The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-26
DoWlE TIRED OF BEING SANE.
PROMISES - RANT AL WEEK
TO kEEP MIS- AUDIENCES IP.


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Chsir-rrophes's Trunks Attached.
BY the grace of God, John Alexander
Dowie is going to get his whip out again
this week He, Elijah tn, Restorer, said
at the meeting Of the RestcI a'ion Host
last night. He is also going to give up
that $50 O'Clock morning prayer meeting.
He announced mat, too, last night.
Dowie says he arranged this early meet
ing for business men He thought they
would drop in on their way downtown.
They haven't done 40. Therefore the SER
vice " i'll he held now at $50 o clock instead.
The host responded with fervent "Amenl'
to the announcement Of this change.
Elijah bubbled over again last night
with scurrility and vulgar abuse, princi-
pally directed at reporters. incidentally
he also abused the devil, and promised,
with an eye on the decreasing attendanc
at the Garden services. to make It hot for
somebody every day for the rest OF the
week. Nobody seemed to care.
There was a good sized crowd in the
Garden, and Elijah confessed that 1t was
a well behaved crowd. Nevertheless II
occasioned him some concern before the
meeting was over Dowie directed that
everybody should keep his seat until the
lions white robed choir had marched out.
Everybody didn't keep his seat. There was
a big rush for tie door after the Prophet .
last prayer. Elijah yelled for order and
sent his guards four abreast down the
centre aisle. Poking People generously
in the ribs, they opened way for the choir,
but it took several min utes TO 90 II.
In the crowd near the Madison avenue
entrance to the Garden was an Old man
with white hair and beard. Ee scanned
the faces Of each Of the young women In
the choir as the procession pNssed him
Suddenly he threw his arms around one
Young woman, tears rolling down his
cheeks. The girl was his daughter She
had left home two years ago with All elder
sister, who was a powieite, ana nsd gene,
to Zion City. Sinc3 then her father had
not seen her until last night He pleaded
with her TO return to his home. but she
refused.
The outward rush of the crowd divided
them and the old man left the Garden
weeping He refused to give his name,
but said that he lived In Newark.
The Garden was only about half full al
the afternoon meeting. The overseeIs
and Dowie thought that more people IN TINS
sink OF iniquity" ought to have turned out.
They told each other 80 before the service
began. Several hundred people left the
building before the Prophet had finished
his first prayer The rush for the door
was greater than at any previous meeting
audience seemed to be there mostly out OF
curiosity. and az soon as 1t had seen Dowie 8
rotund figure it wanted to 60. Even the
long haired and the disputatious who have
hung around the Garden entrances were
fewer than they have been.
An outbreak from the Prophet was e1
pected at the close OF the prayer, but IT
| didn't come Elijah merely smoothed hf
whiskers and said almost apologeticaiiy
that he had no wish to detain anybody
| who didn't want TO stay; SO would all who
weren't going to remain kindly get out
right away, before the sermon began
| There was another rush for the exits then
but some didn't know they wanted to leave
until later, and they kept dribbling out al
through the service.
The Prophet, in his sermon, tackled
Catholicism. The infallibility OF the Pope
was the principal target for his shots. In
eidentally he told again what he thought
of Freemasonry, and in passing mentioned
that the reporters attacks" on him were
insured by allegiance to the principles
| of Freemasonry, but ne spoke OF ooth III th'
| mildest way, for him.
! Dowie denied the report that his WIZ
had taken 81 900 900 in bonds and securitis
' in an iron box to Australia. He said tina
she had no iron box with her, One of TIN
overseers explained further that the aggre
gate wealth of Zion City amounted to onl.
S2S, 900 900 and that Dowie laid claim onl.
to s per cent. of it.
And anyway" said the deacon, in thes
times man wouldn't take 1900 GOO il
81 ock and bonds to foreign country He't
, simply get letters of credit. There'd b
NJ need for a strong bc1"
powIE's TRUNKS UNDER ATTACHMENT.
Max Altman, Deputy Sheriff Wallace
assistant, who is handling the attachrnen
issued by Justice Gaynor OF the Suprem
Court against Dowie in favor Of Rober
n. Farley, said last night that he had at
tached on Saturday morning everything
that Dowie might have at the Fifth Avenu
Hotel and thought from the fact that Mrs.
Dowie and her son took away twent
trunks it would require fifteen to contai
the goods and chattels Of the Prophet
Altman said he hadn't located tn
Prophets chariot, although he had followe
up at least six different clues diligently
Altman expects to attach the horses an
carriage when Dowie appears at the Garde