The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-08-20
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There Is a .ssrious question soi "
acity between Hon. lohnIsherman, -
o Rotary Of State. aud a number Of prom
! nent newspaper men Of Washington ~
), 'oi New York. concerning certain "a
terances Of lMr. sherman on the asst
sination Of the Spanish Premier aud i
probable effect upon Csba, and on II
; general attitude of England towards III
) United States, which we're Published .
} interyiews with Mr.. sherman. n
Newspaper men, who are among N
most prominent In the business. de
clare th,t Mr. Sherman used the Ian
guage they quoted, while Mr.. Shermal
declares most cmphaticaily, both yefl
ally and In signed c1mmnnIcat Oh
10 q local paper, that hc lid not. This
controversy has revived tho talk about
age telling upon the faculties Of Mr.
sherman. which was quite preyalef
ahen he left washingtonH-cyeral days
before the adjournment Of Congress.
Il was hispcrsonal friend. who first be-.
gan TO talk about his failing memory.
Mr.. sherman Is In his seventy.hth
year, but the world is full u men older
than he whose mental faculties are ut
their best.
ltisqurer what different views nre
taken Of the same thing. When Sec.
Rotary Alser ;ook cl,aYe Of the War De-
pertinent he found system under
which the watchmrn oi that depart.
mcnt made dailv reports Of the goings
sud comings Of the clerks aud promptly
abolished II, believing that better re-.
suits would be- obtained by putting the
clerks ON their honor Now the abol.
ished system Of the War Department
has been adopted hy the Treasury De-
partment.
There &. no doubt Of the good iuien.
lions Of Secretary Eliss in issuing that
official warning To the klondike.bound
public. which was published this week.
Sor IL there any doubt that all ,he |
hangers enumerated Ia this warning !
'xi-t, ave, aud more; but who ever
ieari ola man with the gold fever In
lis veins being turrcd aside by warn.
4 danger ahead Of him.
It Is generally believed tia, the cx.
state affair. shown by the
into the methods follow
4 by John wedderburn & Co.. which
auscd Commissioner Of Patents But
erworih to prefer charges Of fraudulent
against that firm aud to cite
hem to show cause why they should
lot be- disbarrci from practice before
lac Patent Office, served q good purpose
" hurrying up the new regulations for
practice toiore that Office which ha.
been promulgated By Commissioner
aud which are bound to
-esult in benefit to the inventors of the
country. Its In evidence In the case
against wadderburn& Co., that almos,
no per cent Of the applications for pat
enis they have 6led during the past
two years have been rejected rs unpat'
aud many Of the remainder
probably ionr.Hilhs) have not been
worth the cost ola patent.
Yet, in addition TO their fees In advance
Tor prosecuting these applications for
United State. patents, that firm has
persuaded many Of those poor appli-
cants to pay them fees for applying for
European patents and money for adyer'
tislng Tor sale patents that they should
have known would have never beer Oh
tanned.
senator Hansbrougl Of North pakot
was In Washington this week, hut h,
wasn't worrying about political o. othe
public affairs. as he came TO So Mis-
Chapman, TO whom he will be marie
next Monday In New York.
In view Of the large sums os none
the Cramps have received irom tn
government In the shape Of premium
| for speed in eycess OF the requirement
in the war vessels they have built ior u
government, thcre was much surpri
! In Washington when they 6led a suit
the Court Of Claims against the Units
,tates government for damages ager
eating 81 ,7S6.iip, which they claim
ibaye sustained by reason 81 t5lay 81
defaults ON the part q the governmr
In furnishing the armor plate and pla