The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-25
THE NEWS OF TACOMA.

nassea oeefseAsy HeAe emiSA. q - -
terror department. Appointed the eennss-
sion. and 70 hsm IL reports have bsse
nad& Jarr1ry the secretary reanceA
the eom0ts.soa 20 one nan. ruxalntng Gel
Anderson. bat = vsa, 90 wash4agson ~
Get Eezsros and the exercise Of The re~ui-
ss-s amount o. -izaSssce'- hrsaxht about
the retention q the georgia nan. and 30
las since perforMad the duties and has
s-aun ire SO per diem ard expenses mel
tsHs 20 The once 81 eomninnicner.
Chairman Andersen. OF The commssstca.
- preparing a. exhaustive report 60 the
secretary OF the inssrior In Il 10 wfIl
sacw me mount e. sands said rns suns
received fksrefoe. and other Important
facts bearing On the performances OF III
work by tho c0mmssss,a Undsr sae 40
creating II. the conamission sas given
peWer TO inquire into the ritiss ef the
lands held oy he Puyailups and 70 OBJ
Gafn sf< consent 81 the individual ln1.ans
- the sAle ~ Their Iaads at The apps as~ed
gree Cncsr shs iza The rssss Of saher-
hsnrs at sands among .hs indians were
20 BE ared BY the president. hu. the erm-
usi,sion was allowed 10 sDpiy The state
ssv bearing or the suhIsci "A feYretsnx
cut the titles - land This has been nc
easy saAk. owing 70 ne irsG1smples~ and
sgertaxy character OF the 70 :.,-sls e
uznsmise3on and reia tionship kept By ne
FuyasIupA Tha commission ltd Ia he
capacity % . court In de,efnasasn9 tislea,
ard ore of 80 rulings wac saat ~hi.s
man should not inherit land fren . Puy-
allup.
Frun ~ beginning Of III work hero
az almost the last there has been so<ne
sort Of row brewing over the commits
sion. Frequent las suits have besu en-
ecuntered and many Of the Puy Aiiups ep-
posed the commission and stsadfasily re-
fused to have anything 10 DO With 1t.
In ell the commission has secured the
consent 70 cell OF the owners Of nearly
S.o0o acres. The agency tract. one Of the
most valuable on the reservation. COM
pr.ssne about 60 acres. vas sold. the In
the reservation school and twenty acres
for . burial ground. OF this tract some
30 lots were cold at prices ranging from
80 TO an per lot.
Outside OF the agency tract there Vas
II. 100 acres Of farming iands ssss ewn-
srs 81 1000 acres. Including . great part
OF the most valuable lands on the reser-
walton. have formally consented 20 dis
poee Of tha.r hold-HEs. and so acres have
been sold The purchasers have paid one
third Of the price down IN cash and have
Eve annua. payments In which TO complete
the purchase. In the aggregate the money
rece.vsd for the lands sold VIII amount 10
$780, 0o
Superintendent r. T.. L. Nswberns Of
the Indian school, VIII receive detsrrsl
payments or the lands sold.
newtck Hall In PsrG
Al 8 o'clock this afternoon there steam
"a into the harbor the nne new British
steamship Howsck Hall. which has been
especially charters by Baifour. Guthrie
d Co. to load Washing on wheat for Eng
land This will be the first cargo Of wheat
to leave the Sound for Eng and by steam
er The Howick Hail Is Of 2.t1 tons net
register and viii carry $500 tons OF wheat
The steamer eff Shanghai November /.
and her voyage was without especial In
cldent- She was built In the ginning OF
the present year at Sunderland by j. L.
Thompson Sons and - n every way
modern weasel. This Is her MAIDEN voy-
age. The Howick Halls Dimensions are:
Length. SIS feet: breadth. ta.s feet and
depth. AS feet.
Hat Of the How.ct Uairs big cargo win
be loaded here and tie steamer wiz then
be sent to Seattle TO finish. She WIN load
a0oo tons Al Seattle
The nne British ship Drumrcck. Capt
Bailey. win be towsd 10 Seattle Thursday
20 finish her cargo OF wheat
vtPgie 0arnes' Assailant Fred.
David Patterson, who Was Arrested at
Geaktke CO6FkSn Win uc0AdCaiu8 &S-ytoAS
old v;rgic Barnes. was acquitted By .
jury tonight.
Market for WashingtOn iron Ore.
K Maisurn.. q civil and mining engineer
employed by the japanese government. 70
in the city on his way home from Europe.
where he epent three years studying the
iron and stee! industry. Mr.. Maxuni has
been chosen by the japanese government
as chief constructing engineer for the new
steel works 20 be built In South Japan Ut
q cost Of 1900 900
After his graduation az the imperial uni.
versity In Tokyo. Japan sent Mr.. Malxumi
TO Europe In order that he might gain the
knowledge OF an expert In iron and steel
manufacturing. MI. Mairumi said tonight
that the absencc OF iron ore ana the ex-
pense Of bringing Gig iron from England
operated against the successful operation
OF stee!s works In Japan Fe hoped
Washington enterprise wonid soon bring
about the development Of the iron mines
IN this state when Japan would readily
take any quantity Of iron ore and pig Iron
from Puget sound IN her steamers for
manufacture into steel rails ship plates
and countless other articles. thus doing
away with the necessity OF importing