The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
JOHN BROWN.

| attended business meeting was held at III
Hayes street. at which final arrangement.
were made for the grand reception to dele
gates and local spiritualists, which will be
held on Saturday night.
To-day, Harrison D. Barrett, president
of the National Spiritualist Association o.
Washington, D. c., will arrive in thi:
City, and nothing will be neglected which
| can make his welcome pleasant and rep
resentative one. The president Will be
| met at the station, on his arrival, by q
| special reception committee, consisting OF
! Mrs. J. J. Whitney, Mrs. Mary Deyman
and Mrs. E. Sloper.
In the evening a grand reception. to
Mr.. Barrett has been planned al
| the st. Nicholas Hotel. The seven incor-
porated spiritualist societies of this City
viii all be represented, and their presi-
dents will make a special point of attend
ing. The following ladies and gentlemen
are expected to MAKE addresses at to-
nights reception: William NJ. Rider, Dr.
II. G. Rines, Mrs. Mary Deyman, H. G.
Wadsworth, U. T. Jones, George I. Drew,
] John Slater, and Mrs. J. ]. Whitney.
At the reception to delegates on Satur-
day night, at ITO Hayes street, all the
Spiritualists in the City are expected to be
present. An excellent musical and lit
erary programme has been arranged and a
decorating committee. of which Mrs.
Robinson is president, is making extern
sive preparations for identifying the hall
with flags, ferns and flowers.
Among the members of the reception
committee, of which Mrs. Aitken is presi-
dent, arc: Mrs. E. E. Drew, Mrs. n. Nevill,
Mrs. Young, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. R. Parker,
Mrs. Slocum. Mrs. Z. c. Griffin, Mrs. G.
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the Spiritualistic Ladies Aid Society, and
Messrs. Meekin and Garrison.
Delegates are expected to be present
from the spiritualist societies of Stockton,
San Jose, Santa Cruz, Vallejo and num-
Der OF the other interior towns of this
State.
There are seven incorporated societies of
spirituallsts in San Francisco, and the
convention, which is called by their united
action, will be actively participated in by
them all. The seven societies were all
represented at the business meeting yes
terday, and enthusiasm was ex pressed by
all the representatives for the promised
success OF the convention. The opinion
was also expressed that every organization,
medium and spiritualIst in the City and
State was willing to help the convention
along.
The convention opens in Golden Gate
Hall next Sunday, and it will remain in
| session over Monday and Tuesday There
will be music and literary exercises, in adj
ditlon to the business of the convention,
which is stated to be the cause of the
United Spiritualist Fraternity. H. D. Bar
| rett will be the chief speaker, but num-
Der of other distinguished speakers will
| also participate in the proceedings. Among
them are: ]. Clegg Wright, who has a
reputation as an lnspirational speaker and
| teacher both in England and in this coun-
| try. He has been speaker for the First
Progressive Spiritualist Society in this CITY
| for the past five months and is too well
| known to the spiritualists OF San Fran.
cisco to need any commentator at pres.
| ent.
Charles Dawbarn is widely known TO,
his pronounced eloouence, his scientific
learning and his clear, logical reasoning
in every part OF the Union, having been q
| speaker before the different spiritualis,
| societies East and camp meeting gather.
| ings for years. Mr.. Dawbarn was "calied'
| to San Francisco TO minister to the FRS,
| Progressive Spiritualist Society OF this City
several years since and, becoming en-
| amored with California, be purchased q
tract of land near San Leandro and is one
of its famous fruit-raisers and citizen Of
| the State.
John Brown, 1.-THE medium of the Rock.
les, and the oldest living medium on the
coast, is living in San Francisco and is
hale and hearty at the age of rs years, hav.
ing been born in the old Bay State in 1917.
He is natural medium and long before
the time of the Rochester rapplng while
young man trapping for furs in the
Rocky Mountains, the strange raps that
accompanied his presence attracted the
curiosity of his companions and earned
for him among his friends the sobriouet OF
"The Wizard" John Brown was also a
clairvoyant and to him. at times, coming
events cast their shadows before In his
published experiences many facts of sec
ond sight are recorded. The book is edited
by Professor ]. S. LoveIand of Summer
LAND and is as interesting as it is strange.