Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-06
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/ of about f2c90 tons trial displacement,
| carrying the heaviest armor and most
! powerful ordnance for vessels Ok their
| class, and to have the highest practicable
speed and great radius of action Esti-
mated cost, exclusive of armor and arma-
ment, 100000 each.
| 3.-Three sheathed and coppered protect
| ed cruisers of about 6.c99 tons trial dis
placement: to have the highest practicable
speed and great radius of action, and to
| carry the most powerful ordnance suit
] able for vessels of their class Estimated
| cost, exclusive of armor and armament,
81 10, Oo0O each.
| 4.-Six sheathed and coppered cruisers
| of about 2,J0 tons trial displacement to
| have the highest speed compatible with
good cruising qualities. great radius of ac
I ton, ard to carry the nlUst powerful ord
nance suited to vessels of their class. Es-
| timated cost exclusive of armament,
$I141, $50 each.
! l join with the Secretary of the Navy
| in recommending that the grades of
Admiral and Vice Admiral be temporarily
revived, to be filed ~ officers who have
specially distinguished themselves in the
war with Spain.
| l earnestly urge upon Congress the i'm
| portance of early legislation providing
! for the taking of tte twelfth census. This
is necessary in view of the large amount
of work which must be performed in the
preparation of the schedules preparatory
| to the enumeration of the population.
There were on
THE PENSION ROLLS
on June So 1888, s9G, IA names, an increase
of nearly 1S,.Cc9 over the number on the
rolls on the same day of the preceding
year. The amount appropriated by the
act of December %, 1876 for the payment
/ of pensions for the fiscal year of 1898 was
! S140000.Ooo Eight million seventy thou
! sand eight hundred and seyentytwo dol
lars and forty-stx cents was apr 1pr' a ed
| by the act of March 81, 1898. to cover de-
! ficiencies in army pensions, and repay
ments in the sum of s12 go %, making a
total Of s143 eS2, S32 70 available for the
payment of pensions during the fiscal
year. 1855 The amount discussed from
| that sum was 81 A ca SO 50, leaving a bal
ance of So, Isl ore 90 unexpended on the
$0th of June. 1898, which was covered
into the treasury There were $50 names
added to the rolls during the year ty spe-
cial acts passed at the second session of
6
of c, ass pensioners by congressional enact
ments since 1861.
The total receipts Of the patent office
! during the nast year were $1.253 9iS a.
The expenditures were 81, 0s1 633 70, leaving
| a surplus of SIP 314 65.
The public lands disposed of by the
| government during the year reached
S.452 1862 acres, an increase of GA 7sa &c
acres over the previous year. The total
receipts from public lands during the
fiscal year amounted to s2,z77, 935 IS, an In
crease of s,9H csc so over the preceding
year. The 1ands embraced in the eleven
forest resarvatiors which were suspended
by the act of June a. 1897 again remains
subject to the operations of the proclaim
alton of February y. 1897. creating them.
which added an estimated amount Of
| IL, %. $50 acres to the area embraced in
! the reserves previously created. In addi-
| ton thereto two new reserves wero ere
ated during the year-the Pine Noun
tain and Zaca Lake reserve in California
embracing 1874 594 acres and the Prescott
| reserve, in Arizona. embracing TO-, go
acres: while the Pecos river reserve, in
New Mexico. has been changed and en-
larged to include 10 0 o additional acres
At the close of the year thirty forest
reservati tons, not including those of the
Afognac forest, and the fish culture re-
serve in Alaska. had been created by
executive proclamations under section "a
of the act of March 9. 1891. embracing an
estimated area of 4o71o,i4 acres.
The Department of the Interior has in
augurated a forest system. made possible
| by the act of July, 1858 for a graded
| force of officers in control of the re-
serves. This system has only been in
! full operation since August but good
results have already been secured In many
sections. The reports received indicate
| that the system of patrol has not only
! prevented destructive fires from gaining
| Roadway, but has diminished the number
of fires.
| THD INDIANS AND TERRITORIES.
| The special attention of the Congress
| is called to that part of the report of the
| Secretary of the Interior in relation TO the
| five civilized tribes. 1t is noteworthy
| that the general condition of the Indians
| shows marked progress But one out
break or a serious character occurred
during the year. and that among the
| Chippewa Indians OF Minnesota, which
happily has been suppressed.
| While it has not been practicable to
enforce all the provisions of the act Of
June d 1898 For the protection OF the
! people Of tire Indian Territory. and for
! other purposes. 1t is having saiutatory
effect upon the nations composing the
(, five tribes. The Dawes commission re-
| ports that the most gratifying results and
| greater advance toward the attainment Of
the objects OF the government have been
| secured In the past than in any previous
year I cannot too strongly emphasize
the commentator of the Commissioner
and of the Secretary of the Interior for
the necessity Of providing for the educa-
ton of the soeeo white children resident
| in the Indian Territory.
The Department OF Agriculture has been
active in the past year. Explorers have
been sent to many of the countries of the
eastern and western hemispheres for
seeds and plants that may be useful 10
the United States. and with the further
view OF opening the markets for our sur
plus producuts- The forestry division Of
the department is giving special attention
| to the treeiess regions OF our country, and
| is introducing species specially adapted
| to semi-arsd regions Forest nra which