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The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
HYPNOTIZED IN A GAME.
Playing at MesmerIsm Ends Serious
" for One of the Participants.

IL for One of the Participants.
The Rev. K. T. Booker, Of Scottsville,
H., who became unconscious while play
Ing game Of "kypnotizing,' as laid down
IN some Of the recent publications on
How 10 pass a pleasant evening in anus
ing games" IS still IN a critical condition
at the dormitory of the Kentucky Uni
yerslty, where he IS a second year student,
says the Lexington correspondence Of the
New York Herald.
Miss Ray McGarvey. the young woman
who hypnouzed young Booker, IS pros
trated over the affair. After hypnouzing
young Booker, according TO instructions,
she was unable 10 break the spell, and
physicians who have seen him to-day say
it is a peculiar case. They declare that
the trouble was probably brought on by
the excitement Of the game.
Miss McGarvey, who IS a granddaughter
Of the Rev. J. ". McGarvey. a professor
I'm the College Of the Bible, where young
Booker is studying for the ministry. said
there was no intention really 10 hypnotic
the young man, but that they were play
ing the game, having q code of signals
told what they were expected 10 do
Booker did not understand the game moi
did he know that those who had been
hypuotiZed before him We're only playing
When she first tried him he was not az
fected Later he asked 10 be tried again
saying that he did not believe he could be
hypnOuzed. He became unconscious, and
fell from the chair. but Miss McGarvey,
as well as the others engaged in the game
thought him fcIgning When he did not
get sup Miss McGarvey became alarmed
and snapped her fingers as the prOfes-
sional hypnodst does. StiH he was as limp
as a rag. and finally be was picked uI
and taken out into the air Here he re
yived somewhat and with the aid of his
friends was able 10 walk back 10 the
d0rmitOry. He did not revive during tho
night. and was unable 10 leave his bed
on the day following.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
SKATING HANGS IN BALANCE.
Fate of ChiIdren's Diversion to BE
Settled at Public Hearing.

Settled at Public Hearing.
Fond and loving parents, erusty old
bachelors and bachelor girls are invited
to appear before the honorable Board Of
Commissioners tomorrow morning at
1890 o'clock and present their diversified
views and various arguments as 10
whether or not the children Of Washing
ton are TO be allowed to use the side
walks as a skating rink.
The question is one that has been made
the subject of deep thought by the city
fathers. Numerous and lengthy epistles
have been presented for their eonsidera-
ton. Anxious parents have declared 1t
to be a shame to deprive their young In
nocents Of "healthful, harmless. and In
MIGRATING sport" On the other hand,
narrowing instances of inonending old
ladies and decrepit old gentlemen, who
have been knocked down by the roller
skate fiend are called to the attention
Of the Commissioners.
The question Is not TO be easily dis
posed OF.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
CITY TOURNEY ENDS.
Fat Men overwhelmingly Defeated
by the Palace Trio.

The Washington city Bowling Asso-
Citations tournament closed last night
when the last squad OF twenty-siX in
dlviduaIs and four two-men teams fin
ished up their sets. There was no
change in the leaders, the only changes
made being a few in Glass 3. The spe-
cial match between the Fat Men and
Palace three-men teams resulted in
defeat for the club men. the Palace get
ting LII and the Fat Men 1,69S. The
scores made last night are as follows.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22

supporter of all temperance, gambling, or
social evil reform; and hating caste dis
tinctions based on property in land or
titles derived from the throne, he will de-
test equally any caste among US based
solely on possession Of money
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22

Senator Morgan offered in the Senate
yesterday resolution referring 20 the
Committee on Foreign Relations all ques-
tons relating to the claim of the United
States to the capital stock of the Panama
Canal Company issued to the government
Of Colombia. It went over one day.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Beveridge speaks Tomorrow.

There is great interest in the announce
ment that Senator Beverage is TO speak
tomorrow in the Senate on the subject of
child labor The Indiana Senator has
spent much time in diigent research, and
has assembled a strong array of facts
against the evils of factory conditions
upon the mental, moral, and physical de-
velopment of young boys and girls This
viii be the first set speech on the pending
measures for the regulation of child labor.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
New Excuse for the Philippines.

HOB nc Wv IIItau' 1T1Tts.
The only reasonable excuse that this
country can offer for keeping possession
Of the Philippines is that some day they
the negroes Of this country. and il the
sending Of the negro troops over there
shall be successful and satisfactory 10
the natives. as quite likely it will be. Il
may prove to be the beginning Of a move
ment that shall materially aid US i'm the
country.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Circuit judge Loxcs Cnsr.

The court announced its decision TO re-
fuse % take Jurisdiction Of the case OF
Judge o. w. Buchanan. of South Caro-
lima. vs.. The Comptroller Of that State for
additional salary during his term as cir
cult judge. A few days after he went on
the bench, in 1884, his salary. as well as
that Of other circuit judges. was reduced
from $500 to S30o0. He sued TO recover
the 500 per annum, but lost in the lower
courts
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Eceentricities of Genius.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Even If Indiana has a senator who will
not carry an umbrella, Milwaukee has an
alderman who refuses to wear al over
coat
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Rare SeIf-sncrinre.

From the New York Evening Post.
Mr.. RockefeIler's recent gift 70 Chicago
University represents abstentiOn from at
least 100000 oysters
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Review Sherman's Estate.

The executors of the will Of the late
Senator John Sherman presented 20 the
court the petition OF Mrs. Mary 5. Sher-
man McCdllum. 20 whom most Of his
estate was devised as an adopted daugh-
ter, asking the court 10 review the decree
of the lower courts holding her liable
for q war-revenue tax of $3.50 per 500 on
$50 coo of the personally because she was
n stranger % his blood Mrs McCaIum
AYERS that the tax should have been but
SIl9ls per 800 as a daughter. an adopted
daughter in Ohio having all the rights OF
a natural daughter.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
JOSIAH FLYNT' DEAD
Author of Stories of Under
world" Pneumonia Victim.
CONCEALS HIS REAL IDENTITY
Trsmped in Every Civilized Country
in the World Dressed as "a LabOrer
Frances r. willard, Noted Tenn
Derance Worker, Was His Aunt.

Chicago. Jan. I.-Josiah Flynt Willard.
who, as Josiah Flynt" won a world
wide reputation as an author OF stories
Of the underworld" is dead OF pneu-
monia at the Kaiserhof Hotel.
The independence Of conviction, so
characteristic OF his life, manifested itself
to the last Thought his suffering brought
him 10 his bed the middle Of last week,
be refused 10 see a physician or accept
extra care until his ease became hopeless.
Dr. c. r. 2. Stronghold was called
in yesterday morning and last night the
author breathed his last Even then
neither his physician nor the hotel man
agement connected him with tho writings
which have made him famous and his
real identity did not become known until
to-day.
Was Studying Gambling.
Mr. Willard had been stopping at the
Kaiserhof for several months. while max
ing study Of gambling in Chicago. for
u series Of articles he expected soon 10
publish
Though only thirty-eight years old at
the time Of his death, he had tramped in
every civilized country on the globe. wear
ing the costume Of the common laborer Of
whatever country he happened 10 be
studying
When not on the road be wrote of his
adventures as a tramp. His works in
clude ''Tramping With Tramps," Powers
That Prey The World Of Graft" The
Little Brother" and Notes Of a Police
man."
His studies in sociology attracted the
attention Of Count Tolstoi, and brought
about a close acquaintance between the
two men With Ibsen he was also on
intimate terms.
Mr.. WIZARDS father. Oliver Athertou
Willard. was Of a widely known Evans
ton family OF that name and a part Of
the sons boyho0d was spent in the uni
yersity.
Frances willard His Aunt.
His mother. formerly Mary Bannister,
was daughter OF one of the founders
of Northwestern University, and Miss
Frances Willard, the temperance worker,
was his aunt.
Her influence over the wayward boy
led him to TAX Sc in the Berlin
University. whic pursued at intervals
from 1890 to 1895
His love Of the road would not permit
him to give it up however. and he had
seen little Of his family during recent
years
No other has so well portrayed the
"wanter-Iust," which draws the worker
from his shops and sends him 10 the hard
but care-free life on the bumpers and
brake beams.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
c. = Smithsnninn Rercnf.

The Senate has passed the House bill
reappointing Judge George Gray, OF Del
aware, a regent Of the Smithsonian In
stituuon.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Knows what he Is Doing,

He is not unmindful of the fact that
the church he is to take charge Of AMI
minister to is identified In the popular
mind with Mr. Rockefeller and that ne
will be charged with having voluntarily
assumed the role Of court chaplain to
the richest man In the United States.
His choice has been made fully conscious
Of the risk he runs, both in beginning a
career in a new country so late in his
life and in taking a pulpit which many
will believe must be 'muzzled." Mr.
Aked has lust for the difficult and dar-
ing and having recently fought death OF
and prior TO othat having dared to defy
the English national spirit and attack
the national policy. he may be trusted
70 speak the truth even TO the head Of
the Standard Oil Company, who is
pledged TO support Mr. Aked in adjusting
che church to new conditions in church
and society at large. Unless Mr.. Aked is
false TO all his past, DIR. Parkhurst of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church. will have a rival sooner or later
in plain-spoken preaching on social evils
and sinners in high places.
Mr.. Aked will be foe OF militarism.
of war for wars sake. and an ardent
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22

The Washington Herald has but
one name. 1t is The Washington
Herald every morning In the week.
Sunday included. Telephone, Main
$500
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
banker. sentence Affirmed.

BY denying a writ of certiorari TO Ed
ward Flickinger. the court in effect af-
frmed his sentence Of seven and a half
years imprisonment for wrecking the
Gallon, Ohio. National Bank Ohio t.
HAYS, cashier of the bank. was also Civ
en- a Ike sentence for the same onense.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
MORE MEN DEMANDED
Artillery Increase Bill APP
proved by the House.
PASS DISTRICT APPROPRIATION

Field and Sea Coast Artillery to Be
BeOrganiEed and ImDrOyed-Argu-
ment for Fewer Guns and High Ex-
pIOsIves-The Salaries of the En-
listed Men to Be Increased.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
Notable Personality.

Mr.. Aked Is a personality 20 be reckon
cd with wherever he is and whatever his
status. In the first place he is a man.
Pembroke Chapel has had a larger per-
centage Of men in IL than any other
church in LiyeTpool-men Of individuality.
ability. independent thought, and OF many
caliiEgs The title If his church paper.
Plain Truth. tells the story Of much Of
his grip on Liverpool life. His fine physl-
cal bearing, his Intellectual hospitality
and candor. and his moral fervor and
courage have won him a large following
Of men in the city
lie is a radical. chastened somewhat OF
late by his walk overlooking the Valley
OF the Shadow Of Death and by the album
dant opportunity for mediation on the
tragic sides Of life. But ne Is funda-
mentally "a radical in temperament as
over against the conservative. this trait
revealing itself in his attitude toward the
powers that be ia church, state, and po-
hticaf party. He made his first appear
ance on the platform u the English Bap-
fist Union this year. because the way was
made possible by the Rev. r B Never.
the president. but hitherto he has been
looked upon askance by the dcnomina-
tionaI leaders, save john Clifford, because
be could not be controlled So with the
Liberal party to-day he does not hesitate
10 condemn its South African policy and
TO intimate that Winston Churchill. the
Liberal colonial secretary. is susceptible
10 the influence Of London capitalists in
his handling Of South African affairs
What he thinks he usually says. hit whom,
ii may, and the only collar he has worn
hitherto has been MS own
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
JOHN DIS NEWPASTOR
Plain-Sp0ken Man Who viii
Preach to MiIliOnaires.
HAS HIGH MORAL COURAGE
Rev. Mr.. Aked May Rival DIR. Park
hurst In DenOuHcInE Social Evils.
Not Likely to BE "a Standard OH
TOOI-DemOcratic I'm His Opinions.
VIII Become an American Citizen.

The English Baptist preacher, Rev. c.
F. Aked, Of Pembroke Chapel. Liver
pool, who has accepted the call TO the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, which John
d. Rockefeller and Gov Charles E
Hughes attend, is not stranger to this
country, having visited Us in 1896 1897
and 1902, as we'll as month OF two ago.
and having been known somewhat 70 the
American Baptist constituency through
his books. sermons, platform addresses,
and his participation IN English social
reforms, says the Boston Transcript.
When here in 1902 he travelled 1920 miles
In the interior and West, leeturing ~
Chautauquas. sleeping in untoward and
out-of-the-way places, riding in freight
train cabooses, and having the arduous
life Of a peripatetic lecturer. This strain.
plus that which he had passed through
at home before coming here, caused by
his Dro-Boer views and radical opposition
10 the course Of British national policy.
brought on a physical breakdown, and II
has only been by most faithful obedience
20 the regimen Of the out-of-door treat
ment of consumption az Davos. IN
Switzerland. and at his home, that he
has been saved from premature grave
and restored 10 health and vigor New
Yorks climate is not the best for men
with pulmonary troubles. but it is better
than Liverpoors. and the Adirondacks
are near. Those who had letters from
Mr.. Aked. or who read his church paper,
Plain Truth, while he was lighting OF the
white plague and winning his way back
u health up among the Swiss Alps. where
John Addingt0n Symonds and so many
other Englishmen Of note have sojourned,
know that they were thrilled by the SUI
perb courage Of the man, and impressed
with the loyalty Of hIs home congregation
IN Liverpool. This congregation did so
much for him in his time Of need that il
mist have been peculiarly difficult for
( him to intimate that be must leave them
Z Now
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22

He is a democrat not only in the gen
eral sense of favOTing democracy rather
than autocracy. but also in the more
fundamental sense Of having instincts
which make him interested in the masses
Of men, preferring TO consort with them.
He is a democrat who believes in a re-
publican form Of democracy rather than
such a form as IL takes in modern Great
Britain, Italy. or Norway. He has no Use
for m0narchs, for hereditary upper houses
OF parliament, for caste Of any kind. IL
Is because he is republican democrat
that he could say with truth 70 the con-
gregation in New York, 20 which he
preached as Il supply a month ago. that
his heart was in this country, always had
been, and ever would be. whether he be-
came a resident within il or not II he
takes up his residence in New York in
March, one Of his first errands Will be 10
the court 10 take out his naturalization
papers. No British citizenship and Amer
lean residence for him.
Mr. Aked is an orator and preacher
with a singular power 10 move Ills dis
course. In the words Of an admirer among
his acknowledgment. is as brilliant Us
a dash OF Rupert's cavalry yet stern
II combines the picturesqueness and elan
of a charge OF Highland Clansmen with
the ethical. dour deadly unrereating in
sistenCe OF a band Of COvenanters. Il
keeps the mind alert like a strong bow by
realistic word flashing parable, swift
literary allusiOn, prompt quotation, quick
darling TO and fro TO snatch their treas
ures from the masters Of literature
whether Biblical or non-BibncaI. Its
original phrasilg, startling epigram, NOR
dant humOr, ana superb audacity startle
dullness out of its slumber, shock preju-
dice out of it's hostility sometimes by
first shocking Il into hostility, and hold
indifference spellbound. That is the YER
dict of d great living Scotch preacher on
Mr. Aked's pulpit power; and special in
terests of England who wax rich on the
vices or temptations of the poor. OF who
live an unsOcial, selfish individual or
class life. have had no more fierce foe
10 excoriate them or the platform or in
the pulpit.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
SHIP CASE MOVED
Supreme Court Grants Mo-
ton Of Government.
ALL MUST GIVE $1,000 BONDS
Commissioner to Be Named in Ten
Days-Date Set for Hearing War
Revenue Tax on InheFitanees-An-
other Brokerage Case Comes Up.
Late Senator Sherman'S Estate.

The Supreme Court yesterday entered
an order granting the motion Of the De-
partment of Justice for proceeding with
the case against Sheriff Ship, of Chat
tanoOga. and others of that city for con
tempt Of court, in connection with the
lynching last March Of Ed Johnson, a
negro. The twenty-six respondents were
ordered placed under $1,000 bail each for
their appearance before the commits
sioner. who is TO be appointed, to take
testimony in the case at Chattanooga.
The court also ordered counsel for the
two sides TO agree. if possible, and sub
nit within ten days on the name of a
commissioner 20 take testimony.
Inheritance Tax Up.
The court set for hearing on April Is
four cases involving the validity of the
IS, 100000 taxes on inheritance collected
under the war revenue law in the year
ending June 80, 1902. The same question
was involved in a case decided last fall
by bench divided four 10 four. and a
rehearing OF that case will probably be
ordered with the four others on April 10.
Brokerage Cases Up.
The court granted a writ of ceruoraH for
the review Of another case involving the
right of purchasers Of stock on margins
to take them up after the broker with
whom they dealt had gone into bank
ruptcy. The courts Of Massachusetts, and
New York hold opposite views on the
question. and the tangle will probably be
Strengthened out when the Supreme Court
decides the two cases before it. The
case upon which yesterdays action was
taken arose out OF the failure Of Jacob
Berry * Co, Of New York, in 1894.
TrOmp Loses Commission.
The court declined to review the judg-
ment of the lower courts against the
claim of T. II. Adrian Tromp, who en-
deavored TO recover per cent commits
sion from the Cramp Shipbuilding Com
pany on its contract Of 81, $4,000 for build
ing a cruiser for the Turkish government
Tromp conducted the preliminary nego-
tiauous at COnstantinople. was paid S2,5el
and expenses for his services, and dis
missed. Afterward. when the negotia-
tons were renewed in This country and
the contract signed, Tromp thought he
was entitled 10 the commission originally
promised him. The courts held differ
entity.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-22
CoIombia,s canaI stocI,.

resident Washington Fairgrounds Asso-
ola +for,
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.Uy8
Asp Copeland patton. Graham anaty
cimc Aaxey. Mitch Moore
Absent:
Bnby Board Edey, Fisher
Harris of Hudson, Humphrey,
MS Kane kelly Konceay, Langley Mathis
Rose eandfn sacr
President Murray declared that the substitute
Cor Committed Reports prohibition this
vote ccn dnay adopted Consultation
the Convention no sub
enossed copy President OF tho Convention
moon slf Committee Of the Whole
Tor the further consideration with Mr. Baker the
char
resumed the chair the Committee Of tho
whole, reported follows:
MIR PRESIDENT;
We Convention to whom referred
tho general orders Of Calendar beg
No 6 at thereon we have made
progress and yk
j. A. BAKER
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Hendricks Ienshaw Ierrine iH Hogs
Hughes Humphrey Kelly King Korneay
Langley Ledbeter edtke 1ithn Lueton Nc
Canoe Nelson Norton Parker
Qeaes Roberts Rogers sandim sayagc svats Tosh
Williams Of Williams Of W Williams
OF wis Of Wyatt wyp, and president Murray
Nays: l..
Ahscnt.
ehanan Cochran Covcy,
Hausam Hopkins HUDSON Jenkins.
Koueaay. Mcclure Mathis Newell Rose Safer
Of So
President Murray announced the ao aud declared that Committee
Public Corporations had by this vote,
finally the Constitution OF the proposed
he subscribed
copy President of tho Convention
On pon subscribed this
Williams Chairman Of the Committee
on Railroads Pablic Service Corporations
motion Mr. caudi the Convention took recess until $3.50
NJ, Monday, March II, 1897.
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Official Journal Of the Proceedings
Of the Constitutional Convention
coNvENTIoN cHAR1BER.

.-~v
with which the President Of the cnyeu.s" sue
scbe the provision entitled awarded to President
Murray author Of the measure
Mr. Wood of consideration Resolution No Co. relating
~ STAT Floral Emblem on motion OF motion tabled
on motion of Mr. Williams Convention resolved itself into
Committee consideration of Special and General Or
des with Mr.. Langley n the Chair
the matters ocred to IT, the Committee 0i me
whole rose President Murray Chair and Mr. ansle' as
chairman Of he Committee reported as follows:
MR. PRESIDENT
we o.r Committee of the whole referred
the General and special report that have
had under considerations lG and GGS which c
recommend for adoption Of Section se which, We
recommend be committee composed Of Mes LED
better 1ey redraft that have had under
consideration recommend for adoption Sec
ons and thereof recommend
10 referred to Committee that have had under
confederation Committee Committee legislative
Apoonuen be adopted ordered cneroed
and passed to reading amended Committee
of the whole residue the matters referred TO u.s.
we have progress and ask leave to sit again
II
Chairman.
on motion tho report was.a adopted
sr rcre Chairman Convention Accounts and
EXPENSE approving statement Of account Of h Leader
ptinfas OF motion adopted
Committee Report Private Corporations read
placed its adoption The vote to adopt same
resulted follows:
Ayes: Il.
Aenrs Allen Adoson raRo Banks nryau cauinl
Chambers Ellis Fisher Frye Gardner
Harrison Of i5 Harrison S. HASKELL Hayes iiend
rcs Hill Hughes Humphrey James Johnston
Jones Langley Icdbote Idkc Lit
tohn Messenger Mitch Moore
Rice Roberts Roe
sndFn Tosh Tener Tucker rrrncr Weaver
Williams of wcod Of Wyatt
President Murray
/ Harris
"a
Blby Bowers Buchanan, Cam cloud Cochran
coyey. Iieon Hopkins
jenkins Kelly 8onesay tamcr 1oeper Me-
A1axy stowe and Wood Of 49,
declsred that Committed
entitled Corporations had by this vote been final
y adopted anJ part The
Convention he subscribed
crossed copy o President Of the Convention
which the President OF the Convention sub-
provision presented
Graham. Charman o Committee Private Corporations
entitled Pubic Service Corporations"
third adoption The the
resulted a follows: ~
4 So
Asers Allen, Adcson Baker Banks Berry Bryant Carney Carr
Chambers Copeland.
Frye Hanraty
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LuMsIaMeN N ooNvsNrIoN.
tn. Assoclatcd prcss.l

fB,t AasDClatcd Prcss.l
Jackson, Miss, March IL The
sssippiLouisiana Rstaii Lumber
Dealers association began rs annual
convention In this city today UP
wards OF 900 dealers were on hand
when President Tucker called the
convention TO order behind loscd
doors The lumbermen VIII spend
two days discussing various trade
matters OF mutual interest.
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WE Will INvEsT lmMEelArELY

any amount OF mouey In goud ladns-
striais GAS, WATER, ELEGr4lCS,
RAIl.WAYS INVENTIONS MINING
AND TIMER are especially solicited
for sale and exchange. All enterprises
possessing merit Incorporated hnanc-
ed and developed JEROME, HUN tEh
AND COMPANY, THE BOURsE, Phik
adephia, Pa