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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
BUILDING ACTIVE
IN Los ANGELES
BUSINESS HOUSES AND HOMES
INCREASE IN NUMBER
over 1000 Building Permits Issued il
Month Of October for $t,34S,556
In Valuation Of Inn
provements

The building record for the month Of
October in Los Angeles Is positive evi-
dence of the continuation of the build
ing expansion.
The official summary as given below
shows that the total permits issued
provements aggregating In valuation
$1,34S, 556, a net gain over October, 1904,
of 433 in permits and an increase of
Ss0,696 in improvement valuation.
October Summary Complete
Following is the official tabulation of
number of permits and valuation of ali
improvements in Los Angeles for the
month of October, 1905:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05

One hundred per cent increase In
votes. See page 2, part 4
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
An Intelligent Medium.

This woman was an intelligent music
teacher in the town where the seance
was held; she had never been in a
trance before and never experimental
with the subject previously. In a normal
condition she could not remember hay-
ing heard this professors name. Subse
quent inquiries showed that there was
a man of the name and profession given
in the University of Berlin still living at
the time. This lady had studied music
in GernlI1y. for two years. The pro-
fessor was then very popular with the
ladies in Berlin as lecturer. The music
teacher, however, could not remem ber
having ever attended his lectures or of
having ever heard anyone talk about
them. The case is evidently not to be
cIassed among those of the supernor-
NAL, but simply as one Stimulating spir-
itualistic phenomena It is explained as
a resurrection of past experiences that
were either forgotten or unconsciously
received. and only remembered under
hypnotic conditions. The answers were
all written down in German. The me-
dunn was undoubtedly Stimulating. un-
consciously, the personality of the Ger
man professor.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
..Do Not Mourn" Says Spirit.

A girl OF about twenty, dressed in deep
mourning, arose in the middle of the
hall, and, with great distress, answered,
Yes" Then Mrs. Pepper went on:
TON Osborne met with death by acci-
dent" The girl nodded. HE fell from
a. wagon. None could save him and he
desires you not 70 mourn. He sends you
words of comfort" Weeping profusely,
the girl departed
At one of her recent demonstrations
Mrs. Pepper said that some one had
called for the spirit of Cornelius Van
cott, former postmaster of New York.
who had died only a few days before,
and she gave this message for him:
Everything is all right. The children
are managing the estate all right and
as long as they act as they are now
everything. is all right" BY Dick 1t
was supposed that the dead mans son,
Richard was meant. This envelope was
presented by a young woman. but she
left the place before her identity could
be learned.
1t Is interesting to recall q few days
ago so eminent q clergyman as Rev. r.
Heber Newton. of New York, made an
address before a psychica1 research So
ciety in which he declared his firm be-
lief that the spirits of the dead COM
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Strange Case of Mrs. Pepper.

Prof. HysIop's acceptance of the spIr-
itistic theory as an explanation OF
psychic phenomena was mainly the re-
suit Of the society's Investigation OF
the case of Mrs. Pepper. For seventeen
years past this remarkable woman has
given seanees under the exclusive G5-
rection of the Society for Psychical Tse-
search, the officers of wli.tz have tax
en- every means in their power 90 elm
mate the. possibility of fraud in her
communications.
The society therefore voIlches for the
honesty OF the seanees given hy this
woman under their direction, ssI.hough
the explanation of the phenomena varies
with the point Of view of the different
members. Prof. Charles Eliot Norton.
of Harvard University, for Instance.
while youching for the gooG eaith OF
Mrs. Pepper, says of her:
Her conditions seemed to Ine anal
ogous TO those of an i'll person dreaming
a suggested dream, in which trains Of
dream to which the dreamer has been
accustomed are modified by the special
conditions of the moment
Prof \. s. Shaler. of Harvard. gives
the following as his opinion: While
am disposed TO hold to the hypothesis
that the performance of Mrs. Pepper Is
one that Is founded on some kind of de-
ceit I must confess that close observa-
ton of the medium made on ms the irne
preston that she is honest. Seeing her
under any other conditions, should not
hesitate 20 trust my instructive sense az
TO The truthfulness of the woman.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

prompt, business-like. and systematic
as can be. She keeps her promises as
carefully as if she Were a business
man.
If you want to see her brown eyes
snap, get her to talking about shoddy
society and the efforts of the newly
rich to break into it. Some of you
Americans she said. ARE not guiltless.
either 1t has been said that there
were one or two women in London who
enable themselves to pay their debts
and speculate on change from the fees
they obtain for introducing rich Ameri-
cans into London society.
Il can tell YOU that instead Of one or
two, there are half q dozen, ana per-
haps more. and that some Of them get
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Mrs. Pepper is a striking figure when
she appears on the platform. She wears
a robe of dull black. with flowing sleeves
Ike a suFplice and set off with a stole
OF white. Her features are thick. her
hair q mass Of yellow, and she wears
eyeglasses
One of the interesting phases of her
demonstration" is that she makes no
pretense of going into the trance
state Her plan is to have sealed letters
placed on tables by persons other than
the writers, and she, without breaking
the seals, announces the answers OF the
spirits to questions put by the writers
in the envelopes. AS a rule. of course,
these answers are unmeaning except to
the writers, but so frequently have these
persons declared them to be correct that
if there is any collusion in the affair the
medium" must have an army of con-
federates Apparently 1t Is merely
business affair with her, as an admission
fee Of 20 cents is charged, and she al
ways has a large audience.
Here are some of the things she has
done: Taking up an envelope one night,
she said: THE first spirit is young
man. He comes to that gentle
man over there"-indicating him
"and says Sir ConnelI is here and
he knows what trouble you had getting
his things after he left this world, and
he knows 1t was you who found the dia-
mond.' Is that correct 90
''It is most accurate" replied the man
in the audience.
Grace" was the next arrival. and, ac-
cording TO Mrs. Pepper. she was accom-
panied by an old lady spirit who pa
thetically said that she had not been
asked for and nobody ever wanted her
but she wanted TO be around ito see
what was doing here" This intrudfng
spirit. she believed. was GRANDMOTHER
Hart"
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Spook Objects to Photograph.

One ''spook'' objected to photograph
somebody had put Ia one of the en-
Velopes. declaring through Mrs. Pepper.
or course-that 1t was a bad copy and
''he should have known better" On
another occasion one of the spirits pro-
tested because his name had been
spelled wrong in the envelope.
rs there anyone here named Castor.
or Gaston?' Mrs. Pepper demanded,
and a man in The audience raised his
hand. She went on: The spirit Of a
her son. Tell him. she says, L have
watched over the tribulations of father
and my other boys She says some
thing about a guinea. Or
Yes, Guiana, the country" interposed
the man who had lifted his hand
Yes. she says it would have been bet
ter for your brother If he had stayed
there, but''-there was d pause-''but he
was bound 10 go to Barbados
Yes. yes. he would co. exclaimed
an in the audience.
he has done nothing since but
- continued Mrs. Pepper. Mother
if you have any influence over him
him out of the States. Let him
Jack to Guiana and stick to his busi-
there and he will do we'll" Then
turned IC the man ana Sdld+ lH
1t right. Joe?" He started as she
tered the name and in an almost sob
.ng tone replied. ''Yes, yes"
One night one OF the envelopes bore
lcross its face piece Of Chinese tissue
paper and Mrs. Pepper said the spirit
was the motl.er of girl whose name
seemed 10 be Bessie Russell. at this q
young woman in the audience gave a
sharp cry and became hysterical Mrs
Pepper reused herself from her menta
effort under which she was Iaborine
and said 10 the woman: DO not cry
| Tears are not for this time. This is g
moment for joy and instantly tht
/ woman became composed.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

when he had bought the business in
which he was engaged he had received
two big safes with the combinations in
cipher. Not long afterward the man
from whom he had bought them died
and Robertson then discovered that he
could not open the safes. He consulted
Mrs. Pepper, who called the spirit of
his former partner, and the latter told
him that there was cog loose inside
one of the safes and told him how to
open it. He followed instructions and
was successful
81 see spirit walking down the aisle
in the rear OF the church, said Mrs
Pepper one night 1T is pointing to a
woman steated near the side wall. It
is you and she indicated a young wom-
an well dressed and of apparent refine
n-ent. His first name" continued the
medium, sis pet name you called him
Willie, Do you recognize him?"
Yes" replied the woman, evidently
with great emotion.
IT'S last name is Harrington" con-
TIMED Mrs. Pepper. .and he Is accompa-
MED l. -: old man, Grandpa Flynn, 1
think
Yes, yes." exclaimed the woman IN
the audience. weeping. 1T is marvellous
and I thank you"
That same night she poised an enve-
lope in her hand and said, Il seem to
see the spirit of 4 mana young man.
He tells me his name is Tom-Tom O.
Osborne. l think it is. Does anyone in
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
A German Prof.,s Shade.

tSome time ago I went to Pennsyl-
vania to take part in some experiments
with a friend a minister. who gathered
together three other friends, besides
his wife and myself, for a seanee at
ia BILE tipping These We're all intelli-
gent people who had never been profess
siona1ly engaged in this kind of busi-
ness. We sat around the table laughing
and joking, and before the evening was
over four of the persons at the table
h2d gone into q trance, resembling that
ce...Is,on 20 hypnosis, and automatic
writing occurred in three of the cases.
lone cf the subjects, as soon as she
went into trance, said she saw,
standing behind me, the apparition OF
a man ir a gown and slouch hat. who
gave his name as Prof. -, stating
tfat he had been teacher of English
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
"A FIDDLE He COULDN'T PLAY.

because that was :he melody I had used
most IN practice, and which / thought /
knew by heart. But the tune wouldnt
play on that fiddle. Ny fingers seemed
all thumbs. The result was horrible.
= 'Fnat'U do, said my partner. Drop
it and lets all so for another drink. We
ts>ed it You pay for that luncheon and
i:ap the fiddle. Take up the bass drum.
Nou can get more expression out og II
''All the way home / was niserabfe.
Had all my time ard money gone for
nothing2 Before going in TO ai'iner
give il to the janitor and forget il. But
/ decided 10 let it have another trial
played Come Back as / never played
it before. Then j tried one of Spher
exercises. Same result. Next morning
| went to that music shop before going
TO the office
Let me see that fiddle I tried last
night, I said.
: Certainly replied the proprietor.
but that fiddle is not adapted TO You.
| wanted TO explain that last night, but
there was TO chance. That violin was
made i2GFposely for 3 1eft-handed man.
The order of the strings is reversed, and
the situation of the sounding post is DIFF.
fereut We make them TO order, and
occasionally they get left on our hands.
| was ready to sell that one cheap
Sell 1t TO whom 1 asked. suspi-
ciousiy
TO one of those men who came in
with YOU last night he answered. He
was in here during the afternoon, and
he said he wanted fiddle for a left
handed NINA friend OF his-N hom he
would bring around. When / saw--
But I fled. l almost ran to the Of
..Whaf did / say to my partner? Ask
im''-New York Press.
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Uses Well Lighted Room
When She Gives Her
Exhibitions.
Announces Answers OF
Spirits to Queries
Submitted.
startles Many Persons
With Her Wonderful
knowledge.

"Other illustrations OF secondary oE
abnormal personality are cases Of CLOS
soIalia, or speaking with tongues'-tfe
phenomenon made famous in New Tes-
lament history. This represents the per-
son or medium as speaking in unknown
Ianguag ages, consisting apparently Of non
sense syI1a bles, q phenomena well Illus
trated recently in the Temarkat.e LIE
Baron case.
This LIE Baron was literary man,
aged tflirty-nine, who attended spirit
istfc seances. While at one OF these he
suddenly went into a strange psychic
condition, not trance, during which
he uttered sentences that resembIed an
cient prophecies, Later on these prophe-
cies came to him in an unknown tongue.
Here is a sample Of the latter:
sTntelete te intelute. BuIe te skuru te
sinte omkoton, etc. Translation: The
book of the past is not tbs book Of the
love. It is the song Of the sadness. The
great light has come 10 help the dark
ness Love Is emperor. Love is the
light of the darkness. The home Of
the poor is the palace Of love, etc.
lie Baron at first thought that this
unknown language came to !lila through
some pre-existence Of the soul. To cor
roborate this theory he made exhaua-
tive pathological studies, In which he
traced a large per cent OF the words
Of the unknown sangue that he was
uttering to a vocabulary Of primitive
Dravidian, or British Indian, non-Ary-
ar language. He subsequently, as
result of his own and Prof. James IN
s~.stigations. gave up the idea Of the
supernorrnai as an explanation OF these
phenomena"
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

~ HAD good fiddle said Long
bow. had taken several lessons
from competent instructor,
and considered myself Il fair
amateur until i began to talk about my
accomplishment to my business partner
. Rot he said one evening, when two
or three of US were taking a little appe-
tizer before going home. I don't believe
you could play a note that any man VINO
knew rausfc would listen to-
. Come up to the house this evening
and I'll play for you. l retorted.
i" Not muchn he said. My time is too
valuable and my nerves won't stand d
shock But there is d music snop just
up the street with a lot OF violins IN the
window rye passed it often. Let us ali
go there, and you play d tune on any
fiddle L select If you can show the
slightest knowledge of the instrument /
pay for luncheon tomorrow for the
crowd
Done / said, but it is like robhing
you
I'VE walked four blocks To the music
store felt happy. My partner looked
confident The rest of the chaps didn
seena to care a blank about anything eX-
cent that somebody would have 10 pay
fer q luncheon We went inside. My
n,rtner said "a few words To the pro
prietor and selected violin from q
deze1, or more on q shelf. Then he re-
out,sted a bow. and told ne to SO ahead.
Il started in with Come Back TO Erin
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

AN the dead speak to the living?
OF how much interest this
question has been to the dead
no one can say, but since the
first man died in this world those he
left behind him have puzzled their
brains to answer it. Perhaps the wish
TO converse with the dead is due large
ly TO a desire to know what fate was
IN store in the way of punishment or
reward for the life led on this earth;
perhaps ii is due to love, but whatever
is the foremost thought which creates
this desire. there invariably lies in the
background the hope that individuality
IS not lost in the world to come. The
love of ones individuality is a strange
thing. A man may admire another's
character, may despise himself; may be
willing TO exchange his conditions a
hundred times over, but would he be
willing TO relinquish all hold upon the
Individual lity he has carried with him
through lie?
Can the dead speak to the living?
For years spirituaHsts have declared
that under certain conditions direct
communion with the souls Of the de-
parted is possible Scoffers have scoffed.
takers have faxed. but an honest few
have stood 10 their belief in spiTitism.
Today the minority point VILE PtinS 10
the experiments OF weil-known scien-
lists in the mysterious field. These ex-
perin1ents have been conducted with all
the care and attention to minute de-
tail which the chemist lavishes upon his
work in the laboratory. Men like Prof.
James. of Harvard; Prof James II
Hyslop formerly of Columbia, and DIR.
Minot ]. Savage have taken a prominent
mart In these experiments, and 1t is their
verdict that the phenomena observed
can only be explained by spiritism or an
Infinite telepathy. Many OF the scien-
tifc men who have interested them
selves in the work have declared for
spiritism pure and simple
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

literature in the University OF Berlin
] then placed pad in the mediums
hand together with d pencil. and she
wrote out the name and the profession
of the apparition. I then asked if the
latter knew Prof Wundt in Leipsic,
and the answer written was negative.
asked the same question as TO Prof.
Roscher, of Leipsic. receiving the same
answer. | asked similar questions as
to P.eofs. SIoIl and Zeller. of Berlin, to
which I received affirmative answers,
with additional statements that they
had been. friends for many years.
Ques lions and answers of various kinds
were continued for some time.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19


literary world, is making
things lively in the English
smart set by her tits at their shams,
their slangs, their gamblings, and their
other vices which have gone from bad
to worse SO rapidly of late. She Is run
ming Marie CoreIli close race in this
respect, and has the advantage of far
lore grace of style and viVacity. There
as much difference between them as
there is between a biudgeon and
rapier
Although Rita" moves about in smart
society rather more than her rival, she
has kept her personality out of the
public view as a rule, and little has been
written about her. One so naturally eX-
poets these sharp assailants of fashion
able society to be dowdy frunips that L
confess 1 was a bit surprised on meet
ing Rita. to find that she was
bright-eyed. attractive. and tastefully
dressed little woman. quick wittod, we'll
poised. and business like.
She told me she was busy at present
completing a novel of which she didn't
,aind telling me the name, although it
had not been divulged before. 1t was
to be called THE Queer Lady Judas.
and was suggested to her by character
that appeared in her recent siashlng Sc
ries of essays entitled 1.-THE Confessions
Of a Beauty Doctor" The autnor was
inclined to think that this novel would
make a sensation. both in England and
in America for it was going to give a
view of the frivolous. careless, social
loving side of society from behind the
Innermost curtain.
1t seems to have been "Rits,s'' hatred
of shams and hypocrisies that has led
her TO her greatest success. seuls, .
her best-known book hitherto, marked
her departure from the usual sort CT ro-
nance into the field of satire. ''The
Masoueraders' attracted wide atten-
tion. too, and having been published
only last year may yet surpass Souls
In success.
London never had much fascination
for Mrs. Humphrey, and she has usual
Iy lived in the country. A few months
ago she moved into charming home IN
Parkstone. one OF the prettiest towns
In Dorsetshire. She is by no means
what is supposed TO be the TYPICAL liter
| ary woman who negieets her personal
appearance, is at the mercy of moods
and always behind hand with hef
. copy" On the contrary. Rita is as
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

anywhere from ten to fifty thousand
dollars a season. OF course, those are
exceptional fees, but the average is
higher than you would suppose. OF
course, it is only the vulgar who try in
this manner to buy their way in, and
equally, Of course. they do not get their
moneys worth But there are just as
many newly-rich English families who
do the same thing, so 1t is not q aues-
tion of nationality
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

mune with the living. DR.. Newton
would not, however, discuss the Pep
per case.
Dr. James II. Hyslop, who has from
the beginning been most closely identi-
fed with this work, and is now fore
most among its promoters. a few days
ago made the following statement:
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Mrs. Pepper Becomes Pastor.

straagest and most inexplicable OF
all the phenomena. which Hf' OBJ
served recently are those =
Rev May s. Pepper. paste
splritualist Church Of
played the leading part
Pepper came to Brookly
dsnce in 1904 she fof
circles there disrupted. II
dead. factions had aris
for strong hand TO i
Pepper so impressed al -
lists with her wonderf
new organization was
chosen 20 lead.
Many times she -
fraud. but when he
attempted to make
tfons they have ST
more mysticism
Pepper does not pr
ture, but she de n
summon the spir I'd
hold converse ed
lights, soft nnusio Ra3 Ter
circumstances vi 80 tEAsy ae any
spiritualist seano @ Ee her
experiments Shs is In
a weii-ligE1ted e Of
several hundret Ht# . has
impressed ms in
creases the whole
affair.
NoIwithstaf 4besity.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOE

"Confound ii! / have The meanest
kind of luck.
''Oh, stop kicking, Reflect that YOU
might have been the Car OF Russia"
New York Press.
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Prominent Men Are Converts.

s. B. Robertson, manager or pub
IfshIne, company IN Park row. was one OF
Mrs Pepper's patrons at one of the
meetings and he afterward declared that
he had become converted. He said that
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

the congregation wish to commune with
the spirit Of Tom Osborne?
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
Most Inexplicable Are
The Revelations of
Mrs. Pepper.
Says She Can Converse
With Spirits of
The Dead.
Men OF Prominence Are
Numbered Among Her
Converts.

AN the dead speak to the living?
OF how much interest this
question has been to the dead
The Washington times., 1905-02-19
\ SATIRIST OF ENGLISH SMART SET
london Feb

TIA" as Mrs. Desmond
Humphreys is known in the
literary world, is making
things lively In the English
The Washington times., 1905-02-19

no one can say. but since tn
The Forrest City times., 1905-11-17
CI.uH NOTES

Texas-Dr David H. Reeder. La porte Ind Dear Sir: have read lcohs No | and 3 and the cloth-bound book of lectures, and would not like to nser house without them. also sac yo.f iertures that appear in the papers
 Ir heedsr, what will cure bilious rest am always told 1 am bilious. M tonpae has white coating. have ,ried drinking water. but il does not Lell that, but cured me of con s,ipati iun Would also like to ask how <. car be hiiious when my bowels move every day have no thirst for water and foroe myself to drink all l can of f.. ] try not to drink coffee or tea. la am very fond Of both. I hope you can tell me of something 10 cure my biioosness as 1 am very tired of it and also of being told of it all he time.
 took some medicine for if about NO weeks ago. It made me very sick. but Gld net seem to help my liver any. It's th. first medicine l have taken since commenced reading your lee -,sres I've used half of bottle of tueetz eraal remedy you recommended and although my skin does not now treak oet n those red pimples. il is very y.iHW aud rough yet. With best vishe... [ remain, Mrs. F W.
 The aitf.ulty In your case is not .n uny opinion, in tho liver proper. but n the gall bladder. The bile ducts secretC their contents in proper amoGnt, hut 1t IS not passed in the Tigft diIettion, instead goes up into the stomach and from thence into the tlood t1u.. causing the yellow condi- t;oI at which you complain. You would probably get great relief by ob- s.r9sHg the directions given in a re. ceut le.tlre upon the subject of jaun- ss.X 4 ssry nleasing method of treat