St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-31
Minneapolis Events
The Spiritualists are Having
avery Spirited Conven-
ton.
Rev. NJ. D. Shutter Gives His
Idea Of the Single
Tax.
Seven Of the Crystal Slip
per" Ballet Girls Poisoned
by Drinking Tea.
Acting Mayor Potter Takes
His Turn at the
Helm.

The spiTitualists began their business
meeting in Odd Fellows hall yesterday.
On the day before they bad listened to
two addresses, one by Moses Hull, Of
Chicago, and one by DR.. j. II. Randall.
also of Chicago. These two men are
among the most influential spiritualiSts
in the country. The adherents of this
belief felt strong III their faith yester-
day morning. after those two sermons
of the day before. Sergeant Kirkham
was not among them. Kirkham is
a spiritualist of the most feryent sort,
but he is without the pale of the
detachment headed in Minneapolis by
S. \. AsDinwal. Kirkham doesn't be-
lieve in naturalization. He goes fur
ther. and declares that all SO-called
mediums are frauds. So he was not of
the convention Yesterday. These
spiritualistS were not much different in
appearance from other people. A good
many OF the men wear long white
whiSkers, but so do deacOnS frequently.
They proved, too, that they do not differ
much from their more orthodox breth-
rem. They can get up as lively fight
as can be found in q ministers meeting
after the reading of somewhat heret-
ical paper. And they fought yesterday.
This convention is held because many
leading SpiritualistS have come to be-
lieve that SpiritualistS should organize,
Just like the diStilleTS and brewers ana
other people who deal in spirits. SO
they have come together to form an or
ganiZatiOn. 1t was over the name OF
this organization that the battle of the
afternoon arose. Some wanted the
name such as would cOnfine the Organi-
ZatiOn to Minnesota; others desired that
1t should be a general Northwestern at
fair. In the meetings OF the spiritual
lists the women have just as much voice
as the men. And they use their pre-
negatives. Mrs. c. d. Pruden spoke on
this question. She feared that if it were
made a Northwestern organization the
people from Chicago and places outside
the state would mOnOpOliZe all the
Offices. Minnesota SpiritualiSts, she
thought. had enough brains to run their
own organizations. Miss AbOie JudSon
stood with Mrs. Pruden on this ques-
ton. She was opposed to any outsiders
getting Offices, but, as another reason,
she urged that the officers should be
persons who should eXemplify, in them
selves. the highest standard Of purity.
That was why she didn't want any
Chicago people given office. Her re-
marks were aimed at one or two brethren
from OUTSIDE Jle state, ana cTedlSu Il
mild breeze among those who were
''on.' They finally compromised on a
name. The organization will be known
as the Northwestern Spiritualist Asso-
citation of Minnesota. The title is com
prehensiye, but the understanding is
that the association will be confined to
minnesota. The following officers were
elected:
President. s. y. Aspinwan, Minneapolis;
vice presidents. J. ). Sour, st. Paul; T.
Wilkins, Miss A. b. Judson and Mrs. c. D.
Pruden, Minneapolis; Judge 5. c. Clark, St.
James: secretary, C. G. Orr, Minneapolis;
treasurer. E. B. Kingsley MINNEAPOLIS.
The officers are merely temporary.
They will serve until their successors
are elected, probably at the camp meet
ing in June. These officers Will pre-
pare constitution and bylaws and re-
port On them on the call of the secre-
taTy and treasurer. There are about
forty spiritualists present, who were
made charter members of the assOci-
alton. They came from Iowa, WiscOn-
sin and Minnesota.
Last night the Splrtualists treated
themselves to ball ana banquet, There
was nothing ethereal about the manner
of their bauqueting and dancing.