The sun., 1903-10-22

IL
ished heads OF the audience this concerted
cheer from hundred throats;
Ray, Ray! 'Rayi
Con u m -b-i-a!
Peace--be--to---theei
A great roar of laughter and applause
went up from the audience. 1t was fol-
lowed by shouts of Shame! Shame!' from
the seats OF Zion and by yells Of "Policel'
Then the audience set up mighty roar for
more Again the yell doomed down from
the arched roof. This time it brought
ouick response from the north section up
near the pulpit.
down on the floor and much pointing up at
the top gallery. But before the amateur
policemen had decided what to do, Capt
Burtend and about forty OF his men were
bounding ponderously up the winding
they reached it the yell was turned loose
again. A.. u
They grabbed one youth, B. l.. Wheeler,
who wore loud ana quite solied Columbia
sweater, looked Cross at the rest OF the
roysteIers seized ha tbsy vege oosin
at. anyway" and the trouble was all over
The two boys who had been Pounced
upon were yanAed and kneed all the way
down the four long flights Of stairs to the
main floor. Wheeler waved his nahd 10
curtains, and was saluted with an appre-
ciative howl Once outside, Wheeler was
arrested. The other was propelled into
the night to contemplate the HUMOROUS
Life by the lights of Madison Square Park.
There was one other enort 70 create
are gathered in small boxes with handles ON
each end, 80 that they may be handed CON
veniently from one person to another along
the rows Of seats. The Columbia humorists
in the north section pleased themselves by
giving the boxes a good shake MOST OF
them contributed pennies TO make tne racket
greater. s
most temperately that he would ask the
police--of whom about twenty had peen
Stationed all around the infested section.-to
lake in hand any man who showed trouble
some disposition. There was no more penny
shaking. .;s,, .,..r ~.
occasional had been sung and the pro-
cession of the officers OF the Zion guards
formed to escort the Prophet to MS car
riaee, the Columbia men gathered COM
pactly in the south gallery and began to
cheer like mad as Dowie approacnea men;
with Mrs Dowie on his arm oVer ana
over again they doomed out
Ray! 'Rsyi 'Rdy
C.o-l-u.m-bl al
Dowie' Dowiei Dowie'
peacc--to---thcel
The Prophet steered the procession right
up to the boxes under the section in which
the boys we're. He removed his mortar
board and bowed smiling
Il thank you very much" said ne, ano
walked of, shaking with laughter over the
sudden hush that overcame .ne you.ns
who had sowed the wind In every con-
fdence of reaping the wh1riwlnd.
There was nothing left for the acade-
,oicians TO do but to 90 out and make Broad
way and the Tenderloin understand the
real significance Of college educatlon;
There were groups oil immature sporcs s'iil
at il long after midnight.
nrisnd Mt the character of Dowie's meeting
ast night than was the rest OF the crowd III
The Garden. 1t was the biggest crowd that
bowie has had since he came. 1t was full
Of happy anticipations OF a general balting
Of Henson, Parkhurst, Hills and the other
controversial minister's and OF tne news
paper reporters. The crowd SAL through
the great procession of the white robed
choir, the singing Of the brief hymns. the
S,ripture reading by Mrs. Dowie, the prayer
by one of the overseers. without muir
mur. Scarcely a hundred went out. when
Dowie came forward there was breath
of anticipation that was heard all over the
Garden.
The Prophet read text that was longer
than his sermon. When in the course Of
his argument for the righteous reason.
ableness of Divine Healing he noticed
that his audience was getting uneasy and
coughing and stirring. he stopped short
and pronounced his benediction.
And that's the man. groaned one dis
appointed auditor sitting near the SUN
reporter, they call the Big Bill Devery
Of relgion!" :.
Besides the two students the police
elected several other men from the Garden
in the course Of the evening.
Dowie was not 80 self-contained at the
forenoon meeting. He came In late and
found his audience impatient and dtspo sed
10 20 out in shoals. He had many nasty
things to say to the backs OF those Who
went ont, and at one time asserted thai he
lad good mind to abandon the meetings
in the big Garden and have his meetings
in the concert hall, admission to be orly
by ticket.
There was not little uneasiness In the
Garien Yesterday because of the breaking
our Of the evidences OF sin in the way. ~
disease. Hundreds of the host have coldP,
caused ny the trying atmospheric con-
altions in that barn-like place. NearIy
MY asked to he prayed for on account
~ bodily ilIa
The health inspectors whom Commits
soner Lederle cent to the Garden Yesterday
we're inst rlcted TO find the babe, WIN
%hooping cough who have been taken t9
me healing meetings. The inspectors nln
hot ind 'hem, but a mother with whooP-
ing baby was in last nights audience aAon'S