The evening world., 1889-10-05
RIOT ON The DOCK. IS SHE EXPELLED?
Nine. BlaVatSky'S Reported De.hrOlement
from the Philosophical Society.
William O. Judge Said to Have
Been Bounced Also.
He Makes n Prompt Denial Of the
Statement.

In a despatch from Chicago to-day. DR.. Elliott
Coves, Of Washington, alleges that at a co"ven-
ton OF Theosophists, held in Chicago on Tues
day. resolutions wero adopted expelling the
noted High P~riestess Of Theosophy. Mime.
Helena P%etrovna Blavatsky, and her New York
representative, William Q. Judge. This. ac-
cordinR to DIR. Coves. wal done because the
madame and Judge inspired attacks upon Coves
In the press.
DIR. Coves was q member OF the Society, and
at various times has denounced Nine. Biavatsky
rs All impostor. DR.. Coves is Professor Of An
atomy in the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington.
Nine. Blavatsky is in London. where she is
editing a TheoHophical magazine and carrying
ON the work Of the society.
William Q. Judge, who Ia alleged to have been
expelled, is a lawyer in this city. and has an
Office at 50 broadway, where an EVENING
WORLD reporter saw him this morning.
Mr.. Judge IL . medium-sized man. with q full
brown beard, and has q pleasant. kindly man.
ner.
The story is entirely without foundation. -
said he, after reading the despatch.
''Coves was formerly n member of the Theo-
sophioAl Society, but was expelled. and sir ce
then he has been going about spreading the
story that he has expelled Nine. Blavatsky and
myself,
- New York Clty bX Nine. Blayatsky, Col. II.
>. Alcott and myself. and has been increasing
IN membership ever since,
I'VE have $50 branches all over the world.
numbering thousands OF members. There are
country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In
India there IN a large headquarters building,
""0ur branches are cc%poSed Of BiSu"ddfists,
MshometSns. HSSnostics and Atheists. Navy
unli.kInUn man ara mamhnTQ amnnU y 1npt
are Thomes K. Edison and Prot. Crook.
DIR: Coves came INTO our Society in 1889,
aud his course while a member was not ap-
II vas agAin;t rempyiIG him. as he was
good reputation and could be Of great beaeft
to the Society: but the other members OF the So
ciety decided against me- o. .x.... ~
saying he was not q member OF the Society and
then written letters saying he was, He has talked
Mr.. Judge has taken a great interest in the
Society's work, He has spent years in India,
npd has travelled in other parts OF the world.
He gaired considerable notoriety q year or 80
ago BY his connection with the ca OF the Brah-
min. y; Govinda Row sattay. who was cremated
The story set adoat was that Mr.. Judge was
going to taks an ocean triiI. and while on the
order to carry ont the rites Of the religion.
Nine. Blavatsky. who is mentioned in the
Chicago dispatch as having been dethroned
She has led an e%ventful life. Born of noble
parents in Russia she was married at the age Of
seventeen to a Russian general: 1t is stated,
however. that she never lived with him.
she has been all over the world, residing in
the most inaccessible parts OF Thibet. where
she spent three wears, an has been in India on
numerous occasions, where she was received
with great ceremonies.
She was entitled 20 a pension from the Russian
Government, but when she became an American
citizeneSs she lost It. Since then he has writ
ten for various, magazines aud labored IN the
theosophian field. She IL now sixty years old.
Mime. Blavatsky has been in poor health for
some time, suffering from several iucurAble
diseases.