Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-11-13
FREIGHT DELIVERY.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Decides a Shipping Question.
The ICE.BOUND WHALING FLEET.
Anti-smuggiing Agents-Tho fraudulent
Crock warrants-Exports During Octo-
ber-Chincse Immigration-Indisn
Agencies to 30 Inspected.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE indica-
tions are that the interstate commerce
commission will issue an order In COM
pliance with the petition of the
American Warehousemen's association
against the railroads of this country,
requiring the railroad companies TO
publish on their tariff sheets and
otherwise n uniform time for complet.
ing the delivery of freight of all
classes. The opinion Is expressed that
this will be found TO be permissible
under sections two, three and six OF
the interstate commerce net, and also
under the decisions OF the supreme
court. 1t Is believed that the order
will be satisfactory to both the ware.
housemen and the railroad managers.
The order will be intended to meet the
complaint of the warehouse owners
that the practice, which has grown up
among the railroads, of giving free
storage to shippers in order to get
business amounts to q discrimination
in favor Of the shippers, who, by the
extent Of their business, IRE able TO
force the concession from the roads.
THE lCE-BoUND WHALING FLEET.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Secretary
Long and Capt. Shoemaker had an
other conference with the president
yesterday concerning the ice-bound
whaling fleet in Behring sea. Further
information from San Francisco had
been received which made it inexpedi-
ent to send the whaling ship Thrasher
to the rescue, and II has now been de-
termined to send the Bear. Revenue
marine officers have reported that the
Thrasher is not as serviceable rs de-
sired, and besides would cost $500 a
day, and might be gone 200 days or
more, mourning an expense which the
department would not be willing to
assume The Bear will be immediate
ly provisioned and sent to the nearest
point that can be reached and the pro-
visions will be transported over the
Ice by reindeer or dogs, Us seems most
feasible.
ANTI-sMuGGLING AGENTS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. disappearing
Special Agent Chance has submitted
his annual report to Secretary Gage.
The salaries and expenses of special
agents during the year amounted to
s92, 567 and undervaluations and erro-
neous classitications were discovered
amounting to sI24,a3G. ''In the pre-
venting of smuggling" the report
says, ''some valuable work has been
accomplished on the Canadian and
Mexican frontiers, where the SNUG
Cling Of horses, cattle, drugs, furs and
clothing has long prevailed. The serv.
ice apprehends that the powe rful COM
binations for the smuggling Of wool,
which were in existence prior to 1890,
will be renewed, and that increased
vigilance will be required"
THE FRAUDULENT CREEK WARRANTS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE secre-
tary of the interior for some days has
been giving careful attention to the
fraudulent Creek Indian warrants. He
has been convinced by his investiga-
tion that the best thing to do in the
matter is to suspend entirely payment
OF the s3S3,0OO appropriated and refer
the matter back to congress for fur
ther instructions. This action will
have the effect OF suspending payment
of the outstanding good warrants as
we'll US those that are fraudulent. The
secretary believes the outcome will
also call the attention of congress in q
marked way TO the defects in the pres
emit governmental system of the Indian
territory.
EXPORTS DURING OCTOBER.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE monthly
statement shows exports for October
last to have been as follows: Bread
stuffs, s2d, 1856, 994; increase as compared
with October, 1895, 50, a9a, Ol2. Cotton,
$50, 345, 1855; decrease, S5,OO6, 597. Min
eral oils, 81, 900, 22s; decrease, 81, 133. 935.
Cattle and hogs, .aG3; increase,
,s45. Provisions, siO.s51,a9 de-
crease, so53,52l. For the last ten
months the exports of these articles
exceeded those for the corresponding
period last year by s37, l29,GSl.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
NASHlN6TON, NOV. ll'-DuTluB inc
fiscal year ended June 80, 1897, $3.50
Chinese persons, other than laborers,
applied for admission to the United
States. OF this number 5,47s were adj
mitted, and 400 were refused admis-
sion. During the same period 1851
Chinese laborers departed from the
United States, and l,0S9 of this class
returned to this country by virtue of
the provision of the treaty with China
INDIAN AGENCIES TO BE INSPECTED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1i.-W. Z. Jones,
commissioner of Indian affairs, will go
to Guthrie and Investigate the condi-
ton of the Osage agency, under Lieut..
Col. s. b. Freeman, and the Kiowa and
Comanche agency, under Maj Bald
win. All kinds OF charges have been
made against Freeman during the past
two years and he has been termed the
car OF the 0sages.