Show THE BERING SEA commission THOUGH the news newspaper have very little to say of late about the bering sea aea business yet the question has not been dropped from afi the 4 1 list of vital issues on the contrary it is now in its most moet important stage so far as the relations of the two nations are concern fd ed all the details for holding the arbitration commission commis aion are completed on the part of the united states our commissioners are justice harlan of the supreme covo cou and senator morgan of alabama associated with these gentlemen as counsel are E J phelps of V amont mont J C carter of new york A abw judge blodgett of the united states district court of northern III illinois note the latter appointment was made a few days ago and completes the list on the side aide of the united states he will resign hi bi 4 3 place immediately and repair to washington where the work will be taken up at once the arbitration treaty provides that each country be allowed yo arbitrators and that three neutral powers appoint one e eich eh the three countries agreed to are italy france and sweden the meeting place for or the entire commis slon siou will be paris but it will take some time before it meets the commissioners ners on both sides as well as the neutral ones are supposed to enter on a special stu ly y of the situation awes tain all the law and the particulars from their respective standpoints and then meet in a body and discuss the tb question judge blodgett is p pa the least leas t known nationally of buRil hit batore on we american side but inthe e region of the lakes and mississippi valley his name is 13 nearly as familar as an that of president karrison harrison he is a native of massachusetts and seventy two years of age his family settled in illinois as early as 1830 he la is a graduate of amherst he commenced life as a school teacher then took up land surveying and finally adopted law jaw as aa a being admitted to the illinois bar in 1845 we have not observed whether the commissioners ou the english side bide have been appointed lt it to is stated however that an englishman english man and a canadian will he be selected as aa arbitm arb itra tors tora |