The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-22
CLEANSING The HOST
NEW YORK SANITARY DEPART
MENT is DOING 1T.
GENERAL ILLNESS FEARED
IF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN -AS
NOT CLEANED.

Sick Reports of DOwie's Host of
Zion Were Too Heavy-"Elijah"
Denounced Newspaper Reporters
and Drove Them Forth From His
TempIe-HurIed Low Epithets Aft
err Them-''The Prophet" Says He
Is Getting Some New York Money.
New York. Oct. 21.-Dowie called for
special prayers at the early meeting
in Madison Square Garden to-day for
those of his following who are i'll. At
least forty-three are said to be unable
to leave their boarding houses on ac-
count of sickness.
The conditions in the garden have
been called to the attention of the
Board of Health. and officers paid an
official visit to Dowie's army early to-
day, and will do all possible to pre-
serve sanitary conditions in the Zion
headquarters.
Another healing meeting was in or
der to-day.
Just to show that L am in favor
with the Christian merchant princes of
this city," said Dowie, 81 will announce
the money which has come to me this
morning alone. These sums are from
men unknown to me, but who evidently
believe 1 am right. One sends me a
check for $4,000. another a check for
$1,000, another for $1,000, and another
gave me $500 These contributions
were unsolicited. They were accom-
panied by the kindest words"
During Dowies sermon a number of
students marched out in squads. Dowie
was forced to stop, and after he began
again he was interrupted by college
yell from outside the grader, ending
with the slogan, "Dowie! Dowie
Dowie!"
They are like most of the students
know" said Dowie. their brains are in
their feet"
At this a we'll dressed man got up,
and as he was leaving. Dowie shouted
at him, You are not commonly de-
cent"
Reporters Were ViIIihed.
For the first time to-day Dowie or
dered reporters excluded, and those
who were seated at the reporters table
were escortd to the doors undr Dowie' s
orders to his guards to "clear the faint
ed vipers out of here. Be careful
how you handle them not to get any
of their filth on you. Now get out,
you mean dogs. you yellow scoundrels
of the press. We will have no more
of you in here. / am paying for this
place, you liars. This is my building
Hurry up, guards. The sight of them
disgusts me. Don't waste any res
toration talk on the liars. It is
useless. They have sold their souls
to the devil. l never hope to convert
a reporter. They would be back
sliders."
To Clean Up the Place.
A squad of inspectors from the
Health Department invaded Madison
Square Garden to-day and ordered
sweeping changes in the method of
quartering the Zion guards and part
of the host" of 1000 there. An order
was posted that only a certain num-
Der of persons could sleep in each
room, and that there must be better
ventilation. The inspectors also visit
ed the kitchens and watched the prep
aration of the meals.
The fact that forty-three members
of Dowie's followers whom he brought
here were sick to-day warranted the
Health Department in taking action,
Commissioner Lederle said.
Fought to See DOwie.
Thirty thousand people, according to
the estimates of the police, tried to
get in to Madison Square Garden to
see Dowie tonight. About one-third
that number had secured admittance
when at o'clock Dowie ordered the
doors closed. When the other 10000
found themselves shut out the widest
disorder prevailed and the police, 400
strong, were for time utterly unable
to cope with the mad rush of the
crowd. Men and women were knocked
down and trampled on and many mar
rowly escaped death in the crush.
Several times Inspector Walsh sent
in calls for extra reserves, and it was
not until the meeting was suddenly
terminated by Dowie shortly after 8
o'clock that anything could be done
with the crowd.
The crowd blocked all traffic in
Madison avenue, Twenty-sixth and
Twenty streets for more than
an hour. and could not be dispersed
until convinced that the meeting in
side the garden had ended.
Dowie spoke only for about fifteen
minutes. He announced his subject
as 'Davine Healing" but when the
meeting was closed to terminate the
disturbance outside the doors, he had
got no farther than description of
the Illinois Zion and the laudation of