The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-18
HYPNOTIC STATESMEN
About Fifty Members Of tha General Assem-
bly, Have Become interested In the Science.
COOKE AND BLAND ARE ENTHUSIASTIC

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Members OF Roth Houses Go 10 study.
ing the Science-May he Useful In
Their Future Political Careers.-
Two Norfolk Insurance Compa.
niles 10 BE Snufred Out. u
MI Rie Oh 8M Val, Va, Jan. 17;.tspecial)-
grower was at the Capital today He
IS deeply Interested in the matter Of
protecting and fostering the oyster in
dustry In Virginia, burt docls rot take n
very hopeful view of the future. He
has an extensive place on York river.
and for years has been making large
shipments of oysters to Norfolk and
baltimore. lie complains of the COM
Dnrhtive scarcity of oysters in Virginia
now, and Says that 1t Will be disastrous
10 the industry TO make the season
ior catching oysters any longer than
1t Is now. He says the Legislature
should protect the oyster a 5 1t has pro-
tected the partridge, that Is to say
shorten the time FOR catching oysters.
IN busy season Mr. Almond employs
about one hundred men.
Mr. Cooke offered I'm the House and
had placed on the calendar a bill to
amend the charter OF the John L. Ro-
per Lumber Company and Mr.. Ba,ten
presented one which also went to the
calendar, repeating the fence law for
! Princess Anne.
MIR. Tabb introduced In the House n
| bill In relation to the time and manner
| OF providing licenses for persons engng-
ed in working the natural oyster beds
rhis Is the same measure that was pre-
scented In the Senate by Mr.. Stubs.
| Senator Snead introduced bills TO re-
peal the charters of the Virginia Farm
srS' Insurance Company of Norfolk and
| the Norfolk Fire Insurance Company
Of Norfolk.
DR.. Henry. the famous hypnotist has
| hypnoti2ed about fifty members Of the
| General Assembly 10 this extent at least
that they have Joined his class in hyp-
! rotism. Some Of the most prominent
members OF the General Assembly have
| Nccome Interested in the science OF hyp-
| notism. and So,havc Il number of dis
tingulshcd citizens of Richmond Dele
| gate Cooke of Norfolk and Delegate c..
J.. Blanu OF PORTSMOUTH, aGe cu,..,..,a-
| tic over the subject, and in the Senatt
all the leading lawyers I'm that body
are studying the science with consid-
cradle pleasure.
The bill amending the charter of the
| Empire transportation Company was
passed by and made the special order
Tor next Friday at =. M.
| y number of the members of the
Chamber Of Commerce are arranging 10
entertain the Virginia Legislature al a
banquet Mt the Jefferson Hotel next
week. No sooner was this announced
| than attention was called to the fnct
l that M
getting up the supper are lcade I'm the
movement looking TO placing all of the
| departments of the city government
under commissions. 1t Is expected that
the proposed amendments TO the char.
ter will be discussed at this banquet.
|
When The Maupin anti-gambl!ng bill
came up in the House to-day MIR Hath.
away tried TO have ii recommitteG Iic
said there were many people from va
ri0uS sections of the State anxious fol
| an opportunity to oppose it, and he
thought they should he given an oppor-
| tunity to express their views. These
citizens, Mr.. Hathaway stated, did nc;
| learn in time to appear before the com.
! mitt tee last Tuesday; that the measure
would he considered on that date The
| motion to rccommit was lost whish
means that the friends of the measure
| outnumber it's enemies In the House.
There was considerable discussion In
| the House over n resolution offered by
MIR. Harwood providing that when the
| body adjourn Tomorrow IL he to meet
ON Tuesday in order to celebrate Lees
birthday Monday. lie called attention
To the fact that the Legislature had
made this day Il legal holiday and
thought II right and proper for the law
makers In observe the day. McsSrs
Saunders, Cooke. r. S. Powell. Kecsce
and others were opposed TO the rcsclti-
| ton. They thought they We're sent for
work and were not willing To take n
days holiday when Lees birthday could
be celebrated just as well on Sunday.
The House Committee on Asylums
| and Prisons will resume its invcstica-
| ton into the conduct and management
| of the rcnitentinry tomorrow. Inter
| cSting developments are looked for
have talked with many members of the
| Legislature and almost. without cXcep-
| ton. they think the food given the con.
victs is most sufficient. The most OF
| the gentlemen were of opinion that the
punishment was too severe. AS to the
contract system. with few exceptions.
| the Senators and Delegates expressed
| themselves in favor o: II.
The Legislature to-day elected Mir
| w. S. Stuart judge OF the Corporation
Court Of Bristol. hut did not go int
| The election OF n judge for the courts of
elizabeth City and Warwick. This LAT
| ter position will not be filled for several
| days The object Is to prevent the ne.
| cessity Of special election Of n mem
| her OF the House 10 succeed Major Il.
| I. Lee, who is to he made judge.