The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-08
Special to The Globe.

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-"Will the
newspaper of the next decade be de-
voted as much to the forecast Of news
as to the presentation of actual facts
concerning occurrences that have
passed?'
This question is provoked by an in
cident singular in itself and perhaps
having a wide significance on the news
distributing business of the future.
Three months ago when the coun-
try was in the throes of anxiety owe
the outcome Of the coal strike, which
at that moment threatened to develop
a revolution, and before any plan of
relief involving presidential action had
been suggested, a leading New York
daily newspaper sent a man to Sara-
toga, N. Y, to interview a Hindu seer
on the question. The probity of the
newspaper referred to is unquestionable
and it's policy is one of the most caus-
tic when it perceives what it conceives
to be anything of a tricky or fraudulent
character.
According to the account published
III its w columns this is what oc-
Cured, as the words are copied YER
batim from them:
president Roosevelt probably lev
heard of a man named Zemindar, who
says that he's a Hindoo occult and who
wanders yer the face Of the earth do
ing good to mankind. But Zenindar
knows the president, and, what's much
more to the point, he knows some of
the things h president is going to do
before Mr.. Roosevelt knows anything
about them himself"
Such a statement may jolt the pres
ident a bit and it may be regarded as
highly absurd by other folks. It is,
nevertheless q fact, and here's the
proof: Zemindar travels about, but he
is usually in Saratoga. 1t was there
that a reporter Of the paper ran across
him on the afternoon of Sept. II.
What can a Hindoo occult do?"
asked the reporter.
you are asking that question simply
out Of idle curiosity" replied the seer,
"but I am in a mood to humor you. It
is given me to read SO much of the flu
ture as will benefit men and nations.
For doing this all 1 ask is thai l OBJ
tain sufficient to provide me with food
and shelter"
"How are you going to get any cash
by benefiting nations?' asked the re-
porter. -
When l do anything to help con-
dftions in the land in which 1 may be
abiding, 1 do good to every individual in
that country, including myself. That is
recompense enough for me, and I will
tell you something now that may be of
benefit, or give hope, at least, to some
who are now suffering and will suffer
still more in this country. A coal strike
is now on. 1t was to have been expect
ed. 1t was written that the year of
1902 would be particularly disastrous
to the black products of the earth.
These include coal and iron. The trou-
bic will not be over when this coal
strike is settled, but what will occur
will not be anything like as disastrous
as what has and will occur before the
strike ends. -E, ,folx-,
"This brings me to what L wanted to
tell you. This strike will be settled
between Sept. % and Oct. Is. All eff
forts made by employers and employed
to come to terms before Sept. 20 will
fail. Not long after this date-I could
tell within tWenty-four hours by a lit
tie calculatton-the whole matter will
be taken up by the ruler of the land and
his associated cOunsellors and they will
settle 1T. Before that time many will
suffer because of the scarcity Of coal
but the trouble will be over about Oct.
10 n the people will be happy again.
This statement may bring hope to some
who are suffering and so I tell it to you.
The tale that the man told is now
not far from three weeks ago. He told
it quietly and with absolutely no quail
f1cation. He told it with as much con-
f1dence as a man would tell of an event
that had already occurred. He was
quite as nonchalant about It all as if
the reading of the future was as easy
as rolling off a log. He was asked if
he did that sort of thing for a steady
diet, and he replied by telling of things
that he had done, beside which the fore
telling Of the ending of the coal strike
was a mere bagaltelle. He has located,
so he says, lost valuables and told per-
sons where they could find relatives
who had disappeared, to say nothing Of
other Wonder-stunts.
What the man said about the coal
strike is here submitted for the con-
sideration of the president and to let
him know that there is at least one man
who is able to anticipate by about three
"ONho IAC WI hA1lSO O1 liz executive
mind"
Now if this is done in one case SO
satisfactorily why cannot It be done in
many?
That this Hindu is a very ~extraor-
binary mar is evidenced by a state
ment made in one of the psychological
journals about what his powers amount
to. This occult magazine has followed
up the daily newspapers experience
and examined the pretensions Of this
seer and healer and says of him:
Here indeed is a man possessing,
If not superhuman, at least extra hui
N powers. a trained mental and spir-
itual gymnast. who can do with his
soul feats as marvellous as any acrobat
has ever done with his body, an adept
OF the Tammil Teleague brotherhood in
Southern India. one who can read a
mineral from it's first inception to it's
Towering and perfection; can project
his mind to n quarter of the globe
and e the contents of the earth like
an open book; a see the veins of min
erals in the Mother Earth as he sees
the veins and nerves of the human
body; can tell you of yourself in all
phases as If he were your guardian an
gel; can eradicate certain tendencies in
the nature and evoke latent ones: and
all by the knowledge of a law as eter-
nal as the universe. To heal the So
called incurable, to direct f~inanciers in
investments. to converse at any instant
with his preceptor in India in an affair
of daily and hourly occurrence. DR.. S.
Zemindar is the reading of his office
sign in Saratoga, N. Y, but he is called
merely Zemindar' by the world. He is