Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1895 — SEEKING THE "MESSIAH." [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SEEKING THE "MESSIAH."

Hundreds with Ills Stand All Night in the Cold in Denver. - A Denver, Colo., dispatch says: It was fortunate for the unfortunate that Sunday intervened 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 edifice on the north side, within a stone’s throw from the Fox residence, where he is staying. It was expected that a crowd of large proportions woHld 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 advertised and the crowds that lingered In tbe 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

The New Mexico “Messiah,” who is making marvellous cures in Denver. usual receptions there would have been hundreds of sufferers from the temperature, which dropped below the freezing point. That the prospect of intense cold and dire distress does not serve as a deterrent is proven by the fact: that at 10 o’clock to-night persons are beginnifig to flock jto the vicinity of tbe house, so as to be in line early Monday. The enthusiasm can better be understood when the sudden change of temperature is known. Forty hours ago the thermometer was at eighty, while to-niglit tbe mercury is down to thirty. The crowds are not limited to the poor and indigent by any means, for the well-dressed are visible among the foremost in the line, and to-day quite a number of really wealthy persons essayed to claim the attention of the healer. He was deaf to all importunities, and announced that be would uot 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 dowu-town 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 “his Father” told him to dwell with the poor, and perform “His works” ;n their midst. Theosophists and Christian Science people are claiming the healer for their own and the result has been to pro voke the liveliest sort of discussion. The Rev, Myron W. Reed, a wellknown liberal clergyman, visited Schlatter this afternoon and was accorded q long Interview iu company with one of tbe judges of the District Court He came away impressed with the power of Schlatter, but said he was puzzled to account for his marvelous faculty. , Schlatter will remain here for another month, and on Nov. 10 will leave for Chicago. He says the Father has fixed Jhe date and that he will never revisit the same places. He is absolutely penniless, but will not accept even the smallest favors, either gifts or money.— N. Y. Herald. "" 1 *' 1 r* m " ■ 1 ■ 1 1 ■ ■ In consequence of the discovery of “argon,” “helium," and other like substances, It Is believed that still greater discoveries are about to be made. Some expect that the apparent diversity of metals Is a result merely of different combinations of a very few simple sulistauees or possibly of only one. It Is on thiji line that researches are likely to be conducted for some time to come.

Beggars are becoming so Impudent Quit busy people are disposed to neglect their work and hide from them.

FRANCIS SCHLATTER.