Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-26
HARRIET Z. BEACH
Comes Forward TO Espouse the
Cause Of the Spiritualistic
Paintings.
DANA AND THE REFORM CLUB
BANQUET.
The Engagement Of Mrs. Burchell
and Leetham Authoritatively
Announced.
LsGuERRE's OPINION ABOUT
soULAnoERIsM.
In mors About a Visit of the Ger.
man Emperor to.the French
Capital.
taouERRE'S OPINION ABOUT
soULAnoERIsM.
ny Telegraph TO the NEws.l
sPIRIrUAIIsriC FRAUD. :

The Wife of the Editor OF the .-sci-
tifie Anne riean' ouped.
NEW YORK, Dec-2l.-Ann Odelia
Salamon, alias Diss DE Bar, and her
crew Of bunco spirit painters, have
come to the front once more. In
lSSS Luther IL. Marsh, a distin-
glished lawyer and a vice-president
OF the Union League, was the vic
tim. This year the dupe is Mrs.
Harriet Z. Beach, wife OF Alfred +.
Beach. editor Of the Scientific Anleri-
can. As in the case OF Marsh, Mrs.
Beach has believed in spiritualism
for many years, but il is only within
a short time that she has come
out rs n bold defender of the fat
spook oriestess and patron OF the
nineteen century work Of Titan,
Rubens aud other masters Iof the
Urush, who, it is popularity supposed.
gave up painting when they died.
Pictures come" for Mrs. Beach as
they ca me for Ir. Marsh, and they
fill the rooms in her fine house at
West t wentieth Street rs they filled
Mr.. Ma rsh's line house ON Lexing-
ton Av enue. Unlike Mr.. Marsh,
howeve r, AIRS. Beach has been per
suaded nto believing she has some
power b erself in making spirit pic
lures SIr..
Ii Tas on Sunday and Mrs. Beach
came pa actually 10 the foreground
to espOi rse The cause OF the spirit
painters she had believed in them
before b It recently it having been
written TO her on 4 slate, through q |
medium, as she describes it, that the |
spirits the other world had elected
her TO their champion on earth,
and it iso having been related to /
her thru ugh spirits that her duty |
was to help a sister ''in disgrace,
Nine. lis De Bar she decided to 1
face pop olaf criticism aad get right
up and 10 some talking. She spoke
at me citing Of spirituslists on sun /
day at Adelphia hall and on Mon
day nj. mt upon the same platform
she conducted IAN exhibition of
spirit 1T and mediums reception
extraordinary"
pictures which were on the walls
and how they came Seeing heavy
Ann Odelia in the audience, Mrs, /
Beacl suggested that possibly a
spirit picture could be received
through her NJ ediumship. ssThe
lady," said Mrs. Beach, lis known
rs e.me. Ma rgs.ret, having dropped
her criminal rame OF Diss De Bar.''
That excited the guondsm mistres.
OF Mr.. Marst' Is Lexington avenue
house and n Using her big form TO /
its full her sht, she flashed anger |
from 1er &; Is and loudly exclaimed,
Il have 70 Vi given up the name of |
Dlss De ljar; [ never will. was
imp isor ed on n false charge, and l
will 10 there again for the same |
good. cause II called to DO sou
NJ. Beach has been called upon /
and chosen Us haven TO carry on |
thu, work whs.l the false hearted |
a. &c recrcant Luther i. Marsh 50 |
/; ANONYMOUSLY laid down. Ii may |
{ r may not be scheme Of the mei- |
ucis surrounding MS. Beach to |
reIeat the trick Of fleeing her as |
they fieeced Marsh. They persuad- |
ed him to deed over his house on
A&lAAGt eOh -<NtEut AZ -tA4h cuNf II 80 Il
a temple of spiritualism. They are |
now persuading Mrs. Beech TO found
a home for the mediums. Whether !
they hope to get her TO give not |
merely her time hut some money,
Ann O.ielia can tell best. Now that /
the scheme is out very likely notli-
ing will come OF their plans. Just
As in Marsh's case, Mrs. Beach says |
that the public will ridicule her.
"But / shall ne. care,o she adds.
''for it is SO at first with all reforms.
The early teachers are the objects of
public s'-orn. but later centuries vim
dictate them. Whatever people may
say / shall not mind. L am sorry
that my husband may be annoyed. |
His brain is worked up against siir-
itualism, he is intelligent and has
been very successful. And 1 wish
he might Fee the truth as do,