New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
FAITHFUL GREET DOWIE.
BE BRINGS ONE CONTEXT
Ostrnased on Shipboard-UmI.issed
Son Looks after the Baggage


osuh1seo ny the other Passengers aboard the
LucanfA' 1onn Alexander Dowie returned from
Europe yesterday minus much OF the cash Whit.
he took with him and the thousand. % 1.~
be had promised himself. On his landing t7l,iat
IL said that he converted a Thousand y,o,,a,,
IN evidence whereof he pointed TO a Miss Fofer
the one convert with him. Miss Ruth HHrar
according TO DR.. Elijah, is an beiress 20 LIN
IONS whose blood is only a few times rer,,
from royalty itself. and who gave up fortune and
tide to go to Zion The party going to Zion
consists OF the prophet j. Gladstone Dowie the
"unkissed som; Mrs. Dowie, A. W Ney,con,b
Editor OF The Zion Herald". Jobr 7 r,,oo,,
secretary; Carl F. Stern, personal hodys,uar5
and chief OF police In Zion; Mrs Stern and Mrs
Dcwies maid. There Were also thirty trunks
Ali the elect Of Zion resident in the city were
gathered at the pier TO meet Dovie On the U,av
up the bay Dowie kept a pair Of field glasses
trained on the pier AS the Lucania was being
tied up the Zionists hailed one another with
wishes for peace.
For once Dowie was not Ioquacious He de-
parted from his usual custom and addressed the
newspaper men as gentlemen"
Gentlemen, have nothing to say" was his
greeting.
Are the reports true that you converted Miss
Hofer TO your church, that she is a member Of
the German nobility. and gave up her title and
fortune7" he asked
Dowie evaded the question
Il have converted over a thousand women" he
said. In one place converted 6O2"
He would not say when any Of them would go
to Zion City, IL at all. The silence Of the clam
Dowies when he was asked to tell some
thing about the finances of Zion City and his
plans for the future When these two subjects
We're preached, Mr.. Stern in his capacity of
bodyguard. tried 10 shoe the reporters away, but
DR.. Dowie magnanimousy waved his arm in
signal to the royal guard that he was willing to
allow questions 90 be asked.
When the Dowietes landed they were sur
rounded by a curious throng that put the
prophet in his element. All the faithful at once
pressed up TO receive the blessing Of Elijah
Each time II bestowed Elijah struck a more
or less impressive pose and. raising HIS
aloft, gravely intoned, Peace be unto thee.
multiplied" in tones that We're heard far above
the Of the traffic in West-st
When Dowie was informed that he must de-
clare all his effects he was first indignant,
and then pleaded ignorance OF the proper pro-
cedure. There were eighty-two pieces Of bag
gage. and after some talk the still unkissed son
made approximate valuation of all the
party's effects for the customs officials.
During the voyage Dowie affected to hold
aloof from the other passengers. but mat
ter Of fact the shoe was on the other foot.
Dowie refused TO attend or TO take part IN any
Of the religious services held on board
In the usual concert. the proceeds Of which
are always devoted TO charity. the Dowie party
had share. The presiding officer
Scotchman. Some one suggested. more
joke than anything else. that Dowie be asked
10 make q speech 10 add 10 the evenings enter
tainment The presiding officer at once said
that II Dowie was asked TO speak he would at
resign. He said a loyal British subject.
he could not meet a man whose remarks had
been so derogatory TO the King. 1t will be
membered that Dowie while in Australia was
mObbed and came near being ducked because Of
his offensive remarks about King Edward.
Dowie was not invited 10 speak. He and his
following appeared in business suits the
cert Every else was in evening dress.
To meet DowIe at the pier Overseer
George L. Mason. Herman Warzawiak the apos-
tie 10 the Jews and the old Guttenburg rage
track; Deacons James F. Peters, OF Zion City.
fee and a score Of lesser lights. After saying
goodby TO the faithful and leaving them to look
after his baggage, Elijah and Mrs. Dowie went
10 the Fifth Avenue Hotel Tonight he viii
dilate on the grace TO be received from Zionism,
for price. at Carnegie Hall.
When Dowie went abroad it was with the
declaration that he would return with thousands
following ~ his wake 10 Zion City. Instead OF
obtaining converts. he got nothing but hard
words and blows. Going South from this city
after the visitation. Dowie went 10 Rockport,
some thirty thousand acres, on which he had
thought OF establishing new Zion City. He did
not buy the island He then went TO San Fran
cisco. and on January y, sailed for Australia,
whence HIS family had preceded him. taking
with them, il was currently reported. uunkful
OF bullion.
He tried 10 hold meetings in Melbourne. but
mob compelled him TO fee to Adelaide There
he denounced the King in such terms that the
people were infuTia ted. and he hardly escaped
with his life AS a result OF this speech every
public hall in Australia was closed 10 him. He
then sought converts and cash in Switzerland,
but the Swiss kept a tight grip on their purse
strings and Dowie went TO Germany. There
he lived in Berlin sumptuously rs he clc IN
the Visitation here. He stopped at the best hotel
IN Berlin In a suite OF rooms that cost $40 a
day In London Dowie was guarded by the
police The papers at once hailed him as The
Profit" and when this reached his notice he
again denounced the King. and blamed the an
tagonism against him TO the Masons and the
English clergy. He was mobbed by crowd,
and the police had a hard 1ght in driving II
hack from the carrfag &c from which ii sought to
drag Dowfe No hotel would receive him. and
one went 10 him, except the members
% his church. In his absence the affairs or
Zion CITY Lave been administered by his deacons.