The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-08
SCHRAEDER is HERE
Alleged Devine Healer Ready
to Relieve the Sick.
CAME IN FROM TEXAS
Opens Temporary Office Over
603 East Douglas.

| August Schraeder. the migratory apos-
| tie OF the Divine church. the divine heal
I er, the bandanna handkerchief blesser.
and one Of the most mysterious persons
/ who has ever walked the earth or ridden a
bicycle. is in Wichita He has come 10
cure and bless the afflicted and will do il
without money and without price. When
he stepped from the Rock Island train
from the south yesterday dressed in a
priestly robe which reached to his heels.
and with long, wavy nair reaching almost
to the middle Of his back. and a heavy
sandy beard covering most Of his interest
ing face. people wondered who he was.
what he was. where he came from and
what he would do in Wichita All the
baggage he had was a bicycle, on which
he travels when the roads are good. The
Rock Island conductor motioned TO Pc
liceman Remspear and told him that the
strange man was Schraeder. the renowned
divine Healer, and said Schraeder had
cured an afflicted man while coming up
in the train. Immediately engaging a
room over COS East Douglas. Schraeder
proceeded TO run his own errands about
the city. He did not wear a hat after he
secured room, as hat lessons the re-
semblance of divinity which he assumes.
Schraeder claims to be the Schlatter who
created such a sensation in Denver three
years ago. He says people and newspa-
pers got his name wrong half of the time
and TO reporter for the Eagle yesterday
he took a paper and pencil and carefully
wrote his name in fun. The sensation at
Denver was the most wonderful ever
known in this country. For weeks the
healer healed and blessed the people and
was worshipped by those whom he reliev-
ed of ills. People fell at his feet in their
frenzied alteration, but they don't do that
any more, and Schraeder fails 10 tell the
reason why. Special trains were run 10
Denver from all over the country, and
thousands testified TO being cured. Sud
denly the mysterious parsonage disap-
peared as suddenly as he came, and was
not seen or heard OF for many months
Reports went over the country that he
was seen up in the mountains riding a
white horse, and afterwards the white |
horse was found dead and It was report |
Gu lAldt ne nearer was Oeau. SGtTdeuer |
said yesterday that a great deal of the |
newspaper reports about him and the |
white horse were utterly untrue. He said /
he became exhausted by the work In Den I!
yer and IN order to regain his strength |
he went into the mountains OF New Mex |
leo and tasted for forty days and nights. |
Then he began his work again. but has |
never had the run that he had at Denver.
No sooner had he got ready for business
yesterday in his rooms than he began 10
have callers. and before night he minis
erred to more than fifty persons and bless
ID several handkerchiefs. He will not
'harge a cent. but leaves the question OF
enumeration to the discretion OF those he
helps.
do you find the public very gratefuI?"
Isked a reporter for the Eagle TO whom
Schroeder was telling his experiences and
Methods.
mo, indeed. Sometimes 20 hungry for
avs. and again there are seasons In which
fare very we'll"
I'm case the crowd becomes too great
or your room here. will you hold any pub
c meetings on the streets?"
II will heal the people snywhere-on the