The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-23
Report of Secretary Cox,
The New Indian Policy.
The Pacific Railroads.
Inside Life at Paris.
The Red Republican Riots.
Credulity Of the People.
Etc.s ETC.. Etc. Etc. Etc.
The Pacific Railroads
Inside Life at Paris.
The Red Republican Riots.
Credulity Of the People.
Etc.s Etc., Etc. Etc.s Etc.
REPORT OF SECRETARY cox.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The report of the Hon.
81, gives clear statement OF the various classes OF
Mexican grants now giving the Land ONCE so much
The Patent ONCE is represented to be in an ex-
cellent condition The Secretary says:-
81 take pleasure in bearing testimony to the ZEAL
fidelity, aud marked ability with which the Commas
sOner has discharged his arduous duties. The
Office is now in excellent working order. The Ex-
amning Corps, with very few exceptions, is
posed Of men whose qualifications have been tested
by severe competitive examinations, and who have
shown peculiar fitness for the work on which they
are engaged. The standard for clerical appoint
ments has been raised and the efficiency OF the
among the examining clerks they are filled by the
arpointment OF such applicants as upon thorough eX-
animation give satisfactory evidence OF their ability
to perform The labor of second assistant examiners
"That SYSTEM naugurated with my sanction, has
had beneficial influence upon the personnel of the
office. spirit OF emulation has been ipcited and
the occupants OF inferior places are encouraged In
matey enable them to fill with credit and efficiency
the highest positions. 1t has also induced sense
of security to the tenure OF their appointments
and festered feeling that ability and faithful
service will be promptly recognized and justly re-
ON the subject OF Indian affairs the Secretary
: During the past year the department has habltu-
ally pursued that policy which was begun by your
direction The results have proven most .conclu-
cumstances of IAore than ordinary irritation
apeace1ul policy appeals with great power even to
MISSION OF citizens, who have been cooperating
with the Indian agencies, have been very valuable
the purchase Of Indian goods a work requiring
more than month OF their time in the early SUM-
sent at the payment Of money to the civil
lized nations in the Indian Territory, and aided
settlement OF the Usage difficulty. They attended
the conferences in this city with the Sioux, and
In Wyoming and Dakota. Their work Of Inspection
has been extended to Oregon and Washington Ter
rltory. They have shrunk from no self-sacriace,
toll, or danger, in endeavoring to make the policy
you have adopted towards the Indians an entire sue
advice is cheerfully acknowledged by the Depart
ment and Indian Bureau, and has inspired a just
confidence 10 the honesty OF ther me
The Friends to whom agencies in, Northern and Ger
a and
their benehcent work with success
reasonably expected. Since the passage of the act
of Congress making it impracticabe to continue
military officers in charge OF Indian agencies, under
your directions the field has been subdivided, and
various missionary associations of the country have
been invited to occupy the same relations to them
as those which the Friends have to agencies under
their control. The objections which would natu-
rally arise to the corporation OF the religious bodies
in governmental work have been obviated so far as
possible by inviting the assistance of all missionary
associations VIII ch have taken part in the WORK OF
nation or sect has thus been avoided, ami labOrs
already performed are utilized to greater extent
than would otherwise be possible.
Whenever mission school has been established,
It has been understood that you would appoint an
agent in sympathy with the mission, that its in
nuence for &, cd might be increased by the whole
force OF Government patronage. III the Indians are
to be improved in condition., policy must be
essentially changed so that provision for wants OF
the manned and aged shall be Treated merely as
children In the ways OF civilization shan be con-
trolling and permanent feature OF the BysteIa On
this point viii add that the Commissioned of Edu-
cation is earnestly endeayoring to procure such n-
formation with regard to the proper and successful
modes Of Indian Government as may enable his
W
Indian ONCE. The estimated expenses OF the
Indian service for the coming fiscal year including
appropriations which may he necessary to meet the
interest on nOn-paying stocks held in trust, viii be
s5OIO,OOo against an appropriation OF S. 100 040 fol-
The preliminary report OF the census Is now print
ing, and will appear during the earlier part OF the
confined to general Statistics exhibiting the pOpu
laton by aggregates and by classes Of each count!
over 1900 COUNTIES will appear. The table OF smal
civil subdivisions embraces over 10000 items. Tn,
volumes containing agricultural, manufacturing
social, and miscellaneous statistics Will be ready b
April The organization OF the Bureau has afJrde'
tive examination those Who desired clerical emu
plOymenU were sent before commission, and re
quired to answeFin writing series OF written ques
tions, and were Credited accordingly Tae clerica
force employed has been as large as possible, in tn
belief that the statistics furnished by the census Wi
lose much OF their value unless they presente
TO the country at as early a day as possible.
The subscriptions to the STOCK OF the Union Pacih
Railroad Company amounts TO s33, 753 900 Of whic
$33, 800 has been paid The Total receipts OF I'll
fOhu year euulllg 3d. l5O, were U.s., ,443
7i0's1; expenses, $40 5T34 AS; net earnings 1904
1913. The entire cost OF the road at that date
sl0s 130 the amount OF Indebtedness OF the com
paHy, $764s0, ,69S'0, of which SCI, ,236,512 10
United States bonds copy OF the consolidation
articles of the Central Pacific Railroad has bee
filed in this department Stock TO the amount o
s4S 400 100 has been subscribed and SiS 740 paid
The receipts from the transportation OF passenger
and freight for the year euding June 80, 1870, wer
s6,e70,172; expenses, S3,5i22i2; net earning,
$2,527 960 The Indebtedness Of this company amount
TO S670I9 $780, Of which $2T SOL 900 was 70 the Unite
States.
The stock subscription OF the Central Branch Q
the Union Pacific Rail way is $1,000 900, OF whc
f990,600 has been paid. The expenses on accOuL
OF road and fixtures have been So, T2S 700. Stock
the Kansas Pacific Railway to the amount
s. 500 has been subscribed and paid in Til
Indebtedness Of the company is SIS 462 $780, OF whic
So B03 600 was to the United States. The cost OF t
construction OF 1888 miles OF main line is estimated
s25,OOO000. The initial point OF the Pacific Raroa
is near Springfield, Mo. Fifty miles are now con
pleted, at cost Of 81, 760, $40. The company hs
Issued boDds secured by mortgage its lan(
to the amount OF s3,O00.0O0. The amount
stock OF the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad alread
subscribed is 81 0000 OF which ST. 900 has bee
paid. The cost OF the road is S. ga 432; Indebte
ness 1904 S2O. At the close OF the last fiscal yea
the amount OF subscription stock OF southern Pact
Railroad 81 500, 900, actually paid in $780, 600
has contracted for the purchase OF the San Francis
and San Jose Railroad for the sum OF $4,000