Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-16
wAsHIsGroH NOTES.

The President and Party Take a Fri
 Down the Potomac-Death ef fUnite
 States Consul DiIhmar-AdaM Ba
 deau's Claims For Salary Dismisse l The Protection Of Industrial Prop
 erty In Relation to Patent Caveats. WASHINGTON, April 15.-President Harri
 son, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and he guest, Mrs. Murphy of Minneapolis, and Sec
 retaries Blaine and Windom, started dowl 1 the Potomac this morning for 8 days ride Before leaving, the President received tn, Chicago and All-American base ball clubs ir as the party were waiting then to start fo1 the boat. The party returned this evening about 6 o'clock. The trip, which extended forty or fifty miles down the river and back, was an enjoyable one.
 The postmaster general has appointed L. r. Ketcham postmaster at Woodbury, Ct.
 The Department of State has received a cable dispatch announcing the death to-day of United States Cousul Dithmar at Breslau. He was appointed in 1878. Henry Dithmar was born in Alsacs in February, 1894 He came to this country in his infancy with his parents, who settled at Easton, Pa. He was one of the best know printers in New York for many years and was foreman of the Eve- ming Post in William Cullen Bryant's time for twenty-five years. He was appointed United States consul at Breslau, Germ any in 1878 by President Hayes. Consul Dithmar leaves widow, who was with him when he died, and one son, member of the editorial staff of the New York Times.
 An opinion was rendered by the Supreme court of the United States to day in the case of Adam badeau, appellant, versus the United States. This was a suit brought by Badeau in the court of claims for pay as a retired captain in the army from April 2s, time, he was consul general to London and from November %. 1882, up to the date of the filing of the suit, during which he was consul general to Havana. The United States filed counter-claim stating that Badeau was indebted to the United States for money paid him as an army officer for portions of the period from December 31, 1869, to October 31, 1882. The court of claims by divided court dismissed both claims. The Supreme court holds that General Badeau, while drawing salary as consul general, was expressly inhibited from receiving any additional compensation for discharging the duties of any other office.
 There are now on file in the postofice de- partment large number of applications for appointment as postofice inspectors. These applications are now being returned to the senders with the information that all ap- pointments must be made after examination and certi6cation by the United States civil service commission. The names and ad- dresses of these applicants have been sent to the commission, who will notify them when and where examinations will be made.
 Attorney General Miller has submitted an important opinion upon the question of the articles of the international convention pro claimed at Bsrne July 7, 1887, having for it's object ''the protection of industrial prop sx,n oIok;0 S0 Soof nav TT, ember 1880 conference assembled at Paris for the consideration of questions relating to the international protection of industrial property. In that conference a convention was formulated which after submission to many governments in Europe and America was brought before subsequent conference in Paris in 1863. The United States govern ment was not at that time pre- pared to sign the convention but the traaty was finally ratified by the Presi- dent early last year. It provides in general that the subjects or citizens of each of the contracting governments shall enjoy in all the other countries, parties to the convention, the same advantages that the respective laws thereof accord it's subjects or citizens so far as concerns patents for inventions, trade and commercial marks and the commercial name. An examination of the convention shows that the peculiar features of the
 
 not considered in framing it and hence while as between the citizens of the different na- tions of Europe, whose patent systems closely allied it may be advantageous, citizens of the United States have found no benefit from it in protecting their inventions in the United States. The privi- lege of filing caveat for an uncompleted in- vention is one of the peculiar features of the American system, and by the terms of the law is confined strictly to citizens of tho United States and to foreigners who have re- sided one year in the country and make oath of their intention to become citizens. Bour- quin, Swiss citizen, through an attorney in New York, presented 6 caveat for an incom- plete invention with the legal fee of SIG and demanded that it be placed in the secret archives of the patent office as provided by law for citizens. Being refused he cited the terms of the convention, insisting that the right to file @ caveat was right concern ing patents for inventions and therefore by the terms of the international treaty belong to citizens or subjects of all the signatory powers, as well as to citizens of the United States. The patent office held that it had no power to receive the caveat; that while the terms of the convention might be interpreted to extend this right to the subjects of all governments members of the international union, 1t could only be done after action by the legislative power; that the privilege was strictly limited bJ congress to citizens and prospective citizens or to particular class of aliens. On the request of the applicant the question was referred to the attorney general who holds, substantially that the treaty is 8 reciprocal one, each party to it's covenants to grant in future to the subjects and citizens of the parties certain special rights to its subjects and citizens. It is a contract operative in future infriterritorislIy. It is, therefore, not self-executing.