Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-09
Invasion of New York by the So
Called Zionist Prophet and
Healer.
SOMETHING ABOUT TIE MAN.
Has Attracted TO Himself 100, 600 Fol.
lowers Who Have Great Faith in
His Mission.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Chicago Oct. 6.--Not since Godfrey
he Bou.llon led the Christian crusaders
under the banner of the cross IN the
historic campaign against the Saracens
for the conquest of Jerusalem and the
recovery of the holy sepulcher has
there been such crusade as that
which John Alexander Dowie has plan
ned to lead from Zion City against the
cohorts Of vice and unrighteousness in
the great metropolis on the Atlantic
seaboard. According to the advance
notices, Dowie with an army of his
followers numbering 1000 or more,
gathered from various sections Of the
middle west, Is TO invade New York
on the 10th of this month and conduct
two weeks campaign for the restora-
ton of the metropolis from the con-
troll of Mammon. The restoration host
Is the name applied to the Dowie cru
saders, and II is said that 1t Will take
ten railway trains of ten cars each TO
convey them from Chicago to New
York Doubtless the numerical strength
and extent of the Dowie crusade have
been greatly overstated, but IL will be
big enough to make very much Of a
stir in Gotham. Dowie is a man who
does things, and the New Workers Will
find that there is something doing
when he gets there with his restoration
host.
Whatever else John Alexander Dowia
may be, he Is most remarkable and
resourceful man, This has been amply
demonstrated in the few years of his
marvellous career in this city. Starting
as an obscure and penniless faith heal
er on the south side Of Chicago ten
years ago he began preaching his pecu-
liar doctrines to a little band Of poor
and humble people in cheap hall. Soon
he had enough of a following and
enough contributions to be able to hire
the Auditorium Chicago's largest and
handsomest thcater, for his sunday SER
vices Here he held forth for num-
Der OF years, attracting great audiences,
some of whom come to scott, but re-
NAMED to pray. At ali events DoWie
now has an immense following, fairly
estimated at 100000 people, largely IN
this city and contiguous territory, who
place absolute and unquestioning faith
In him.
In the 10 years Dowle has been in
Chicago he has accumulated n fortune
of about $4,000 900 and founded model
city of something like 10000 Inhabitants,
which to all intents and purposes he
owns.
Zion City, as Dowie's town Is called,
has an area of 10 square miles and Is
located on the shores of Lake Mich
igan, seven miles from Waukegan, ON
the line Of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway, about midway between
Chicago and Milwaukee. Three years
ago this plot was unoccupied save by
a few scattered farmhouses. Now IT
Is fairly well built up and has the APP
pearance of thriving and progressive
western town. There ale several large
stores and factories. a hotel with ac-
commodations for 800 guests and other
business houses that are usually found
In town of that size.
The Dowie meetings in Zion City are
held In big wooden, barnllke struc-.
ture which viii hold 5000 people This
Is to be replaced in time by a magni-
ficent temple, elaborate plans for which
have already been prepared. In the