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The herald., 1898-03-23

reasonably industrious lawyer could, as
district attorney, transact in one month
all of the business likely to arise there In
a year.
Foraker of Ohio presented the credentials
of Mr.. Hanna for the term of United States
senator covering six years from March 4,
1899. The credentials were read and ordered
filed.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing: To prevent the appointment of cadets
to the naval or military academy of the
United States from states, territories or
districts in which such cadets do not re-
side; to raise the age Of protection for
girls in the District of Columbia and in the
territories to IS years; to pay the state of
Wyoming s7700, money expended by the
territory of Wyoming in protecting and
preserving Yellowstone national park dur
ing the years 1884, 1885 and 1886; to place
julius A. Maizer on the retired list of the
navy as passed assistant engineer.
At 4:40 p. m. the senate went into exec
utive session and then adjourned.
NOMINATIONS
The president today sent these nominal
tions to the senate:
State-Gorman Bulle of New York, to be
consul at Cardenas, Cuba James A. Nc
Cook of Pennsylvania, to be consul at
Dawson City, N. w. T.
Interior-Angus ]. Crookshank, register
of land office at Los Angeles, CAL; Z. j.
NJ. MaXey, at Stockton, CAL; S. w. Austin,
at Independence, Cal.
To be receivers of public moneys-Henry
S. Sargent at Stockton, CAL. and F. T..
Densmore, at Independence, Cal.
Postmaster: Arizona-J. w. Akers, Pres
colt.
CONTRIBUTIONS
The senate today confirmed these nomi-
nations:
Postmasters: California-G. F. Wood,
Modesto c. F. Coombe. Corona; c. F.
Kelly, San Bernardino; G. F. Dexter Santa
Monica.
THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. March 22-The naval
appropriation bill was reported to the
house today, but. as 1t had not been print
ed, the contested election case Of Thorpe
The herald., 1898-03-23
PAINT CAUGHT FIRE
The Southern Pacific Shops Narrowly

The Southern Pacific Shops Narrowly
Escape Destruction
An alarm was turned in from box "a. at
San Fernando and sotello streets, last
night about $50, for q firs In the South
ern Pacific paint shops at River station.
A switch engine WIS used with good effect.
and the services Of the department were
not needed. Had the fire not been imme-
diately extinguished . tremendous amount
of damage would in all likelihood have re-
suited, since the surrounding buildings are
nearly all frame. and considerable guam
tity Of oil Is stored on the ground. The
damage was merely nominal. The cause
Is unknown.
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A Big Mill Burned

TACOMA, WASH. March 22.-The Pacific
mill. the largest shingle mill in the world,
operated by Metcalf & Wade. was COM
pletely destroyed by fire today. The prop
erty is owned by the Sather Banking COM
pany of San Francisco, and their loss will
be about 100000. There were three mil
lion shingles in the kilns. Within thirty
minutes from the alarm the immense plant
was a total ruin. No insurance on stock
The herald., 1898-03-23
A Steamer Wrecked

MARSEILLES, March 22.-The Cen
erale Transatlantique Mail Company's
mail steamer Vile de Rome has been
wrecked of Point Balearic Islands.
The French steamer Vile de Rome was
built in Glasgow. in 1881. She is Of 1850
tons gross burden, Is 141 feet long and
has "a feet beam.
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Bulidins and Loan association against the
state Of Texas. enjoining the collection Of
q franchise tax. The states winning this
case means some 100000 additional income
from foreign corporations.
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Not Contract Laborers

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. March a.
The steamship Keinshin Maru, arriving
this afternoon from Hongkong and Ycko-
hama. brought as passengers thirty Chi
nese actors, who are the vanguards Of 400
to land in the United States to participate
in the Transmississippi exposition at
Omaha.
The herald., 1898-03-23
Hale House Victims

BUTTE. Mont. March 22-The manage
ment Of the Hale house claim to have ac-
counted for all but four Of the men sup
posed to have been asleep there at the time
Of the fire. They are:
Frank Kriegbaum. Dan Sullivan. Martin
ooney, Tom Star.
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murderer. arrest the leaders of the rioters.
pay 100000 taels for the property destroyed.
allow the mission to reoccupy its premises
and engage to protect the members Of
the mission.
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w. q. Yaazy. Dead

WASHINToNG, March 22.-Wheelock g.
veaxy Of Vermont, formerly member Of
the interstate commerce commission, died
here at O'Clock tonight Mr.. veazy re-
signed from the commission about year
ago. on account Of failing health.
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The State wilma

AUSTIN, Tex. March 23-Judge Lacey
Of the federal district court refused the
Injunction asked for by the Arkansas
The herald., 1898-03-23

LONDON, March pa special dispatch
says that Princess Louise Of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha has commenced an action for d.
vOrco
The herald., 1898-03-23

WASHINGTON, March 22-The naval
appropriation bill was reported to the
house today, but. as 1t had not been print
ed. the contested election case Of Thorpe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
FORCE AND LAW AMONG NATIONS

The address made Yesterday n Saratoga Ivy
Or. Isaac Franklin Russell. Of Now-York Uni
ycrsity the salient parts of which we publish
on another page Of this mornings Tribune. VIII
attract by the tmcllncSs Of It's topic thy at'cn-
tlon it will hold by the cogcncy Of H. logic AMI
the felicity Of It's style. Both International war
and international law are now much In the
public mind; thc one because Of the conflict
from which this Nation has 80 recently and so
trumphantly emerged. the other because of the
momcntous negotiations now in progress be
tween this Nation and Great Britain. and be
cause Of the unprecedented uttcrancc Of the
Russian Emperor 1t is beyond all question
true. a DR. Russell said. that glory accompanies
fcats Of arms Between Trafalgar or Manila
and victory on the football field tho difference
is Of degree and not Of Kind. "All mankind
love n lover" but they adore n hero And 1t is
vel, they should for there are qualities in hero
Ism which the race cannot afford 10 lose The
superiority to pain and The concentration Of all
energies in effort for achievement are among
the noblcst attributes OF human nature
Nevertheless mon recognize that even the
greatest hero is subject to the law. and they
ask why law cannot bc made paramount in all
International affairs and why arbitration by n
to arms. The answer, or the answcrs-for there
are more than Onc-aro given with convincing
force by DIT Russell. himself jurist and ad-
vocatc OF the utmost possible supremacy OF law.
There are in the first place, Some matters that
are not arbltrablc. We all know such Is the
case between individuals; no man would arbi-
trata over n violent assault upon n member Of
his family Equally so is It between States: no
nation would arbitrate case of domestic insur-
rcction Even in the field thus limited arblira-
ton IS not omnipotent. for il must be entered
into voluntarily. Compulsory arbitration IL
contradiction OF terms II mcarS not peace and
order but war and nll confusion And still
again, In the further contracted field Of arbira-
ton consented TO there is no executive behind
the court to enforce and to execute the decree.
Tho moment one party 10 n suit declines 10
ccpt the verdict your whole process OF arbitra-
ton fails. unless you resort to the very means
which arbitration Is designed to obviaic and in
rcsortng thus. while you may enforce the ar
bltral decree you simply set the seal upon the
doom of arbitration. Or il you contemplate the
creation of universal court. with universal
Is II to be constituted? Shall the British En-
pire and Greece have equal representation?
Shall the United States and Montenegro have
one member and no more apiece? To what
mere men could safely be committed the awful
authority Of sitting in Judgment, not merely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
:Sesp9nnatk Dmilp Gri5m'se
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1895.
THE NEWS THIS MORNlNG.

FoREIGN.-The British War Office received
q dispatch from Cairo explaining the !nterrIP-
ton OF news from the SoutaD. there was skii
mish with Derv,shes On August 10; the Ensns a
Army Is advancing slowly. - II Is lhshuateu
in Paris that the suicide OF CoIone! Henry Wio
was arrested for forging q letter pea,Lns on ,ne
Ornyfus case WAS connive" at ~ tire french
Army authorities, a Paris newspaper asserts
that Colonel Patty dc Clam who is absent on ms
vacation. has been arrested ior coihp"C ~ ia IA
the Dreyfus forgery. ---== Cecil Rhodes FORMER
Premier of Cape Colony, has been elected 10 'he
Cape Parliament BY large majority
fire In Bristol, England, Destroyed ssyerai pu'u :.
ines Including Colston Hall, causing loss OF
$4,000 go The transport ST. PAU. VITA
American troops on board. has arrived NJ Ma
Mia from San Francisco. - L'es'g'l" I1.
Colonel II. T. McCalluu,, Governor OF Lagos.
Will succeed Sir Herbert Murray as Governor
Ct Newfoundland next october
DOMESTIC.-Presiden Mckinley paid a orie,
visit TO his home IN Canton. Ohio. ana received
an enthusiastic welcome from his fenow-tcwns-
men. - General Shaf,er arrived ut Montaun
Point. and assumed command OF camp WIkoIi'
- Representatives. Of large American IN
Joint High Commission In Quebec. - Ihree
firms submitted bids for eighteen knot war
ships which viii be accepted by the Navy De
partrnent. and the keels viii be laid this 1aii
= Orders looking to the mastering out or
the Rough Riders. at Montauk Point. have peen
issued - The Iowa Republican state con-
yention presided over by Senator Allison, near' =
t,y supported the National Administration and
nominated candidates for Slate Offices
CITY-Brookyn Republican leaders visited
Chairman z. b. Odell, tr.. and reported as 10
the attitude OF delegates toward Messrs: black
and Roosevelt; there was warm interview De-
tween Messrs. Plat and Payne - IrePaIa.
lions were made yesterday 10 receive fresldeht
Mckinley to-day. - Two hur cred and sew
enty-one sick and wounded soldiers arrived
from Camp WikofY on the hospital slip Shinne-
cock and were distributed among Manhattan
and Brooklyn hospitals. with the exception OF
q few men who were able TO go home on FUR
loughs - Several more deaths occurred
among the members OF the New-Jersey regl-
Inents who have seen service In Cuba. and all
the convalescents suffered severely from the
heat -. A dinner to the engineers or Sanp-
sons and Schley's fleets was given by the Eng
reer's Club at which Engineer Muntgan. OF the
Oregon told Of the battle-ship's famous run
around South America. - The not wave
caused an unusually large number or prostra-
lions In the streets. - Captain Eulate, or the
sunken Spanish cruiser Viscaya. spent the day
In the city making arrangements for the trans
rortation of the Spanish naval prisoners TO
Spain --=- Stocks were dull and Irregular.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day Fair
with continued high temperature. The tempera-
trre yesterday: Highest. % degrees; lowest 80
average, SIlh.
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upon their individual fellows, but upon empires
ard the very world Itself:
Are We then. To abandon plans OF arbitration
and dismiss all dreams Of peace as hoth'ng eisc
than dreams? That question Dr. Russell an
~yers too with emphasis. BY no means. Inc
achievements of the past and the promise OF the
present both forbid it, Some nations nave
fought for years and wasted countless lives
over petty bits of boundaries. But here two ma
tons without n single blow. have settled Tor al
time boundary line stretching across CONT
rent. every mile of which was at some time III
dispute The same two are even NJ thiS nio-
mcnt peacefully settling other grave disputes
and coming into an accord that VIII forever
make the mercst hint Of war between thcih
scem fantastic Surely the example Is one mat
should inspire the world with hope 1t must
not yet be hope for all things. Nations are hot
vet wiser than the men who make them or more
moral than the statesmen who lead them Oh
the contrary the conscience OF Incorporated
human nature" IN lower than that of the aver
ace constituent individual. But the advance or
ahe individual means the advance OF the STATE
and of the race and such step "a Is now peihs
taken and such further steps as may be thRen
ly the great Anglo-Saxon nations are indlca-
tions Of such individual sweetness and light as
may we'll tend powerfully to refine AMI to ill'i-
inmate the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
yly1 10 THE YANKEE BOYS!

Nev-York gave superb reception to the great
uarsbps and their gallant officers ana crews
cverv bit OF which was fully deserved. ana. had
q bcon DosSible more too. Nor was there cause
10 complain of any lack Of cordially in me re-
contion Of The worn veterans Of the gallant list
II is 10 be assumed that all returning soldiers
ard sailors will he thus treated.
Today It is the turn of the Yankee boTs' ana
for them Il great wholc-hcared, welkin-spii'-
ling welcome is hcspokcn. They are our Naval
volunteers. who have fought rs we'll as our
Araly volunteers. or as the Regulars FOR All 'ha'
matter. Whether waiting and watching OF
nghing they have borne themselves wcrthly
and have done credit to the city from when
they hail and to the name OF the snip 'hey
manned.
This afternoon VIII see them once more on
terra frma. trcading The streets of the city the!
have honored and that longs to show how it can
honor them. Let Us have flags and music ana
salutes and applauding multitudes all along 'he
line of march. with Yankee Doodle ana the
Yankee boys in triumph above all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02

"ercd from all tho expert testimony mus on
tanned and should announce that truth eN ca
",hcdra. as 1t were. to the jury with the same
precision authority and iinpartiality WIN
(which he expounds TO them the law lie
would further have questions ana answers Ill
writing. and. so far as written crosseSaihiIa-
ton will permit the whole proceedings IN Which
experts take part conducted by commission ana
not in open court
Lawyers and judges will presumably not
agree unanimously or AT once in accepting 'h's
or any other definite prescription for The cure OF
n grave malady affecting the administration on
Justice. Bench and bar are agreed, we DellcV''
that a remedy Is urgently required. ana nave
devoted not q little discussion already TO the
subject But nothing has been done or Is in I'M
mediate prospect. For this reason We welcome
Mr.. McKelway's vigorous and animated al
dress 1t should prove stimulus to others
whose responsibility is greater than his.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
THE DUTY OF FRANCE.

NJ Coyaigrac Is reported 10 have Said lhat
thor. sbould be no revision of tho DreyfuS case
because the exposure Of Colonel Henry 5 iorgery
hod not proved the innocence Of Dreyfus or had
not altered the crse as affecting DrcyfuSs gu,it
In thu; LOT us give NJ CavnGnac credit for en-
;irc honesty. Then we must deem him guilty OF
IocL Of comprehension Of the requirements OF
common justice
We cannot say that since Henry was icrgef
therefore Drcyfus was not traitor. Tha woud
be logic worthy Of only a Iola trial Henr! ;
double confession does not prove Dreyfuss IN
poconce No. But it does destroy the MAJOR
part Of what was assumed to he the proof OF
Dreyfuss guilt We can say that nee Henry
was n forger the case against Drryfus is seTi-
onsly weakened II is possible. though we ere
not vet prepared to believe it. tina; without any
Of Henry's or any j,h n mans forgcrles l're!ius
rould have been convicted and condemned. 1t
IS absolutely certain. by NJ. Cayaisnacs own
declaration. that but for Hcnry's forgery re-
opening of the Dreyfus case would have been
granted
What Is the inevitable conclusion! mat the
French Government is now morally ponnd 10
gran; such revision. II not II VIII prac0cailE
say 10 the world: I'VE confirmed th" Drcylus
sentence because we believed that le'teT 10 oc
genuine We now know II 10 have been II
forgery But we still confirm the sentence
It is not to be believed that NJ. Brlsson one OF
the most upright of men. will place himself III
such position before the world. II is not 10 u"
believed that NJ Cavagnoc himself ano'hcr
upright man. will do so. Revision must como.
1t may he that II will only confirm the orig'hai
sentence 1t may be that. after all. Dr"yfus Is
guilty. We do not assume 10 pass upon Su'h
matters But guilty or not he was not legally
convicted. and justice and the honor OF France
demand that he shall be either legally convicted
or set at liberty. That is today the one para
mount duty Of France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
SOCIAL AFFAIRS AT NEWPORT

Newport r. l.. Sept (SpeciaD.-Mrs HefmSa
Oelrichs tonight gave the principal sociai en'
talnment o. the day. IN the form of barn ann.
at Gray Crag Park. the country estate OF Mr' az.
Mrs. O. II. r. Belmont. II was in honor OF MI anS
Mrs William Jay
Dinners also were given by Mrs. r. T. "nsoH
Mrs John Cadwalader and luncheons oy s''s
Thomas Hitchcock. jr.. and Mrs A Cass .a''Ns'
and chldrens party by Mrs. r. @. French.
William Burden son OF l. Townsend Buroeh' saS
James b. W. Cutting. son OF the late Robert
Cutting went 10 Narragansett Pier to-day "a
swim back TO Newport. They were accomls",sss
By friends, and succeeded IN ACCOMPLISHING az.
diflcult feat Burden though by no means -
hausted was wiling to give up before reaehns 80
harbor. and went ashore at Castle I'M 'u svsre
was taken into a boat off Fort Adams IN se' sr,
thunderstorm He was anxious 10 con'lDues bsr
his friends would not permit him under y,o~ noou
conditions The start made JUST ai'e. all
Cutting i'm the water about seven anu 0" -
hours Both finished In good condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
PERSONAL.

W c William, Of Atlanta is president OF twenty
,hrao hanks. each one entirely independent OF the
others
The Rev F. K Muller. who has gone oaek 70
South Africa on missionary work, was on'' re-
Gently ordained in Rome and Is the irst ma eTyIII
of the Zulu race 10 enter the Ho"'"'
Church.
t,rorossor Echtaryeier has completed the monei
for his monument Of the poet Immermann' wh'cn
f.; to be placed in front OF the theatre az N'ae"e
burg It will be unveiled on April -. io'o'
Mrs. Kathleen Blake Watkins. who was married
IN Washington the other day to Dr. Tneodoie 'o'e
man. is better known to newspaper readers as
xxi" the woman who reported tn" war LOT
Toronto paper.
MANY wears ago when Lord Dunerin was ABOUT
to 20 TO India as Viceroy, he instructed his stew
ard TO build Il stone wall around n famous rulheu
castle on his Irisn estate. In order TO protect 4"
from vnndals On his return home several years airs
castle had disappeared. and In It's InSe ,N was ,ba
circular wall ncfosinG nothing sending io Orders tr
G no been rarrcd out The steward insisted
that what he had ordered nag peeh r oUhe ..rhe
%hetg Is me- ,ne ,ordP repeated the steward That
ould thing Shure. pulled down TO nIia For
materials with the nnest stones IN ireland nesns
me-? In telling the man TO nu',d 'n nsss W
OF the castle.
The Rev DIR. Young J. Allen. who has been a
Methodist missionary in China for thrty-oiEnt
years is visiting friends in St Louis. The Anglo
Chinese College and Girls School. now known as
the McTye.,e Home and school were dop nrss
"ush which Dr. Allen hos had In hi. missionary
1sr5 TO 1899. which no spent in this country. an
Invalid from iniiuenza lie attended the Baltimore
:" IciIver addresses 20 the churches OF this coun-
try on China as a Mission Field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
EXPERT TESTIMONY.

The address on Medical and Other Experts
delivered yesterday before the American Social
Science Association by Mr.. St Clair Mckelwhy,
of which we publish the greater part this morn
Ing deserves the careful attention OF the bench
and bar and of intelligent citizens In every walk
Of life. II is a subject Of great and growing I'M
portance and this discussion Of II by man OF
large observation and experience, as well as or
unusual capacity for the engaging exposition or
truth should prove an effective contribution to
a much needed reform. universally respected
Judge of n high court has recently said that cx
pert testimony is at present the worst scandal
of our legal system. and with that severe CON
clusion we believe few discerning persons will
Disagree. The value of scientific opinion--n-
deed the necessity for itmay he conceded in
cases where the unbiased illumination of tech
meal questions which must otherwise remain
obscure is essential to the just determination Of
an issue Such an illumination Is commonly
supplied In one field by the judges charge; It
might also be supplied in other fields by expert
testimony
The trouble and the scandal consist in the
fact that n system has grown up under which
experts arc paid large sums to swear to dia-
metrically opposite interpretations Of state Of
facts. each nDnulling rs far as possible what
,hose on the other side have declared. making
,hcm ridiculous and creating If he can Il pro-
ern,ptlon in his own favor The worst of il is
that the process has now gone SO far as to leave
little doubt in the minds Of impartial observers
TINT In any particular case these scientific
opinions are largely If not wholly accidental.
the accident being the retainer which commits
the expert to one side or the other Various
remedies for the evils thus engendercd, includ-
ing the abolition of expert testimony altogether.
have been proposed. The one most fayornbly
considered is that Of payment by the public for
testimony If this sort instead of Ivy the i,igants.
Mr.. Mckclway approves this plan. but does not
stop there He would have experts summoned
by The judge IN such numbers as he thinks nee
cssary. and 1.-The Judge himself should be the
final authority as to the net truth to be gath
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-02
TIE SrJCIDE'S CONFESSION.

In order to appreciate fully the peculiar apt
nose If tbc wro.ched Hcnrys suicide an incl
dent of the persecution Of Henry's victim must
he recalled When Drcyfus was first arrested
his captors and accusers hcsitated to, bring MN
% trioi They knew that conviction ny duc
process of law was scarcely 70 he had Ihey
therefore resortcd to other means Tor hNlnG
upon him the guilt of treason. ana inns OF And
ing fucl to the tame of the mob's hatred CT tho
race and religion TO which he belonged. Inc
,noons would have done credit to the lnQuisiton
Mt its legendary worst. They sroye day all"
night. with every sort of suggestion. menace
and moral torture, to drive him TO suicide. bc'-
fer kill Yourself" they told him brntly. "for
..vou will be condemned TO n doom worse ihan
death" They put lethal weapons In his cell 10
tempt him and to facilitate his self-murd"r IN
case he should be mpelled thereto. MAKE MN
kill himself, or drive him mad That was III"
hileous standing order to his jailers.c
In that they did not succeed Never for one
moment did they even shake Ills steadfast cour-
age. Bn, now one of those who were foremost
in doing that devilish work himself seeks the
fate TO which he vanly tried TO drive his victim.
Truly. This Judgment Of the heavens that
makes us trembe. touches us not with pity.
Drcyfus could not by days and nights OF torture
he driven TO either confession or suicide. Hen
nv. at the first touch Of Ithurics spear, PUSHES
prccipitatcly to both. "Do yon believe in GodT'
demands an officer in liugos "Nine'y-thrce.
Yes" is the reply; sometimes in times Ike
this" Yes in times like this