Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-10-17
JOHN DOWIE AND HIS
HOSTS IN NEW YORK
Crusade For Regeneration of
the Metropolis.
SPECIAL TRAINS WERE RUN.

Madison Square Garden Will Be Head
quarters of the Host for Most of the
Time They Are In the city-curious
Crowds Watched Arrivals.
New York, Oct 16-Under the direc-
tion of an advance agent four hundred
and twenty members of John Alex
ander Dowie Zionists hosts arrived
from Chicago on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad early today to partcii-
pate in crusade for the regenera-
| tion of New York.
All appeared cheerful and happy,
and said they had had an enjoyable
trip. They landed at the battery and
at once boarded cars for Madison
| Square Garden.
AS soon as the first car started the
| crowd on board began singing hymn
and large crowd of curious spectators
gathered round those waiting outside
the ferryhouse Men in the Dowie
party distributed. tracts among them.
The men were all dressed in a uni.
form resembling that worn by the
United States infantry. The women
did not wear uniforms
The crowd around the ferryhouse
grew so large that it blocked the
street and police drove the spectators
back to the curb. One of the eat
ures of the party was the junior choir,
consisting of about so little boys.
There was also a drum and fife corps
of 80 men, dressed in khaki uniforms,
Thirty per cent of the party were wo
men and children of all nationalities.
Dowie, himself, arrived in his spe
cial train at the Grand Central sta
tion, disappointing the crowds who
were awaiting him at the West Shore
railroad ferry, his train having come
from Albany over the Hudson River
division. His private carriage was
awaiting him at the West Shore de
pot and the Zion leader with his son
and two lieutenants took public
hack to the hotel. A number of his
own people greeted Mr.. Dowie, but
there was little demonstration
Another train bringing DR.. Dowie's
adherents had previously arrived on
the New York Central train.
One hundred of the Dowieites who
arrived in the city via the Pennsylva
mia railroad ferry, was met by score
of boarding house keepers. They
were hurried in cabs or trolley cars tc
Madison Square Garden.
Besides his son, Dowie was accom-
panied by his wife, Carl F. Stern, chic
of police of Zion City, and Dr. Mas
sey. All registered at the Plaza ho
tel
Madison Square Garden, which is td
be the headquarters of the host for
most of the time they are here, was
soon occupied by 1,00U citizens of Zion
Each presented at the entrance an
Identification card bearing the photo
graph of the holder and every person
was carefully scrutinized by General
Mitchell. All had expected to break
fast in the garden, but it had become
impossible to make provision today fol
any meals before p. m. and they left
the garden in search of a meal in the
neighboring restaurants.
Scattered around the entrance to the
garden were the Zion members, each
dressed in black uniform and a black
peaked cap. On the cap just above
the peak was a gilt dove and iunde1
the word braided in gilt letters "pa
tience." In the belt they wore was
the usual sword strap, but instead oi
a weapon, strapped Bible.
All who wished were assigned to
quarters in nearby boarding houses.
Conspicuous among the arrivals was
the Zion band, numbering 38 mem
bers, all dressed in a bright green
uniform. Among the most promf
nent of those who arrived today was
Elder Abraham F. Lee, general recor
der of the Zion restoration host. who
has charge of the restoration move
ment all over the world Others who
arrived were Charles E. Barnard, for
merly a Chicago banker, and now gen
eral financial manager for Dowie;. Rev
w. O. Dinius, chaplain of the Zion
guards, who wears their uniform: J.
S. Peters, who has charge of the trans
portation arrangements, and Elders
Farr and Hall, of Chicago.