Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-03


presidents exhibits clearly the condition OF
affairs in this great department. The work
accomplished during the last year has been
OF immense volume and of signal import
encc.
The general lund office is nearly abreast
of its work; tho Indian bureau is accom-
plishing the rapid disintegration of the In
dim reservations. the severance or tribal
relations and the education of the Indian
youth. The pension Office is rapidly COM
ploting the allowance of all pensions legally
possible under the laws, moving at the rate
OF ehout 80, eco a month the census bas
Icen taken and its publ tions rapidly 60
ing on; the geological sa'N'N Is Keeping up
its admirable work aud is ccunS tho teser-
vors for tue ARID lands OF tns iar West and
Southwest; tho raiload bureau is making
rcaiy for tie maturity of the debts due
from tho subsidized railroads. the Union
Pacific and others, the bureau of education,
beside having distributed the vast fund ell
lowed the agricultural colleges for white
and colored pupils in the different States Is
engaged in new plans for the accumulation
and distribution OF information useful for
the schools and their better management; |
and the patent Office having celebrates It's
centennial, Is still advancing IN the volume
and variety of its interesting and great in
vestg atoms and patents. Beside all these |
the management of the Yellowstone National !
Park, the Yosemite National Park, the |
Seuucia National Park, the Hot Springs of !
Arkansas and of the other institutions un-
dor the secretarv almost endless in number,
is reviewed with care and many valuable
suggestions made as to each.
Home -tcad Settlements.
The history is given of the opening Of the
ra,y Indian nprchaeo in Oklahoma, under
tho proclamatjon of the president on Sop
terhsr % 1891 when nearly 600. 600
srros were aiken Inv SETTLERS between noon
o,,d dork. white OTIS Indians were elevated
N cjti,epsbip hv tukinr alIotnents of 100
ocrss oo,b Ths other Indian reservations
Ma or.ro,! ara d,.crilad and a summary,
GIVEN Of these tieIj. for new colonies of our
Teor,o
- 6ver 1c GOO Indians have already become
Btixeus of the United States and about
suoV more ny taxing thelr aIlo'uie"'s Hare
tisnlNeu 'n''r 'e''re 70 oeco,ns n
,neSo nuip''9Fs sh'ul' n9 "N'eu '"e W. III
e'"ns III O@'"1|'h" VIZ NV 90 co
as,eou 10 ''Ne "''','I 'e4I'' a to'"' " ''Oi'
Ano'anS hH1H'tI'@eU u1u to,''' Vi eeios , "oo
4ulea lor se''''!'S''V u "DouV ~o,O00'000
Nuri"s inc present. u0 'iiih's't ''''0h ai0Ie'
Land Ofiice Busines-.
The number OF agricultural patents, which
includes those Tor homes leads and pre-emp-
lions, issued dUr,L.5 tne year was ia, 800,
"h'cn' a'Io"ihH 4'0 acres 10 eucn pute en-,
"ou'H h"''V0 60 "ee' oo"'0 u 49, -''i 0''
ho's
Indian Affairs.
While il is lot claimed that perfection
has vet been reached in the Indian service.
it IS mentioned that in common Judgment
of those familiar with aud interested in the
yyelfare q; the indians. this service has been
greatly improved. Tho Indian population
is reported as $50. 4S3, exclusive OF natives
of n,.a. The number OF Indian youth
enrolled and tho nyers1e attendance
In the schools has increased. The appro-
ptiations for schools nave largely increased
from year TO year and the literally of Con
gress has been pronounced during tue pres
ent administration.
Pensions
,,-s
t 80 49,. ~ 1cnn .,' ~, NeO
di.,b'. ~ ,,a+.~ans and THAR danepdapt raIo
tive', tho through lapse OF time are not
able to prove the origin OF disability in the
line Of duty as required by prior enact
mcnts There were 2a2, 52l first payments
made during the fiscal year. requiring SOS,
Boz 2I43l, being less in amount by $780, 592
than the 100, 5l4 first payments of the pre-
'0'' ''"' -Nf"''''
Eleventh Census.
Inc secretary expresses the bellet that
snd bcna.t criticism as any work of tbe
same magnitude heretofore done either at
home or abroad TIE announcement of the
population. Nov. % 1890, as 81. 622. $50
has not been changed and it il estimated
that 10 complete the work, including the
INQUIRIES authorized bv Congress after the
original APPROXIMATION was made. will re-
ouire a further upprouriation of about 81 :
600, 600.
Patent ONCE.
Tho work of the pstert office shows q
slight taIIns oi rs compared with the pre-
vlous hscm year me number OF appllca-
tons received was Ao,ulb as against AZ, ol0