Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-05-09
Many Americans are said to be seek

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Members Of the British house Of
commons have asked the government
to pledge itself to prevent the trans
fer Of ships to the American comhaue.s
Officers Of the United States cruise
Chicago, imprisoned In Venice. Avn
been set free by order of the king Of
Italy.
Gen. Chafee reported on the board
OF inquiry appointed to investigate.
the Gardener charges, saying that off,
Ger alleges u~nfairness onSthe paTt&S'
court and asks for counsel. TIL In
vesttgators have been directed to in
sure fairness.
American troops under Col. Bald
win captured a Moro fort at BayaA
after a hand to hand fight.
One officer and seven men were killed
and 81 wounded. The Moros lost
over 200 killed, including sultan and
rajah of Bayan.
The illness of Queen Wilhelmira
has assumed a grave nature, coufEA
announcing that there 81 '
little hope OF her recovery.
LATER.
An amendment providing for post
ponement of the St. Louis fair to ~
was introduced in the United States
senate on the I'd, the conference re-
on b Indian appropriation bill
was agreed to, and the Philippine bill
further discussed. In the house
bills were passed to limit the use of
injunctions in labor disputes and to
provide diplomatic and consular Off
GERS for the republic of Cuba. AJhill
was introduced to abolish all duties
on live cattle, hogssand sheer imported
from foreign countries, and anotherto
establish a department of commerce..
United States senators indulgeAtn
a heated debate on the Sd over the
Philippines question. Republicanlead-
ers are taking an active part and maxi
ing vigorous defense of the admins
tration policy. The house adjourned
In respect to the memory of Congress-
mar Amos J. Cummings, of New York.
Dun & Co.'s weekly trade review says
labor controversies are the only factor
in the industrial situation.
President Roosevelt in an address
to the graduating class at Annapolis
eulogized the navy as the prime factor
in securing victory should the United
States ever have to fight a foreign foe.
d. A. Barrows, disbursing clerk in
the census Office in Washington has
been found 81, 500 short in his accounts.
Amos j. Cummings, democratic con-
gresham from New York CITY since
1887, died in Baltimore of pneumonia.
aged 60 years.
In a collision on the New York Gea4l
trail road at Clyde, N. Y, the engineer
and fremen we're killed and 10 other
persons weresseriously injured.
The National Society of theoSons Of
the American Revolution in sessiontin
Washington elected as president Ed
win Warfeld, of Maryland.
-Four tornadoes in Iowa injured 18
persons and destroyed $4,000 worth
OF property. The towns of Woodburn,
Bayard, Lohrville, Hiteman and Adaza
were in the path of the storms.
President Roosevelt, in a speech at
a Washington banquet, said the army
and navy had placed the American flag
in the Philippines, and it would stay
there.
Officers of the United States cruiser
Chicago, imprisoned in Venice, have
been set free by order Of the king Of
Italy.
By an explosion Of kerosene the wife
and child Of Perle Hill were killed near
Spring Valley, Wis. and ELL had n
hand burned off.
. Arthur Bonner, sugar trust treas
urer, told the senate committee the
trust was not interested in Cuba.
There were 225 business failures IN
the United States in the seven DAYS
ended on the "a, against 21a the week
previous and 226 the corresponding
week of last year.
Gen. Chaffee reported on the board
OF inquiry appointed to investigate
the Gardener charges, saying that off,
Ger alleges unfairness on the parts Of
court and asks for counsel. The a.
vestigators have been directed to in
fairness.
Negotiations between anthracite
coal operators and miners at New York
h~avefailed and a strike of $4,000 n6en
may be called at general convention Of
workers to be held at Scranton We'd
nesday.
Potter Palmer died suddenly in
Chicago after three weeks illness
fran grippe. Pneumonia is believed to
have developed, causing edema
lungs. His estate is estimated 1t
$40, 100000, mostly in Chicago real es-
tate.
The bill in the beef suit, which win
be filed in the federal court in Chica-
go this week will charge that Chica-
go packers have received in a year
about s3,o0o,0O0 in rebates from tho
railroads.
American troops under Col. Bald
win captured a Moro fort at Bayan,S
Mindanao, after a hand to hand fa&t.
One officer and seven men were killed
and 81 wounded: The Moros iosts
v 200 killed, including sultan and