Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-10
4 Lsng-Hsired Disciple Of the Madame
TALKS In Cheerful Strain Of the
Prophecies Death.
BLAST OF A CHICAGO sPIRITUALIsT.
Hs Does Not Bslisvs That Madame Blsvsizky ID DEAD
But That She ID Simply Playing IN
Old Trick Of Hs1
IN ORDER TO pEIuDE EER FOLLOWERS.
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LONDON, May 9.-The report that Nine
BIavatsky died three weeks ago is not true
Nine. Blavatsky died at 19 Avenue road
Regents Park, on Friday afternoon at 20
o'clock. A Dunlap reporter called at th,
Madame's late residence and learned the de-
tails OF her sickness. She was conscious t.
the very last, although unable to speak OF
account Of an acute Inflammation of tn,
bronchial organs, and she finally choked Il
death. The following is the certificate o
death, signed by the attending physician:
This is to certify that attended Helen;
Letrovna Blavatsky, and that she died on th,
9Th day OF May, 1891, of chrome nephritis
lasting over a period Of three years. During
all that time attended her. She had had in
fuenEa for u days, and acute bronchitis FIVE
days. saw her on the day of her death.
z. MENNELI, NJ. ID.
Died in Her Chair.
Madame Blavatsky died while sitting in
the same chair in which she had done most
OF her writing. Her expression immedi.
stely after death was calm and placid as
that of a sleeping child; her features were
composed and she looked most natural
There were present in the room at the time
of her death Laura Cooper, Claude Wright,
Secretary of the Blavatsky Lodge, and
William Old, the General Secretary of the
British section of the Theosophical Society.
The night before Nine. Blavatsky died
she expressed desire to play Russian soli-
tsire, game of which she was very fond.
Laura Cooper, who was In the room, watched
her as she began to play, and noticed the
z.n L
natural self The Madame had gone through
about half Of the game when she pressed her
hand TO her forehead, sank back in her
chair and said: my head is not clear
enough tonight" The nurse, who has attend
cd the Madame for many years, was seen by o
reporter and said:
In Possession OF Her senses.
IT am confident that the Madame had full
possession of her senses and was thinking
actively until the last moment This was
indicated to me positively from a we'll
known habit that the madame has had 30
long as have been acquainted with her,
that of tapping the floor with her foot while
she was in thought, and this tapping she
kept up iEcessantly during the last hour
and the last minute. Her life ended only
with labored breath. There was no strug-
gle, no spasm, nothing but peaceful, quiet
and easy change from life to DEATH"
The body will be taken to Working Gre
matory on Monday next, and as it is being
passed through the furnace, brief address
will be made by one of the officers of the
society. At her special request no mourn
ing will be worn, and there will be no
funeral features, other than q coffin. Her
sshes will be preserved by the society in an
elaborate urn, which is now being made.
The correspondent who visited the head
quarters this morning found the gathering
Of most extraordinary appearance. In the
drawing room the men we're all leng-haired
and mostly young. They wore velvet coats
and butterfly cravats and their manners were
soft and feminine
Theosophy Still Lives.
There were but one or two women and
these were nearer the age of the deceased
prophecies, but they were as eccentric In
dress and appearance as their esoteric
brethren. "Yes," said one long-haired
young man, sadly, Mime Blavatsky is
left US full instructions, aud our noble work
will 20 on. Even her loss irreparable as it
is, cannot stop that, of course"
Continuing the long-haired young man
said pore chee1fully: death doesn't mean
as much to us as to those not upheld BY our
doctrines To us Nine. Blavatsky is still
alive and working with us to further the
great work of our society. We are going to
cremate her, went on the long-hRired young
man In q practical tone, con Monday at
Working. We do not know what the
services will be, but probably one of us will
say few words above her coffin"
The young man produced funeral card,
which, he said, had been sent to the Theo-
sophists of England, Europe, America,
India and Australia. 1t reads
DEAR CoMRADEs-with the deepest sorrov
It is our painful duty to announce the death of
left us on Friday afternoon, the 9Th of Nav.
lsol. at AIS o'clock. '
She Wanted No Mourning,
The legend at the bottom of the card was.
sit was u. P. BIS especial request that no
should be worn" The LONG,
haired youth said that Colonel Olcot, was
at present in Australia on a leave of ab-
ssnce from the headquarters of the Theo-
sophical Society in India, but that he
had been cabled for and would
probably come at once to England,
its affairs. The youth further said that
Mrs. Annie Bessnt, President Of Blsvatsky
Lodge, was on the ocean returning from
and that the theosophists Of Lon
don headquarters would proceed to Queens
town on Tuesday and break the sad news
to her in body.
A dispatch from Chicago gays: Chicago
Thsosophists do not credit the report from
London Of the death Of Madame Blavatsky. |
Among them is Colonel John @. Bundy,
editor Of the Reltoto Philosophical Journal, |
one Of the leading spiritualistio publica-
lions Of the country. "I have been on
The lookout for such report for |
'ome time, said Colonel Bundy, About |
year ago received a letter from Prot. FL |
lot COues formerly of the Smithsonian In
Washington a Theosophist. stat
ng that the Madame would probably die be- /
ore long and come to life again, and he /
warned me to be on the lookout
victim Of Many Deaths.
"9he has died several times. sccerdius IA /