The Worthington advance., 1880-09-02
STILL DOUBLING DIR. TANNER.

PH'tsia's Doctors Believe He HNnsbM00ed
tho Ne,u Yor1;er1 .Utt1t Hts Fast.
New York Star, Aug. 27th.1
A little wave of sensation WAS started yea.
terdsy by the publication in the morning news
papers of . dispath from Psais which gave in
formation that La France, \ journal of thai
city. had just published = long article denounc.
ing Dr.. Tanner a. an impostcr, and rallying
Anne ericAns on their credulity. and <pr0fessing
to have received letters from America and Eng.
land explaining the means by which
DR.. Tanner was able to take the pub
lie in so long" The article also contained The
administered to him was really liquid mate ~
mats. South American beverage, we'll
known for its force-giving properties." and
that this liqnid has been fully described by
Drs. Gubler and Nsrvand. and the French
chemist, Pyasson." The dispatch also con
'imposition' was communicated "dircctly or
indirectly to La France by the divorced Mrs.
Tanner"
MIR. 9ause, the proprietor Of Clarendon hall,
where the fasting was accomplished, said last
evening to a Star reporter: ''Theres no doub,
that the fast was an honest one and can say
that 40 lar IA the Croton water he drank il.
Clarendon hall it was all drawn from the regn-
lar pipes in tho building. Furthermore, the
water that DR.. Tanner drank was also drank
by bis attending physioians and some of the
reporters. Before the water was partaken of
by the doctor it was subjected to tests, a. was
also the spring water which was his beverage
part of the time.''
Dr.. r. A. Gum was asked what he thought of
tho charge made by La France.
''Wby, it is absurd" he said. "Evcry op-
portunlty was afforded donbters to test the
water. Moreover, q reporter from the news
paper that publishes this dispatch was with
DR.. Tanner night and day from the beginning
until the end of tho fast. he was very vigil.
ant, too and invariably examined the water
before it was administered to the doctor. The
charge is simply ridiculons.''
"Are you acquainted with the virtues of the
South American beverage mentioned in the
telegram. doctor?' queried the reporter.
No. answered the doctor. II never heard
OF it BEFORE And let me aay Just here that a
CHARGE was made while DR.. Tanner was fasting
that his body was supplied with nutrition by
means of alcoholic baths. have just received
letter from DR.. Tanner, who is still visiting
hts relatives in Ohio, in which he says that he
did not take single alcoholic bath, but that
in order to start Precipitation he sat over a
cane. bottomed chair beneath which was some
ignited alcohol, and that being we'll wrapped
up in an India rubber blanket the Precipitation
was soon started. The doctor is to give his
first lecture since the fast at Booths theater on
the 9th Of September, when he will probably
have something to say on this sub
ject. The fact is that DR.. Tanner he'd no op-
portunity during the fast to practice decep-
tion. But, then, he was square all the way
through, and that settles the natter
In regard to DR.. Tanner domestic life it
was learned that his wife was unwilling to go
with him to q large city where he cauld build
up good and, as he hoped, lucrative prac.
tice. She was nomadic. and frequently moved
from place to place. Finally, after settling in
Hudson, Wisconsin. DR.. Tanner said to her: II
am going to Minneapolis to see what can do
and if you are not willing to come you can
stay here" he accordingly went to Minnea-
polls and she remained in Hudson. Two years
later she was divorced from him on the ground
OF desertlon, and three or tour years ag" mar
ried again.