The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-06-24
WASHINGTON CITY.

Especial Correspondence
June 10, 1891.
Secretary Foster, having arrang-
ed the financial affairs of the gov.
ernment to his satisfaction, is now
preparing to go to Ohio tolook after
some private business. He isn't
worrying over that mythical deficit
that has been so troublesome to our
democratic friends.
Letters from Secretary Blaine
represent him as improving very
rapidly, although of course, he has
no idea of returning here until fall.
The Treasury and Navy Depart
ments are both doing everything
they can to bring about the stop
ping of all illegal sealing in Beh-
ring Sea. Attorney General Miller
has given an opinion that the Sec
retary of the Treasury has authori-
ty to reduce the rent of the Seal Is
lands to an amount proportionate'
to the number of seals taken
100000 make the rent $4,000; there
fore the 1900 seals which are to be
taken this year will make the an
nual rent 1880.
Real reform never has a brass
band attachment. This is striking
ly brought to mind by the fact that
Commissioner of Patents Mitchell
has quietly and without any pre-
viOus announcement of his ;inten-
tion abolished one of the longest
lived and worst abuses that has
existed in the Patent Office. For
years Congress has been appealed
to, but nothing has been accom-
plished thereby. Com missioner
Mitchell, after becoming satisfied
that the evil existed, throttled it by
amending the rules of practice be-
fore his Office by the addition of
these words: "that no person who
has been employed in the Patent
Office shall be permitted TO appear
Gas an attorney or AGENT in any
case in connection with which he
has taken any acction while so
employed" This will put all end
to the rejection of meritorious ap-
plications for patents by thrifty
Examiners, in the expectation of
afterwards getting an attorneys fee
for getting the same application al
lowed by another Examiner, and is
a real favor to the inventors of the
country.
The President has received an in
vitatiOn to attend the reunion of
the G. A. r., Society of the Army
OF the Potomac at Buffalo, New
York. Mr.. Harrison informed the
delegation, headed by Collector
Morgan, that he would certainly be
on hand if the public business per-
mitted his absence from Washing.
ton at that time.
Director General Davis, of the
Worlds Fair, said while here last
week that the following gentlemen
would shortly go abroad to see
what they can do towards attract
ing foreign exhibitors to the expo
sitiOn: Hon. Thomas M. Waller,
who will be President; Mr.. NJ. P.
Handy, Hon. Carl Schurz, Ex-Sen-
ator Eustis, and Hon. Ben Butter
worth. There may be another
member added before the commiss-
ion goes away, and Mr.. Ives of st.
Louis, the Chief of the art bureau,
will also be sent abroad.
Mr.. SevellOn Brown, Chief Clerk
of the Department Of State, left
here last week in charge of a spec
ial train carrying the diplomatic
corps, to Chicago, where, upon the
invitation of the department, they
go to see for themselves what prog
ress has been made towards the
great exposition. The following
countries were represented in the
party: France, Turkey, Nicaragua
Switzerland, Belgium, Norway and
Sweden, Spain, Austria, Russia
Great Britain, and China.
Secretary Noble has sent word
: that he will return to duty early
this week. Ills health is said to
have greatly improved.
There are about fifteen hundred
very unhappy men and women in
the various branches of the Census
bureau; they are clerks whose
work will be completed in few
weeks and then they will get the
inevitable discharge.