Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-01-10
1878 Predictions

celebrated astrologer of Paris pre-
diets the following troubles for the
United States during 1918:
1t will be a year of great trouble
danger and disturbance for the
United States of America.
The Western states will be
thrown into a state of unrest by
extensive strikes Of miners attended
with much ~bloodshed and violence.
There will also be a great strike
in the Chicago stock yards.
An eminent American politician
of Southern BIRTH will be bitten by
a snake and his condition will be
despaired Of.
There will be a race war in
Alabama and other parts of the
United States.
A startling accident will occur
in one of those s~kyscrapers of New
York which outstrip the Tower of
Babel.
A dynamite explosion will cause
great damage in ST. Louis. There
will be u great railroad wreck at
Winnipeg, Manitoba. in the fall.
A great steamship will be sunk
in the ST. Lawrence river at nearly
the INIT time.
A prominent American politician
will meet with an accident at
Niagara Falls about the middle of
August. At the same time there
will be a disastrous accident to an
American warship in the Pacific
ocean.
The heriress of a great Pittsburg
steel millionaire will ,lope with a
mental in July.
Explorers near the North Pole
will announce the discovery of
several hitherto unknown species
of animals.
There will he a great civil war in
China, which will end in splitting
up the empire in three countries.
The Malays of Southeastern Asia
will rise and massacre many
Europeans.
There will be another revolution
in Persia. resulting in the forma-
tion of a republic in October.
A serious rebellion against
British rule will break out in India
at the same time, and the close of
the year will sec British supremacy
in that country in a critical con-
dition.
A war between hostile religious
sections in India will however,
prevent the natives from combin-
ing to drive the British out.
Several extraordinary scandals
in the British aristocracy will be
exposed in August.
A d~isgraceful riot will occur in
the Huuse of Commons in Septem-
her. An ocean disaster off the
coast of England at the same time
will draw the public attention
from tn conduct of their legisla-
tors.
1t vii be a year of disastrous,
.momentous events and triumphant
achievements on the North American
continent.
A Philadelphia doctor will
achieve the worldwide o by
bringing a dead man to life The
San Jose scale, which has done
enormous damage to American
agriculture Will bee extermnated in
Florida through the lahors of
science.
President Wilson willIbe in danger
from a railroad accident ut Salt
Lake City. A great gold strike in
Nevada will add to the wealth of
the nation. The world's greatest
poet willsee THE light in Nebraska
during the coming year.
! A dynamite explosion will work
havoc in the oldest part Of Boston.
: A gigantic food will destroy
many Of the ancient dwellings of
the Cliff Dwellers. A Seattle
millionaire will interest the world
by his plans to rival the Met.
ropolitan Opera House. The
heiresses of the southwestern por.
ton OF the United Safes will form
an organization pledged not to
marry foreign titled husbands.
A noted American will lose his
life in Lake Superior in November.
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