Show BY TELEGRAPH dim yea IF lug LUM AMERICAN washington 1 L the last annual P report of gen bherman sherman is in the bands of the secretary of war the army consists of 2143 officers and 23 men the figures being almost identical with last year the subject of military education to is treated at so some bome me length and the opinion expressed that the military academy at west point and the schools at portress fortress Fort resa reba monroe and leavenworth Leven worth are among the best military schools in the world the indians indiana are regarded as subs tant ial lal ly eliminated elemina ted from the problem of the army and while immigration contributed largely to this result railroads have had a greater influence the recent completion of the last of four great transcontinental railways hus hns settled for ever the indian question the army question and many others which have hitherto troubled the country the general era I 1 regards the building ot of these the a roads ns as the most moat important of modern times and believes they account fully for the peace good order and prosperity of the fhe country the recommendation of last year Is renewed that the stron strongest goat geat points be IVI f enlarged and minor place pisces 3 abandoned soldier soldiers says bays general sherman mans must be treated as fel fei let iet at them live in comfort and they will respond to the call of duty or even death when soldiers are employed as carpenters mechanics mec hanica or laborers it is only fair that they should be paid for such labor because of the transfer of the command of general sheridan no recommendations for the future are made other than renewing such as were made in former reports The opinion is express expressed wed aed however lio ilo wever that it will be found wise to provide a common organization for all tho thlu army service and that congress should provide for the tho transfer of regiments from remote to home eta eions after periods of bervice service in this connection particular attention la Is called to the case of the tho twenty first infantry which has been on the pacific coast 14 years the general era ers hopes congress Con oon gresa will not withhold the means of transportation in this case especially now when the treasury is groaning under vi a surplus of revenue caused la in part by the conduct of the wery wary men who appeal to them for he believes the army has protected ted defended and encouraged the building of its transcontinental railroads and the settle bettle settlement ment of the great west which are the chief causes of the great prosperity which now blesses our land the secretary of the navy tavy 1 ravy has de tailed ensign johnb johnr john R bernada to proceed to corea for the tho purpose of making a report on the geological and other scientific features of that island the secretary states that he has received from the geographical society of france a very handsome gold medal intended as a testimonial ti to frederick A USA in recognition of his service bervice in the successful expedition to king williams william land in 1879 and bissu secretary folger has issued a circular which provides that when meats cured cared with imported salt are shipped chipped coastwise or inland from one district to another for exportation on entry try the application for the refunding of the duties may be made at the port of original shipment adjutant general generah drum has bub sub bitted his annual report he states that the states militia has steadily improved in discipline soldierly bearing and knowledge he recommends the retirement on full pay ot at men who have faithfully served thirty five nive years and an amendment of the statute authorizing the pres Fres president ident to drop from the army for desertion any officer absent from duty three months without leave so as to include officers on the retired list within the meaning of the law the last recommendation has bas a bearing on the nickerson case in order to reduce the number of desertions it is proposed that the term of ervice service be fixed at three years in tead stead tend office of fave five it is suggested that increased pay for re enlisting be made to depend upon immediate re enlistment in the same regiment regiments and that the man re enlisting be granted a furlough of one two or three months according accordine to the number of terms he be hab bab already served A bl bi month ly settlement of clothing accounts la Is recommended and a sta statement temen t is made in this connection that the government lost last year J in n clothing overdrawn by deser deserters tore torb the military prison at fort leavenworth la Is mentioned as aa n successful institution under excellent management and its governor is recommended for promotion with increased Inc reab pay notwithstanding prest great efforts to fill the army to the authorized strength it still lacks 2149 nen men r of the full fuli quota the commissioner of the general land office hon N 0 mcfarland mcfarlan nd in his annual report states that the disposal of public land during the year embraced berec and indian lands beres acres an increase over 1682 1882 of about acress acres and over 1881 ot of about 80 00 acres receipts from fr M all sources in connection with the diser rais raia of public land were s and from sales of indian lands total the commissioner states that he is satisfied the preemption pre emption filings are made or procured to be made to a great extent for speculative purposes he renews his recommends becom menda tion that tha the pre preemption emption law be repealed baled the report recommends the amendment of the homestead laws requiring a period of not jes jeb je as than six months after the Bett settlement lement of the claim hrs las been beeri placed on record before final proof hall be ad fitted irrespective of the alleged time of residence prior to ro the entry the COmMiEs commissioner ioner foner states that the commutation feature of the homestead law la is open to the same abuses as aa the preemption pre emption law he urges that the homestead laws be amended so as to require proof of actual residence and improvement for a period not less lebs than two years before the homestead entry may be commuted by cash payment payments the report further recommends commends te the total tatai repeal of the timber culture law on account of its inherent defects the same bame objection the commissioner finds in the operation of the tha desert land act and he finda entries have been largely made for speculative curative cula tive purposes with no anten tion of reclamation the practical operations of the law hab hag been to enable land to be purchased in large quan quantities titles thus resulting more to the encouragement of monopoly than to the encouragement of their reclamation the report also i bays saya the timber and stone land ret rot Is flagrantly violates vio inform e tion Is in my foss fobs possession evasions the com corm loner lonec bays baye thal that much althe of the most moat val vai valuable cabie cable timber land remaining in the possession of the govern ment on tha pacific coast is being taken up by home and foreign capitalists Ital itai lists lats through medium entries made by persons hired for that purpose I 1 have found it necessary to sli suspend SPell a all nil I 1 entries of this class and direct an investigation the commissioner Is of tho the opinion that the timber ianda lands should bo ba reserved by law from ordinary disposal and sold only after alter appraisement and upon settled bids he recommends that congress make some legislation in relation to private land claims annew mexico MeK meg leo ico colorado and arizona and recommend recommends a that a commission for each of thess theao territories be appoint ed ad to examine and settle these claims with proper appeal for review upon error of law the construction st of 1210 miles of land grant railroad was waa reported during the year making a total of 1449 1449 miles in iles of road reported as constructed under all grants to june 1883 the question of declaring forfeiture of these grants where the railroads have not been constructed in a prescribed time is deemed an appropriate one for legislation the com oom recommends the passage of an act making false raise and fraudulent returns of public surveys punishable by nine fine and imprisonment much progress has been made in the work of protecting public lands lauds and public timber the tha practice of fencing public lands Is condemned and the recommendation renewed that an act be passed imposing penalties for this thia of nence fenee and for preventing legal settlement and entry by force r and nd intimidation T the h a commissioner asks that his bis salary be fixed at and for a moderate increase of salaries of the principal officials and clerks in bis his department the character and responsibility of the office gettler together to with the fact that its business has increased 82 per cent bince since 1831 Eipp sipp appears eath earh to the commissioner to justify this request reduction of the public debt lur lar jaring daring october octobers decrease of debt since june 1883 39 bonds issued to pacific railroads interest payable by the united states principal outstanding interest accrued but not yet paid interest paid by tha united states in repaid by the companies hv by transportation service 17 by cash payment 5 per cent of net not earning earnings balance interest paid by the united states CHICAGO V 1 the union and northern pacific roads roada issued today to day it a joint circular to the effect that arrangements range ments will be perfected for the interchange of Pas passenger reuger traffic to and from the pacific coat at fut gar the junction of the northern pacific with the utah northern division of the union pacific general passengers agents are instructed to at once begin the sale bale of tickets by way of garrison to all points on the line of the oregon railway and navigation company including ran ban francisco and all points on the oregon california railway to Va llola junction but not to points west beyond portland portland nor east beyond junction the colorado traffic association met today to day and adjourned without transacting any business to await the action of the transcontinental association st paul 1 1 herman haupt general manager of the northern pacific railway has haa tendered hib his abi B resignation which has hns been accepted to wee take effee effect t nov it and the following circular has been issued general manager manngen a office 1 I herman haupt general manager ery erg having severed his hib connection with the northern pacific railway company the tha undersigned undersigner under signed in addition to his hig duties as aa vice president will for the present also assume those of general manager signed T F OAKES general manager haupt hanpt in n an interview with a reporter of the associated soe soc socia ted frers press this evening said bald that his hig resignation was entirely due to the policy of radical retrenchment adopted by the northern pacific which practically tied his hands and prevented the proper running of the road A meeting of stockholders had decided to cut off all possible expenses and he had receive instructions to cut down the force to actually necessary numbers the directors complained that the expenditures were too much in ex ces ees of the receipt receipts a general haupt hanpt explained this that the road was turned over to the operating department by the construction department in very incomplete condition conditions in fact as the pa parallel railei rails were laid so GO bad was the th a condition of the road that though trains could be run over it they could not be run with any degree of safety or speed the road was miserably ballasted ballested bal lasted cuts were narrow no stations nor water tanks were built no bide side tracks put in in fact nothing done to put the road in condition this thia had to be doneald done and the cost had to be met by the oper abing department supposedly out of surplus earnings witch did not I 1 exist instead of by the construction department this of course made the expenses very heavy another reason wae wab that practically all the work of the year had to be done in june july and august after august it Is difficult to get men to work on the road as the harvest fields pay so much better and after harvest har veat vedi wet weather begins and it is impossible to do any work until the ground dries in the spring gen haupt further caid eaid the policy of retrenchment was being carried to an extent that would be detrimental to tho the interest of the road the road bed would become very bad by being neglected especially considering its present condition and es to the discharge of men in the repair shops at brainerd the result will be the road will be crowded with disabled engines and dismantled freight t carfi carp which would greatly impair the efficiency of the road of course this would reduce the temporary expenses of the road to a large ex tent but instead of being a saving there would be an actual los lob a and nd next spring when the necessary repairs had to be mades made tle tiie expense would be more than heavy enough to counterbalance the saving now general haupt also stated that his office force had been cut down to a force that precluded efficient work these were the reasons in brief I 1 which actuate actuated C d hl him m in tendering bib hib resignation vice president oakes was inter viewed as to the successor to gen haupt and said there would be no successor at any rate at present indianapolis I 1 U 8 marshai marshal R 8 foster with a posse of detec deteo tives went to pike count county this state last night in pursuit of a gang of counterfeit counterfeiters ers supposed to be located in that portion of the state they succeeded in arresting nine of the gan gang g this morning at Stein ville a a benall ma I 1 village in pike county about 25 miles from evans ville after a desperate fight following are the parties captured three brothers named columbus jesse jessa and joseph Han ching chint henry grossman zinney rinder kinder westley woods phil taylor betle betie be tie tle smith ene eme and andy hart they were all brought to this city tonight to night by the marshal and his deputies during the night fight JOB joe hanch we ina was shot through the right lung iong and je jebe jese 88 se 88 Han uan chlus in the hand band and hart through the hat the gang have been operating in the southern part of this state with head headquarter headquarters quartel ra in the knobs in the vicinity of tnt new ew albany the spurious coins manufactured are halo haio dollars and dollars in silver and aj 2 and 5 gold pieces the business of manufacturing spurious coins has been conducted on a large scale ecale their operations extending into adjoining states new york L 1 steve raymond the english forger convicted of pas iti ill ing bing forged coupons of the union pam pac flo 60 railroad d has been sentenced to we life imprisonment wichita kansas I 1 nellie C bailey balley PY a young woman charged charged with the murder of clement bo th emley in the he radian i uhe the was held heid today to day by the tha U B commissioner for appearance at the next term ot at the 0 13 B circuit court at wichita she is 21 years old a handsome brunette well educated and moved in the best beat society in new york city and new jersey she met bothamley Bot hemley a rich englishman and a member of the brit irh lah association at st louis and arranged with him to go to texas and start starts a sheep ranch before they started she got a deed for his I 1 ands lands in kansas valued at and while passing through the territory en an route to texas shot bothamley Bot hemley through the head took possession of his trunk containing diamonds and jewelry worth together with his bis outfits outfit |