Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-09
IN FORCE.


The Copyright Law In Full Force-Proc-
lamation of the President Granting Re-
cipFo caI FavorS.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-The president
has issued the following proclamation:
Whereas, 1t is provided by section ID of the
act of congress of March q. 1881, entitled IAN
act to amend title 60. chapter 3, of the re-
vised statutes of the United States, relating
to copyrights" that said act "shall only ap.
ply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state
or nation when such foreign state or nation
permits to citizens of the United States OF
America the benefit of copyright on SUBJ
stantially the same basis OF their own cltt-
zens; when such foreign state or nation is a
party to an ternational agreement which
provides for reciprocity in the granting OF
copyright by the terms of which agreement
the Z nited States of America, may at its
pleasure. become a party to such agree
ment;" and.
Whereas. 1t is also provided by sail Sec
ton that "the existence OF either of the con-
ditons aforesaid shall be determined by the
president of the United States by proclama-
tion, made from time to time. as the pur-
poses OF this act may require" and
Whereas, Satisfactory official assurances
have been given that in Belgium. France.
Great Britain and the British provinces and
Switzerland the law permits the citizens
of the United States the benefit of copyright
on substantially the same basis as to the
citizens of these countries,
Now. therefore. l Benjamin Harrison,
president of the United States of America,
do declare and proclaim that the first of the
conditions specified in Sec ion h. of the act
of March 3, 1881, is now fulfilled in pect to
the citlZ or subjects of Belgium. France,
Great Britain and Switzerland In testimony
whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this first
day of July. 1891, and of the Independence
of the United States, the one hundred and
fifteenth BENJAMIN HARRISON,
ny the president
WILLIAM F. WHARTON, Acting Assistant
Secretary of State.
The proclamation is preceded by re-
cital of the copyright act passed by
the last congress, copy of circular
letter to United States ministers and
| an able and exhaustive report to the
president, prepared by J. b. Moore,
| third assistant secretary of state, inter-
| preting the law and explaining why its
! operations are limited to the four coun-
tries named in the proclamation.
M. Moore says that several countries
have applied for the benefits of the law
under the first condition. Belgium
most clearly falls within the first alter
native condition, as does the French
law, and consequently Belgium and
! France were included in the proclama-
| y
| apply, and claimed to have complied
with both conditions. but was admitted
under the first Great Britain was
the third country to apply, and
| greater interest attached to her
application not only for the rea-
son that she will be the greatest ben
eficiary under the recent act but also
because there was much doubt as to
whether her laws did not require the
author to reside in British possessions
as a condition of copyright, which con-
dition would prove fatal to her claim Of
substantial equality in treatment. This
! first was satisfactorily cleared up.
| Switzerland applied for the benefit of
| the law June 20, under the first con-
dition, and, as Mr.. Moore shows, was
admitted upon proof that her law was
in compliance with that condition.
THE PENSACOLA.
The Vessel to Go to Mare Island For Re
| WASHINGTON, July 2.-Orders have
been sent to the Pensacola, now at Cal
lao, to return to the United States and
repair at the Mare Island (CaL) navy
yard. Adm. Mccain, who is command
er-in-chief of the South Atlantic sta
ton, will also come to the United States
by steamer. The cause for the order
is said to be the necessity for repairing
the Pensacola. one of the old wooden
ships, and the need for the services of
| one of the two admirals now in the
South Pacific elsewhere. When the
Gillian war broke out Adm. Mccain
was with his command ON the coast of
South America BY orders from the
navy department he fastened around
| Cape Horn with his flagship,
the Pensacola, and represented the
United States government in Gillian
waters. Adm. Brown was commander
in-chief of the Pacific squadron, but
when he later on reached Chill on the
San Francisco he was subordinated to
Adm. Mccain by reason of the seniority
of the latter Therefore Adm. Nc
Cams departure will leave Brown in
command of the San Francisco and the
Baltimore, now in the neighborhood OF
the insurgent headquarters at Iquique.
Adm. Mccain was not ordered to re-
join his station with the Pensacola, for
the reason that it was feared that the
repairs of the vessel might take a long
time, and indeed there is some doub,
as to whether she can be refitted fol-
service within the expenditure au
thorized by law.
Aeronauts Not Laborers.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Eugene Goddard
and Pilas Pines, the famous French
aeronauts, came near being detained "a
common laborers imported under con
tract. They came to this country under
contract to Chicago company to oper
ate a captive balloon, similar to thai
operated in Paris, and when they wen
to the custom house yesterday for the
purpose of securing the entry of theil
balloon free of duty, as among the tool.
of their trade" Immigrant Inspector
Lester took them in tow, questioning
them as to their business After look
ing up the law and the definitions ac
cording to Webster, he came to the con
L Il. &c