Arizona republican., 1902-04-07
DAY OF DEUCE AT HAND
Hour Approaches for Fulfillment of
 Modern Prophecy.

] Phoenix readers uf The Republican get
 their papers this morning they will 1 have no use for them Sometime be- 1 tween yesterday morning and the 18th uf this month ails that part of the ] United States lyine south oi an imaSin any line drawn from a point in Con 1o~ticut to Fl Paso is 10 b. submerged q and the inhabitants of that s.ciior washed into slcry. This is not a start 1 Iirg announcement. Tor il was predicted some time ago by an eminent astluno- i mer, and Phoenix has been congratu- 1 Iating herself ever since that seaport would be available so near as Fl Paso- ! But the feature Of local interest is that ! a Phoenix prophecies e-iv=s assurance that when th- delU&a cc:nes it i will bac.5water over the low plac= up into Arizona. and the Salt river valley is one of the low i places The Republican force. | however. having nothing else 10 do but wait. proceeded tO get out this issue Of 1 the paper iN the hope that the nCTih 1 bound train could he reached before the water got too deep and that 2 few 1 copies telling Of the destruction of this section would reach the high settle-
 nents in the IradshaEs and San Fran
 ciscos. The Republican takes some pride 5n is work even ii il does net
 last long.
 This may seem to he a funny stors but if the reporter has been correctly informed there is nc joke about il. Ii was Iumorad on the street yesterday that Mrs. ShaeiTer who has the only II.aIy sacred fireplace in ,oWu, and which has h..a turning out slas
 from wood ali winter. had re- ce.ved some late bulletins on the food question and sha Was therefor visited
 iii the search fer information. She
 said to E=gin with. that while she
 could not state dates definitely she was
 certain that tine astronomer was get-
 ting dangerously close 10 the truth. She said that according to the Jewish ichroUoioGy 1t Was now about 2op5 years.
 as they reckCned time. since 5he birth
 of Christ. and that was about the time appointed for his second ccmfng. She
 knows not he day nor the hour. but
 for q month past she has felt d
 consciousness that the deluSa WAS at
 hand and in answer to prayer sha has
 been told when the uouhle begins to
 take herself to the roof of her house
 and remain there and she will be saved. Accordingly she has placed q ladder at either end of the building So she can . make a rapid ascent in case Of an emergency. She has nc Knowledge . Of how long she is to be kept on the . roof. so she has secretad in d safe place . in the attic. CT within reach from the . roof. q Socdly quantity of provisions iCr 2 rainy day. Sine has little know . ledge Of the details of this coming catastrophe but is ready for anything that may happen. Commenting on the weather yesterday and the hay ap- : pearancc arOun1 the horizon. she said . that in her twenty years residence here she never saw sucn a gloomy day . In answer tO the question If vhE shc s-as these things when others do not . she says that in these latter days diff , ferent people 500 many things different !. ly and have many special powers Some for instance, can telegraph with ,. out wires. etc. and il has been give :. her to be in cIoser communion with he : over-ruling Proviiance.
 ,. But this is the dark7.st sic of tli ;. subject and tEe outluc!. for Phoenix i, : mel all bad. h the first piac- the roo :. uf Mrs. Shaener's dwelling is little i :. any higher than Washington street : and fl she is safe there there will d :. least be a swimming show for paoDl :. on the upper side of the city. An, / those who pull through wifi sure, - have water enough tn insure a goo lcrcp tha coming sumner F;@t prob / ably the greatest benefit Jo b. derive,
 by the country at large, though frou
 q financial standpoint it will be vel,
 expensive. iS the tact th"t this delu=
 will cut the vitals out of the q deiDocl;;tt
 party and settle the race question ii
 t,e south.
 Ttaturning again to Mrs Shaa affer an,
 her peculiar beliefs. none who see he
 can doubt her sincerity. S5ha is LII
 questiopa Oiy honest. though cuthusias
 lie to the exclusion of almost ever
 temporal question. The means 0
 livelihood of herself and husband is
 little lodging house adjoinin@. an
 aside from locking after that their tim
 is elnDlcye4 il preaching and praying
 They have quite band cf foI
 lowers. some of whom are German.
 some MeZicans. Negroes and Indian:
 and there are daily and almost houll
 meetings in the Shaener housenot
 MT. Shaeffer. as has been stated befar,
 affects the dress and nIanne" Of Chris
 as shown in the uSyei pictures an E Mrs. Shaeffer wears q black dress all il a coNl. Yesterday sha said the dav t. had appeared to her in a vision wit 'e the startling announcement that sh T was Uo die last night but when sh ., made the vision known to her follower t they assured her that "God reigncd su )r creme and would certainly protect h.
 from the threats of the evil one. Sh