The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-22

sters TO do but to 60 out and make
Broadway and the Tenderloin understand
the real Significance OF a college educa-
ton. There were groups OF immature
sports still at Il long after midnight
MANY zIoNIsrs SICK
The college youths were no more sur
prised at the character OF Dowie's last
nights meeting than was the rest OF the
crowd I'm the gayden. IL was the biggest
crowd that Dowie has had since he came.
II was full OF happy anticipations OF
general batting OF Henson. Parkhurst.
Hills and the other controversial min
listers and OF the newspaper reporterss
The crowd sat through the great pro-
cession OF the wbte-robed choir. the
singing OF the brief hymns. the scripture
reading by Mrs. Dowie, the prayer by
one OF the overseers without a murmur.
Scarcely a hundred went out. When
Dowie came forward there was a breath
OF anticipation that was heard all over
the garden.
The prophet read a text that was
longer than his sermon. When In the
course of his argument for the righteous
reasonableness OF divine healing he no
ticed that his audience was getting un-
easy and coughing and stirring he stop
ped short and pronounced his bene-
diction.
And that's the man" groaned one dis
appointed auditor sitting near the re-
porter, they call the big Bill Devery OF
religion"
Besides the two students the police
elected several other men from the gar
den last night,
Dowe was not so self-contsined at the
forenoon meeting lie came I'm late and
found his audience impatient and dis
posed 10 GO out In shoals TIE had many
nasty things to say To the backs OF those
who went out and st one time asserted
that he had good mind 10 abandon
the meetings in the big garden and have
his meetings In the concert hall sd-
missions IN be only by ticket.
There was not a little uneasiness In
the garden ,ssay. because Of the break
ing out OF the evidences ~ sin In the
way Of disease. Hundreds of the host
have colds. caused BY the trying atmos-
pheric conditions In the barn-like place.
Nearly ~ asked IN be prayed for on
"A count of bodily ills.
The health inspectors whom Commis-
sioner f.ederle sent 10 the garden today
were Instructed To find the babies with
whooping cough who had been taken TO
the healing meetings. The inspector did
not hnd them. but q mother with q
whooping baby was In the audience with
the rest OF the host
Many people narrowly escaped death
~ Iloui Mhulson S0nare Gar0en last
nisht, while vainly endeavoring TO get
into the, Dowie meeting After I0.6o0
persons bad been admitted the doors were
CLOSED; leaving. the police say. eo"o out
side. When n was found that the doors
had been shut. the widest disorder pre-
vailed. and the police. 400 strong, were for
time utterly unable To cope with the
mad rush OF the crowd. Men aud women
were Knocked down and trampled on and.
despite the fact that the police reserves
were called out IL was not until the meet
Ing had been suddenly terminated by
Dowie shortly after O'Clock that any
thing could be done with the crowd
In the surging OF the throng Grace
George the actress. who was on her way
10 theatre whore she is playing was
swept or her feet and trampled on and
her clothing badly torn. She accused the
police OF handling her roughly. Mrs. VII
liam J. Buckley OF Newark ~. j. was
caught In the crush and fell fsinting to
the street She was badly bruised. In
spector Walsh was near the woman when
she fell and with tho aid OF 15 policemen
he rescued and carried her TO safety
William A. Brady. a theatrical manager
and husband OF Grace George: Lorenzo
Winter a broker. and Channing Pollock
playwright were arrested on charges OF
disorderly conduct,
The crowd blocked all traffic in Madl-
son avenue and Twenty-sixth and Twen-
ty-seventh streets for more than an hour
and could not he dispersed until convinced
that the meeting inside the garden had
ended