The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

sion, whereby the Cherokee nation cedes its
rights to tract OF country known as the Cher.
okee outlet for the sum of Is 597, 7Sd The rat
fhcation of this agreement by congress
will open to settlement about 5000, 900 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 do
moralization and trouble among the Indians,
and the officials have been zealonsly engaged
tn the suppression of this traffic
The taking Of the census in 1900 was recog.
n1zed at the beginning as most important and
difficult task, but it has been accomplished.
Inc census publications. Senator Noble says,
nave been received with favorable Endorsement
throughout the civilized nations, and the work
stands an acknowledged success and great sci.
ennhc achievement. A mass of statistics Is
now in process Of completion, and much of it is
now in the hands of the printer. With the OK
ception of 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 acknowledges report will be completed
In about twelve months.
There has been no marked change In the bust.
ness methods of the patent once. The num-
Der OF applications for patents during the year
was 1915, the total number awaiting action
July l, 1892, 9,447. The number Of patents
granted was g as6, the total receipts were ST.
26s,724 and the expenditures $l,ll4lA The
amount In the treasury to the credit Of the
patent ONCE Is now "a, 1924
Secretary Noble embodies in hts 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
sld1zed 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 ISL. A 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 Tho
gold product for the year was e30OO, 600: silver,
$780, 600; copper, $4,5Oo,O0o. Wool-growing is
one OF the foremost enterprises, and the prod
uct reaches as high as 500 600 pounds a season.
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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-fve per cent
Of the population are whites, and only about 5
per cent foreign born 1t Is thought that cen
servative estimate Of the value of the property,
real and personal, in Cheyenne and Arapahoe
counties is $4,000 600; excluding these counties
the assessors returns show q valuation Of t11,-
485, 162.
Alaska is virtually without an organized gov.
eminent 1t is difficult to punish perpetrators
OF outrages and smugglers that infest tho
coast and debauch the natives The Sec
rotary recommends an appropriation for
steam police vessel to run along the
coast and among the islands to which
many fugitives escape. Only a nucleus of
military organization exists, consisting of one
company, and the congressional appropriation
Tor Alaska Is now being withheld, so that even
the operations Of this small body of militia
are restricted. Additional commissioners and
deputy marshals ore 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 .
large number OF men and vessels. Addi-
t1onal mail and transportation facili-
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 score
t2ry presents bill framed to give Alaska a
better government and is earnest in his recon-
mendation that the condition of tho territory
receive the attention Of congress-
The international complications arising from
the killing of the seals In the ocean and Behrins
sea have greatly embarrassed the lessees of the
sea islands In 1890 no less than 900 seals were
taken in the open sea, and more than that
number in 1891; during tho last season
only 800 seals were killed on the islands, and
the diminished number upon the rookeries
show a terrible waste Of seal life by tho de-
structive methods employed in pelagic sealing
Regarding the Nicaraguan canal the secrc-
tary expresses the opinion that this enterprise
Is OF the utmost importance to the welfare OF
our country in either peace or war and should
have most favorable recognition by congress.