New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-19
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
JUDGE LocHRENs NOMINATION CON-
F1RMED BY THE SENATE
THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
ApJouRNs-AN AGREEMENT ON THE RIVER
AND HARBoR BILL IN sIGHT-sU-
PREME COURT DECISIONS.
Washington. MAJ lS-The Senate Committee on
Judiciary this morning considered the nomination or
Judge Lochren of Minnesota. present Commissioner
of Pensions. to be United States District Judge
for the District Of Minnesota. vice r. b. Mel
son. resigned and ordered favorable report
There was no objection. Senator Davis. OF Mime
sofa, a member of the committee. indorslng the
action OF the President and speaking OF Judge Loch-
rem in high terms Senator Nelson. or Minnesota,
also a Republican. sent note 10 the committee
fayorng immediate action in favor OF the me nnna
ton 1t also confirmed the nominations OF Se
Consul at Patras. Greece. and Robert Ransom Of
North Carolina to be second secretary OF tne aef
Of r. A. Freeman TO be postmaster at Burlington,
~ c. made on January ? .ast
The House Committee on Banking and Currency
met to-day and adjourned until December next. Dur
ing this session a number OF measures looking to a
change In the banking and currency laws were con,
them.
The conferrees on the River and Harbor bill expect
TO reach a full conclusion tomorrow.
The National Corps OF the Regular Army and Navy
Union began its seventh annual session here to-day
National Commander Morton presiding over the
meeting About one hundred delegates two Of whom
are allowed each garrison. were in attendance
The organization is limited in membership TO officers
and enlisted men in the regular Army ana almost AZ
are represen,ed at the convention The object Of the
session principally cleo, National officers TO con;
amend the laws Of the organization
The House Committee on Invalid Pensions to-day
considered the bill granting pension Of $50 a month
10 Francis r. Hoover. vetoed by the President and
ordered the measure reported back 10 the House
with the recommendation that be passed over the
veto Since the veto much additional testimony nas
been submitted and denomination OF ,he Chse
convnces the committee that the soldiers Disability
therefore justly entitled to s2 a month.
The report OF the commission appointed to locate
the boundary line between Indiana and Kentucky
opposite the mouth OF Green River, was confirmed
in the Supreme Court to-day The case viii be
retained on the docket until the line Is marked by
stone posts. In this the jurisdiction OF Ken
lucky was extended over the Ohio River TO the low
water line the northern bank. The time WITHIN
and Missouri which has been in dispute may be
marked by the commissioners appointed for ,hat
Rext. was sN'e'''e' y
The fourth section OF the Chinese Exclusion law
OF 1892 was construed by the Supreme Court to-day.
the opinion being read by Justice Shras The ques-
ton involved was whether or not Chihese person.
adtudged not entitled to be within the limits OF the
United States may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a year at hard labor. and at the expiration Oh
that time deported by a United States Commits
w q
Michigan under the law. were thus sentenced by
the United States Commissioner before whom they
were examined and they appealed 10 the feoe'ai
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for re-
lease wrts OF habeas corpus. Inat CouIt &c re
fused to release them. and they came TO me gu.
preme Court Justice shiras said they could not
be dsposed OF in that manner and the Judgntnt CT
the Circuit Court was reversed without preJuuice
to the right TO hold and deport the appeia"'S III
accordance with the law.
Much discussion has been caused in medical CIR
cles in Germany and France by the death OF a
child Of a Berlin physician Dr. laugerhaus' ai'er
having been inoculated with anti-diphheritc serum
Thomas Ewing Moore. United States Commercial
Aeent at Weimar Germany, has used the case as q
text for a report to the State Department on tho
serum as a preventive of diphtheria. servant OF
Dr. Iaugerhaus had the disease and ne ihoculated
the child sixteen months DID, and In perfect health
The child died in less than an hour and invtstiga-
ton leads TO the belief that death resulted from
nbvs,cal shock caused by pain. fear and terror.
and q sudden violent excitement OF the whole nerve
system. which, paralyzng the heart. caused immed-
ate death Ten times the amount OF serum given
mr. Jaug.rhaus's child given to a baby even
younger without serious results Mr. Moore says
you tsSis unhappy accident is held to have proved
that the injection Of serum In heathy prtsoh Uo
prevention is DANGEROUS ph taSS ia onn ~ The
most wonderful discoveries IN moderr r, sond rec
cannot be doubted" says Dr. Moore. me goou re- re-
suitine from II is unapproached by any otner
mnthnd Of treatment this connection the stats
tics of death from infectious diseases III ~, tom
oioonant testimony The average DEAN rate from
in ISsl.ef was 1884, In 1895. only $50.
decrease of 60 per cent. 1t would tnerelore SELL Ell
that serum has stripped the o'c"u '''" "
Its terrors
In Announcing the Judgment and opinion OF the
Supreme Court to-day upon the case OF the "es.e'"
Union Telegraph Company against Thomas rag
CART auditor OF Marion County, lho', TT al
Justice GRAY waxed somewhat sarcastic Inc mat
ter at issue was the validity Of the Indiana lax ID"
of 1891 relating to corporations. which had oeeh suS
tanned in the State courts. from whose Juue
the telegraph company appealed J nsgH came be-
fore the court. brought by some c9rp9ra.'c r, he
felt Itself constitutionally aggreved Inc verrie
decisions in substantially similar cases reiu T,rt
the law Of States brought to me be cor
poraton Without going into the reasOns i of the
action of the court. he said the Juds meh' Vi '"e
indiana Supreme Court would affirmed
Tho long pending cases Of the Singer Manufacturing
Company against the June Manufacturing Company
and Burt were decided in the Supreme Court to-day
The result was a practical victory for the singer
con,nanv but che OF the leading contentious Oh i's
counsel was overthrown by the decision which was
denounced by Justice White. He stated that where
,rder the life OF a patent name became the ger"
er,c designation OF the thing mace. at the emu "
.ha ne Of the patent the name. with the arue'e
patented, became tne ps,ra,ned by Injunction The