The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-02
ASTRAL BoDY's LONG TRIPS.
Woman Said She Visited Wales Thrice
While Remaining In St. Louis.

Woman Said She Visited Wales Thric
While Remaining In St. Louis.
Mrs. Jordan w. Lambert, wife of tn,
millionaire chemical manufacturer O.
st. Louis, recently related one of thu
most remarkable stories of psyche
phenomena ever told. She said sh,
journeyed to Wales from her owl
home three times to bind up the In
jured arm of boy hurt in the SLATE
mines there. She also gave him money
for the relief of his needs. This was
in United States coin, and the boy ex
changed it at the steamship offices II
London for English coin. The ex
change was proved in London later.
All of this time Mrs. Lambert was
in her own home and she thinks en-
tirely conscious throughout. She her
self relates the experience, prefaced by
spirit communication between Joe
Wentworth, spirit guide, and herself
In scene of balloon race, repro.
iuced in New York moving picture
show, r. J. Mailer saw his younger
OAObhNAt WAOln lOl lllICC years HG udu
been unable to communicate with, and,
writing to the officials of the club con-
Quoting the race, was able to obtain
his address.
All the German joint stock com
panies engaged in the herring fishery
have now entered into an agreement
for regulating the selling prices of their
catch. The consumption of sea fish
has greatly increased among the Ger
man population owing to the very high
prices asked for meat.
Mrs. L. B. Bishop of Chicago offered
500 prize for the best verses favorable
to votes for women in Chicago, and
some of them were certainly funny.
One of the poems" tells the men vot-
ers that it is a burning shame that
they should shoulder all the cares
when we are willing to be your help
ers and the mayors"
Suicide among children in German
schools seems on the increase. Some
startling figures are published officially
showing that in Prussia from 1880 to
1903 the average number of suicides
or attempts at suicide among pupils of
the higher schools was If per annum.
Since then the figures are: 1904, 8;
1905, Is; 1906. 16; 1907. 20; 1908, %.
Harry Barnato, who died the other
day. was one of the multimillionaires
of whom the general public knew and
saw very little. Some years ago his
fortune was computed at f12,002,0O0
His savings alone amounted to sew
eral hundreds of thousands of pounds
a year, for to great extent he lived
his one luxury being good
cigars, which he smoked necessarily.
State railroad commissioners repre-
resenting Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wis
consin and Michigan at recent meet.
ing in Chicago took action toward less
ening the terrible record of fatalities
to trespassers on railroad rights Of
way. Resolutions were adopted urg-
ing the strict enforcement of laws
against walking on railroad tracks and
suggesting that police powers be given
to section foremen to arrest unauthor-
lied persons found on rights of way.
The poor of Chicago who by force Of
circumstances are compelled to buy
their coal by the basketful pay for it
each winter in excess of the prices OBJ
tanned by those who can purchase in
ton lots or more sum equal to the
total contributions to the five principal
charitable organizations in the city.
This is the conclusion reached by the
officials of the Chicago Relief and Aid
society after an investigation into con-
titions prevalent in the congested dis
frictS