Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-20

An eight day mission was recently con-
Quoted In Calvary P. E. church, Louisville, KY,
by Rev. r. s. Barrett, of Henderson, KY.
The Moody and Sankey meetings in New
Orleans stirred up an enthusiasm in that city
greater than any ever known there before.
The L. p. stone lectures of 1886 of Prince
ton Theological seminary are delivered by Rev.
Jas F. McCurdy, Phi. D., of University college,
Toronto.
The second of the churches In Florida, under
the auspices of the board of freedmen, was Or
ganized last month at Gainesville.
The Rev. H. Lovejoy, NJ. D., formerly chap
lain ofthe Episcopal hospital, Philadelphia, but
ton there, and will return east.
- The Methodist Episcopal church, of Spring
field, I'LL, celebrated on February % jubilee
day in commemoration of the conversion of
1000 persons during the revival of the past six
weeks.
- There was a net gain of "a Lutheran min
listers last year, and 80 new churches erected.
Forty others We're rebuilt renovated, the
total expense being nearly 100000.
DR.. Wangeman, OF Berlin, sent two mission
candidates to the German Presbyterian semi
nary at Bloomfield, N. j., but they preferred,
however. to remain Lutherans, and went to
Philadelphia.
phia, leaves to the home for widows and single
women of Philadelphia, $4,000, and to the
Presbyte terrain hospital, $4,000, to found free
bed In the hospital to bear her name.
A recent revival at Drury college, Mo-, re-
suited in every student but one every girl in
Fairbanks hall, and all the servants becoming
Christians.
A Faith Cure convention has been held
in the Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal church
of Brooklyn. The services were held three
times each day, and attended by hundreds OF
people.
Rev. DR.. c. s. Robinson, of the Memorial
Presbyterian church, of New York city, has
given notice of his purpose to resign his pastoral
charge to the presbytery OF New York at an
early date.
- Rev. S. r. Preston finds the combined care
of the Presbyterian church and the Pumer
Memorial college at Wytheville, Va, too much
Tor his strength, and has rendered his resigna-
ton Of the passionate.
James Hughes, father of Rev. l.. B. and
Rev. ]. S. Hughes, OF the Philadelphia confer
ence. Rev. E. L. Hughes, of the United Brethren
conference, and Rev. G. l.. Hughes, local
preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church.
died last week.
Rev. Robert s. Rowe, of Baltimore, has
pulled against the popular current and has ex-
cited unpleasant remarks in his own congrega-
tlon by pronounclng against what he calls the
charity"
By the viii of Daniel A. Jones, of Chicago,
the Old Peoples home of that city receives the
income of $4,000 and the sum of $4,000 is
equally divided among the board of home mis-
Sions of the Presbyterian church. the board of
foreign missions and the Presbyterian hospital.
The work of putting new roof on the old
Episcopal church of the ancient city of
williamsburg, Va, has been suspended on &C
count of bad weather. The improvements to
the church, both inside and out, will be extern
sive. Rev. Mr.. Burch is soliciting funds at the
north.
The supreme court of Illinois has virtually
decided null and void the will of Isaac Foreman,
beaueathing about 100000 to various charit-
able and religious institutions, including
$4,000 to the American Bible society and the
Methodist Publication society; He died at
widow almost destitute.
The Methodist Episcopal church will estab-
lish another theological seminary on the west
ern coast. 1t is to be located at San Fernando
twenty miles north of Los Angeles, CAL, and is
the gift OF Rev. Charles Maclay. He gives a
ten-acre plot and the buildings, which are to
be OF brick, with stone foundations and trim
mings, and s15o,ooo for the endowment.
Monkeys Confession.
MURDERER's EXPERIENCE WITH BOGUS
MEDIUM IN HIS PRISON CELL.
In October last Mrs. Marion Monkey, of Keytes-
willie, Mo-, died suddenly and according to a
correspondent of the st. Louis Republican,
under suspicious circumstances. Her husband
took his three children and joined his father
in-law in the Indian Territory. After he had
gone the body of the dead woman was disin-
tered. and it was found by the three doctors at
the post mortem that the woman's neck was
was verdict against Monkey for murder.
He was brought back and incarcerated in the
county jail at keytesvilie and put in company
with a young man named Burton, who had
been committed for thirty days for some slight
offense. Sheriff Moore told Burton the circunl-
stances of Monkeys guilt, and asked him to
elicit whatever Acknowledgements he could.
Burton shrewdly pretended to be medium
and to while away time proposed to bis fellow
prisoner to make some tests. The proposal
being accepted, lOOse.ointed chair that re-
sponded intelligently to adroit pressure was
used in place of Il table.
A system of signals being agreed upon be-
tween the medium and the supposed spirits, the
question was put: els any spirit present ac-
Quainted with either party in the f1esh?"
The answer was three raps for yes.
Burton then arranged the questions so as to
elicit the tact that the wife Of the murderer was
present.
Ibid you die recently?"
"Have you any recollection of dying?"
Three raps for yes, very decidedly.
"Will you try to relate to US your experience
by means of direct questions from us?"
Three raps, lively.
Nv ere you willing to die?'
Two raps NO"
ibid you die suddenly"
Three raps.
AT this point of the Investigation Monkey was
In cold sweat, and declared his convictions
zeal was growing as he found himself Increasing
In ability to deiicately manipulate his subject
anu aI ne continued to press questions upon the
Prlt: The questions were put SO as to establish
the identity OF Mrs. Monkey most thoroughly
and then the query, "Snce your death was at
tended by unhappy experiences, please state if
you died what Is called natural death?"
The chair, responding to the intelligence of
Burton, gave two raps, mo"
"No."
"By foul means?'
Eyes"
"No"
"Were you killed by a relative?"
Three loud raps for Eyes made Moxley quail
afresh and gasp.
In this manner the interrogations were con-
tinued until the facts OF the case as they had
been previously given to Burton were substan-
tally brought out, and the trembling culprit,
unable TO deny anything, gave Burton ali the
money he had to let him sleep with him that
night, for he dared not face his own conscience
In the dark. Singular as 1t may seem, this
novel method In the end made Burton full pos
SCISSOR OF Monkeys horrible secret, that he had
killed his wife by breaking her neck, SO he
might be free to marry her younger sister. He
afterward told Burton that he loved his wife,
and whatever possessed him to kill her was to
him unexplainable It was ascertained that
Monkey struck the woman twice, each time
breaking her neck; that the murder occurred
at IL O'Clock at night. and that he took his two
children to neighbours without q stitch of
clothes on. All these facts have since been
fully established, and Monkey Is likely to hang
through the strategy of bogus medium.