The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-19
III. In
NEW YORK
Dowie's "RestoratiOn Host PoHrs Ii
From Zion City.
TO REFORM THE METROPOLIS
Prophet Arrives In a Special Car
and Takes Rooms Mt the
Plaza --.FoIIosers seek
Humber Quarters.


HumbIer Quarters.
New York, Oct. 17-John Alexander
Dowie. "Elijah III, and general over
seer Of the Christian Catholic Church
Of Zion, arrived at the Grand Central
station In the private car Arcadia, at
tached to a special train which con-
tained members Of the Zion City band
and high officials of the church.
A large crowd gathered at the station
10 see the man who proposes TO reform
New York from the Bowery to HelPs
Kitchen and from Harlem TO Wall
street
The party which came with Dowie
represented the elite of Zion City All
the women wore fashionable gowns,
Mrs. Dowie being especially well dress
ed. She wore a gray ira selling dress Of
corded silk, over which she had long
black silk coat. All Of the men Of the
party, excepting those in uniform, wore
freshly ironed silk hats and Prince Al
bert coats
Dorie is short and fat. His whis-
kers ara snow white and his hair dark
brown. This gives a startling effect
and suggests a wig. He has rosy
cheeks and has all the appearance of q
well fed, well groomed man.
While passing through the station
Dowie repeatedly lifted bis hat and
bowed to the crowd, but there was no
/ responsive demonstration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dowie's personal suit
consisted Of their son, A. ]. Gladstone
| Dowie; Carl e. Stern, chief Of the po-
lice Of Zion City, and Mrs. Stern and
Robert Massey. All took rooms at the
Plaza.
Uniformed Like Infantrymen.
Under tile direction Of Advance
Agent Buckley 400 members Of Dowie's
host, who had come on a special Balti-
more and Ohio train of ten cars, ar.
rived at Whitehall street on the ferry.
, boat Easton and boarded eight special
trolley cars. handing tracts to the curl,
GUS who gathered about them AS soon
as the cars started the Zionists began
singing a hymn
/ The men We're all dressed in uni
form resembling that worn by the
4 United States infantry. In place Of the
"U. St" on the collar there We're the
I letters ~. A. for Zion army" The
/ women did not wear any uniforms, and
some of them were clothed stylishly.
j Several Of them were young and pref
ty, and there were many children in
the party. One of the young women
was said to be a soubrette converted II
Washington, and there was q eolored
girl in the party,
The crowd arohnd the ferry house
blocked the street, and patrolmeT
drove the spectators back to the curb.
In the party were the junior choir
consisting Of about fifty little boys
ranging iii years from six to fifteen
There was also q drum and fife corp
Of thirty men In charge Of Drum Majol
S. If. Dow The members Of the corp
wore khaki uniforms.
With those who arrived on the ferry
boat Easton was a woman with bah,
4 III four wheeled pusheart When 81
reached the Broadway car she TOOK thi
baby from the cart and, holding It o.
her left arm. folded tip the cart like !
camp chair and carried It into the car
one of the members of the JUNO
choir was a six-year-old girl, who ear
ried an enormous doll
Met by Be@saine House Runners.
Headed by white bearded citizen
who said be was Deacon Depew,
hundred Of the restorationists reaches
the city via the Pennsylvania railroa'
ferry at West Gwenty-third street
where they were met by score 0
boarding house runners and hustlei
away in cabs or trolley cars.
1t required ten trucks to haul thei
baggage Some of the trunks wer
/ decorated with small gilt crosses
Madison Square Garden, which is t
be the headquarters Of the host, wa
soon filed with citizens Of Zion. i
squads and companies of a hundred Q
more men, women and children poure
into the immense eaifiee. each one PR
senting his Identification card at til
| entrance. Each card bore the photo
} CRASH OF the holder. and every perao
? was carefully scrutinized by Mr. Mitch
] eli, director general Of the host