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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
THE ABUSE OF HYPNoTIsM.
Quncks and CharIatans Who Make Uso OF
II to Gull the Public.

| While the benefits from hypnotism
thus far have been few and small, the
evils have been many and great. Its
sleeplike state is not a normal sleep,
bringing health and strength to the
slumberer, but morbid condition bor-
| dering upon disease. 1t irritates the en-
tire nervous organization and Temporal
rily if not organically weakens the sys-
TEN. This drawback is serious enough.
Darker and more terrible effects lie in
the suppression of the objects will for
the time being, and the substitution
therefor of the operators. In this re-
gard it opens avenues to crime and crimi-
nails such us has never been equaled
heretofore. Already SO many discredit-
able actions, not to use stronger word,
have been committed in Europe by
means of hypnotism that in Italy, Aus
tro-Hungary, parts of Switzerland, Co.
penhagen and other municipalities laws
have been enacted prohibiting its public
practice by any except physicians. So,
on the other hand, the police, without
any statute on the subject, have treated
travelling mesmerists as disorderly char
acters. Thus Donate was expelled from
Italy, and Hansen, another hypnotist,
from Austria, was notified never to re-
turn under penalty of arrest, fine and
imprisonment.
This Donate (whose real name, by the
way, is Dhont) hypnotized an italian ar
tillery officer, who Immediately became
half crazy. From time to time he would
go into somnambulism at the sight Of
bright object. He would follow carriage
lamps, and unless prevented would walk
toward locomotive or steamer lights.
An architectural student was mesmer-
lied by staring at his oompasses, after
which it was impossible for him to draw
without going to sleep.
A young girl of Milan, of beauty and
character, was hypnotized and impressed
with the notion that she was married TO
man she had never seen but once. and
then in the darkness. She went crazy
and died in a hospital.
Another young girl (of Paris. this
time) was put under a similar spell and
was ruined. She finally entered the
Saltpetriere hospital, where, after long
and painful remedy, what was left of
her former self was pronounced cured.
In New York hypnotized person was
made to believe that he had taken slow
poison. He fell sick and wasted away
to shadow. Not until the attending
physician discovered the true nature Of
the hallucination and rehypnotized the
subject was there any symptom of con-
valescence.
In Turin, at a series of hypnotic lee
lures and public experiments, large
proportion Of those who attended were
taken sick with headache, insomnia and
other nervous ailments. A few of those
who were of hysterical temperament
remained ill for long time.
In the foregoing cases the hypnotizing
was done with no evil intent, but there
are hundreds of recorded instances where
it was done with intent Of evil.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Church scandal in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.--Rev. Elbert
s. Todd, pastor of Hamlin M E. church,
has brought suit for divorce from his
wife, Mrs. Emma N. Todd. While the
allegations in the bill have not been
made public, they are well understood.
Soon after DIR. Todd assumed the pastor
ate of the Hamlin church, last spring,
there was scandal which resulted in the
return of the lady to tho home of her
parents in New York. 1t was said that
reports came TO his ears rejecting upon
the faithfulness of his wife, that the
minister employed private detectives to
watch her, and that they followed her
and man to well known house in q
disreputable quarter of the city. Her
companion was well known member
of congress from the far west. Tho
ground for the divorce is therefore sup
posed to be the scriptural one.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
WESLEY WARMERS TRIAL.
The Murderer Of Lizzie Peak Expects
to Escape the Moose,

MOUNT Holly, Nov. 26.-The ap-
preaching trial of Wesley Warner is re-
viving comment as to the doom that is
awaiting this young murderer for the
killing of Lizzie Peak on Sept. II. The
jury that will settle his fate has been
named, and the drawing of the panel
this time was in conformity with law.
The prisoner exhibits wonderful nerve,
and seldom refers to his crime. When
visited by his counsel, Charles K Cham
bers, he seems to be in jovial mood and
likes to be informed of events transpir-
Ing outside tho Jail. Warner is still in
irons, and will be kept in this condition
until the day of his trial
Warner plead not guilty before Judge
Garrison, although he admits his crime.
Every effort will be made by his counsel
to cause disagreement Of the jury or to
secure recommendation Of mercy.
The circumstances surrounding the
murder of Katie Anderson by Barclay
Peak, brother of Warmers victim, will
be strongly dwelt upon as plea to save
the life Of Warner. An effort will be
made to convince the jury that Warner
should not receive more for his crime
than was meted out to Barclay Peak
twenty years in state prison. The fail
ure of justice in the Peak case nearly
precipitated an attack upon the jail, and
public clamor will only be satisfied this
time by the death sentence for Warner.
1t has been thirty years since hanging
occurred here.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
CAPTAIN MoRAE WAS RIGHT.
He Was Justified in Refusing to Deliver
Political Refugee,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Mr. Shannon,
our minister to Nicaragua, has made an
interesting report to the department of
state regarding the case of Don Jose
Dolorts Gamez called Gomoz in all pre-
vious correspondence) which is particu-
larly interesting at this time in view of
the action of the captain of the Red
Line steamer Honduras in refusing TO
surrender the refugee Gamez to the
Venezuelan authorities, and afterwards
sailing from Laguayra with the refugee
on board without permission of the
Laguayra custom house authorities. In
1885 GameZ, who was kicaraguan po-
litical refugee, embarked at San Jose,
Guatemala, for Puuta Arenas, Costa
Rica, on board the Pacific mat COM
pany's steamship Honduras, Captain
james McRae commanding. While the
Honduras was lying in the port of San
JtNs do Sur, Nicaragua, the authorities
Of that country endeavored to arrest
Gamez, but Captain McRae refused to
give up his passenger and eventually
sailed from the port without the usual
permit.
1t was reported to the department at
the tlme that criminal proceedings were
instituted against Captain McCrae in
the Nicaragua courts in his absence,
and that he was found guilty, although
the consul stated that he had not been
able to learn the nature of the sentence.
This case assumed considerable import
ance during the Barrundia incident, by
reason of the fact that the Guatemala
government placed special stress upon it
as supporting its position, and that it was
Mr. Bayard's ruling with respect to it on
which Mr.. Miner relied in defense of
his action with respect to Barrundia.
1t now appears that the final issue of
the Gamez incident has been misunder-
stood. Mr.. Shannon finds that criminal
proceedings were in fact brought in
Nicaragua against Captain McCrae, but
that they did not result in his conviction,
but instead in his acquittal. Judge
pineda, of the criminal court of the first
instance. acquitted Captain McCrae, in
an opinion in which he discusses the
duty of the captain under international
law, and holds that he was not under
the obligation to deliver Gamez to the
Nicaraguan authorities, and that his re-
fusal to do so was no disrespect to the
latter. This decision is now affirmed
by the supreme court. Thus it appears
that the courts of Nicaragua, upon an
actual trial of the captain, found that he
was warranted in refusing to surrender
Gamez to their authorities.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

We have tasted the rats that have run
riot in isolated wheat ricks, and we can
conscientiously aver that they are both
both sweet and succulent. Their flesh
is white as that of sweetbread, and
has unquestionably more favor. We
understand that field mice are still more
delicate, and considering the simple and
wholesome habits of their virtuous lives,
we can well believe it. The English
man in Paris" speaks of salmi served
soon after the beginning of the seige of
the commune, and the very memory of
it seems to have made his mouth water.
Yet the town mice scarcely gave the ex-
pertinent fair trial, for they had been
shared on the bastions between the outer
boulevards and the fortifcations.-Lon
don Saturday Review.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Cardinal Layircrie Dcnd.

LONDON. Nov. 28.-A dispatch to tho
Reuter- Telegram company from Algiers
Gays that the French cardinal, Lavigerie,
is dead. BY the death of Cardinal Lavi-
gerie the Roman church loses one of its
greatest princes, perhaps the most widely
known Of any, and eminent alike for
learning, for piety, and for devotion to
the cause of liberty. Throughout his
career he was famed as the aggressive,
relentless and successful foe of the slave
trade, in the recent movement for tho
suppression of which no one was more
noted than he. He also distinguished
himself as the friend of republican insti-
tntions, and upon him the monarchist
parties of France lay the blame for the
destruction of their hopes and the dis
persal of their followers Cardinal Layi-
gerie was born in BayOnne in 1925.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Emperor Williams Illness.

LONDON, Nov. 2s.-The correspondent
of the International Telegram company
sends from Berlin information gathered
by him concerning the nature of the
elnperor's present indisposition, and its
connection with the chronic disease of
the emperor's ear. There is little doubt
that tho cold" from which the Emperor
William suffers at present is renewed
of the trouble with his ear The trouble
was supposed to have been allayed for
some time by tine beneficial effects of the
emperors whaling voyage. 1t has ap-
peared again, however, with increased
violence
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

GAINESVILLE, Fla, Nov. 28. Late
Saturday night Charles II. Pratt, editor
of The Daily Leader, was shot and in
stantly killed by Thornton Stringfellow,
a prominent merchant of this place.
Stringfellow discovered Pratt and Mrs.
Stringfellow in a compromising situa-
tion in the latter's apartments, and the
report is that he fired at Pratt twice
from the outside of window, riddling
him with buckshot. Pratt rushed from
the house, but fell dead in the street.
The coroner's jury permitted Stringfel-
statement before it under oath and then
returned verdict of "justifable homi-
eide"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
THE VATICAN AND THE FAIR
The "American Chamberlain" to Have

The "Amerioan Chamberlain" to Have
Charge of the Columbus Collection.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-Secretary of
State Foster has written a letter desig-
mating Mr. ]. G. Haywood as the agent
OF the United States to select from the
Vatican museum and library relics ap-
propriate to the discovery of America to
be exhibited at the Columbian exposition.
Mr.. Haywood was selected on the sug-
gestion of Cardinal Rampolla, the papal
secretary of state. He is q resident of
Rome, former citizen Of Philadelphia,
where he was at one time a newspaper
reporter. Mr.. Haywood has lived for
long time in Rome, where he occupies
palace. He is a man of wealth and de-
votes large part of his time to the
study Of American history. He is one
of the popes chamberlains, being known
as tho American chamberlain"
The college has already decided to
loan to the United States for the exhibi-
ton at Chicago the originals Of every
thing it might want out of the library
and museum. This would include books,
maps, pictures and everything that was
not part of the records of the church.
The cardinals came to the conclusion
that it would be an improperly to allow
the church records to be taken from the
Vatican. The college would, however,
have fac SMILES made of any document
desired.
One of the most interesting documents
in the exhibit will be the original bull
of Pope Alexander VI, dividing the new
world between Spain and Portugal.
This is known as the "bull of demarka-
ton" Other exhibits of inA'rest will be
tho letter from Ferdinand and Isabella
announcing to the pope the discovery of
the new world, letter by one of the
cardinals on the divine right of kings to
assume ownership of any countries they
might discover. OF the facsimile two
sets will be made at the expense of the
Vatican-one for the department library
and the other for exhibition at Chicago.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.- Congressman
Holman, of Indiana, returned to this
city yesterday afternoon, coming direct
from his home. Mr.. Holman is chair
man of the house committee on aDpro-
priations, and he has come early so as to
get the committee together as soon as
possible and commence work on appro-
priation bills for the coming season. In
answer to the query whether he was in
favor of an extra session of congress he
said: 81 can't see any necessity for one.
So far as the tariff is concerned, / think
more can be accomplished by doing that
work in the ordinary manner and
through the ordinary channels"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

CALHOUN, Ga, Nov. 2s. - Chester
Scott, one Of the train robbers who shot
Sheriff McGinnis and two of his posse at
Plainville Friday night, was captured
near that place yesterday. He was
brought here and locked up in jail. The
town was filed with armed men yester-
day, and large party secured the ccun-
try in the afternoon in search of Will
Morrow, the other robber. Old man
Morrow, the father of Will, was ar
rested and brought in last night. Late
kilograms from Rome announce that
Sheriff McGinnis cannot live.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 2s.-A two
masted boat carrying wood and having
six men aboard was caught in whirl-
wind and capsized The men regained
the boat, but the water was freezing and
during the night three of them died
from exposure. One other man under
took to swim ashore and perished. After
fifteen hours intense suffering the two
remaining men were rescued. The
names of the dead men are George
oughby and one unknown. A passenger,
Captain Haywood, Dave and Erwin
Green. of NeWberne, We're rescued.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

Travers-strange what different emo
tions some occasions will bring out.
was down to the races, and in the excite
ment my tailor, who happened to be
there, actually came up and threw his
arms around my neck.
Dashaway-I suppose he had picked
winner, hadn't he?
Travers-No, but he saw that had
Clotbier and Furnisher.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
suspected Murderers Esoane,

HoLLlDAysRURG, II Pa, Nov. 2S.-Franlk
Hodges and William Murphy, who have
been i'll the Jail for month, suspected
of the murder of a stranger in Altoona.
have escaped. They are professional
crooks, and got their tools and chisels
from the outside by means of a monster
chickcn potpie sent them by friends
They dug through the floor of their cell
five feet thick. They jumped twenty-five
feet into tho jail yard, and broke the
iron gate with giant powder.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Another New orleans Strike Possible.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 29.-There are
indications Of another street car tie up,
as far rs the New Orleans city and Lake
railroads are concerned. During the re-
cent strike twenty-five men of this road
We're appointed monitors by the Car
Drivers association. 1t was their duty
to take positions at certain places and
notify the drivers when to cease work.
They filed this role, and these are tho
men Colonel j. Walker, president of the
company, refuses to reinstate.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

"Tourists do say funny things yet"
said a young woman just home from
Europe, though l feared l shouldn't
hear any of them. Two women were
standing before tapestry in a church,
and as approached one of them said to
the other2 Got your notebook, Hannah?
Put down Consulting her catalogue)
tapestry of St Agnes;' then, studying
the picture before her, she summed it
up; Girl on bench, sheep in the fore
ground and the two moved on without
second look. New York Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

JARRETTs, N. c., Nov. 2s.-"Bill"
Murphy, the noted desperate, who was
reported dead several months ago, is be-
heyed to be alive and in hiding in the re-
cesses Of the Nantahala mountains. Per-
sons from that region speak of him as
terrori2ing the entire country, and lew
ing contributions for the support of hi1u-
self and his gang. For over thirty years
Murphy has been terror along the bor-
der line of Tennessee and North Carolina
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-The secretary
of the treasury received letter from AS
sistant Treasurer H. T. Roe, at New Or
leans, confirming the press reports that
Coin Clerk Monitor had been embezzling
standard silver dollars in small amounts
from the sub-treasury forseyeral months
past. The exact amount of the loss can
not be determined, he says, until the en-
tire amount of 100000 silver dollars in
store shall have been counted, which
work is now in progress.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

WnL1AMsPoRT, Pa, Nov. %. A
special from Montgomery, about twenty
miles from here, in this county, says:
A fire which broke out in Mrs. L. h.
Kimmerer's millinery store at 1880
O'Clock yesterday safternoon completely
destroyed that building, The Mirror
printing office and Henderson g. Sons
large general store. The entire loss is
about 2,0OO partly covered by insur-
ance. Many ugly rumors are current
regarding the origin of the fire.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

CLEVELAND, NOV. 2S. - The largest
telescope in the world, when it is fin
ished, will be the Yerkes telescope,
which the builders of the great Lick
telescope, Warner & Swesey, have just
entered into contract to build. 1t is to
be the gift Of Charles 7. Yerkes, a Chi
cago street railway magnate, to the Chi
cago university. The instrument COM
plete will have the enormous weight of
sixty tons. The gift will also include an
observatory, and will aggregate 5000, 900
in ynlua
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
The Marriage May Not Take place,

LONDON, Nov. 2s.-Queen Victoria,
learning that tho pope has declined to
sanction the marriage of Prince Ferdi-
nand of Romania and Princess Marie of
Edinburgh unless the children shall be
educated as Romanists, insists that the
young couple shall ignore the papal
veto of their wedding, which this
amounts to. The czar, whose sister is
the Princess of Edinburg, and the young
princess parents are on the side Of the
queen, and regard the pope's interference
in the light of an impertinence; SO that,
If Ferdinand will not disoDey Leo, the
marriage will very likely not take place.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
washington's Distinguished Patients

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-James G..
Blaine, Jr., said to a reporter for the
United Press that his father is very
much better, having been up, dressed
and walking around his room. DR..
Gardner, the physician in attendance on
the venerable DIR. Scott, President Har-
rison's father-in-law, said this morning
that he thought DIR. Scott would be up
and moving around in three or four
days. The patient, he says, displays a
remarkable degree of vitality, and today
is much better than he expected to find
him. Senator Kenna's physician ex-
presses the belief that his patient will
be all right in few days.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
They Want Hnrrity to Move.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. est is said
that the leading Democrats of New
York want Chairman Harrity, of the ma
tional Democratic committee, to cast his
lot with Tammany. Several of Mr..
Harrityis intimate friends in this city
know that he has been urged TO leave
Philadelphia and locate in New York,
but they say there is no likelihood of his
tltfnU an
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

VALPARAISO, Nov. 2S.-Five colonels
and one intendente under Balmaceda
have been arrested and are now IN Jail,
charged with having been engaged in
the plot which was discovered recently.
Warrants have been issued for the arrest
of eX-General Naras and three other
colonels. All of these arrests We're made
on orders issued by the supreme court.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Money Needed for Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The secretary
of the interior has transmitted to the
secretary of the treasury the estimates
required to pay pensions for the next fis-
cal year. The sum of $166, 1881 $50 will
be necessary to pay pensions on account
of the army and navy, including the
maintenance of pension agencies, clerk
hire and other incidental expenses. OF
this amount 1t is estimated that $685.
100000 will be paid directly to pen
sioners.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
KilIed IN a Tnrlex Rllnd.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 2s.-Archibald
Hart, of Fredericksburg, on Wednesday
afternoon went turkey shooting. Failing
to return his friends ON the following
morning started in search of him. He
was found dead in blind" having
been shot in the head. A verdict that
he had been murdered by persons un-
known was rendered, and young man
named Louis Smelling has been arrested
on sllsnicinn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

TAMAouA, Pa, Nov. 2S.-NIiss Maud
McFadden, young woman of this place,
has become insane through homesick-
ness. She had been living with friend
near Lancaster in the capacity of a gov
erness, and had been away from home
for about three months. When brought
home she failed to recognize any of her
family or friends. She REFUSES to eat OF
al.or.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28
Gladys Deacon Refused Admission.

PARIS, Nov. 2s.-The mother superior
of the Convent of the Assumption re-
fuses to take back Gladys. the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Parker Deacon,
as ordered by the court. Mrs. Deacon
now offers to give up Gladys to Mr.. Dea
con and not oppose his suit for divorce,
provided he will give up to her their
third child, Edith, now in America
Mr.. Deacon is infexible, and has re-
fused the proposition. Mrs. Deacon
says she will go to America.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

ROME, Ga, Nov. 28.-A desperate fight
between sheliffs posse and gang of
fortified train robbers occurred before a
log cabin in Plainville, twelve miles
above this city. Sheriff McGinnis fell,
with his side and breast filled with shot,
while others of the posse We're terribly
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

Mt. HOLLY, N. J.. Nov. 2s.-Seyeral
tons of gravel fell in the pit ON the Pugh
farm, barying Daniel Stanton, whose
breast was crushed in and several ribs
and leg broken. He is fatally injured.
Stanton recently attempted suicide by
jumping of the railroad bridge into the
frpak
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-28

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.--Captain Nc
Kee has been doing some quiet figuring
on the composition of the next house
with pnpose of scaling the Demo-
cratic majority down gomew what, and
claims to have succeeded. The two
Rhode Island districts, where there was
ne election, have been omitted from the
calculation, which results as follows:
Democrats elected, 2lS; Republicans
elected, l2S; Populists elected, s, leaving
the Democratic majority over the Re-