The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-10

in Paris are much Interest,"
ed In cestnin predictions which were
recently made by clairvoyant In re-
gard TO Andree and his balloon trip.
It was generally supposed that Mile,
couedon, whose alleged ability to fore
teM events, has aroused such widespread
comment, would utter some startling
prophesies about the aeronaut, but up
10 date not word has come from her,
Her. friends claim that she has been too
busy prophesylns about President
Baure's intended journey to Russia to
think of anything else,
Finding that she could not aid them,
certain members of the Psychcal So
cIety OF Paris appealed for counsel to
clalrvoyant who is also somnambullst,
They went 20 her first last year and
said: "Slnce you pretend to be n pro-
phetess here Is a good opportunity to
display your powers. Andree Is prepar-
ing to start on an expedition to the
north pole. Tell US when he will start,
and thus we will know whether you are
a true seer or not" Month after month
they asked her the same question, and
each time her reply was: II do not see
the balloon start" Naturally she could
not. for the balloon did not start In 1896.
This year the balloon started at half
past two o'clock. Non Sunday, July II,
and news thereof was received In Paris
by dispatch at 10 o'clock on the evening
OF Friday. July 16. on Monday July
u, one of the members OF the Psychfcal
Society announced that he had recelv-
ed letter from the sleep walker IN
which she announced that on Sunday
afternoon she had clearly seen Andree
start for the North Pole, and had heard
the enthusiastic shouts which greeted
the departure of the balloon.
Astrange Letter.
Here Is her extraordinary letter: ~
have had strange vision, for on Sun
day saw Andree start in his balloon.
and on the following Friday night, or
rather Saturday morning. 1 saw that
the aeronauts had passed over many
preclpices and that the wind had mo-
mentarily forced them to take an oppo-
site dlrection-I mean toward the
south.
1.-THE air ship went around as though
on a pivot, and the travellers were not
aware OF II, so rapid was the move
ment. During these days which sepa-
rate me from the waking vision In
which / found myself on Sunday the
thought has come to me that II was I'm
possible for them to obtain a clear view
Of the pole. or even to traverse II, for
see that they have been compelled TO
go In n roundabout direction; aye, l
see them moving over caves or huge ex-
cavations; see that they are unable to
approach land, or even to slacken speed.
and that meanwhile they hang on by
the guide rope, their main object now
being to explore the soil. II one can
term soil those vestiges OF land or rocks
which In the neighborhood OF the pole
seem white OF color. as though calcined.
and resemble the auays OF river or.
rather. gigantic cliffs.
FL Reached Land Safely.
I'm this vision see them as though
they had landed. but without having
exactly reached the Pole. cannot tell
the exact moment OF their landing. Per-
haps It was Friday night. or perhaps
Saturday morning. What / see clearly
Is mat one Ol tIlG tEdNNAGlS bdo SAibhe
confusion on his right side-almost on
his bRck.
with the exception OF this trlling ac-
cident the somnambullst assures us that
no casualty has befallen the travellers.
and after this good news she proceeds
10 alive us detailed description OF the
place where the landing was effected, A
glowing description It is, but the coun-
try described Is hardly what one would
expect TO find in the polar regions.
~ see luxurlant woods" she writes.
sand a lovely vegetation; see Andree
and his companions alone, and for the
moment they are separated from one
another. ] see, as 1t were, mass OF
debris, and later see 1t all cleared
away. The aeronauts have landed In q
wooded plain, at the end Of which rises
a hifi, planted with wood, shrubs and
great grasses. The wood. however,
dominates everything. And beside the
travellers can see the balloon with all
the gas discharged from It,
"The soil is kindly, and It Is well that
the adventurous have landed here, for,
II they had landed on the other side of
this hill they would have become prey
TO plunderers."
Robberies at the North Pole? What
will Arctic explorers say to this? I'm
questionabiy this is the straRgest state
ment in this very strange story.
A Curious Vision.
THE travellers" continues the clair
voyant remain there for some dime in
order to discover exactly whore tney
are. Then suddenly see them in
curious vision, which cannot explain.
] see them stretched on the grass as
though asleep, and they are separated.
one from the other.
# see only one man, who Is legs ia
tlgued than The others lie goes around,
trying to find some one who Will help
him to place the balloon In order; this
man seems 90 me to be without cloth
inn. He goes along path which runs
beside the bank of river and which Ia
close to deep ravino. Finally he meets
come one who speaks English"
Tie clairvoynnt now tells Us that sho
distinctly saw the words Rome and
'Itnly," but she does NOT attempt to
explain this part OF her vision Instead,
she goes on 10 tell us OF the acronautH
who, II seems. have been fnimculouslY
saved from death.
~ sec them IN America" she gays, 20,
very near America, at a llt,le distance
from some grea. city. They are about