The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22
yorFs or nEeAr EVENTS.

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Uhl.ou.t Illinois 10 be'Circuit Judge Of the
Dlsn.S states for the Seventh Circuit, as this
Uos,or NJ the late John W. Showalter oil
nS@o The other Judges OF that circuit
Wnliom A. Woods OF Indiana and James
,.rL,ns OF Wisconsin. The circuit com
-. ,bs States OF Illinois. Indiana and Wis
pSsIn In the Sixth Federal Circuit. which
.N"r.a.. Ohio. Michigan. Kentucky and Ten.
~ there are but two Circuit judges
m".ooo II Lurton Of Tennessee and William
- ma NJ Ohio, whose brother. Mr.. Henry W.
ma ~ this city, was q candidate Tor supreme
1"' rnsiics here last fall on the same tick
u Joseph f. DAILY. The business OF the
S..h Circuit is SO large that the services OF
~ ,dditional Circuit Judge there are greatly
Iod. and the House OF Representatives on
TstJov agreed to the Senate bill providing for
49, nnrointment OF q third Judge in that cir
VIZ This will afford the President an oppor-
,nnItv TO give Mr.. Day a place on the Federal
- ~ TINT gentleman is satisfied to take
snvthipg less than an appointment to the Su-
rreme Court Of the United States.
recently decided case In Indiana states
49,, clearly the obligations OF a railroad COM
w. which undertakes to provide hospital
,r.,,ment for It's employees who are injured
Iii. in ito service. The plaintiff was a fire.
m,n whose foot was crushed in consequence
=, falling from the step Of a locomotive on the
W.b,,h Railway. The company had retained
-, NORTON OF his wages for the maintenance OF
bospital for its sick or disabled employees.
sod be was taken to that hospital. where a sur
,eon performed an operation which shortened
the ~plalntlf's leg three or four inches. Tit
.yidsncs tended to show that this amputa-
,ion was unnecessary and. that the surgeon
vas incompetent by reason OF his indulgence
In intoxicating liquors and narcotic drugs.
Proof was given that this surgeons general
rsnutatiun in the community for some time
nrior to his treatment Of the plaintiff was that
NJ an inebriate. The Supreme Court OF lndi-
ana holds that a railroad corporation main
tanning such a hospital for its servants must
use reasonable care to employ only compe-
tent surgeons. and that where one OF its sur
eeons is VIGOROUSLY a drunkard. a jury may
properly infer that the officers Of the ompany
know or ought to know that fact. According
liz. II has affirmed a verdict Of $4,000 against
the Wabash Railway Company. based on tho
malpractice OF such a surgeon.
A bill providing for the erection OF a new
building in Washington for the Department Of
Justice has been introduced in the House Of
Representatives by Mr.. David Il. Mercer OF Ne
hraska, 1t recitessthat.the building now occu-
pied by The department is too small Tor It's
purpose. is unsafe. overcrowdeo. ana DANGER
ousy overloaded. and has been 80 pronounced
after examination by the proper officials OF the
Treasury Department" If this recital is cor
rect the life OF the Acknowledgement must be
daily in peril. to say nothing Of the lives OF MS
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the courts OF General Quarter Sessions and
oyer-and Terminer.
The Constitution of To1os nrovidas that "ths
IerisIoturs NAV noss laws nrescribirp the
Qualifications Of practitioners Of medicine in
this state and IN nunisb nersone for molnrac-
tlce. but no nreference shall aver he given bv
law 70 onv schools NJ medicine Tn 3 the
Lep,sloture roesed an oct nrovidinp for the es-
taplishmert NJ n Stote Roord NJ Medical E1-
eminers ,vhicb ebou,d ho comnosod NJ NOT leas
than thr4e rhvsioi,na NJ known ability who
must be graduates If some medical college,
recornizcd nv tho Ireric,p 1Iodicol Aseo-
clation The members ~ TINT ,asoci,tion ara
all adhorents ri the o.o.Ied.ouon,th or rep-
u'ar school or medici,o and II does not reoog-
MIA practitioners who hoIorg IN tho bomno.
n,thic or arv otbor hr+ Tho r.ouIoreohooI For
this reason thc sto,ntc WINS ottaclad "a heIno
repuCnont N rho constitutional n,ovision
which NJ. bovs rortioped The Surname
Court NJ Tov.a horro,or b,s rocentIv do
cided that tho lorisGntio, IN o,,ostion 10 y,Iid