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MOTHER RESPONSIBLE
FOR |NCEND|ARISM

and then put 1t out. At times he
would jump up in the night and
sream Fire! Fire! This desire
passed away, however, and 1t was
hoped that he had outgrown 1t.
When in his teens his parents
moved to Sacramento. Here Erie
peddled papers, but he was enticed
to drink. The drink brought the
fire mania back. An old fire gong
was given to him by Chief Guthrie.
This he fastened to his paper cart.
Everywhere he went he was look
ing for fires. At fire he was al
ways one of the bravest fighters.
Soon after he set two saloons and
an old shed on fire in one night
For a time he was not suspected
A detective. however, believed him
guilty. why did you start that
fire last night?" asked the detec-
tive. did you see me?" was the
reply. That was enough. He was
arrested, but no one appeared
against him. His mother, fearing
that harm would result, and wish.
ing to get him away from fires,
testified against him and had him
sent to the lone reform school.
After his release ne seemed to
be cured of his mania and moved,
with his family, to Woodlawn
where he made many friends. The
death of his grandmother, however,
drove him again to drink and a
series of incendiary fires followed.
Sherman was suspected and finally
caught red-handed.
Psychologists. who have made a
study Of the boys character, say
that he presents one of the strang-
est examples Of prenatal influence
ever known.
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INTERNATIONAL
FAIR IN HOUSTON
(Scripps News Association.)

NocrlppS news ASSOclatlOnJ
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 1S-The
opening today Of the great interna-
tional fair, which was to be opened
October 81, but was postponed ow-
ing to the prevalence of yellow
fever and the strict quarantine reg
ulations maintained all through the
south, attracted many thousands of
visitors from all parts of this
state and Mexico. Never before
have the people in Mexico taken
so much interest in an American
fair as in this case and the Mexi-
can exhibit is of exceptional inter-
est and far superior even to that
shown at the st. Louis worlds fair.
President Diaz and the Mexican
government have made liberal al
lowances for the Mexican exhibit
and have sent a number of their
representatives to assume charge
of the exhibits.
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SPIRIT COMMUNION NOT ABSURD ALTH0' NINE
TENTHS SO-CALLED PSYCHIC PHENOMENA BOGUS

number of miles distant from
where he lived, was answering
questions concerning lost friends.
He wrote letter, addressed it to
his spirit mother, asking whether
his father was living and if so how
he could find him. He told no one
of his intentions to visit the medi-
UNI, and as he was not a spiritual
list no one knew him at the meet
ing. He placed his letter before
the medium and she made answer
that a motherly woman was near.
She said that she called evil
liam" and told him that his father
was living, and that if he would
address letter to Messrs. So-and-
So, at a certain street and number
in London. he would be told of his
fathers whereabouts. Md. -
said that he did not know the firm
In London but he sent letter of
inquiry asking for his fathers ad-
dress. In a short time he received
a reply saying that the man for
whom he had asked had left their
employ three years before, but that
he could be found at a certain
house in Glasgow. He addressed
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a letter from this place and soon
received one from his father.
Doubts Cjairvovance.

a letter from this place and soon
received one from his father.
Doubts CIairvoyance.
1t so happened that shortly after
writing this letter the father was
killed in a railroad accident, but
the son, through the correspond.
ence that was found among his
fathers papers heard from the ex.
ecutor and received his share of
the estate.
This is a case that, if the facts
are as here given, and after very
extensive investigation | am fully
convinced that the facts are cor
rect. no recognized theory of tele-
pathy or clairvoyance can explain.
AS to a correct explanation,
frankly say l don't know.
There may be subconscious fac
ulties in the human soul of which
we know as yet very little. Then
again, 1T is NOT INCONCEIV-
ABLE THAT THE COUNTLESS
BAD AND INDIFFERENT, IN THE
UNIVERSE. MAY BE ABLE TO
PERFORM SUCH MARVELS AS
THESE | HAVE JUST MEN
TONED. And this explanation
may leave the mother wholly out
OF the case. This latter explana-
ton would be 'spiritualism, minus
the identity of the spirit"
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A Dramatic Story as Related by
the Old Cook.

Master Mullins, that was super
intending the new works, had come
down to pay the hands. He had
travelled armed, for many many
mile, and he arrived a day too soon
that is, it was Friday, and Sat
urady was to be pay day.
Says Master Mullins to my mas
ter, the doctor: 'If | leave the
money here, no one will know it,"
and the doctor had showed him
where to put 1t. Mullins had gone
off to see his mother and now Off
was the doctor himself, And we
women, my mistress and myself,
alone.
| remember how dark 1t was as
the long clock began to strike II.
And just as it stopped there came
a knock at the door.
went to open it and there were
two men with wagon, and in the
wagon a long bundle of something
sewed up in a cloth.
"Dr. James live here?"
'He does" says |.
Here's bundle for him"
BLESS us, it's big enough" says
|.
at is" said he. "Well, let's in
with it. old lady. Wen put it in
the corner of the hall. And your
master left particular directions
that it must not be opened until he
came" says he-''a sort of surprise
for your mistress"
"And what's In the bundle?"
81 don't know" says he. THE
doctor was too wet to talk mucch.
TITS the Turkey carpet I've
wanted for the parlor this ~
months" says my mistress.
Il think 1t is that ma'am," says
I.
at ccant be anything but a car
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turning from a business deal. An
adventures arrives. and by her in
situations and lies tries to arouse
the young wife's jealousy. She fin
ally listens to reason after her fail
ure to blackmail and agrees to re-
turn old love letters he had writ.
ten some years ago when he was
a student at college. They arrange
to meet at the old church ruin
the wife who has overheard this
clandeStine meeting follows. ex-
pecting TO find him with her. In
stead she finds the dead body of
the adventures. The young hus-
band is suspected of the crime and
arrested. The white caps" come
to the Jail to lynch him but are
foiled in their plan by friends of
Brand who hold the mob at bay
while the prisoner escapes. The
real murderer is tracked down and
John is cleared. Special scenery
is prepared for this production.
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Typical examples Of some thou.
sands of phenomena, which have
been brought to my personal atten-
tion. and which | regard as free
from fraud and all possible coinci-
dence, | wish now to relate.
A well known physician in New
York city, a man whose veracity
would be questioned by no one who
knows him, and also an editor and
publisher of reputation, gives me
his word of honor as to the truth
of the following personal expert
ence.
He was alone in Florida when
attacked with paralysis. He knew,
as a physician, that he was dying,
and as previous symptoms told that
he would die in this way he did
not wish to alarm any one by call
ing assistance. Believing that
death was inevitable, he went to
bed, determined to watch as medi-
cal expert the approach of death.
The paralysis gradually crept from
his feet to his body, and finally he
became unconscious. Then, sud
denly, again he was thoroughly
conscious, and felt himself wholly
free from pain. He wondered If
this was death. He thought of a
friend whom he had long known, a
thousand miles distant. In a few
moments he was in the presence
OF this friend at his home, saw the
members Oh the family assembled,
noted what they said and what they
were doing. He spoke to them, but
could N.s2t attract their attention,
when Suddenly his friends eyes
were rivited on him and he cried
in establishment: why, doctor,
are you here? | thought you were
IN Florida" and he stepped for
ward to greet him. Quoting the
doctors narrative to me, 81 felt
myself repealed at his approach. .
The doctor then related a mum.
Der of strange experiences through
which he passed that night, and
that finally he heard a voice dis
tinctly say to him: "You can re,
main here now If you wish to, or,
az you feel that your work is I'M
done on the earth, you can return
to the earth. This you must dc.
eide for Yourself" After much rea-
soning and hesitation he concluded
that his work on earth was not
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ARIZONA"

Arizona" was first produced in
Chicago about five years ago. At
that time the piece and its author
were unknown. Sheer merit has
forced them into recognition in
New York, the city which is said
to mold the destiny of plays. How
ever, Chicago seems no less an.
preciative of Arizona" than prior
to its New York triumph IL the
recent engagement of the piece at
the Chicago Auditorium may be
taken as a criterion, "Arizona"
VIII be seen at the Spokane Fri
day and Saturday nights of next
week.
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WOODLAND, Cal, Nov. 18.-Be-
cause his mother participated in
several fires shortly before his
birth, Erie Sherman, otherwise an
exemplary youth, cannot resist the
impulse to start blaze, regardless
of consequences, whenever the in
cendiary mood is upon him. On a
charge of arson, he has just been
convicted and sentenced to a term
OF five years at Folsom peniten-
tiary.
In January, 1888, Mrs. Sherman,
his mother, accompanied her hus-
band on a trip to Oregon. While
lodging at the Richmond hotel and
in the absence of Mr.. Sherman, an
alarm of fire was given. The hotel
was burning and the stable. Mrs.
Sherman leaped from her bed, ran
to the stable, by this time on fire,
and saved the horses. A few days
later, Whlle IN Colfax, Wash, the
whole town was burned to the
ground. Again Mr.. Sherman ex-
erted herself to help control the
flames. Returning to Portland in
few days and lodging at the Clar-
endon hotel, another fire broke out.
The hotel was saved, but again
Mrs. Sherman was excited. In the
week following there were seven
fires in the immediate neighbor-
hood, besides some fires in the ad.
jacent forests.
On February 4, Erie was born in
Woodland, Cal While a baby, he
always manifested the greatest in
terest in fires, and as soon as he
was able to run about he would
run to every fire. Matches were
his delight. He would start a fire
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AMERICAS EMINENT INVESTIGATOR OF ALLEGED SPIRIT
MANIFESTATIONS DECLARES FAR FROM SkEPTlCAL -
CASES THAT HAVE STOOD TEST OF CRITICAL SCRUTINY.

men may be as badly fooled by be-
lieving too little as by believing too
much.
Late discoveries make it easily
believable that by far the greater
part of this earth is beyond the
reach Of our physical senses. The
X-ray, wireless telegraphy, radium,
suggest a world of energy not
hitherto dreamed of.
I do not say that spirit commun-
ion with us through our physical
senses actually takes place What
l do say is that 1T is NOT INFER
EMILY ABSURD THAT 1T DOES
TAKE PLACE. And l maintain that
to those who believe the Scriptures
the presumption should be in favor
of such communication and not
against it. The Bible certainly
teaches that spirits do communi-
cate with men.
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DEPARTURE
OF vlCERoY

BOMBAY, Nov. 1S.-The festiv-
tiles and ceremonies connected
with the reception of the Prince
and the Princess of Wales being
ended, Viceroy and Lady Curzon of
Kedleston, today sailed for Eng
land. Last night a brilliant state
reception was given in honor of
the viceroyal couple and today
nearly ALL the officials of the gov
eminent and a large number of
civil and military officers from all
parts of India were present at the
dock; when Lord and Lady Curzon
embarked for their home journey.
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TEACHERS MARRY
SO FAST THAT
SCHOOLS CLOSE

RENO, Nov. $50 many teach
ers in the Nevada public schools
have married recently that a large
number have been compelled to
close, and the matter of getting
others to take their places seems
a very difficult task.
For some years the state board
of education has been troubled
with a scarcity of teachers and
with constant designations after
short terms of service, approach.
ing marriage being the alleged
cause. Women are scarce in Ne
vada, and the comely school
"marms" are eagerly sought as
partners by the men
of this state. 1t was at one time
decided to employ only homely
teachers, but even these soon
found SWANS and left the school
room for the home.
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Our Daily Story
The Mysterious Bundle.

pet" says she, and she went cclose
to it and put her hand on it. | saw
her turn quite pale.
Eyes, it's the carpet" said she;
Tets go in: it's chilly"
Then she drew me back into the
parlor and put her hand over my
mouth.
Don't speak or scream whatever
you think" says she.
Nancy come out into the entry
with me, stand behind me and hold
the light high. Whatever do don't
scream until it's over"
Then she took the masters bip
gun from over the mantelpiece and
went out into the hall. She lifted
the gun to her shoulder, took aim.
and fired straight into the bundle
those men had left for master. We
heard a dreadful scream. and the
bundle rolled over on the floor. and
the next minute there was a great
red spot on it. Then we heard n
groan and everything was still.
Il knew there was a man in that
bundle" said mistress.
And then screamed and
screamed as If I'D never stop. And
my mistress tied a rope around
the poor things arms, which we
could see now through the cloth
AT daybreak Master Mullins came
and he called some men from Greg.
ory's farm. and they undid the
bundle, and out of it took the worst
looking robber ever saw. with n
black brow and a fierce eve
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BY Isaac Kaufman Funk, IL. D..

BY Isaac Kaufman Funk, L.. D.,
(Author, Publisher and Clergy
man, Founder of the Literary Di.
gest, Editor in Chief Standard Die
tionary, Famous as an Impartial
Investigator of Psychic Phenom-
ena)
The dogmatism of science is as
severely and mechanically logical
as the dogmatism of theology.
Famous discoveries of heretofore
unknown forces have always been
ridiculed.
When Edison's monograph was
exhibited before the French AGA
deny, the member Bouilland rush.
ed upon the exhibitor, selling him
by the collar and shouting,
wretch, we are not to be made
dupes of by a ventriloquist."
We should never forget, in all of
our psychic Investigations, that
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CHAfFEE WANTS
p. MAN OFFICERS
FOR THE ARMY
(Scripps News Association

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 49,
Chafee's report to the secretary of
war says the army is under-offi-
cered. He declares that in time of
war it would be in a decidedly
crippled condition. He recommends
legislation defining the political
status of deserters, and urges that
public sentiment be aroused. That
unless deserving from the army is
repugnant to the minds of all good
citizens there will be no material
abatement of crime.
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couNrERFEIrINa THE GENUINE

FoIey 4 Co, ChicaCgo. OrIpinntnI
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy and ON account of the great
merit and popularity of Folny's
Honey and Tar many limitations are
onered for the genuine, Ask for
any substitute offered, as no o,ber
Foley's Honey ana Tar ana refuse
preparation will give the same salts
faction. 1t is mildly laxative. II
contains no opiates ana is safest for
children and delicate persons. For
sale by Chas. McNab
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EDUCATIONAL.

Learn teleghaphy and railroad ac-
counting; $50 to 800 month salary
assured our graduates under bond.
Our six schools the largest In Ameri-
ca and endorsed by all railroads
Write for catalogue. Morse School
of Telegraphy, Cincinnati, O., Buff
falo. N. Y, Atlanta, Ga, Lacrosse.
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Gal
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NEW O.R.&N. DEPOT

A new $4,000 depot is being
planned for the o. r. & N. and, it
is reported, work will begin on it
in the near future. The depot will
be situated on the south side of
the o. r. G. N. tracks between
Howard and Washington streets.
This fine new building will take
the place of the old shed which has
been used in past years.
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IF YOU HAVE DYSPEPSIA.
READ THIS.

The old way of taking pepsin, bis
muth, etc, to cure dyspepsia. is
wrong. The. object is to create arti-
fetal digestion, but this does not
cure. stop taking the pepsn. you
nave your dyspepsia back again. The
only Common Sense Method il 70
drive out OF the system the cause OF
dyspepsia. by cleansing the stomach
and bowels, at the same time use n
medicine that will act on the liver
Dr. Gums Improved Liver Pills cure
by this method and the cure Is per-
manent. One pill for a dose. &c
a box atd ruggists or by mail. sam
pies free. Write DR.. Bosanko Co.
philadelphia, Pa. For sale by ali
druggists.
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INVESTIGATORS CREED.


After much and careful investi-
cation, covering a number of years,
l think l am within bounds in say
ing that nine-tenths of what passes
as psychic phenomena is fraudu-
lent.
Of the remaining one-tenth, coin
cidence, telepathy and clairvoy-
ance would explain some.
Many famous scientists. after
years Of investigation, join with
Prof. VIM. James, the able psycol-
ogist of Harvard, in the conclusion
that the spirit hypothesis is the
easiest explanation Of a large part
Of this remainder of psychic phe-
nomena. i Isaac Kaufman Funk,
LII. D.
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TO END NEGRO CRIMES

HOUSTON, Tex, Nov. 49, A
large number of prominent colored
men from all parts of this state
and other southern states met here
today in convention to consider
ways and means for preventing the
frequent occurrence of rape in sec
lions where there is a large negro
Among those present
are a number of leading colored
ministers and educators.
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SALVATION ARMY MEETINGS.

Prayer meeting at 7 a. M; Juni-
ors' companies at $3.50 a. M, holt
ness meeting at II a. m, free and
easy at 3 p. M, Y. p. L. at $50
p. M, salvation meeting at p. m.
Subject, THE Bad Man Saved and
the Good Man Lost" These meet
ings will. be preceded by an open
air meeting. Adjutant and Mrs.
Sloate, commanding officers; hall
700 Front avenue.
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SURE CURE FOE. PILES

Itching Piles produce moisture and
cause itching, this form. as well as
Blind. Bleeding or Protruding piles
are cured by DIR. Bo-san-Ko's Pile
Remedy. Stops itching and bleeding.
Absofhs tumors. soc a jar. at Drug
gists. or sent by mail Treatise free.
Write me about about your case. DIR.
Bosanko. Phila., Pa
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FAIR
OPENS TODAY

The big Catholic fair will open
tonight in the Lady of Lourdes
church. All the money made at the
fair will go toward the building of
the new Sacred Heart hospital.
M. M. Cowley will preside at the
opening exercises. Bishop O'Dea
and Mayor Daggett will speak.
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L. X. MONFORT & CO.

oZ9 riverside Avenue.
$5OO-Three-room house, barn
and chicken house, good lot; $500
cash, $40 per month, no interest or
taxes until paid for.
$2OOO-New four-room modern
cottage. electric lights. with fix
lures, lawn. barn, both streets
graded, sidewalk on street in front
of house. all assessments paid to
date; $50 cash, $25 per month, in.
Guiding interest
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done, and then Immediately he
found himself in his bedchamber
looking at his corpse lying on the
bed, which to his experienced eyes
was that of body from which the
spirit had passed. "By a supreme
| effort of my WILL" he says, 81 re-
entered my body and found that
the sun was up and the whole night
had passed since | had become un-
| conscious"
THAT morning." the doctor con-
tinued in relating it to me, 81
wrote my distant friend and told
him what l had seen in his house
and what l had heard him and the
various members of his family do
and say. That same morning that
friend wrote me letter, telling me
that he had had a strange expert
ence the night before, that he had
seen me in his room as clearly as
he had ever seen me before, and
that in establishment he said to me,
Why, doctor; are you here?
thought you were in Florida He
added in his letter, AS | approach
ed you to grasp you by the hand
you disappeared. | greatly fear
some misfortune has happened to
you"
These two letters crossed. BY
after correspondence the doctor
found that what he saw and heard
in his friends house had been &C.
tual facts.
Believes 1t.
There is no question whatever in
my mind as to the truth of this
narrative. How Is it to be ex-
planned except on the hypothesis
that the spirit can exist independ-
ent of the body and can at times
make itself manifest to the ply.
steal sense of another in a form
like 1t was known to occupy when
in the flesh? A sufficiently large
number of verified cases of this
kind would scientifically make GER
tain THAT WE HAVE ALSO
SPIRITUAL BODIES WHICH OUR
PHYSICAL BODIES ARE BUT
THE COARSER SHADOWS, and
that each ego has the power, when
both the physical and the spiritual
conditions are favorable, to crys-
talllze material atoms about it,
each In accordance with its nat
tern and each in harmony with
some law of capitalization not now
recognized by science.
Feat of a Medium.
A short time ago l spent con-
siderable time investigating the
following facts. | have seen the
correspondence and am acquainted
with the man concerned and have
thoroughly cross-examined him.
and have made inquiries of his
neighbors and business friends who
have known him for years. | have
found him a thoroughly reputable
man, regarded by those who know
him as truthful.
When he was 2 year of age his
parents quarreled and the father
left home. never to return. This
was In London, England. Twenty
nine years passed and the mother
had died and the son had come to
this country and had prospered and
married. Through newspaper re-
ports he learned that a psychic, a
-0O---
Where are YOU sick? Headache
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MINERS MERRY BURLEsoueRs

Miners Merry Burlesquers come
to the Spokane for a two nights
stay Wednesday and Thursday
November % and %. This attrac.
tion Will present in addition to the
two snappy burlesQues, "a Lively
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FOE SALE.

We are still retailing at wholesale
prices: Fir flooring. $40 and up.
Clear fir ceiling, $4,000.
Clear fir drop siding, $500.
Five cross panel No. 1 doors. $3.50.
Door and window frames complete.
800 to s1.25.
Jenkins-Luellwitz Lumber Co.,
North End Division st. bridge
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"BLuE GRASS OF
OLD KENTUCKY"

"Blue Grass of Old Kentucky"
will be the attraction at the Audi
tcrium all next week. The scene
"Opens at the happy home of John
Brand. a young lawyer. who is re-
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The Steam Clothes Pressing COM
your suit for soc or your trousers
for 15c; only 5 to 10 minutes re-
quired: good dressing rooms; alter
ations and repairing. s20 Second
avenue. Phone 2252.