The Eighth Moon feast has passed without any of the serious happenings prophesied by the prophets of woe in this province. One prophet Tang of the "Six Churches" (Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Mohammedanism, Christianity and Jewry) published a prodigious amount of literature on the five days of darkness and the end of the age that was to occur during the week of the feast.
Strangely enough his date of commencement only differed from the Coates prognostications by one day, and as the disciples said, without any collusion whatever with the foreign prophets. Special injunctions were printed in English and sent to all foreigners as to what they should do when the tribulations commenced.
The publication of these documents made quite a furore in the city. People everywhere were preparing to stop work and prepare for the worst. The newspapers scattered the reports also and thoroughly scared even the officials. The Governor sent orders to apprehend Tang and_ put him under cover intending to keep him till the date was past then punish him. But the wily prophet was kept closely informed by his disciples and made a hasty exit from the country and to date cannot be found.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.