Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-28
Our Interior Affairs.

SECRETARY TELLER DISCUSSES THE INDIAN QUESTION,
RAILROAD LAND GRANTS AND OTHER MATTERS.
The Secretary OF the Interior, in his annual re-
port to the President, expresses great satisfaction
that during the past year no outbreaks have oc-
CURED among the Indians and that the work of
education IS extending. He adds that the object
OF the department in educating the Indian is to
make him self-supporting, and he recommends
that the Indians educated at government expense
Should De given stock, implements OF agriculture,
etc, instead OF ratOnS The secretary further sue-
geSts that all Indians, who shall complete the reg
uiar cGnrSe at the manual labor schools be given
cltnensnlp, without their incurrtng the risk of a
forfeiture OF their interest in either tribal lands or
trlBa! fundS He also expresses the opinion that
the greatest agency for the civilization OF the u-
dian Is the manual labor school. The report states
that the government ought to see that the Indians
receive proper rate OF compensation from cattle
men occupying their reservations. and that the
secretary advises that all non-treaty appropria-
tOnS Tor the support or Indians should be placed at
the disposal OF the department TO be distributed
as the necessities and wants of the Indians de-
malid. II this were done he thinks there would be
fewer complaints about starving Indians He
opposes the payment OF cash anGultieS TO Indians
tut th.nkS Such payments Should be made In cattle
and agricultural implements, by the erection of
dweDns-houses for those wiling TO live IN them.
Tne report calls attention TO the necessity for
some legislation TO compel the railroad companies
having earned the land granted 10 them TO take
patelt therefor SO that Inc states territories In
WGicA such lands lie may have the benefits de-
rived from taxing the lands within their bOunda-
rles. The total acreage 50 patented up TO June 80
1854, was 7.296. 17l.90. The commissioner OF rail-
roads reports that the total Indebtedness OF the
several subsidized Pacific railroads TO the United
states on June 30, 1854 including principal and IN
terest, amounts TO sI2s 33, ,06lS. They credit
ed with Ss4 .SS 22210 Tor transportation services
rendered and money paid Into the Treasury. The
commissioner again invites attention to the sub
Ject OF the fundng Of the debts OF the several Pa
cifc railroads, and renews his suggestion that the
present uncertain mode OF payment be. commuted
to one OF Fixed obligations having the same Hen.
The business OF the Patent Office Is stated to be
continually Increasing, and the examining work is
SIX months In arrears. An increase OF forty in the
examining corps Is asked for the fiscal year ending
june 80, 1855, together with an increase In compen-
sation.
Secretary Teller concludes his report with words
OF commendat1oR for the civil service law In its
practical Operation
DR.. A. g. Haygood, president OF Emory college,
OXFORD, Ga, has resigned to give hts time TO the
agency of the John r. Slater Tund. Dr. Hopkins,
vice president, was elected president.
Fred Archer, the famous English jockey, has ar
rived In New York