The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-24
ORDER AGAINST THE
WELTAER INSTITUTE


Delivery Of Mail to Magnetic Heaters"
Forbidden.
Washington. D. C., May 15.-The
post Office department has issued an
order forbidding the delivery of mail
matter and tho payment Of money
orders to the American School of
Magnetic Healing. S. A. Weltmer,
president; J. Fl. Kelly, secretary, all
of Nevada, Mo, for conducting
through the mails a scheme for OBJ
tanning money by means of fraudu-
lent pretences. The official order
states:
Under the name of the American
School of Magnetic healing, s. A.
Weltmer. president, and J. H. Kelly
secretary, numerous advertisements
were inserted in papers throughout
the country Offering to heal disease
and to relieve poverty upon, the pay
ment of certain fees, no matter what
the distance between the ''healer"
and the patient, by means of what is
termed the absent treatment" The
evidence before the department show
ed that the absent treatment scheme
for disease and poverty. while predi-
Gated upon the proposition OF :. A.
Weltmer, was not conducted by him
self, but by the business managers of
the scheme.
The persons making remittances
for treatment OF any disease by the
absent method were notified that
they must assume a passive attitude
at certain hours of the day, and at
these hours Prof. Weltmer's healing
thought would flow out to them. In
reality Prof Weltmer was not in any
wise brought into contact with the
patient or with his correspondents.
and knew practically nothing of the
business operations OF the scheme
Where patient became discouraged
he was followed up with encouraging
letters, and advised that Prof. Welt
mer was sending his extra strong
treatment daily. Five dollars was
charged for thirty days treatment,
and at the end of that time. unless a
cure was reported, an additional s.,
was called for as long as the patient
| would continue, with the announce
ment that the treatment would
cease unless the remittance was for.
warded
A person afflicted with poverty
could obtain relief by sending 81 a
month, for which Prof. 'Weltmer
would send his very best thoughts
: to the patient al certain hours of the
J day, which would lift him out of the
throes OF the poverty and despair.
ORDER RECEIVED AT NEVADA.
Nevada, Mo-, May 15.-An order
was received to-day by the Nevada
: post office to deliver no mail to the
Weltmer Institute, but to return al
: mail to the senders. where the same
: bears a direction for return. Mai
bearing no return address will be sent
: to the dead letter office. The recent
order of the department to hold mat
ter pending investigation led up tt
the present permanent order. Feel
Y ing here between the sympathizers o
: the institution and those who hav,
e led the fight against it isquite bitter
r and to-day a couple of prominen
: ministers, Rev. H. r. Best of the Firs
Z Baptist church, and Rev. JOSEPH
i King a leading Southern Methods
|. divine while passing the institute
:, were Kissed by crowd OF student
d and employees. The future course c
/ the management has not vet bee
:, made public, Mr. Weltmer being sti
n in Washington. where he went to de
$ fend his case before the post office de
e partment.
As the Devil Would Do.