National Republican., 1888-05-05

\ >Iv >pir.tualiS'ir ~Cusutiun CONS from
! ~, Pacific coast n win be- readily rrnnm
| h,rrd hat the queen uf the Pacific, the fine -
| ur'Hu steamer running along the coast hr
| tween san Francisco aud san Diego. sank NJ
| Port Hartford u few mornings since. \ iouk
| Was discovered about u',lurk in the morn
! INK, when ,hr WI. about Iiitcrn miles from
| I,r'. ana Tire hold began tO III rapidly. ny
| h,rliug the pumps ~ work tu thnir full
| capacity and 10y putting the vessel tu llv
| highcSt speed thr pier ui Port Hartford wa,
reached III time Tor the two hundred pls>ru.
| gers to di,cmbnrk before she went down. II
| wNs fearful ruu, and the escape one OF fine
| uHirowc,t and most wonderful on record.
Divers have made careful examination Of the
huli ui The sunkrn steamer, and they did not
iiud It break from stem to stern. hut they did
find tie coal port open. which Is rrloN the
water line, and which could not have been
Opened except 10y some human agency The
captain says tie door was bOltrd down
securely. aud that II could not have been rr.
moved except 10y som" one OF The crew or pa>-
scuE"rs Eut the strangrst though not
| the most improbable feature uf thv story Is
| that lot Of >piritualisfS, satc.wrtcr>, and
others of that class. in san Francisco had been
for some time predicting that the queen of the
Pacific would go down un this trip. These
predictions were sent out in all directions
and perSiStvntly repeated II Is the belief of
the captain and the agent, that in order to
vIify these evil prophecies, these people en-.
gagged some one To- open the coal poi" ul the
Pacific queen. This Is appalling. aud IL j..
70 he hoped that upon a close examinations
Which is tu be made, some other explanation
a. the disaster will be found. but the rrvola
tiuns recently made In the Dis Il" Barr case
In New York leave nu doubt that there i, II
class "l infamous conSpiraturS throughout the
country who would resort tu almost any
species OF rasrality under the cloak Of spiI'
ituali~m to carry Il point The "sviCn"c of
slhitudliSm,' as II j. sometimes called 10y
those who brlioNr in il, offers many cOnyrn.
icuccs to those who practice drrcptiun> on
the public. It's ways are dark, mysterious
| and crooked. Nothing can be com
! plc'ciy demonstrated against IT, for
the reason that the people behind these fraud
ulcnt representations are always ready to
| jump back in til" dark and take advantage Of
the secrecy that + an essential part of Their
vocation, There l. always Il ready excuse for
.ycIy exposure, but IL Is n noteworthy fact
| that every sine u Spirituastlc humbug is run
down every other sO-callcd Spiritualist j.
GriNcn To Il III OF anger and Indignation. one
| 'l 'lIf -NfN l'h PhINI- 'NUb~'V " UHSl Dl
m,diUn. IN that "'tyuhout two years ago, tn
| exposure Loing absolute aud undrniable, aud
yet HAT Journal was l'oud"d with letters from
sphituuli>ts throughout the country protest
ing against the method II adopted of making
the raid and detecting the impostorS
Notwithstanding the astounding revelations
IF fraud, deceit, and grand larceny made in
the Di>S de Barr examination, the court room
was crowded every day with spiriiualiSts. who
SymrathiHed with the prisoners TO such an eX
tent that they We're ready 10 applaud every
pert ur impudcnt reply made by the clustering
Nine hiss de Barr while she was on the witness
stand. II il We're discovered thar the san
Francisco spirit wrappers, mediums, slate
writers, and workers in the dark generally
had really caused the disaster 10 the Queen Of
IL" Pacific we presume there would be wide.
spread indignation among those who follow
the same vocation.