The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29
TALK WITH SPIRITS
THOSE WHO CLAIM THE POWER TO
Do so CELEBRATE AN ANN
VERSARY.
TWIN CITY CONVENTION.
LEADING SPIRTTUALISTS OF ST.
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS PAR
TICIPATE.
COMMISSIONER PETERSON DEAD
Temperance People Hold a Session
General News of Mime
apOlis.

Hydesville, N Y, claimed to have
witnessed the first phenomena of mod
! ern spiritualiSm. On that day the spir-
! 1T rappingS, which figure so proni-
nently in the spiritualistic world to-
j day, were first heard, and from that
| day those who claim the privilege and
ability Of cOmmuning with the spirits
/ have increased with rapid strides.
In every city in the land spiritualistic
| societies have been formed and the doc
/ trine which the members thereof preach
| has found it's way to ali corners of the
| earth. Throughout the Unitetd States
yesterday these converts to the new
falth celebrated the forty ninth ami
Versary of the spiritual demonstration
which it is claimed startled the Fox
sisters In 1848. In Minneapolis all Of
! the societies Of this city and st. Paul
| Joined in two joint meetings.
The First Spiritualistic society. Lin
| coin Band society, the First PrOgressi We
| Spiritual society, together with other
| spiritualists of the city, held meetings in
the afternoon and evening at First
| Unitarian church, Eighth street and
| Mary place.
| Dr. >. M. ASpinwa1l, the first speaker
| reviewed the work in the spiritualistic
! Held since the Fox demonstrations also
! deVoting considerable time to the many
manifestations that were shown the
Fox family and which marked a turn
| ing point in the belief of matters spirit
ua1istic. vocal solo was rendered
by Mrs. Marshall, followed by an ad-
dress by Mrs. Lepper
Mrs. Lepper devoted considerable
time to her own mediumship. telling
of how she early became possessed with
| the gift Of seeing and hearing things
that were not of this world entirely.
The speaker argued that manifesto
lions should be given more authenticity
IMAM the Bible,as the former were real,
While the latter was, to a great extent.
matter of speculation. Mrs Lepper
stated that she had in her time about
eleven different kinds of manifesto
| lions. The last had been but recently
| allowed her, and was in the form of
! seeing her own soul in all it's Imperfect
lions. She argued that man must know
| himself to grow.
u. Z. w. Gibbons, known as a Chris
tan scientist, spoke on his opinion
Of spiritualism. The speaker was very
eloquent in his portrayal of the life
splrltualistic, and showed that he had
considerable faith in the belief with
which he has as yet not strongly afT1l-
| lated himself
one OF the remarkable features Of
the afternoons programme was the ex-
| hlblt1on of Stella Narcotic of St Paul
Miss Narcotic is but eleven Years OLD
! she allowed herself to go into q trance
during which it was stated that she was
controlled by little Indian girls spir-
It, While in this trance the child pa va
| several tests that were apparently con-
| Vlnc1ng. She gave dissertations told m
whom in the audience they belonged
and the relationship they held. A half
dozen tests were made, and thew were
the most satisfactory of all given dur-
Ing the afternoon. Her descriptions
were Immediately recognized by all for
whom they were intended.
The afternoons programme closed
! with tests by Mrs Barton and Mrs
! COursen.
IN MASONIC TEMPLE.
The Washington Union Spiritualie+
association, the Unity church and tho
Spiritual Alliance of ST. Pa2II beId
meetings IN the afternoon and evenino
at the headquarters Of the former So
clety, in the Masonic Temple The af-
ternoon services began with exercise
by the Chlldren's lyceum consisting
or rec1tatfOns, songs, etc. An address
was made by Prof ]. O. Barrett who
/ spoke Of the introduction of spiritual.
ism IN 1S4S, and of the first spirit ran
! pings IN Rochester, n. Y, in that vear
lie gave a history Of the movement
from time to time to the present age.
and commented upon the wonderful
/ CROWN OF the spiT1tualistic body and
/ the amount Of good work it had done
Mrs. Eldred, in a short address made
strong plea for the children. She
! spoke or the manner in which tho
! younger generation We're cramped with
various subjects in the public schools
| ana colleges, and were not allowed to
use their own judgment to any extent
1hlS; MRS. Eldred claimed was at the
expense OF the psychOmetric powers of
the children. In this manner. when a
enid reached the age of fifteen all oe
| the natural God-given psychometric
/ powers were entirely blotted out.
Speaking directly of spiritualism. the
I speaker said that one must have ev-
perlenced much of the trials and sor
rows OF ire before they could realize
the existence of a hereafter or the
nature thereof. When they reach thai
| point they should be- if they are no.
ready to embrace spiritualism. Shirt
uallsm was nothing more than the
! higher development of all psychometrjc
( forces.
| Addresses were also made by Mrs q
-. Pfuden, Mrs. Scott and Rev. ]. F.
Geddes, all of whom made remarks an.
| proprlate to the occasion. During the
| afternoon musical selections were ron
| dered by Miss Carry Mellwood. on the
cornet, and Prof. Joseph Miller. ON the
| violin. ~
AT the conclusion of the meeting
| supper was served.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The evening meeting was attended bv
! an audience that filled the body of the
church and the galleries. ]. T. Millin
/ presided
Mrs. AspinWall was the first to he
| called upon and her time was devoted
! to the advent of modern spiritualism
| the fOrty-ninth anniversary of which
| the meetings were called to celebrate
Mrs. Tryon followed, speaking of the
/ growth of the philosophy in less than
nIty years. 1t was a subject worthy
the best thought of the people. While
| there was still much criticism of spir-
| ttualism, she thought people ought to
| be more charitable and look for the
| good in the plan.
DR.. Gibbon came next. He said that
| there was a great deal in spiritualisn
| which all people might not be able 10
accept, but there was also much that
each individual could believe. He adj
| Vfsed his audience not to be troubled
| over what could not be comprehended
| Spil1tualism," he said, would be ac-
| cepted by every church, including the
| Catholic, were it not for the fact that
! spiritualists. with the superior light
| they possess from direct communication