Show Affair in Alaska WASHINGTON Jan Assistant Secretary Secre-tary Spauiding has informed the collector of customs at Sitka Alaska that the department de-partment concurs with him in the opinion that all barricades and obstructions of whatever nature in any bay inlet or estuary leading to or debouching from any fresh water stream so as to prevent salmon from ascending or entering the stream are in violation of the law The House committee on education devoted de-voted its session today to consideration of the condition of tho inhabitants at Alaska and decided to report to tho House a reso lution extending to Alaska the benefits of the act of 1S87 to establish agricultural experimental ex-perimental stations in connection with the colleges in the several states and acts sup plementary thereto passed last year to apply a portion of the proceeds of the pub lie lands to the more complete endowment and support of agricultural and mechanical colleges The effect of this action would be to place at the disposal of the interior department money to purchase reindeer with which it is proposed to stock Alaska The secretary of tho treasury has issued a series of regulations to carry into effect section 24 of the tariff act providing for the smelting and refining of imported metals in crude form in bonded warehouses ware-houses They provide generally that the smelting and refining of metals may be done in separate establishments under certain cer-tain restrictions a |