Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-07
CURED BY THE RELIC
MANY PERSONS CLAIM TO HAVE BEEN
BENEFITED BY ST. AIMS ARM.
Mrs. Rhoda Y. white's Cure from Serious
-lsestoration to Health ofa 4.
San Francisco Woman.

III has been ten days since Mgr. Marquis
went away from the little church OF St
Jean Baptist in cast Seventy-sixth street.
with the relic of st. Ann, leaving behind
him many persons who averred their par
tial or complete cure of deformity or dis
ease, says the New York Herald Of May soth.
/ called yesterday on several OF those
reported to have been benefited to learn
II permanent relief had been expert
enced. / called on Mrs. Rhoda +. White,
OF No. 1851 Park avenue, who lives with
her brother. Mgr. Bernard O'Reiliy. the
chosen biographer of his Holiness Leo
XIII. Mrs. White was out when called:
While waiting for her Mgr. O'ReiHy told
me that last December his sister: who. is
in advanced life, had been attacked by the
grip. For many weeks she lay in bed un-
able TO change her position without the
aid of servants.
" Her insomnia was 30 terrible" said
Mgr. OReilly. that we feared for her
reason. The relic was brought to her bed
side and she kissed the box in which 1t was
held.
she experienced no relief, blu. 80 great
was her faith that on the day following she
was taken to the Church Of st. Jean Bap-
tiste, carried to the altar and touched by
Father Tetreau with the relic. That night
she slept soundly and awoke the next
morning apparently completely restored
to health. An almost total deafness had
disappeared.
80 Tins was on May 5th," said. Mgr:
O'Reilly. land she has been entirely well
since then"
While was talking with Mgr. O'Reilly
Mrs. White came In. She looked strong
and well. and talked in ordinary tones OF
incidents IN her acquaintance with Presi-
dent Lincoln, whom she had known well.
MRS. puFFEY's CASE.
At No. 416 west Thirty-second street
called on Mrs. Duffy. Until three weeks
ago she had been paralyzed on one side aud
had had no use Of her right leg and arm.
She was out driving yesterday, for the
first time In fifteen years" said her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Gillespie. " Mother has been
much better since she went TO the church.
She is not well. bat she is much better
than she was. She can walk about the
house and help herself. thing she had
not done for fifteen years! Just then
Mrs. Duffy was brought into the house
from the carriage III the arms OF her SON
in-law, Mr.. GILLESPIE. She had not been
able to ascend the steps. and she had al
most to be carried through the hail and
upstairs to her room. The ride has worn
You out, mother. "said Mrs. Gillespie, but
her mother protested that it had not and
that she would go out again. Mrs. Duuy
looked to be resoute and full of courage as
well as faith. but very helpless woman.
Miss Ann Stetson. of No. 1853 West Iwen-
ty-fourth street. was out when l called;
The woman with whom she boarded told
me about Miss Stetson's case.
"Sne had suffered for a long time with
an ulcer on her right ankle. She went TO
the Church of st. Jean Baptiste and vene-
L 81 hn - nar
disappeared aud she was completely well.
There Is another woman in the house, Miss
Mary Finnegan. who had seen the result OF
Miss Stetson's faith and she went to kiss
the relic too. She was lame and walked
with crutches on account of assesses both
internal and external. She WAS helped.
but not cured. Instead of walking with
crutches she can get along with a cane
now."
Miss Finnegan was out with Miss Stet-
son.
HER EYES HELPED.
Irene Prendergast, the 2-year-old daugh-
ter OF Thomas +. Prendergast, Of No. 221
west Twentieth street, had suffered since
she was 6 months old with what eminent
oculists diagnosed as graduated eyeiids.
Her mother took the girl To the church
and her eyes were touched with the relic.
saw Irene yes terday, and although the
chllds eyes were not well member OF the
family told me they were much better than
they had been.
Third avenue, had almost lost her voice
from tonsihtis.
=" Her throat was so bad" said her bro
Their. james Mccullough, " that DIR. Lynch
advised her TO submit TO an operation. de
intended to cut out portions OF her tonslls.
That was Saturday two weeks ago. She
went 10 the church and kissed the relic to
see if it would help her. She could feel no
change. and that afternoon she was Out
riding with some friends. She told them
she had kissed the relic.
60 You don't believe in that, do you!
asked one of the girls. and though they
were Catholics, too, they Joked her about
il. Mamie began to argue with them and
to say that she believed in st. Ann. she
felt something break in her throat and IN
stantly felt she was well. She found she
could sing and she has been we'll since
then. This afternoon she is singing III the
vesper service"
CURE OF AN ABsCLss.
The priests in attendance at st. Jean
Baptiste kept no record or the cures, ana
Rather Tetreau told me that very few cases
had been reported in the newspapers.
Nor. O'Reilly told me of woman So
ciajiy prominent IN San Francisco who had
yenerated the relic. She was stopping at
the Hoffman House. but he would not per-
nit her name TO be published.
"She had" he said, an abscess on her
side which no medical treatment would
cure. She had consulted specialists in
Europe. but they could not help her. After
she had visited the relics the abscess went
away. 1t entirely disappeared. In this
case there was an organic change-an
actual restoration of the bodily substance.
In cannot be explained on any theory OF
Imagination or suggestion. 1t was mani.
festation of Divine power"