19.-The joint commit
tee on judiciary of the Massachusetts,
Legislature has reported to the house q
bill abolishing the death penalty. The
bill provides that whoever is guilty Of
murder shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison for life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
nliner. Return to work,

P1TTsBuRa, April l9.-The coal min
srs of the Pittsburg district all returned
to work during the day except those at
the Buena Vista mine, On the Yough-
ioRheny.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20
Government Defeated in Ontario.

Government Defeated In Ontario.
TORONTO, Ont, April 19.-The Ross
government (Liberal) was defeated in
the Ontario legislature by a vote of 46
to 80 on a private bill, but will not re-
sign because the defeat was not on .
government measure.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-20

and Warren are severely censured.
Heavy rain storms food
Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama doing much damage to life
and property.
s If you want your heating stove s
s taken down or stored, or your
{ gasoline stove cleaned, call on
: c. p. Brainard & Co., I
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KIDNEY TROUBLES OF WOMEN
Mis-. Frederick's Letters Show How She
Relied on Mrs. Pinkham and Was
Cured.

Miss Frederick Letters Show How She
Relied Mrs. Pinkham and Was
Cured.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-I have a
yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired
and have bearing down pains. Menses
have not appeared for three months !:
sometimes am troubled with a white
discharge Also have kidney and blad-
der trouble.
have been this way for long time.
and feel so miserable thought l would
write to you and see if you could do me
any good. y Miss EDNA FREDERICK.
Troy, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1899.
"DEAR Mrs. PTNKHAM:-I have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound according TO directions, and can
saw have not felt so well for years as
do at present. Before taking your
medicine a more miserable person YOU
never saw. could not eat or sleep.
and did not care to talk with any one.
Now feel so well cannot be grateful
enough to you for what you have done
for me. Miss EDNA FREDERICK, Troy,
Ohio, Sept. 10, 1899.
Backache Cured
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il write 10
thank you for the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done me.
1t is the only medicine I have found
that helped me. I doctored with one
of the best physicians in the city of
had been ailing for about sixteen years,
was so weak and nervous that l could
hardly walk had continued pain in my
back and was troubled with leucorrhea.
Menses were irregular and painful.
Words cannot express the benefit have
derived from the use of your medicine.
l heartily recommend it to all suffering
women. 80 Mrs. MARY BARsHINeER,
Windsor, Pa.
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Many people marvel why they suffer
so frequently with cold In the head.
The matter has puzzled even the ON
niscient doctor, and his only explana-
tion was that some persons We're con
stituuonally inclined that way.
Investigation shows, however. that It
IS all due to the hands. No matter how
warmly you clothe the rest of the
body, you readily catch cold if you
leave the hands exposed.
The reason is very simple after all.
OF course every one knows that the
blood and vessels contribute a sort
of hot water warming apparatus for
the body. AS the hands are more ex-
posed than other parts. they receive a
more liberal supply of the heating
fluid But this blood is Immediately
chilled and returned in an icy state 10
the lungs. Here it sets up inhamma-
ton. with the natural consequence OF
congestion. which is commonly called
cold. II you take care to wear gloves
on any day that IS rather chilly. It Is
astonishing what lot of colds you will
ward of.
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young lawyer with no practice rent
ed a modest office, hired smart boy.
and waited for his clients. He waited
a long time, but one day the client
came. At any rate the door opened,
and voice asked if the lawyer was in.
james, said the young lawyer TO
his office hoy. Il wish you'd 90 to the
First National Bank and tell them that
the amount Of that draft should be If
teen hundred and seyenty-hve dollars.
instead of fifteen hundred and twenty
five dollars. and before you return
drop into Mr.. Johnson's office and tell
him that I've collected that thirty five
hundred dollars for him. While you a G
there step across the hall and inform
Mr.. Fogball that unless that note foi
ten thousand dollars is paid in the
morning l shall begin foreclosure pro
ceedings. Hurry. now, James. as there
is great deal of work to do this morn
ing"
The well-traned boy was going out
when the prospective client said:
This is no place for me with a five
dollar claim to collect"
Then he numbered down the stairs
and the young lawyer said. YEARLY:
You needn't go. James; 1 laid it OF
too thick that time"
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PEAT IN CANAoA's HOes.
Prepared in Various Ways and Used as
Fuel at Slight Cost.

p-eoared in Various Ways and Used as
Fuel at slight Cost.
The best authorities say there are
100 900 acres Of undeveloped peat bog
IN ontario. principally in the counties
oF perth. Welland and Essex. The
largest area lies in the county of Perth
oIgbt miles north of the city Of STRAIT
foTd on the Grand Trunk Railway.
Here is a swamp of 10000 acres, with
a denth of peat bog that varies from
a foot to twenty feet.
The process Of manufacture is as fol
lows: The peat is cut and air dried.
ofter which It is pulverized by being
nassed through a picker. and automat-
5caIlv deposited in hopper which
Gods steel tube about two inches in
diameter and fifteen inches long. The
Dulverized peat is forced through this
lube by pressure and formed into cyl
tndr,cal blocks three inches in length
and almost equal in density to anthra-
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cite coal The fuel IS non-friable and
weather-proof by reason Of its solidity
and the extreme glaze impaired to it
by FRACTIONAL contact with forming dies.
The inherent moisture Of the peat Is
reduced to u per cent Of the mass. In
weight 1t compares with coal as fol-
lows: Eighty-three pounds per cubic
foot Of peat equal seventy-three pounds
of bituminous or ninety-three pounds
of anthracite coal.
1t Is claimed for peat that it IS SUI
perior to coal In its absolute freedom
from sulphur and the absence Of
smoke, SCOT. dust and clinkers during
consumption. In a great measure this
solves the problem of furnishing a
cheap, clean. uniform and reliable fuel
for all domestic purposes, as it is equal
ly servicea bic for CRATES, stoves, cook
Ing ranges and furnaces. giving a long.
bright fame and intense heat almost
from the moment of Ignition. Ii has
been tested in locomotives with excel
lent results. showing that the thermal
value Of 100 pounds Of peat Is equal TO
95.l5 pounds OF coal. It was also tried
at the power house of the Metropolitan
street railway, Toronto, and gave great
satisfaction. The heat produced was
much greater than that of the coal. but
it was per cent deficient in lasting
power 1t requires but little draft and
burns best in shallow firebOx.
The machinery used in manufactur.
Ing peat fuel is not expensive and re-
quires but little attention when in Cd
eration.-Buffalo Express.
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The Haitian is fine example of con
servatsm. \ few years ago the town
of Port de PaiX. owing to an unexpect-
ed progressive spirit On the part Of the
government constructed some fine wa
ter works The town was well piped
with hydrants AT short distances on al
the streets. Decorative fountains wera
placed in the squares. drinking places
for man and beast everywhere. The
natives. as usual, took not the slightest
interest in this important and neces-
sary undertaking. At last. when com
pleted. in accordance with the custom
of the country. the water system was
opened with a series of fetes. The
whole section of the country had a
hilarious holiday-balls. professions.
cockhghtS. etc When these were all
over the natives came TO the conclu-
sion that the water works must have
been built to give an excuse for them.
and the water works We're no longer of
any service. so they promptly smashed
the whole system. and returned TO
carting the city's water from the dis
tant river by OK teams. Now they tie
their animals to the hydrants. fall over
the fragments of the pipes scattered
round the streets, and are happy.
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sissippi.
Hon. w. V. Sullivan, United States
senator from Mississippi in a letter re-
Gently written to DIR. Hartman from
Oxford, Miss, says the following;
For some time have been a suHerer
from catarrh in its most inclpient
stage, so much so that became alarm
ed as to my general health. But near
ing OF Pe-ru-na as a good remedy l
gave 1t fair trial and soon began 10
improve. Its effects were distinctly
beneficial, removing the annoying
symptoms, and was particularly goou
as tonic.
1 take pleasure in recommending
your great national catarrh cure &
ru-na, as the best have ever tried
W. V. SULLIVAN
Peruna cures catarrh wherever locat-
ed. Peruna has no substitutes-no
rivals. Insist upon having Ferun"'
Address The Peruna Medicine TO-
Columbus, o., for q free DOCK ."
catarrh.
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A statistician has proved that the inven-
ton Of the typewriter has given employ
nient 10 10000 people. but he fails 70 state
how many cases OF weak stonachs and
dyspepsia il has induced. All people Of
sedentary occupation need HOstetter's
stomach Bitters. IL helps nature to bear
the strain which ensues from confinement
and il is a wonderful medicine. No one
realizes this more keenly than the man or
woman who has been cured Of stomach
trouble hy its use.
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wanted To sell His Teeth.

The king Of Bavaria was kept very
short of money when he was boy; in
fact, the allowance for pocket money
granted to him and his brother was
only about two shillings a week. One
day he heard some one say that sound
teeth were salable, and OF he went to
a dentist and offered to have his own
extracted for a monetary consideration.