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Show HARRIET E. BEACH Corjr-t Forrrjnl to Espouse the t'iute ot t&o SpIrliatlUtic I'aintln;. DANA AND THE REFORM CLUB BANQUET. The En;ajement or Hts. Barcliell and Lretham Authoritatlrrlr Announctd. LACUERRC'S OPINION ABOUT BOULANCERISM. Uamor About a TUIt of the tier man Emperor loathe French Capita!. By Telexrapa u t!M XETfe.i NPlKITCAl.I.SriC I'lltl'O. v. The- Wire or llu Kdltor ortlie-.Scl-UUc Atuerleau Onpeil. JCew Vouk, J)ei2L Ana Odelia Sal.tuion, atua UL-a Do liar, and her creiv of buuco ettiric. iinten, have cotne to the flout ouce iuor tu 1SJ3 J.uther JC Marsh, a distlu-gubhed distlu-gubhed lawyer and a vrtt-presidtul ul ihu Uniou Lieague, was the victim. vic-tim. Tub year Hie dupu is Sin. Harriot K. Beach, Trite ot Alfred K. lieacti. editor of the Scientific American. Ameri-can. As iu the case of Alursh, Atm. licacli has belluved lu cpirituallam for tnauyitars, hut it is only uithiu a short tttne that she has come out as a bold delender of the fat tiiook prlesteis and patron of the iiintleonlh century work of Titian, Kubcns aud oUier masters of the orush, Alio, it is poularIy supiioscd, garu up laiutlui; vrbeu they died, t'lctuna "couie" for itrs. lieaeh as they catuu for Mr. Marsh, and they till the rooms in her flno houseat WtttT u-eutieUi Street as they filled Mr. Marsh's line house on Lexiiiu-ton Lexiiiu-ton Avcuue. Unlike Sir. Marsh, howeve r, Airs. Beach has been -et-euaded I iit believing she has some I power herself in niabiug tpint pic-1 tures tSilri. I lt -a-as onundayand Mrs. Beach came ptt actually to Oib foreground to espot to -he cause of the spirit painters Abo had believed in them tefore lr at recently it haviug been written to her on a sJatv, through a medluiTi as sho describes it, that the spirits o f tho other world had elected her to L e their champion on earth, and it a Io haviug been related to her thro ugh spirits that her dnty was to help a sifter "in disgrace, Mmc His Dollar," she decided to face jou ulnr crltlcbui aud get right up (tud 'iosome talking, bbespoke ata meeting of splritualista on r'uu-day r'uu-day at A.delphla hall and on Monday Mon-day nil. ht upon tho same platform she conducted ''an exhibition of spirit art and a medium's reception cxtrao.-dinary." .Mis. leach describe! some of the pictures which were on the walls aud lioWtltey came. Seeing heavy AnitOdelia in tho audientv, Mrs. Bead suggested that fosslblj a epirit picturu cf.uld be received tlirough her medlumshlii. "The lady," said Mnj. Beach, "i3 kuown asJJiie. Alargaj-et, liaving dropiied her criminal rjuno of Diss De Bar." That incited the quondam mhtrtes of Mr. Marrf- s Lexington avenue houte and rrasinc her big form to its full height, she Hashed anser from atru'jiaml loudly-exclaimed, '1 liavcuotgittsn up Uie name ol Diss Do J tar; I never will. I was inipi bored ou a false chaigv, and I will pj there again fur the same gooi'. i.uso if callKl ti tlo to." "'in w Biarh Iiok Itcu called upon aDd ho-en by avlii to carry on th'atkork wittcii the false hearted a id recreant Lulhtr l". Marsh so ijfuominiuusiy laid down. It may r -r may not be a scheme of the meU-t meU-t virus surrouudiug Mrs. Beach to rr3t tho trick of fleecing her as they fleeced Marsh. They persuaded persuad-ed him to deed over his house on Lexington avenue to Ann Odcl'a rt a temple of spiritualism. They are now persuading Mrs. Beech to found a home for the mediums. Whether they hope to get her to give not merely her time hut tome money, Ann tJ.lella can tell best. Now that the scheme is out very likely nolii-lug nolii-lug will come of their plans. Just at in Marsh's case, Mrs. Beach (ays that tho public will ridicule her. "But I shall not care," fcho adds, "for it is so at first with all reform'. The early teachers are the objects of Kiblic ft-orn, but later centures vindicate vin-dicate them. Whatever people may say I shall not mind. 1 am sorry that my huslmntl may be annoyed. His brain is worked tin ag&inuts ir-itualism, ir-itualism, he is intelligent and has been veryeuccessfuL And 1 wish he might fe tho truth as I do." A Mint nj07iulci (.tirlfltraa Clfl. Chicago, Dec. 21. President Harnson'a r.roclamstion today was everywhere in the city regarded as a mo-t i-njoyablc Christmas gift. The status of the cxiiosUlon is not settled. Chicago is to have a world's fair: the world will know it, and is iuvlttui to attend. The procliima-tion procliima-tion '.narks an epoch iu the expos!-tion expos!-tion 'o digging or building could be r.ttempteti until it was known be-yoad be-yoad doult that Chicago was to hold a world's fair; tho question criuld not be settled until tho President Presi-dent Ltsued his proclamation. The United States government declares that tho World's Columbian exposition exposi-tion will be held iu Chicago in lSD.t, and announces to the nations that Chicago ban mado adequate, prevision pre-vision for grounds and buildings, and lias raised $lu,00',000 for the uses of the fair. With this sort of guarantee for the future the cxii&si-tion cxii&si-tion is given a standing with every government, and the invitation to each nation goes well accredited. One jf the directors said this evening, even-ing, the proclamation comes when it is most needed aud when its first efl.-ct is likely to prove most bene-fijal. bene-fijal. -The board of control will 'jrobauly be called to meet in a few days to appoint committees to visit, the legislatures and keep agitation warm. Heads of more bureaus will be appointed, and preparations for. digging wilt be begun at the next meeting of the director. From this time on the work will be visible. JsiTltrU Is the Uboat Osier, GuniniB, Dec. 24. White Cloud, Hatche She and -Running Bear were in the city tu-day to invite some friends and thelrlegaladvisers to meet them nine miles east oi the city to participate iu the ghost dance to begin to-morrow. The Tlowas arc entertaining many Indians from neighboring tribes. There are also representatives from the Cbeyennes, Arapahoe?, Creeks and two messengers irom the Sioux. The visitors will do all In their po er to allay cs far as pottnUe tho Messiah craze. All the Indians alout here are friendly ami peaceable. peace-able. Tlie Gtraiaa Eroperera Proposes" Tear to imrla-Paws. imrla-Paws. Dec. 2L Regarding Emperor Em-peror William's proposed visit, to this city La Lilertt, although sure a majority or the -people will abstain ab-stain from ollenslve demonstaUjDs, thinks the (serrnau -Kmperor. in coming to arls will l playnk i tilth fire. ' i - |