The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-15
Was the Heartfelt Exclamation OF
Everyone Treated at the Opera
House Last Night.
Hundreds Turned Away Iuable to Gain Ad-
mission The Demonstration to Be Re-
peated Again Tonight The Boy
Phenomenon Lionized by the Help
less Cripples Of the COnieder.
ate Home and City.

Last night at Mllietts opera
house was witnessed the most won
derful, surprising and phenomenal
exhibitions of caring tie lame,
blind, paral yzed, rheumatic and other
diseases by animal magnetism ever
witnessed in th, city.
The opera house was packed to
suffocation, hundreds being turned
away before the time appointed to
begin. "Standing room only" was
announced to the eager ticket buy
ers long before o'clock.
Although the hour for opening
had not arrived, the house
being packed to suif ocation, Prof.
w. Fletcher Hall, the world re.
nowned sight d.ognostician, came
upon the stage and delivered most
comprehensive lecture on the power
of vital magnetism and its scientific
application in the cure Of diseases
without medicine.
After which Dr.. franklin Stuart
Temple, the Boy Phenomenon, was
introduced to the audience, and
without any preliminaries called for
the wost cases of hopeless cripples
to come upon the stage and be trea
ted free of cost
There was wild stamped and
rush Of the worst cases in Austin to
get upon the stage, and the audience
arose as one man and made break
for the stage door. 1t was quite
amusing and at the same time pitt
full to see the lame, blind, paralyz sd
and detormed cripples all making a
wild scramble to reach the stage
door first.
There was quite majority o. the
Confedera veterans home uni
forms noticed among the thror g
clamoring for admission TO the
stage TO be treated, but requests
were made by several prominent.
citizens in the audience that VIM.
j. Oliphant, secretary of the Austin
bosrd of public works, known and
beloved by every one in Texas, be
treated first. AS he was so well
known, he WAS given preference,
and hobbled upon the stage on two
crntches. He was hopeless and
helpless cripple from rheum atism of
both limbs and anchylasis of the
knee ,ints, having been on two
crutches for years. Alter thres
minutes treatment by thi, wonder.
full boy he was able 10 walk across
the stage aud into the audience
without assistance of any k nd.
Another case. of rheumatism
trea,ea and cured upon the stage
was that Of Maj Joshua G. Craw.
ford, connected with the advertise.
ment department of this paper, who
had been unable to use his right arm
for eight months. After two
minutes treatment he could raise his
arm and swing it all over his head.
He is convinced of the marvellous
powers of animal magnetism as
demonstrated by this wonderful boy
phenomenon and desires to be re
ferred to as a staunch friend of the
doctor and a firm believer in his
ability to cure any case he under
takes.
ANOTHER PHENOMENAL CURE
was that of B. S. Pillow, the well
known telegraph operator in the
Statesman counting room, and re.
siding at 1901 West f ghth street,
who has been on crutches from q
severe sprain of the right leg fol-
four months He was treated few
moments and walked off the stage
holding his crutches high over his
head and praising the boy phenom
enon at every step.
DIR. A. j. Dunn, of the Confed
crate Home, has been a helplas,
cripple for a year with rheumatism
in both legs. After few minutes
vigorous rubbing by the doctor he
was enabled to walk across the stage
and down the stairs without cratch
or cane.
Jack O'Brian, quite we'll know
hack driver on our streets, who has
been on crutches for rheumatism