The San Francisco call., 1896-05-11
'SP|R|TUALISTS
WILL COMBINE,
Seven Local Incorporated
Societies to Hold a
Convention.
H. D. BARRETT rs COMING
President of the National AsSo.
citation Will Act as
Organizer.
GREAT PROGRESS OF THE CULT
As Result of the Meeting in This
City There May Be a Spirit.
ualist Church.

Inc SplrltuallStS OF San francisco will
hold q convention in this City on May "a.
25 and 26, on which occasion Harrison D I.
Barrett of Washington, D.. c., president of
the National Spiritualist Association of
America, will take a leading part. Ar
rangements for the convention were prac-
| tically completed yesterday morning,
when Mrs. ]. ]. Whitney, the local me-
dunn, received a telegram from Mr.. Bar
rett, announcing his purpose of visiting
the Pacific Coast and participating in this
first general council of spiritualists here.
The convention promises to be the most
important event in the history of Pacific
Coast spiritualism. 1t will be the first to
be held in this part of America, and is in
tended as the beginning of a movement
uniting all scattered spiritualist societies
with the National organization.
A meeting was held Saturday night at
218 Stockton street, at which the president
of every spiritualistic society in San Fran
cisco was present. 1t was then that the
date was fixed and a programme outlined.
| There are 10 be three sessions Sunday,
May "a, in Golden Gate Hall, and sessions
| in Metropolitan Temple on the Monday
and Tuesday following. Monday evening
grand phenomenal demonstration will
| be held in the temple. Jones Slater of
Brooklyn and Mrs. Whitney of San Fran
cisco, test mediums, and Fred Evans and
Mrs. Francis of San Francisco, slate
writers, will appear among other mediums
and lights of their cult in the demonstra-
tions. The Sundays session will be con-
| fined to services, as business matters are to
be considered only at the weekday ses-
/ slons.
| 1t may be that as result of this con-
vention the spiritualists will build church
| or hall in San Francisco. The Progressive
| Spiritualist Society of this City has prop
erty valued at $50 900, bequeathed by Mrs.
Eunice Sleeper for the object of esta blish-
ing a meeting place and supporting the
society. This money, withImore to be col
lected. may be soon used in building a
headquarters.
Invitations have been issued to spirit
ualists in all parts of the State to be pres
ent and participate in the convention, and
it is believed by the local leaders that a
large number of persons from the country
| will attend. They will be entertained at
| the demonstrations and will hear speeches
on the philosophy of spiritualism and
papers on that subject in all its phases.
There are seven Incorporated spiritu-
| alist societies in San Francisco. The old
est of these is the Progressive Spiritualist
Society, which was esta Dlished twelve
years ago. 1t has about seventy members.
Professor Clegg Wright, its present
| speaker, has been with the society FOR five
months. 1t meets in Golden Gate Hall.
The next oldest is the Independent Bible
| Spiritualist Society, which holds two ses-
| sions Sundays in Pvthian Castle. 1t was
organized seven years ago and is now pre-
sided over by DR.. c. Rinn-es.
The Progressive Mediums Society was
incorporated five years ago. 1t meets
Thursday evenings at ITO Hayes street with
| George l. Drew in the chair.
| The First Spiritualist Church meets Sun
| days at Sixth and Market streets. Mrs. ID.
| Fleming is its president
| Every Wednesday night the Peoples
| Spiritual Society meets at Scottish Hall,
Ill Larkin street, with Mrs. May Drynan
presiding. The Ladies' Aid Society, Mrs.
d. M. Peace president, has its headquarters
at Ito Hayes street. where il meets
Wednesday afternoons and does works OF
charity. The Mediums Protective Asso-
clation was organized within the past
year. Its president is w. T. Jones and its
meeting place ITO Hayes street, Sunday
evenings.
| OF these the Peoples Spiritual Society
| is incorporated under the laws of WASH
ington, d. c., and affiliated with the Ma
tionaI organization. The remaining six
are incorporated under the laws of Cali
| fornia. President Barrett will endeavor