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Evening star., 1907-11-03
HITCHCOCK REPORTED
This Time Actor Is Seen at
Montreal.
SOLD VALUABLE 0VERC0AT
Recognized by Keeper of Second
Hand Clothes Shop.
WIFE SAW THE RESEMBLANCE
Customer Got $5 and Was Satisfied.
Canadian Police Notified, But
Find No Clue.
WIFE SAW THE RESEMBLANCE


Special Dispatch to The Star
OTTAWA Ont, November 2.-It IS still
believed Hitchcock the missing New York
actor. is in or near Montreal. \ dispatch
from there tonight says T. Miller. dealer
in second hand goods, 437 St. James street,
states that he is positive that Raymond
Hitchcock, the missing actor. for whom
the New York police are looking, was in
his store yesterday afternoon.
He came In and offered an overcoat for
sale" said Mr.. Miller. 1T was a gray
Newmarket of the finest quality l ever
saw. He asked s15 for il. but told him
that I could not give him sl5, as over
coats were not easy to sell. I will give
you So said. and he replied All right
and took the money, remarkins that ne
was hard up just at present but would
have plenty Of money later.
Recognized From Picture.
while I was talking to him my wife
lad seen him, and Immediately thought
of the photograph Of him which had been
published She came to me and called
me aside and said: Isn't that the man
whose picture was published in the pa
per?' She brought the picture and com
pared with It the man, and | am positive
it was hH.
I'VE telephoned to the detective once
and Detective OKeefe came down. MY
wife and | are positive that it was Hltch
cock So is another gentleman who was
I'm the shop at the time. When Detective
C'Keefe salG = was not Hitchcock /
handed the paper to this gentleman and
asked him # he had ever seen the man
it represented before.
Was Short of Money.
"'Why, that's the man who just sold
YOU the overcGat.' he said Immediately.
II am sure as that | am sitting here
that it was Hitchcock. if the photograph
published is a photograph of Hitchcock
He DID not appear i'll at ease when h
came in and explained his offer by saying
that he had run short Of money and was
in need of some temporarily. The coat Is
still in my possession
The police have no trace of Hitchcock
here yet. Milier's store is not far from
Bonaventura depot, which has direct con
nection with New York and Boston
Evening star., 1907-11-03
BITTER FRENCH CRITICISM
SCATHING COMMENTS IN PRESS
ON MOLTKE SCANDAL.
Conclusion Reached, However. That
Outcome Will Be Good for
Germany.
Special CabIegram to The star.

Special Cabegram to The star
PARIS November 2-French views Of
the Berlin court scandal have varied from
the most frivolous to serious discussion.
one cynical boulevard virw held is that.
not content with overwhelming the French
military the Germans have been privately
seeking to flch their reputed pr,-sm.nrnce
in vice.
Another commentator. shelterias hmself
and intensifying his observations at the
same tine behind dialogue with Mo-
roccans. remarked that the Germans are
at last civlizing themselves. Another Of
academic standing, citing various historic
references to Frederick the Greats army.
declares that Harden's trial shows that
all the educational influences Of the aau-
tiful Parisiennes during the German in
vasions have been avaiiing to effect q
lasting change in the German character
Some writer's however. have taken up
the matter seriously, one Of the most
solid commentators on foreign affairs *
pressing the belief that European peace is
bound to be the gamer through the dis
persion of the Camatilla which has been
surrounding the kaiser. This writer
credits the kaiser with inconteStable good
faith and expresses confidence in tran
ouil future after the Punishment of his
present immediate encourage and those
who are leading him toward bad ends
Queens Necklace Recalled.
Another less optimistic writer declares
that the Harden ca a. may be for the Ger
man monarchy what the case OF the
queens necklace proved TO be for the
French. Cardinal de Rohan had been
creduloIs and the judges were constraiu-
ed to believe in his innoc nee, but popular
or!niun would not ana the throne : enc
mi, : seized the oQpO! tunity to aSgrtVste
the discomfort which conducted the king
to the sc4ifo!d
The writer says the consequence TO
Harden will not be so tragic, but the en-
paror Will be wise to look more carefully
hereafter to the good name of Those near
him, SO that mud thrown at them VIII
not spatter the steps of the throne
Another phase of criticism recalls tho
frequent taunt that American disregard
for the finer conventions Of diplomacy
forms a sharp contrast to European
scrupulousness in that regard The Temps
objects seriously 10 the way in which iho
name of NJ Lecomte. councillor to tho
French embassy. has been dragged Ia. 1t
the German count his recall ought To be
asked for. otherwise diplomatic immunity
should be observed.
Evening star., 1907-11-03
BAKERS HEAVY LOSS
Fruit Cakes and Preserves
Valued at ST, 900.
GREER'S STABLE BURNED
Fire Declared to Have Been of In
cendiary Origin.
DAMAGE TO BUILDING, $500
Blaze Starts in Mysterious Way in
Upper Story of Brick
Building.


\a4rI, or. thousand fruit cakes and
s,., ..t 90 ,.co,.-,.as and can
''' -, a. los.
H'h FRUITS "''' sup ." -
''7", 'rDl' 90, nnn,,,,c, a cal,e-tak ing
..,t,i.tr,.r,t a. II 12th street northeast.
ri, g., ,,,,..,,,..,.s ia q h,IiIdjne. the lower
- ,,.hi,h j. ,sa5 as \ stable. located
49,, ,..,.. ,,f ,b. dwelling Five hors $
- ,2t, wore rescued before the
-. r,,.,,.d ,hen Mr.. Greer esti-
49,, ,.,,,,.,e,a f., h.. buiI,iina at about
4'a''0 80 49,, .oI.os +bot had
$50, "!'''e '"s '' - ~, ~ ,,..s
h en- baked Tor the hoI'"dS
.,Iared AT about SltHt,.
81 .,,,, satisfied that the place was set on
,.,.r1 70 I i.ut Falvey
"ie. MiS ''ee' 49,, ,,.h;la
II was aimed at my business anu "ii'1'
il is an awful loss it won XIII me
..II,,-, ,,,, any idea who would set the
,ar $50 ." Tiaur Eaiyey asked.
~ 80 US rbe response OF Mrs
80, WON'T say
'N''
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Forecast CT Vote by Counties.

A prominent republican leader prepared
the following forecast of the vote in the
counties for The Sunday Star:
Evening star., 1907-11-03
The Warfeld Faction.

The Warf,cld faction is not feeling par
ticularly good in the way in which It's
champion is apparently being treat d by
the democratic organization. Some of the
gentlemen who We're not accorded the
treatment which they thought they We're
entitled to in the democratic primaries are
not feeling as good as they might. John
Walter Sn,th Is new state leader. and
Mr.. Raisin is not here to smooth out the
ru:tird places IT may be the com mbnation
OF II esq thing which has brought around
the aforementioned fee!ing.
The fact, however, does seem to exist,
and II one talks with democrats who are
Evening star., 1907-11-03
Frederick County Outlook.

Chairman Dennis of the republican COM
mittee for Frederick county counts on A
plurality in the neighborhood of $50 votes
for Gather, and predicts the election Of
the entire county ticker by substantial ma
jorities. The republican party is AJ.o-
lutely united in enthusiastically support
ing the state ticket and while there will
be on both sides a great deal of cutting
OF the county tickets. for personal rea-
sons, 1t is not believed that the republic
an candldates VIII suffer. Conditions
We're much the sane four years ago when
the entire republican ticket was elected
Allegany county - Republicans claim
they will give George r. Gather from
l 800 to 1000 majority in the county Tues
day r.ext. The CaInIaign has been one of
the most peculiar in years. There has
been more lukewarmness on the part of
the democrats than has been the case for
years, and the general impression has been
that there is more less disSa tiSfact
and disorganization existing in the party
despite Mr. Nandiver's talk of harmony
One of the noticeable things has been ex-
Gov. Browns Lack of enthusiasm. which
he mas always shown in contests IN which
hs has taken = It al interest.
Evening star., 1907-11-03

Mr. Lawrence Mailery, referring to the
charges preferred by Mr.. Manogue, said
That in July or August 1891, an adver
tisement was inserted in local paper and
run for six months TO notify all relatives
OF those buried in the old cemetery that
desired.
After that there were five hundred or
more bodies disin: erred by relatives, and
from time to time ctners have been taken
out" Mr.. Mallery exp aimed.
When preparing to grade the part
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
The Spirit Tangible Thing.

You speak Of those on the other
side. nearest to the earth" I said.
DO you believe there Is an abode for
disembodied spirits-that the spirit is
tangible thing?'
Yes. he said promptly Il be-
teEe there are plateaus upon plateaus
belonging 20 the earth and revolving
with IT, These plstsauE. as they pro-
coed. are Of finer and finer vibration.
The higher are invisible TO the lower.
ana the lowest. which is the ground
under our feet and the waters around
Bs. is the coarsest and the most ma
teriaistic. II is because of the re-
finement OF the higher plateaus that
we find IL so hard TO communicate
with the spirits But science Is ad-
vancins in that direction Just as
science has advanced il the things on
earth that are now plain TO Us. out
which were once as much OF a mys-
terry 10 Us as the present psychic rid
die. You see the wood in that door.
The sight OF il comes 10 your eve and
Is communicated 10 your brain. There
is now no mystery in the light vibra-
tions. The X-ray can pass through
the door. This is no longer a prob
lem, but it suggests problems belong
ing TO the psychic domain that are
The Washington times., 1907-08-04

still unsolved. We see these thinn
because science has solved them for
Us. and is there any reason 10 doubt
that in the time TO come we shall sss
those psychic things that we now re-
gard as supernatural or preposterousT
And this thought points clearly 70 the
new psychological theory. In which
the French are experimenting. that of
the billion Of cells In the brain only
a comparatively small number in the
average man are active. All the psy-
chic wonders wonders 70 US now. but
probably In tie future 10 be mads
plain scientific truths-like secondary
personality. the power Of hypnosis,
thought transference. and teleps tiIy,
are, I helieve, a part OF this sans
mystery
Nov. take. for instance. the K-ray,"
he continued. 1t is visible through
the door. Is IL not possible for the
human mind 70 be attuned 20 the
same conditions that would enable
one to see a vision? DID not Christ
appear TO the apostles. who were 30
attuned p
rs Il not possible that a clever ne
dunn could hypnotic all those who al
tended a seance and make them be
lleve they saw and heard these psy-
chic wonders2'' 1 asked
II received a letter the other day
from a man IN Pennsylvania. who
wanted me Al my next test TO use
phonograph. so that this very posi-
bility OF deception might be avoided.
The phonograph. he said. would re-
cord all the actual sounds and thus
preclude the possibility OF any hyp-
motto fraud. You know z Is said that
many OF the remarkable tricks per
formed by the takers Of India are done
BY hypnotic influences. But I O. not
believe II possible TO hypnotic a half
dozen or more people at one time.
However. the phonograph is a good
suggestion. as IL would record the
proceedings. and" he added with a
smile. permit the general public 70
hear real ghosts talk
You speak Of seeing visions. Do
you believe. then, that spirits have
tangible bodies7'' 1 asked.
1T r. testimony from many Sc
ances." said he that spirits have
bodies Of which their physical forms
were the outer coarser forms. But all
these new forces that science has
taught US TO realize: that the inter-
stellar ocean Of either must be thought,
which we cannot see, OF hear. or feel.
but which must exist; that the eleC-
tron ls so small that Il takes some
thing like 10000 OF them 70 make an
atom, and an atom is too small for
the most powerful microscope. and
the other wonderful things, only make
Il plain to US that the visible. the
audible, what We call the tangible are
after all. but secondary effects-not
causes. Balfour said, you know: Mat
ter has not been explained Il has been
explained away"
And what are your conclusions Of
Il alp I asked.
He raised his hands
Il am q searcher IN a science that
We do not understand, said he
Copyright. 1907. by Frederick Boyd
Stevenson-)
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
6Imdwb edmmo
mi ghosts
the non-believers in ghosts.

Isaac do you remember that
needIe?
Forty years before that. when I
was a boy a. Springfield, Ohio, my
mother. in getting from a chair.
stepped on a needle, which entered
her foot. She called me and I was
Obliged 10 extract the needle with
pair Of pincers Paralysis followed
and ended in her death in ten days.
No one knew OF the cause of my
mothers death outside OF cur imme-
diaie family at that time"
And do these blunders on the part
oT the spirits indicate 90 you that
either the controls or the mediums are
frauds2'' / queried-
He shook his head.
No he said. The theory is that
those on the other side have as much
difnculty to reach Us as we do them.
IT is said that they also must employ
mediums and IN communicating with
Us are not In their normal cordition.
frequently be coming dazed. Let me sN-
plain by an illustration. a half dozen
OF us may be sitting in this room. one
of the number has an instrument for
receiving wireless telegraphic mes
sal yes. He tells us that Manhattan is
burning We do not read the message,
as we have no instruments. Now that
is the same with a medium who is
attuned to the message of the spirit
To get In touch with this medium the
spirit must reduce himself TO about
the same normal condition as the
medium This would account for the
mistakes on the part OF the spirits
and the lapses OF memory"
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
Not scientifically Demonstrated.

"Spiritualism has not been scieH-
tifcally demonstrated. said he. and
70 be frank with YOU. believe We are
many miles from such a demonstra-
ton. Bus what do say is this: That
1 telieve that such a demonstration
is far more likely than are the proha-
bilities that Spirituslism is rot true.
That is. the proofs I'm favor Of it arc
much stronger than those against IL
you say YOU are a skeptic as TO
the identity Of the intelligences. 1
said BY the intelligences you moan
the communicating powers on the
other side.
Yes. My dehnition OF i Spiritualist
is one who holds tEat intelliges,-~ who
reside beyond our FIVE senses. COM
municate with some OF those who arc
living in the flesh. A Spiritustl!st also
holds that some Of these intelligences
identify themselves as those who fer
merIy lived in the eesh themselves.
I accept the first proposition. / have
seen 10 evidence that proves the sec
ond proposition true. I have never
orce IN an interview with a second
medium had described, with anything
approaching eX1ctncss. a previous in
teivieE-.'
DT. Funk further explained this
point
Through one OF the best mediums 1
ever met" said he. 4 was told .hat
the spirit Of Theodore Parker wished
me 10 do 9 certain thing This was
explicit. Three lays after l was svith
another medium. whom [ believed. and
still believe. 70 he honest. Theodore
Parker reported himself as presenr.
but denied all knowledge of the pre-
vious interview, saying that ne was
The Washington times., 1907-08-04

York an institute for pyschioal re-
search A New York doctor well
known in biological circles and a
thorough mstsrialist was present. and
joined In the many questions that were
odt TO Prof. Hyslop. The professor
had just related an experience he had
had at seance where one OF his
uncles announced his presence.
Il questioned his Identity" said
Prof. Hyslop. but he presented Ger
tain proofs and then said: oh. am
your uncle, all right Sc
Quick ss d thought the biologist in
terjected:
Thereby indicating a materiaiistic
knowledge OF modern slang"
But it did not prove" said Dr.
Funk seriously. that a real spirit
was not present, for it would naturally
attune Itself to the mundane condition
OF the medium. do not see anything
out of the way in regarding the actions
OF spirits the same as the actions Of
natural human beings we should not
expect 20 get in communication with
gods. They are men and women with
the natural characteristics possessed
by them on earth. Their comInunica-
tions with US. who are in the flesh,
can only be made. according to the
most scientific theory. through vibra-
tons
And these vibrations are, be-
gan.
1t is like this said DR. Funk
calmly; Sound travels in air at the
rate Of 1.09O feet per second: light
travels in a vacuum at the rate of
$4,000 miles a Second. These won
derful speeds are attained through
vibration Now the theory regarding
spiritualistic communication is that
the messages arc received through the
ether and the atmosphere BY vibra-
tions I'm yrder to receive these com
municadons ones perceptibility must
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
A Talk With Tom Paine's Spirit.

Yes" he answered with q laugh
4 remember Oh one occasion a spirit
announced TO me that he was
Thomas Paine.
J am very glad to have had this
opportunity OF hearing you I said
4 have read your works with great
dead of interest. and while ] have not
always agreed with YOU. ] have en-
joyed your philosophy. Now. for the
purpose OF thoroughly identifying
yourself I continued. would you mind
telling me what year you were borne
Tie spirit answered:
L viii tell you that tomorrow
night
No no; that will not do, said /.
Tell me tonight
Then he hesitated and replied:
% Wen. / am somewhat confused as
To- my earthly state. I cannot tell you
when I was born.
Then said L tell me the year in
which YOU died.
But ne could not dc that Such ex-
perieEces have made me skeptical in
regard 10 the identity OF tie intelIi-
genres But the experiences do not
always result that way. Once through
Il mediam an intelligence asked FOR
nae and said she was my mother.
II she Is really my mother. said
she can readily identity herself
She replied almost Instantly
The Washington times., 1907-08-04

be attuned TO the vibrations. Those
VINO are attuned % earth vibrations
cannot be mediums Now. then, II II
be true that we are living In the midst
or vibrations from both sides Of the
grave, We might quite reasonably &C
cept the theory that those spirits who
are on the other side nearest 20 the
earth would be the ones 10 return 10
US and enter into communication. It
seems also natural that being earthly
they might give false communications
20 Us. although the medium be entirely
honest"
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
DRUNK TaRS Frank
~ About His Ear
nest Research Into
the Land of Spirits
and Declares He Is
a Skeptic.


w yt::. ::::.::s:5 = s:::o..,:s s: ::s:.'ss :. ss:
V ' have become inter
ested in psychic research. Such
men as Caesar LombroSo, the Ital-
ian criminologist; Sir William
CrookeS, Sir Oliver Lodge; Prof.
Sidgwick, of Cambridge Univer-
Sity; Prof. James, of Harvard Uni
verSity; Prof. James H. Hyslop,
formerly Of Columbia University;
Prof. Max DesSoir, of the Univer-
Sity of Berlin; Camille Flammar-
ion, the French astronomer; Prime
Minister Balfour; DR.. Maxwell, of
Bordeaux, and the Rev. Heber
Newton are insisting that a scien-
tifc study be made in psychic phe-
nomena.
There will always be those who
scoff at such researches. There
will always be those who ridicule
those who are making the re-
searches. The great majority of
us are so Skeptical in so-called spir-
itualism that we will not even con-
slider seriously in this direction the
serious words Of men who in any
other lines of scientific endeavor
would command our instant re-
Spect. Yet, despite this ridcule,
the SearCherS into this Land of
Spirits-if there be such a land
are proceeding Systematically, sci
entifically, along the unknown way.
The methods of the old-time me-
diumistic faker have been entirely
eliminated. Every effort is making
to get at the truth. The StricteSt
investigations are instituted. The
closest scrutiny is exercised to
avoid fraud. Ghost hunting under
the new school is no longer a game.
It is a profession. Many of the
men who are engaged in this re-
markable search are themselves
skeptics. Few of them are Spirit
ualists in the common meaning of
the term.
One of the foremost in this band
Of SearCherS is DR.. Isaac .Kaupn1an
Funk, who began his professional
career as a Lutheran clergyman,
and is editor of the Standard Die
tionary and the head of one of the
most successful publishing houses
in the United States. For thirty
years he has continued his re-
searches in the psychic field. He
has, perhaps, had more personal
experiences in this direction than
any other layman. These expert
ences he has weighed, coolly and
deliberately. He has analyzed them.
The result of this analysis is made
apparent in the article which fol-
lows.
The Washington times., 1907-08-04

not there. ard rad said nothing Of tic
kind. Since that tirne / have had
Theodore Parker reported as present
at q dozen Seances through different
MEDIUMS. and have not yet been able
20 have him recognize any previous
interview that / have had with him.
This is not exceptional but is typical
or multitude Of experiences"
Then there are cases waen the
spirits bIunderT'' ] asked.
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
By FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.

OCTOR I. K. FUNK sat IN his
comfortable Brooklyn home
with me the other evening
and discussed in the most
matter-of-fact manner his psychic re-
searches and experiences. He Is the
last man in the world une would take
to be given over to n TAD. He Is the
last man in the world one would be-
heve could be fooled" by a designing
medium. In his sixty-eighth year he
has passed through life on the com
monplace side or the street. He is
tall. Of good figure considering his age.
has gray hair and a light gray beard.
gray eyes, a firm mouth. and a kindly
face. There is a keen sense Of the
humorous In him. and in reciting some
81 his experiences in spiritualist.c
ields he smiled broadly. indicating
hat under certain occasions he could
oe pretty good scoffer himself. In
iced. he said:
II am a skeptic-a skeptic as to the
IDENTIFY Of the intelligences."
In other words. he looks upon the
whole matter from a strictly scientific.
old biooded viewpoint. DR. Funk be-
came widely known 10 the public In
connection with psychic aftajrs through
the story OF the Widows Mite'-the
are coin he received from friend OF
Henry Ward Beecher. TO be reproduc-
ID in the Standard Dictionary. and
which was inadvertently not return
ed until located through a medium in
The safe OF the publishing house. From
this story and other stories that fol-
lowed the general public has OBJ
tanned wrong impression OF Dr.
Funk BY many he is regarded as an
easy-believing Spiritualist Few real
izc the patient investigations he has
made the care with which he accepts
The Washington times., 1907-08-04

= theory. and his unreserved decisions
on the hundreds OF seances he has
witnessed
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
Prof. HyslOp's Experience.

This recalled 10 my mind an incident
broLsiit out b. a conversation l had
some time agc with Prof james II.
Hyslop. who is irving co found in New
The Washington times., 1907-08-04
FeGU Understand
BY IRENE GARDNER.

r HE man was leaning I'D against
an electric light pole He was
the picture Of shiftlessness-