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Show THAT IIUACII "lit WIIMIIV. Illation tolls. M-iUe.. re llalloiial mate nielli nbnul le. Wi.sosa, Minn., Dec. SO. lllshop Cottubasmadu an otllclal statement to tho press with regard tu thu al leged miraculous window lu thu ihurcb In his canton which has been creating so much excitement. The bishop lays lu substance that tho manifestations mani-festations apjared to be ixrlatnable ouiurcly natural i-ruunds and that oilier Interpretations are uncalled for. Tbu statements thut far aJvsne.d, however, favoring explanations b) pro ceaaes of lailarixatloiia, of uupreveul able Introduction of gaseous blue smoke lu cheap gra let of win low glass during lit manufacture, he Ihliika hardly affords sufllclent ixptiuatloua for Ihuuiilquo fuco forms found la Ilia first wliuow orof similar coincidence of tho more defined like forms found lu a second glass. No theory polutlug lo a supernatural urlglu for thu upicar ancu h it been shown by auy tuvestlg Hon to beteuable and no one cau be )iermltled with nny semblance of wnrrant from the church to assert that the manifestations aro miraculous lu their character. Whoever advance! a supernatural theory doea to wholly uu hit private judgment. With regard to pooplu locking lo the canton in tlio hope uf bell g mlraeuloutly cureJ of aliments, the blthop earnestly urgea tuch to refrain from attempting tho trip and facing the dangers of an lu-olemoiit lu-olemoiit seaiou and meagru accommodation! accommo-dation! Insei arable from the inltuauied I llgrlmsget. |
