Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-12-05
NOBLE REPORTS.
The Secretary of the Interior on the Work
of Ills Department During the Year.

The Secretary of the Interior on the Work
of Ills Department During the Year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-The secre-
tary of the interior has submitted his
annual report to the president. In a
summary of its contents he gives this
resume:
A Summary.
The general land office Is nearly abreast Of
its work; the Indian bureau is accomplishing
the rapid disintegration OF the Indian reser-
vations, the severance OF tribal relations and
the education Of the Indian youth The pen
| sion office is rapidly completing the allow.
| ance of oil pensions legally possible under
| the laws, moving Mt the rate OF about so, 600
month"; the census has been taken and It's
| publications rapidly going on; the geological
| survey Is selecting the reservoirs for the
arid LANDS of the far west and southwest;
| tho 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
the vast fund allowed the agricultural colleges
| for white and colored pupils In
the different states. is engaged In
new plans for the accumulation and distribu
| tion Of information useful for the schools and
| their better management; and the patent
ONCE having celebrated its centennial, is still
| advancing in the volume and variety OF its In.
| vestigations and patents.
| On Homestead Settlements.
The report notes: 1.-THE years Of the present
administration have been marked to a
notable degree by the expansion OF
The history is given Of the opening
| of the new Indian purchases In Oklahoma
| der the proclamation OF September %, when
nearly 600 acres were taken by settlers
| between noon and dark; while ans Indiana
were elevated to citizenship by taking allot
rra pf a n
fact that shipment, by special train, of
cargo Of wheat from the Oklahoma lands,
first opened by proclamation on April % 1850
was received in August last at one of the
| Armour elevators in Chicago. and the popula
tion has already reached 5000.
Nnturaiixing Indians.
Over 1900 Indians have already become cit.
| liens OF the United States. and about 4.OOO
| more by taking their allotments have signifed
their desire to become citizens. To these
numbers should be added the 1919 Indians in
Oklahoma, who have taken or agreed to take
nilotments. A total of 27,6i9 Indians natural.
lied. and total of acres acquired for settlement
OF about IL 000 900 during the present admins
tratlon alone
The Indian Population.
The Indian popuati Is reported as go, 900
exclusive of natives OF Alaska. The number
of Indian youth enrolled and the
age attendance in the schools has in
creased. In 1898 the appropriation for sup
port OF Indian schools was 81, 179 916. in 1891
Sl,S42.110, and for 1892 1t is S2,29l,6jO The In
dians, as q rule, have consented so readily to
send their children to school that 1t was not
found necessary Immediately to enforce at
tendance.
The secretary refers to the relief afforded by
the act OF June ~. 1890 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 line
OF duty as required by pri enactments. 1t
is shown that first payments have great =
decreased in amounts, that the allowance OF
original pensions will soon oil be made, that
there will then be great decline in the sum
necessary to pay pensions, and the lists will
rapidly decline from death anu other
causes. There was 2,2, SCI first payments made
during the fiscal year, requiring Sss5 9, 81
being less in amount by S695 SOC than the l30,5l4
first payments Of the previous year required
The average value of first payments
| in the fiscal year of 1870 was S4S5. IL
while the average value in 1891 of first pay
ments in all claims was $3.50 81 and first pay
ments or claims under the act of June 2Z
1880 was only S7l.2S. The present issue o.
certificates Is about S0.0oo per month, and II
is thought that the pension bureau will bt
able to car fully adiudicate 35O.OU0 claims
during the present year The work at TIL,
rate will allow all lawful pension claim,
within the next thirty months, and Of course
} all first payments will then have been dis
posed Of This alone will cause Il drop of $50,
0JOOOO in the appropriation, and the lis
will thence on constantly diminish b,
natural causes. 1t is predicted that the pen
sions will when the highest point is reached no
exceed very greatly The present sum, and b.
Z subject to n great decrease Immediately after
The estimate for 1893 is sl4i, ,s56. QUO.
The Census.
, The secretary expresses the belief that tn,
| wi 10 T,ne nj n
l honest criticism as any work OF the same magni
! tude heretofore done either at home or abroad
. The announcement OF the population, Novem
Der %, 1890, as 62,622250, has not beel
. changed and upon that announcement the up
j portionment law was passed nearly two year
(, sooner that at prior census periods. 1t is est
r mated that to complete the work will require
further appropriation of about 81 100000.
Tho Patent Office.
The work Of the patent Office shows q sligh
falling of Us compared with the previous 1sca
o year. The number of applications receive
/ was 43,6!6 as against 43, $40 in 1890. A surplu
4 of receipts over expenditures amounting t
1857 29i 80 was turned into the treasury to tn
credit OF the patent fund.
Debts OF Railways.
. The secretary gives an abstract OF the carr
It ings OF the several aided railroad companies
A showing also the amounts due from them t
the government December 81, 1880 II appear
= therefrom that the total debt, principal and II
n terest to the United States of each compan
r was us follows:
f Union Pacific Observation-Disclosures. S5l 781, EOS
~ Central Pacihc.. :. ........ ...... 638o2,8l2 z
y Sioux City & Pacific .... .... =. 38-4.62l
d Central Branch Union Pncific..... 3,41i, 10 ;
Total Observation-Disclosures. sll3 35l3. 8l3
y The Territories.
~ In considering the territories the report say
l, there has been an increase of 10000 in tn
1t population OF Arizona making II about 20 0O
ia In New Mexico it is claimed there are 1853, Of
persons, and the governor appeals for a