The Republican., 1898-03-24
THOUGHT TRANSMISSION,
Well Authenticated Cases of Tele-
pathic Communication.
Wnshin GtOninns Are Very Much In
terested in PsychicaI PhenOm-
enn just NOw-Reminis-
cences of the War.
Especial washington Letter.l

81 have had some personal expert
ences with telepathy," says DR.. 5. c.
Miller, of this city. MY father was
governor of Minnesota, my brotlser
Wesley was d lieutenant in the army of
the Potomac, and | was a soldier in the
army of the frontier In July, 1868, my
mother was at the old home in Harris
burg, Pa, and at exactly 10 minutes of
six O'Clock on the evening of July she
said: Wesley is shot Fifteen minutes
later, exactly at six o'clock, she said:
Wesley is dead She afterwards ex-
planned that at quarter of six o'clock
she heard him say as though standing
close behind her: oh, my mother
On the following morning telegram
was received announcing the fact that
my brother had been killed at the bat
tie of Gettysburg on the preceding
evening. OF course mother knew that
a great battle was going on because the
guns could be heard very distinctly in
Harrisburg, but she had no means of
knowing that her son was actually en-
gagged in the battle, or was where his
life was in danger. She simply re-
ceived the impression that he was shot,
and then Is minutes later that he was
dead. Two days afterwards my uncle
went to Gettysburg and found the
body of my brother and had it removed
to Harrisburg, where the remains were
inferred
Il had another experience which was
very singular. l was in the national
cemetery at Gettysburg several years
ago, and by some instructive impulse
! walked towards the graves of the
regular army soldiers. There, to my
great surprise, saw the headstone of
Lieut.. Wesley f. Miller. l called the
attention of the superintendent to the
headstone and asked him if he had any
means of knowing that Lieut.. Miller
was buried there, and he said that there
could be no doubt of it. l told him that
l personally knew that my brother was
buried in Harrisburg, and he indiffer-
emily said: Well, some other soldier
is buried there, and that name will do
just as well for him as any other, now
that he is no longer fit for duty on this
earth
Il either read or heard of a singular
story several years ago, which had an
amusing side to it. A veteran of one of
the union armies wen: to the national
cemetery, l believe i; was at Gettys-
burg, and instinctively was led to
grave bearing his own name, company
and regiment. He went off immediate
lyaand got IA little cart full of flower.
which he brought into the cemetery ard
deposited upon that grave. One of the
keepers asked him why he was so pro-
fuse in decorating that particular grave
and he responded Well, if there is
any grave on earth in which ought to
take great deal of interest, and upon
which | should bestow a number of
floral decorations from time to time, it
is that particular grave, because | am
buried there
Mr.. Earl S. Goodrich, founder of the
st. Paul Pioneer-Press. was lieutenant
colonel III the army of the Potomac, on
staff duty. He said: There were a
great many instances of telepathy dur
ing the civil war, but nobody at that
time was able to give any scientific
name to the peculiar transmission of
thought from mind to mind, which is
now receiving great deal of attention
from the scientific world. l know a
number of instances where men re-