Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-11-21
2sSCHLATTER DISAPPEARS.
The Famous Healer's Work In Denver.
~ Goes Away

scHLATTER DISAPPEARS.
The Famous Healer's Work IN Denver
-: Goes Away s1IysteriousIy.E
Denver, COL, NOV. i5.-Quite a sensa-
zion was created here by the announce
xnent that Francis Schlatter had mys-.
.fHricusly disappeared. Thursday morn
ing member of the Fox family, with
which family he had been staying, went
about eight o'clock to-xall him for
breakfast, but his room, was found va
can't ma sq% ssx avs.s't2 s., kr..<.,,, x ..,
Later in the morning note from
Asehlatter was found reading:as Fox,
my mission is finished. The Father
takes me away. (Signed) F. Schlat-
teri 2 E
Denver, COL, Nov. 16.-The retreat of
Francis Schlatter, the healer, has been
well covered. 1t would seem that
where he is so well known he could not
move far without being discovered, but
this mansis notlike ordinary men,. He
has uttered privat ionssin the Arizona
deserts SO severe that few days Of
fasting IN the Colorado hills during
comparatively mild weather is no hard
ship. Besides he is so respected by the
general public that were he to request
seclusion and privacy he would be
granted it without question. Hence
he may be at Rooney's ranch near the
Garden of the Angels at Morrison, or
he may be quietly resting near the city.
All day long people wandered over to
the Fox cottage to gaze upon the scene
where for IS days Francis Schlatter
stood administering the healing touch.
The trains Friday brought in several
hundred persons who had not learned
before starting upon their long journey
that he had mysteriously disappeared
during the night of November -. One
woman, who seemed of more than ordi-
nary intelligence, asked to be shown the
exact spot where Schlatter had stood.
She then climbed over the fence. stood
in the plaeesandc declared she had faith
sufficient to. believe that act would be
the means of etfecting cure of her bod
lily ills.
The disappearance of Schlatter was
the main topic of conversation all over
the city. The federal officers say that
the case against the handkerchief fakirs
will be dropped and that Schlatter may
return for all they care. Few think
that he will return and his disciples are
divided as to the meaning his last mes
sage conveys: my mission is ended"
reads the:message, and some think that
that ends his earthly career. Others
Say that he is not far off, and will re-
veal himself in a few days. Others hold
to the more rational conclusion that he
has tramped away to avoid the crowds
which would undoubtedly have fol-
lowed him had he gone publicly, and
such believe they. will hear of him later.
It is an 1ndoubted fact that through
all these weeks of excitement many
persons have been benefited, whether
their ills were imaginative or not and
that aaspiritual growth has been mani
Tested in those who sought him out,
though many continue to believe that
he is q harmless lunatic. 10
Omaha, Neb:, Nov. 16.-Gen. F. f.
| Fiesta veteran newspaper man of this
city, wrote from Denver Wednesday as
follows: - u -.
II have seen strange things to-day. Fran
! els Schlatter Is certainly wonderful man.
The crowd of people visiting him Is re-
markable. Yesterday he treated 2.700 peo-
| pie. to-day about 5000. The quality Of the
crowd is what surprises one more than all.
1t is composed Of every class, but what Is
| remarkable is the intelligent people. Prac-
teal men are enthusiastic and say there is
Sn,,l 1fEf ka hoo1 90 -i~ o-;<,
and goodness.
while standing in line about 9:45 my
friend said: There is man who has just
been treated. He couldn't walk without
| crutches. Now he Is walking without them
He Is cured Sure enough. there he was,
| with a crowd around him. AS soon as we
were through we went over to see him. His
hand had been disabled by disease and his
leg was useless from the same cause. !
saw him walk across the street carrying
the clutches under his arm. What do you
think of that? He is respectable citizen
OF Ellsworth, Kan. saw him again this
afternoon. He was standing without
crutches. talking to the people.
"An with whom l have talked say they
have had relief. DIR. Keithley. Of Weeping
Water, has dispensed with his speaking
trumpet. He does not need it any more.
hardly know how to, express an opinion OF
this strange man. Imerely state the facts.
When he treats you nothing is said. He
simply grasps your right hand. pauses a
| moment. releases you, and that is all.
las TO my own experience with him, 1t Is
this: 1 have written this letter without
glasses: The sensation on leaving him was
| a slight tremor or culver. Then the right
hand got warm and the left cold. Prick
ing sensations soon appeared in the RICH,
hand and the old aches and pains went
away. AS to what other. benefits will ap-
| pea time must determine. but certainly
heard better when he got through with me.
have been using glasses for several years.
| II is certainly peculiar experience"