The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-30

in view OF the special character OF the ar
bitration court. the best form for such a
gift would be 10 make 1t a special founda-
willing TO administer the gift IL IL were OF
fered.
The Armenian drug clerk. Agap Hatchi-
khan, who was arrested on Jan. 10 for at
tempting to assassinate the Armenian
patriarch Ormanian, died In prison at Con-
stantinople on Thursday. IL Is supposed
he was put 10 death In order TO hush up
the matter. The patriarchs wound was
not fatal The shooting was believed TO
have been melted by committee or agi-
tators-
Lieutenant General Miles was the guest
of honor at a dinner given in Paris Wednes-
Rrueere commander-in-chiefo OF the French
army. General Miles called at the War Of
flee Thursday and left cards for the war
minister. General Andre. The American
general and his party viii leave Paris on
Sunday for London, and VIII sail Tor home
Feb. Z The general denies the reports that
he compared the dowaSer Empress OF
China with the late Queen Victoria dur
ing his audience with the dowager The
rumor Is absolutely false.
town OF Reus. province OF Tarragona.
spain. Ten thousand workmen are anect-
ed Many cases of intimidation by the
ers are watching the railway to prevent
| the Importation of outside labor. The
troops are confined in barracks. The en-
pioyers declare that the movement Is po-
| iitical. Great distress prevailes among the
| strikers owing To- the scarcity OF food and
several deaths are attributed to this cause.
| The town OF Reus has manufactures or
| soap, morocco leather. wines. and has cot
| ton and silk spinning. Its population Is
| about thirty thousand.
| Countess Isabella Wesierska Kwilecki.
belonging to a rich and aristocratic Pol
| ish family, has been arrested I'm Germany on
| the charge of pretending TO have borne "A
! son six years ago and presenting him as
| the heir to an estate at Wrieblew province
of Posen), consisting Of 10000 acres and
| having a yearly rental roll of $4,000. Count
| Misjisiaw Kwilecki. a member of the Prus-
sian House OF Lords. and his son. Count
| Hector Kwlecki, a member of the Reichs-
| tag, as next of kin, contested the legitimacy
| of the countess's son two years ago and
| after a sensational trial at Posen she was
| acquitted The suspicious regarding the
| legitimacy of the countesss son continued
| and the prosecuting attorney continued
| his investigation obtaining fresh testimony
| bore a child at the time the son of the
countess is said to have been born. The
arrest of the countess followed.
| The committee of experts in mental dis
eases appointed by the German Ministry OF
| Education to investigate the healing value
| OF hypnotism reports that IL is essentially
| worthless. The committee, which is COM
posed of Professor Mendel and Drs. Geek
Hunter and Aschenborn, appointed
| during the faith-healing excitement a year
| ago. The report declares hypnotism cannot
| produce organic changes or cure epilepsy
| or hysteria, but can be used helpfully I'm
some instances to remove symptoms
| through suggestion. No good physicians
would leave out of account the influence
| of suggestion upon patients. but hypnotic
| suggestion may intensity disease when
| used by laymen who do not know when
| to use It, The influence of hypnotic sug-
gestion diminshes I'm proportion to popular
knowledge of IL. Ii is most powerful when
regarded by subject as marvellous and
supernatural. The commission also notes
| that hypnotism is less used than formerly.