The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-27
70 STICK FOR TWO YEARS
TANHS BIXBY'S INDIAN COMMISSION
JOB WILL HOLD GOOD
THAT LONG
YANKEES REACH FOR TRADE
shoes From America Going to Com
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hoard to
Test New Army Field
Artillery.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 26-Chairnan
Tams Bixby, Of the Five Civilized Ind
ian tribes commission is in the civ
and had conference today With Sec
rotary Hitchcock. The conference bore
on a number of matters connected with
the secretary's work in the Indian terri
tory. Mr. B3xby said today that while
complications might extend the time tha
commission was likely to finish its work
within two years. Agreem ents have
been made with all the five tribes Three
of these have been ratified by congress.
the Creek and Cherokee treaties being
still impending. These two, he said.
prondbly would he ratified at the ap-
preaching session of congress.
The enrolment of the citizens of the
Seminole nation, he said, would be COM
pleted about Jan. l. The commission will
meet at Hattiesburg, Miss, on Dee. II,
to enroll the Mississippi Choctaws. The
commission will begin appraising the
lands Of the Creek nation next week.
AMERICA CAPTURING TRADE.
Vice Consul General Hanauer at
Frankfort, Germany, writing to the state
department. calls attention to state
ment IN recent German publication re-
gard1ng the growing American trade in
the Levante. The article says:
Lately two large firms in Constantine
ople have for the first time received ex-
tensive shipments of American shoes
ms SHOWS that the persistent efforts
or the Americans to gain a footing in
the LeXante markets have achieved sue
cess Since the establishment of a direct
steamship line between the United States
and the Levante American trade with
turkey has made marked progress
european manufacturers would do well
TO Keep their eyes on the actions of the
americans in these markets.
1he markets of the east are not wait
ing Tor American goods, for they are
ALREADY occupied by English, German
and French trade, writes Charles M.
Dickinson, United States consul general
at Constantinople, to the state depart
ment, from Blnghamton, N Y The en-
tering wedge of American commerce. ne
says is not to be driven into those mar
kets without intelligent, persistent and
vigorous blows. The territory must be
exploited and built I'D by the saYna
means and methods. Those who have
enjoyed monopoly of the market are
shrewd enough to be extremely Jealous
and apprehensfve of American rivals
says Mr.. Dickinson
FIELD ARTILLERY
The ordnance bureau of the war de
partment is preparing to make A fest
next spring of the latest inventions In
Held ordnance, with the purpose of Sc
Iectlng gun which will bring the United
STATES artillery branch up to an equal
lty with the best foreign artillery
American gun manufacturers have been
notified that these trials will begin
March ~ and most of them are planning
TO nave pieces of ordnance in the compe-
tlt1on which is expected to be thrown
open to foreign inventors and gun manu-
iacturers IN order to secure the very
pest results. The date named is just be-
yond the time of twelve days allowed bv
the war department. for the completion
of working model of a piece of field
ordnance on the general lines of the
french gun which may be placed in the
competition.
ARCHITECT TAYLOR's REPORT.
The annual report ofJohn Knox Taylor
the supervising architect of the treasury
sncws that one year ago the office had
under its control 313 completed public
buildings, inclusive of marine hospitals
and quarantine stations. During the last
year eight completed buildings have been
added to the governments property.
During last year, says the report, the
competitive system authorized by the
act, approved Feb. 20, 1893, has had a
practical test in it's application to three
cases and the results have been salts
factory so far as designs and the prepa-
ration of working designs and specifica-
tions are concerned, but in the matter of
| actual construction and superintendent
Of the works so favorable a statement
cannot be made. 1t is therefore sug-
geSted with a view to improving the con-
duct OF business under the act referred
to so as to secure all the advantages
| contemplated by that legislation and cure
the practical defects before mentioned
that the department, if legally warrant
ed, should limit the services supplied by
the architect successful under the COM
petition to the furnishing of the design
the working drawings, full size details
and specifications, leaving the superin-
tendence of actual construction under
the care of the supervising architects
Office.
WELLINGTON'S POLITICS.
In making up the Republican caucus
Wellington, of Maryland, has been
omitted at his own request. He has
chosen a seat on the Republican side,
however.
ON THE AsIATIC STATION.
1t is stated at the navy department
that Admiral Frederick Rodgers, at pres
ent chief of the inspection board, is slated
for duty on the Asiatic station either as
an additional commanding officer, making
three on the station, or as a relief to
either Admiral Remey or Admiral Kempff.
according to the needs of the service
in Asiatic waters at the time.
FIREPROOFING FOR WARsHIPS.
The secretary of the navy has received
a report from a special board, appointed
to investigate the merits of fireproof
woods as a material for naval vessels,
which in substance finds that with the
|
far as they have tried In the navy, are
manently retain the freproofing They
recommend the opening of the bid for
freproo1ng to a wider extent to meet
developments in the art
BUREAU OF REPUBLICS.
The executive committee of the bureau