Evening star., 1896-10-21
MANY REPORTS READ
Business Transacted at the Spirituaist
Convention Today.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MADE
A Unique Report From a Man Now
a Spirit.
OTHER MATTERS BROUGHT UP

OTHER MATTERS BROUGHT UP
The fourth annual convention Of the
National Spiritualists' Association reassem-
| bled this morning at 10 o clock at Masonic
Temple. The attendance was small, as so
| many Of the delegates were engaged on
committee work in an endeavor to get re-
ports ready to be submitted to the con-
| vention as soon as possible.
| The first work Of the convention was the
reception of the treasurer's report, which
was rendered by Theodore J. Mayer. 1t
| showed receipts for the year ending Sep
| tember 30. 1885, to be $6.2O7; disbursements.
| $5114; balance on hand. s1,O93.
Theodore j. Edison made a report from
| the executive committee, in which he said
| 1t had been charged that the national as
| sociation was formed for the purpose of
| exercising the functions Of pope" in
| spritualism. There was no such purpose
on the part of the association, he said
On the other hand, its work was purely Of
| a business nature. and was not to exercise
any kind of censorship on the thoughts of
| members.
MI Sprague special financial agent, re-
| ported that Mrs. l.. L. D. Jacobs of Mich
| isan had left $500 in her will for the benefit
of the aSsociat ation.
Mr.. Walker. special financial agent. re-
ported having raised $6f1.O1 for the aSSo-
citation at Lily Dale, n. Y.
Secretary Woodbury. announced that ar
rangements had been made to have pic
! ture taken of the delegates on the patent
| office steps, ard he requested all delegates
should assemble there for that purpose, the
pictures to be furnished to delegates at 50
| cents each.
Missionary Report.
Mrs. Cadwaller, as special financial and
state agent Of Pennsylvania and missionary,
made her report. She had taken charge of
| raising fund for the protection of medi-
ums and had secured enough funds for the
legal defense of mediums wherever neces-
| sary, and had succeeded in getting enough
funds from spiritualists without drawing on
| the funds Of the National Association. In
| relating her experience in establishing new
| spiritualisuc societies she said some at
Hartford Conn, had commented on the
| spiritualsts as such funny people" "All
the spiritualfsts," this critic had said, go
| to the Unitarian Church. DO you think
| that /, as Catholic, would go to spirit
ualists' meeting?'
Mrs. Cadwaller protested that men were
| teilng fortunes. etc. under the guise of
| mediulnship. But in dealing with frauds
| the law did not discriminate. In one state
any one practicil;g spjritualism is subject
| 10 fne OF 500, to be exposed in the pill
| In Connecticut mediums are treated. she
| said just as petty thieves are. If they
take money they are convicted for lar
! ceny. In Pennsylvania no testimony is
permitted In the case of a medium un-
| der trial tending to show that the medium
| has any occult power The only question
permitted to be heard by the Judge in a
| case there was whether the medium had
taken money. In California mediums are
treated vagrantS.
Mediums are not fortune tellers," said
Mrs. Cadwaller land they should moi he
branded such.'
The speaker advised that a careful d.
gest be made of laws of all the states of
| the Union for the punishment of MEDIUMS
so that an Intelligent effort might be made
locking to the abrcgation Of those obnox-
| ious laws.
G.. c. B. Ewell of Denver announced that
| he had secured promises of 81, 900 to be
| left by spiritualists In their wills. He had
| another valuable gift from Henry ]. New
| ten of the spirit world, this gift to be
sent to the association by Mrs. Newton.
1t consisted of volumes of magazines which
Mr.. Ewell said, were extinct" and the
| original books Of the National Theosophical
Society. containing the signatures of the
| founders of that society. He said the
theosophists had tried to steal this book
| many times, but Mrs Newton had man
| aged to keep hold of it.
Mrs. RichmOnd's Report.
Mrs. Richmond, as a special financial
| agent, made a report on her efforts to pro-
mote spiritualism, especially in reference
! to the New York convention. She was
| well pleased with the prominence the New
| York papers had given the convention.
"Of course" she said, they cartooned
| US, but We didn't mind that. They cartoon
everybody nowadays, from the pope down,
| from the President up
This reference to Mrs. Richmond's idea
| Of the place of the President in the order
of social affairs brought forth laughter and
applause.
Mrs. Richmond spoke of the good results
from the New York convention because of
| the attention it attracted to the -vo-k.
| The receipts of the New York conven-
tion meetings amounted to $717, of which
| Sab was from door receipts and $}04 from
| donations. The expenses We're $7OS.
President Barrett appointed w. H. Bach
reading clerk of the convention to act
| during the balance of the present meetings,
his own voice having suffered from the
severe strain upon it during the last two
days.
Spiritualism In England.
A report on spiritualism in England was
then read from ]. ]. Morse Of London,
England. "If the United States is the pio-
neer In modern spirtualsm," the report
| stated. England is not far behind in the
| advancement Of this work" Mr.. Morse
| was glad to say the two foremost nations
| of the " orld were the nations in which
way. In Great Britain, he said, there
are 191 societies actively working in the
cause, GA of which connected with
the National Federation. In rent, fees,
pay of speakers, travelling expenses and
advertisements not less than 1850 is ex-
pended each Sunday. Spiritualists In Great
Britain, he reports, number 10000.
Report From the Spirit World.
A unique report of spiritualistic progress
connected with recommendations for future
work was read from Ernest s. Green,
formerly a mortal of San Diego, Cal, and
now spirit wandering about the invisible
world The spirit said in his report, which
was typewritten, that there were many
orthodox bound spirits in the darker depths
of the spirit world who were cropping about
while brighter shades were radiant in
higher realms.
W. H. Bach,A the only representative Of
a children's lyceum at the convention, re-
ported on the work of children's lyceums
of the country. The formation of these
lyceums he believed to be the most i'm
portant thing connected with spiritualists