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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
1
Berlin dispatch reports German tacticians largely agree the British position around Ladysmith is desperate. Berlin papers claim Sir Charles Warren was defeated and relief efforts have failed, endangering the retreat as Boer forces hold Spion Kop as nearly impregnable.
Reporters in Pall Mall await word as no late news is released. Spion Kop topography and Tugela frontline are analyzed while Lord Roberts reinforcements remain unaccounted. Critics estimate 12 000 troops en route as 19 000 yet at sea threaten to shift balance. Buller’s casualties total 8216 to date.
A Daily Telegraph report from Spearman Camp dated January 23 describes Monday and Tuesday fighting west of Spionkop near Acton Homes road. British forces under Sir Charles Warren bombard and fusilade Boer positions with lyddite, maxims, and naval guns from Potgieter’s Drift. Boers hold their works amid slow losses. casualties lighter than the day prior. The action begins around dawn, with no large-general engagement reported.
London dispatch dated Tuesday from Spearmans Camp reports the Boers hold a ridge extending from the Drakensberg, entrenched and firing throughout the day. They are better armed and prepared to fight, with no advance by the attackers, who built intrenchments overnight behind the same position as before.
Nearly 100000 signatures have been appended to a Universal Peace Society address urging President McKinley to mediate. The petition, led by Charles Le Jeune and others, will be sent to Washington within a fort night.
Senator Platt of Connecticut plans amendments to Hawaii and Porto Rico government bills. He would strike the delegate election, leaving no congress representation, and modify customs rules. Hawaii would keep current relations until further act, while Porto Rico would pay 80 percent of U S duties on imports, with US origin articles taxed similarly.
German ambassador Baron von Holleben visited the University of Chicago where about 1000 students and professors gathered in Kent theater to welcome him. Dr J Laurence Laughlin welcomed the envoy who spoke on German universities and compared them with American ones. A banquet followed with toasts to the German emperor and a pledge of friendship with the United States led by President Harper as toastmaster.
Washington January 24 members of the National Board of Trade met the president. OC B Murray of Cincinnati urged faster crops reporting and European crop data by cable and more focus on minor crops. Alden Smith led a majority call for creating a new executive department to be known as the department of commerce and industry and supported Senate Bill 788. The board argued the nation’s industrial, manufacturing and mercantile interests require such a department.
General Wood arrived in Manzanillo Cuba at noon and spent three hours touring the city. He met the mayor and local officials then proceeded with General Chaffee and others on an overland trip to Santiago with an escort of the Tenth cavalry. Sugar estates nearby were all reported operating at full capacity and the city showed marked improvement since 1898. In the same dispatch Afghan ameer orders roads from Herat to Kutschk guarded and frontier garrisons reinforced.
The Grand Army of the Republic pension committee urged the president to support a bill establishing a Washington based board of judges to review pension bureau appeals. The tribunal would resemble a circuit court of appeals and claims court, aiming to reduce public dissatisfaction with current clerical decisions. The president welcomed the idea and will review the committee's draft bill.
Washington on January 26 the second day of debate over the Roberts case drew crowded galleries though less drama than the prior day. Speaker Landis attacked Mormon polygamy and Utah’s statehood, arguing a Mormon conspiracy aided admission. Other speakers supported or proposed expulsions and exclusions. the majority resolutions gain strength ahead of a House vote.
Washington January 26. Commissioner of Pensions Evarts replies to Senator Gallinger with a table of pensions on rolls by war. Revolutionary period lists 4 widows and 7 daughters, War of 1812 two survivors and 1,998 widows, Indian wars 1882 to 1842 1,656 survivors and 3,869 widows, Mexican war 9,204 survivors and 8,175 widows, since 1961 grants 321,555 invalids and 92,001 widows and dependents under 1490 law invalids 420,912 and widows and dependents 130,226.
The Tri-State Grain Growers convention in Fargo North Dakota on January 25 saw rising attendance and interest. The day featured papers of interest to grain growers and a question box for written inquiries discussed aloud, a popular feature giving farmers a voice. All present deem the convention valuable to the states in agricultural and financial terms with broad sectional representation.
Commander Joseph E. Craig departed with Assistant Paymaster Philip V. Mohan aboard the New York to retrieve the cruiser Albany at Armstrong yards Newcastle. The 240 sailors and 18 officers will man the vessel, which is to be handed to the United States government in a few weeks and proceed to New York aboard the Prairie.
The census reports San Juan with 82,000 residents and Ponce at 66,000, totaling 957,000 inhabitants on the island. Municipal elections began with orderly turnout, and a probable Republican majority is indicated by registration. Republican commissioners departed for Washington aboard the Madiana. Washington reports Lt Stockley missing since the 12th on recon duty near Talisay, Santo Tomas, Batangas.
The Senate met briefly to pass Pettigrew's resolution demanding information on the treaty with the sultan of Sulu. He criticized the administration over an alleged slavery agreement. A debate on the census administration bill followed, with the committee's position upheld and the measure sent back to conference.
The Colorado Editorial association, after adjournment, pushes Western publishers to urge Congress to repeal the tariff on wood pulp and related white print paper materials. They pledge to oppose diplomats not supporting the immediate repeal and issued a conference call for February 26 in New Orleans.
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