Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-06-29

statistics which show that more than
ioV'ooo men and women are Illegally
- medicine and the art OF
healing in Germany. ana that this
hnmLer Is rapidly Increasing.
one radical staustician saws that
ne mas found $50 cases of cancer in
ms province. OF these TWENTY-FIVE are
attended by authorized physicians ana
lVS by quacks. He maintains n is
nearly as bad in other diseases which
particularly call for trained medical
aid.
Most of these quacks allege that
lhey have occult powers. personal
magnetism, magnetic eyes and
hands,' and that cure will be the
immediate consequence of implicit re-
lance IN this treatment German doc.
.ors are Indignant at the incomes en-
loyed by some of these rivals. In the
iarse cities of SaNony. Leipsic, Dres-
ueh ana Chemnitz. It is not unusual
ior an ignorant qnack to receive from
Sl'ooo To $4,000 a year. an income be-
fond the average earnings of the sci
aniihcally equipped medical man
throu shout Germany.
Attention is also directed to the
number OF women quacks who profess
10 have magnetic powers. In Saxouy
alone there are several hundred. and
among their patients are some of the
proudest names in the land.
NEW YORK, June 24.-Arthur E.
Stilwell, president of the Kansas CITY.
Mexico x Orient railroad, accompan-
led by E. Dickinson, general manager
oi the road, sails today for Europe for
stay of several months. Most of the
time will be spent in England. but a
trip Will be made to Holland. where
the Dutch stockholders will he told of
the progress OF the new road
BOSTON, Mass, June 2G.-This
morning occurred the unveiling of q
colossal bronze equestrian statue of
General Joseph Hooker on the
grounds OF the State House. The
Massachusetts.
The statue is the wort, of Daniel C.
French. 1t is colossal, measuring
nearly fifteen feet high, while the pc
destal on which it rests is of nearly
equal height. The horse stands with
all iour hoois ON the ground. its head
pulled in, its tail pendant The gen
eral is equally quiet He wears the
soft chapeau, sits with straight knees
very erect. and holds his head little
back as if observing the movement of
troops at distance.
The dedication OF the monument to-
day was made the occasion of splen-
did military pageant, $4,000 soldiers
OF the United States army. National
Guard of the state of Massachusetts
and sailors and marines from the
Charlestown navy yard being in line
and constituting the largest parade OF
armed men seen in Boston in a num-
Der Of years. In addition to the regu-
lar military organizations the parade
included members of the Loyal Le-
gion, the Society of the Army of the
Potomac, whose annual reunion is in
progress here; the veterans of The
Grand Army of the Republic. New
England Association of Veterans of
the Mexican war, Naval and Military
Order Spanish-American. War Vete-
rams, Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company. Worcester Continentais,
Sons of Veterans, and Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers, the presence of the
after organization being in reeogni
tion OF General Hooker's work on the
Pacific coast before the Civil war
The program committee reversed
the usual order of things and had the
mveiling take place before the parade
in order that every one might have
an opportunity of viewing the latter