Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-10-16
SEEKING THE "MESSAH.r
Hundreds with Ills Stand All Night in the
Cold in Denver To Be in Line to
Meet the Healer.
[By telegraph to the New York Herald.

[By telegraph to the New York Herald.
DENVER, Col, Sept. %, 1S95.-It was
fortunate for the unfortunate that Sun
day interviewed to stop the laying on
of hands by Francis Schlatter, the New
Mexico messiah" He has rigidly
observed the Sabbath by going to st.
Patrick's Catholic Church, a small and
unpretentious edifce on the north
side. within stones throw from the
Fox residence, where he is staying.
1t was expected that crowd of large
proportions would attend this morning
for the sake of seeing and touching the
garments of the healer, owing to the
report that almost fabulous cures
have been effected in persons who
have merely looked at the face of the
strange man. The storm kept persons
away from the church.
The fact that there would be no
treatment to day had been widely ad.
vertised and the crowds that fingered
In the keen wind of last night melted
away before the full brunt of the
storm broke over the city at midnight.
Five inches of snow covered the
ground this morning, and had there
been one of the usual receptions there
would have been hundreds of sufferers
from the CeIupoTdtur0, WIlCA uIOpPCu
below the freezing point.
DEFY THE COLD TO MEET HIM.
That the prospect of intense cold and
dire distress does not serve as deter
rent is proven by the fact that at ten
o'clock tonight persons are beginning
to flock to the vicinity of the house, so
as to be in line early Monday. The
enthusiasm can better be understood
when the sudden change of tempera-
ture is known. Forty hours ago the
thermometer was at eighty, while to-
night the mercury is down to thirty.
The crowds are not limited to the
poor and INDECENT by any means, for
| the we'll dressed are visible among the
| foremost in the line, and to-day quite
a number of really wealthy persons es-
saved to claim the attention of the
healer. He was deaf to all importuni-
ties, and announced that he would not
give audience to any one who sought
relief by the influence of patrician
wealth.
| MANY citizens have tried to induce
Schlatter to receive in Coliseum Hall
! a large downtown building, which has
been offered to him by liberal persons
who have faith in his alleged divine
power. He refuses to entertain such
| offers, and maintains that Ibis Father
told him to dwell with the poor, and
perform His works" in their midst.
CLAIMED BY THEOSOPHIsTs.
Theosophists and Christian Science
people are claiming the healer for theil
own and the result has been to provoke
the liveliest sort of discussion. The
Rev. Myron W. Reed, we'll known
Liberal CLERGYMAN, visited Schlatter THU
afternoon and was accol ded long in
terview in company with one of thu
Judges of the District Court. He came
AWAY Impressed with the power O.
Schlatter, but said he was puzzled Il
account for his marvellous faculty.
Schlatter will remain here for anoth
err month, aud On November IS will
leave for Chicago. He says the Fathe
has fixed the date and that he will new
err revisit the same places. He is abso
lutely penniless, but will not accep
even the smallest favors, either gifts o
money.