The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-12-07

| field, Guns ana their appurtenances should
| be provided and kept on hand for both these
/ purposes. We have not tcday single gun
that could be put upon the ships Paris or New
York of the International navigation COM
pauy or any other ship of eur reserved navy
| The manufacturer of guns at the Washington
navy yards is proceeding satisfactorily, aHd
none of our new ships will be required TO wait
for their guns or ordnance equipments. An
important order has been issued by the secre-
tary Of the navy, co-ordinating the duties OF
the several bureaus concerned in the con-
structiOn Of ships This order It is believed
will secure to a greater extent than has here
tofore been possible the harmonious action Of
! these several bureaus and make the sttair-
ment OF the best results more certain. During
the past fiscal year there has been an unusual
and pressing demand in many quarters OF the
world for vessels to guard American
interests. In January last during the Brazil
ian insurrection large fleet was concentra-
ted in the harbor of the Rio dc Janeiro. The
vigorous action of Rear Admiral Benham in
protecting the personal and commercial rights
OF our citizens during the disturbed conditions
afforded results which will, it is believed, have
far reaching and wholesome influence when
ever in like circumstances it may become nee
essary for our naval commanders to interfere
in behalf of our people in foreign ports
The war now in progress between China and
Japan has rdndered it necessary or expedient
to dispatch eight vessels to those waters.
The report of the secretary of the interior
exhibits the situation of the numerous and in
tereSting branches of the public service con-
nected with his department. l commend this
report and the valuable recommendations of
the secretary to the careful attention of the
congress.
The public land disposed Of during the year
amounted to 10,401 COST acres including 26.
S76.05 of Indian lands. 1t is estimated that the
public domain still remaining amounts to
little moro than 100000 600 acres including,
however, about 360,000O00 acres in Alaska as
well as military reservations and railroad and
other selections of land as yet unadjudicated.
The total cash receipts from the sale of lands
amounted to S2,674,2S3.93, including $9l .93l .03
received from Indian lands. Tbirty-fve thou
sand patents we're issued for agricultural lands
and thirty-Onc hundred patents were issued TO
Indians on aliotmentS of their holdings in
severalty. The land not allotted being inalen-
able by the Indians for period of twenty-five
years after patent.
There were certified and patented on account
OF railroad and wagon grants during the year
1865, ,556.45 acres of land and at the close Of the
year twenty-nine acres are embraced in the
lists of selections made by railroad men and
wagon road companies and awaited settlement.
The selections Of swamp lands, and that taken
as indemnity therefrom since the passage of
the act providing for the same in 1919, amount
to or nearly or quite eighty million acres, of
which fifty-eight million have been patented
to states. About 138,CO) acres were patented
during the last year. Nearly $4,000 acres OF
school and education grants were approved
during the year, and at its close 1850 363.si
acres remained unadjusted.
1t appears that the appropriation for the cur
rent year on account of special service for the
protection of the public lands and the timber
thereon. is much less than those for previous
years and inadequate for an efficient perform
ance of the work. A larger sum of money than
has been appropriated during o number OF
years past on this account has been returned to
the government as q result of the labors of
those employed in the particular service men
toned, and hope it will not be crippled by an
insufficient appropriation. fully endorse the
recommendation of the secretary that adequate
protection be provided for our forest reserves
and that comprehenseYe forestry system be
inaugurated.
At the close of the last fiscal year on the
30th day of June 1894 there were gG9 544 persons
on our pension rolls, being a net increase of
1882 over the number reported at the end OF
the previous year.
These pensions may be classified as follows:
Soldiers and sailors, survivors of all wars
753 9T8; widows and relatives of deceased SOL
diers. 215, 1872; army nurses in the war of the
rebellion Ala. OF these pensioners 32,O39 are
surviving soldiers of Indian and other wars
prior to the late civil war and the widows or
relative of such soldiers. The remainder. num-
bering 935, sos are receiving pensions on account
of the war of the bebeliOn and of these 469, $40
are on the rolls under the authority of the act
Of June %, 1890 sometimes called the depen-
dent pension law.
The total amount expended for pensions dur
ing the year was S139 sol ,46l, leaving an unex-
pended balance from the sum appropriated of
SIS. .205, ,712.
The amount necessary to meet pension ex-
penditures for the year ending June 30, 1896, is
estimated at S140009 .U00.
The commissioner of pensions Is Of the opn-
ion that the year 1895, being the thirtieth after
the close of the war OF the rebellion, must ac-
cording to all sensible human calculation see
the highest limit of the pension roll and that
after that year it must begin to decline.
The claims pending in the bureau have de-
creased moro than so COO during the year A
large proportion Of the new claims filed are for
increase Of pension by those now on the rolls.
The number OF certificates issued was ,213
The names dropped from the rolls for all
causes during the year numbered 3795f.
Among our pensioners are nine widows and
three daughters of the revolution and forty
five survivors Of the war OF 1872.
The bare-faced and extensive pension frauds
expo Sed under the direction Of the courageous
and generous veteran soldier now at the head
of the bureau leave no room for the claim that
no purgation of our pension rolls was needed or
that continued vigilance and prompt action are
not necessary to the same, and the accusation
that effort 10 detect pension frauds IS evil
dence Of funfriendEness towards our worthy vet
erans and denial Of their claims to the gener-
esIty of the government, suggests an unfortu-
nate indifference to thc commission Of any Of
fence watch las for its motive the issuing OF a
pension and indica ion of q willingness to be
blind to the exlst1n-P OF mean and treacberous
crimes which play upon demagoic fears and
make port of the patriotic impulse Of a CRATE
full people. The completion Of the eleventh
census is nuW in charge OF the commissioner 5f
labor. Tne total disbursements on account OF
the work for the fiscal year ending June 30th
1894 amounted 80 So G7G51, a. the close of tn
year the number persons employed in the cen
sus Office was 671 at present there ara about
400 The whole number Of volumes necessary
to comprehend the 1Ith census will be twenty
five and they will contain 22250 printed pages. !
The assurance is confidently made that before
the close Of The Ire en- lCn ar year tn
material still incomplete will be practically in
hand and the census can certainly be closed by
the 4th Of Mar. b, 1895 After that the revision |
and proof reading necessary to bring out the |
volumes viii still be required
The text OF the census volumes has been linn |
tied as far as possible 10 the analysis of ithe |
statistics presented. This method which is in |
accordance with law has caused more or less
friction and in some instances individual disap-
pointment for when the commissioner of labor
took charge OF the work he found much matter |
on hand which according TO this rule he was
compelled 70 discard.
The tariff act passed at the last session Of
congress needs important amendments il IL is |
to be executed effectively and with certainty |
In addition TO such necessary amendments as
viii rot change rates Of duty am still very |
decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron on
tie free list.
SO far as the sugar schedule is concerned. 1 |
would be glad. under existing aggravations, to |
see every particle of diferential duty in favor |
Of refining sugar stricken out OF our tariff law. |
II with all the favor now accorded the sugar
refining interests in tariff laws it still Ian