| Show BY telegraph jacb N bolcs LIN nin akl t AMERICAN washington L 1 in his annual report today to day secretary schurz again calls attention to the fact that the waste and destruction of red wood and big trees of california have been and con continue elhue to be so great as to cause apprehension that in the tiie course of years these magui magni 1 fluent species may entirely disappear unless measures be betaken betoken taken for pear their h r protection and nd renews his recommendation of last year that the president be authorized to withdraw from sale or other disposition 3 of an area at least equal to a township in bi tho uio coast range in the northern and an equal area in the southern part of california uron upon which these interesting trees grow He remarks that the R bill 11 introduced in ln congress to accomplish this object has not yet been acted on and adds it seems important if any measures for the preservation of these species of trees is to be i taken at all it should be done as soon as possible I 1 therefore once more corri commend mend this subject to the attention of congress 11 the secretary also renews his last years yearns recommendation men dation for the enactment of senator edmunds bill to provide for the settlement of private land claims in the territory derived from mexico except california he says with reference to tle the kublic land commissioner a bill is now pending in congress the Import importance huce duce of the passage of this or some similar bill by congress cannot be over estimate ed existing laws for the survey and disposal of the public domain were enacted mainly while the government ment was disposing of public lands east of the missouri Bi Ri climate soil and produce of the land west of the one hundredth meridian are so entirely different from those east cast of altas it as to require legislation specially applying thereto early action upon this bill is urgently demanded by the public interests as the settlement of our western territories progress and I 1 beg the attention of Congress be invited to this important subject the main maln features of riis legislation e I 1 lation urged by Secretary Schurz fo for nor r the protection of government t imber timber and the preservation of the forests of the country are the following first that the government should be authorized to sell timber fi from the lands principally valuable for the timber growing on them that is to say not to agricultural or mineral at reasonable perhaps even at merely nominal rates to supply all domestic needs and all wants of local business enterprises as well as of commerce the latter so sd far as compatible with public interest Second secondly ls that these sales of timber be so regulated as to preserve the necessary proportion proportion of the forest on an public lands s from waste and indiscriminate crimi date destruction such a policy can in his opinion be carried out without great cost with simple machinery and in perfect justice to the wants of the country it is virtually the i policy fig pio proposed posed by the public mands jan ds commission in the report and add bill submitted to congress at the last session the tiie secretary also urges the enactment of a law prescribing severe penalties for the wilful negligence or careless s setting of fires upon the public lands and providing for the recovery of the damages sustained in his last annual report the secretary of the interior gives a review not only of the operations of the past year but of the four years of his administration ministration the larger part of hiar report is devoted to indian affairs in his 0 opening ening chapter upon this subject the 6 secretary gives klyes an explanation of the important change which has hai taken place with regard to the reservation system he says that although at first accepting as found it the reservation policy which had so long been followed by the indian office more extensive observation and study of the matter gradually convinced him this was a mistaken policy that it would be better lor or the indians and more in accordance with justice as well as a wise expediency to respect their home attachments and to leave them upon the lands they occupied provided such lands were capable of yielding them sustenance by agricultural or cr pastoral pursuits and to begin and follow up the practice of introducing intro acin among them the habits and occupy eions of civilized life on the ground they inhabited looking Ijo oking at the present conditions of things it may be said without exa exaggeration aeration ge ration tha that an the whole the rig RIN situate 1 rw pow mope more bp hopeful peu neu than ever before the desire of the indians to maintain friendly relations with their white neighbor to work for their own support to cultivate the foll to acquire ac quire permanent homes to have their children educated bated dand and to assimilate themselves to the civilization of the country is growing stronger and more general every day during the present administration the agricultural labor of the indians has been more than doubled in quantity and value figures show that the civilized tribes together cultivated last year acres of land or about li lf acres of land to each man woman and child upon the estimate that the total indian population of the country is secretary schurz expresses a firm belief that the agricultural industry of the indians would be greatly stimulated and the product much increased if assurances were given that they will be secure in the possession of their lands the secretary calls especial attention to a bill already submitted by him to congress which provides for a division of farm tracts among the indians in severalty severally on their respective reservations vat ions the issuance of patents to them individually and their investment with a fee simple title to their farms and hopes it will receive early consideration I 1 desire also to call attention once more to a bill repeatedly introduced in congress extending over the indian reservations jurisdiction of the courts of states or i territories in which such reservations are located giving the indians standing in such courts and securing to them full benefit of the laws I 1 venture to express the hope that congress may not adjourn awain again again without having taken action on these important measures so essential to the progress and security of our indian wards continuing ilis his lils account of the civilizing agencies employed by the present administration tra tion the secretary mentions next to agricultural pursuits the introduction of freighting and mechanical ch anical pursuits among the indians he says last yea years yearb experiment of employing indians as freighters with their own ponies has proved to be one of the most beneficent innovations made in indian management nearly yearly freight wagons 1 have bave been in use by indians this year with a result of saving consider considerable eble ebie money to the government compared with the amounts formerly paid for the same transportation por tation of supplies etc to the agencies besides furnishing a civilizing and welcome employment employ nent to a large number of otherwise restless indians the number of indian youths learning trades in the shops at the agencies have been increased from last autumn to this year the policy of employing indians as workmen and even as foremen and machinists at agencies has been continued and extended with great success brick making has been begun and houses for the indians are now almost exclusively built by the indians themselves tho the aptitude shown by them for mechanical work has in many cases been surprising and Is considered deserving of every possible encouragement expressions of the anxious desire on the part of indians belonging to so called wild tribes to have their children instructed in the ways of civilized life have grown on numerous and urgent that the tho theis is adequacy of the meang means placed at the disposal ot the department for this purpose have become particularly painful the desire and purpose of the department is to largely increase the present small number of industrial boarding schools for the indian youth as day schools at the agencies do not withdraw the pupils from the influences of home surroundings sufficiently sufficient to facile ate the change in their habits of daily life the report next mentions as another important civilizing agency largely introduced under the present administration the organization of a police force consisting of indian indians which has been put in ope ration at 40 agencies the force now consists of officers and privates its benefits both as a means of maintaining good order aid as a moral influence on the indian tribes among whom it has been established j as set forth as worthy of special echal note apt the h e secretary remarks that experience peri ence has strengthened his convictions vict ions which as this is his last report he now feels at great liberty to express that the management of indian affairs should con continue to be gal tal t m td ta to thip civil P pat aji kni avi authorities his arguments on this have been fully foreshadowed shadowed fore in former m er annual reports he again quotes with emphasis the conclusion of the report of the peace commission of 1878 signed by generals sherman bherman hamey terry and au agrin gurin which those distinguished 0 officers cers of the army said among other things of the same purport if we intend to have war with the indians Yndia ns the indian bureau should go to the secretary of war if we intend to have peace it should be in the civil department I 1 desire deslie to say it had not been the purpose of this department under my administration while avoiding all unnecessary outlays of money to cut down expenses merely for the purpose of making a striking exhibition of economy the history of indian affairs shows that ill lii judged parsimony has not ted led led to serious trouble and very costly complications I 1 am now convinced that generous appropriations for a ari agricultural rl implements implement si for stock and cattle to be distributed among the indians and for educational facilities made at this time tim when ewhen the temper of 0 our ur whole indian population is such as to receive such aid in the right spirit and use the advantages conferred for general and rapid advancement van cement will produce results certain I 1 lo 10 0 accelerate the solution of the greatest difficulties we have so far been contending with and will consequently aly bring about a great saving of money in the future when an indian lives in a house which he considers his own and that of his family as now thousands of families are living and many more thousands desire to live when he cultivates acres has them fenced by his own labor and enjoys the products of his agricultural work either by h his s own consumption or sale of the surplus when he owns his plow and his wagon and uses the latter with his ponies in freigh freighting ting by which he earns liberal wages when he has his cows and swine and poultry on his land the care of which he finds useful and profitable when he can send his children to school school and begins to hope they may become as civilized and prosperous as white people he will soon cease to think of leading the life of a nomad and the thought of war will no longer have any charm for him the report also enters into many interesting details concerning the present condition of individual tribes the case of the doncas receives minute attention captain beardslee of the navy received a letter from an officer of the jamestown Jame domn down re reported arted almost wrecked at sitka me rhe the writer states that no accident happened to the jamestown but it was the schooner george miller that came near being wrecked and was saved by the jamestown no lives were lost diany many inquiries have been made by families and friends of the officers and crew of the jamestown NEW york 1 A philadelphia special furnishes additional news concerning the northern pacific syndicate from the engineers estimates it is thought 40 will hight prove more than enough to complete all the lines the syndicate takes the amount in first mortgage 6 per cent bonds which are to be issued at the rate of 9 lop lom a mile As the entire line will be over 2000 miles in length it will be noticed that the whole issue will be exhausted before this limit is reached iut jut of the total issue an amount equal to bonds on the Pennsyl pennsylvania vallia varlia division which is bonded at the rate or a mile and the bonds of the missouri division which is bo bonded at half that amount will be reserved to retire those bonds at maturity the syndicate agree to take V of the issue during the comi coming ng year and this is thought to be all that can be expended with advantage the northern pacific is to build the road itself dealing with the contractors who do the work and without the interviewing of a construction compary com papy the company has now completed road enough upon which to issue the entire amount of the bonds that are to be sold during the first year work on three divisions of the line will begin simultaneously neou sly the advanced guard is now grubbing the line on the tiie ilon rion montreal division the surveyors are locating the line on the yellowstone yellows tone division of miles and work will soon begin on the cascade division on the pacific coast the expectation now is that the company will be able to complete a mile a day at least during the coming year abram S hewitt in in a letter to the editor of the mation nation defends himself against what he terms the exra judicial attack 0 judge and says he believed the morey dlorey letter genuine and hence decided to refer to it in his speech and accordingly he did so in what he then regarded and still regards as cautious language if he be formed too hasty judgment he must accept the censure due to an unintentional indiscretion the letter concludes with this statement I 1 submit my conduct to the candid judgment of your readers but not without expressing the deep regret which I 1 feel that an unlucky chance should have brought me where my opinion was asked in regard to the authenticity of a letter which so far as I 1 was concerned was a matter ot profound indifference and in regard to which I 1 never supposed any controversy could arise aris e this regret is intensified by the fact thail rather than general garfield b have ave been the victim of the forgery for lie he has notwithstanding been elected president while I 1 have had a singular experience of denunciation from the bench in a case to to which 1 I was not a party and in which I 1 had no hearing before the judge who seemed to confound the witness with the alleged criminal I 1 have therefore more reson than general garfield to hunt the rascal down and to insist that due punishment shall be meted out to those who have violated the law the plates counterfeit notes and bonds surrendered by brockway were today to day turned over to the united states district attorney of brooklyn who said brockway had made these surrenders and had been released upon the condition that he should plead guilty of two indictments against hinl him and refrain from ever agrain again counterfeit inar by iby taking this cour sethe government had come into possession of information of great value the precise nature of which however he could not at present disclose SAN sax FRANCISCO 1 A tucson dir dil dispatch patch of the recounting the fight with cattle thieves near shakespeare says the killing of one and the wounding of another is erroneous rone ous later advices advises show that the night fight was bloodless but on their return the settlers were ambushed by the thieves who killed a man named turner the others escaped kb no further particulars of the 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