Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-11-15
CURES Blind Ind HALT.
Santa Teresa'S Won
drOuS Power.
The Laying On OF Hands Is
Sll 5,c-t 0s.
She Knows Not How Comes Her
Power Nor How 1t
NCrkS.

SolomonyiIle Bulletin: Santa Teresa,
about whom so much has been written
during the past two years, owing to her
profession Of unlimited skill in dealing
all manner of disease by her power OF
magnetism, has wisely concluded to
make Graham county her future home
and her coming has created no little
interest among the Mexicans who re-
side at San Jose where Srita. Teresa
arrived last Friday evening. She
came overland from Nogales, accom-
panied by several relatives and friends
and was met several miles from San
Jose by quite a, number of citizens and
escorted into town, where she was &C
cored an ovation in which the entire
town took part.
Srita. Teresa dislikes the appellation
Santa and makes no preltensions of
being a saint, although she was ban
iShed from Mexico some three years
ago because of the excitement she Gre
ated among the Yaqui Indians who
worshiped her as such. She came
across the line to Nogales where she
has since lived and has been visited
by hundreds of Mexicaps from every
section of Arizona who had faith in her
mysterious power of restoring health.
On Tuesday Bulletin representa-
tive accompanied by Pedro Michelena,
called at the ranch of Ramon Montova
where Teresa is for the present staying,
and was granted an interview. She
was surrounded by a number of callers,
representing the leading Mexican
families and was entertaining them
with her singing and music. Upon
making our mission known she very
graciously invited us into her private
room and together with her father and
Pedro Michelena, as Interpreter, she
told the Bulletin man the following
story:
Il was born in the state of sinaloa,
Old Mexico, alta place. called Santa
Ana, TWEEN ty-three years ago and at the
age of sixteen l went to live with my
sister in the state of Sonora, that
from that time on I have been known
as Teresa de Cabora' 1t was while
staying there that first realized that
1 possessed great magnetic power and
had control over persons with whom |
came in contact. l don't know how
have the power but am positive that l
can cure any disease with which l
come in contact / do not claim ito
have any supernatural power, but l
have the wonderful will power and
magnetism Strong enough to cure any
and all Diseases" Continuing she
said: 1T was only this morning that
an old Mexican woman suffering severe
pains in her chest was brought to me,
l simply passed my hands over her,
with the power l have and the pains all
disappeared. I cannot explain = it to
you for really don't know how 1 do it
myself. l start in with the full de-
termination to cure the persons
brought before me and / seldom fail
l have cured hundreds and if 1 fail to
effect permanent cure on some,
have never failed to benefit them.
NO, do not know how long l shall
remain here, but as long as I can do any
good. 1 came direct from Nogales here
and everything has been made as pleas
ant for me as possible"
She chatted along quite gaily for a
while longer and then excused herself
to see some new conner who had just
arrived.
Miss Teres3Urrea is avery good look
ing young lady, about five feet seven
inches high, rather slender, with large
black eyes and an abundance of hair.
She was dressed in plain calico dress
with the usual Mexican shawl Thrown
across her shoulders In speaking she
grows quite animated and makes her
gestures in explaining a point quite
energetic.
The yard was filled with wagons and
as we rode back to town the road was
lined with them carrying the injured
and diseased Mexicans to her. The
place is crowded every day with the
blind, lame and sick people from the
surrounding country.
SANTA F'E, PRESCOTT & PHOENIX.