Show AMERICAN SHIPPING commissioner of CC navigation bureau serves report thereon washington oct IS 16 complete returns return received by commissioner chamberlain of 0 the navigation bureau of the th treasury department allow that ill till documented american Amerl cani merchant shipping on june 30 1898 1998 com coin prisca 11 bessels of 0 gross tons tong compared with 11 ves vessels Is of tons on the like date dat in so 1837 1897 the decrease of 0 tons li more it P parent than real as aa torn tong of oc this amount IS 13 due to dropping fractions of 0 to loti naBO lei in the ftc courtia ta a ami n I 1 tons tona were sold bold to the navy a tonj n d war departments to carry troops supplies P and provisions anil and have merely merely Q hanged employers tho the total steam connare amounts to vesela ot of 2371 tons compared w ith vessels of fit 2 tons tor for the th previous louo year the tha vessel told cold to un the were all steam vess elv so BO the truo true increase la Is greater than the th figures indicate vessels havo hav decreased from tons tor for 1991 to tons for or 1898 1998 documented canal boats and barges amount to 64 tong compared with WM tons ton f or the tho the increase is chiefly in barges bar gres wa which deh ore are ding dine ball vessels especially in the he coal trade the effect ot of the tha war in 1 in the salo of 0 eighty four kersels of tons to foreign foreigners erg compared with sal of 0 tons tona the previous year the balsa were chiefly chic fly due to high premiums on american vessels and cargoes demanded by insurance com during the belef period w atle mines and torpedoes were being placed in our the effect of the war Is iff also in the by nato a jtb of 0 congress Con areas of 0 tons of foreign vessels to american istar cheny for tra report port purposes pur posea during durin the preceding years only tons were so admitted tr A A A GOOD diplomats army officials and boar nal lats enjoyed their trip 7 wot west washington oct IR 18 shortly atter after 4 this afternoon the special train bearing the members of 0 the diplomatic corps army and washington new newspaper I 1 met men tho sho have baa 0 been tho the guests bursts ot of the baltimore ohio and northa estern rali railroads roads and the omaha exposition tor for a wk aided at the baltimore ohio station the run from south chicago to ton was waa made in tho the notable time of tanty ona olla hours and eight minutes on t toe train menoa nearly a score of illa th members ern of the diplomatic corpo corpa gen cen A W 7 creely gen humphrey and araj of tho the army and a number of the tha well known washington correspondents maj birj gen mil left the party at omaha going to st paul to 0 ate the apt wing of 0 tile the Pil lazor the reception committe 0 of the tha chi case cage peace jubilee pressed upon the party parly an earnest invitation tt t remain in chicago during thia the jubilee ju bilge but reluctantly luct antly it had to bo be Aera of the pirty party speak in nat flat trl ji onni ot of their and on th tho trip the train n aich was furnished by the northwestern railroad ant tho the YV agner palace car company com panr aas ia i one ot of ills iho fint ever run out ot of Washing tem and thi tha officials ot of the baltimore ohio and the northwestern vied with e cach so h other in admirable service to alce the mn managers agers of tho the omaha e exposition x PC atlon lt left binic undone either during the time of oc actual travel or during the period spent at tho the fair to afford the party 2 a delightful experience COMMITTEE first ronnal formal meeting to bo areld in toiny bolay washington oct 18 10 it la a expected that the lh first formal meeting of 0 the industrial committee con ot of the nine men appointed by the president and members of 0 tho the house of 0 ile representative pro tentative senta tir tive and the senate designated by the bodies will be held to tomorrow morroA it so Is likely that thal the meeting will b bo be halil III in the committee room of 0 si natt r kyle ot of south dakota thun thin tar far only a s few ow in members embers of ohp th committee ex ar lit in the city but others art are expected to arrive tonight and tomorrow it Is not doomed probable that the wilt will do more tit lit okli time than effect on an org atil aaion abany member of 0 ill the committee a atre re engoe cair in political and the th indica fleas P pre ilip re the committee will not take up Us its work before the convening of cotie Coti viem i citizens ot of olympia Olyn pla have valuable present ilela up in briaco price Ta coroa corns wash 1 aih oct IG somewhere some B hero here nebout tile the sin san francisco custori house houie ile lleo a bar which A aich was waa sent from rem manila to 11 11 li alstrom ot of tacoma Ta conia to be delly ored to tho the people tt tf olympia oli empl the crew ot of tho the captured the emblem and aid decided to present it to the th city for or bilitch T ach it WAS named thomas of 0 tacoma VR as with the lie he sent it to america by bilmes cullick gt a passenger aBenger pa on tho the city of sydney the slut F ru custom cuu ins 3 seized tilt the emblem and so ao cording to advises advices iclal here are ara about to send it to me mar island mil met a is can responding the tb crew of the th flaIl lp and tho the bi 7 ran it out but for somer easom hao h ns neg d to auty th uia city pt p of its alt I 1 34 pi al A J sa H Q a |