The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-10-08
ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent. I
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 3, 1897

WASHINGTON, ID. 4. Oct. 3, 1897
Extraordinary efforts are being
made by the administration to keep
European anarchists out of this coun-
try. Our immigration laws are not as
specific as they might be in prohibit
ing the landing of anarchists, but as
there are more ways to kills a dog
than by hanging, so there are more
ways than one to keep anarchists away
from the United States, and all of
them are being utilized by immigra-
ton Commissioner Powderly, who is
being actively assisted by the diplo-
matte and consular branch of the gov
ernment service. The officials of sew
eral European governments are also
lending their assistance to the efforts
that are being made to prevent an
archists even making o start for Amer
lea. All of the steamship companies
have also been notified that they must
comply strictly with the act of 1891,
which provides that any foreigner who
enters our ports in violation of the
law, through the ignorance of the in
spectors, may be returned at the ex-
pense of the transportation company
which originally brought him here.
This law throws great responsibility
on the ship owners, who must not
only bear the expense of transporting
the anarchists, or any other illegal I'M
migrants, back to the place whence
they came, but must maintain them
between voyages. The penalty for
failure to comply with this law is $500
fine in each case, and the vessel cali
not leave port until the fine is paid.
Hon. Benz. Butterworth, Commis-
sioner of Patents, has taken another
long step forward in the work Of pur-
flying and elevating the practice be-
fore the U. S. Patent Office, by decid-
ing upon the disbarment from practice
before that office of John Wedderburn
& Co., concern which, in addition to
the introduction of lottery methods
into the soliciting of U. S. Patents
was, after an unprecedently long and
careful hearing, found guilty of various
fraudulent practices. The official Or
der dlsbarring Wedderburn & Go. will
be published in next weeks issue ol
the Patent Office Gazette, together
with an elaborate opinion giving the
reasons therefore in detail. Mr.. John
Wedderburn, the head of the com
pany, firm or corporation, as it has
been variously called. was also the
head and originator of the Examiner
Claims Bureau and the Press Claims
Company, both of which left unsavory
records when they ceased to exist. A
number of inventors are also LETT with
| worthless souvenirs in the shape OF
| receipts for advance fees paid to Wed,
derburn & Co. to prosecute their ap'
plications tor patent. 1t is needless
to advise those who have lost theil
money; they will be more careful here
after, but it would be we'll for Others
to take the lesson to heart and be sure
they know the sort of men they dea
with hereafter.
Those democratic employees OF the
Sixth Auditors Office who secured
nromotion under the last administra
tion solely solely because they were
democrats, each man promoted dis
placing a republican who was reduced
are much alarmed over the official an
nouncement of the present Sixth
Auditor, Hon. Henry A. Castle, OF hl'
of his intention to compel every mar
so promoted to prove his right to draw
the increased salary by the record O.
his work, or to be reduced to salar.
in keeping with his working record.
Ex-Delegate Flynn, OF Oklahoma
who is on business trip to the East
stopped in Washington for severa
DAYS. Speaking of the condition o
the country he said: "The prosperlt!
we promised has struck the country
The store box whittier is out OF JOB
r have had occasion recently to visit
number of the states and territories
and everybody is feeling good. Okla
homa is probably today the mos
prosperous section of the U. S. Ou
neople will export 25,OO0,OOO bushel
Of wheat, and fully 100000 bushel
Of castor beans. We have an excel
lent corn crop, and have rivaled Cali
fornia in fruit so far. The South Se
Islands grow the only cotton that sur
masses the fibre of Oklahoma. Gu