The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-31

The many Honolulans who were in
terested IN the ghostly manifestations
in the "haunted house, on Punehbowl,
a few months ago, viii be equally in.
terested in the following account Of
alleged occurrences in a Wisconsin
town, occurrences which duplicate very
closely those which are reputed to have
occurred here 1t is of interest also
to note that the one credited with the
manifestations in Wisconsin is a
child, as were the Punchbowl {" do
ings' credited to '.the beautiful Span
ish girl, . a child
The report from Wisconsin, which
follows, is published under a Superior
Wisconsin, date line of May Is, and
says:
The little village of Mount Horeb,
Wis, of which few persons outside of
the state probably had heard until re-
Gently, has attained a distinct position
on the map through the uncanny at
tributes accredited to an eleven-year-
old boy.
He is James Henry Brophy, grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. Knut Lund of Mount
HoTeb, pioneer Norwegian settlers in
the town Of Springdale, where they had
lived for fifty years until they moved
to Mount Horeb year ago.
The boy is known variously as the
wonderful child medium, - and the
Mount Horeb child of mystery as-
cording as the narrator is believer
in or is skeptical of the cult Of spir-
itualism. He is a mixture of Irish and
Norwegian, his mother being Mrs Pat
rick L. Trainor of Madison by a for
mer marriage.
He IS a pretty child, with fine hazel
eyes and curly brown hair. His fea-
| lures are delicate, almost girlish, and
his pale, oval face suggests a sensi-
tive mentality. He would be noticed
n a crowd because of a certain flower
| Ike beauty and shyness.
Household Thrown Into Panic.
The first uueanny happening occurred
| March 3, when, as the boy entered the
kitchen Of his home, SNOWFALL came
flying out. Of space, struck him IN the
middle Of the back and knocked him
/ fiat on the floor. There is a wide open
lot on that side Of the house. and there
/ was not a soul in sight outside Pre-
! cisely the same thing happened the fol
/ lowing day when the boy came from
/ school.
The next evening a series of events
put the household in a panic Cups
flew from the table and broke; lamp
chimney was shattered, and the spoo
Of thread on the sewing machine bcgar
/ to unreel rapidly Of its own voIition.
/ The boy 5 grandfather became dis
tracte3 with terror. News of tht
strange events spread rapidly.
The next day there was funera
in the village, which the boy mother
attended, afterward spending the nigh
at the home Of her parents. That nigh
| things were particularly njmble. anJ
some Of the neighbors were sent for t.
compose graBdfat her Lund, who was Of
the verge # collapse.
The Rev Mr. Mostrom. with San
| Thompson. another respected citizen
| responded 10 the call, but as soon a
Mr. Nostrom entered the sitting room
/,
over twice and fell to the floor at hi
feet.
There. exclaimed the old couple
.'v0u see how Il Is.
The clergyman tried to explain mat
ters nationally. and finally sat down a
the organ TO play a hymn. Meanwhile
] Mr.. Thompson was sitting about tire
! feet from the table, with the boy on hi
| knee. when the boy suddenly exclaimed
Look cat
Instantly big carving knife. whic
had been on the table, few through tn
| air and stuck N the floor in front o
them. The boy could not have touehe
II. Mr.. Thompson SAYS. The same phe
| nomena occurred with a hatpin
Mr.. Thompson and the minister own
ed up afterward that they could no
sleep for hours that night.
200 Visitors See Wreckage
For several days such events conti1
ued 20 happen. People from the villag
| and surrounding country began TO foe