Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-03
SHE GAVE THE NEWS.
NINE. CABANAL KNEW BOM-
BARDMENT WAS GOING ON.
Had = Well Organized stan-Nins' Hus-
bands In the Spirit World to suppiy
Her with lnformn tion-who Can Ex-
plain How These Thing. Happen.

the newly awakened interest all over
the country In physical phenomena,
caused by the appointment of several
committees composed OF well known
scientists. to study and report upon
these matters. says the New York Tel
esraph. Said one plain-spoken old
philosopher. as he replaced his glass
upon the table. emitting the sound of
cracked ice and the odor OF mint:
That's all rot. People allow alto
sether too much weight to the indorse-
ment OF these fake sp!ritualists by col
lese professors and other students
men whose severe scientific training
has blunted their good. sound horse
sense" You're right" added a well
known b0okie: these highly educated
folks are often the easiest marks for
the con men, We ail remember Hun
sry Joe's easy touch OF Oscar Wilde
and Prof. Leldy's hearty Endorsement
OF the Keeiy motor"
One OF tho party. who had for wany
years been a special correspondent for
one OF the New York dailles. was asked
II he had ever had any strange expe-
riences with the occult during his trav-
els. He smlled-with the oihcrs-and
said: Until Prof Hysiop of Columbia
College told the other day O. the start
ling communications he recently re-
eeived from the spirit world through
Mrs. Piper. the Boston medium. using
her as a ions-dIstance telephone and
her fingers as the transmiiier and re-
eeiver. I was at loss to understand
some remarkable phenomena that came
under my observation In Anam. sew
erai years ago. when following the
French army during Its war with the
Black FLAGS Of Tonk!n. In Halphoas.
the chief port of Tonk!n. was Q small
hotel. kept by . French ~oman-Mme.
csbaaal-who had lived there ever
since the French occupation. ten or
t~cls. years previously. and II vas she
sao seemed TO be possessed of powers
tomr~ha; akin TO those claimed for
this sfes; Boston medium. Two days
after the enmm!Ssairc-srnrfsi. tho
civil governor of the reach posses
sloas in Anan,. had LET; Haipaoas With
tho entIrr fFench feet. To make what
he called a demonstration aions the
coast. ielliaz the newspaper CORE
sroadssis ths; he would neither bon,-
bard any cities nor behesa any a,aa-
aaFias. I sas sitting with Nme. casa-
nal and others under the por,ico OF
the hotel. when shc suddenly &c.
marked:
They arc bosabsrdiHs Hue aou.'
what DO you mean By now
asked.
Just al ;his moment sic replied.
"'tlst the cpmmissaiFc.z general told
me be would ret bombard any cities
said I.
Mime. cabanai only shrugged her
shoulders and replied: They have
killed nearly a thousand natives al
ready and have themselves sustained
no loss TO speak of-one taas Injured:
that il alt
''Hus. the capital OF Ansm. q tarti.
fird city on the Chinese pian-,hs, Is.
with veil built works. bu, obsolete
guns. weakly dcfcBdci-was several
hundred miles away. and ,ksss sx-
listed none Of the modern means of
quick communication in those days In
Ansfn. so paid little attention TO
Nine. Cabsaai's advance neus. though
she told me I might cable IL to my
newspaper as authentic.
"a few days later the fleet returned
10 HainhonE. and I learned tha, the
very day and hour my iandiady gave
me that Information the bombarSifnsns
vas in progress. The French fec; hau
drawn up IN line of battle beyond ,he
range Of the old smoo;hbafe guns in
the forts protecting the Anamess cap
iial. and poured a deadly FIRE upon the
defenseiess city beyond the walls. xiii.
Ing. !; vas given out ofIicial;y, about
500 men. women and children. The
only casualty on board the French v.s-
sells was an injury to his knee sus-
tained by a young sailor boy acting as
a powder monkey. who ;rippci aad fe,,
during the engagement while running
across the deck of the vessel with a
loaded shell. Nine. CabanaT. ipforma.
tion was absolutely correct, and IL
had then as much faith In her orrul,
powers. or her good iudsmest. which.
ever IL vas. as I had later on I would
have cabled her news and scored
beat.
''it must be that she, too. was q
iong-distance telephone. for a number
OF times after that. during my stay q,
the Hotel du Tonkin. this remarkable
lady gave me valuable news which IL
seemed absolutely impossible she could
have obtained through ordinary chan.
nels. can we'll understand that III
she really did receive her information
from departed servants the service
would be good. for this unfortunate
creature had buried nine husbands,
who fell victims TO the pesiiferous c,i-
mate Of the Red river delta, and was a
widow when I knew her. A conspic-
uous instance of human iong-distance
telegraphy of more recent dase was
the information given me by Major
Pond last summer. long before any
vessel or news had come down from
namnss f,aw and g,,Fsh , -.