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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
A Strange Death Warning

At time, while she was in training, she on
duty in the T. B. ward and her sympathy and inter-
est were particularly moved by one of her patients.
He was all alone in the world, and, realizing the
hopeessness of his case he had made Peggy promise
that she would be with him when he died.
But morning when she to his bed she
noted that he brighter and more cheerful than
he had been for weeks That day he seemed I'M
willing TO have Peggy of his sight for minute.
She gave him much of her time she possibly
could, taking off few minutes of her recrea-
ton hours to spend with him
1t her in the diet kitchen that day, and
she rushing through the always unpleasant duty
when suddenly she heard a sharp knock apparently
from side of the wall The entire hospital was
very much cramped for room and the last bed in
this ward within few inches of the wall of the
kitchen. In this bed a with uncertain
temper and a very certain appetite, for with his
tuberculosis he combined is very common, adj
vanced stage of diabetes, with its accompanying in
ordinate thirst and hunger.
When Peggy heard the knocking she Immediately
thought of bed No Is. She knew this could
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Visions From Spirit Land

There nurse knew very well at one time, q
woman of unusual intelligence and remarkable charm
and magnetism She most capable and con-
scientious giving not only all her skill, but
her personal interest and sympathy to each patient
She it who once told me that she was aware
within herself and beyond the threshold of her nor
NAL consciousness OF secondary self which had ex-
traordinary and undeveloped possibilities. Probably
that is why she had such wonderful stories to tell
of thought transference and of premonition which
she acknowledged and believed because she admitted
the psychic influence which enabled her to perceive
things which hidden to others.
One of her most interesting experiences occurred
when she was doing district nursing. She had
watched over little child with pneumonia day and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

if he had not been i'll at the time the SITUATION
would really have been funny. He was dsaGrse-
able man, low browed swarthy, with little pig eyes
and puffy cheeks nice in any way, ana 'nere "a'
bully spelled in every feature and action
He had been married twice. Wife No had evf-
IDENTIFY adored him, had been trampled upon anu nAu
died With wife No. whether he did the aoorins
or not | do not know, but at any rate sne oio the
trampling Without doubt he revolted silently al
the tune he was forced dance by and harked BACK
with longing to the days when he did the hddnns-
He always seemed restless when his wife was IN
the room. and often spoke to of the Mrs No l,
as he crudely put it. He was IN the iaSt stages OF
Bright's disease His skin was sallow and "axy ms
eyesight had begun to fail and he was very weak
Suddenly one day he up in bed and SAID eagerly;
why that's Rose. Don't you see nerf mere, on
that chair. She's reckoning to me- LOOK snss
smiling Yes I'm coming. Yes, yes
His voice grew weaker. he fell back IN bed and one
convulsion after another shook ms frame. ne oieo
that night And If Rose gave him what ne de-
served his welcome to spirand would not have been
anything so happy as he seemed TO anticipate
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

Copyright by Herald Company All rights
reserTed)-
r AN not a religious fanatic, spiritualist, new
81 thought advocate or mental healer. l am calm
and logical, and certain have my feelings
3 under perfect control / know 1 am not subject
q TO lysteria or Authorizations. The same traits are
characteristic of Peggy and the majority of
women my profession, yet there have been certain
experiences in my life and in theirs for which none
Of US can offer tenabe explanation.
Remember that these all human experiences,
sons but from accustomed to note facts care
fully and trained to make accurate, unprejudiced re-
ports Of authentic observations.
Ny graduating exercises scarcely over and l
was looking forward a couple of months OF loahng
before beginning my work in the fall But when an
urgent personal call came from old chum of mine
I could do no less than go to her at once. When
arrived at the house and found the husband down
with an acute attack of lobar pneumonia 1 was very
glad I had come, for, realizing their exceedingly
limited income, 1 willing to take entire charge
of the case relieved only by the slight assistance my
friend was able to lend me.
We fought hard battle for the mans life and
gave unstintingly of my newly acquired skill and
all my strength 1t was now at the end of the second
week OF his illness. He had rested quietly during
the day. and so about Il O'Clock that night thought
] might risk going my to get few hours
sleep for felt sadly in need of il, and my friend
promised to call me the minute she wanted
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OF course Peggy kept the letter concealed until the
man was well enough to bear the news, and when at
last she showed it him, though neither mentioned
the dream, she we'll knew it the thought upper
most in the minds of both of them.
Is it true that there certain subtle forces that
pervade beings, which most of US capa-
Bile of exercising, but which lying dormant dur
ing our normal condition and by some of US may be
brought into activity by disease great debility? Is
it that there finer mental adjustments which
only manifest themselves when the body has be-
come very much weakened, and IS no longer guiding
restraining the free and natural action OF the
mind?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
HIS JUNIOR PARTNER

TIT HERE is little incident connected With
Charles R. Flint's life which shows us how some
American men place their wives on a pedestal
in a way that is puzzling foreigners Flint a.
we all know, was among the first to see great NJ
ture for the airship and identified with the
Wright brothers as hacker. One night he invitrd
Russian diplomat TO dine with him AZ home the
invitation, which was informal one explaining
that the dinner would be small in fact there wculd
be no other guests, only his Junior Partner"
The diplomat arrived punctually dressed In his
ofhcial costume and decorated with orders He was
ushered into the drawing room and shown the tro-
plies which Flint had brought back from his MANY
journeys around the world. He is collector and
eonnoisseur. as well business man. But no
Junior Partner" appeared
The conversation was general, with now and then
reference made by Mr.. Flint to the Importance of
this person. He confessed to the guest that he
never took an important business step without FIRST
consulting his partner that he relied almost entire1
upon the judgment and sound advice OF the "Juniot
Partner" Finally, when he could no longer refrain
from showing his curiosity, the Russian looked at
Mr. and Mrs Flint and asked whom this mysterious
person was. Flint's reply to make courtly bow
10 his wife and present the foreign diplomat to hi,
Junior Partner
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
A Dream That Came True

Peggy once nursed whom she has always
remembered one of the sweetest tempered and
cheeriest patients she has had But one morn
ing when he woke up he seemed to have left all his
smiles in Sunderland He refused to be cheered, and
when Peggy had assured herself that there was
nothing the matter with him physically to occasion
the gloom, she teasngly asked him If he had had a
bad dream.
Well | will tell you what's the matter ne finally
said even if you do think fool for allowing it
to trouble did have a dream last night that
somehow can't help thinking and worrying about.
Maybe if relate to you get it off my mind
Then he told Peggy how he had dreamed that he
was in Rochester in the home of his mother She
was crying pitifuIly and trying to give him her bless
ing before she died
The scene was so real" he concluded, every de-
tail so clear and distinct the looks of the room, my
mothers face and voice, that cannot arouse myself
from the impression that it not an ordinary
dream, but the truth that had been somehow re-
vealed to me-
OF course, Peggy ridiculed the whole idea and
hnally succeeded in half shaming and half bullying
him into his usual good humor. But Peggy says the
earnestness of his manner when he relating the
incident impressed her more than she cared to adj
nit So the next morning when she received the
mail and found one letter postmarked Rochester she
decided to open it.
The letter from sister of her patient, an
nouncing the death of their mother the night before
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

reach the wall if he sat up in bed. SO she went at
and asked him if he had knocked. He said no.
and though she not entirely convinced she re-
turned to the kitchen. But again she heard the
knocking, and this time she determined to put stop
to it at once.
"Mr. Callahan do you some more supper, and
that why you knocked?" she asked hoping to trap
him into a confession.
Sure, and I'd be awful glad if you'd be after givn
me somethn' more; there wasn't no more than a
birds bite on the dishes. But / wasn't knockin'"
Peggy did not know whether to believe him, but
she brought him another bowl of broth and bread
and then went back to prepare her next tray, which
for her friendiess patient, in bed No. 1. As she
was Carrying it out she heard the knocking once more,
but this time very feebly and glancng to Gala
hans bed, she him busily engaged with spoon
and fingers, oblivious of everything but the dish be-
fore him Since, therefore, he could not have made
the noise, she went to bed No. /.
She found her patient breathing with great diff
Guilty his cheeks flushed his eyes strained in her d-
rection. AS she came toward him he barely managed
to whisper:
I've been waiting for you You promised-you
know--to be with me when | died May heaven
bless you-for all you've'-
fit of coughing stopped his further speech, and
it was all over.
Putting aside for moment the theory of conci-
dences and assuming that it is possible for nurse
by her sympathy and interest be in
fuenced by what term thought transference, pre-
monitions, etc, is it not then, probable that
near relative whose mind is attuned by love should
be capable of keener sensitiveness psychic
forces? This argument is only put forward for argu-
ments sake and to point tentative explanation of
the following stories.
Psychic Power From Sympathy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

truths from thousand various and hidden sources
and then returning and reporting the knowledge it
has gained TO the ordinary senses? Peggy tells a
story certain circumstances of which she has never
been able to satisfactorily explain by any other
theory.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Do the Dead Return?

Peggy tells almost with awe of a woman she
nursed the first year she was in hospital in New
York The woman very poor, very much alone,
and the only person whom she had to love in the
whole world little girl, child OF II, who had
been brought in the same time both OF them with
typhoid. A dozen times day she would ask the
nurses how Nellie was doing and the nurses would,
of course, give her cheering reports to keep her
spirits, though the truth that Nellie was very,
very i'll.
The child died. Strangely enough during the day
of her death the mother did not inquire about
her. Peggy anxiously questioned all the nurses who
had gone into the ward to account for the womans
unusual silence, but each denied having men
toned the childs death to the mother Besides she
was so calm and undsturbed that Peggy almost
convinced that she could know nothing of it. But in
the evening, as Peggy bade her goodnight the
asked:
sWhen will Nellie be buried?
How did you know all Peggy could say.
Why, she stopped on her way out to bid me
goodby, and she said she'd come back in very
little while to take me with her
Need add that the woman died within the week?
The physicians said that peritons had unexpectedly
set in and Peggy held her tongue
have never had such convincing ocular demon
stration of life beyond the grave But had
patient who described just such an apparitiorl and
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II O'Clock that he woke UP complaining of an in
tense headache. Suddenly he shaken by vio-
lent chill his pulse BECAME very slow, the muscles
of his neck began to grow rigid he lost consciousness
and then sank into a deep coma. Though | made
the daughter phone at once for the physician, |
claimed another victim. The stupor held him till
the end. He died at o'clock the next morning.
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night for four weeks, until last, completely tired
out, she begged friend to watch in her place for
one night so she might get few hours sleep.
That night in her dreams she saw distinct in every
detail the little room where she had been nursing
She herself did not to be present, but as she
watched the child rose from the bed, drifted slowly
across the room and then out through the window.
waving goodby to her as it vanished from her sight
The next morning she learned that the child had
died suddenly during the night.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Psychic Power From Sympathy

During the cerebro-spinal meningitis epidemic Of
1906 the physicians rather than the nurses had their
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25

The proposes establishment of the maximum and mini %
many France and other foreign countries 1t dsgneq 70 taT s
they accord all other rates will
apply those nations which discriminate against us or
the cent the average lne res s
application the courts to test - into
The bill into effect the day after s t GO davs
after and the President authorized to issue no Within 10
nation of the various existing foreign trade asiee ~
days after the bill into effect - no raised under the
m In estimating the amount of entS the fiscal year
30 1906 is taken normal year 49, roosurv while the
is getting into provision is made @ @ to the
s4OOOOOOO bonds and Trea%y law
Treasury limited to one year tho free list
duSe list thew are in most uxures Where du norh
principally to increase ] articles having
dues % increased because belief that not sufficient
p5pFSa S nssa fS
tobacco and cigars & hoye % tbe limit set duties
comply with all conditions country which are eS h is
P9eS DSs at of the nS eg S~agry @ that for
eg1 patents m s must be o Sa large here
Cuban reciprocity is preserved by provision ~ aymwm and
minimum will their places Abr9ganon % & OF she treaties
the bill will produce sSooV0'V0o
provided and is expected to yield s2o
Lumber duties in half Duties on manu-
leaf nd the m sdss B1 PeT Of e eer @
steel manufactures also reduced ncud-
Coffee with provision to prevent Brazil
There no change affecting whisky, of
pound is mDGseG on tea Tpeed % e $S % @ n m n
cigarettes increased from 81 and
So and M & per The S duty o Be n same ngo on Taw %
reduced onehundTedths per
on from Se % o Se & n & SnSS nsaa S%a
The bill pages,
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25

Nashville, Tenn. (SpeciaD We
find the defendants, Duncan b. Coop
er and Robin J. Cooper, guilty in
the second degree and fix their pun
ishment at 20 years in the penten-
tiary."
This verdict, brought in by jury
which has been in the box for more
than two months, stamped guilt on
the slayers of former Senator Ed
ward Ward Carmack, editor of the
Nashville Tennessean, and ended one
of the most historic trials ever held
in the United States.
Colonel Cooper and son seemed
stunned by the verdict. They were
accompanied to the courtroom by
Colonel Coopers daughters, Mrs
Lucius Burch and Mrs. Beverly Will
son, and Mrs. James c. Bradford. his
sister-in-law. The blow seemed to
fall even more heavily upon the la
dies than upon the defendants, but
all bore up bravely under the stun
ming pronouncement and did not
give way to tears in the courtroom.
An intense situation prevailed in
Judge Hart's courtroom when the
jury filed in at $50 O'Clock to make
known the results of their long de-
liberations. There were only a few
persons in the room, as decision was
not expected so early in the morn
ing. Foreman +. NJ. Burke read the
verdict, with. trembling voice, and ap.
paling silence then prevailed until
j. NJ. Anderson, attorney for the de-
fense, entered motion for a mistrial
because of the partial verdict brought
in by the ury in the case of John
ID. Sharp.
This motion was overTuled. Mr.
Anderson then asked for bail pending
the hearing of the court on a motion
for a new trial, and the defendants
were released on $4,000 bail each
A rush ensued to sign the bail
bond. Many prominent and wealthy
men insisted on getting their sigma
lures on the paper until the aggre-
gate of pledges amounted to nearly
$1,500,000. The clerk in the Grim
inal Court was fairly swamped. In
vain he protested over and over again
that more than enough sureties had
been signed, but the invariable an
swer was We want to put our names
on that bond too" 1t seemed as
though every friend of the Coopers
considered il incumbent upon him
to sign the bond.
When there was no more room for
names at the foot of the document
the new bondsmen indorsed it across
the face until it was difficult to de-
cipher the signatures.
The motion for a new trial will
probably be heard within two weeks.
After their release the two defend
ants, accompanied by relatives. went
to the home of James c. Bradford,
a brother-in-law of Colonel Cooper
and one of the attorneys for the de-
fense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25
Foreign

Euro can powers are reported all
In favor Of Italy's proposition to sum
mon European conference to act
on the Lalkan situation, and France,
Great Britain and Russia have pre-
sented a joint note 10 Seryia to find
a basis of negotiations with Austria
Hungary.
The Italian Foreign Minister as
sured United States Ambassador
Grlscom that every precaution was
being taken to protect W. II. Bishop,
American consul at Palermo, Sicily,
who had received threatening let
teTs.
The naval scare in England is re
yived by rumors that the government
Is considering the purchase of three
warships of the Dreadnought type,
now being built in England for Bra
zil.
The threc-sided treaty of Colom-
bia, Panama and the United States,
which entails Colombian recognition
Of the independence OF Panama, is
meeting WITH much opposition.
The controversy between the nom
Christian students Of the American
College at Beirut and the faculty 0!
that institution has been settled for
the present.
English importers Of American
meat will test the legality of the
local government board giving health
officers absolute authority to con
denim meat.
Robert Tanner, aged 4j years, and
his little son ana daughter we're
asphyXiated By gas at their home, In
Toronto, Canada.
The letter carriers have now Join
cd the striking telegraphers and tele-
phone opcrf tors in France. and the
caiptal IS virtually cut of from all
communication with the outside
world.
a locomotive OF the Boston and
Maine Railroad dashed into the
station at Windsor Canada. A wom-
an and two girls were killed and a
number OF persons were injured.
Captain Layastida. who was ar
rested at Remedies Cuba. for com
pllcity in the uprising in Santa Clara
Province. was killed while attempt.
ing 10 escape.
a sergeant OF police and two po-
llcemen In Vladiyostok, Russia. were
sentenced 10 death for the murder
OF rich nObleman.
The tranrport Logan, which went
ashore on reef near Honolulu, was
noated. ana proceeded on her way
10 Manila.
An academy Of aviature has been
founded In Munich. where expert
ments will be made with all kinds
OF airshlps.
A band OF hostile Moros attacked
q detachment OF constabulary under
IiewepNrt Frrlcrg IN Minfanno
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25
Three Die In Family Fight.

Ratom. n. NJ. (SpeciaD. ~ Three
persons are dead as the result of a
fight between two cousiHs-Antonio
Diiulio. a coke worker, and a man
named Bartole. Diiulio shot Bartole,
who took refuge in the home OF his
brother, Francisco Bartole. Dijulio
fred into the house and killed Mrs.
Francisco Bartole. Francisco Bar
tole then plunged a knife into Diju-
lio's body, killing him instantly.
Franciscos brother died later in a
hospital.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-25
BIG WATER TANK BURSTS
Dynamitsrs Suspected Of Causing
Flood Which Sweeps Upon
Palkersburg.
Supply Is Gone--Four Fatally
Injured,

Parkersburg, w. Va. Especially -
BY the bursting of two huge water
tanks, which, it is believed, was the
work of dynamiters, three persons
were killed, four fatally injured and
many less seriously hurt. The tanks
held the whole of the city's water
supply, which is now cut of, and a
water famine is threatened.
Rushing down hill the flood swept
away houses, knocking them against
one another a.d throwing the occu-
pants from their beds into the icy
water. When searching parties went
through the ruins later in the morn
ing they found the remains OF Walter
Waggle, his wife and their small
child. The food came just before
daybreak, at $50, before the hillside
had wakened for the day.
Twenty houses were demolished
and 20 more flooded. ST. John S
Lutheran Church, which was ruined,
acted as a bulwark against the worst
of the flood and saved many houses
from being swept away and the lives
of those in them.
Mrs. John Maloney, who was car
ried so yards in her half demolished
home, had both legs broken and is
reported to be dying. Ethel Jones
with her father and mother, was
carried a great distance. She may
die, while her parents escaped with
a few scratches.
Mrs. Kate Carnes, an invalid, was
badly bruised and shocked. and VIII
probably die. Clara Jones, colored,
had her collarbone broken, was hurt
internally and may die.
Mrs. II. C. Grim was badly bruised
but will recover. Blanche Hollander,
colored has a broken leg and con-
tusions on her body. Many others
sustained minor injuries.
The bursting of the tanks was due
to an explosion of some kind, and
il is believed to have been the work
of some miscreant, who blew up the
tanks with dynamite or some other
explosive. An investigation is now
being made.
That more people were not killed
seems little short of miracle. Four
or five houses we're swept from the
side of the hill into the street. One
was carried a distance of nearly 100
wards