The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-08-25
NEWS NOTES AND CONNIE

NEWS NOTES AND CONTENTS.
DR.. J. Pembroke Thorn, one of the
best known physicians of Baltimore,
died at his residence in that city, on
Monday, after protracted illness. a
native of Virginia, he removed to Bal
timore at the close of the civil war
and was closely identified with the
interests of the city from that time.
The sun OF Tuesday says of him:
Born when 'knighthood was still in
flower in the South, and where the
grand old title, gentleman, was con-
sidered the highest of distinctions, he
never forgot the ideals or traditions of
his youth, but carried with him to the
closing years of the century the court
ly bearing and the lofty and gallant
spirit that characterized gentlemen of
the old regime"
French ideas ofjustice differ materi-
ally from ours. In the trial of Dreyfus
witnesses are not confined tofacts but
give hearsay evidence, toge ther with
their impressions and opinions as to
the guilt or innocence of the accused.
A prisoner is assumed to be guilty
until he proves his innocence. Here
and in England the contrary is the
rule In Frauca the interests of the
State are superior to those of the in
dividual. In our country individual
rights have the first care and are
jealousy guarded, as a general thing,
but even here we have seen, in the
exciting time Of civil war, individual
rights and privileges under the law
sacrificed for some supposed good to
the country.
Justice WiiInot II. Smith, in the
Queens county, IN. Y.,) Supreme
Court, has denied the application o!
Il colored woman named Cisco, for q
writ of mandamus to compel the
Queens County School Board to ad-
NIT ali children, irrespective of color,
to the public schools of that borough.
Judge Smith says: Under the pro-
visions of the act Of 1864, authorizing
the establishment of separate schools
for the education of the colored race,
the school authorities have the power,
when such schools are esta blished and
provided with equal facilities for edit
cation, TO exclude colored children
from the schools provided for white
children"
Walter WeIlman, the well known
correspondent, reached Tromsol, Nor
way, with his Arctic expedition, on
Thursday, after spending over u year
in the polar regions. Important dis
coveries were made of new lands and
islands. Mr.. Wellman fell, while
leading his party, into snow-cover-
ed crevasse, so seriously injuring one
of his legs as to compel his return.
The party succeeded in making the
earliest sledge journey on record.
They reached SO North. Important
scientific work was done by members
of the party.
The Naples correspondent of the
London Daily Ne1CS quotes Admiral
Dewey as saying that he believed the
Philippine question would soon be
solved. In his judgment the inhabi-
tants were capable of self government,
and the only way to settle the insur-
rection and to insure prosperity
was to to concede it to them. He
declared that he never was in favor
of violence toward the Filipinos, and
that only after autonomy had been
conceded might annexation be talked
of.
United States Senator Harris, of
Kansas, it is stated, will introduce
three important amendments to the
Federal Constitution at the next SEES
sion of Congress. One will provide
that the President shall serve six
years instead of four and be ineligible
for reelection; another to make the
term of Congressman four years, and
States Senators by the people. All of
these amendments appear to be wise
and salutary.
y California sea captain is going to
build schooner in one solid piece by
following out the trunk of one of the
largest redwood trees in Humboldt
county. She will be 48 feet long, Is
feet beam and 10 feet deep. When
rugged he proposes to sail around Cape
Horn or through the Strait of Mag
elan, cross the Atlantic and through |
the Seine to Paris, where he expects
to arrive by May, 1900, in time to at
tend the Paris Exposition.
A wax representation of Captain
Dreyfus, in the uniform he wore be.
lore he was degraded, is on exhibition |