The evening world., 1903-10-27
Residents Of Zion City Refuse
to Replace the 1000 Who
Deserted the Ranks and Re-
turned Home.
$4,000 IN BOGUS CHECKS.
EfiIah III. Has Already Made a Profit
Of $1,000 from the Members of the
Restoration Host Who Followed
Him to New York.

from Zion City for his Restoration Host.
which were due to arrive yesterday
morning, have not reached New York,
ana to-day those of Dowie's followers
VINO have not deserted and returned to
Zion City understood that their fellow
residents had refused to come.
About 1000 returned to Zion City last
week n then 1t was said that 1000
Others would arrive In New York Mon
day morning to AXE their places.
The Prophet has given up trying to
bold successful meetings at 6 o'clock In
the morning. and to-day the first meet
ing was called at $50 A. NJ. His subject
on which he failed to preach, was THE
Crime of Consciousness" But he did
urge his followers to work harder and
hsing in more 'sheaves."
-swhat we want is converts" said
Nhjah. "If you can't bring in conv&rts
don't come baok here"
Dowde said that the Restoration Host
had visited 10000 homes since their
arrival IN New York and at this several
declared that somebody had been pad
ding the reports.
Bogus Checks Returned.
Dowie's bank to-day returned to him
UOBE8 outChS CdluHB lOT Slo,WO, WHICH
had been sent to him by jokers. But
Dowie runs no hances with checks. He
sends them all to the bank.
From his own disciples 1t is learned that
Dowie has made a profit of about Sc. 900
from his W host since coming to New
York. He sold 1000 meal tickets Mt s.
a and Deacon Cotton. the commits
sary, told The Evening World reporter
xA,+ ,ha,t OK a oa- -, e. M, .,s.,1
be profit. There was s275 profit in the
river excursion Saturday and the creche
where Zion mothers checkN heir babies
while they go out to do the restoration
work has earned $50 by taxing the
mothers. The 800 roomers in Madison
Square Garden have airaadly rendered
q profit of 800.
The old doctor pleased a large
audience last night with the promised
attack on the newspapers and the
explanation of his illegitimate birth.
The doors of the big Garden were
closed early, n thousands of per-
sons went away disappointed. 1t took
the self-styled prophet all of the
evening to tell his troubles, and he
had no time for religious discussion or
exhortAtion.
fThibcb hib 11otheEs |
Dowie said that his mother was a
noble Christian woman, who had been
tricked into a Scottish marriage by a
high oficer in the British army, who
went away to war soon afterward.
John Murray Dowie, who has always
been known as "Elijah's' father, was
hired to marry the woman. he said.
that her son might nave a name.
tDowie wept copiously as he told these
family secrets to the crowd, and the
Host wept with him to order. He
ave as the excuse for this rafting
OF the family skeleton the fact that
letters between himself and his sup
posed father had been published in
The World. He said he might claim
q rich dutSsdom IL he wished. His real
father. he said. was killed in the Cri-
mean war. and he had evidence
enough of the marriage to secure for
himself a ducal %coronet, IL he de-
sired 1t. AS he finished a storm of
Kisses went up from the disguised
auditors.
When the professional had been fin |
lshed and the scriptural lesson read
CDR" .Dowie lost no time In fulfilling
his promise which had been made at
the morning service. He launched into
a wholesale depunciation of the New
York press.
He said lies had been told about him
from the date of his arrival in New
York and the editors had insulted him
by sending to his services tho, same
contemplate dogs who had 'liedf about
him. He said he saw there was "a
DEVILS conspiracy" against him. He
wept as he denied the story that his
wife had taken $4,000 0 to Australia.
He thought q law should be passed
creating a press censor. He went on:
"I denounce The World as the foe of
good order. 1t Is continually villifying
the best and purest Statesmen In the ,
country. 1t attacks any man who tries
TO do right, Such papers ought to be
dealt with under the law"
Just Eight Converts.
Dowie made his first call for converts
this afternoon. In response to the call
the majority OF his audience fed to the
exits, but when the rush was over three |
men and five women came forward and
RAJ themselves up to Zion. All were
bent with age. sac looking and care
worn. They will be baptized in the
great tank on Friday.
powie devoted his early morning SER
vice to reviling Christian Science and
sMistress Eddy as he called the ex-
ponent of the cult. He declared that
Nrs. Eddy's book. 1.-THE Science of
HEALTH was a Continent OF mud"
He announced incidentally that when
his overseers struck Boston they had
found stony ground to SOW Zion seed
on, intimating that Mrs. Eddy had
Slapped the soil dry.