Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-12-03
NOBLE REPORTS.

NOBLE REPORTS.
Tho Secretary Of tho Interior on the Work
OF HIS Department. During the Year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. The score
larry OF the Interior has submitted his
annual report to the president In a
summary OF its contents he gives this
resumes:
A Summary.
The general land office is nearly abreast Of
ssWork; the Indian bureau is accomplishing
me rapid dtsintegration Of the Indian reser-
sa'loons, the severance of tribal relations and
Inc education Of the Indian youth. The pen.
son ONCE IL rapidly completing the allow.
ance OF all pensions legally possible under
the laws, moving Mt the rate Of about $1,000 a
month; the census has been taken and its
publications rapidly going on; the geological
survey Is selecting the reservoirs for the
ARID LANDS Of the far west and southwest:
the railroad bureau is making ready for the
maturity OF the debts due from the subsidized
railroads, the Union Pacific and others the
bureau OF education. besides having distributed
me vast fund allowed the agricultural colleges
Ior white and colored pupils in
the different states is engaged in
tlon of information useful for the schools and
tnelr better management; and the patent
ofnce having celebrated its centennial, is still
advancing IN the volume and variety Of its in
designations and patents. 80
On Homestead Settlements.
The report notes: 1.-The years OF the present
administration have been marked to o
notable degree by y the expansion of
the public domain for private settlements
OF the new Indian purchases In Oklahoma un-
DER the proclamation Of September q when
nearly 1850 600 acres were taken by settlers
between noon and dark; while ans Indians
We're elevated to citizenship by taking allot-
merits Of 1G0 acres each. 1t is q significant
TACT that a shipment by special train, Of q
| cargo Ct wheat from the Oklahoma lands.
fist opened by proclamation on April e. 1859;
was received in August last at one Of the
! Armour elevators in Chicago, and the popula.
ton has already reached $1,000.
Naturalizing Indians.
. Over 5000 Indians have already become cit
liens of ths United States and about 4OCO
more by taking their allotments have signiied
| their desire to become citizens To these
numbers should be added the 1919 Indians in
Oklahoma, who have taken or agreed to take
t'allotments. A total Of 27,el9 Indians natural
| lied and total OF acres acquired for settlement
OF about H. 600. 900 during the present admins.
tratlon alone.
Tho Indian Population. s.@s
I The Indian population is reported as $50, OOO
exclusive OF natives OF Alaska The number
of Indian youth enrolled and the aver.
age attendance in the schools has in
creased. In 1888 the appropriation for sup
| port OF Indian schools was $l,179, GIG. in 1891
81, S4s.7 and for 1892 it is sa,29l $50 The In
dams. as o rule, have consented 80 readily to
send their children to school that It was not
found necessary Immediately to enforce at
tendance.
Pensions.
| The secretary refers to the relief afforded hy
the act OF June "a. $780, to thousands Of dis
abled veterans and their dependent relatives,
who through lapse OF time are not able to
prove the origin of disability in the lire
OF duty as required by priSr enactments. 1t
! is shown that first payments have greatly
decreased in amounts, that the allowance of
original pensions will soon all be made, that
there will then be great decline in the sum
necessary to pay pensions, and the lists will
rapidly decline from death and other
causes. There was 90, 521 first payments NJ ade
during the fiscal year, requiring $685. $50, 81 3l,
being less in amount by 500 592 than the 49, 5l4
first payments Of the previous year required.
The average value of first payments
in the fiscal year Of 1890 was $557l,
while the average value in 1891 of first pay.
ments in all claims was s239. SO, and first pay.
ments Of claims under the act OF June e.
/
certificates is about 10000 per month, and it
is thought that the pension bureau will be
able to carefully adjudicate $4,000 claims
during the present year. The work at this
rate will allow all lawful pension claims
| within the next thirty months, and Of course
! all first payments will then have been dis
posed Of. This alone will cause drop OF $50.
oJo,ooo in the appropriation, and the lis,
| will thence en- constantly diminish by
natural causes. 1t is predicted that the pen
! sions will when the highest point is reached no,
exceed very greatly the present sum, and be-
subject to great decrease Immediately after
The estimate for 1898 is Sl44,e560 600.
The Census.
The secretary expresses the belief that the
eleventh census will stand as much fair and
| honest criticism as any work of the same magni
| tude heretofore done either at home or abroad
The announcement of the population, Novem
| Der g., $780,, as 62,622,25o has not beer
changed, and upon that announcement the ap
portionment law was passed nearly two years
| sooner that at prior census periods. It is esti
mated that to complete the work will require g
| further appropriation Of about 81 5000
The Patent Office.
The work OF the patent office shows slight
falling off US compared with the previous fiscal
year. The number of applications received
was 1855 as against Il, $40 in 1890. surplus
of receipts over expenditures amounting tc
| 1857 20i 50 was turned into the treasury to the
credit of the patent fund.
Debts of Railways.
| The secretary gives an abstract Of the earn
| irgs Of the several aided railroad companies
i showing also the amounts due from them tc
the government December 81, 1890 It appears
therefrom that the total debt, principal and In
terest to the United States OF each company
was as follows: eG
Union Pacific ...... $51761 ,2OS u
! Central Pacific. ................ 536S2,61 e
Sioux City & Pacific ..........,.. 3654.621 9(
| Central Branch Union Pacific. 80. 3,414l7O x
The Territories.
In considering the territories the report says
| there has been an increase Of 10000 in the
population OF Arizona, making it about 90 600
| In New Mexico it is claimed there are 153, OF
persons, and the governor appeals for ar
| enabling act to become a. state. In Utat
the population is estimated by the gov
| ernor to be 215O0O. The total assessed
value of property, real and personal In 1884, was
&l21, 146 1887, IN increase over the year before
of &1e sS7 s9S. 80. or l6. 55 per cent. The secre
government of Alaska that revision Of the
| is 10000
ALL WE'RE DROWNED.
| Loss of the Tahiti with 800 South Sea
1slanders.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S0.-The brig
Tahiti which put into this port some
weeks ago on her way from the South