The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-05
VAST AMOUNT OF WORE,
Report of Secretary Noble Of the
Interior Department.
REFORM IN INDIAN SUPPLIES.
General Land Once Has Worked on Ac-
cumuiations Of Years-No Opportuni-
ties Allowed for scandal-Ths Affairs
OF the once are In Good Condition.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The annual re-
port of Secretary Noble to the President
is an interesting doeament and covers
fully and in detail tie operations OF this
great department.
The volume of ysork accomplished dur
Ing the present administration is shown
TO greatly exceed that OF any like preced-
ing period, and will, probably, also that
OF any other like period hereafter to occur
view In supported by q condensed sum.
mary preliminary to q description OF the
work OF the several department bureaus
under the direction OF the secretary for the
last fiscal year.
The general land Office has worked off
the vast accumulation of former years and
Is now on current business, greatly to the
advantage OF western settlers; the Italian
bureau
Has Made Great Progress
In elevating the various Indian tribes, In
the work of allotment Of land in severalty
to individual Indians, the consequent dis
integrstion Of their tribal relations, and
the development of schools. Great reform
has been accomplished In the purchase Of
Indian supplies. The pension Office has
disposed OF an immense volume of work
and has exceeded all former records in the
number OF final adjucations, both original
and upon appeals, executing tho beneh-
cent laws for the soldiers OF the Union.
The census Office has finished nearly all OF
its immense and highly scientific work
and what remains Is rapidly nearing com
pletion. The geological survey has pro-
gressed greatly in its Typographical sur
vey OF the states and territories; in To-
eating reservoirs for the irrigation OF the
arid lands, and in
Its other Useful Divisions.
The railroad bureau has kept constant
supervision OF the condition of the road
beds and sppurtenances and given careful
consideration to the question OF the
maturing debts of the subsidized railroads
and the future conditions which should
govern them. The patent Office has kept
up with current work and has introduced
several important reforms. The bureau of
education has greatly extended its opera
tions in Europe and our own country, and
the distribution OF the funds for agricul-
tural colleges, a difficult problem, has
been satisfactorily and efficiently hand
led.
The supervision of the several national
parks, has been exercised with great care
as to details, with much success in the
cultivation Of the fauna, fora, and fish,
HOW tueIc gIedtiy lHCTedsluB, anu pd1lIc-
ularly in the preservation OF the great
trees Of California and of other of the
natural wonders OF our continent. At
Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas, i'm
provements have been inaugurated and
are In progress whereby this resort will
become
Much More Attractive
and more worthy of our country.
All OF the eelemosynary institutions in
and around Washington City have been
managed so that no scandals or even com.
plants have arisen, and their efficiency
have been advanced. Besides all this,
when IL is remembered that six new states
have come into the Union from out the
jurisdiction OF this department, and Ok
lahoma has grown up into it from an un-
cultivated waste, the results are indeed
gratifying.
In the department proper, with the aid
of the first assistant secretary and the
assistant attorney general, the secretary
has adjudicated many hundreds OF land
contests involving great amounts in value
and most difficult questions of law; has
had to deal with the Interpretation OF In
dian treaties, and with the assistant sec
retary, the construction OF pension laws
and cases. The department also manages
directly the numerous commissions nego-
tiating with Indians for purchase of their