Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
WOULD RETIRE CLERKS
SAYS PROVISION SHOULD BE
MADE FOR AGED EMPLOYEES.
Reviews Condition of the Bureaus I'm
der His Charge-Favors Transfer
of Control Of Local Institutions.

attention in an emphatic manner to the
growing incapacty OF members of the
| clerical force under his direction He savs
some provision should be made to retire
from duty under suitable conditions those
| aged employees who are no longer able 70
perform the duties assigned to them. This
! subject the Secretary considers of such
| great Importance that he leads his report
| with It, This subject is Immediately fol-
| lowed by discussion of the land service.
| He says:
| The Land Service.
| Since my last annual report the land
| service has been the scene of unusual ac-
| 'iVHy. Inc prosecution of the ring of con-
| spira tors on the Pacific coast has been Wig
orously pushed, number have been con-
| victed and many more indicted and appre-
hended and brought before the courts for
| trial
| Other Investigations of alleged violations
! of the public land laws in that section and
eiseWhere are being rapidly and energet-
| ically prosecuted, several old and persistent
| Offenders have been indicted and their trials
| Will occur in the near future. Other cases
Will soon be in shape for presentation to
| the federal grand Juries having jurisdic-
| ton OF the offenses alleged and 1t is be-
lieved that the offenders will be speedily
| brought to Justice
There were disposed of during the fiscal
sOoi cioSu uIlc o. 1910, pubic lands aK
| gregating 17,056,622 q acres classified as
| follows: Cash sales, 1,646, 651 81; miscel-
| laneous entries, embracing homestead land
warrants, scrip locations, state selections
swamp lands, railroad and wagon road Sc
| lectfons, Indian allotments, etc. 10 332 424 Oh
acres, and Indian lands, 7754669 acres,
| showing an increase of $50, 30 acres as
| compared with the aggregate disposals for
the preceding fiscal year"
| The Indian service, according to the Sec
| rotary, has progressed in a favorable and
| encouraging manner.
The Pension Bureau.
| The report of the commissioner Of pat
| sions shows that during the fiscal year
| ended the total number of pensioners on
| the roll was 1,046,627, and the number re-
| naming on the roll at the end of the year
was 99S,441, a net gain of $3.50 over the
previous year
The amount expended during the year for
| salaries and other expenses of the pen
sion bureau. and the cost of disbursements
lees OF examining surgeons, etc, was So
| I'll 1925 81, making the total cost of main
tenance of system 1854, 694.15.
Issue of Patents.
The report of the commissioner of pat
| ents on the business of the patent office for
the fiscal year shows that there were re-
| ceived during that year 1923 applications
| Tor letters patent, TAO applications for de-
/ LA aspirations Tor reissues SAG
caveats, 1.29S applicants for trade marks,
| l,2a6 applications for labels, and 44S appli-
| cations for prints. There were 30 266 pat
| ents granted. including reissues and de-
signs, and 1,426 trade marks 1,02s labels
and $40 prints were registered. The num-
| Der OF patents that expired was Is, 56T The
number o fallowed applications which We're
| by operation of law. forfeited for nonpay-
| ment of the final fee, was 5l54
The total receipts Of the office were ST.
| 49, 1884. Al, the total expenditures were 81
| 472, 1871, and the surplus of receipts over
expenditures being the amount turned into
| the treasury, was 1854, S6693.
/ The plan for the work of the geological
| survey during the year provided for contin-
! uing the well-established work of the sur
| vey In geology. topography, photography,
| forestry, chemistry and physics. the col
| lection of the statistics of mining and min
| eral resources, and the investigation of the
| mineral resources of Alaska.
Public Education.
The report of the commissioner of edu-
cation shows that the number of pupils
enrolled in the common schools was 1926
| OBS, the same being 2001 per cent Of the
| entire population. The average daily at
| tendance for 1904 was II ,3iS, 256 the same
| being CSC per cent of the total number en-
| rolled This is the largest average attend
| ance in proportion to the number enrolled
ever reported in the United States. The
| average monthly wages of teachers was
| s50.e8 for males and S41.54 for females
| The annual report of the board of visitors
| shows that there were remaining In the
| Government Hospital for the Insane June
| 80 1901, 2.492 patients; during the year
| there were admitted 667 patients of whom
| 241 were from the army. navy and ma
! rine hopsital service, and 426 were from
| civil life. The total number of patients
| under treatment during the year was z 15o.
| Of this number 372 were discharged and 236
| died during the year, leaving the number
| IN the hospital at the close OF the year
| a ms n coho
| fed as follows: Recovered 2O4; improved
| 49, unimproved, 81; not insane, 4.
Institutions of Local Interest.
The recommendation heretofore made
that the charitable and reformatorv insti
| buttons of the District, supported wholly or
| in part by government approximations he
| transferred to the Secretary of the Interior
| or the authority and responsibility of the
secretary OF the Interior, be transferred to
| the board OF charities, Is renewed except
| as TO the Washington Hospital for Found
| qngs. In the act approved March 8, 1905
| che board of charities is authorized to enter
INTO contract with the proper officers of
| the Washington Hospital for Foundlings
| Tor the care of children in that institution
| The number of patients treated in the
Freedmen's Hospital during the year was
| 3,219, of which number g. 1O5 were admitted
| including 1877 born in the hospital One
| hundred and fourteen were remaining in
| the hospital June 30. 1904. During the
year oOo6 were discharged, leaving 1853 in
| the hospital July /, 1905.
| The report of the president, Rev. John
| Gordon. d. D.. of Howard University
| shows that the number of students In at
| tendance during the year aggregated ,126,
and We're from thirty-eght states and ter
! ritories, from Porto Rico and from the fol-
lowing foreign countries: Africa, Barba-
| dos, British West Indies, British Guiana
Cuba, Demerara. England, Jamaica, LII
| IBERIA, Macedonia, Natal South Africa ST.
| KITS, British West Indies, Bermuda. Brit
ish West Indies; Trinidad, British West
/ Indies; British Columbia, ST. Martin, Dan
| ish West Indies. OF these, ia graduated
| from the several departments.
| The report of DIR. e. NJ. Gallaudet, presi-
dent Of the Columbia Institution for the.
/ Deaf and Dumb, shows that the pupils re-
| naming in the institution July l. 1904, num-
| bered ia; admitted during the year, 45;
since admitted, 43; total, 202. Under in
struction since July l, 1904, 112 males and
1 30 females. OF these, 129 have been In the
! college, representing IS states the Dis
| trict of Columbia, Canada and Ireland. and
| 20 In the primary department. During the
| fiscal year 80 students and pupils We're dis
charged from the institution by graduation
| and otherwise. General good health has
prevailed among the students and pupils
during the year.
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