The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-15
DR.. WI INVESTIGATES
SP|R|TUAL|SM
DISTINGUISHED CHINESE MINIS
TER ATTENDS sEANcE AND
HEARS THE SPIRITS.

Washington. Oct. 1i-Dr. WI Ting
Fang, the learned and popular China
man, who is about to retire from the
post of minister of China to the
United States pursued still further last
night his personal investigation into
the mysteries of spiritualism as dem
onstrated by Washington spiritualists.
His first experience occurred last
Sunday night at public meeting where
anonymous Chinese spirits were de-
scribed to DIR. WI by a trance med
ium'' as lowering in the distinguished
diplomats immediate vicinity. DIR.
WI exhibited great interest.
Last night he went again. this time
to a smaller seance at a private house.
DIR. WI refused last night to discuss
his experience or impressions and even
showed solicitude lest his presence at
the seance should be the subject of
newspaper mention. The woman med
ium. who officiated-a different one
this time-brought to him messages
purporting TO come from the late
President Mckinley, who was an in
innate friend of DIR. WI and also from
the minister's own mother The lat
ter was the more startling because
apparently delivered in the Chinese
language.
These MESA .es arc claimed by the
spiritualists to he brought to the med
ium in trance by the spirit of 16-
year-old American Indian girl. who is
the control" She speaks but brok-
en- English: yet the conversation be-
tween DR. WI and the medium osten-
sbly under the control was some
what extensive. lasting fully five min
utes and seemed to be in the Chi
nese vernacular; question and answer
unintelligible to the auditors passing
back and forth with considerable free
dom. There was every evidence that
the diplomat perfectly understood the
communication which apparently came
from the spirit of DIR. Wu's own
mother. 1t was asserted that the
medium and her control are both
absolutely ignorant of the Chinese
language.
They Were There
The sprtualists assured DIR. WI be-
fore the ,seancc that no newspaper
men were present. but they We're mis-
taken. In addition to that the score
of persons who attended the meeting
have by no means kept silent today
concerning the remarkable interchange
which took place.
Before the conversation between DIR.
WI and the medium, purportlns to
convey messages from the martyred
president the woman in her trance"
had told DR.. WI that her control
foresaw. terrible trouble for the Chi
nese empire. In which the distin-
guished diplomat would occupy a place
of great importance and influence and
IL was in connection with this pre-
diction that she brought what was
claimed to be communication from
the former president, expressing the
earnest desire for peace.
On Hand Early.
Accompanied by Wu Chang. the le-
CATION attache. who was with him on
the previous occasion, DIR. WI, in pur-
pie costume, was on hand early. AT
the private meeting of the Temple
League of Spirtualists," various med
lums attend and render their services
gratuitously, the audience being com
prised of any who wish to be present
and a collection is taken up for the
purpose of building fund for a
temple
First the spirit of II Chinaman, who
gave his name tn DIR. WI The med
ium through the control said the
spirit had left the earthly body some
20 years ago. but it knew Mr.. WI and
would like to talk to him.
Minnie" the Indian control re-
marked. through the medium that
this Chinese was not a great China.
man like the Big Chief as the In
II iln nil ri txxtax H.. hi.
standing), but had been common
Chnaman.
"Talkes A.atinne."
He no iikee you. Big Chief" said ths
Indian girl to the diplomat, The used
to be a washee, washec. washcc: you
great Chinaman. who talkec. talkcc
talkee. heap much talkee alatime.''
Suddenly the medium made "A mos
profound saiam before DR. WI, anG
Minnie" informed him that his mo-
Their was there and wished to give
him a message.
ASK her to speak to me- said DIR
WI.
At that request the medium ut
tered. as with great difficulty. a sen,
tence in the Chinese language, or Il.
near to il as it might be, possible fol
an Indian girl. known tn speal
only the most broken English. 10 re
peat to an American that difficul
foreign tongue. This in turn passint
from the lips of another woman
necessarily would be somewhat i'm
perfect but WI apparently under
stood portions of the message repeated
to him and answered in Chinese.
The first sentence was in the nature
of a salutation and in reply the states
man questioned the spirit in Chinese
receiving an answer which seemed un