The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-24

that if any person stdnos IN the iii'
all day and fails to reach the front O
! the house he should not become discour
| aged. In the opinion Of the healer TN
| visitor will receive relief even though
| he never touched the hand Of Schlatter
BEGAN IN CALIFORNIA.
In reply to an inquiry yeSterda!
Schlatter said: Il began healing OF
| the 25th Of September. last year. NJ!
first work was done at La Puente, lit
| tie town about fifteen miles south O.
Los Angeles, Cal. I continued in TIT
work for two months and three days
staying only three days in any ons
place. The Father told me when to go
The power was not as great then al
now"
In describing his journeys Schlettel
says he visited San Francisco, but re
manned only few hours in the city. hi
landed in San Francisco at o'clock IL
the mornig and left before noon. HIS
travels through the deserts Of Arizona
and the strange interpretations Of provi
dence, as he and his friends believe
form a most interesting chapter in his
career. One who talks with Schlattei
cannot fail to be deeply impressed with
the absolute sincerity Of the man and
his unfiinching honesty of purpose. He
seems to live in a different atmosphere
from the rest of mankind. He cares
nothing for the criticisms of the world
and appears one Of the few living men
who places no value whatever on the al
mighty dollar.
Many attempts have beeen made to
induce him to receive money, but with
out avail. A gentleman tells OF per-
son in New Mexico who left $2I On
table as a gift to the healer for dement's
received. When the gift was pointed
out the healer requested that the money
be taken to a store and changed into
silver dollars and half dollars. He took
the change in his hands and going to
the door distributed the money among
the poorest of the people in the street.
He says in answer to requests to &C
cept money, THE Father will provide"
BENEFICIAL SERVICE.
In the room, after Schlatter retired
from his outdoor work yesterday, was
a little boy carrying a pair of crutches.
The boys name is Harry Weber. He
is afflicted with hip disease which ate
away the flesh, laying open the bones
of the left hip. To News reporter the
boy said: Il have been sick two years
and suffered and could not play with
other boys Three weeks ago Mr..
Schlatter treated me. 1 slept that night
and have been sleeping regularly since.
The skin is growing over the bone and
/ have no more pain in the hip. L feel
better every day and feel that l am get
ting WELL.
Fred Roe living al 2029 Champa street
feels that the healer has performed
a miracle in his case. Il have been
afflicted with sciatic rheumatism for
more than twenty years, said he yes
terday II stood five hours in the line
last Tuesday and at night 1 placed the
handkerchief on the sore spot. L
walked over here today"
Timothy Broderick, a large man or
powerful frame, who is assisting in di-
recting the crowd this week. said: Il
sold tickets for old John Robinson's
circus for seven years, but 1 never saw
anything like / have seen this week.
The healer is a man Of God.
WHERE DOCTORS DESPAIRED.
George H. Waterbury of this city, is
outspoken in favor of the healer and a
remarkable cure which Mr.. Waterbury
says is being effected in his own family
Mr. Waterbury was seen yesterday and
spoke as follows concerning his expert
ence with the healer:
81 first heard of Schlatter through
the Albuquerque, N. NJ, press, while on
official business in New Mexico. Hav-
ing an only son who is past four years
old. and who has been paralyZed so
that he has never walked or talked. l
made a careful investigation of some
of the more difficult cases which it had
been reported that Schlatter had cured
by the simple laying on of hands. 1
%ho% ha mi
Their a fake nor an impostor, but an
honest man, gifted with some wonder
full power to heal, all OF which he at
tributed to the Father also that he
would not receive any money as con-
sideration for the good he was doing
to afflicted humanity. I found him to
be an educated man, with pronounce
ed German accent, and a strong resem-
blance to the Italian type of pictures
of Christ with which We are familiar.
zone of the traits of character which
I noticed as predominant in this mans
makeup was his unbounded faith in
himself and his power to cure any kind
of disease which human flesh is heir
to. He reverently gave credit to The
Father who, he said, directed all of
his movements, and kept him supplied
with the wants of life.
III l.
'"The day called TO see him, was the
thirty-fifth of his forty days fast.
must confess that / was astonished at
the remarkable and vice-like grip of
the hand with which he grasped mine,
and the alacrity with which he fitted
around the yard of Mr.. Sommer's place
where he was stopping, shaking hands
with those calling TO be healed and Off
ering words of good cheer and encour-
agement to all. l then preached the
subject of my sons affection and how
dear to my heart the little fellow was.
In the midst of my explanation he
stopped me, and said, Your son will
begin TO get better at once. and will be
cured in two months. Simply have
faith in the Father I found that he
did not require TO have the case dag
noSed. but simply brought TO hris at
tention, but he says. L will be in Den
yer on the 2Sd and see your son, and
he will be cured.
Il then offered. that in the event Mr.
FoX did not send him ticket TO Dem
Yer / would do so. and at the same
time offering him money. which he re-
fused. say that the Father would pro-
vide for his necessities. but finally ac-
cepted a comparatively insignificant
sum for postage to answer the :nqui-
ries from the afflicted. This sum of
money. Mr.. Fox has since told me.
has been religiously used for that pur-
pose alone.
IMPROVEMENT MANIFESTED
Il can truthfully say that from the
time mentioned the boy commenced to
mend. and since Mr. Sch'atter's
visits has shown a marked improve
ment This Improvement. if continued
Will eventually result in his being able
TO walk. talk and use his hands 10 feed
himself. in fact grow 10 manhood with
his faculties perfect. Notwithstanding
the predictions of some OF the principal
physicians OF this city
Il am not advertising Schlatter nor