The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Assessed Valuation OF the Pacific
Coast States and Utah.

Coast States and Utah.
A special from Washington SAYS it is
believed that Ex-Governor Cheney will
be Secretary Proctor's successor in the
Cabinet.
Information has been received that
Charles w. Flint of New York has been
appointed Consul-General of Chill by
President Balmaceda.
The Department Of State has been of
ficially notified that the city of Trieste,
Austria, has ceased to be free port and
is now on the same footing with regard
to customs duties as the other ports of
the Austria Hungary Empire.
The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
cided that Song Chong Hop and Hop
Lee, the two Chinese boys, IL and Is
years of age, who allege they were born
in Texas and subsequently visited Can
ton, China, are not debarred from re-
turning to the United States if they pro-
duce satisfactory evidence that they
were born in this country.
Assistant Secretary Craunse has issued
a circular to customs officers as follows
In all cases of seizure of spirituous
liquors made on account of violations of
customs laws in States wherein local
laws forbid the public sale of spirituous
liquors Collectors will hereafter hold the
articles seized and report each case to
this department for such action as will
not contravene local statutes"
Secretary Noble has sent the following
telegram to Governor Steele of Okla
homa in reply to a dispatch inquiring as
to the time and conditions for opening
to settlement the Indian lands in Okla
homa Territory: "There is no dav set
for opening the Indian lands. The Pres
ident has not been consulted, and he will
have to determine. / have requested
sufficient force to protect Indian lands
until opened. am sure the people will
understand that they cannot go upon
these lands until all conditions with the
Indians are complied with and the proc
lamation issued. The law-abiding citi-
zens will be protected so far as my au-
thority goes, and those disobeying the
law and committing trespasses shall gain
nothing thereby, but rather incur loss.
Please keep me advised"
The census bureau has issued bulle-
/ tin on the assessed valuation of the real
and personal property of the several
\ States and Territories. The bulletin
\ shows that the assessed value of all prop
erty has increased in the last decade
81 ,344 ,597 ,26l Illinois shows an appar
ent decrease of $50, 200, 900, because the
State Board of Equalization declares the
assessed value to be at 90 per cent, anC
in 1890 only rs per cent. of the true
value. Among the States showing in
crease are the following California
$486, ,524 ,000 Idaho, $40, ,l40, 900; Mon
tana, $87, 1873, 900; Nevada, $4,628, 600
Utah, $40, 1888 ,000 Washington, 800,
985, 900; Oregon, $113, 1904, 900. The as
sessed valuation per capita, exclusive o
Oklahoma, in 1890 was $3,S76.20, an in
crease of about $50 over 1880.
William HI. Williams, who went tt
Seal Island three months ago as a spe
cial agent of the government, has jus
returned to Washington. He said tina
despite the presence of nearly dozel
American and English men-ofwar il
and around Behring Sea illicit sealing
was being carried on extensively. Pre-
vailing fogs in the sea made it easy TO
fast sailing schooners to elude pursuit
and Williams is of the opinion that tn
illegal catch for the present season viii
number 10000 seals. OF the $500 skim
allowed privilege holders this year $50
caught by natives for food have alread,
passed into the hands of the North Amer
lean Commercial Company. This leave
, only l 200 seals to be captured between
now and May l of next year; and, a
that number will not supply the Aleut
on the Islands of st. Paul and St. Georg
with food, the Commercial Company vii
have to keep the natives from starving
Williams is of the opinion that a coupl
Of years protection to seals is necessar
in order to keep them from being exter
minated.