The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-24
THE DOWIES OFF TO BOSTON.
ELIJAH GOES TO SEE HIS WIFE
AND GLAD. SAIL AWAY.
Before His Departure the Prophet Said
Assassins Were After Hin--Mrs. Dowie
Says GOOd.by ut the Night Meeting
Tho Crowd Hears and Respects Her.

ASHASAlU8 WcTc AltCT HhllIf--NuIv' ASvWso
Says GOOd.by at the Night Meeting
The Crowd Hears and Respects Her
Dowie and his family left town last night
on the midnight train for Boston. Mrs.
Dowie and her son Glad the Unkissed are
going to sail from Boston for Europe this
morning.
The Restorer went to see them on on the
ship. He will return tomorrow and re-
sumo the job of restoring New York.
Some bold friend in the Zion Guard re-
minded Elijah yesterday that there is
passage in the Proverbs to the effect that
he that ruleth his spirit is better than he
that taketh city. Dowie took the hint,
and the crowds that went to Madison Square
Garden yesterday and last night to SOC
stout old man in whiskers lose his temper
were disappointed.
Last night, for the first time sinoe the
Restoration Host struck town. the Garden
was not filled. At no time during the
evening were there less than 5000 vacant
seats, and after the professional. which Is
we'll worth seeing. was over ana Dowle
cyan to talk, there were 1000 empty chairs.
In the morning Dowie damned medicine
and laughed at all physical ills as imaginary.
In the evening his voice was cracked from
At the morning service the Prophet
announced that his life had been threat
ened by assassins. He did the same thing
in Chicago several months ago.
MY mail is filed" he said with anony-
nous letters threatening to kill me. They
are dreadful. and no longer let my wife
read my mail.
Then with a comprehensive wave OF his
arm which no one in the audience could
take to himself the Restorer proceeded:
There sits man with a loaded revolver.
He came here to shoot me, but he has been
converted.
Last night man rushed to my carriage
intending to throw bomb into it, but ne
saw my face and venerable beard and
stayed his hand
Nobody in the audience seemed thrilled
by these mysterious references. 50 Dowie
switched of onto his morning sermon and
told what Christian should do when sick
Many Of tho women in the Restoration
Host have got colds and are tired out from
working eighteen hours day advertising
the boss In their house to house canvass
and listening to his TRADES in the Garden.
The constant coughing OF the women and
their general dragged out appearance, did
not chime in well with the sermon on healing,
so Dowie cut 1t short.
He wound up the day service with the
assertion that lot Of wealthy New Workers.
were begging him TO establish q Zion City
within Twenty-Five miles OF the Tenderloin.
At a late hour last night the police had got
no clew as to the identity Of the assassin
who wanted to throw dynamite into the
Prophets chariot.
Three hundred and forty Of the Zionists
who came with Dowie week ago started
for Chicago on o special train yesterday.
This was not desertion, but was In &C
rNrlorro with ranged nlAn. A
many more of Dowies followers will arrive
here from Zion City on Sunday to take the
places of those who have gone home.
The Zionists explained that somebody
had to be at home to run the city. Never
theless, it was a thankful lot Of men and
hard week of trying TO make New York
take their Prophet seriously.
Dowies voice had become so feeble by
last night that those in the front seats could
only catch a word now and then;
Two or three persons rolled up their
programmes and used them for ear trum-
pets. Then the example e. was n followed
confronted by 1900 evidences that his
voice needed long, long rest.
what's the matter with Bill Deveryl'
somebody yelled from the gallery. but
he didn't succeed in making very serious
or prolonged disturbance.
A general exodus was checked by. Mrs.
Dowie, who interrupted her husband and
began talking to the audience herself.
Almost everybody could hear her and
remained to listen.
The woman had the respect and SYM
psthy of the crowd, and when the disturber
in the gallery yelled $50 it, Carrie, he was
Missed and booted into silence.
Mrs. Dowie said that she wanted chance
to say farewell to New York on the eve
Of her departure for Australia with her
son.
Il want to say, too she went on. that
the stories that we are going away because
we can't stand Mr.. Dowie and his notoriety
in this city, are base lies. This trip to
my old home In Australia was arranged
months ago by Mr.. Dowie himself. We
are with him heart and soul in his great
work.
The story that he is robbing the poor
ia another lie. Ever since we came from
Australia, sixteen years ago, we have done
everything we could for the poor and the
sick. That is our work
-Mr. Dowie is used to abuse OF himself,
but he can't stand abuse OF me or Of his
son. my son, our son. l hope that the
wicked news papers will not seize upon
that information as suggestion FOR more
of their vile lies about u.s."
Son Glad, the unkissed, got up next and
said good-by, and enumerated what lies
he could recall in the confusion OF the mo-
ment The crowd wasn't so respectful
to Glad as it had been to Mrs. Dowie and
his speech was drowned in spots by shouts
and hand clapping.
When the Restorer got another chance
he repeated his daily statement that all
New York newspapers are liars and made
a bid for further interest in his meetings
by announcing that on some evening he
was going to devote q whole hour to handling
the press with "a cord OF lashee."
In Dowies absence, Deacon Barnes OF
the Zion law department will preside at
to-nights meeting and tell all about the
industries Of Zion City.