Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-10-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
To Keep Out the Anohar-
ohists.

Extraordinary efforts are being
made by the administration to keep
European anarchists out of this,
country, Our immigration laws are
not as specific as they might be in
prohibiting the landing Of anarchists
but as there are more ways to kill a
dog than by hanging, so there are
more ways than one to keep anar
chists away from the United States,
and all of them are being utilized by
immigration Commissioner Powder
", who is being actively assisted by
the diplomatic and consular branch
of the government service The
officials of several European govern
ments are also lending their assist
ance to the efforts that are being
made to prevent anarchists even
making a start for America 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 en-
ters our ports in violation of the law
through the ignorence of the in
spectors, may be returned at the ex-
pense of transportation company
which originally brought him here
This law throws great responsibility
on the ship owners, who must not
only bear the expense of transport
ing the anarchists, or any other ille-
gal immigrants, back to the place
tain them between voyages The
penalty tor failure to comply with
this law is $500 fine in each case and
the vessel can not leave port until
the fine is paid
Hon. BENZ. Butterworth, Commits
sionor of Patents, has taken another
long step forward in the work of
purifying and eleyatipg the practice
before the United States Patent
Office, by deciding upon the disbar-
ment from practice before that office
of John Wedderburn & Co., CON
Germ which, in addition to the intro
duction of lottery methods into the
8. soliciting of United States Patents
was, after an unprecedently long
mad careful hearing, found guilty of
various fraudulent practices. The
official order disbarring Wedd6rburn
d Co., will be published in next
weeks issue of the Patent Office
Gazette, together with an elaborate
opinion giving the reasons therefor
in detail. Mr.. John Wedderburn,
the head of the company, firm or
corporation, as it has been variously
called, was also the head and ori-
giratOr of the Examiner Claims
Bureau and the Press Claims Com
pany, both of which left unsavory
records when they ceased to exist,
and all three of which have left
numerous souvenirs in the shape of
certificates of stock in the hands Of
newspaper publishers who were per-
suaded to accept the same as pay
ment for the advertising, without
which neither of them could have
existed three months. A number
Of inventors are also left with worth
loss souvenirs in the shape OF re-
ceipts for advance fees paid to We'd
derburn & Co., to prosecute their
applications for patent It is need
less to advise those who have lost
their money; they will be more
careful hereafter, but it would be
well for others to take the lesson to
heart and be sure they know the
sort of men they deal with here
after. The Post Office authorities
have been asked to put the National
Recorder, paper published by
Wedderburn g Co., on the fraud
list.
Those Democratic employees of the
Sixth Auditors office who secured
promotion under the last admins
tration solely because they We're
Democrats, each man promoted dis
placing Republican who was re-
duced, are much alarmed over the
official announcement of the pre-
sent Sixth Auditor, Hon. Henry A .
Castle, of his intention to compel
every man so promoted to prove his
right TO draw the increased salary
by the record of his work, or to be
reduced to a salary in keeping with
his working record.
Ex-Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma,
who is on a business trip to the East
stopped in Washington for several
days. Speaking Of the condition of
the country he said 1.-The pros
perity we promised has struck the
country. The store box whittier is
out Of a job. have had occasion
recently to visit a number Of the
states and territories, and every
body is feeling good Oklahoma is
probably to day the most prosperous
section of the United States. Oar
people win export %, 600, 600 bushels
Of wheat anu fully 8 900, 600 bushels
of castor beans. We have an ex-
oelleni corn crop, and have rivaled
California in fruit so far The
South Sea Islands grow the only cot
ton that surpasses the fibre Of Okla
hOlna. Our cotton Is a little late
but we'll market $50, 900 bales
Western cattle are as good now a.
the Klondike gold mines. No. I'm
not talking politics, have found j
impossible to find many people vii,
ling to acknowledge themselVe!
Democrats or POpulists, hence,
presume they all voted the Republi
can ticket. Our people arc wel
satisfied with the national admins
trati0n
Senator Burrows. of Michigan 4
ia Washington on business with tn
Department Of State, but when h