The sun., 1903-10-15
ELIJAH lis ON THE WAY.
RESTORATION HOST DUE IN TOWN
on FRIDAY.
Prophets Horses and Carriages Already
Herein Good Weather He'll Ride In
an Open Vehicle--IIis Job to Feed
the ZiOnists--What They Won't Eat.

PROPHETS Horses ana carriages ATesnS
Herein Good Weather He'll Ride In
an Open Vehicle--I,is Job to Feed
the ZiOnIsts--What They Won't Eat.
Madison Square Garden was busy place
yesterday. 1t is being made ready to re-
ceive Dowie's Restoration Host.
The first trainload left Zion City at
o'clock yesterday morning, and 1t Is due
to arrive in this city at 730 on Friday morn
ing This train comes over the Penn
sylvania Railroad Train No. started
half an hour later over the Baltimore and
Ohio and is scheduled to arrive at the foot
Of Whitehall street at o o'clock Friday
morning.
There are eight special trains, and they
all left Zion City on schedule time yesterday.
Evangelist W. b, Kindle, who is making
the Garden ready for the reception OF the
Restoration Host, was notified OF this fact
by wire.
General Overseer John Alexander Dowie
Ia on the last train. He occupies private
car with a corps of secretaries and teie-
graph operators. This train comes over
the Ontario and Western and Is expected
to land Elijah the Res,orer at the foot OF
West Forty-second street ut Q clock Friday
morning.
Each train carries about three hundred
and fifty people. AS they arrive the Dowie-
ties will hurry to Madison Square Garden.
The Metropolitan Street hallway Com
.pany has promised to have enough cars
at the various landing places to get the
Restoration Host to the Garden quickly.
e Once at the Garden they will be assigned
to, their living quarters. They WAL a.!
room within a radius of two mics oi the
Garden. When they arrive they viii
present their baggage checks at the Gar0en
and when they are assigned to their quar-
ters their baggage Will follow them. Gne
express company has this contract. The
Dowieites have been instructed to carry
as little baggage as possible.
While Dowie's followers must be con-
tent with cheap furnished rooms, he him
self will live at the Park Avenue Hotel. Two
of his carriages, one open ard one closed.
with two teams OF high steppers, arrived
In Hoboken yesterday.
Evangelist Kindle expected that the
horses would be stabbed in the Garden
basement The hostler who came on with
the horses said the stables in the Garden
were not good enough, so he put the horses
"up at q nearby livery stable. Dowle Will
ride to and from his hotel. and on fine days
he will use tho open carriage, 80 folks may
look at him.
Of the commissary department. was busy
man yesterday. The Restoration Host
Twill be fed In the Garden twice each day.
The cafe on the ground hoor and the con-
cert hall will be used as dining rooms.
1t will be possible to feed 500 people at
time.
breakfast will be served at o'clock and
dinner at o'clock in the afternoon said
Deacon Cotton. Good, wholesome food
will maka I'm the meals
AT each meal we will use about 1000
pounds Of meat. The Restoration Host
does not use swine flesh or such food as
oysters and crabs. They eat plenty Of fish,
but only fish with fins and scales.
We figure on it taking 800 men and
will be changed each meal. The majority
OF our cooks will be women. and they are
coming from Zion City"
Although all the Restoration Hest will
arrive on Friday they won't begin active
work until Sunday. The time intervening
between their arrival and the first service
will be spent in getting used to their sur
roundipgs
The first service will take place on Sun
day morning and will begin promptly at
$40 and last an hour. There will be al
early services every morning and General
Overseer Dowie will deliver a discourse
on tho commandments Of God.
On Saturdays there Will Do only tWo lneet-
.ings, morning and evening. On all other
days there will be three. morning. noon
and night.
The Restoration Host is expected to
attend only the early morning and possibly
the evening service. During the day they
will be out making converts and gathering
the wicked into the fold They will be
expected to get their monday meal at
restaurants.
They will begin their house-t house
canvass after the first service on Sunday.
Tho Glrden was stripped OF all vestiges
the Fourth avenue end will be finished by
tomorrow morning. The baptismal tank
will be in place then. Workmen we're busy
excavating for the tank Yesterday,
The reporters will be allowed to sit near
this tank. If they don't do as Dowie wants
them to do thyy may be dumped into it.