UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-Continued. UTAH. VIRGINIA. Chas. W. Gillett,* R.......Addison William Connell,* R......Scranton | J. L. Slayden,* D.....San Antonio NORTH DAKOTA. J. C. Sibley, D.. J. K. P. Hall, D...........Ridgway William F. Rhea... ..Middletown R. E. Spalding, R... ....Fargo SOUTH DAKOTA. WISCONSIN. .Racine ...Mt. Horeb SOUTH CAROLINA. ......St. Marys William Elliott, D.... Beaufort David Meekison,* D......Napoleon W. Jasper Talbert,* D..Clarksville B. B. Dovener, R... Wheeling Seth Brown, R.. Lebanon Asbury C. Latimer,* D.....Belton A. G. Dayton,* R... Walter L. Weaver, R..Springfield S Wilson,* D...... Phillippi Archibald Lybrand. R..Delaware D. E. Fenley .Spartanburg Daniel E. Johnson, D..... Bluefield Yorkville K. H. Freer, R..........Harrisville James H. Southard, R.....Toledo James Norton.* D.... Mulis Stephen R. Morgan, R....Oak Hill J. William Stokes,* D.Orangeburg Charles H. Grosvenor,* R..Athens J. J. Lentz,* D. Columbus James A. Norton,* D... .Tiffin Winfield S. Kerr, R.... Mansfield H. C. Van Voorhis,* R..Zanesville L. Danford,* R......St. Clairsville J. A. McDowell, D..... * Millersburg R. W. Tayler, R........... Lisbon Charles Dick, R............. Akron F. O. Phillips, R........... Medina T. E. Burton, R......... Cleveland OREGON. Thomas H. Tongue,* R.. Hillsboro M. A. Moody, R........ .........Dalles PENNSYLVANIA. R. J. Gamble, R (at large) Yankton TENNESSEE. Necedah Milwaukee West Bend Henry A. Cooper,* R..... WYOMING. Henry R. Gibson,* R....Knoxville TEXAS. ARIZONA. .Prescott NEW MEXICO. RECAPITULATION, G.A. Grow, R(at large)..Glenwood .Dallas Republicans.. Austin Silverites Total...... COAST DEFENSES OF UNITED STATES. At the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1898, tne number of sea coast guns mounted, ready for armament and under construction were as follows: Rana 12 in. tre. m't'rs .Guthrie 185 163 6 8 857 A large portion of this work was undertaken under appropriations made by the President from the appropriation for national defense, and was pushed forward to put the country in a state of war. Emplacements for the following guns were commenced with money provided in this manner: Thirty-one 12-inch guns; eighteen 10-inch guns; forty-one 8-inch guns and forty-six rapid fire guns. The following table gives the total number of sea coast guns and carriages of every kind and the corresponding emplacements for them: No. EmplaceType of gun or carriage. Model. provided. ments. 12-in. mortar carriages,..... 1896 227 1891 12-in. barbette carriages.... 1892 4.7-in. rapid fire, pedestal mount No. Emplace 26 3 2 26 23 4 At the close of the last fiscal year submarine 27 mines to the number of 1,500 had been planted in 3 25 different harbors, with all their cables, anchors, 70 junction boxes and the necessary operating ap35 paratus installed. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-Continued. COMMITTEES OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Committees of the Senate. Agriculture and Forestry-Proctor, Hansbrough, Warren, Gear, Bate, Roach, Clay, Money, Heit feld. Appropriations-Allison, Hale, Cullom, Quay, Perkins, Sewell, Cockrell, Gorman, Teiler, Faulkner, Pettigrew, Berry, Murphy. To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate-Jones (Nev.), Gallinger, Jones (Ark.). Census-Carter, Hale, Platt (N. Y.), Fairbanks, Turple, Pettigrew, White, Cannon, McEnery. Civil Service and Retrenchment-Pritchard, Lodge, Elkins, Wolcott, Chilton, Kenney, Harris, Sullivan. Claims-Teller, Warren, Mason, Fairbanks, Pasco, Stewart, Allen, Martin, Clay, Rawlins, McLaurin. Coast Defenses-McBride, Hawley, Proctor, Burrows, Wellington, Penrose, Mills, Smith, Butler, Turner, McLaurin. Commerce Frye, Penrose, McMillan, Elkins, Nelson, McBride, Gallinger, Vest, Jones (Nev.), White, Murphy. Berry, Pasco, Caffery, Mills. Corporations Organized in the District of Columbla-Daniel, Gorman, Aldrich, McMillan, Welling ton. District of Columbia-McMillan, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Proctor, Pritchard, Baker, Wetmore, Faulkner, Martin, Bacon, Stewart, Kenney, Gor man. Education and Labor-Kyle, Perkins, Gear, Penrose, Caffery, Mantle, Lindsay, Turley, Cannon. Engrossed Bills-Cockrell, Hoar, Baker. Enrolled Bills-Sewell, Hanna, Caffery. To Establish the University of the United States --Wellington, Frye, Nelson, Foraker, Deboe, Jones (Ark.), Turpie, Clay, Sullivan. To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service Foraker, Hoar, Gallinger, Deboe, Gray. Finance-Aldrich, Allison, Platt (Conn.), Wolcott, Burrows, Jones (Nev.), Vest, Jones (Ark.), White, Turpie, Daniel. Fisheries-Perkins, Proctor, Frye, Wilson, Mason, Mitchell, Butler, Turner, Mallory. Foreign Relations-Davis, Frye, Cullom, Lodge, Clark, Foraker, Morgan, Gray, Turpie, Daniel, Mills. Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game -Allen, Kyle, Wilson, Morgan, Teller, Roach, Till man. Immigration-Fairbanks, Lodge, Chandler, Nelson, Mason, Penrose, Rawlins, Turner, Clay, McLaurin, Sullivan. Improvement of the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries-Nelson, Gear, Baker, Deboe, Bate, McEnery, Sullivan. Indian Affairs-Pettigrew, Platt (Conn.), Shoup. Wilson, Jones (Ark.), Morgan, Stewart, Allen, Roach, Mantle. Rawlins, McLaurin. Indian Depredations-Wilson, Kyle, Shoup, McBride, Deboe, Lindsay, Faulkner, Bacon, Martin, Mantle. Interstate Commerce-Cullom, Chandler, Wolcott, Aldrich, Gear, Elkins, Gorman, Lindsay, Smith, Chilton, Tillman. Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid LandsWarren, Kyle, Thurston, White, Roach, Stewart, Harris, Heitfeld. Judiciary-Hoar, Platt (Conn.), Davis, Clark, Thurston, Spooner, Teller, Lindsay, Gray, Chilton, Bacon, Faulkner, Pettus. Library--Wetmore, Hansbrough, Cockrell. Manufactures-Mason, Wetmore, Cannon, Smith, Harris. Military Affairs-Hawley. Proctor, Shoup, Sewell, Warren, Carter, Bate, Cockrell, Mitchell, Pettus. Mines and Mining-Stewart, Wilson, Warren, Hanna, Mills. Tillman, Mantle, Heitfeld. Naval Affairs-Hale, Perkins, McMillan, Chandler, Platt (N. Y.), Hanna, Smith, Tillman, Martin, Butler. McEnery. Organization, Conduct, etc., of Executive Departments-Butler, Wilson, Wetmore, Mason, Penrose, Smith, Cockrell, Caffery, Kenney. Pacific Railroads-Gear, Davis, Frye, Foraker, Morgan, Stewart, Smith, Harris, Rawlins. Patents-Platt (Conn.), Pritchard, Wetmore, Thurston, Mills, Mallory, Turley. Pensions-Gallinger, Shoup, Hansbrough, Baker, Pritchard, Kyle, Hanna, Mitchell, Roach, Cannon, Kenney, Turner. Lindsay, Post Offices and Post Roads-Wolcott, Chandler, Carter, Gear, Mason, Penrose, Butler, Mitchell, Kenney, Clay, Money. Printing-Lodge, Hale, Gorman. Private Land Claims-Gorman, Pasco, Turpie, Turley, Hale, Platt (Conn), Baker. Privileges and Elections-Chandler, Hoar, Burrows, Pritchard, Spooner, Caffery, Allen, Pettus, Turley. Public Buildings and Grounde-Quay, Warren. Fairbanks. Wellington, Vest, Mantle, Murphy, Rawlins, Money, Turner. Public Health and National Quarantine-Vest, Jones (Nev.), McEnery, Mallory, Gallinger, Quay. Public Lands-Hansbrough, Wilson, Carter, McBride, Nelson, Pettigrew, Allen, Cannon, McEnery, Sullivan. Railroads-Clark, Elkins, Nelson, Thurston, Lodge, Hanna, Deboe, Murphy, Bacon, Pettus, Money. Relations with Canada-Spooner, Hoar, Hale, Murphy, Mitchell, Pettigrew, Tillman, Jones (Nev.), Roach. Revision of the Laws of the United States-Burrows, Pritchard, Thurston, Daniel, Mallory. . Revolutionary Claims-Gray, Bacon, Bate, De boe. Rules-Aldrich, Hoar, Spooner, Gorman, Telier, Pasco. Territories-Shoup, Sewell, Carter. Thurston, Kyle, Baker, Platt (N. Y.), Bate, White, Heitfeld, Mallory. Transportation Routes to the Seaboard-Platt (N. Y.), Aldrich, Clark, Foraker, Turpie, Allen, Turner, Pettus, Turley. Committees of the House. Accounts-Odell, Bull, Joy, Loud, Olmsted, Sprague, Bartlett, Dinsmore, Davey. Agriculture-Wadsworth, Warner, Henry (Conn.), Sauerhering, Baker (Md.), Wilber, Snover, Lori(Miss.), Clardy, Simpson, Shuford, Stokes, Lamb, mer, Tongue, Connell, White (N. C.), Williams Callahan. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic-Brewster, Ellis, Pugh, Botkin, Todd, Kitchin. Johnson (N. D.), Barrows, Van Voorhis, Osborne, Appropriations-Cannon, Bingham, Grout, NorthMoody, Pugh, Sayers, Dockery, Livingston, way, Stone, Pitney, Hemenway, Belden, Barney. McRae, Allen, Bell. Johnson (Ind.), Van Voorhis. McCleary, Fowler Banking and Currency-Walker (Mass.), Brosius, (N. J.), Spalding, Hill, Southwick, Prince, Mitchell, Capron, Cox, Newlands, Stallings, Ermentrout, Maddox. Claims-Brumm, Graff, Minor, Colson, McEwan, Yost, Pearce (Mo.), Brown, Sturtevant, Osborne, Clardy, Robb, Rixey, Carmack. Coinage, Weights and Measures-C. W. Stone, Southard, Minor, Hill, Updegraff, Yost, Lovering. Littauer, Mills, McIntire, Bland, Cooper (Tex.), Hartman, Pierce (Tenn.), Maxwell, Ridgely, Cochran (Mo.). Fergusson. District of Columbia-Babcock. Harmer. Curtis (Ia.), Shannon, Odell, Mudd, White (IL), Jenkins, Sprague, Richardson, Meyer (La.), Latimer, King, Peters, Cowherd. Education-Grow, Barrett, Clark (Ia.), Henry (Ind.), Stewart (Wis.), Booze, Southwick, Fowler (N. C.), De Armond, Ogden, Shuford, Vandiver, McDowell. Election of President, Vice-President and Representatives in Congress-Corliss, Arnold, Beach, Mitchell, Capron, Codding, Powers, S. W. Smith, Howard (Ala.), Baker (111.), Barlow, Benner (Penn.), Taylor (Ala.). Elections No. 1-Tayler (0.), Linney, Mann, Hamilton, Davenport, Lawrence, Bartlett, Fox, Settle. Elections No. 2-Royse, Clarke (N. H.), Weaver, Olmsted. Davison (Ky.), Belford, Maguire, Robinson (Ind.), Gaines. Elections No. 3-Walker (Va.), Mesick, Kirkpatrick, Crumpacker, Cochrane (N. Y.), Boutell (Ill.), Miers (Ind.), Burke, Brundidge. Expenditures in State Department-Quigg, Hitt, W. A. Smith, Packer (Penn.), Lester, Kelley, Jones (Va.). Expenditures in Treasury Department-Cousins, Wadsworth, W. A. Stone, Crumpacker, Terry. Lamb, Slayden. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-COMMITTEES OF FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-Continued. Expenditures in War Department-Grout, Rus- Intire, Tayler (0.), Jones (Va.), McCulloch, Suthsell, Brownlow, Young (Penn.), Wheeler (Ala.), Rhea (Ky.), Stark. Expenditures in Navy Department-Stewart (N. J.). Gillett (Mass.), Connolly, Bennett, Wilson, Howard (Ga.), Brenner (0.). Expenditures in Post Office Dept.-Wanger, Griffin, Graff, Sperry, Howard (Ala.), Handy, McCormick. Expenditures in Interior Dept.-Curtis (Kan.), Clarke (N. H.), Barber, Brown, Baker (Ill.), Clayton, Henry (Miss.). Expenditures in Dept. of Justice-Sulloway, Moody, Fischer. Showaiter, Catchings, Bradley. Expenditures in Dept. of Agriculture-Gilet (N. Y.). Foss, Fletcher, Evans, Strowd (N. C.), Vehslage, Brucker. Expenditures on Public Buildings-Colson, Updegraff, Knox, McDonald, Bland, Talbert, Stokes. Foreign Affairs-Hitt, Adams, Quigg, Cousins, W. A. Smith, Heatwole, Pearson, Gillet (Mass.), Henry (Ind.), Dinsmore, Newlands, Clark (Mo.), Williams (Miss.), Berry, Howard (Ga.). Immigration and Naturalization-Danford, Fowler (N. J.), Mahany, McCall, Johnson (N. D.), Robbins, Graff, Wilson, Otey, Greene. Indian Affairs-Sherman, Curtis (Kan.), Fischer, Eddy, Stewart (Wis.), Lacey, Snover, Landis, Barrows, Packer (Penn.), Pearce (Mo.), Little, Jones (Va.), Lewis (Ga.), Stephens (Tex.), Zenor, Benton, Smith (Ariz.). Interstate and Foreign Commerce-Hepburn, Fletcher, Sherman, Wanger, Joy, Corliss, Bennett, Stewart (N, J.). Barham, Hawley, Mann, McAleer, Davey, Hinrichsen, Adamson, Davis. Invalid Pensions-Ray (N. Y.), Sulloway, Kerr, Warner, Brewster, Gibson, Sturtevant, Henry (Conn.), Barber, S. W. Smith, Miers (Ind.), Botkin, Norton (0.), Castle, Driggs. er.and, Kitchin, Cranford, Callahan. Public Buildings and Grounds-Mercer, Hicks, Hilborn, Gillet (N. Y.), White (I.), Bartholdt, Burleigh, Weymouth, Howell, Dorr, Bankhead, Skinner, Little, Broussard, Brantley. Public Lands-Lacey, Ellis, Barney, Kulp, Stevens (Minn.), Shelden, Mills, Eddy, Shafroth, Kleberg, Lewis (Wash.), Campbell, De Vries, Meekison, Griffith, Smith (Ariz.). Railways and Canals-Chickering, Belknap, Mudd, Davidson (Wis.), Williams (Penn.), Shattuc, Showalter, Brown, Otey, Strait, Vincent, Taylor (Ala), De Graffenreid. Reform in Civil Service-Brosius, Tawney, Pearson, Pitney, Northway, Sprague, Alexander, Landis, Dockery, Robertson (La.), Maxwell, Barlow, Pierce (Tenn.). Revision of the Laws-Warner, Gibson, Dayton, Linney, McEwan, Otjen, Belford, Lybrand, Maddox, Lloyd, Benner (Penn.), Jones (Wash.), Henry (Texas). Rivers and Harbors-Hooker, Cooper (Wis.), Burton, Barrett, Reeves, Dovener, Bishop, Acheson, Morris, Catchings, Lester, Bankhead, McCulloch, Berry, Sparkman, Ball. Rules The Speaker, and Henderson, Dalzell, Bailey, McMillin. To Investigate Gas and Telephone Companies of District of Columbia-Grout, Pitney, Bingham, Dockery, Allen. Territories-Knox, Low, Broderick, Fletcher, Griffin, Foote, Hemenway, Mesick, McAleer, Hunter, Moon, Cranford, Henry (Texas), Smith (Ariz.), Fergusson. Ventilation and Acoustics-Heatwole, Prince, Shannon, Hamilton, Skinner, Strait, Smith (Ky.). War Claims-Mahon, Gibson, Otjen, Mesick, Overstreet, Parker (N. J.). Weaver, Davison (Ky.), Fitzgerald, Cooper (Texas), Henry (Miss.), Brad Irrigation of Arid Lands-Ellis, Howell, Hooker, Tongue, Barham, Jenkins, Landis, Shafroth, Suth-ley, Brenner (0.). erland, Osborne, Kelley. Judiciary-Henderson, Ray (N. Y.), Broderick, Levees and Improvements of Mississippi River- (Wis.), Military Affairs-Hull, Marsh, Griffin, Ketcham, Fenton, Mahany, Belknap, McDonald, Brownlow, Sulzer, Martin, Cox, Lentz, Hay, Jett, Smith (Ariz.). Militia-Marsh, Broderick, Spalding, Fenton, Miller, Burleigh, Robbins, Barrows, Kleberg, Vehelage, Fowler (N. C.), Stark, Wheeler. Mines and Mining-Grosvenor, Crump, Eddy, Ward, Connell, Williams (Penn.), Sheiden, Hartman, Tate, Gunn, Knowles, Todd, Callahan. Naval Affairs-Boutelle (Me.), Hborn, Foss, Dayton, Southard, Loudenslager, Butler, Hurley, Cummings, Meyer (La.), Tate, Bodine. Bull Hawley, Pacific Railroads-Powers, Hepburn, Arnold, Faris, Hurley, Clarke (N. H.), Shattuc, Codding, Maguire, Carmack, Fleming, Slayden, Cooney. Patente-Hicks, Sauerhering, Kerr, Mitchell, Reeves, Lovering, Davidson (Wils.), Ward, Sulzer, Clark (Mo.), Fitzpatrick, Campbell, Stephens (Texas). Pensions-Loudenslager. Colson, Howe, Strode (Neb.), Bromwell, Weymouth, Shelden, Stevens (Minn.), Stallings, Sims, De Graffenreid, Fitzpatrick, Knowles, (Neb.), Post-Office and Post-Roads.-Loud, Ketcham, Smith (I.), Gardner, Sperry, Lorimer, Bromwell, Foote, Bingham, Clark (Iowa), Strode Swanson, Ogden, Ermentrout, Moon, Love, Griggs, Fergusson. Private Land Claims-Smith (III.), Bartholdt, Bishop, Hager, W. Stone, Cochrane (N. Y.), Mc Ways and Means--Dingley, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins, Grosvenor, Russell, Dolliver. Steele, Johnson (N. D.), Evans, Tawney, Bailey, McMillin, Wheeler (Ala.), Robertson (La.), Swanson, McClellan. United States Diplomatic and Consular Service. AMBASSADORS. Country, Name and State. Great Britain Italy-Wm. F. Draper, Mass.. Russia-Vacancy Mexico-Powell Clayton, Ark.... Salary. Argentine Republic-Wm. I. Buchanan, Ia..$10,000 Austria-Hungary-Charlemagne Tower, Pa.. 12,000 Salary. $17.500 17,500 ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. Country, Name and State. Salary. 5,000 Salary, not in- .$3,000 3,000 5,000 1,500 2.000 5,000 5,000 3,000 Constantinople-Chas. M. Dickinson, N. Y... 3,000 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-DIPLOMATIC SERVICE-Continued. Country, Name and State. CONSULS-GENERAL. Cities, Name and State. Cities, Name and State. Iquique-Joseph W. Merriam, Mass........... Fees Salary. Hamburg-Hugh Pitcairn, Pa...... $2,500 Hankow-L. S. Wilcox, Ill.... 3,000 Havre-Alex. M. Thackara, Pa.... 3,500 Huddersfield, Eng.-B. F. Stone, Ohio. ...... 2,500 Kehl-Max J. Baehr, Neb... Kingston, Jam.-Louis A. Dent, D. C.......... .000 ........ 1,500 2,000 2,000 4,000 Liege-Alfred A. Winslow, Ind.. 1.:00 3,000 3,000 Guatemala-Arthur M. Beaupre, N. Y....... Liverpool-James Boyle, Ohio 5,000 2,500 2,500 1,500 2,000 Guayaquil-Perry M. DeLeon, Ga..... Mayence-Walter Schumann, N. Y. 2.500 3,000 Halifax-John G. Foster, Vt..... Milan-Wm. Jarvis, N. H... 1,500 Hong Kong-Rounsevelle Wildman, Cal.. 3,500 5,000 London-Wm. M. Osborne, Mass.. 4,000 4,000 Nassau-Thomas J. McLain, Onio..... Montevideo-Albert W. Swalm, Iowa....... 5,000 Nagasaki-Chas. B. Harris, Ind.............. 3,000 1,500 3,000 1,500 2,500 2,500 Nottingham, Eng.-. 2,500 4.000 3,000 C....... 4,000 Nukualofa-See Apia. Nuremberg-Gustave C. E. Weber, Ohio...... 3.000 2,000 5,000 Rio de Janeiro-Eugene Seeger, Ill.... Pernambuco-Benj. F. Clark, N. H..... 2,000 3,000 Reichenberg-Frank W. Mahin, Iowa.. 5,000 Rotterdam-Soren Listoe, Minn.... Para-George G. Matthews, Jr., Fla.. 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,500 2,500 2,500 2.000 2,500 2,000 CONSULS IN THE PRINCIPAL PORTS. St. John, N. B.-Ira B. Myers, Ind..... 2.000 1,500 von Hengervar, E. E. and M. P. Bolivia-Senor Luis Paz, E. E. and M. P. Costa Rica-Senor Don Joaquin Bernardo Calvo, Denmark-Mr. Constantin Brun, E. E. and M. P. Ecuador-Senor Don Luis Felipe Carbo, E. E and France-Eugene Thiebaut, Charge d'Affaires Ad Germany-Mr. Von Holleben, A. E. and P. 2,000 1.500 1,500 ........... 2,000 Ladislaus Hengelmuller UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT-DIPLOMATIC SERVICE-Continued. Guatemala-Senor Don Antonio Lazo Arriaga, E. Hayti-Mr. J. N. Leger, E. E. and M. P. Italy-Baron de Fava, A. E. and P. Netherlands-r. G. de Weckherlin, E. E. and Peru-Dr. Don Victor Eguiguren, E. E. and M. P. Russia-Comte Cassini, A. E. and P. Sweden and Norway-Mr. J. A. W. Grip, E. E. Switzerland-Mr. J. B. Pioda, E. E. and M. P. Belgium-Charles Mali, C., 329 Broadway. Colombia-Climaco Calderon, C. G., 24 State st. Dominican Republic-Alexandro Woz-y-Gil, C. G., Ecuador-Miguel Valverde, C. G., 24 State st. France-Edmond Brouwaert, C. G., 35 South Will- German Empire-August Feigel, C. G., 2 Bowling Great Britain-Percy Sanderson, C. G., 24 State Paraguay-Felix Aucaigne, 357 W. Boulevard. Salvador-(See Central America.) Flam-Isaac T. Smith, C. G., 1 E. 39th st. Sweden-See Norway. Switzerland-Jacob Bertschmann, C., 18 Exchange place. Turkey-Mundji Bey, C. Uruguay-Thomas A. Eddy, C., 30 Broad st. ANGLO-AMERICAN JOINT One of the important international events of 1898 was the appointment by Great Britain and the United States of a Joint High Commission for the purpose of adjusting all matters of difference between Canada and the United States The Commission met at Quebec and, after sessions lasting nearly two months, adjourned to convene again in Washington, in which its deliberations were concluded. The Commissioners representing the United States were Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana; Senator George Gray, of Delaware: Representative Nelson Dingley, of Maine; John A. Kasson, of Iowa, formerly Minister to Germany and Austria; John W. Foster, of the District of Columbia, formerly Secretary of State and ex-MinIster to Spain, Russia and Mexico; and T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Massachusetts, former Minister to France. Senator Gray attended but one meeting, when he resigned to act as a Peace Commissioner for the United States. He was succeeded on the Joint High Commission by Senator Chas. J. Faulk. Faulkner of W. Va. Baron Herschell, late Lord High Chancellor of England, was the special representative of the British Government, the Commissioners for Canada being Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis Davies and the Hon. John Charlton, M. P. Sir James Winter represented Newfoundland. The first session of the Joint Commission was held at Quebec, August 21. The last meeting was on October 10. The Commission reconvened at Washington, D. C., on November 10, 1898. The principal subjects submitted for the conideration of the Joint High Commission are as follows: First, the questions in respect to the fur seals in Bering Sea and the waters of the North Pacific Ocean. Second, provisions in respect to the fisherles off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and in the waters of their common frontier. Third, provisions for the delimitation and establishment of the Alaska-Canadian boundary, by legal and scientific experts, if the Commission shall so decide, or otherwise. Fourth, provisions for the transit of merchandise in transportation to or from either country, across intermediate territory of the other, HIGH COMMISSION. whether by land or water, including natural and artificial waterways and intermediate transit by sea. Fifth, provisions relating to the transit of merchandise from one country to be delivered at points in the other beyond the frontier. Sixth, the question of the alien labor laws applicable to the subjects or citizens of the United States and of Canada. Seventh, mining rights of the citizens or subjects of each country within the territory of the other. Eighth, such readjustment and concessions as may be deemed mutually advantageous of customs duties applicable in each country to the products of the soil or industry of the other. upon the basis of reciprocal equivalents. Ninth, a revision of the agreement of 1817 respecting naval vessels on the lakes Tenth, arrangements for the more complete definition and marking of any part of the frontier line, by land or water, where the same is now so insufficiently defined or marked as to be liable to dispute. Eleventh, provisions for the conveyance for trial or punishment of persons in the lawful custody of the officers of one country through the territory of the other. Twelfth, reciprocity in wrecking and salvage rights. Governor Roosevelt's Staff. Aides: From the First Brigade, First Lieut. |