The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-21

sentence. while the host made responses.
AT the end OF the prayer he started q
hymn. The band played. Carrie was
still yelling In the middle OF a crowd of
Zion. Guards and few policemen. She
refused to stop and was led out OF the
garden,
A great crowd OF non -Restorationists
made rush through the aisles toward
Mrs. Nation as she went. and there was
an attempt TO hustle her out Of the hands
of the police. For about two minutes
the prospects of a riot. and dangerous
rush seemed very good. But Dowte and
his deacons kept yelling: sit down.
Everybody sit down. Let every men,
ber OF Zion SIT down. Let every good
citizen SIT down"
Order was restored at the front. The
choir was still singing with a mighty
chorus. Gradually everybody did sit
down. The group OF police around Car
rie swept her out into the street Dowie
gave directions for the letting out Sec
ton by section. OF the remainder OF the
audience and the most strenuous meet
ing Yet In Dowie's visitation. came to an
end.
TROUBLE is BREWING.
Students of added and twisted brains
have been prophesyng for several days
that there would be trouble In the gar
den at the night meetings before the
week was far gone. Eight o'clock every
night brings a crowd of about 5000 into
the place. Every night an hour later
the tide Gibbs. Every outgoing tide
leaves a few cranks behind II.
The cranks never want to 20 home
they would like 10 stay and argue with
Dowie all night. Every variety from
mild 10 acute is there. There are single
takers and vegetarians. Anarchists and
freelove advocates. great thinkers and
plain lunatics
Early in the meeting last night Elijah
announced that he had had a meeting
with representatives OF the newspapers
in the morning and had tried Ito do
something with them,'' but that they
were too stupid for HIM, and that he
was going TO clear all OF them out from
tho press stands but the representatives
OF two newspapers, which he did not
name
Dowie had asked the directors OF all
the newspapers to meet him or send
accredited representatives TO talk 10 him.
He had previously expressed his inten-
ton Of calling for the discharge of most
OF the reporters who have bean describ-
ing his meetings. He found that every
editor. without any concerted arrange
ment had sent a representative--the re-
porter who had been attending the meet
ings at the Garden. Hence the interview
was not altogether satisfactory TO him.
In discussing healing by faith last night
Dowie called on all the host who had
been cured through his teaching 70 stand
up. Every single member stood up. Then
he put them through a long catechism
as TO his generosity and infaliibility.
which they answered In = mighty chorus.
testifying 10 his cures of all sorts of
diseases. including cancer.
Gould any other doctor get 1000 peo-
pie to talk like that. you yellow dogs"
shouted Dowie to the reporters.
PARKHIRsT's CRITICISM.
meeting and forenoon meetings yester-
day. 4F
Mrs. Dowie delivered the address nj
the noon meeting and called on a num-
Der OF restorationists TO tell OF their cures
through faith. They did. Some people
went out while Mrs Dowie talked, but
not as many as left her husband. She
was very gentle with them, only asking
that they 60 out all at time. instead OF
struggling.
II was reported today that about 20
converts have applied for baptism They
will probably he baptized toward the end
Of the visitation.
The Rev. Dr. Charles VI. Parkhurst
yesterday sent the following open letter
TO Mr.. Dowle:
"Rev. John Alexander Dowle:
Dear Sir--f DO not want TO be pre-
suming. but doubt " II II any more pre-
sumptive IN me TO come and try 20 ciari.
~ YOU than II n fer you 20 como and try
to clarity New York; and I do not know