The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-05

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1.-The conference between M. Congy,
the republicans social deputy and
War Minister Andre today the for.
mer decided not to address for the
present an interpolation to the gov.
ernment on the subject of reopenine
of the Dreyfus case.
Panama, D c. lit is consider.
ed proba bly, here that the canal
treaty will be signed tomorrow.
Colon, D.c. 1.-The steamer City
of Washington, from New York,
baving on board the canal treaty,
arrived vt c ,len today. Senor Es-
prilia, the minister for foreign af-
fairs of the republlcrof Panama, kr-
rived here from Panama last night,
and the treaty was turned over 10
him. He then boarded the train
for Panama, taking the treaty with
him. The United States cruiser At
lan,a and the aauxiliary cruiser
May flower arrived last night. The
United States cruiser Nashville
reached this port to Jay. The u
nited States battleship Maine and
the auxiliary cruiser Dixie are alSo
there. 40
Chicago, Dec. "A great gather
ing of the Dowie ties was held in the
tabernacle at Zion City tonight. 1t
was called by Dowie for the pnr-
pose of starting fund of 81 ,O0O,-
600 with which to- pay off all the
Indebtedness that hangs over Zion
City aud himself. The outponring
of his followers was not one TO
bring cheer to the heart of the gen.
eral overseer of Zion. The taber.
nacle seats 6, 600 persons. and usu-
ii Ily all the seats are taken at the
special meetings called by Dowie.
Toaight the hall was not over half
I'll ed. and the. gathering was not
ss enthusias ic as might be desired
by man who !. was in immediate
need Of funds. : '
Dowie gave to his followers a
statement Of the financial situation
of Zion City, and told them the as
sets were ample, the only trouble
being that he was not able to real.
ize upon them at once. All he
needed was a contribution Of ready
money with which to tide over the
recent crisis in the affairs of the
city. This once done, Zion would
grow to greater power than ever be-
fore. ~ 'z''s's''Fa ,.tt t4=--1, ~
T love this tabernacle" he said,
Il love all my tabernacles as love
my people. As my people have
grown, SO have my temples of wor-,
ship: And When we prepare to
leave this tabernacle for the last
time, the next house of worship will
be Jerusalem, It has always been
my prayer. God has told me to
do it. But not now. That will
come later. a 70 H;
"The flesh pots are the cause Of
our comir g here tonight. They are
a joke to me. For an hour the dogs
have thought they led me. But,
beloved. we are going to kick them
out. We will kick them out
for all eternity. E 2 f y - s.'',55s
Beloved, l would like to take
you into my confidence. A few
minutes ago I received a communi-
cation that has caused the clouds
to lift. They are beginning to part.
81 call upon you to help me
crush them. My people, am come
to you for help. | know that you
will pots be found wanting. Are
you of Zion or not?" ~
There was feeble eyes"
hose devils, parasites, the re-
porters, came to me today. They
wanted to know what I would cay
tonight. Did they learn from me?"
Cries of mo"
Il tell you we will run them out
Of Zion. / knew they were coming
before they attempted to polute Iii
on. Iknew it by the stencil that
came ahead of them.o
Dowie continued in this strain
for over an hour and repeatedly |
urged his hearers to come to the
aid Of Zion with all the
at their disposal.
sWe want 81 900, ,ooo," he said,
and I want the faithful here in |
Zion City to contribute half that
sun. want 1t now, tonight. "
The collection taken up is said to
have amounted to less than $1,000
For Sale,
Good gentle driving horse and buggy.
U Rarry