The Washington herald., 1907-12-30
Astrological Prophecies.

Editor The Washington Herald
have "a magazine dated Washington
n. c., month Of Sagitarius. November p
December q. 1900. entitled occult Truths,
published by Charles ". Smiley. a pro-
fessed astrologist. From this issue I ex-
tract the following prediction:
Mckinley VIII die in the midst Of his second tern
and Roosevelt viii finish ont the term. -Four year
bence Roosevelt VIII he elected President o. succeed
himself. During his Presidency the United State.
VIII hcccmr involved IN a vorld-Wsr and VIII h
miraculCUsly victorious over rye allied European us
Jous Roosevelt name VIII 90 down o. p1s,er1t7
ss equal 20 or greater than WasLing.Ja's o- Lin
c1In's
While I am an agnostic in regard 70
astrological science. so-called. I am not
an unbeliever in psychic predictions. even
though by far the most OF them prove
false.
In the Library Of Congress is a little
book entitled "VinCication OF the True
Art OF Self-defense." its date Of publica-
tion ll2i, its author Sir William Hope
Bart An engraving Of the badge of The
Royal Society Of Swor6smen" appears on
the leaf facing the title page. and under
il is written. Private library OF Sir VII
liam Hope" I'm the handwriting of an as
trological prophecy on the two preceding
ay leaves. subscribed by the same name.
and followed by the words, Writ ~
Cornhill. London, I-32"
This book was placed in the Library of
Congress in 1879. The prophecy. after
eight lines Of preface. begins as follows:
This dsy is Graded far beyond the sea.
One starred hy f8'e 20 rule both bond and free.
Add double four. thus Tx the destined day
#-rrITa Er-r- rrf
George Washington WIS born in 1872.
the date Of the prophecy. and double
four" T. G., A, added 20 l732 equals I776.
the year of. the Declaration OF lndepend-
ence. The next two lines are.
Pace six fore ten. then read the PATRIOTS Eame
Whose deeds shall link him 20 a deathlcss fame.
The name. George Washington. answers
20 the number Of letters. six fore ten. "
Continuing, the writer tells Us that this
first Of four great rulers Of "Amerika''
viii die before the end Of that century.
He died December =. 1888. Further that
AL the names on freedoms scroll shall
fade The names Of the signers OF The
Declaration OF Independence have faded.
being written with poor ink. Still fur
Their. that the deceased rulers remains
will be placed IN two tombs. and his
lofty cenotaph be made" The remains
Of Washington Were removed from the
first tomb more than sixty years ago.
and the lofty cenotaph was completed
many years ago.
After sixty years C'siX times ten-D
comes the second great ruler whom
Mars and Jupiter strike down before his
work is done" His name is indicated by
"fateful seven fore seven"-Abraham
Lincoln-whom "cruel fate shall pierce.
though artless Of the sword" and who
leaves hfe's gloomy stage without one
farewell word"
softly beamjng star half yeIed in Mars red cloud
Virtue his nobest cloak shall form his fitting shroud
The name Of the third great ruler is
indicated by eight fore eight'-Benia-
min Harrison. He was. doubtless. the
ablest President after Lincoln. but no
great events occurred in his term of
office
The fourth great ruler Is indicated by
six with added six" This does not fit
William Mckinley. the letters OF whose
name count seven with added eight A
printed Interpretation of the prophecy
first came TO my hand early in October.
1901. 1t was substantially what I have
stated thus far. but being published be-
fOre the Presidential election of 1870 the
writer equivocatrd in regard to the result
saying nothing about six with added
six which would fit neither William J.
Bryan nor William Mckinley.
Of the twenty-five distinct prophecies
all were exactly fulfilled except the one
in regard to the number OF letters in the
name Of the fourth great ruler After
cogitating on the question several days
the thought occurred TO me that KinIey
was the ancestral name, and it contained
six letters; that the prefix NC" is the
Scotch for son, and that by abbreviating
William to VIII the name would count
six with added six" VIII Mckinley.
Accepting the first name Of the fourth
great ruler as Win. ali of the Hope
prophecies have been exactly fulfilled: the
one in regard to Mckinley just grazed
the bulls eye, and the responsive ring
did not come until October g. 1901. when
this solution occurred TO me-
So then l wrote a complete interpreta-
ton Of the whole prophecy. and it was
printed in the Washington Times of Oc-
tOber IS. 1901. A copy Of my article has
been appended to the book of Sir William
Hope in the Library of Congress.
WILLIAM u. BURR.