The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-13
INFLUENCED DECIDEDLY
An Account OF . Strange woman's Deisgs
In Wisconsin and CALIFORNIA;.

Mrs. Mary Chynoweth is attracting con-
siderable attention in San jose. Cal. by her
lavish expenditures and peculiar teachings
She owns 700 ncres OF the most fertile land at
Eden Vale In the Santa Clara Valley. and she
has just built o large house. containing 100
rooms, in which she lives with the families OF
her two sons Near by q chapel Is In course OF
construction that Is to cost 100000. The
house is surrounded by flower beds and n
grove Of oak trees. and its fittings are
very costly. One room is furnished en-
tirely in white. from the carpet to the
furniture and hangings. but nobody has been
allowed to enter 1t since It was completed. Her
income. che says. is from iron mines in Wis
consin. and her wealth Is estimated at $8.0OO.-
900. and that OF her sons at $9,0OO.000. She is
between fifty and sixty years Of age and has q
rugged constitution. She has had two husbands,
and she attributes her success in life to the in
Huence OF spirit control. whether from that Of
one Of her husbands or from that OF both she
does not say. In IN old house on her property she
every s@nde to Sns
her words being inspired. she says; From
hsr G ems IRE n
dtstribatsd' S among ' her followers. Persons
with ailments go to her for treatment for
he s1 wof Sks aTe as
She does not desire to be chased a. spirit
ualist. as spiritualists are generally under;
Gp sn' as believes ese ha she l.
enced to do and shy certain things. Before
sss sts
read tsss B5Ie but the first time she was nS.
enced to sneak abe quoted from the scriptures.
GO ff law ncs ses sshs sick BY miracles. but
HSs s p 'esss Il y os the 81
others upon myself and suffered the physical
me- p YOU see that ssas p pointing to per- r,
tsee Tha sr s came from Cancer
transferred from q patient to my hand; It
remalneS there for some tine e then en-
sns n fas us G IN the Morning and
hand was as you see It now: the scar car was
the bsd na 1s po
~bss Es SpsS %yss ts E. NJ assssss
have told you. Sometimes / prescribe
meas my IS laying s
and TIE use Of water ~ baths My sister
Joint Stp was set. though the disiosation had oc:
Cured five weeks before ana the doctors had
y tumor by laying my hands on woman, The
tumor disappeared entirely ! do not know
where 1t went. but I know that 1t disappeared
and the woman was well: never eyer have ha to ask
told BY higher ,hgl, !, authority than human what
Her account Of the finding Of the source Of
her income is that she was Influenced to go In
certain direction one day IN search Of an
be9rs one Fl her whG was Lying then
rienced miner to Hurley. whore test pits had
been sunk. When Influenced to stop she
waste Of money in trying to find ore there.
but she insisted. she says. and in the course
OF time a shaft was sunk there into q vein. of
ore. She asserts that the vein was shaped like
OF ns she obsI
Influenced to move to California
In her pamphlet is this announcement:
Mn ohynewsth: ~ reason s Of the purity u1seln:h;
power P 1n %hieS .deS QUALITIES VIII always asveop has
been able to bring help elevation. and happness to
S.aR hay:
banshed from home and heart; dsspation; with their
suffering and unhappness In their place have grown
pence and tE The many live. that have thus been
ss phsy aeSdsd
Neither Mrs Chynoweth the other promoters Of the
enterprise desire any recognition or pecunAry profit
ley ws or up hg
havo In view In the matter - tho good Of their kind
ton Of Goa witch have seir lives and Bu
them up from the hard and or the
LIE and mako them feel that life IL worth living.