Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-08
A HERMlT'S PREDICTIONS
Earthquake Prophesies by St. Louis
Man Coincide with a Hermit's Pre-
dictiOns Fifty Years Ago.

III an coincide with Hermit'S Pre-
dictiOns Fifty Years Ago.
The prophecy and its partial fulfill
ment, in which the recent seismic dis
turbances were foretold by a mysterious
man at st. Louis, call to mind the curl
Gus and thrilling prophecies of an old
German hermit published originally in a
oaVarlan paper many years ago. l have
forgotten where | first saw this article,
put my attention was last called to il by
a pariskioner of Rev. J. Gilbert Blue,
iIesbyteriah clergyman at Waukesha,
VINO Incorporated it in sermon he
preached there some years ago.
PEOPLE having friends in New York,
Callfornia and Florida may feel inclined
20 warn" them, if they take stock" in
the hermit's predictions ana those of Mr..
Dryer. who fOretO.d the earthquake Of
asst Friday. The prophecies of Mr..
Dryer and Of the old German curiously
coincide as to the time md severity of
the cataclysms foretold. In the German
PERMITS predictions he said that when
the Twentieth century opens great seismic
ulsturbahces will take place which will
cause the submersiOn of New York city
ana the western half of the city of Ha-
X8aa. Cuba is to break in two, while
lorlda and lower California are to suf-
Ter total extinction. The shock of these
earthquakes will raze buildings to the
ground in almost every city on the con-
tinent. Millions of lives and billions of
doIlars worth of property will be lost"
In the same article he foretOld the
Austrlan-R Russian and the Franco-Prus-
sian wars. the death of Pope Plus and
the Turco- Russian debate at arms" He
said that Germany would have three en-
pefors III one year before the end of that
century and Indicated the death OF two
l. mted states presidents by assassina-
ton. All these things have come to
pass.
There is to be a change in the eco
nomc conditions of almost every civil
lzed nation. He foretells the growth of
democratic spirit in England which
VIII result i'll revolution that will over
throw the present form of government
ana make the country a republic He
says the last ruler of England win be
me best the country ever had, and the
hrSt president of the new nation will be
one of the royal family Queen Vie
tora was by long odds the best ruler
England ever had, and in one of his
Speeches the Prince of Wales said it was
ms desire to see England q republic.
According tic the hermit, RUSSIA,
France and Italy will form an alliance
and will enter into war with Turkey,
TINS war to be the Outgrowth of Turkish
persecution of Christian subjects. This
triple alliance will conquer the domain
OF the sick man of the East At the eX-
pIration of the war complications will
arise which will plunge Italy and France
INTO war with Russia. The result will
ne that the two countries will be COB
pled up by the Northern power and will
cease TO exist as Independent nations
Whle war IS being waged between them
the Pope viii move the seat of Catholic" J
ISM from Rome to some town in South
ern ireland a rebellion will take place
IN the land Of the shamrock, in which |
the country will become independent of
england. Then q conflict will arise be
tween the ultra-Catholics of the south |
of Ireland and the ultra-Protestants of
the north, in which the Southrons will be |
the yictors kingdom will be estab-
Hshed, and ii IS predicted that the reign |
or the first potentate will become his |
toIic for its tyranny.
The prophet paints a dark future TO
the United States. He says. cat til, |
close of the century (the Nineteenth !,
1eellng of unrest will seize the people |
This feeling will be the outgrowth OF |
unequal social and enconomic conditions |
lie predicts that the twenty-fifth PreSi J
dent will be the last executive heard OF |
the United States. During his admins |
tratlon the discontinued masses will |
break into open rebellion, and the es
tablished form of government will ht |
overthrown. The United States will be |
rent aSunder and for a year or more |
anarchy will prevail When order shall |
be brought out of choas. six republics |
will be formed, with capitals at the fol |
lowing cities: San Francisco, Denver |
New Orleans, st, Louis, Washington and |
Boston,
The weak spot in these predictions lies |
in the detail-the prophet tells too much |
Still. many may find food for thought |
in the prophecies already fulfilled and |
some satisfaction in specializing ON other |
events foretOld'-and in setting their |
house in order" III time for it's demolition |
by the prophets earthquake next Friday |
HELEN l.. GLENNY.