Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1903 — BIG STORMS IN SEPTEMBER [ARTICLE]

BIG STORMS IN SEPTEMBER

Predicted by the Man Who Foretold the Gnlveston Horror. The man who claims to have foretold the Galveston and Martinique horrors, who gave the country prophetic informal tion of (lie Hoods of March, 1003, says that September is to be a month of disaster. The storm-god is to work most destructively, says H. K. Edens, who has in recent years given much* attention to the perfecting of an instrument which responds to astronomical pressure like a thermometer to the changes of temperature. It is styled an astro-barometer and by rrtbans of it neeirrate predictions can be made months uliond as to what the barometer will rend on a certain date. It indicated tile disasters above alluded to; hence the faitli which ila,maker has iu it. “This is the most ominous says Mr. Edens, “that it has been my lot to figure out and happening ns it does in the midst of the West ‘lndia cyclone season makes it more ominous still. Add to this the fact that the center of this phenomenal depression will reach a crisis over the West India Islands, and you have a period that bodes of evil for all who dwell thereon—and all who dwell along our own eastern and southern coasts. '“But the shock of this tremendous period will be felt ail around the globe—wherever local conditions are the most favorable. Though, astronomically. England. Ku:#ia. Persia, India, Japan, Cuba, tin- United States, China and the Philippine Islands will he ill the greatest danger. Watch and'see! Cyclones, earthquakes, eruptions and many like phenomena of a dangerous character can no more fail to result from this Holi-lunar combination than the tides can bid defiance to the sun and moon. Ho again I say watch—wntcll the whole Of September. The storm god will write one of the saddest pages in modern history!” The most opiinous period is from Sept. 10 to, 2(1, when great disasters will oeeur on liijßd and sq.i.