The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-06

gave the requisite authority and the
same general principle was applied 10
this as to other branches Of civil admin
istration under military occupation. The
details are more particularly given IN
the report OF the postmaster general, and
! while the work Is only Just begun, II Is
pleasing to be able to say that the ser
vice In the territory which has come un-
der our control is already materially Inn
proved!
fuCteaSo pElho Navy.
The following Recommendations ofthe
secretary OF the navy relative to the In
crease6 Be the navy have my earnest ap-
prevail
I-Three sea going eheathed and cop
pers6 battle ships OF abouS 1900 tons
trial displacement, carrying the heaviest
armor and most powerful ordnance for
vessels OF their class, and TO have the
highest practicable speed and great rad
iuB OF, action. Estimated COST, exclusive
OF armur and armanient 50, 500 600 each.
2-Thfee sheathtd and .Soppered ar
mored cruisers OF about 1900 tons trial
displacement, carrying the heaviest ar
NOR and most powerful ordnance for
vessels OF their class, and TO have the
highest practicable speed and great rad
Ius OF action. Estimated cost, exclusive
| OF armor and armament A,0OO,OOO each.
3-Three sheathed and cOppered pros
tectel cruisers Of about 5000 tons trial
displacement, to have the highest praeti-
and to carry the most powerful ordnance
csble speed and great radius OK action,
suitable for vessels of their class. Esti-
mated cost. exclusive OF armor and
armament s., 10000 each
six eheathed and c0ppered cruisers
OF about $500 tons trial displacement; 10
have the highest speed compatible with
good cruising qualities, great radius OF
action, and 10 carry the most powerful
| ordnance suited TO vessels OF their class.
Estimated cost. exclusive OF armament,
S1,l41,S00 each.
toin with the secretary Of the navy
IN recommending that the grades OF
admiral and vice admiral be temporar~
ily revived. TO be filled by officers who
! have specially distinguished themselves
in the war with Spain.
earnestly urge upon Congress the
Importance Of early legislation proVid-
ing for the taking Of the twelfth census.
This Is necessary in View OF the large
amount OF work which must be per-
formed IN the preparation OF the sched-
ules preparatory TO the enumeration OF
the population.
There were on the pension rolls on
June 30. 1898, s9S,7i4 names. an increase
of nearly $4,000 over the number on the
rolls on the same dnV Of the preceding
year. The amount appropriated by the
act OF December %, 1895, for the pay
Olent OF pensions for the fiscal year OF
1898 was $tf0,000000. Eight million.
seventy thousand, eight hundred and
seventy-two dollars and torty-slx cents
vas appropriated by che act of March
81. 1888, to cover deficiencies in army
| pensions, and repRyments In the sum OF
! Sl2.O2O,33, making a total OF $i4S.0S2.-
see 70 available for the payment Of pen
slons during the fiscal year, 1898. The
| amount disturbed from that sum wns
| Sill,6Sl, SIS SO, leaving balance OF So
l l3l,012 80 unexpended on the 30th Of
4 June, 1898, which was covered into the
I treasury There were $50 names added
to the rolls during the year by special
| acts passed at the second session Of the
flfty-flfth Congress, making a total OF
6,is6 pensioners by congressional, en-
actments since 1851.
The total receipts Of the patent office
during the past year were St,2Ss.9tS g.
| The expenditures were Si,OSl,6S3 ~,
| leaving q surplus OF $iI2.Sll g.
The public lands disposed OF by the
| government during the year reached
S,453, 500 % acres an increase OF sti, &c
acres over the previous gear. The total
4 receipts from public lands during the
/ fiscal year amounted to S2,271,ss5 is. an
creased OF Sl9O.0s3 80 over the preceding
year The lands embraced in the eleven
| forest reservations, which were sus-
| pended by the act OF June I. 1897. again
| remains subtect to the operations OF the
| proclamatious OF February. %. 1887, ere
\ atlnE them. which added an estimated
amount Of 1885,. $50 acres to the urea
embraced In the reserves previously
created caring the year-the Pine
Mountain aud Face Lake reserve In Cal
ifornla. embracing 1864 acres and
| the. Prescott reserve In Arizona, en-
bracinE 1920 acres: while the Pecos ri
yer reserve tn New Mexico has been
changed and enlarged to include 40, 900
additional acres.
At the close Of the year thirty fores,
reservations not including those OF the
Afoanao forest and the tish culture re-
serve IN Alaska, had been created hy
executive proclamations under section
q OF the act OF March ., 1891. embrace
Ing an estimated area OF iO,il9AH acres.
PrSVsnItnE Forest Fir.s
The department OF the interior has
inaugurated forest system. made pos
sible by the act OF July, 1895. FOR a
graded force OF officers In control OF the
reserves. This system has unlF been In
full operation sinee August but good
results have already been secured in
many sections. The reports received
Indicate that tho system Of patrol has
not only prevented destructive iires
from gaining heRdway, but has dimln-
lShed the number OF fires.
The special attention uf the Congress
Is called to that part OK the rerort "
the secretary OF the interior In relation
to the iive civilized tribes. II IL note
worthy that the general condition OF the
Indians shows marked pOgreas. But