Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-15
'SCHLATTER"
At THE GRAND
CLAIMS OF THE PATIENTS
som, Declare Ihat They were bene-
a,.d- Others We're Not some queer
disturbances Took Place

Yesterday afternoon and evening DR.
Mclean. who claims that he is the di-
vine healer schlatter' who created
sp,b distinct sensation in Colorado
s,yeroI wears ago. lectWed az the
Grand opera House. the evening I''-
ture being accompanied by demonstIa-
lions OF the power OF healing when me
lecturer saws comes To him from God
through the agency of prayer Among
the few people present In the afternoon
were a number suffering from various
aglictlons who had come under the mis-
understandings that healing was TO be
done At the afternoon lecture. and were
consequently disappointed. Present
also was Or. j. C.. Sides. formerly Of
Denver who claims TO have been intI-
matsly acquainted with schlatier In
Colorado and who, during the remarks
made by Dr. Mclean relative 20 we
wrong done him by the denials that he
was the same man, exclaimed
you are not the man who was IN
Denver -.....,
Dr. Mclean Immediately stopped
speaklng and refused TO 80 on until
br. Sides LETT the house After the
doctor had disappeared. Or. Mclean
continued speaking. denounciug me
man who had interrupted him ana the
ueople who disbelieyed In him ia gem
erat His main theme In the afternoon
was the subject OF faith. ana ne r.
counted many instances Of people WHO
had been healed through his prayer
In the evening a large gathering OF
people greeted the lecturer, though ne
stated IN closing that 1t was the small
est that had ever greeted hlm Aoou'
twenty-five people afflicted Win Nall-
GUS diseases occupied the Two IIoh'
seats and from these DR.. Mclean se
lected about seventeen Wnom ne sta'c'
he felt Impressed would receive h!ql
things" Dr. Mclean said, "und VIII
take only those He inspires me 10 SEE
lect." He refused 90 deal with any
under fourteen. as none under that age
could be expected to have developed
falth-and III Is only those Who nave
faith themselves that can be healed
he said
Among those called 70 the stage were
Fred swenson. deafness, Alice Jackson
52f Second South street. tumOr, William
Ford Butte. nervous paralysis OF the
right side; Mary Stevenson, 53l First
West street. partial blindness and ca
tarrh of the ear, clara Murphy, S55 +
street heart trouble and a combination
of diseases Mary Lindsay heart kld-
ney and stomach trouble; Joseph WE
hanson. Park city, sahvatiohi
jeanette McLaiu citv bronchial trou-
bic and deafness. Mrs Jacobson
Fountain Green. nervous trouble, Jen'
ME Ross. GA south Second East, rheu'
matlsm and lOCUmotOr ataXia; Mort q
Taylor. 62E west Second South, par
tlal blindness and deafness, Mrs. lay
lor his wife, stomach trouble ana ey'
trouble. Maria Pierce. Montpelier kd
ney and liver trouble; Charles Pierce
deafness; Mrs. White. Third souli
street, partial blindness John Mitchell
lameness and asthma.
OF these the most pronounced case
were those OF Jennie Ross, Of oGi sout
Second West, who was lame lrQi
rheumatism and lOComOtOr aNtaNll
and Mort @, Taylor. OF d-l. west sec
ond south. suffering from partii
blindness and deafuess-both OF whor
claim 10 have been remarkably helpe'
stage by the doctor and % theater at
tendant. and after the prayer was pr,
nounced upon her, walked Co the steT
leading from the stage without as
slstance, and down the stairs with Oh
aid simply Of the railing, 20 Whic
she chung,
To a News" representative Mr.
Ross stated that she had been Consl,
erably helped. though she 'suIl e.
suff;" and Mr. Taylor claimed that D
could hear and see quite well--som
thing he had not done before 500 year
Mrs NJ. G. Pierce, Of Montpelier lia
who was afflicted with extreme enc.
sight" said that che could not see u
card the doctor showed her at all Do
fore his prayer, but that attprWard FL
saw II 80 plainly that she had
ask him II n was the same card
II was al the time OF this demJu-tr
ton that the second disturbance
the evening transpired The Rev ~
Clemenson Of Logan, who was ue
the stage In the upper gallery sugge.
ed to Dr. Mclean 70 show her
green card and gfterward, when
blessing had been pronounced. and
healer was showing her that ca
called out; SHOW her the ssh
card"
The interruption was the occasion
violent denunciauon from Dr. n
Lean. who alluded 20 Mr. Clemens
as villain" "scoundrel" mad d0
"jal bird and as being only Il
IAN whence he had doubtless cor
and where he would eventually retu
lie also said that curse would
low him. and that he would be at
in a short time He said, too that
hoped ne would repent ana turn fr
his tvll ways before that transpir
Dr MCLean's manner OF proceed
in the healing was 90 lay his hal
upon the head of the afflicted pers
pronounce a. prayer with a few Wo
Ot Inquiry and promise 90 them,
cali for he next Between the pray
Dr. Mclean cleansei his hands %
basin NJ water. for fear he said,
transmitting disease from one Go
other Each one was asked II De
che had been blessed. and the ans'
announced 10 the audience Nearly
who We're called 90 the stage CLAIM
90 have been helped
Mt williamson of Park City VI
had been EaNyGtel. the result NJ m
curry having been given him during
service iD The army stated thar
change had followed the prayer. {
Doe felt much as o.. had before
The evening closed with "a brief
hlr'1tl0r Iy ur Mclean Zoo wh
De- prayed chat a. the souls thora mil
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