Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-13
WIGGINS AGAIN.

He Comes to the Front and Claims that His
Prophecy Was Veriied-An Explanation
OF How He Predicts meteorological Dis
turbances.
OTTAWA, March 12.-Prof. Wigein
claims tfat his prophecy was literally full
filed, as the highest tidal wave ever known
was reported at Halifax, and kilograms
from all parts indicate severe tempest.
He says he has always entertained the
greatest anxiety for the safety of the peo-
pie on the shores of the Bay cf Bengal and
Gulf of Mexico. In the former major
tidal wave, of which the minor one on our
coast was a reflection, it must
have occurred on the afternoon
of the 10th, London time, hundreds of
thousands Of lives perishing. He expressed
great fears for the safety of the City of
Chester, Characterlzing this storm as the
greatest that can possibly occur on this
planet. and said that the greatness of its
extent is the only hope of safety in any
particular quarter. He makes sly dash at
the Canadian and United States authorities
Tor not hosting their storm signals until
after the storm was actually
beating upon the continent Some peo-
pie, he said, expected an impossible storm
yesterday, but he had repeatedly said that
his object i'll making the prediction was
for the safety of mariners, as no danger
could possibly occur on land, except in the
vicinity of places named as being exposed
to the tida! wave, but people liked to be
frightened and chung to their own interpre-
tation IN preference to his.
l may state what know to be an abso-
Lutte fact, the hour at which great storms
will arise at different points on the earth's
surface, also when severe cold periods like
that of January just passed are to occur,
when remarkable floods will take place, and
when winters will be distinguished for
great quantities of snow. It can be pre-
dicted for any length of time in advance,
and with absolute certainty. Surely
the public on this continent
must be convinced that millions of dollars
annually expended in meteorological bu-
reaus are of little service to seafaring men,
for storm signals we're not out till the
storm of yesterday afternoon was actually
beating on the American shores. The gen
tlemen at the head Of the meteorological
Office in London, must find the conviction
dawning upon them that "a man in tho
finance department of Canada was telling
the truth"
Following this, he gives as a theory,
, which he promised to publish after tie
storm had taken place, the following:
This storm has satisfied me that the
theory of an opposite tide which [ ad-
vaEced in 1864, is correct, namely, that it
is caused by the vibrating motion of the
| ocean from east to west. If you will look
at the terrestrial globe and see the peculiar
position of the Gulf of Mexico. and the
| tendency of Cape st. Rogue to glance
northward with tides moving past, you
will not wonder at my alarm when observ-
ing the moons forces had been increased
to the greatest possible extent, and that,
| too, when she is Fastening with other plan
cts from south to north across the equator.
This was exactly the condition of things
during the storm, and only one element was
lacking to have made this terrible affair
for the people of America, for, mark it
we'll, if the moons conjunction with the
sun had taken place at o'clock on the
meridian at London, instead of at 4
o'clock in the morning, London time, in
other words, if the conjunction had taken
place over the Gulf of Guinea instead of
the China sea, the whole
American coast, granting her
Z to have been as she was in perigee, would
have been put under water, and the time
will come, though 1t may be thousands of
years yet, when this viii take place. And
should Venus and Mercury happen at
that time to be at their inferior conjunc-
ton and Jupiter, Mars and Saturn at their
superior con junction, breakers will roar in
the streets of New York city, and Florida
will be under water.
All astronomers, from astronomer royal
down, will admit the truth of what 1 say.
l make this explanation to show scientific
men that my system Of foretelling storms
is not only founded on science, but in the
earth and the heavenly bodies.