The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-29


moved out 10 Washington Nights
/ tract Of fine land and residences, cOmpris-
ing eight and one-half acres, was put up
| at the disposal of himself and the minor
| saints and angels. II is a fine property.
Ut. Tweed, or ''Koresh, resides IN the
MANSION spacious, well-oullt OLD
| homestead, formerly the property OF
| wealthy family, surrounded by broad,
/ shady Yerandas and magnificent grounds,
| thlekly studded with old trees and made
attractive BY grass plots and flower beds
I with him, IN the same fine building, live
some OF the prominent angels. There are
/ seven cottages besides, IN which other
members Of the Koreshan community
| i've, and one Office building-formerly
huge oarn-in which is the printing Office
ms printing Office yields the main reve-
nue. In 1t are printed the Flaming Sword,
weekly paper, which is kept by every
horeshan and by several thousand who
read IL from curiosity or because OF
half-hearted sympathy.
IN TEE PRESENT HEAVEN.
There are at present some 40 living in
the home at Washington Nights, Of
whom twenty are rosy-cheeked children,
sad to have all been adopted by the unity,
who are instructed and taught the rudi-
ments OF an education in a school room or
the upper floor of the mansion. The ma
| lorlty-about three to One-Of the inmates
are women. Those that could be seen
were, without exception, unattractive in
looks, rather pale and unhealthy it would
seem, and wore a cowed and timid ex-
preston IN their faces The sexes lead a
| separate existence, even their meals are
| served separately. There is, according
70 Dr. Iced, community of goods. All
the money gees to the treasury Of the
horeshan Unity. There is a trusteeship
OF twenty-five, this body being
| called the concilium, and its Off
GERS are Mrs. Annie G. Ordway, presi-
dent; Miss Macomber, treasurer, and
MRS. Virginia Andrews, secretary. The
board again is subdivided into three
chambers of the unity" having charge
or dlherent matters. DR.. iced himself
! holds no Official position in this manage
ment, the glory of being high priest,
iis5Heshy hi second Christ and the rein
carnation of the deity being deemed enough
Tor MIN. Nevertheless in this community
or ''unity''-Dr. iced is the absolute,
irresponsible, immaculate and inviolate
nigh muck-a-muck, if there ever was one
he is addressed with awe and trembling
Before any one ventures to disturb him in
MS study, or any other room, he must
knock at the door and receive audible per
mission to enter. Neither his acts nor his
motives are inquired into and his word is
law-the only law
But as to his latest plan. Some time
ago an elderly German, Gustav Damkoeh-
Ter, convert to the Koreshau faith and a
man of some wealth, coded to the Kore-
shan Unity tract of $40 acres of land at
Estero, Lee county, Fla. lying along the
Estero creek and two miles from Estero
pay, on the southwestern coast of Flor
ida, under the Goth degree of latitude.
Other members of the sect furnished
enough money TO buy up ajaCent lands to
make an even l, 900 acres. His ultimate
project is to buy up a tract six miles
| square, or thirtysix square miles all told,
on which he means to have a city of s.
| 600 faithful Koreshans. AS a modest
starter he went out last fall to survey the
| tract, and he found everything lovely.
He stayed there three months, and since
| then the first nucleus of the col
ony some thirty in all, has been
dispatched there. These have erected
a cottage or two and put up a
few tents, and there they are labor
| ing and toiling to lay the foundations of
| the New Jerusalem, carpenters, survey
! ors, mechanics and others. The tract lies
| in the Caloosahatchee valley, and lust
| now the climate is fne-S0o ia the shade.
How it will be in summer is different
| question. Among the Koreshans out
| there now are DR.. Baldwin. a physician,
| and Prof. L'Amereaux, of one of the col
| leges in Wheaton, H., and letters from
| them have lately arrived, mentioning an
| abundance of mosquitoes, alligators, and
| sharks, but also of tarpons, jack fish, oys-
| ters and deer, as well as fine fruit and
| wild flowers. The Estero is a creek which
is. in spots fifty to sixty feet wide and
| which empties into a bay that is de-
| scribed as picturesque and full of fish and
! oysters.
THE FLORIDA NEW JERUSALEM.
The shape of the city is to be octagon.
| In its center is to rise the most magnifi-
| cent temple the world has ever seen-the
great fame of the Koreshans Around
this temple is to run in circle a placid
| sheet of water ian arm of the Estero)
| and around that the arcadium, a COM
| pick of structures wherein schools, gym
nasiums, etc, are to be housed Two
| principal streets, each 400 feet wide, are
to intersect the whole city, while two
| diagonal streets, each 200 feet wide, are
| to cross. The diameter of the octagon
| from side to side is to be exactly one-half
of mile, and within the inner space is to
be fine park, with the Triumphia Octa-
! gonia near il. Placed at equal distances,
| near the circumference, are to be twenty
! four distributing centers or stores
To carry out his project will not re-
! Qulre much-Only 5000, 600 900 or So That
! is a fair estimate made by DIR. Teed. For
! that amount he would guarantee to nut
up. brand new, this whole city of 200, 600
| souls. But yet even DR.. iced feels that
! a word in here expected as to how he
proposes to raise this trihe. This is how
he puts it; We are on the verge of the
end Of the old dispensation. The world
| is ripening up for the change that is COM
! ing. [ propose to be on hand and take ad-
! vantage of whatever conditions may de-
velop out Of that impending upheaval. 1
| take it that we are now undergoing
| the three woes predicted in Revela-
| tiOn, consequent on the tree curses spoken
! of in Genesis. These three woes-com-
mercial wisdom Course of the serpent
destruction of the church (its disintegra-
ton is now very visible, think of modern
! philosophy, the salvation army, theosophy
etc, etc, all signs of the times and the
conflict between capital and labor (the
worship of the three) are now upon us,
and the great cataclysm is sure to come
soon. How'll | raise the money! The
money will be forthcoming as / need it.
1t will be subscribed, donated, and III
have only to go out and stir people up to
obtain it,
at S14 a Day.
From the Washington Post
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