The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-03
STILL MARCHING ON.

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STILL MARCHING ON.
DR.. Cookies first experiment was at
slate writing J. Tracy Smith, the court
stenographer. held the States and when
he removed the cord that bound them
together there was a message from
John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame, to
the effect that his soul is still march
Ing or Mr. Smith declared that While
holding the States he could hear the
chalk writing. DR.. Cooke next took an
ordinary center table and by simply
placing his hands on top of it swung 1t
into the air and dragged it across the
stage as though the hands were glued
fast. A very good illustration or mlnd
reading was also given.
For his succeeding experiments Dr.
Cooke desired a committee of repre-
sentative citizens on the stage TO oD-
serve that all was carried on strictly
as represented and after much coaXlng
the crowd selected A. t. Dorsey, the
cigar dealer, NJ. Kopp, the candy
maker. j. r. Nichols and A. M. Davis.
Dr. Cooke seatedr himself on a chair
in his cabinet He held a rope across
his lap, and in II seconds the rope had
tied him hand and foot to the chair.
the committee counting over 40 knots
An experiment somewhat similar, but
mere difficult followed. The mediums
hands were tied behind his back with
unbleached cotton, drawn so tight as
to stop the circulation in his fingers.
The ends were tied to an iron ring in
"a post which the committee nailed to
the floor Another rope around the
neck held his head back, and his feet
were likewise tied so that ii was lmpoS-
sible fer him to move. In this position,
and with Mr.. Dorsey in the cabinet
holding the medium tightly about the
body, music was produced or a guitar
placed inside the cabinet.
THE HANDOUTS TEST.
Perhaps the best experiment was
with pair of handcuffS. DR.. Cooke
asked the loan of a pair from Chief
Pratt, and they were sent upon the
stage. The committee put them on the
medium securely locked. and in less
than three seconds he had the brace
lets connecting a water pitcher with
the leg of a chair. This was pretty
good trick. and the committee made
critical examination of the handouts,
with the result that the springs were
found to be loose and could, therefore,
be easily pulled apart. DR.. Cooke, to
satisfy the audience, then called Tor
another pair, which were furnished by
Sergeant Burbidge. The experiment
was then repeated.
DR.. Cookies two concluding expert
ments were done with the lights turned
low. He placed his assistant beside
white sheet III the cabinet and caused
him to disappear. only to turn up
second later in the audience. A big
dining room table was brought forward
and, despite the combined weight of the
danced around as If
by a wire.
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1.-THE Cotton King" which comes to
the theatre on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday Oct. 8. and Z, has two |
great sensational scenes. The first one !
shows the exterior of the Ashton cot |
ton mills where a crowd OF workers |
have gathered to kin Jack Osborn, the |
nero of the piece. who, it is claimed, |
mas wronged one of the girls who is a !
worker in the mills. The other is the |
scene in the mills where the villain en-
leavors 20 kill the heroine by putting |
Ter under the elevator. This is a gen.
line sensation, and wherever 1.-THE Cot
on King has been produced hundreds |
If people have gone to see it for this
me scene alone There is not one dull |
moment in the piece, and from start to
inish it is a series of dramatic eli
makes. For the benefit of conference
people, the prices have been placed at
lalf the regular rates.
@ @ G.
Tonight the season at the New Grand
will open, the attraction being Schil-
ing's 1.-TWO Married Men, comedy of
Ugh order. The advance sale on Sat
rday was large, and no doubt the box
flee will do a good business the entire
week