Evening journal., 1894-12-06
WILMINGTON'S BIG FIRE
Eleven Buildings on Market
Street Totally Destroyed.
LOSS OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION

A mammoth ERE on NJ arkst street and |
eleven houses burned to the ground |
Loss well up In the hundred thousands
Narrow escape Of the inmates Such |
will be the news tel egraphed all over the |
land on March 81, 1s95--providing the
prophecy Of Mrs. Kittie Baldwin, the |
telepatbist, comes true. 1t was at the
exhibition OF the wonderful skill or
power, call II by whatever name one
wishes, given before very large audience
Ia the Opera House last evening. The
prediction was made IN answer to a
question written by james q Smith,
which read, when will we have the
next big sensation in Wilmington
Mrs Baldwin received ths impression the
twenty-third In the number OF those
answered and the answer was that on
March 2l there will be big fire on
Market street, when ten or eleven houses
will be destroyed.
There WAS loak Of incredulity In the
faces of many of those present and
Professor Baldwin noticed IL, my
wife, said he "foresees the future Just
as the physician frequently propheaies
the death Of his patient. He estimates
from the conditions he knows to exist
dent am that she is correct In her pre-
diction that | will place $50 IN any bank
in this city, against any sceptie's money
/ to q like amount, that the FIRE will occur
on ths date named. Incidentally ii
would be a good plan for those parties
| who own property on Market street, to
keep well Insured Il Is safe to say
| that no matter whether the prophecy Is
believed or not, the local frsmen will
sleep with one eye open from midnight
to midnight March 81.
The entertainment given last evening
| was even better than the one preceding
IL, aud even the features objected to by
the newspaper prudes were eliminated.
Edgar Ely was at his best and sang like a
bird, was light as a feather and grace
full as a fairy, while Senior Lopez was
forced to respond TO three encoreH before
he was allowed to finally retire with his
mandolin. Professor Baldwin was full
/ Of humor and his witticlsms kept the
house in a roar most of the time. Mrs.
Baldwin In her talking photographs in
troduced the Yorkshire Lad. Tobias, the
Quaker, the Hunting Lady and Vic
tora, Queen of England, ihe last Of
which was so lifelike that it brought
forth rounds Of applause.
was introduced by Professor Baldwin as
having been learned by him Ia Southern
Thibat, where he spent some time study
ing occult science, and where he won the
title Of the White mehRtma, or master
Of Miracle Workers, by virtue OF hil
work Mrs Baldwin was the centre Of
I this exhibition. A plain piece Of clothes
liue,l about two yards long, was passed
around her neck tied Just closely
enough not TO choke her. with FIVE knots
This was done By Mr.. McKenna, Of tn
committee, the other members Of which
were Walter Gouert, A. w. SelRk, 0, O.
, Brown and NJ. Darlington. After the
y tying, the ends OF the rope were passed
through holes in the, end Of the cabine
and tied on the outside In five more
knots. handxsrc lief being placed
on the knot so as to see II the rope wa
disturbed. This pinned Mrs. Baldwin
Z head to the end OF the cabinet aud pre-
I cluded her moving an inch. The lights
= we're turned ont and the show began. l
Is better seen than described.
= In his running remarks on the oabine
. exhibition Professor Baldwin too
n opportunity TO refer TO the Clayto
House, which he pronounced ons OF tn
finest hstels he had found IN the East
4 a
pronounced as deserved
The telspathetic exhibition was
thorough success, and some Of th
questions caused the querist 70 loo
q confounded aud the audience surprised
y Jerome B Bell asked the whereabouts {
DR.. Thomas B Bradford ard was tol
IL he was IN Liverpool. When asked ho
Ig long since he left here she said he dissl
$, paared about fourteen months ag
III Another answer WAS TO the etfel
10 that young man who disa
ce peared several years ago 81
Ia who wrote his fathers name to chez
a without authority. was located In Lea
ly ipgton, Ky. John Sasse, Jr., was to-
70 who had his watch; james Parker, tn
ld Tom Flint and Tom the Weasel, we
b the ones who robbed his house, Al
y, William Burrough was warned TO lo'
nt out for a religious looking thief hangiI
on around bis house; George Johnson's d.
er was located in Cardiff; Fred Mamme
il received some advice relative to
to health; Miss Parker was informed th
lal she would 20 10 Europs to hnish b
vocal music studies aud she smil
= happily.
As There were humorous incidents 4
~ Mrs Louisa Raymond asked about B
ne husband, whom she had left at home. 3
10y was assured that As was sitting smokii
his pipe, with 40 papers and glass
beer, and was enjO ing himself. Miss ha
Gillen asked whether she should mar
u John Bird or Thomas Bush and t
All professor usurped his wife's territory
'La suggest that John should be selected,
70 Bird in the hand was worth 4
Bushes The answer to Mrs Catheri
40. Bubenzer's question was Yes, yoV
~ ~ have another one" and the audiei
q. roared It was some time before p
fessor Baldwin could read the query 9
~ then the audience roared some mole.
was "Will ever get another cat to 81
= the place Of the one | had poisone
Harry Hughes asked when his v
would die. and got caught at 1t. 4
question was probably answered wi
ate he got home.
Nc Bertha Plllbeam. of No. AIS +
on Twelfth street, daughter Of the wat
ina man who was found dead under s
,rty picious circumstances about two ye
ard ago, was assured that there was
foul play Answers were also recei
by Norris Walsh, John Bennett, D
Fem, Michael Gillespie, Wilken
,aor, | gtraithorn gamuel Compton, Mo