The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1898, Page 8

DECEMBER 18, 18 et Ll e 0\ i aii) (NENTR "Twill Be the Most Wonderful Year Raphael, of the Century. London Astronomer. T Washington alarming fires or accidents will occur in hotels or the- aters, attended with an appalling loss of life. Railways will prosper and the traffic returns will be very heavy. The weather will be marked by great storms of wind, shocks of earthquake and strange phenomena, JUNE 21—At Washington the ingress takes place in the forenoon. when Virgo will be rising and Gemini culminating. There will be strikes and dissemblings in the States, and a heavy record of crime and accident. The weather will be unpropitious and wet, and damage the harvest. Seri- ous shocks of e: quake will occur, and explosions or accidents in coal There will be mines. The P t will suffer in health and popularity. a good deal i nt and warlike rumors. JANUAR age of Saturn and Uranus through the ruling sign of Spain will cause gre s in that unhappy country, and the retrogradation of Mars in Leo will excite the minds of our neighbors across the channel. Italy, too, will feel the ill-effects. In Russia plots will be hatched. London ar he United States will suffer from crime and vio- lence and other m i in Scorpio will benefit the northern countries of Afr In Ireland distress will be keen and widespread. FEBRUARY-—The retrogradation of Mars in Cancer will trouble Eng- land, Ind Scotland, China and Portugal. Sedition will be rife, terrible accidents minds of the people will be unsettled and war- like. In Spain and H v trouble will occur in shoals, and insurrection or civil war is very p: The passage of Saturn and Uranus through Sagittary will turn Spain pside down. MARCH—Railwa and traveling will be unsafe, and many accidents will occur., Appalling sters will oceur in navigation. Toward the close of the month p ic ement in connection with foreign or colonial af- fairs will run vi quartile of Mercury and Mars at the full moon_threatens str n ny fires and accidents in the land. v ble for Spain, Turkey, the ally toward the close of the month. lisign Leo. planetary tre s for the month are similar to those for April, o of Herschel and Saturn through Sagittary will occupy i During this time we may expeet ser- fous conflicts, in Spain esps nd probably an upset of the dynasty. The United States will suffer like e from the presence of those planets in opposition to her ruling sign. London will be excited with unheardof acci- dents, fires and robb The presence of Mars in Leo will excite the Gaul. In Italy, also, passion will run high. Ireland will suffer from an inclement ason a a ng crops. Eeas;l‘;‘\r‘lgg'lr‘;\‘;‘efizry 5 Mars into Virgo will be unfortunate for Turkey, and plots and crime will largely increase. Paris will also be unfortunate and suffer from storms. Portugal will be in trouble with some foreign pow- er. Spain and the other countries named last month will still be under a cloud, which the presence of Mar: in Virgo will accentuate and intens The retrogradation of Jupiter in Scorpio is favorable for Northérn Africa, Scotland and Holland, but not for Ireland. JULY—The may of the full moun on the 22d is important, as several planets occupy prominent and i portant positions. There will be strange Qisasters in navigation, collisiods and wrecks. The occidental position of Mars is fraught with a great deal of danger to the peace of Europe. Men's will run high, and rumors of war will be thick in the air. This n Is also unfavorable for our colonlal possessions and for our col- s and explosions or disasters will occur in the latter. The weather will be unpropitious for agriculture, and the harvest will be much below the United States and when Mar: for the passa many years and months re ] In Turkey and Paris strange crimes will be committed. and murders will be frequent; in Spain and the Un!ted States troubles will fall thick and fast, and ondon will not escape altogether. AUGUST red the sign Libr: . as this sign rules China, we may expe 1 r, probably a fanatical attack on some missio: station. Austria will » suffer from the presence of Mars in its ruling sign. The transits of Ur and Saturn through the sign Sagittary unpropitious for Hungar enote an excited state of the populace strong inclination to break away from the rule of Austria and make iteelf into a rate kingdom SEPTEMBER—The transit of M in the s ; trouble for China and a warlike or rebelli Crime will be fre- quent and terrible. England and In- dia will also suffer in a lesser degree, and chiefly by a prevalenc s will occur, also col The transits are also par- rorable for Spain, Lon- nd the United States. ~TOBER~—There will be grave dan- of a rupture. Let those in aathor- e heed, and not be rash or hasty in their actions, otherwise the result will be disastrous. There will be shocks of earthquakes, tidal waves and disasters in colllerie: The autumn of this yvear will witness many strange and appalling events, which will strike terror into the hearts of the stoutest and cause a deep seated feeling of un. rest and uncertainty as to what the morrow may bring forth. It will be demonstrated to our senses the little- ness of man and man's mind, and the vastness of nature and nature's God. NOVEMBER—Toward the close of this month the grand conjunction in seven planets in one sign will be ap- proaching, an event that does not oc- cur once in a thousand years. This conjunction will mark an epoch—the beginning of a new cycle. A great war has yet to come in which the whole of Europe will be embroiled, and in which England will be one of the com- batants. Many of my readers will live to see this war, for its advent is DO Strange to say that In this month, the last of the present v, seven planets will be found in the sign Sagittary on the 2d day, and Jupiter five degrees of the same sign, making the eighth. Following this tre- mendous conjunction a new era will arise. not immediately, for nature works slov and surely, and mother earth and her sons and daushters will have to pass through throes of pain and terrific convulsions ere the new era dawns. n Libra denotes much Goveror Gage Wiil Be Mrs. Dr. A. D. Howe, a Great Success. Trance Medium. Y medium tells me that the new charter should go into effect. But I have an uncertain feeling. Probably this means that there will be contention and wrangling about its passage. If justice is done the charter will he passed and we will have an era of prosperity. In a large measure this will be due to the Mayor. He is going to make the most wonderful record of any man who has ever held the of- fice. Everything seems to look as favorable for him during office as it did during election. For I knew then, even when his cause seemed to weaken, that nothing could interfere with his final election. We will have a great many rumors of war, but there will be no fight- dng whatever. That is, no fighting during the next year, 1809. Our State is very fortunate in its selection of a Governor. Gage will serve the people faithfully and will rule justly. There will be gold excitement. but it will be centered in California. There is far more gold here than in the Klondike. I want to say particularly that there will be political reform. The de- plorable actions of the Board of Education and other officials will not be repeated. We will have a year o£ mu'nld;:al reform. Governor Two Dry Years for the Northwest. Rev. Irl R. Hic;s, St. Louis Weather Prophet, E predict that during the years of 1898 to 1901 there is to be a eri- sis of drought and a general shortage of crops in the ' Northern, Northwestern an.. some of the Central States. The center of the next Jupiter disturbance will fall in the year 1900, and it is certain that two to three seasons durimg the Jupiter equincctial periods will be years of minimum rainfall. There are to be at least two seasons of great dryness and shortage of crops in the great grain producing sections of the United States. The drought will begin to be felt in 1898 (witness the total of 9.38 inches for last winter in California, in the western and northwestern parts of our country; the dryness will increase during 1899, and will probably reach a crisis in 1900. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and all the planets except Neptune are to con- gregate on the same side of the sun at about the time of the next Jupiter equinox, and it is likely that phenomena of unusual character and force may result—probably in the shape of an excess of earthquakes and storms —in 1900 and 1901. The moon is on the equator on December 18 of this year and it is likely to THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL NDAY * be cold everywhere, but the regular storm perfod centers on the 26th, _wl!h the moon at extreme declination north. There will probably be a rising temperature and falling barometer about Christmas day, and the hardest storm of the season will very probably visit California between Christ- mas and New Year's day. g This storm, I predict, will not average more than two inches of rainfall, and there will be only light and scattered showers for the remainder of the “rainy season.” A high barometer with cold gales will follow this storm/ and although there are to be some rains during January and February, they will be so light that they will have little effect in bettering the situation. That the season so far has been extremely dry all must admit, but in 1880, when the rain up to November 19 was only .06 of an inch, the entire rainfall for the season was 5.86 0\':!‘ th.r* nn.rmal. Burns Will Not Be Elected Mrs. J. J. Whitney, to the Senate. Clairvoyant. | N order to learn about the year 1899 I sat down, and no sooner did 1 grasp the pencil when I commenced to write under the control. I kept writing “two years more, two vears more.” I must have covered three sheets with these words. Then under the guidance of the control I wrote “dry season, two years more.” I could get nothing else save this, though I tried time and again. 1t kept repeating this same prophecy. So I fear that we will have dry sea- eons for the next two years. But I also felt, while under the control, that we are going to have a remarkably healthful year. I nnot see any widespread epidemic, nor will the death-rate from ordinary d be large. I feel that the people of San Francisco are going to enjoy remarkably good health during the next year. Colonel Dan Burns will not be elected to the Senate. I felt that posi- tively while under the control. and I am never mistaken. I know that Coionel Burns will be defeated as surely as I knew that Gage would be elected Governor. The defeat of Colonel Burns and the dry season for the next two vears were the only things the control would tell me that would be of general in- terest. 5 California Will Have a Prosperous Year. Mrs. Judith B. Dwyer, Spiritual Reader. assassination of national importance is imminent. Some time next year, I should judge in May, an attempt will be made on the life of President McKinley. Whether It will be successful or not I cannot say. If the President takes due precautions he may avert this aw- ful act. For several months I have felt that he is in peril, and were it not that I fear he would think it presumptuous I should have warned him pri- vately. I am sure that Queen Victoria will live for seven years. This came to me when I was most responsive to the control, and has repeated itself so often that I would be willing to take my oath that the Queen has still seven years to live. No one realizes the possibilities of the Hawailan Islands. There are great and valuable coal minres lving there, unknown and undiscovered. These will be found during the coming year, and will cause a tidal wave of prosperity. Through this and the discovery of new gold mines in California we will have a prosperous year in San Francisco despite the d I do not predict the drought that some say is sure will rain very moderatel” .aroughout the State. heaviest downpour. Crops will not be as large this vear as last, and next year they will be still smailer. For I feel th ext year we will have a long dry spell. During the coming year the United States and Germany will become in- volved in a war. What the immediate cause of the war will be I cannot sa Nor do T seem to be able to tell whether the war will be a long or short one. But I can say positively that there will be one, and in all prob- ability it will occur during the forthcoming year. I feel that in spite of the outlook the year will be a very prosperous one in San Francisc The gold and coal discoveries in the Hawaiian Islands will probably play an important part. I am sure that the farmers will be agreeably disappointed. It will not be a high-tide of prosperity for them, but it will be far better than is expected. e WL prevall. But it The south will have the 1 Grant Will Be the Next Senator. Mrs. Dr. Terry, Medium. HERE are three houses in/San Francisco that are marked by the fire flend. These three buildings are the Phelan building, the Par. rott building and the Palace Hotel. All three of these are so well watched that it does not sound plausible to say that they are in any danger. But it is bound to come. ‘While they will be more or less damaged none of them will burn to the ground. Nor will there be any loss of life. All three of these fires will take place within the next eight months. My medium tells me that the next Senator from California will be Grant I know things look dark and unoromising for him now, but underneath the cloud there is a silver lining. I am positive that Grant will take his seat in the United States Senate. ‘We are going to have rain. Not in great quantities, but enough for the ;rrl)‘ps. Things do not look as badly for the farmer as some would have us elieve. Trade is going to be very brisk. Commerce will steadily increase. Al- together I can see that it will be a very prosperous year for San Fraf- cisco. . . . Showing How Near She Came to Foretelling Events. Mother Shipton’s Famous Prophecy, 1648. HOUSE of glass shall come to pass In England; but alas! War will follow with the work In the land of the pagan and Turk, And State and State in fierce strife Will seek each other’s life; But when the North shall divide the South An eagle shall build in the Lion’s mouth. Carriages without horses shall go, ~— And accidents fill the world with woe; Primrose Hill in London shall be, And in its center a bishop's see; Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. ‘Water shall yet more wonders do, Now strange, yet shall be true; The world upside down shall be And gold found at the root of tree. Through hills man shall ride, And no horse or ass be by his side; Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall creep, shall talk; In the #ir men shall be seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat; Gold shall be found 'mid stones In a land that’s not now known; Fire and water shall wonders do; England shall at last admit a Jew; The Jew that was held in scorn Shall of a .Christian be borne and born. Three times three shall lovely France Be led to dance a bloody dance Before her people shall be free; Three tyrant rulers shall she se Three times the people rule alone; Three times the people’s hope is gone: Three rulers in succession see Each spring from different dynasty. Then shall the worser fight be done, England and France shall be as one. All England’s sons that plow the land Shall be seen, book in hand. \ Learning shall so ebb and flow The poor shall most wisdom know. The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.