efforts will be made to alleviate the burdens of taxation

to establish industrial and commercial prosperity

while the military government already proclaimed is to be maintained and continued so long as necessity may require

the commissioners are hereby authorized to confer authoritatively with any persons resident in the islands

emphasizing upon all occasions the just and beneficent intentions of the Government of the United States

it is also my wish and expectation that the commissioners may be received in a manner due to the honored and authorized representatives of the American Republic

the commissioners will endeavor, without interference with the military authorities of the United States

the improvements placed upon this land during the life of this preemption claim and thereafter abandoned were less than $200 in value.

My objections to the bill are:First.

I transmit herewith a second report on the investigations of the agricultural capabilities of Alaska for the year 1898, in accordance with the acts of Congress making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal years…

Mr. Redstone was cited by the Land Department to show cause why his claim should not be declared at an end.

The preparation of the Bear was commenced on the 11th of November, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.