The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-09
JOHN ALEXANDER DOwIE.

LIT. DONle, t0Setner with three or his
followers, on the charge of criminal
responsibility" for the death of Mrs.
Emma Lucy Judd, another adherent of
the faith, whom the coroner's physi-
clans declare would not have died had
she received proper medical treatment.
Faith or prayer cure is one of the .es-
sential tenets of the Dowie creed. DR..
DOwie and his followers were admit
ted to bail when arraigned in the GRIM
inal court, and the case goes before the
Cook county grand jury. The arrest
does not seem to have lessened the
activity of the "overseer'' of the Chris
tan Catholic church, as Dowie styles
himself, his energies being just now
especially directed toward the build
ing Of the new city Of Zion, near Wau-
kegan. Ills, on the shores of Lake
Michigan.
If present plans are carried out, this
will be unique religious and indus
trial community. DR.. Dowie says that
for some time he had entertained the
plan for the establishment of a mod
ern city which should rehabilitate the
pristine glories of Zion and be model
to all cities the world over. l breach
ed the plan to some friends and found
that it struck sympathetic chord. An
agitation started, society was organ
lied, offers of financial assistance pour
ed in from all over the country, and in
a miraculously short space Of time
what at first had seemed even. to me
as a plan too beneficent, too farreach-
ing in its good results, was an accom-
plished fact. From the l1rst / saw
clearly that the new Zion to be perma-
nent would necessarily have to be built
on sound foundations and be self sup
porting.
''TO that end, in addition to consider
ing the religious element Of daily life,
we shall cater TO the industrial and will
erect several great factories, including
one for the making of lace and another
for the manufacture of shoes. Only
residents of the town will receive en-
ployment, and all the profits will re-
vert to the public exchequer. No in
dividual will receive more than his per
capita share as resident of the accru-
ing receipts of these enterprises. The
site selected for the new city came as
a divine revelation, and for that rea-
son we did not hesitate to pay enor-
nous prices in order to secure control
of all available land"
The site of the proposed city of Zion
embraces a tract of $500 acres, having
a frontage of two miles on the lake and
extending westward five miles. Aside
from the erection of a few scattered
and rather roughly constructed frame
buildings, little has yet been done to-
ward the creation of the beautiful city
shown in the elaborate Dowie plans.
The real estate, however, is here for it,
and there are some evidences that a
start is to be made in earnest toward
its construction. Since the opening of
spring surveyors have been engaged
plotting the tract, apd their work is
now substantially completed. Large
gangs of men, with the most approved
roadmaking equipment, are at work
grading the streets and avenues. The
plans provide for broad highway run
ming through the entire length of the
tract, with cross and parallel streets at
convenient distances. while from the
four corners avenues will run diago-
nally to the center of the plot, where
will be built the great temple which is
to be the browning feature of the whole
Dlant If will be n rpnlica of the
mosque of Omar, which stands on the
site of ,Solomon's temple, in Jerusalem.
The building will be octagonal. and
the walls will contain no windows,
light being provided for by the glass
dome which surmounts the structure
after the manner of the mosque. The
material is to be marble. with copings
Of tile beneath the dome. AS on the
tiles Of the mosque are inscribed the
passages Of the Koran, so on the cop