The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-10
HE HEALED THEN ALL
HERRN8sy THE HKAIER-s
cLEyER PERFORMANCE ar
TEE MAEQC4M.
Men and Women, Crippled for Years
Came on CLUTCHES and walked
Away Cured.

The w6Ncs~fIl F11tSs4 ~0E o. FrSt1EsAk y
apparent perfect health . number Of De-
f1rrne9 ard .ussrus pe-sors by Hermann
the Eeziarss II the Ma-a1zn t1eatSr last
evening waz SCAT never % be forgot
ten Truly. tzzAsd- were gae lazls gwen
the use % their iir-ks ard tire deaf re-
stored their hearing. Nary ar aged man
last evening wasse1 from the tns7tsr
with his cruscass. fnat rad borne Ain -
for vsars. z.pou his shoulders The aston
sshsag rssaats achieved. n fun vssw % tie
aadlsnre. BY ncagat save the contact OK
the WARTS h4r6<. caused the vast gath
eTfBg of people that f5led tAe cuik1I7g Ike
bees 81 hive. 20 marvel ard muse. when
tue gs715ened look OF some relieved per-
son VAS seen 20 beam with extreme thank
ful1ess for shat he owed 20 Hermann
the bsnefaetor. There was no apparent
imposition. and evidently no fayor1ttsra
SHOWN, unless IL were 80 the poor. The
front seats Of the theates were lined with
men and women suffering from ali kinds
Of acute and chronic ailments. II was i'm
possible IN one evening 70 treat all. 50 free
tickets we're given TO many Of the ailIng
persons for admission tbs evening. The
name 90 Hermann tire Healer viii be a
hywoSa upon the streets OF Portland for
years 70 come. By this time his name VIII
be on the tongues % Thousands. His APP
parent cures vii b discussed By every
family ia the cify--they VII be food fer
thought for the physician and the student.
What Hermann Gt1 last evening must
necessarily spread IKE prairie fra
Throughout the counties OF the state. aai
beyond rs borders. Tbs fire vas started
last evening b. these who were cured. and
the vast number > 10 witnessed what they
could hardly believe with their OWL eyes.
Deception Il could not possibly have beea,
for. as will be seen from the names given
herewith. among those who were beue-
fsf he tye~ Hs4a{z ~zrf~ "A
beer residents OF this city for years and
whose ailments hive bsfled the ptacti-
TONER. The cures were performed. The
only question =. Are they permanent
The wizard says he can prove that since
lie first began 70 use what must be re-
garGed As his superhuman magnetic pow
eTs. some three years ago. there has no.
been a single recurrence or rsvisstatson
Of the ailments which he has spirited
away.
Long before the time the exhibition OF
wonders began. the clerk an charge OF the
ticket offiee had the cry upon his lips.
Standing room oTly." The audience was
not only large. but representative. though
this must not De interpreted TO mean that
the poor were absent. They were there IN
large numbers. some. "A their anxiety 10 be
treated. having eontrived 70 secure seats
near the stage. There were present law
yers. doctors. ministers. business men. ara
u TACT II = hard 20 say who was not
there.
The first patient treated was an ola man
named J. s. Spencer, living at sB Four
tenth street. who was a cripple from In
nsnnatory rheumatism. IN addition 20
being helped BY the two crutehes he had
70 De assisted 70 the s. age by two attend
ants. HERMANN, with a hoyish face.
dressed tn black bFeeches and loose white
blouse. resembling the bodice az a wo7,s,
trspped forward upou his toes Ike yo,,ng
giri an1 stepped TO the back OF the ma
tent. who had been seated upon A chair
Laying rs hands first on Ia. ola rmrss
head and forehead, he sfterwar1 whfskAs
tnsn eriskly down the spine. along the
shoulders. dopn the arms ara ns.As-
limbs. and The work was done Ths rsa,
stood up smiling. his pain vas gona hs
Naiksd down the steps from the stage nm
aided while his crutches WE'RE os~,4s,s -.
an assistant who followed behind such
ehefr rent that theater as never was heays
- tne esines before. II was the first ex-
hloitic7 OF ihs sszar3'E power Ths au.,-
snce became wild with s@l5rht
The next Nss J. r RAnHan ~ .,ht--
who Ter nearly nine years had beNn suf
ierer Som sriatic rheumatism Ar NJ,
wss taken from him. out ne Hal ar -
three inches shorter than the other wbi.s
could not Be heightened Nr. RanaaH
noNsfe-' FORGOT thai he had rhenn1atIs-n
from TIA stage
O q Short. living At ess Everett. .,-sa.
sufferer from rheumatism for nf.a@1
years. was treated Nth the same su~rase
There WAS not a happier man in shsf 80.
ter than Short when he found ,hat ~.
use % his limbs had hcsn restored 81 s,,5-
denly an8'painlessiy.
" Pearsy from ths coanfv hosng,ar
vas also cared 81 rhcunaatIsr, W.
hal n
70 sit down. bat replied fnat be ca.,l5 -.
The wizard stroked his knees rspgal,,
then. LAYING q handkerchief tr-oy, ~
6oor, told him 20 nack e un The ma, sfa
50. and there vas ne one mere surnrises
than hirnssI.
Miss Annie Martin. living a. 81 North
Third, had snHere1 FOE three weeks con-
unnouFly with facial neuralgia A few
strokes over the head ard fsra a~s -
young woman stated before ne sa4ss-s.
that she fell reliet for the arst time in
tia three weeks
NJ 4. Heaay. OF Albsna. has A~er
cripple for ssxhtHen raoafhs. osuxsa Nv
uail entering his foot Tie eouls -, -,
us ieft foet 20 the ground whsH he vas
helped apon ste sgags. bgi IN fpe minutes
b eas9ld discard Al the soft hsnasgsz
ana ~ais e BIS scat unsssisted. where
BIS clutches were taken 20 hssn.
Mrs Rack. % Twsnsy-f8nrfh ara =
streets, vas conducted IN the stage. dear
and suffering frona sore ewes Before eha
lefS she couia hear whisper n h,sh ears
Charles Eaffersen - East Ninth srreAt
for seven mouths an Invalid from, s-s~.fe
rheuulattssn. was only teri no-arflv AesIers
The rain vas taken from his hla 70 -
knee, and ~ was told thar II Ne uso..fs
cau a. the Portland hassi - n e'eln~.e
this morning he woald - treated nsrthsr
free % charge.
Ms Graham. q zss SAVER street Win
paralysis N fhe right arm. ~as ia a very
faw minutes given TIE fncSr gserfa~r s,~u a.
shAt useful iisnh. she coaia put Il behind
her head vita freedom before sha iaft TIE
stag
Henry ROssAlsHf. az ~ GRAFT street vas
another man who we0t 20 The t7aeassr unon
crutehes nn1 went bone WITH ,hen xas-
vsu1e8 hartssnfs2iv uraer hf< arm
Mrs. f7-tsssu. q IS R'Irrssfs STREE. vas
healed - rnse1attsTs ard ressraax4s IN
ths head wtsh whsch sse ha3 sesn at-f-sSvs
for ten yssrs
a yoorr wowsn src-n East Portland
With eafsrsrt wnon tie rsEht eve. z-zs
greatly benefited fhe professor og4~tn~ ra
treat her f-es arsti Hna3v removed
Al ess iran, a2usef Jacob Stone. - ~
Grant street. a cr-Hr1e srur1 rheumatism
ana paralysis. ara a eaTe~er frr-u es-a
sves was rtrsn re free usT - every lfrrs
James SieNsrt ~ ~ Burnside sfreee
seat s-s saTsrluE f-o-s pains 81 the aa~z
ars beat waa also s1e-ssssalfv treated
the N~sr asestioH Brt after TIE wiKagH haa
r.srf~ruee3 ~ roFk e1i1 vba sear anv-
fai~x wsea vca -a-s ss-e er-wAS a.
swa~sa sNRrnsv. = cegas net
In re- rase ~ A Sears a. iavalfs f~os.
va~a,vssS Ans Il r H~ines who Asa
rasa~aets 81 eeth ewes, tAs hea}sr waz rot