Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-12-08


WASHINGTON, Doc b-The annual report Of
| Secretary Noble to tho president Ia an interest.
Ing document and covers fully and In detail the
operations Of this department Tho volume Of
work accomplished during the present admin
lstratlon Is shown TO greatly exceed that OF any
like preceding period In tho history OF tho de-
partmcnt In the general land once on June
20. Issa there were pending $50 p59 anal entries,
aud the accumulation steadily increasing These
have all been disposed Of During tho present
administration 800, % agricultural patents have
been issued, against i09 76i In the preceding
four wears, representing an excess in acreage OF
%, $50 40 acres. The policy OF making foreSt-
rics over the western states and territories has
been greatly advanced during the past year,
Reserves have been created by presidential
proclamation making an area OF $3.50, 30 acres.
This policy will be further carried into eneet
aud will bo most bonenoent and far reaching In
lts results.
The public parks In the United States under
control OF tho interior department-Yellow'
stone park, the National park, tho Sequota Ma
tional park, U, y. Grant National park and tho
Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas, except
Ing the latter, are under guard OF special de-
tails from tho army and are we'll protected and
rapidly gaining In natural beauty and attract
ivcnesA The boundary line between the states
Of North and South Dakota has been surveyed
from the eastern end Of tho line 70 the Missouri
river and tho remainder OF the line Will be com
pleted before the close OF the present surveying
season This line Ia marked on monuments OF
quartizto and will remain one Of the most con
splcuous works OF tho land ONCE.
Educational work among the Indians has
been greatly Increased and improved In ef'
ncicnoy. There has been an increase OF " por
cent In attendance OF children In the schools,
the total for 1877 being 1879 scholars New
Indian reservation boarding schools have been
established during the present administration.
and more are In progress which II II anticipate
! INUAaa Waalla AlI
dian allotments negotiations with fourteen
tribes during tho present administration have
resulted n tho opening up for public
settlement OF nearly 4,0ODOoo acres OF
land Other negotiations which arc pondirs
will, when ratified, add iO,OOOOO acres more
Aliotmenta OF land In sovoralty 10 the Indian
have been made I'm very large numbers, and
400 TO whom patents have been issued, have
by operation Of law become citizens OF tho
United States. Tho report goes into extensive
detail OF negotiations with the various Indian
, tribes and reoltes fully tho progress OF the
work under tho various Indian commission.
, | too numerous 70 mention.
| There has been no marked change In the busl
, mass methods OF tho patent once. Tho numocr
OF applications for pate ITS during tho year wn
500, the total number awaiting action July
1891, o,iH The number Of patents granted 80
, sa616. the total receipts were ti, sosIitS, M
, the expenditures d ,llAi3t23 Tho amount :
the treasury 10 tho credit OF tho patent ONCE n
now Li02, Ni00 Tho secretary states tn
| the work OF the geological survey has be t
/ carried on with great efficiency In the tol
4 graphic branch 5000 square miles have bee
!, | surveyed during the past year, Masking
, total Of 0OJ,0O square miles up 10 the presoh
a Tina
i Tho report stated that II has been determined
by triauguntlon that the summit OF Mount st
Elias has an altitude Of ~, 100 feet above tho Sea-
n | making II tho highest point on the continent
a unless certain unmeasured volcanoes Of Mexic o
a should prove 10 bo higher. This great lEnd
!, mark lies Just little TO one side OF tho boundary
:, between Alaska and British America and will
\ boar the United States nag
"A The volume OF business handled and disposed
n OF by tho pension once during the past year IL
" shown 10 have been enormous. There were on
v June %. 1872 sI6,O0s pensioners borne upon tho
rolls, being ig9 0Js more than were on the rolls
, OF the close OF tho last nsoal yoar. Among
: those arc twenty-five widows and daughters Of
"a soldiers OF tho revolution and 1875 survivors OF
~ the war OF 1919 Tho total amount expended
u for pensions during the year was sl@,OsS olA os'
~ aud II Is estimated that the appropriation for
y, 1898 OF giii $4,000 will leave deficiency There
: have been nlod up TO date OF October u, iss'.
"a 0e0gH claims under the act Of June ", isVJ ana
NJ there have been issued thus far OF the0o claims
~ t8s, 3ij certificates.
= The force OF the pension once consists Of
a. zoos persons, assigned to fifteen divisions A
!, certain number OF these divisions are under th'
~ immediate direction Of the deputy commission
a. | ers and chief Clerks Some idea OF tho nhgni
- tude OF the work can be formed from the fact
. | that during the year b,b37, 100 pieces OF mai
81 we're received md sl60lo pieces sent out. rh'
In total number Of certificates Issued during tho
- year was 81 $50, Tho total number OF pension
~ ors dropped from the rolls was so,Do M
Z, average annual value OF each pension on IN
~ roll IL ti93 Al. Under tho provisions OF tho &C
n OF June "a 1890, many claimants who were So
IN rlously disabled and living upon charity, bu
a. who could not establish service origin OF the
N disability have been enabled 70 secure mue'
- needed assistance and financial relief
!, The bureau OF railroads has been employed II
~, seeking conclusions as TO tho bost ueatmen
"a the government should give 10 the debt OF sub
~ sidzod railroads now approaching mAturi W
I, | Fun reports have been submitted 70 congress
" as 70 tho guarantees OF stocks or bonds ar'
=. | payment OF indebtedness OF the various road
y, Tho suggestions made In tho commissioner
A. | report look 10 an extension OF the debt ana q
~ | Increase Of security. history OF the rallw
~ OF tho United States and tables Of statistic
~ showing the effect Of railway construction upo
~ tho population and development was furnlshe
~. ~ the International American conference.
" Great satisfaction has been produced by u
organization by the land court and tho ohara
IA, ter Of the judges selected Alaska Is virtual
~ without an organized government II ID din
~ cult 10 punish perpetrators OF outrages, OF
~, smugglera that infest the coast and dobau,
~ tho natiyes The secretary recommends
'a appropriation for steam police vessel
~ / run along the coast and among the !
asa.
a., Only nucleus OF military organization e1is
~ consisting OF one company and the oonRrt
I'D sional appropriation for Alaska Ia now bell
a., en withheld so that even the operations of u
M small body OF militia are restricted. Ad
,,a tlonal commissioners and deputy marshals
,s earnestly requested and represented TO DO D.
~ oessary, In order 10 furnish court facilities
VI The international complications from q
-, xii ing OF the seals in tho ocean and In the b.
~ ring sea have greatly embarrassed the lesrl
sa OF the seal island In 1890 no less than D. 2
y, seals wero taken In the open SEQ, and NJ
". than that number In 1891 During the last 30
, son only 800 seals killed on tho sea-
~ andA and tho diminished number upon the REQ
~ cries shows terrible waste OF seal life b. !
Nv, ~ destructive methods employed In pelagio 81
Ia, ing o.
~, Tho report Is replete with information o.
~ the great bureaus mentioned and can be ~
- appreciated only by q careful peruaal
'pt-
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