The Hawaiian star., 1906-04-19
Did Seers Prophecy
This Disaster?
Continued from Page One).

much that of Cassandra who had the
gift of divination but whose predic-
tions were never credited.
Probably the two best known seers
now claiming such powers are Madame
de Thebes of Paris and Lee Spangler
of York, Pennsylvania Predictions of
earthquakes have been made by those
people, which in view of the terrible
disaster to San Francisco, will natural
ly arouse considerable interest. The
average reader will declare the pre-
dictions to be "bosh" but there are
others who do not hold the gift of
prophecy in disesteem, who will con-
slider the predictions i'm connection with
the recent disaster, as remarkable.
Madame de Thebes who is also
palmist made a very direful prediction
Of disaster for the American hemis-
phere for 1905 Probably she will now
claim the credit of having predicted
the San Francisco disaster but qualify
her claim, with the contention that she /
was within a year of the time. Her
prediction, which was made in Paris,
was as follows:
"Beyond the seas, across the At ,
lantic 1 foresee terrible disturbances. !
All nature seems to be perturbed and
in u state of unrest, The very bowels
of the earth seem to be trembling as
though they were preparing to shoot
forth destruction even as Mont Pelee,
wrought havoc to the thousands who
! ignored its warnings.
Buildings that look points high up
in the air seems to be involved i'm this
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an avalanche Of plaster falling in great
white clouds. l see people hurrying
and scurrying, great crowds, of them
rushing as though pursued by a dan
ger. This is preceded by a rumbling
sound that seems 90 come from the
very bowels of the earth, sound that
is like the rumble of thunder approach
ng--approaching."
Again she predicted for 1905 Again
my attention is called 10 country
over the seas. l see there crowds
crowds always crowds. They seem to
DE going down underneath the very
earth itself, into a subterrauean pas
sage, down steps. And there water
surrounds them. They are swimming
in it as if in pool, All is dark, dark
None of these direful predictions for
last year appear to have been realized.
For 1906 she renewed her predictions
of disaster. The following comes nearer
predicting the SAN Francisco disaster
than any of her utterances for the pre-
sent year:
This period qspeaking of the early
part of the present year,, will be enc of
intense agitation In 1t will be the
6 ss,ft ~ 4
; moreover, TO add to what l may cal
= this human madness, all the forces OF
nature will contribute. 1t is permis-
n sible, if it ii not displeasing to the as
=, Itronomers to- say that we may count or
a very beautiful and u very bewitchinf
Spring. But, unhappily, the peace o
. the sky will be in utter contrast tC
I the tumults of the earth. There vii
;, be grave disturbances of all kinds or
:, all sides, political and physical across
. the ocean notably In South America
: And in North America there will b'
, much disquietude. 49,,
For l shall be very much surprised
: if the second half of the year 1906 doe
;, | not apportion to the United States o
!. | America an entirely unexpected blow
=. L fear dreadful epidemic which, / vii
. add, will be experienced by more THAI
one country"
. In connection with the predictions o
: the woman, the following brief accoun
. of her patrons and of some of heI
. past predictions was published strange
!, Iy enough in the San Francisco EXa
- miner "She is the most celebrated
, palmist and astrologist in all Europe
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) THE Emperor of Germany, the Queer
of Italy the ex-Queen and the King
= of Spain, the ex-Empress of France
= have all been her patrons. Alexandra
Dumas, Zola, Sara Bernhardt Calve
Rostand. the great geniuses of the ole
world have all consulted her.
TT was she who predicted the sudder
death of Minister Faure, who foretolc
the exact hour of the death of Queer
Victoria, the death of the Marquis de
Mores in the African desert, the fataI
fire at the Paris Charity Bazaar, the
assassination of Carnot, the fall of
Khartoum, the death of Italy's king.
Her predictions are wOrld-famOus
but between her words, often vague
and mystical much may be read that
the seeress leaves unsaid. one who
understands her method of expression
supplies the key here to her remards."
But if the French seer be rather
vague and mystical, the prophecies
made by the American seer" Lee
q Spangler, are more to the definite. He
says. in predicting disasters for 1906:
BE prepared for destructive Spring
freshets; earthquakes in all parts Of the
world; numerous volcanic eruptions;
the eruption of some volcanoes now
supposed to be extinct.
"There will be an especially destruc-
tice eruption OF Mt Vesuvius, of Mt.
Pelee and Of Popocatepetl."
Spangler claims to have made the
following correct prophecies
The death of Queen Victoria.