New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-21
~ AND OUT or CONGRESS-
pprstDENT CLEvELAND'S ANNUAL PROC
LAMATION REGARDING SEALS

,rpopr OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTs-TIiE
INCOME TAN srITs-orENING NEW LANDS
IN COSTA RICA-APPoINTMENTs
AND PROMOTIONS
Washington Feb 2o.-President Cleveland has Is
sued his annual proclamation In regard to fur seals
The document. which is dated February H. but Is
! only to-day made public differs in no respect
from previous procamations except in date ami
signatures) issued by the United States. The pro
visions of Section 956. Revised Statutes. and OF
Section of the act of March ., 1889. are quoted
Those provisions forbid nndgG pfha ln OF OF any fmr
seal within the territory Of Alaska .or the waters
| persons from entering the waters OF Behring Sea
for this pupose png prScamsuoh s 81 ,hs nitSd
States and makes no reference to the sChedu9s o.
the Paris Tribunal Of Ar6s0n wni zen prbTlo
! Islands and only prohibits the killing or seas Ia
/ Behring Sea outside that zone between Ma! ana
1 July 81 of each year.
John $. Seymour. commissioner of Patents. to-
day submitted to Congress his report of the work
of his bureau for the 1894. He SAYS that during
the year there - SOC patents granted and lSn
trademarks registered. and that 1920 patents ex-
pred. The total expenditures were N.lmo4' The
receipts over expenditures were sSls ara the total
balance to the credit of the Patent Once IN the
Treasury Of the United States amounts TO H.S6slS'
In proportion to population. more patents were Is,
sued TO citizens of Connecticut than to those OF
any other State Next in order. in proportion 20
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! Columbia. New-Jersey; Montana, Ehode Island.
NewYork and Colorado As 10 foreign countries
Britain than any other country; next In order come
Germany and the Dominion Of Canada. Inc Com
missioner reteraes his former recon mendation that
the working force OF the Patent Once be IN
by g 4 or t aa sta Of
hcaton division lie states hat much o. the III
ure of making proper classification. to show
whether the application has been anticipated In any
| of the $40 coo American patents. on any OF the
$4,000 foreign patents issued mp 20 date. Other
| recommendations contained in previous reports are
| renewed.
The record in the suit brough; by John G. Moore.
n New-York broker. to secure injunction to pre-
| the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue from
| proceeding collect the income tax was received
| in the Supreme Court to-day and the case docketcd.
II came from the Court Of Appeals OF the District
Supreme Court of the District in declining TO issue
heard with the two cases previously docketcd from
| New-York. in which the constutionality OF the
argument the first week in March il + the opln-
ION of members Of the bar familiar with the pro
cesses and practices OF the Supreme Court that the
Moore case does not present the feature. essential
and that the judgment Of the Court OF Appeals viii be
| affirmed in accordance with previous decisions ~
the effect that injunction Will lie against
| official under the conditions that obtain In the case
The House Committee on Pacific Railroads spent
| an hour and A half to-day discussing the various
propositions before It looking 10 the settlement Of
the indebtedness OF the Pacific roads. The discus
| Another effort to agree Oh some measure VIII be
| made tomorrow.
Minister Baker writes 10 the State Department
| from the capital OF Costa Rica that President
Iglesias informs him that the large and valuable con
| cessions OF lands which granted TO Minor G.
Keith by the Government In aid Of the construction
OF Ta9ad ron P9h' on the op w
! point on the River Trio near its entrance into
| Lake Nicaragua have been negotiated IN London.
road has been pledged. This opens to settlement a
new and valuable section Of Costa Kica, which
| cate. The President also Informed Minister Baker
a ne e hd of c G snd that S ,e ha
been made for extingushng the remainder at an
! carly day.
Secretary Hoke Smith to-day appointed Emmett
Womack. OF Georgia, chief clerk OF the Interior
Department. vice Josephus Daniels who resigned
to assume the management rn % the Kaelgh O. c.
I time been assistant attorney OF the Interior
Department.
The President to-day sent 10 the Senate the
| following nominations:
Joseph Il. Herod Of Indiana, to be First Score
William Crchton OF West Virginia to be Score
ary Of Legation d in Braz Ellison ., Indiana
at Belize. British Honduras: Julio Harmony. OF
S KencGy a ASn A Mam "a
Thorne. OF Pennsylvania a. Asuncion. Paraguay.
fantry. 10 be captain; Second Lieutenant William
c. Neary. Sd Infantry. TO be first lieutenant -.
Croker and Robert NJ; Berry to be commanders
I.eu,enants James r.. Selfrtdgee, Charles A. Adams.
H. Stevens TO be nW Wb,s ohL eH
s snnn,s '% nh6 Craven John j. Knapp and
James H. Hcherngton to be lieutenants
Mr. Wilson made the closing argument for the
defence to-day in the Howgate case. and was fol
lowed by Dstrct-Attorney Brney. who closed for
the Government. Captain Howgate listened to the
his SIDE At the close Of Observation-Disclosures Blrneys
argument II vas agreed tnat an hn||ou'nn,isem
the Judge will deliver his charge ana the case VIII
so to the jury.
Negotiations have been opened by the German
Government with the other members OF the inter
national Postal Union relative to the issue OF an
International postage stamp According to con-
sular report received by the state Department
from Client 1t APPEARS that almost an nc , coun,
tries concerned except the United states nave, ~
least In principle. agreed to The proJec, Az ON,
cial conference Of the powers interested VIII soon
Among the advantages expected from such a
postage stamp are the facility with waich small
bills and accounts in foreign countries couId ne
settled, and that postage for reply cou,d a'"ays
be Enclosed when information from abroad was
sought.
Gftcen-inch curved Harvested steel pate reor.-
sentlng the turrets Of the 9a,tleshp Indiana wa
attacked with ten-inch Carpenter shells n ne
Bethlehem PENN proving ground yesterday IN taf
presence Of naval ordnance experts ana passed ,ne
shot with strKng velocity Of $50 feet per second
smashed the plates surface without tp.ns any
percepiible damage. The second OF penetrating
shot after sticking It's nearly t%eYe lnchcs
into the hardened steel was shattered mo sin AZ
bits. The officers say the shells demonstrates tncI
high character ana that the plate passed the speei
hcations triuin phantly
T. T.. Hancock. ATTORNEY General for the SLATE
Of New-York. at the Department OF Justice TO-
day making arrangements to appear for the Siair
in the Supreme Court during the mex; Few "reks
when case involving ST. 900 viii come ny ON APP
peal from the United States Court OF Gains
Figures compiled by Internal Revenue commis-
sloner Miller show the receipts for the seven