Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-02-07
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
HOLDS COCAINE TO BLAME.
A Physicians Testimony Regarding
Chicago Wrecks.

IUlCaJo WTcckS.
Chicago physicians declare that the
cocaine habit Is responsible for many
Of the street and steam railway acct.
dents that are now so frequent IN Chi
cago, says n Chicago dispatch.
Druggists who are alleged to have
sold the brain destroying drug in vio-
lation of the law. have been indicted
by the grand jury. The states attorney
has begun Investigations. The use of
the drug Is not limited to any class.
physicians say, as the sales of small
boxes and walls of the product of the
cocoa leaves testifles to it's grasp on
residents OF fashionable hotels and
houses on the boulevards.
Wclhelm Bodemann. treasurer of the
state board Of pharmacy. testified be.
fore the grand jury that In his opinion
the many wrecks on the railroads
could be traced to the use OF coccaine
by the employees OF these companies.
and ont Of this statement grew the in.
vestigation that has revealed the wide.
spread uses of the drug
VI III ~ 0l ENAlbn tU1NlUIiH mo llUl
the railroad men have become victims
Of this terrible habit" said Mr.. Bode-
man while before the grand jury. land
many wrecks that have occurred could
be tracey to the use Of the drug" Mr.
Bodeman went further and said:
Railroad men are not allowed to
drink They fear to break this rule,
for the odor of liquor will soon lead to
detection. So in seeking a substitute.
many Of them have become cocaine
fiends The stun Is easily carried CON
cealed in their pockets. and cannot he
detected until the user has been for a
long time a user OF IT, And to the
shame of the profession the purchase
Of cocaine has almost Gene to be a
matter of having the money with
which to pay for 1t.
THE effect OF cocaine Is to deaden
the nerves and sensibilities. With that
comes a feeling of exhilaration and
strength. Its use has been known for
many years to the Indians of Peru.
They gather the leaves of the cocoa
plant In large quantities. and when
about to start upon journey or in
their daily work they chew these
leaves. While under the influence OF
the drug they lose all sense OF hunger
and fatigue. There Is no nutriment ia
the leaf. When the effect passes away
the person has a feeling OF depression
and weakness. The cure generally is
more OF the drug
in one of the fashionable hotels of
Chicago is a druggist who sells cocaine
to young women of the neighborhood,
who purchase 1t from him in ounce
bottles, for which they are required
to pay $40. In their rooms they satur.
ate bits OF cotton and inhale the fumes
until the sensation of exhilaratlon and
strength comes to them. This drug
gist's trade from the sale of cocaine
amounts to hundreds of dollars a
month.
In Halsted street Is a druggist
whose bill for cocaine by wholesale
was more than $500 last month. His
profit can hardly be estimated. For a
time this druggist, fearing the prose-
'"'i"H WI tue SN"No ""oiui S''" ''N"ih'
in boxes which were labeled Natures
own Remedy and were said TO be
compounded by a 'company-which
consisted only of the druggists broth
er. II has been learned other drug
gists sell compounds which are adver-
tised as face powders. These were
handed to those who We're not known
to the clerks and proprietors. When
the purchaser was known the drug in
the form desired was forthcoming