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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
YOUNG WOMAN DRUBS MASHE.l
Takes otfense at Fellows InsoIence
and Throws Him Into the
Gutter

A female pugilst was discovered in
Lucille Cruger yesterday in Police
Judge Roses court. This athletic
young woman told how she had swat
ted one George BiXby. a drunken
masher, when he made advances to her
on the street Monday night.
When she saucily told him to mind
his business" the man is said to have
swung at her with his right arm and
hit her several times. Like a well
trained prize fighter she flew at him
and mauled him into a respectful ST.
lence in less time than he could draw
his breath. She left him wallowing in
the gutter and told the judge so with a
smile of satisfaction at her physical
prowess.
Bixby got twenty days in jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
DECLARES HEALY WAS DRUNK
Captain 5radish Says Son of Council
man Was Intoxicated in Front
of Con missioner's House

One of Los Angeles bluecoats, said
by Captain Bradish of the University
station to be Patrolman Robert Healy,
son of Councilman Barney Healy, was
seen In state of inebriaton in front
OF Police Commissioner Sam Sehenck s
residence, 1922 Hobart boulevard. early
yesterday morning.
The commissioners attention TO the
officers condition was called by one of
his servants. who noticed the officer
IN tow or a citizen who was trying
vainly to get his friend past the COM
mlssloners house before he was seen.
Commissioner Schenck says he will
ne chafses against Healy at once adj
vising his dismissal from the force.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
THINK SW|NDLER
LEFT THE CITY
'FLAV0RlNG EXTRACT VICTIMS
ARE SAD
j. c. DrlscoII Disappears After Work.
ing FIlmsy Bunko on Poor Men
Who Were Seeking En-
pIoyment

No clew to the whereabouts of J. G.
Driscoll, alias Fred Kramer, has been
found by those who have been search
ing for him, and the man who is said
to have swindled hundreds of young
men out of small sums OF money is
still at liberty. He will be arrested as
soon as he is located. as a number of
his victims have announced their inten-
tions of swearing out complaints for
him.
Many new victims of the man who
offered to supply men with lucrative
positions providing they paid him small
sums of money to hold the Jobs and
then skipped have appeared at his for
mer office" at 513 Wall street, but none
of them has been able to give any in
formation in regard to his present
whereabouts.
j. b. Evans, the man who was men,
toned as a partner OF Driscoll, is not
being sought by the police. 1t has been
learned that he was not interested in
the scheme which Driscoll was promot-
ing, but was himself q victim of the
smooth tongued artist. who succeeded
in having a number of men put up
money in order to secure mileage books
and positions.
known in Los Angeles and is highly
respected by those who know him, he
met Driscoll several weeks ago. The
latter influenced him to give him a
small lamol mt of cash for his support
and about $25 for the purchase of in
gradients for extracts. Driscoll is said
to have then informed the men who
applied for positions that Evans was a
partner in the business
Evans Not Partner
1t is thought that some man after
ward passed as j. B. Evans to those
who applied for work, as Evans states
he has not been present at Driscoll s
rooms since last Thursday, while the
young men who were Swindled state
that a man who gave the name of j.
B. Evans was present Sunday when
they called to put up money in order
to secure work.
They describe this man as having
black hair streaked with gray and with
a low forehead and with front teeth
filled with gold. Mr.. Evans hair is
black, but is not streaked with gray
and his front teeth are not prominent
or filled with gold.
Driscoll has not showed up at his
room since he left there Sunday morn
ing and the men who put up money
with him say they have little hope of
recovering it or bringing him to JUS
tice. The police have been notified of
the affair and it is thought they may
be able to locate him in some other
city, but those who were taken in by
the game are confident he has left for
green fields and pastures new.
The six gallon bottles of extract"
are still at the room, while no person
has called for the half gross of four
ounce bottles filled with the different
kinds of fluids which were left behind
when Driscoll went away.
1t has been found that Driscoll paid
for the bot les and the ingredients with
which the different extracts were made
out of the money received from Evans.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
FINDS THIS CITY DIFFERENT
North oakotan snraeed Because He
Is Not Allowed to Sell Liquor
Witbout Iteenee

j. II. Eddy a grocer with a store at
Twenty-hfth street and Long Beach
avenue, was arrested yesterday by Of
hcers from the central police station
on u charge Of conducting, a "blind
pig In connection with his business.
The police say Eddy has been bot
Ting whisky in quart bottles and SELL
Ing 1t on the wholesale plan. He seemed
to have no idea that he was breaking
the law and when told by the police
that he had done so seemed to think
himself very much abused.
why, | used to sell whisky that
way without license In North Da-
kota," he said, "and never got
'pinched for IT,"
He was released on $50 bail and will
be tried January 1S at o'clock.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
INTERPRETATIONS

Riordan Investment company-Direc-
tors: t. A. Riordan, william Hunt,
Dan Murphy and II. F. Vollmer. Capt
tai stock, s5OO,O00. of which $500 has been
subscribed.
G. Hegyi Chemical Works of the City
OF Los Angeles-Directors Eugene b.
Hesyi Malvina Hegyi and ]. Crawford.
Capital stock, $4,000, of which $52OO
has been subscribed
Los Angeles Information Bureau
Directors; Herbert Williams. Harry l..
Dearing and Charles l.. Chandler. Cap
ital stock, $4,000, OF which SIS has been
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16

cipltation. Snow was recorded in st.
LOUIS with a precipitation of 1sS
inches. At Cincinnati .9S of an inch of
rain fell and in Kansas City so of an
inch.
throughout the northwest the coolest
weather of the year prevailed. Havre
registered a temperature of "A below
zero; Bismarck, SO below; Miles City.
81 below, and Duluth, 20 below.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
ATTORNEYS TO CONFER
ON COMMISSION MEETING

Attorney Frank G. Finlayson left last
night for San Francisco, where he viii
meet Attorney Meserve of the interstate
commerce commission and arrange for
the meeting of the commission in Los
early next month. !
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
Cleanup Notions

1(lc For dress shields nainsook covered, odorless all
AVN sizes. worth 20c
N For box hooks and eyes black silver, six cards
~ in box, two dozen card; worth 1Oc.
EZS to spool; worth sc.
1 For package sewing machine needless for all stand-
~ ard machines and worth regularly &C.
Z1C For cube best steel toilet pins; needle pointed,
II ~ fancy coored heads, 100 to cube, worth Sc
d, For dozen nickel plated safety pins, all Sizes and
~ worth regularly &c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16

has the effect of occasioning a much
liVelier interest in debating. Poly real
ICES she has hard work before her, as
does also Throop. Both are deter
mined. Both are aiming at the same
mark and as result will make Fri
days debate one of the most closely
contested and interesting debates of the
season.
Victor W. Killick, president of the
Polytechnic Oratorical society, will pre-
side at the debate. Eighteen minutes
will be allowed each speaker to present
his argument. The first affirmative
speaker will take thirteen minutes to
present mis- argument and will be given
five minutes after the last negative
speaker for a rebuttal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
One Good Turn Deserves Another

Lazy Larry-Say. lady, I'm dat hun
CRY | don't know wat ter do. l amt
had nothin'--"
Mrs. Goodart-Walk around to the
kitchen, poor man, and you shall be
fed
Lazy Larry-Aw. say. dat's a purity
long walk, lady; couldn't yer hand it
out here just as well?-Catholic Stan
dard and Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16

Everything you want you will find in
the classified page, One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
City Attorneys View

City Attorne" Leslie Hewitt said:
II consider the subways valuable
privilege and l think the railroads
should have paid the $4,000 as sug-
gested. But, considering the undeniable
advantages to the travelling public Of
fered by subways and the gains to the
city by the new improvements, think
the mayor was wise in signing,
when he asked me my opinion
whether he was justified in signing
after a review of all the facts l told
him 1 thought he was"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-16
SUNSHINE DRIVES
AWAY THE CLOUDS
Clearing Weather Expected Today,
Although It May Be Accompanied
by SprinkIes Here and
There

Rainfall yesterday, 20 of an inch.
Total for the season, 11.12 Inches.
Rainfall 10 late last season, 400
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

fOrtuitOuS happenings which must be expected in
such a chaos of queer queries and replies
| have said that there is nothing characteristic
OF the man who PurPOrtS to speak from heaven.
might add at once, Everything is characteristic of
the woman whose hand is scrIbbling the answers.
We must not forget that 1t is the same woman with
whom Hodgson worked through many wears, and
who had become thus most familiar and intimate
with the whole circle in which Hodgson moved.
His idiom and his methods blended with her
memory of the man The only thing which perhaps
could not be hers was his scientific interest and
further facts which he kept secret from her. In
both these directions the experiments have failed
entirely
Fancy scholar, through many Years of his earthly
life absorbed by the one paSSIOn.-to understand
the conditions OF existence after death,-devOting
his whole scholarly career 10 this group of prob
lens, and discussing them a thousand times with
his most intimate friends. And ne enters into
the land of the eternal mystery all the secrets
which no living being has ever graspcd unveiled
10 him. and with full consciousness of personal
identity he 1T last attainS the power Of direct COM
munCatIOn with his friends; he be the first TO
convince mankind and to transform the hopes of
the millions into Ccrtanty,-and in this glorious
position he speaks. or rather gOSSIpS. about the
most trivial and most insignificant matters He
asked me II | remembered anything about the cheese
we had at lunch in his ROOM reports DR. Hvslop
OF the most characteristic questions and he
adds recalled the interesting circumstance that
once, end only once, | had had 9 midnight lunch
with DR. Hodgson.-at the Tavern Cub,-when
he made a Welsh rabbit and we had a delightful
time
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
The Mysterious Conversation

THE typIcaI form OF thc intercourse is IKE this
Mrs Piper writes Il am HodgSon "-Hvs-
lop replies, Good, Hodgson. how are you?"-
lop. Fine -" Good glad to hear it! Bid YOU re
ceive my last message; ;'-Hyslop. When and
where y told George to give il to YOU. | mean
-. Too bad AsI, him lbou; it or letter Still win
tell YOU myself | said tried To reach YOU and an
other man whom thought 70 be Funk"-Hyslop
No - heard YOU say Van. '-Hyslop &C. do not
recall that word but | think | know what place il
was
And 50 on-a continuous attempt To say some
thing without being definite, and wherever fact Is
suggested IN tentative way 1t proves mostly quite
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

but I 90 feeI great dIIII-
Guilty IN expressing myself
through mediums.
IlodgSOn knew the liter
atUre OF mysticism per-
fcctly as long as he lived
AZ BoylSton Place, Boston
II at the other place he Is
really still the same man.
he cannot possibly he IN
doubt that this kind e
phraSeologv would be the
last thing IN the world %
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
DIR. Hyslop's Conclusion

nR. HYSLOP assures us that these facts must be
- recognized supernatural, and that the
olanatOn through spirits is the most rational hy-
pothesis The suggestible reader who longs for
sense demonstration of human immortality starts
with the acceptance of such mystical theory. and
satisfied when he hears facts which be inter
oreted in the terms of such belief He does not bring
TO such material the skeptiCism with which he might
study the evidence a murder trial; he does ask
himself whether another hypothesis might not be
simpler The skeptcal reader, the other hand has
hardly the patience wade through such SwampS of
trivial gossip, he throws 1t aside and hardly cares
TO ask whether 1t IS a fraud or merely the babblng
Of a disturbed mind Yet, both attitudes wrong
stood before, nothing Is gained for real knowledge.
lere have to deal with reports for which the idea
II fraud seems prcposterous. | for feel the less
-lght to decline a careful scrutiny, as my mail as
probably that of many psychological colleague in
he land( Is oVcrburdcncd with inquiries as TO
whether the proof for hie after death not
plcte. And as the questions have poured in from
all sides, | give my answer the widest publicity.
Mr. Hysop spoke IN questions to Mrs. Piper, who
wrote the answers, in similar way he worked
with Mrs. Quentin who did not write but gave re-
plies through the planchettc ouIja board The
lepheS presumably came from the departed Hodgson.
should bc willing To accept that. at lc, as an
rgumcnt, ii II shown that the replies were
,onvinCingy characteristic of the man. or could
lave come only from his personal knowledge. or
-ould have been under no circumstances the
brain products of Mrs Piper herself In my opinion
here is nothing all the material which forces on
Is such concession the contrary. every so
allied proof reduces itself 10 conversation which
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

lacks those essentials.
And the few bits of cor
rect coincidence which can
hc observed at all are So
extremely mcagcr that no
one VIII bc ready TO give
up for them the scientific
view of an orderly uni
verse, everyone who Is
not convinced beforehand
Will prefer to group those
supernatural chance
colncldenCcS among the
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
Nothing out Stiffness

INSTEAD OF that, do not hear about the eternal
life anything else than the same kind of r. -le
Stiffness with which the ghosts of the spritua -ic
seances at one dollar and fifty the evenr- -s
in the habit OF entertaining their customers i
have found things better than hoped how Ter
have the professionals SAID that to their r DE
audiences. And when one spirit Is asked Wl--aeI
he sees another spirit, the answer comes, Ye- 1u1
lives in parallels typical OF that k.- oi
mystical slang which We have heard through nv
years. The familiar explanation of the stur, rs o,
the utteranCe Is also not lacking. Do not ..rk
l am asleep. Hyslopl Not muchl l may not -- Ter
stand all that goes on; but | hear more than ex
plain here Therefore, YOU must get what ar
give here. and Try 70 understand why II Se- s.
fragmentarv | do not feel Your lack of .---.--
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03


Hyslop, When the NEE ag to
bet suggested having meeting n NeW
York "-HyslQP, Yes, that IS r1ght. = SD one
self."-Hyslop, That is right. - Do YOU en-
Der my desire to publish my report next son
Yes extracts '-Ifvslop About whom We. r.
our telepathic experiments -Hyslop. 'Au -.sht
Best go ahead also wished to publish acts
about the spirit ade of test experiments AMI my
theory in answer to some criticism recall fro Mrs
Sidgwick.
Here at last we have indeed concrete fact bu,
Mr. Hvslop acknowledges himself that Mr. 1iDer
probably knew of Hodgson's desire to reply o. Mrs
Sidgwick and while he doubts whether She k- .v OF
his intention to go to the New York meet T. il
seems certainly not improbable that he had sed
to her about that
If Hodgson had approached the problem r5 c5n.
vince Mr.. HysOp on his spiritual existence with MS
old intellectual keennesS he would certanlv ave
avoided talking constantly about cheap trIv ties
which everyone can guess or about facts whie The
transmitting medium could know He would ave
chosen convincing and evident topics. Once b. aid
through Mrs Piper, L saw YOU recently Wrlt- ur
all | have said to vou."-HyslOp, That Is Int
Hodgson." And it pleased me very muc- =
HysloP; am gong to print 1t IN The lournal
Amen You have my consent l wish the Id
TO know that | IDIOT / am sure at
nobody believed Hodgson to be an idiot as lo- az
he lived; but all the messages which claim be
sent by him proofs of his identity are so b Ily
chosen and so ineffeCtively brought forward at
should be indeed obliged TO believe that his local
power has been lost in the other world
And even if he unSkilful IN proving is
existence he would have furnished his friend Hv q
at least with insight into the wOnde-- II
the Overworld which they discussed SO often H g
son has shown that he has in his sphere ST..
loyal interest IN the OF DR. HyslOpS Jour
nal" He wrote, for instance. through Mrs. Piuer
Have you been TO Washington lately>-HyslcD
Not specially Is there any psychological wo-k
there | see people who interested and viii he
YOU in Your work. May not be able all at once but
will do II IN time. Now, If Hodgson remains eager
for Others TO help Hyslop in his work which ndeed
badly needs support, would It escape Hodgson's
notice that If he to dictate few original edl-1
rials concerning the life. the success OF NE
Journal would be secured for all time.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

Il II u
Only few days before his departure IEka -,
from this life we had had a good talk JlE%,
m hypnotism, wherein agreed en- FH S5S
rrely; but we both carefully avoided s1Sssss==-=-=
any switching of the discussion to
spirtuaiSm-he knew that | did not
believe in his spirit theories and in his COmmuniCa-
lion with the dead through the famous Mrs. Piper
At first he had been skeptcal critic of mystical
happenings; but slowly he had turned round and
inay he lived entirely in devotion to his super
natural studies. To unveil the mystery of DEATH
not by philosophy religion, but by experiment
and observation, that was his passion and mat
Ter of course he arranged with his nearest friends
that if of them died, he should do his utmost to
give unmistakabe proof of his spiritual existence in
another world.
1t was hardly surprising that his death gave the
signal for spiritual performances in all parts of the
country. Wherever mediums exc living from the
lv CredulitV of Supersttious believers, it became
or awhile the fashion to get messages from 1odgson.
Yet the fraud was so evident that serious minded
occutists hardly gave any attention these cheap
tricks But the situation changed 1t became
known that Hodgsons friend Professor HyslOp, the
founder OF the American Society for PSyChiCal
Research had attained to contact with the deceased,
and again through the agency of Mrs. Piper Mr..
HVSiop is a conscientious, sCrupuOuS scholar. and.
as to Mrs. Piper, it seems unreasonable to be
piCous of conscious fraud The careful reports of
these experiences have been published, and,
IN addition to the automatic writings of Mrs. Piper,
We receive full specimens of DR. Hyslop's expert
ments with some other lights working with the
planChette.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-03

wrong. and, in the best cases. q Sigh,
approximation TO the facts, jus- a9v' nv
one who was familiar with Hofps0n's
interests might guess them. Wlereva-
the talk becomes specific and ve, cor,
rect, it lies entirely within the limits ~
Mrs. Piper's probable knowlede-
Il Will now refer 10 the MEETING i
proposed having before | came overs
Hvslop, When was the NEE 10 r.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-26
CATS WHISPERS.
These Sensitive Organs Are Relic of
 Jungle Days.


 These Sensitive Organs Are Relic of
 Jungle Days.
 It Is perhaps not generally known that a cats power of discernment, es- pecialiy at night, is due almost as much to his whiskers as to his eyes. To any one who goes to a menagerie and looks at the giant cats Of the fer est-the lion and his iike-the purpose of these vibrissae, as science names the hairs that project from the muzzie and from above the eyes. is evident enough.
 They are delicate organs of touch, wonderful mechanisms of warning Each one grows from a follicle. or gland, nerved to exquisite sensibility. Its slightest contact with any obstacle Is distinctly felt by the animal, though the hair itself is tough and insensible. Those exaggerated whiskers on the muzzle often project to each side of the animal so far that from point to point they stretch to just the width of his body.
 Imagine, now, lion stealing through a jungle at night, tracking his prey. where the stir of twig gives alarm. His long hafTs indicate through the incest nerves any object that may be in his velvet path. 4 touch stops him short before pushing through some close thicket where the rustling leaves and boughs would tell aloud his pres ence. Wherever his head may be thrust without warning from the vibrissae there his body may pass noiseIessIy, and it is their aid. in con- junction with the soft cushions of his feet, that enables him to travel as si- lently as the snake.-Scrap Book.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-26
Senate e.xsi handIaIs...

It is an odd fact that the gayel used by the presiding officer of the senate has no handle, like that used by the speaker of the house. It is nn ivory contriyance, modestly ornamented, of cylindrical shape and about four inches long. In yielding 1t the vice president has to hold the gavel in his hand as if 1t were a small hammer without a han tie. How the custom originated of providing the vice president with 6 handleless gavel is not known, though the oldest senate attache cannot re- member when it was otherwise, just as the oldest senate attache cannot re- member when the gold snuffbox that occupies it's ancient niche at the right of the vice presidents raised desk was not dutifully filled every morning. al though no statesman now patronizes that once popular box for gentle sneeze.-Washingto Herald.