The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-12-08

About the indians.
For q number of years past II has been
apparent that the conditions under which
the ffve civilized tribes were established In
the Indian territory under treaty provisions
with the United States. with the right OF
SELF government and the exclusion OF an
white persons from within their borders,
have undergone so complete change as
TO render the continuance OF the system
thus inaugurated practically llnposstble;
The total number of the I'VE civilized
tribes as shown by the last census. Is 10
494. and this number has not materially IN
creased. while the white PoPuiation Is Is
timated at from 100000 to 10000, which
by permission OF the Indian government
has settled IN the territory.
The present area of the Indian territory
contains % 60, 564 acres much OF which
Is very fertile land.
The United States citizens residing in the
territory, most OF whom have gone there
by Invitation or with the consent OF the
frIl,aI authorities, have made permanent
homes for themselves
Valuable residences and business houses
have been erectd in many of them. Large
business enterprises are carried on In which
/ vast sums OF money are employed, and YET
these people, who have Invested their cap
IitaI in the development of the productive
/ resources of the country, are without title
/ to the land they occupy and have no voice
whatever In the government, either or the
sbe secretary Of the Interior reports that
leading Indians have absorbed great tracts.
/ OF land to the exclusion of the common
people, and government by an Indian arts
! tocracy has been practically established, to
/ the detrfment OF the people
It has been founsF impossible for the
United States to keep ITS citizens out OF the
TERRITORY aud the executory conditions con-
| tanned in the treaties with these nations
/ have for the most part become impossible
/ for execution
/ Jaws and Chickasnws be ratified by con-
4 gress and should the other tribes fan TO
! make an agreement With the commission
1 then it VIII be necessary that some legis-
/ Iation shall be had by congress, which,
| while Just and honorable 10 the Indians.
/ shall be equitable to the white people who
have settled upon these lands by invitation
/ of the tribal nations.
/ concur with the secretary of the inte-
1 rior that there can be no cure for the evils
engendered by the perverslon of these great
4 trusts excepting by their resumption by
4 the government which created them.
Yellow Fever Scourge.
i The recent prevalence OF yellow fever
| In number OF cities and towns through
i cut the south has resulted In much dis
i turbance OF commerce and demonstrated
/ the necessity of such amendment to our
/ quarantine laws Will make the regular
i lions of the national quarantine authorl-
| ties paramount
The secretary of the treasury in the por-
| tIon of his report relating to the operation
| of the marine hospital service calls atten-
/ ton to the defects in the present quaran-
1 tine laws and recommends amendments
! thereto which will give the treasury de-
| partment the requisite authority to pre-
/ from foreign countries, and in times of
| emergency like that of the past summer
| will add to the efficiency of the sanitary
i measures for the protection of the people
! and MT the same time prevent unnecessary
restriction of commerce 1 concur In his
| recommendation.
In further effort to prevent the invasion
of the United States by yellow fever the
1 Importance of the discovery of the exact
/ cause of the disease, which up to the pres
emit time his been undetermined, is obvi-
GUS and to this end, u systematic bacter-
Illogical investigation should be made
| therefore recommend that congress author
| lie the appointment of commission by the
| president, to consist of four expert bacter-
| toIogists, to be selected from the med
| ical officers of the marine hospital service
| one to be appointed from civil life, one to
| be detailed from the medical officers of the
/ army and one from the medical officers of
the navy
Sale of Union Pacific.
The Union Pacific railway, main line. was
| sold under the decree of the United States
| court for the district of Nebraska on the
| LIST and I'd of November OF this year.
The amount due the government consist
1 ed of the principal of the subsidy bonds,
| So, 1856, 512, and the accrued interest there
/ on, $31, 211, T11.T5, making the total indebt-
1 edness $5S, AS. 223. 75. The bid ut the sale
| covered the first mortgage lien and the en-
i tire mortgage claim of the government,
| principal and interest
The sale of the subsidized portion of the
| Kansas Pacific line, upon which the gov
eminent holds second mortgage lien, has
been postponed at the instance of the gov
| eminent to Dec. 16, 1897.
| The debt of this division of the Union Pa
| cific railway to the government ON Nov. /,
| 1897, was the principal of the subsidy
/ bonds, Sc, 303, 900 land the unpaid and ac
/ crued interest thereon, $6.626 600. 33, making
| q total of $12929. 690.33.
The sale of this road was originally ad-
| vertised for Nor. 4. but for the purpose OF
securing the utmost public notice of the
l event 1t WIS postponed until Dec. 16, ana
/ second advertisements of the sale was
made.
By the decree of the court the upset price
/ on the sale of the Kansas Pacific VIII yield
| to the government the sum OF $2,OOO'oou
| over all prior liens, costs and charges.
II no other or better bid Is made this
sum Is all that the government VIII receive
on its claim of nearly $130OO,00O.
The government has no Information as to
| whether there Will be other bidders or a
better bid than the minimum amount here
| In stated.
| The question presented therefore Is
| whether the government shall, under the au-
thority given Il by the act of March 3. 1891
| purchase or redeem the road In the event
| that bid is not made by private parties
/ covering the entire government claim
/ To qualify the government to BID at the
| sales will require deposit of SgOO.OOO.
/ I believe that under the act of 1887 1t
| has the authority to do this and In absence
| of any action by congress shall direct the
| secretary of the treasury to make the nee
i essary deposit as required by the courts
decree to qualify bidder and to bid al
i the sale sum which will Mt least equal the
/ principal of the debt due the government:
| but suggest in order to remove all contro-
/ versy that an amendment of the law be
/ Immediately passed explicitly giving such
| powers and appropriating in general terms
| whatever sum is sufficient therefor.
Possible Ownership.
In so important II matter as the govern
ment becoming the possible owner of rail