Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-20
DOWIE VISITS LOW.
Hosts of the R~estOrer's Army Invad
the TenderlOin.


NEW YORK. Oct. 20. There IVES
considerable commotion in the city hill
when John Alexander Dowie. the ire
~sterer." called to pay his respects to
Mayor Low. The prophet" had previ-
ously made an appointment with the
mayor. and when he called he was ac-
| companied by his wife and his son, A.
]. Gladstone Dowie, and Deacon Will
liam p. Kindle, his chief representa-
tive in this city.
The mayor greeted them all cordially.
The prophet" then told the mayor of
his mission to this city.
Mayor Low in reply said:
1T is a great pleasure to me to have
! yourself, wife. son and friends call
here and express your interest in this
city and its mayor as you have done"
This ended the reception. and in
leaving the prophet in shaking hands
with Mayor Low said:
Il leave with you the salute of Zion.
Peace be unto thee, brother"
The mayor smiGngly replied:
Thank you. sir
The Zion restoration host sent a de
tachment into the Tenderloin in the
afternoon. These venturesome spirits
We're not led by the prophet Dea-
con Ogden was at their head. and. sew
enty strong. they sailed bravely forth
to do battle with wickedness in what
they believed to be its very stronghold.
Peace be to thee" was the slogan.
| 4 wiggling of the right hand accom-
panied each salutation, and the same
hand was extended to distribute tracts
Each of the seventy was equipped with
one of the official Zion guides to New
York. in which the territory was in
dicated by map and text.
They entered the gilded cafes, the
business houses. theaters, residences
and all the variety of places that make
| up Captain Burfeind's precinct. Their
Peace be to thee was heard where
even Salvation Army lads and lassies
never trod.
Their descent upon the Tenderloin
was the occasion of considerable inter
est among the jaded pedestrians along
the Rialto. There was a noticeable
| contrast between the treatment accord
ed the followers of elijah Ill" and
the Salvation Army lassies who sell
War Crys. The latter, although they
make their way fearlessly into noisy
cafes and barrooms. are always treat
ed with cordial respect and rarely leave
a place without having received lib
eral contributions.
The Dowieites seemed to afford only
amusement. They were made the butt
of facetiouS jeSts by bartenders, cafe
loungers. pedestrians and men in ev-
| cry walk of life. No one offered to in
terfere with them, and their trip was
without danger. but it was full of in
cident of a kind calculated to dampen
enthusiasm not tried in the fire.
After heaping vituperation and invec-
tive on the largest audience that has
vet assembled to heal him Dowie, the
''restorer," was soundly Kissed by thou
sands at the Garden. The demOnstra-
tons of disapproval were so pro
nounced that when Dowie left his
carriage he was escorted by forty uni
formed Zion guards running on each
side of the vehicle.
The guards continued with the car
riage for a block and Il half toward
the Fifth Avenue hotel, TO which place
Dowie has transferred his headquar-
tiers from the Plaza. 1t was an eNcit-
ing scene.
You're a pack of thieves, the lot of
! your cried Dowie in Il rage after hav-
ing made desperate efforts to keep his
audience from melting away. You
are slaves of the bottle, stinkpots.
| You're a noisy rabble. l don't want
| your money. you thieves!"
Dowie's words were bitterly resent
ed, especially by men who had escorted
their wives or women companions to
the Garden. When Dowie made his
| elijah declaration he was denounced
by several excited individuals as an
tmpostor and a lunatic.