The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-22
KNEW HER DEATH BEFOREHAND
Strange Case In Regard to Paris Holocaust
Last Spring.

|
London, July 21-There Is a very in
teresting paper on presentments-sTg-
| gested of course. by the terrible Paris
| fre-in that staid and reliable per.odi-
| cal, the Journal des Debats. It is from
! the pen OF NJ. Henri de Parville, than
| whom there is no greater authority on
matters relating to hallucination. sec
ond sight, obession and kindred sub
| jeccs.
First the fact is noted that Nine. Julie
| Garivet, one of the victims Of the fire.
| had a clear presentment OF her death.
! When she babe her friends goodby on
the morning of the fatal day it was evil
dent that she never expected TO see them
again. She said that during the night she
had suffered from terrible nightmare,
| and that she had dreamed that OF being
burned alive. Equally singular was the
recent experience of Partisan doctor.
This gentleman was taking a walk one
| afternoon when suddenly the thought
struck him that mis- house might catch
| fire during his absence. There was ap-
! parently no reason why such accident
| should take place; nevertheless the doc
!
| he approached the dwelling he saw vol
umes OF smoke pouring from one Of the
| chimneys. Rushing in, he found that
the fiue in the room adjoining his own
| had caught fire. Thanks 10 the present
| i:nent, he was soon able to quench the
flames.
The Annales des Sciences Psych.ques
recounts two similar examples of excep-
| tional value. President Lincoln, itsays,
had an unerring presentiment that he
would be assassinated. During the night
preceding his death ne dreamed that he
walked down fight of stairs which were
| draped with black cloth. When asked
the cause of this mourning he was told
that the President of the United States
| rad been killed at the opera house. He
| told Mrs Lincoln of his dream, and she
! begged him, but in vain. not to go to the
theatre that evening. He smiled at her
fear and went calmly out 10 meet mis-
doom.
The second story recalls the mysterious
| tragedy Of Louis II. OF Bavaria. This
| mad monarch threw himself into the
! Stornberg Lake, which surrounded his
palace, and dragged down to death with
! him his physician, DR.. Won Gudden, VINO
| plunged into the water in the hope OF
saving him. Now, a few days before his
| death, Won Gudden had dreamed that he
was struggling in the water while vainly
| trying to save another man from drown
| ing. He told his wife about the dream,
and after his death she told the story to
the Anthropological Society at Munich
Equally singular are the stories told
| about NJ. de Lerizolles. This gentleman
was recently crossing a mountain at a lit
| tie distance from his home when ne sud-
| denly received. as it We're, severe
shock which plunged him into the deep
est melancholy. He felt as though ne had
been struck by clinched fist, and for a
few minutes his anguish was extreme.
! His first thought was that some ter
| rible calamity had happened to him or
| his family. and that he would hear Of il
| on his arrival at home. He was right.
| Hardly had he crossed the threshold o.
| his home when ne received despatch
announcing the death OF his father.
! On another occasion VI. de Lerizolles
| was travelling with his wife, and she
remarked one morning that she had not
| been able to sleep during the night. as
| she had constantly before her eyes her
| dear friend, Nine. de b. who. accord
! ing 70 the vision, seemed 10 be dying. As
| Nine. de B. vas supposed TO be in excel
| lent health, NJ. de Lerizoiles assured his
wife that there was no significance in
! her walking dream. But MS wife would
! not be convinced, AMI indeed letter
| came in a few days telling them of Nine.
! de BIS most unexpected death.
Eight hundred cases. somewhat SINH
| lar . this one. are recorded in a book
| published some time ago in England. In
each case some person saw a ghost or
! apparation OF some living relative or
! friend was on the point OF dying
J II it were not for a presentimen: No
zart would probably never have compos-
| ed mis- immortal Requiem" One Gay,
/ while he was sitting alone, lost in a
! melancholy reverie, stranger entered
! The room, and. laying a handsome sum
| OF money on the table. requested him 10
compose a Requiem in memory OF a
/ dear friend who had just Sed. Mozart
agreed 10 do 50 and he began work az
/ once Night and day ne laoored with
extraordinary zeal, until finally his
/ strength gave way and he became IL.
/ When mis- wife tried - cheer him ne said
| brasquely: les no use. composed ina,
'ReQuiem' for myself and !; Will be play
/ Il a, my funeral" Nothing could rid
| MS mind OF tbs idea. Nay. ne was even
| convinced that the stranger was WISH
/ TUE YnlllNnu AH 4 AuHl