Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-08


SECRETARY NOBLE.
! I1o Reports ON tho Work OF the interior.
Observation-Disclosures of the Land or
fice-The Indians, Pensions, Etc.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-The annual report Of
Secretary Noble to the president covers in de.
| tail the dofngs of his department. The work
accomplished during the present administra
ton is shown to greatly exceed that OF any like
preceding period in the history Of the depart
ment
In the general land Office on June 80 1895
| there were pending 1888 final entries and the
accumulation steadily increasing These have
| all been disposed of. During the present ad.
ministration 398, 1913 agricultural patents have
| been issued against 1874 in the preceding
four years, representing an excess in acreage Of
| 81, $50 $40 acres.
The policy OF making forest reserves In the
western states and territories has been greatly
advanced during the last year. Six such re-
serves have been created by presidential proc.
lamation, making an area OF 3,253,26O acres
This policy will be further carried into effect
and Will be most benefcent and far reaching in
| it's results.
The pubic parks in the United States under
control of the interior department. are the
Yellowstone national park, the Yosemite ma
| tional park, the SeQuola national park u. s.
Grant national park and the Hot Springs res.
ervation in Arkansas. These parks, excepting
the latter, are under guard of special details
from the army and are well protected and rap
idly gaining in natural beauty and attractive
ness
Educational work among the Indians has
cod md INN, NH,n1s ., &
cheney. There has been an increase OF over Is
per cent In attendance OF children in the
schools the total for 1902 being 1898 scholars
New Indian reservation boarding schools have
been established and more are in progress
which it is anticipated will be opened soon.
Under the policy of Indian allotments nego.
tiations with fourteen tribes resulted in the
opening up for public settlement Of nearly &C.
OO0, 600 acres OF land. Other negotiations which
are pending, will, when ratified add 10 OOo,Oo
acres more. Allotments Of lands in severalty
to The Indians have been made in very large
numbers, and $500 to whom patents have been
issued have, by operation OF law become citi-
zens OF the United States
very important agreement was negotiated
in December 1891, by the Cherokee commits
sion, whereby the Cherokee nation cedes its
rights to tract OF country known as the Cher.
okee outlet for the sum of IS 597, 1856 The rat.
lhcatlon Of this agreement By congress
will open to settlement about 6000,0l0 acres of
land which is very fertile and valuable tor agri-
cultural purposes.
The sale of liquor to Indians In the Indian
territory has been source of considerable de-
moralization and trouble among the Indians,
and the officials have been zealously engaged
in the suppression Of this traffic.
The taking OF the census in 1890 was recog-
nized at the beginning as most important and
difficult task, but it has been accomplished
The census publications. Senator Noble says,
have been received with favorable Endorsement
throughout the civilized nations, and the work
stands an acknowledged success and great sci
entitic achievement mass of statistics is
now in process of completion, and much of it is
now in the hands of the printer. With the ex-
ception OF 9 small amount OF work on vital
statistics and population and the statistics of
manufactures and agriculture all the regular
work OF the eleventh census is about completed.
The farm mortgages report will be completed
In about twelve months.
There has been no marked change in the bust
ness methods OF the patent Office The num-
Der of applications for patents during the year
was 1870, the total number awaiting action
July l, 1892, 9,447. The number OF patents
granted was 3,G26, the total receipts were ST.
268,724 and the expenditures Sl,114134. The
amount In the treasury to the credit OF the
patent office is now 81. 102, AL.
Secretary Noble embodies in his report tho
statements made in that OF Pension Commits.
sioner Raum which has heretofore been pub
lished. All of the commissioners recommen-
datiOns are cOncurred in.
The bureau of railroads has been employed in
seeking conclusions as to the best treatment
the government should give to the debt of sub.
sidiZed railroads, now approaching maturity.
Full reports have been submitted TO congress
as to the guarantees OF stocks or bonds and
payment Of Indebtedness of the various roads,
The suggestion made in the commissioners
report look to an extension Of the debt and an
| increase of security. The report OF the govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific railway
shows that they coincide with the railroad com.
mission in recommending an extension rather
than foreclosure.
The population of Arizona has considerably
increased and the class of immigration is more
desirable. The total debt OF the territory is
IS, 80, 725 81. floating debt has been success
fully funded at per cent under authority of
the act of congress of July, 1892. Agricultural
products have increased about 10 per cent The
gold product for the year was So 900, 600; silver
", 0OO, 900; copper, S4,50o,O0o Wool-growing is
one OF the foremost enterprises, and the prod
uct reaches as high as 500. 600 pounds season.
The governor of Utah expresses his belief IN
the good faith and honesty Of the purpose OF
Mormon leaders and people in their abandon
ment OF polygamy and their obedience to the
laws Of congress on this subject. The popula.
ton Of Oklahoma is shown to be 1853, 100, not in.
GLIDING the Indians, who still maintain
their tribal relations. Eighty-hve per cent
Of the population are whites, and only about 5
per cent foreign born 1t is thought that q con-
servative estimate OF the value Of the property,
real and personal in Cheyenne and Arapahoe
counties is $40, 010, OO0 excluding these counties
the assessors returns show valuation of sll,-
485 1862
Alaska is virtually without an organized gov.
eminent. 1t is difficult TO punish perpetrators
OF outrages and smugglers that fntest the
coast and debauch the natives. The sec
rotary recommends an appropriation for
steam police vessel to run along the
coast and among the islands 10 which
many fugittves escape Only q nucleus OF
military organization exists, consisting of one
company, and the congressional appropriation
for Alaska is now being withheld SO that even
the operations of this small body OF militia
are restricted. Additional commissioners and
deputy marshals are earnestly requested,
and represented to be necessary in order TO fur
nish court facilities TO the territory. The cod
and salmon fisheries OF Alaska constitute
great enterprise, employing vast capital and
large number OF men and svessels. Addi-
tional mail and transportation tacili-
ties have been secured during the last
three years which have done some
thing to ameliorate the hard conditions of life
in that generally dreary country The secre-
tary presents a bill framed to give Alaska a
better government and is earnest in his recon-
mendation that the condition OF the territory
receive the attention Of congress.
The international complications arising from
the killing of the seals in the ocean and Behring
sea have greatly embarrassed the lessees of the
sea islands In 1890 no less than So 900 seals were
taken in the open sea, and more than that
number in 1891; during the last season
only 1850 seals were killed on the islands, and
the diminished number upon the rookeres
show a terrible waste of seal life by the de-
structiye methods employed in pelagic sealing.
Regarding the Nicaraguan canal the secre-
tary expresses the opinion that this enterprise
is bf tho utmost Importance to the welfare OF
our country in either peace or war and should
have most favorable recognition by congress.
FOUR LIVES LOST AT A FORD.
Nicholson, His Wife and Two Children
Drowned While Trying to Reach Land.