The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-03
DOWIE WANTED
PLURAL WIVES.
General 0verseer of the Chicago
Zion" Deposed for Teaching Doc
trine of Polygamy
PROPERTY DECIDED AWAY
"ELIJAH III" LEFT NAKED TO
THE WORLD.

Chicago. April 1.-The open revolt
against John Alexander DOwie which
took place yesterday. was followed to-
day by the transfer of all the public
property of the Church of Zion to
Alexander Granger. whose dismissal
had been directed by Dowie I'm a tele-
gram from Mexico.
a warranty deed and a bill Of sale
were filed today i'm the Lake county
court at Waukegan. Ill. by w. G.
Nollva. the present head of Zion. who
was appointed by Dowie some months
ago. hy which all the lands standing
IN the name Of Dowie and his wife
are made over to Granger. for the ben
eht of Zion City and the followers of
bowie generally. Noliva holds from
EoWie a power Of attorney, and by
virtue of il, he has turned over to
Granger everything portable in Zion
lily even 10 the bed of DOwie.
"shiIohhouse" Taken Away.
All the officials of '.Shiloh House"
the Dowie residence. the horses and
carriages. the machinery in the mills
and everything in the name OF Dowie
outside of personal belongings of the
residents of the town has been taken
9wav from the control of the depose5
first apostle"
Dowie. who is known as ''FIiiah mr.
aud First Apostle Of the Church Of
Zion city. is in temporary exile i'm
Mexico whittier ne went partly tu re-
gam his shattered health and partly
10 carry forward one of his plantation
schemes. His wife and son II is
claimed by the residents of Zion CITY
have allied themselves with Volfva
who was called by Dowie from Aus
tralia to conduct the affairs Of Zion
city when DOwies health became /
shattered.
The action deposing Dowie from PC
tive control of Zion city and lis re-
liEiouS and business affairs was taLa, |
- a meeting held yesterday in the
Zion city tabernacle
Oowie Taught PoIygany.
Late in the day = cabloprar was .
sent 70 Dowie I'm Mexico aun0,nciro
mat he had been S11sDpndad fror, ~.
church that he founded He is do
cIared to have advised some Of his
fnttowerS TO practice poIygamv. and /
charges of eXtravagarce and misn17,,
aPement are also made AGAINST him.
The message sent to Dowfe from,
Zion City is as follows:
"Dowie. Ocotlah. Jalisco NTexico
Telegram received here and CHICAGO |
Practically all. incIudiug Cincinnati
reports 1ndorse Noliva's administra-
tiOn. SDeicher's reiust q terpeDt C,rapc,
er's retention, emphaticaIIy protesting
against your extravaganza hvDocrie,-
MISREPRESENTATION. exa operations ~
Tanny and Injustice. You are hereby
suspended from Office and membership
Tor poiNoaTous teaching and ether
grave CHARGES See letter. OuietIv
retire. Further interference will nro
cipitate comOlete exposure rebellion |
legal proceedings. Your statement Of
stunendoUslv magnificent financial
outlook Is extremely foolish i'm viev- Of
thousands suffering through vour
shameful poismanaeement Zion ana
creditors viii be protected at all
costs"
Signed by VoIiva.
The message was signed by W. Q
NOliva, general Oversaer. William, II
Piper. overseer for Chicago: H. F.
Cante. overseer for United Kiugdo1,7-
II. D. Bransfeld. vice president zion
university; Overseer John Excel
genera1 ecclesiastical secretary. and
John G. Speicher. Overseer for Zion
Citv.
This IS our ultimatum To DoU,fa e.
said Noliva. speaking for the signers
of the cablegrsm. I'VE have not TAX
on this step without serious considera-
ton and we now await Dowie's fur
Their action Our legal positions in
this is under the general power of at
torney which hold, and upon the adj |
vice Of our legal advisers have trans
ferTed the entire estate to Alexander /
Granger. general financial manager.
have taken this action believing if 20
he best for the protection of Zion and
its creditors. It is a defensive move ,
ment. and il now remains for DOvvie to
act. We now intend going right ahead F..
and the whole institution will be put !
I'm good order"
Asked about the charge Of pOlygamy :
teaching mentioned in the cablegram ! !
Overseer Voliva said:
The teaching of polygamy was not
made in public, but was done private
~ l shall not go into details i'm this
matter until DOWfe has had an OOnOr- {
tunity to reply to the charge.
7 ate today Alexander Granger. to
whom. under his power of attorney.
Oversear Noliva turned over all of the
Zion City property standing in The
name of Dowie, made a recOnveyance Q
To Voliva. thus giving to him all the
authority in power formerly held by :
DOwie.