Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-10
WRATH OF TALMAGE.
HEAVENS CLOUDED FOR THE DIVINE
BY JOURNALISTIC LICENSE.
Report of Mrs. Talmage'. Insanity Indie-
nantIy Denied - DR.. Ta1mngo Gives n
Perfectly Sane Explanation of Bis ABB
sence From the Tabernacle Sunday.

New NoRK, Nov. 1.-The unaccounted
for abseuce of Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage
from his pulpit yesterday, and the rumors
that Mrs. Tnlmagc had become insane, Gro
ated quite sensation in Brooklyn
to-day. DR.. Talmage and Mrs. Tai
mage were in Connecticut Saturday.
A reporter who called at the residence 7
tho clergyman this morning was told by the
house keeper, who answered the bell, that
Mr.. aud Mrs. Talmage we're not at home
and that she did not know where they were.
At tho Office OF the Christian Herald, of
which DR.. Talmace is editor, Mr.. S,ndison,
the business manager, said at noon: 81 am
as much in the dark rs any one else az to
tho Whereabouts o. DR.. Tamage, but you
may rest assured Mrs Ta'mage is not in
sane. 1t is safe to pl onounce that report
entirely false"
TnlmaGe Returns 10 Explain.
BR"oSLYN, \. y, Nov. Rev. DR..
and Mrs. I. Dewitt Talrags returned to-
night from birmingham, Conn. They
were both exceedingly indignant over the
published report that Mrs Talmago was
mentally unbalanced. a reporter called at
Dir. TamG se's residence tonight and found
the doctor evidently in n state OF nervous
excitement. DR.. Talmage said: Il want
pearinS III the papers concerning my self and
my vito as malicious lie manufactured
out OF whole cloth.
weat to St. Johrsbury, Vt, to lecture
Thursday night Tho Same night sent
telegram TO my wife in Brooklyn to meet
me the uoXt night in New Haven, Conn,
from which place We were to 60 to Birming
ham and Huntington, neiShboring towns,
where my wife had spent her girlhood
md to which we had long promised our
selves q visit My wife received my tele-
gram and replied by wire that she would
meet me iu New Haven, but for some rea-
son her telegram did no. reach NE End /
drew tho corc,usion that she Lad not re
csived mine. so Friday night returned
to Brooklyn only to find that my wife had
gone to Ncw Haven, to which place ! fol
lowed her Saturday morning, aud we both
went on to Birmingham and Huntington,
waere VIC have been until today.
As to not pIelchinE a the Tabernacle last
Sunday mad not intended doing that and
had made arrangements personally wi b the
Rev. DR.. J.. l. Graham OF Philadelphia
week before, TO fill my pulpit on that day
| called at the Bible house in New York
during the week and informed one OF my
elders that | should not preach. l request
ell him to conduct my Friday night meeting
and inform the other elders Of my int.n-
tons also called upon ono Of the church
directors aad not finding him in left an ox-
PLANTATION Cor him. My wife ia in perfect
health" In. doctor then called in his
WIFE who appeared to be in robust health. -
DR.. Talmare further said: 'Although |
have not til g least suspicion Gs to who spread
this d!shoical report about my wife, | am
convinced that the story it appeared in
the various papers was all concocted by
one Vicious individual and synIic.ted.
am at q los, TO know whether the man
was ac.uated by righteousness or the IS or
$40 it meant to him. Ths man who has
dome this is a disgrace to iomrnalism.M