Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-22
At this Mrs. Royal stroked her daughter
on the head and very sadly remarked,
Florence here, poor darling, is the un-

it as punishment in some way inflicted
upon US, for what we know not"
PLEASE. let me know just how these man
ifestations are made!"
They never begin before clock in the
evenIng.and then never unless poor Florence
| goes near the front door or windows. No
sooner does she approach near either the
front door or windows than a handful Of
stones is thrown against the door. Some
times it sounds like the rattle of gravel or
sand only, and then again the thump of
big rock IS heard against the door and it
bounds of and strikes the porch floor with
thud.
Are real stones thrown or Is it the mere
semblance:"
Real stones, SIR" answered Mrs. Royal,
and rising up she approached the mantel-
piece and took from it three boulders of a
triangular shape, larger than mans double
fist.
There are some that have been THROWN"
said Mrs. Royal, and resuning her seat she
continued her story:
"Ihese manifestations began about three
years ago, when Florence was nine years
old We were in Galesburg, Illinois, then.
At first we paid no particular attention,
further than becoming vexed at the
continued mischief of boys, as We supposed.
For several nights we would rush to the
door, the children, Florence accompanying
Us, and then we would be treated to very
whirlwird of missiles, gravel, sand,a and occa-
sionally large stone. Fortuna tely none of
us were ever struck. Finally it became the
town talk, and Investigation followed. 1t
was then proved that Florence was the OBJ
ject of the storm: she was made to 60 near
the door herself, and was always greeted
with shower of stones; others of the FAM
lily were made to do the same, but Florence
alone seemed to be the object of the storm.
CAT first the child, being SO young, did not
mind it; but, growing older, she found out
she was an object of curiosity, and
naturally timid, when she found out
why she was the object of so much atten-
ton, she became very sensitive. Now she is
constantly in a state of alarm SO soon as
night approaches, and sits quivering oy me
or her father until bed time, and under our
escort is taken through the hall up stairs to
bed, always to be saluted by shower Of
stones, with now and then an ominous thud
against tie front door. She fairly quiyers
WITH spasn Of fear, and both father and l
remain by her bed for an hour or more each
night before she can be soothed to Sleep"
All this time Florence sat at her mothers
side tremuloas and frightened listener to
tho narrative. The reporter called attention
TO her, and Mrs. Royal answered by address
ing the child in some endearIng terms, OBJ
serving, Florence is brave little lady, and
the bad spirits will leave her some day soon.
Having become intensely interested, the
GLOBE was unwilling to give up "the inyes.
tiSatio-1" without hU1riuS rE0ro, and ad-
dressed himself to learning something about
Mrs. Royal and her family. Having told so
much, Mrs. Royal complied with the request
to speak of herself.
''We came here" said she, from Chicago
n October. My husband, VIM. B. Royal,
is a machinist by trade and was in the
Northwestern shops. We went to Chicago
from Galesburg. It was at Galesburg where
we were first mentioned about this unhappy
affair. 1t has been the source of great an
noyance and trouble to Us. In Chicago it
became the talk of the neighborhood, 240
Fulton street, where we resided, and we were
fairly besieged by you newspaper men. You
must remember something of tbs occurrence,
for the papers were filed with it last Septem-
Der for two or three days. We left Chicago
and arrived in st. Paul last October.
"Did these manifestations and the trouble
of many visits have anything to DO with your
REMOVAL"
''Not exactly. My husband expected to
do better here, and of course we expected to
escape for q time at least any annoyance on
account of our misfortune. Ny husband is
in the employ of the st. Paul & Pacific rail
road, and is al Breckenridge at present.
expect him homo on next Wednesday or
Thursday"
RTrs. Royal further stated that she was
the mother of four other children, all
younger than Florence except
ing boy, Harry, who is
absent with his father. With none
CT the other children have these manifesto
tons appea ed; the marvellous and myster-
ious visitation is confined alone to Florence,
and assumed form and yigor as related only
when she approaches the front part of the
house. She can make her exit by the rear
doors, OF play about the rear part of the
house either by day or night without fear of
molestation, but let her SO much as move to-
wards the front door or windows after seven
o'clock, and the poor child is reminded of
her misfortune by vigorous downfall and
rattle of gravel and stones against door and
windows.
Mrs. Royal says the phenomenon has
been investigated by scientist in Chicago.
There particularly was most attention given
the manifestation, but no solution to the
mystery was ever given, and it remains as
much one to-day as it did three
Years ago, when it had a lingering
in Galesburg. Among other visitors, who
haunted Mrs. Royals house in Chicago,
were many prominent spiritualists, and ''the
manifestation" was the subject of convinc-
ing editorial by Col. Bundy, of the Relgi0
Philosophical Journal.
Since the mystery has been noised about
in this city, Mrs. Royal has in measure
been compelled to keep open house. She
says she has tried to treat every one decent
ly, but the mystery has become matter of
every day occurrence to her. No one can or
does offer solution to it, and the continu-
Gus stream of visitors from her
neighbors is source of great annoyance to
her.
The GLOBE gives an account OF this mys-
terry, in no sense wishing to add to Mrs.
Rosiairs troubles, but as matter beyond
human comprehension, and as vertically a