Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-28

iR%eadvil-e, Mass. Aug. 25.--Lou
Illon broke the worlds trotting
r record on the Readville track yester.
day, going in 300 fiat.
Minneapolis, Aug. 25. An attempt
has been made to adjust the differences
in the bricklayers' strike, through the
master builders association. There is
little hope of a compromise, however.
Louisville, KY, Aug. "a Mrs.
Clark Bradley gave birth to a girl
baby weighing twenty-five pounds.
There is but one other case on record
where a child weighed twenty-five
pounds at birth. That one was the
child of Bates, the giant. Mother
and child are doing we'll.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug. 2!.-In a
collision at the JUNCTION of the
Illinois Central, and Lake Erie
railroads, rear this city, thirty pas
sengers we're injured, some of whom
may die. AS the Lake Erie train was
passing the crossing, a stockcar on the
Illinois Central broke loose from
engine OF a heavy grade, and dashed
into the side of one of the coaches.
Washington. Aug. 24.-The latest
development in the Panama canal
situation is that Columbia will he
compelled to submit the matters in
dispute between this country and
itself to the Hague tribunal. It is
%contended that Columbia has gone
too far to back out without the vio-
lationof her national contract.
Chicago, Aug. 25.-Walter Well
man, the Record Herald correspon-
dent, says President Roosevelt is dis
appointed. at the failure of the Re-
publican senators to agree on a fnan-
cial bill that will be satisfactory to
all sections of the country. There
have been two meetings of the lead
ing senators of the east and west, one
at Hot Springs, West Virginia, the
other at Senator Aldrich's home near
Newport. Both conferences were
without results. It is currently re-
ported that Senator Aldrich is the
stumbling block, he refusing to agree
to anything the others want, and they
likewise refusing to agree to any
thing that is satisfactory to Aldrich.
Attorney Silver Serumgard has just
received notice that he has won a very
important land case before the secre-
tary Of the interior. Thomas Miller,
al old time citizen of this place, and
a Great Northern engineer, filed OF a
valuable claim near Els nond The
claim was contested by John S. John.
son. The local land Office held in
fav)r Of Miller, but the comm issioner
reversed the local Office, and Attorney
Serumgard appealed to the secretary
of the interior. and won his case, the
secretary holding in favor Of Miller.
His many friends in this city are
glad to hear Of his good luck, as the
claim is now a valuable one. Mr..
Serumgard won the case in one of the
most hotly contested fights ever wag-
ed before the secretary,
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 95.-The
Democratic State convention in session
today is one Of the warmest ever seen
in the state. The fight is between
Tom L. johnson, the millionaire re.
former, and mayor of Cleveland, and
John L. Zimmerman. Of Springfield.
There are one hundred and forty-f i
contested seats in the convention, and
the fraction securing control of the
committee on cred. ntials will have
easy sailing. as these contested votes
have the balance of power. The fgf
is fast and furious, with johnson
slightly in the lead.
Constantinople, Aug. 25.--The in
surgents have captured Yaliliko. kill
ing the garrison Of fifty soldiers ant
about a hundred Inhabitants. Abou
one hundred insurgents are nov
threatening Midia, about sixty mile
from this city. The lighthouse a
Kurna-B urun has been abandoned be
cause Of the approach Of the insur
gents. The Turks are reported t.
have massacred all the women ant
children in twenty two villages il
Florina and Monistir. The street
are filled with dead, the survivor
being afraid to bury them least the.
incur the suspicious Of the Turks
The women were subjec ted to tn
most brutal atrocities by the soldiers
The Russian fleet has been with drawn
upon the receipt of a communicate
from the porte, stating that all the de
mands of Russia would be compile
with.
Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-Jame
Hayes, the negro who is charged wit
an attempt to assault 1a-year-old Rub
Steele, is near a collapse 70