The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-23
FROM BERING SEA.
Arrival of the Albatross With
the Commissioners.
TIMBER swINDLERs ARRESTED.
4 Taeoma Woman Charged with Bunko-
ing . Farmer-Fatai Accident
Near Victoria.

TACOMA, Aug. % - rspecisl.l - The
Aibatross arrived here about 4 O'Clock this
afternoon and members OF the Bering sea
commission appointed by President
Harrison, came ashore at once The
gentlemen are DR.. T. c. Mendenhall.
superintendent Of the coast glodetic
survey, and G. Hart Merriam,
chief of the biological survey.
They were appointed By President Harri-
son in accordance with the provisions Of
an agreement with England that the two
nations should have the privilege of send
ing suitable representations TO remain on
the ground pending permanent treaty.
Further than this the instructions are
not made public. The AIbatross
left San Francisco on July is. with the
commissioners, who have spent most of
the time on st. Paul island with the Brit
fish commissioners. They also visited ST.
George island.
The Aibatross arrived in Aiasks July .,
and found there the revenue cutters Rush
and Corwin and the cruiser AIk1, with
marines, and the British ships Pheasant,
Nymph, Transport and Danube were also
there. The Thetis and Alert ar
rived that evening. On the morning
of the 9th the Albatross started for Sc.
George island, where there is seal rock
cry, which they visited. The same fore
noon they left the island, being joined
there by J. Stanley Brown, special treas
ury agent (who will be remembered
as having married daughter
of the late President Garfield about year
ago). Captain Lavender, also an agent of
the treasury department, joined them
here. The latter is in charge of the isl and.
They arrived at ST. Paul the same day,
July q.
The commissioners took up quarters on
the island. The Danube, containing the
British commission, which consisted Of
Sir George Baden Powell and DR.. George
M. Dawson, arrived on the 18th but the
remained on board the yes
sci. They, however, spent their time study
ing the rookeries. On the 3lst the British
commissioners and DIR. Merriam went TO
the island of st. George, returning the
same day. On August / both commits
sioners went around St. Paul island for an
of this great Northwestern
rookery. On the 5th the British commits
sioners left. On the 9th Agent Brown was
landed at st. Georges island. On the 18th.
the Aibatross touched at Volcano island,
and on the same evening arrived at
Alaska. The cutters Rush and Cor
win arrived the same evening.
leaving on. the 18th, they arrived at De-
parture bay on the Dist and at Port
Townsend and Tacoma on the ed. This
record is from notes by Lieutenant Hol-
comb, OF the Albatross, and is nearly ey-
erything that could be learned.
DIR. Mendenhall was seen tonight and
in conversation of some length the only
things bearing on the subject of his mis-
sion said by him were: my instructions
are private, except that part of them con-
tanned In the presidents proclamation
on the subject. l can say we had a pleas
ant time, but not in our official relations
with the British commissioners. About
that can say nothing" DIR. Mendenhall
will probably remain here several DAYS.
after which he will go to Washington City
via the Northern Pacific. DIR. Merriam will
go to San Francisco tomorrow, having
work there which was receiving his atten-
ton at the time of his appointment on
this mission. Regarding the English
commissioners DR.. Mendenhall would
state nothing except that they were still
alive and would probably come to Tacoma
before long. In October the commits
sioners will meet at Washington CITY.
after which, 1t is presumed, they will make
their reports to their respective govern
ments.
VICTORIA Aug. 22.-The sealing schooner
w. 2. Sayward returned from Bering sea
this morning with 800 skins taken in the
sea. She succeeded in lodging the gun
boat patrol and would have secured 1900
skins had the Indian hunters not got
frightened and asked to be taken home.