Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-05-09

At Davenport, Ia, fire destroyed
the main portion Of the plant of the
.bettendorf Steel Axle company, the
loss being s250,o0o.
William Henry Moody, the icy sec
rotary Of the navy, has taken the
oath of office.
Lewis Young (oolored) was hanged
at Moundsville, w. Va, for the mur
der of Arthur Kell in a quarrel over
girl.
Thomas Mast, the famous carica-
turist, has been nominated by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as consul general at
Guayaquil. Ecuador.
The Federation Of Women's clubs
biennial convention. began at Los
Angeles, Cal.
The exchanges at the heading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the I'd aggregated
So, 25,676, against $2,685,159,526 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week Of
last year, was 0.8.
There were 225 business failures In
the United States in the sever days
ended OF the I'd, against s12 the week
previous and 228 the corresponding
week of last year.
]. j. Hill, the railway magnate, says
the injunction to control rates will be
futile, and that only roads that are
best equipped and best situated will
get traffic.
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 foreignfoe.
By an explosion of kerosene the wife
and child of Perle Hill were killed near
Spring Valley, Wis. and Hill had one
hand burned off.
The National Society Of the Sons of
the American Revolution in session in.
Washington elected as president Ed
win Warfield, of Maryland.
-Four tornadoes in Iowa injured 16
persons and destroyed $4,000 worth
of property. The towns'of Woodburn,
10y oAoS AOAA SA11C, 111CSuldA duu k1OdZd
we're in the path of the storms.
President Roosevelt, tn a speech at
a Washington banquet, said the army
and navy had placed the American flag
in the Philippines. and it would stay
there.
Dun & Co.'s weekly trade review says
labor controversies are the only factor
in the industrial situation.
II. A. Barrows, disbursing clerk in
the census office in Washington, has
been found $500 short in his accounts.
In a collision on the New York Cen
trail road at Clyde, N. Y, the engineer
and fremen were killed and 10 other
persons were seriously injured.
Arthur Bonner, sugar trust treas
urer, told the senate committee the
trust was not interested in Cuba.
Commission men at the stock wards
in Chicago advise western shippers to
hold their cattle and not ship at pres
ent, as the market just now is slow.
Negotiations between anthracite
coal operators and miners at New York
have failed and a strike of lat, 900 men
may be called at general convention of
workers to be held at Scranton We'd
nesday.
The bill in the beef suit, which will
be filed in the federal court in Chica-
go this week will charge that Chica-
go packers have received in a year
about 5 ,O0O,OOO In rebates from the
Thepercentages Of the baseball clubs
in the American league for the week
ended May 4 were: Detroit, $50; St.
Louis, 800; Philadelphia, Ob5e; Wash
ington, 500; Boston, 800; Chica-
go, .444; Baltimore, .4A; Cleveland.
.273.
The percentages Of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended May 4 were: Pfttsburg. .s46;
New York, .e4a; Chicago, 1886; Boston,
.53s; Philadelphia, .46a; Brooklyn, .367;
Cincinnati, 1893; st. Louis, .r67.
Secretary Shaw has decided to re-
lieve the treasury Of some Of the SUI
plus by making deposits of public
funds in 30 banks not now designated
as government repositories.
Memorial services for Congressman
Amos J. Cummings held IN hall Of
representatives.
A windstorm at 81. Louis did $780,
900 damage.
Two men were killed and 40 injured
in a collision on the Baltimore &
Ohio road neal Co~nnellsville, Pa.
PERSONAL AND POL1T4CAL.
Congressional denominations: Third
Iowa district, D. B. Henderson (rep.);
Fifth Iowa, R. g. Cousins (rep.); Sew
enth Ohio, T. B. Kyle (rep.(; Tenth
Ohio, Stephen Morgan (rep.); Third
Michigan, W. Gardner (rep.); Fiji
tenth Illinois, G. w. Prince (rep.);
Second Indiana, R. w. Miers (dem.).
Amos j. Cummings, democratic con
gresham from New York city since
1887, died in Baltimore OF pneumonia,
aged 60 years.
Potter Palmer died suddenly in
Chicago after three weeks illness