Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-09
TO VISIT SALT LAKE.
BahFlus Sea Commissioners 10 Ar.
rive Tomorrow.
THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION
Judge King OF Tho supreme Court OF
Canada, Don NJ. Dickinson and
0hrr Noted Men.

Mr. Don M. Dickinson and tho
Behring Ssa CLAIMS commission Will
arrive in this city On tomorrow morn.
ing's X. q. w. train from the West
They will remain in this city all uav
tomorrow anu In the evening will
resume the journey eastward. The
com m ission has been in sassion AZ
Victoria, Is. o., since the latter part Of
November last, and concluded Its work
OF taking evidence last Tuesday,
A majority Oi the members decided
to come by way OF San Fran.
cisco and this city on their
way esst. An account OF their visit TO
San Francisco IL given in the Chron.
icie OF Sunday. Justice King OF tho
supreme court of Canada, the British
member OF the commission, arrived
there Saturday, accompanied by Fred,
erick Pet"rs, q. c., chief British Gun.
sci. aud +. L.. Beique, Q. o., associate
British 81 1ssI, uesiies severnl at,
tachts oi the commission. Justlc,
King X jressed himself as highly de-
lighted with all he had seen OF CAN.
iornia and San Francisco thus lar and
would not have missel the trip for any
cons deraton.
Speaking OF the work Of the commits.
sion, Judge King said that the commia.
sion had been In session continuously
since November 23rd taking testimony
on the Gains for damages arising GU,
The seizure OF sealing schooners In tho
Boring sea between 1856 and 1892.
The various claims aggregate nearly
hall u million dollars. Upon conclud.
Ing the WORK OF taking evidence, tho
,ts,n,.
M cal June / 4 b.
In the interim cue counsel for Great
Britain will prepare and submit their
printed ar2ument, AMI the counsel for
the United States will prepare
printed reply t. tnat argument. This
fprmality VIII be followed by reply
from the counsel torGfeat Brltaip, ali OF
which is to b. III mitted before June
Oh. Oral argument will then be lie.
tened % ty the commission at its ace.
sion Ia MUntIeul. After that the com.
mission will pass on the merits OF The
many claims and allow whatever
damages may be deemed just.
Justice w. L. Putnam Of the United
States circu 1 court of Maine, who
represented the Quilted States In the
commission, accompanied Justice
King and his party as Tar az Portland,
anu then proceeded east. Sir Oh arle4
HILBERT Upper OF Hnlifsx, Nova
Scotia, who represented the interests
uf the Canadian seaIers before the
commission, also proceeded directly
eaBt, going via the Canadian Pscific
He 10 a member OF the Canadian Par.
lament for Noua Scotia, nnd as that
body will meet IA Ottawa within a
few weeks. he found 1t necessary to
return eaet without losa OF time to
prepare Tor the coming session.
Ernest V. Bodweil. a prominent
lawyer Of Victoria, who Cffioiatei az
Junior Britisn counsel before the COM
mission, remaineu at Victoria after the
adjournment Of that body, but will go
70 Montreal shortly to help prepare tue
arguments for Great Britain.
The United States governments
representatives who arrived In San
Francisco Sunday are DOu M. Dick-
lhson, VINO filed sthe position
OF postmaster general during Cleve.
lAnu's first naturalization, anu who is
fliclattbg as chief United States
counsel before the commission; Robert
Lansing OF WATERFOWL, n, Y, associ.
ate United States eou nael; q. Il. War
rem, the law partner OF Don NJ. DICK.
lnsOu, who is terving rs junior United
States counsel, and Chandler p. An.
defson OF New York, secretary OF the
commissions.
With the party OF Britishers arc
three s;enOgrnphers OF the commission.
They are It. p. Owen, one of the off.
cal reporters OF the Canadian Psris.
ment at Ottawa: Cecil Clay and Reuel
Small OF Portland, Me-, stsnographers
o! the supreme court of that state.
The party has Engaged a suite OF
nine ro0ms at the Knutsiord.