Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-08

expenses, and it haa oleo been determined to pay no speed premiums ii future con ifaets he premiums eeeeaElg earned and some yet to be ,lethled Hfe features of the contracts maiie hetute This conclusion was reached
 0n March |, lSttl. thets, sVtte in eolnnis. si0n but two artu9fed vessels. the double lnffeted monitors Miahtefun6lt and Mon tefeN. Since Il9l date af vessels thetetoz lore authorized there have heen placed In their first commission three fiIateias3 and two seeondGass battlesAips, two tunarsd cruisers, one harbor defense ram. five aoaDls tllfteted monitors including tlie Maine aud Puritan, just eempleted
 Eight ne# anarHtered cruisers and two new Eunboats have also bern lommis- sl9aea He Iowa, aubthnr fattieHhiu will De completed ahout March and iii lenst Tour more Rnnb0ats will he ready fnr se1 in the early spring IL h uridffytng tn state that otlr ships aHa their outfits are believed flo be equal to the best that can he fnthitfaetured elsewhere and that such notable reductions have been made Ii lirjr cost hs to justify the statement that aniie HAiahef ol vessels ure HOW being con strncted at rates as low aa those that pre- vail in European shipyards Our nanns ihetHriHR facilities Hre at ths time ample Tor Ill p0aAible naval contingencies
 There have been authorized by congress since Mateh, lsg9 i've battleships, six light draft Rtinbohfs, ii torpedo boats and one submarine torpedo boat Contracts for the building ot all of them have been let.
 The money appropriated on account If thls department aud for its disbursement for the iisca yeur ended June a1 lggg, amounted fo more thaH Sl57 D00. .D00 or Il greater siiH thnn was appropriated for the entire maintenance 6f t6e government for the two iiacn years ended June ag, 18gI
 Public Lands.
 Our public lands originally amounting to ,546I Ibhu96 acres have been se reduced that only about 69o 09 000 nerea still fa. Inain in government control excluding Alaska 1he balance. being by faf tb3 most valuable portion, has beeh given away to settlers. tD ifsW stuteH and rail. f7ada CT said at comparatively nominal gtfIa
 agree with ths ssafetaty ttat The re nainder of oHF public lands should fp, THore carefully dealt with and their niiena toh guarded hY bettof economy and sfshtrF prudence.
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 The universal postal unfou, which now embraces all of tbs civilized world nd whose delegates @til represent 91 8gg 4gg people, Wiil hold its Gfth congress lH tlta city Of Washington ii May 1s9f
 The United States may be sttd to la ys taken tbe initiative whleh lead to the first meeting of this congress in Berue. iH 1874 Previous congresses have met in Herne, Lisbon and Vienna and tlleir respective countries in which they assembled haya Wade genereas provision for bhelf Heeem- mediation and for the rereption and enter tainment of fhe delegates earnestly hops fat such aB appropriation wlli be made for the = peHses necessary attendant ag9n tiae coming meeting
 Our Indians.
 The total Indian population Of the United States k I77sEf5, according t0 f csnsus made iH irst3. exclusive 0f thoss within the stafs of New York and tbtyse comprising the fi8e civilized t1bes Of thfs number there are approximately ss 0g9 children 9f school age. During ths year z.i i.s9s gf these WETe enrolled in schools 1 he pro- gFess which has attended feeenb efforts t9 extend Indian school facilities. 8Hd tho anticipation 0f e8iitIH8ed liberal appfes priagIoHs fg that end. cannot faiI to afford lhe utmost satisfaction to those wh0 bez Ile1e that education q iHdiaH children is < prime fHetgr IH ftIe accomplishment Gf fadtau civilization
 It may be said iu general terms that iH every particular tBa improvement 9f the Indians under government eH8s las BesH most marked and eHeaafaeIHg
 The condition 5f AIIaFz aH99Hz lHe lIHe ei9ilized triBeas DHo 9cenpY large ffaets 0f iaad .n tAe Indian Territory and 9hs haze governments 9t tne3r OWL bas assuued aaieA aa aspect aA se render .k aimess laalsz peusaBie that there should be an entire change in tEe relations gf ebese IadiaBs 18 the general government Ihis seems tD t5e necessary iH fHFAheHaHee eR khelf 9wa if4= teFests as veil a5 for t1e protection 0f n1H= lHasaH residents 4H their territory 4 esm rfl4ss.oa organized aEld empowered under s1saFfa3 fsskeHf laws ls Hg# negotiating N5fh Iaoss Indians for tt1s fsI3n4 a8sfsfHeHE q sBelf courts ard fhs aiFI5I1s gf f5eaf e9Ha Ta9H #af5aB ifl HeFe~a4tF and aff a#aHR fu the set alemeEif of the troublesome QfGesf59H e51 frl Fti membership
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