St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
SPIRITS IN The AIR.
Interested Crowds Witness
the Opening Of North
Star Meeting.
Mystic Maneuvering Makes
Rather Uncanny Sunday
PaStime.
Male and Female Manipula-
tors Of Spirit Forces Give
Exhibitions.
Senator PETER, Of Kansas,
Expresses His Views Of
Current Affairs.

Yesterday, in the wooded recesses Of
Prospect Park, near Midway, the first
session of the first annual camp meeting
of the North Star Spiritual association
was held, under what appeared to be
favorable auspices. Helen Stewart
RichIngs, a lecturer of considerable re-
pute, prefaced the exhibition OF tests
with al address of great eloquence and
power. Iii her remarks, which
were mostly in answer to questions
prop0unded from the audience, the
speaker said that spiritualiSt did not
believe in the orthodox theory that
God Furnishes man for sins committed
upon earth. and that after death he is
committed to everlasting torment. She
claimed that the God of the SpirltuallSts
gives man opportunities forever, and
that if they are not embraced, the pun
ishment is brought upon the sinner him
self, and not by divine Judgment.
Mrs Noble gave some explanations as
to the need of conditions" in produc-
ing successful communication with the
departed dead, who were supposed to be
lowering in invisible form about the
heads of the people. Mrs. Noble, after
a moment of absolute quiet, suddenly
arose from her chair and gliding
swiftly to the front of the platform.
called the name of "Walter." Her eyes
were closed and her finger traced an
imaginary grapevine in the air. Talk
ing with great rapidity the medium in
formed the audience that "Walter's"
spirit was that of young
boy who had met sudden
death by falling from a building.
Again, going into a semi-somnam-
buistic or cateleptic state, Mrs. Noble
spelled the name. "E-m cry" and
called upon the audience to recognize
the name. Some one in the rear OF the
torrid and canvas covered room an
nounced that Walter Emery was the lad
who fell from the exposition building
few years ago.
The medium was induced by the
spirits of Donald Mcdonald, who died
in Edinburgh, John Wilbur and Arthur
Sleetfoot to transmit tender and conSol-
ing messages. A man who was killed III
steamboat explosion on the lower MIS-
SiSSippi in 1868, sent his spirit to explain
the cause of his death to friend
in the audience who mad hitherto been
i'll the dark. Various other spirits who
were supposed to have been lowering
llCdl SluopC0 OpPOAbUhi1J "HN
made their disclosures. doc" Lawson,
of st. Paul, was informed by thought
full spirit to keep an eye on all of the
paper he signed, and to have his eagle
eye on man whose initial was wv"
DIR. Temple, the second medium to
exhibit his powers, had what is believed
by spirituallsts to be a phenomenal
power. The doctor himself says he
was born with it, and certain it is, that
his persuasive traits are highly de-
veloped, for the spirits responded lib
orally to his beck, and came
around III uncanny numbers. DR..
Temple says his powers are more on the
order of a clairyoyant than of
medium. At one point, wheeling square
around the doctor like flash of light
nlng, pointed his finger at woman in
the audience and Informed her that she
was of an obstinate, unYielding nature,
and that she had habit of standing in
her own light. The woman, he said,
was nevertheless a medium of great
power, which bit of tlattery reduced the
frown upon her brows. The spirit of
Charles Chase, who the medium said
was drowned IN Lake Calhoun, visited
the grove, and gave an account of his
succeeding existence in the spirit world.
The camp meetings will continue
until Jaly 9, and number of eminent
mediums will be present during the
coming four weeks.