The Indianapolis journal., 1896-06-14
THIS THE YEAR OF DEATH
An Astro1oRer Calls Attention to
Planetary Conjunction Occurring
First Time Since 1911.
New York Journal.


foretells with unerring certainty the sad
misfortunes OF the present year. Not since
the beginning of the century has there been
such a planetary combination.
From countless ages it has been foretold
that this would be year of battles. earth
auakes, storms, great accidents by land
and sea, fires and general disaster to the
human race These events must, above all,
be attributed to the fact that the baleful
planets Saturn and Herschel are posted in
the mystic sign of Scorpio, in which both
of them has added power Herschel en-
tered Scorpio on Dec. 10, 1890, and the pres
ent troublous conditions have to some ex-
tent prevailed since 1887 but are now reach
ing an acute form. The evil influences are
gaining in force every day. Herschel con-
tinues in Scorpio until November, 1897. and
we shall feel his evil influence until fully
the end of the century.
Saturn is cold, moist planet. without
life, and since the beginning of human his
tory has been recognized as exercising
malign influence upon the earth. Herschel
is a recently discovered planet, about
whom less is knewn, but ii is certain that
he operates to produce disturbances In our
sphere. Herschel is above all responsible
for sudden disasters, such as earthquakes
and tornadoes, which can by no human
means be prevented Terrible are the con-
sequences of the conjunction of these two
planets in the sign Scorpio, which itself is
always the source of calamities to the
earth and it's inhabitants.
The present astrological conditions have
not prevailed since the beginning OF the
century. In the year 1911 Saturn and Her
schel were in their present position, and
that no doubt. was also a year of trouble
On Aug. 16 the warlike planet Mars enters
Gemini the ruling sign of the United
States. This will produce a violent, war
like feeling among the American people
The disasters which have already happened
are nothing to those which will follow. We
shall suffer more terribly in the fall than
at any other time. because in the months
of October and November the majority of
the planets will be centered Inf Scorpio.
100000 HAVE PERISHED.
| Probably 100000 persons have met with
violent deaths since Jan. l. 1885, The as
| trologer who predicts that this will be a
year remarkable for tremendous storms.
| appalling crimes. great confiagrations.
frightful railroad and marine disasters and
conspicuous for the death of a large num-
ber of prominent persons is certainly justi-
| he'd by the record 10 uate.
The st. Louis horror is yet so fresh in
the public mind that its dire significance
| still remains. BY that fearful storm several
hundred persons lost their lives, and more
than ten thousand buildings were de-
| stroyed. Statistics have conclusively
proved that the casualties following violent
| storms In this country are greatly in excess
| of the number of deaths that have been
| caused by yellow fever or smallpox during
the last five decades
1896 opened inauspiciously. On the very
| first day of the year 300 people We're killed
.whelmed Jubal, Junjabad, Persia. On the
| following day. John ii. Hibbard. promi-
nent citizen of Columbus. o.. his wife. two
| children and several others lost their lives
| in fire which destroyed their home. Sew
eral similar fires occurred in Baltimore not
| long afterward, and were attended by
| shocking loss of life.
| On Jan. 2. seven people were killed at st.
| Louis by the bursting of boiler in the
n an Of w6 pig
| slaughtered by Kurds near Orfah, Turkey.
| Jan. passenger train No. IL on the Bal
| timore & Ohio Southwestern railroad was
wrecked near Roxabell, O. A number of
| people were killed and many We're badly
! injured. Several other bad railroad acct
| dents occurred on the same day in various
| other parts of the country.
| On the previous day eight hundred people
were killed in the district of Khalkai. Per
| sia. by an earthquake. Four miners. while
| descending the shaft of the Luke Fiddler
mine, at Dubois, Pa, were struck by a
| huge weight and crushed to DEATH With
in a month after that sixty miners lost
| their lives In mine in North Carolina.
January g. Patrick Calvin went crazy in
| Indianapolis and shot two people. Less
| than month later man ran amuck in
| Brockville, Ontario. and shot several we'll
| known people to death. During the sue
| ceeding two days many casualties and
| crimes were reported from all parts Of the
| country
EPIDEMIC OF MURDER.
On January g. five blocks of Brushton. N.
Y, were destroyed by fire. Three days later
| Peter Houghard shocked Chicago by killing
| his wife, five children and himself In the
same city, a month later. Richard Klattke
| slew his wife and six children and then
| committed suicide.
Seven men were killed at a fire which
| broke out in st. Louis January Il. and
added shockingly to the life and property
| loss that had up to that time marked the
| history of the new year. The following
day ninety people lost their lives in Rus
| sian theater which was burned.
| Fifty-six miners were entombed in col
liery at Taylorstown, Wales. on January
| 26 and were suffocated. Near Marshall.
| Tex, on the morning of January %. an en-
tire family was burned TO death.
! February 9 a tank steamer went down
at sea and twenty-five souls found watery
| graves.
February 9. 10 and II will be remembered
| for the violent storm which ragged on those
| days.
February II one of the largest fires Phil
| s,delphia had known in many years broke
| out in the very heart of the business sec
ton to the city and did damage 70 the
| amount of many thousands of dollars On
| the next day Portugal was stunned by an
| awful horror One hundred persons were
| killed at the Artists Club celebration IN
| Lisbon The following day was also marked
by great loss of life. Sixty miners met
! death at a mine In Newcastle, Col
March was another unfortunate month
ON its eleventh day two hundred fishermen
were blown to sea at Revel, Russia, ant
| drowned -,
March % fifteen miners were killed by an
| expIosion in mine at Dubois. Pa The
| mad panic in the old Front-street Theater
Baltimore, when thirty or forty people
\ were killed. occurred near the foregoing
date. The catastrophe was the worst II
| Baltimores history. and was followed d.
| several others of lesser ma gnitude-
| Ten peopIe lost their lives in a fire tina
| broke out at No. So Union street. Brooklyn
| April 10 Two days after this horror sever
| naonie were killed in a railroad acciden
near Mitchell. Ky. BY cayc-in at tn.
Il santa Eulalie mines. In New Mexico. Apr
d forty-seven people were killed
NAYS TERRIBLE RECORD.
Various other horrifying casualties an
crimes occurred during the months quoted
hut IL was reserved for fair May. the montl
of flowers. to appall the world with he
horrors No less than six thousand peopl