Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-14
Got Messages PurpOrting to Come
From Late Prest. Mckinley and
From His Own Mother.
BROUGHT BY AN INDIAN GIRL.
Part OF Communications Was in
Chinese Languagc-Wu to Have
Great Experience.

Washington, oct. I4.-Dr. wa 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 esoteric mysteries OF spiritism
as demonstrated by Washington splri-
tualists
His first experience occurred last
sunday night al public meeting
where anonymous Chinese spirits were
described 20 Dr. Wa by trance
medium as lowering I'm the distin-
guished diplomats immediate vicinity.
Or. wa exhibited great interest.
Last night ne went again. this time
10 smaller seance al a private house.
Dr. Nu refused last night 10 discuss
his experience or impressions and even
showed solicitude lest his presence
al the seanco should be the subject Of
newspaper mention. The woman
medium who officiated-a different one
this ume-hrought TO him messages
purportinR 10 come from the lato
President Mcl<inley who was an inti-
mate friend Of DR.. wa and also from
Tho ministers own mother. The latter
parently delivered In the Chinese
language.
INDIAN GIRL MEDlUM
These messages urc claimed hy the
sprituah~ts Co hc brought to the med.
um in trance by "a spirit Of a 16-year-
old American Indian girl. under "cun-
uol.' who speaks but broken English.
yet the conversation between Dr WI
and tho medium while osteuslbly undrr
the control was somewhat extensive.
lasting fully five minutes and seemed
90 be in tho Chinese Yeruacuiar, que -
ton and answer unintclliglble 90 the
auditors passing back and fourth with
considerable freedom. There was every
evidence that the diplomat perfectly
understood The communication which
apparently appeared 10 come from tne
spilit of UI. Wu's own mother. ~
was asserted that the medium and her
control nle both absolutely ignorant
of the Chinese Language
The spIltuaiists assured Dr. Wa
before the scunce that no newspaper
taken. lu addition 90 th1t the score
of persons who attended the meeting
have by no means kept silent today
concerning Che remarkable Interchange
which took place.
FOEEsAW TROUBLE
Before tho conversation between Dr.
Wa ana thc medium purporllng o.
convey messages from tlc murtNTed
president the women in bon trance.
had told Dr WI that her control"
fDresaw terrible trouble for the Chinese
empire, boz which the distinguished
diplomat would occupy place az great
Importance ana influence ana h was
boz connection with thls prediction th.t
Fhe brought what was claimed to be-
communication from the former nTosi-
dent expressing the earnest desire for
peace
Accompanied hy Wa CHAINS the lc-
gation attacho who NaH with him ou
Tho previous occasion. Dr wa. in PUT
PIE costume, wac on hand early Al
the private meetings of One Temple
League of splritualistf.' various me-
liuma attend and render their services
gratuitously, Che audience being CONF
prlsod of any who wish a. b. present
and collection taken up for the pur-
pose 81 a building fund Tor "a temple
First the spirit of "a chinaman, who