The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-09
FIRST APOSTLE
LEFT HOMELESS
Will Not Be Allowed to Enter For
mer Residence, Shiloh House,
in Zion City.
PEOPLE SUSTAIN" VOLIVA
DOWIE DENOUNCED BY THE
NEW LEADER.

Zion City. ILL.,, April S.-The people of
lion City heard their former leader,
John Alexander Dowie, denounced
from the pulpit in Shiloh tabernacle to-
day, and they approved of it, or at
least as many Of them as could crowd
into that vast meeting house signified
their willingness in a manner that left
no doubt of sincerity TO follow in the
footsteps of the first apostles success
sor, General OVerseer VoIiva. lions
new leader was the man that told of
DOwie'S alleged misdeeds, and the
more bitter and scathing the words Of
remuneration the more general and en-
thusiastic was the approval of his list
eners. When, after denouncfng Dowie
as 'sepndthrift," 1air" and "a trail
tor to his trust and his people, Over
seer VOliva suddenly stopped in his de-
nouncement of the founder of the sect
and at the end of a moments hesita-
ton demanded a decision of the au-
dience as to who should be their flu
ture leader, the 5000 people in the tab
ernacle arose as one person and sig
nif1ed their Willingness to follow Vo-
Iva to the end.
People Assembled Early.
Today's meeting was called for 23O
o'clock in the afternoon, but as early
as 10 o'clock this morning all the
streets centering around that house of
worship of the Zionists were crowded
with people, some walking, others rid
ing in carriages, but all headed in one
directiOn-ShllOh tabernacle.
BY the time Overseer Voliva, ac-
companied by Mrs. Voliva and their
little daughter, reached the meeting
house the place was full to overflow
ing with the former adherents of
DOWie, who had been patiently waiting
for hours to listen to the public ex-
posture of the man who made Zion
what it is today.
On the platform with VoIiva were
Mrs. John Alexander Dowie. Judge
Barnes, head of the law department of
Zion City, and Overseers Spreicher,
Excel, Cantel and Granger.
Clad in Sober BLACK.
At the conclusion of a short prayer
by OVerseer Spreicher. the newly ap-
pointed head of Zion, clad in a robe Of
simple white and black, a decided de-
parture from the Saudy raiment
Sumed by the first apostle on similar
occasions, stepped up to the front of
the platform and in a slow. calm and
studied voice made the annOun cement
that he was going to take advantage
of today's meeting to tell them a few
truths about the man who they had
so faithfully followed for so many
years. He then told the vast audience
of the .'deplorable conditions" he found
at Zion City when he arrived here a
month ago from Australia. and took
UP the management of the home of the
Catholic Christian church at DOWie'S
command. The speaker did not mfnce
his words, but told in the first few
words he uttered of the 'perfidy' of
John Alexander DOwie. When most
bitter in the denunciatiOn of his for
mer master, there was no one in the
tabernacle who showed approval of his
remarks more than Overseer Jane
DOwie, the wife for thirty years of
John Alexander DOWie and the mother
of his three children. At one point in
his remarks where VOliva in angry
tones exclaimed:
Mrs. DoWie Applauded.
Il will see that all the costly
furniture and expensive library adorn-
ing DOwieS Zion City residence, and
which were purchased by that hypo-
critic while many of his people were in
need of goods are sold, the money
turned into Zion StorehOuseS," Mrs.
Dowie half rose from her seat and
with her voice and hands loudly ap-
plauded the words of the speaker.
Overseer VOliva. in justification of