Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-31
STILL DOUBLING DIR. TANNER.
Partisan Doctors Believe He RwnabMggeet
the Nesc Y07Ksers sUit7t His Fast.


New York STAR Aug. 9th
A little wave of sensation was started yes
terday by the publication in the morning news
papers of dispath from Palis which gave in
formation that La France, a journal of that
city. had just published a long article denounc-
ing DR.. Tanner as an imposter, and rallying
Anne ricans on their credulity. and protesting
to have received letters from America and Eng
land explaining the means by which
DR.. Tanner was able to take the pub
lie in 80 long" The article also contained the
assertion that "the supposed water that was
administered to him was really liquid mate or
mats. a South American beverage. well;
known for its force-giving properties, and,
that this liquid 'has been fully described by
Drs. Gubler and Narvand. and the French
chemist, Pyasson. - The dispatch also con-
tanned the statement that information of the
imposition was communicated directly or
Indirectly to La France by the divorced Mrs.
Tanner"
where the fasting was accomplished, said last
evening to Star reporter: There's no doubt
that the fast was an honest one, and can say
that 80 Jar as the Croton water he drank il
Clarendon hall it was all drawn from the regu-
lar pipes in the building. Furthermore, the
water that DIR. Tanner drank was also drank
by his attending physicians and some of the
by the doctor it was subjected to tests, as was
also the spring water which was his beverage
part of the time
DR.. R. A. Gum was asked what he thought of
the charge made by La France.
ssWhy, it is absurd he said. Every op-
portunity- was afforded doubters to test the
water. Moreover, reporter from the news
paper that publishes this dispatch was with
DR.. Tanner night and day from the beginning
until the end of the fast. He was very vigil
ant, too, and invariably examined the water
before it was administered to the doctor. The
charge is simply ridiculous.
'sAre you acquainted with the virtues of the
South American beverage mentioned in the
telegram. doctor?" queried the reporter.
s'No.n answered the doctor. 81 never heard
of it before And let me say just here that q
charge was made while DR.. Tanner was fasting
| that his body was supplied with nutrition by
| means of alcoholic baths. I have Just received
letter from DR.. Tanner, who is still visiting
his relatives in Ohio, in which he says that he
did not take single alcoholic bath. but that
| in order to start perspirati0n he sat over a
| cane -bottomed chair beneath which was some
| ignited alcohol, and that being well wrapped
up in an India rubber blanket the perspiration
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
portunity during the fast to practice decep-
ton. But, then, he was square all the way
| through. and that settles the matter"
In regard to DR.. Tanners domestic life it
was learned that his wife was unwilling to GO
| with him to 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 desertion, and three or four years ago mar.
! ried again.