The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-01
il may b come an act be ore the adjournment
OF the Fifty-fi:sf congress.
Patent Once.

OF the Fiffy.fi:st congress.
Patent Once.
The report OF the patent office furnishes many
interesting facts, showing great advancement
in the work Of the bureau, ard most praise
worthy increase in its recep pts over It's expenses.
There is no bureau that has earned BY its own
success greater claim 10 an increase OF force and
room for its officers and clerks than the patent
Office. the total number OF applications re-
ceived. including Reissues trade mark.
designs, ETC., was $40; the number al patents
granted was 25s57: trade msfss and labels reg
istered. 1856 patents expired. ll.Sos; tbs total
receipts were 1854, 2oS Il: the total ex-
pendirures were Sl,0Sl, l73.56. leaving 9
surp rs OF $266. o29 Is to BE- turned into
the treasury OF the United States to the credit
OF the patent iund. aud T7aking total balance
in the treasury on account of the patent fund OF
$3.50 SIS Is Ire commissioner directs atten-
tiou TO the great increase In the number Of ap-
plicstions received, and reports that despite
such incress- the mum Der on Dand and in con-
dition for action .. the end Of the fiscal year
was less than at the corresponding p Rod in
either Of four previous years; that the work Of
the once Is more nearly up to date than IL has
been for years, result due 70 no increase In tie
number of employees, but to the unhAggiag In
dustry and weil-directed skill OF the entire Office
force.
Pensions.
The work to be done by the pension bureau
has reached wonderful proportions, aud its ex-
penditures have sent into the channels o. trade
and commerce in our conntry more than $780,
100000 the past year. the use OF this vast sum
has served more Than one valuable purpose. II
has been hot alone relief to hundreds OF
Thousands of the families OF the soldiers who In
different wars have served their country.
Chiefly those who defended the Union against
sece ssion; but It has also transferred st most
ha M n fad fran
OF the government to the hands Of the people,
.blessing him that gives and him that takes"
The pensions granted by previous legislation
will be largely augrented by those now being
allowed under the oct entitled An act grant
ing pensions 70 soldiers and sailors who are in
capacitated for the performance of manual Ia
Dor. and providing for pensions to widows.
proved June n. 1890.
At the close of the fiscal year 1890 there were
So, 944 pensioners borne upon the rolls. Their
classification is given by the commissioner Is
follows:
Army invalid pensioners; a.: 3s2sos
Army wid wR, minor children, ana de-
pendent relatives. ........... 104, 456
Navy invalid pensioners .............. 5.H4
Navy widows. minor children and de-
pendent relatives. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Survivors OF the war of 1917 ..... 4l3
widows of soldiers Of the war of 1872 -. 500
survivors OF the Mexican war ---.- HISS
widows of soldiers OF the Mexican war. 616s
Total 537, 944
At this writing, October Is, 1890, there
are claims pending, 500. 22l. OF these there have
been received under the act of June q, 1890,
4S3,Z8 1t may be explained that many of the
new claims are by those who have old claims
pending, SO TAT the number of clai ms are many
more in number than the persons making them.
II appears from the commissioners report
that there were 66 637 original claims allowed
during the fiscal year, being 4.716 more origi-
nal claims than were allowed during the fiscal
year. 1889, and 6,3S5 more than were allowed
duriug the fiscal year, 1883.
The amount of the first payment in these
66.637 original cases amounted to $50, GSS4l Is,
being Sll .036, 4s2 05 more than the first payments
on the original claims allowed during the fiscal
year 1889, and so, 179 225.72 more than the nrst
payments on the original claims allowed during
the fiscal year 1888 The average value of the
first payments on these original claims for lSp0
was $4S5.7L The average annual valae OF each
pension at the close Of the fiscal year was
1884
The appropriation for the last fiscal year was
but S0.0o0,0o0 This. as was pointed out in the
secretary's last annual report, was not only In
adeQu ate, but must have been known to be 80
when made; for the estimate of the year before
was $50. 100000, and there had been then in
Cured deficiency Of at least y. 600 900, and, q
"a
was apparent that this additional sum. If added,
would not be enough 70 meet the obligations to
accrue before the end Of even that fiscal year.
At the close OF the fiscal year there remained
in the hands OF pension agents the sum of
$3.50, 1887 of the pension fund, which had not
been disbursed for want of time, and which has
heen returned to the treasury; and there were
2o6Ss pensioners unpaid at the close of the fiscal
year who were entitled to receive $4357, 3f7. 80,
which has since been paid from the appropria.
ton for the fiscal year 1891.
The appropriation for the present year is
$97, 090. 761, but such has been the great number
of pensioners added to the list by special acts of
that deficiency appropriation will be req uirsd,
the amount of which cannot yet bs accurately
stated.
The energetic work under the present admin
istration OF the bureau has been already speci.
fed. But its force has been largely increased
and its work will be much greater than even
heretofore. BY the act of June a, $780, the en-
ployment Of an additional force OF 4SS medical
examiners, clerks AMI other emp Dyes was au.
thorized, in addition to which us clerks have
been ordered from the field where they were
employed as special examiners thus adding,
with the 438 above mentioned, GLIB to the force
employed in TIA ONCE on Sept mber 1; and the
whole number of officers and employees on the
roll is 1862.
IL was s7o.S16; 26.s1 were received and 1856 re-
openei making the sum 1877 .6l3 But 1892 were
disposed OF in the same time, SO the number
pending October Is 1890, was S9222L
The commissioner has considered the question
as to the number OF our old soldiers very care
fully, and has expressed his judgment in the
following table:
Number OF soldiers enlisted dur
ing the war Tor the Union, ex-
GLIDING re-enlistme To. ..... 22lsa65
Number killed in battle and by
other Casualties and who died
of disease to July l. 1865. 364l16
Estimated number OF deaths of
soldiers discharged during
the war to July l, 1866. .... 252S4
Number of assertions ... 12l 800
511. 2e6
Number of survivors of the
war July l, 1866, less deaths
and assertions Observation-Disclosures, 17o2 06Q
Number OF survivors July l,
1865, less deaths and deser-
tions, who we're subject TO the
usual laws of mortality LIS, oee
Number of survivors July ],
1865, who, because OF wounds
and other di liabilities, were
subject 10 higher rate of
mortality, equai 70 twelve
years shortening of the ex-
pectation of life. ........... $4,000
Number surviving July /, 1890,
who are probably subject to
the ordinary life tables - S3lCS9
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