The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
MEXICAN MIRACLES.
The Extraordinary Powers Of q
Young SenOrita.
All Sorts Of Physical Afiistiaas Dispcfled
By Her Supernatural Infin-
ence-3Iirsculous Per-
forun3ncess

Teresa Urea, the eighteen-year~old
daughter of wen-to-dio parents, who has
been astonishing the inhabitants Of her
native state with miraculous perform
anoes for many months, Is still at work,
says Sonora Correspondent of the New
York Sun, and In such a way that re-
sponsible persons, whose tales are to be
credited, shake their heads and say it is
certainly very curious. Old Don Tomas,
the girls father, a practical and prosaic
hacienda proprietor, is not happy at the
notoriety brought upon the family. At
the same time he cannot help himself
Teresa began her strange actions by
awakening her parents one midnight,
many months ago, with pitiable groans
and lamentations The terrified old
folks tumbled out of bed and hurried
into the adjoining room. Teresa in
formed them tnat she was suffering a
great agony of spirit" but that as
soon as the cock should crow thrice she
would be relieved. She had spasms,
and went into a trance that lasted thir-
teen days. Her parents thought her
dead and were preparing for the funeral
when she revived and recovered. I'M
mediately after this she began to per-
form wonderful cures by the laying on
of hands. A lame woman was her first
ease. This becoming rapidly gossiped
about, the lame, blind and otherwise
ailing began to arrive in crowds, walk
ing ON their knees as soon as they came
in sight Of the house, and reciting
prayers and calling the young lady the
''holy maiden.
Don Tomas. the father, began to think
1t had gone far enough, and said en-
phatically that the nonsense must cease.
'You may say what you please, papa"
said Teresa, 'but you will see, by and
by, that it is not nonsense" And she
Immediately started in to give him
proof of her powers in mind reading.
The old gentleman was quite upset and
had no more to say. Teresa, therefore,
continues in the good work.
The authorities have thought 1t worth
while to investigate, and the result is
report signed by Senors Tiburclo, Es-
quer Parada, Castro and Amparan, all
of whom are the opposite of supersti-
tons. According to what they have
discovered Miss Urea has cured more
than three hundred sufferers from all
kinds of complaints. The Mexicans,
especially the men, are rather given to
scofing at such manifestations. One
incredulous individual named Jose
Parades laughed in the young girls
face, whereupon, so says the report,
she slipped out of her body and stood
before him for an instant in double
form, both shapes being perceptible to
him. Parades rubbed his eyes and his
hair rose on end.
"What did you see?" asked Teresa.
Nothing" he stammered. "That is,
It was an optical illusion" But he was
converted. And so Teresa keeps on.
She is tall, slender girl, with small
features, melancholy glance, and mod
est manners. She has but moderate
and is disposed to preach
faith and good works.
The hacienda of her father is sixty
miles from Alamos, between the Yaqui
and the Mayo. And there all day long,
and day after day, in the eternal sum
mer sunlight of that land, the crowd of
sufferers come walking on their knees
and droning their prayers and beseech-
ing the ''holy maiden" And Teresa
meets them with benign self-confdence
and bids them be well and depart in
peace. Something very curious about
it." say the skeptical, and shrug their