The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-26
WALL STREET
WITCH PREDICTS.
Stock Spectators Have Great
Confidence In Her.
AN ACKNOWLEDGED AUTHORITY
In the Old Days and Some People Now
Look to Her For Advice-what She
Has to Say About the Next
Presidential Election.

The News Democrat recently printed
the predictions made by q noted sooth-
saver, many of which had already come
true, and many more of which are still
in the future. In that the defeat OF
Mckinley for a second term was pre-
dicted. Many people believe in signs
and openly express their belief in them.
Said a Canton citizen, upon reading the
predictions referred to: There is man
who makes a study of events in the
past and applies them to the future.
He sees what many of the rest Of us
have been slower IN perceiving, that we
are going too fast and that our sober
second thought will set us right. There
is too much military glory now. 1t
will all pass away pretty soon and the
facts will begin to come out. 1t does
not take a soothsayer to predict that"
Eastern papers are still carrying pre-
diction and interviews with noted
characters who have proven that they
are at least close enough to events to
prove interesting. One of the most In
| teresting is an article that appeared
in the New York Times, recently, as
follows
The Witch of Wall street is at Won
derland. This remarkable woman re-
ceived her pseudonym from James r..
Keene, the greatest orator in the
street since the days of Jay Gould. Her
real name is Grace Courtland and in
the days of John Kelley she was finan-
cial reporter on the New York Star,
which was then owned by the boss Of
Tammany hall. While the stories OF
financial reporters in those days, as in
| deed they are at present, were con-
L a 90 ~. r1kr Co.. Nl.s
day or week previous this woman was
forecaster Of the market for the next
| day or week ahead and so accurate
were her predictions that 1t is said the
greatest wizards of the street ac-
knowledged her as their superior.
IT am not a spiritualist, fortune
teller, or clairvoyant," said Mrs.
CORTLAND when asked to make some
predictions. 'J am simply a sharp,
shrewd woman who knows from cause
to effect. or in other words, uses her
brains. I received a delegation OF
Spiritualists, recently, and after con-
versing with them for a time one OF
the number said, enthusiastically:
why, madam, you ought to go to Lily
Dale. You could make a fortune there.
I don't doubt that in the least. could
make a fortune in speculation If
cared to. but it is not the dollars I am
after. I do this work as pastime
and make comfortable living there
by. Sometimes give it UP for weeks
at time, just as the spirit moves me- .
Can you tell me who will be the next
president, madam"
''I do not wish to do so now. The
time is not ripe. A little later I will
make a prediction that you may count
on. McKinley's administration has not
been a success. Mckinley lacks one
characteristic that was so strikingly
exemplified in Cleveland, and that 1:
bullheadedness. History is repeating
itself. We have got to have a change
financially and socially. A new era 1!
dawning. 1t cost the party $4,000, ,00t
to elect Mckinley last campaign.
will cost $25, ,OOO, 900 next year and ,ther
fail. Gold is the rich mans money
paper the money Of the poor. Bryan!
chances? Oh, they are good, good al
Ianyone'S,"