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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

week or so Madison Square Garden
was filed, and there was a bowling mob
outside demanding admittance. But ii
has to be a very good show that car
play a long engagement in New York,
and Dowie's did not appeal to the New
York public. So that the last half of
the engagement was played to empty
benches. Very few things. except the
circus. attempt to all Madison square
Garden for more than a week. Dowie
stayed three weeks. spent something
like $500, 900, and succeeded In baptiz-
ing seventy-n souls-not far from
$4,000 per, which seems a bit exorbi-
tant.
money, More Money!" the Cry.
Taken all in all, Dowie's e~vangelistic
fascos in the last five years. while
they have netted him and his imme-
date encourage several luxurious junk
cts, have cost ZiOn not far from a cool
million. Which is probably one of the
reasons for the collapse of Dowie. His
perpetual appeals for money. more
money, and yet more money, must have
been a bit wearing even to the most
faithful OF the elect. Never did any
horseleech's two daughters cry Give.
Give.' more persistently than did
| Dowie. Here is a part OF his record In
November 20, 1S99-Appealed for ST.
900, 900 as n New Year gift.
July rs. 19Oo-Asked for all the gold
and silver-gold preferred-his people
could send him. and invited them To
put all their funds in his hands as
trustee.
September 4-Called for another 81
OO0. 900 New Years gift to Zion.
September 16-Appealed for converts
who had money to spare.
October II. lSO2-Made an appeal for
$23. 600. 900 in IS bills.
February %. 1903-Invited the people
OF New York to invest all their saw
ings In Zion.
July 2s-1ssued an urgent appeal for
81, 200. 600.
September ~20-Invited the people OF
J ZiO to throw half a million dollar
into q barrel. and deposit all the money
they had with him.
November 15-Announced that he
vas going abroad after man and
money"
November 19-Asked the "fai,hful''
! to give him 81. 900. 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26
BY ALBERT E. A

beam at less than a h,,rarsd ,,o,,ras
bur what he larl.s In 80 ~. u,nLa.
up In numbers and the tremendous ef-
ficiency OF his work
1t Is a sad and afrectinr sight 70 sae
the glad light fade out Of the ewes of
the tree; the rosy glow OF health dis
appear from its cheeks: TO see II daily
grow more wan and sickiy. to note ia
melancholy ~forebodings as 1t leans its
hands upon it's head: and then I'm
course OF time to lind a little grave
one or two hundred feet In length
stretching itself athwart the earth
But the United states, through it's
agricultural department.. is after that.
scale. Like a tireless sleuth 1t dogs
his tracks. armed with washes. in
sectides. liquids. sprays. lotions. oint-
ments. poisons.
Some OF these days IT will oyertake
him. and then will be seen. stretched on
the cold ground. the blonted. swollen
scale. fixed In the cold embrace OF
death. with CLASSY ewes staring out
into the great
with his death will come such "A
flood and volume OF fruit OF all kind,
that 1t will deluge and surround the
farmer with the stun that men toll for
and which makes them sleep I'm peaca
OF nights.
Likewise at the nod OF fate came the
inventor-the man with the germ OF
unrest confined In his cerebral depart
ment.
He heard the whisper and turned his
seething brain to the subject OF farm
implements.
He thought thoughts.
Thoughts are things we hear.
these thoughts assumed shape and
form n substance. They became farm.
tools. farm implements. farm machin-
cry.
Things TO uuadruple the production
OF the farm and to quarter its work-.
to enlarge Its tiilake. Increase its crops.
multiply its profits.
A veritable p~resttxttator was these
farm Implements. They said PRESTO"
TO the dreadful drudgery" Of the farm.
and 10, II was changed into an actual.
pastime. They hanre work to NAV.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

December Asked Zionists for $780,
900 10 pay the debts Of the cause.
december RAISED the demand to
81, 900, 900 to pay lions debt of 1925. 900.
There have been other demands con-
corning which memory Is too indefinite
to put them on record. but these mount
up In specific sums to some $3l 900. 900
in a trifie over three years. Ten mil
lion d year is not bad graft: ever a
New York politician will admit that.
And S3l.0O0.0 900 is a tidy little fortune
which e a Rockefeller would not
scorn to gather i'm IL it came his way.
In sums specified i'm IA sort OF glitter
ing generality as ''all you've got" how
much he reaped Heaven n Dowie
only know ana neither OF them is COM
municative on the subject. And again
how literally his demands were COM
piled with. whether specific or general.
%deponent saith not. not Knowing.
Had $i4,oco,oc G Assets.
But 1T Is of record that early in De-
cember. 1903. when suits to ecover''
and suits to have him declared n
bankrupt began to gather thick and
fast. when his creditors. alarmed By
the reckless expenditures of the New
York invasion. began to press him.
Dowie showed assets OF $4,000. ooo over
and above all liabilities. Now &l4. OO0.-
600 is not. in vulgar parlance. to be
sneezed at. Yet ever then Dowie's
house Of cards was tumbling about his
ears. 1t was the beginning OF the end.
the first writing OH the wall. written
so large and plain that he who ran
might read and in "A language that the
general public understood. And proph-
ecies of the coming collapse of Dowie
were rife.
1t was a wonderful career that WAS
collapsing: an lndonitable spirit that
was lettering on the edge Of ruin
how close to the edge only he knew
and wonders II he quite realized,
1t was in 1888 that he was released
from a Tasmanian prison. where he
served a short term for creating a dis.
t,rbencc as a s!'s,t preacher. H.
came Immediately 20 America. landing
in a Francisco with 800 in his
pocket. Two years later lie arrived II
Chicago with less than 100 cents IN
his pocket. In 1891 and 1892. the Worlds
fair years. he preached in a one-stoi!
building at stony Island avenue anG
Sixty-second street. In five years after
that he preached his doctrine and bull
up his following. and was little heart
OF by the general public.
In 1899 he began to make II cleHl
why he had been imprisoned in Tas-
mania for disturbing the peace. HI
congregations developed into mobs. ano
riotous mob at that. Again and agai,
Ne was mobbed and stoned. peltel will
rotten eggs and nitrate and ammonia
and various other smelly unpleasant.
nes.ics. But that didn't matter. since
all this time his treasury vas flint
up. 1t was less than Il year later. b.
1t remembered. that he started OF tina
trip to convert Europe. which involved
"A special train. choice statelonIns OF
the Graf Waldersec. and the choices
apartments at the Hotel Cecil. Lon.
don's Waldorf Astoria. II was les!
than a year later hat h. wss buyin;
5000 acres on which tn build his Cit.
y: -.1n. W.. hin zen years OF his Ar
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26
II l were a farmer
II l We're a farmer l would ask for

II were a farmer
II l were a farmer l would ask for
strength.
For unless possessed poise. reserve.
balance. 1 might yield to weak tempta-
ton and assume a position that the
Vernacular would 'chesty.' The chin
might be unduly elevated and the cigar
have an excess OF upward slant. writes
Albert f. Pharo in Agricultural Adj
vertising.
Also there might be IA subtle. free
n Jaunty air indicating absolute con-
fidence In "a lively hope OF favors yet
to come"
II were a farmer I would look forth
upon the world II pronounce 1t good.
And l would gaze upon the work OF
the people OF the earth and smile In
appreciation.
I would behold them drifting by the
millions to the larger cities. where each
day. n three times "A day. is heard
In every household II little tinkling bell
which plainly says: Come one and
tribute to the farmer Of the land"
l would reflect that before this drift
my choicest products brought a low
down price. Now the prices OF my
cullens perch in lofty tree tops.
Great is the change that has been
wrought by this drift to the cities"
A change which statesmen. and
thinkers. and writer's view with
alarm They say 1t bodies no good to
our nation. That II Is dangerous to
have too many OF our people where
riches accumulate and men decay
Where patriotism withers like flowers
In a drought and where each man
works In the garden OF selflshness and
permits monstrous weeds OF abuse to
grow In the fields OF the government.
But l-oh. l only smile. a peaceful.
placid. calm. composed. contented.
tranquil. happy smile.
l.. the farmer, have no cause to view
with alarm" For all this is rich Rrist
to my running mill. 1t insures a mar
ket for all the goods hat l can raise.
All this ia In accord with the decree
OF fate. which vas entered In the book
that the word farmer and plutocrat
shall be synonyms in the near here
after.
TO carry out this decree mankind
focks to the cities. where he raises
nothing. eats much. and buys from the
farmer all that he eats.
likewise tate commanded the gov
eminent; forthwith 1t established
an adjunct whose sole function and
duty 1t is to aid the farmer on the
path OF wealth and greatness.
This adjunct is varied. diversified. in
sistent. persistent. with wide duties and
numerous lines OF endeavor.
1t employs chemists, biologists. ento-
molOgists. geOlogists. biologists. 1t
sends keen-eyed searchers to near and
far off countries for valuable trees,
plants and vegetables. birds, beasts
minerals and compounds. They search
sedulously for enemies OF the farmers
enemies and transplant them to this
soil.
Thus. we now have with us the scale
the San Jose scale.
A creature who bubbles with enthus
iasm over the life work he has in hand
His work Is to check the too rapid
accumulation OF wealth by the farm
ers.
This he accomplishes by the destruc-
ton of the fruit trees.
He works with knowledge and skill
He draws sap from the tree and injects
a poison In return.
He is a small creature. tipping the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

~lsh him God speed as no prince Of
the blood of any of the royal houses
Of Europe need hope for. and such a
display of feeling as no leader of our
day has ever been honored with. His
people had come to bid their prophet
Yood-by. and they thronged every plat
form of the great station until the
regular guards and the extra police
men were visibly nervOus. And the oc-
casioh OF all this was d short. stocky
Scotchman. grizzled beard and a fringe
OF grizzled hair surrounding his bald
ness: rosy. with bright. keen eyes look
ing out under bushy brows, a powerful
looking man of perhaps f1fty-tlve, stand
ing or the platform OF a private car.
and bowling his farewells. and finally
speaking to them. ending by calling
down a blessing on his people and in
voking the Almighty's care for them
during his absence.
Finally as they realized that the train
was about to pull out the entire as
se,nbly began to sing. most OF them
with tears in his eyes-and the casual
outsider, though III his heart he de-
Dounc Dowie as Il faker. found tears
in his eyes. too-"Gcd be with you till
we meet again.
That was August II. 1900. Dowie was
off to convert Europe. He travelled In
a special car-he generally has of late
years-wtth a large rctinue OF servants
and soventy-one pieces of baggage.
From New York he saiIed on the Graf
Waldersee. paying sl.50O for his state
rooms. In LondOn he occupied two
royal suites at the Hotel Cecil. attend
ed by two Wallets, three secretaries and
a personal bodyguard. With him We're
three deacons of his church. and men,
bers of his own family. He stayed near
ly three months in England, spent
thousands of dollars and Is credited
with twenty English converts. Then
he went to France. with no results
worth considering 80 far as the church
was concerned. spent about three
months more on the continent. having
doubtless a royal good time. and In
1901. returned to Chicago.
Buys Site Of Zion City.
It was during his absence on this
trip the the purchase. in his name. OF
5000 acres of land near Waukegan. or
was contaminated. II was also during
this absence that he called for $1,000.
600 as a New Years gift to Zion. ant
a little later in the course Of his rather
trying London experience that he ap'
pealed for converts with money II
spare.
AS a matter of fact. outside OF Chi
cage, Dowie has not been a success n!
an evangelist. Early in :3O3 he planned
tho regeneration of Milwaukee with tn
aid OF an army of restoration. Ther
apparently 1t occurred to him that tn
regeneration of New York would be
much bigger job. and more creditable-
not to say better advertising. So h.
spent the greater part of the year pre-
pairing for that. and in the middle o
October started at the head Of his arm,
OF restoration. numbering 5000. to brini
that modern Sodom and Gomorrah t
a realizing sense of Its iniquities.
New York loves a joke. and regarding
his crusade as the most mastodoni
opera bouffe that had ever struck tn
town. crowded ( o hear him. In the frs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26
"pA AMT HERE NO MORE"

There was a lot OF people come To our
house on day,
And me and Aunt Lib set upstairs and
when they went away
Ma went along. but after while my grand
pa fetched her back.
And she was cryin' all the time. and All
her clos was black,
And grandpa he was cryin'. too. and pretty
soon. why then
We all come down to g~randpa'Y house
and amt went back again.
like to live at grandpa's house: wish pa
was with US, though,
Cause he was grandpa = little bOy. a long
long time ago,
And he's went FAR away. they say, and
when ! ask them why.
And when he's comm back again. some
how. 1t makes them cry:
Most all the time they seem to try to
treat me awful kind.
And ma don't ever scoid no more when (
forget to mind.
Whenever grandpa goes to town he brings
me home a toy,
Cause I'm the picture OF my pa when he.s
a ltttle boy,
And when I'm hungry grandma spreads
the jam on good and thick.
And never thinks It's naughty when 1
want the spoon to lick.
And Aunt Lib says the reason WHY they
love me such a lot
Il caus. since pa amt here no more I'm
all the boy they've got.
AT night I ride on srandpa's back when I
go up to bed,
Cause that's the way pa did when he,
And grandma holds me on her Ian and
pats my cheeks and tries
To make me think she's smilin' when the
tears are in her eyes.
l never knew that folks could treat a hov
SO kind before:
There's noshin' that's too good for me
S. +. kiser in the Chicago Record
Herald.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

Some OF the streets o! Warsaw. Po-
LAID. IN. paved With straw pressed INTO
blocks and made hard enough TO BE-
uss.l FOR iIi> urpos
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

There is hardly a king in C,,risien.
dom today whose wife Dies NOT over-
tor him b. i head.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

The negroes of Tahiti. n of the So
ci.ty islands in ;nc south Pacific. play
the Hu,e With the rose instead OF the
mouth.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

rival in Chicago, penniless. he ~
rated as being worth 5000. 900. shat
is. property worth easily that was
held in his name. All the property OF
Zion. the organization. Is held In the
name Of and at the disposal OF Dowie.
its high priest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
Delightful Yacht Outing.

The annual outing or the Cecilia Yacht
ing Club was taken Tuesday on the James
River With Captain White In charge,
the yacht, Ada, left the Pocnhontns wharf
at Q o'clock. The crowd landed at Drew
rys Bluff, where tempting dinner was
served. Fishing, boating and other pas
times were INDUCED in until I o'clock,
5wllen'the party started on the honcward
trip Those who attended were:
3 Misses Eva Robinson, Emily Gary. Bes-
sic Gray, Rosa Marano. Mary Mhraho.
Mamie Palmer, Ruth Atksson, Leila At
ltisson Bertlc Wilkinson. Louise Schultz,
Annie Cooper, Annie Reeves, Esther
Couldrety. Miss Brown, Miss Moray, An
ME Hampton, Grace Brighton; Mcssrs.
Harry Gary, C. Q Wilkinson, John Rosch-
err, Harvie Atkisson, j. l.. Henderson, Sam
Harrison, Frank Chapel, w. Jones. Mr..
Smith, G.. Williams w. Brighton. S,
Blake, w. Reynolds, +. Miller, and III,
Davis. ~ tft
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
HoW1TZERs' GUNS.
Carriages Have Now Come and
Ordinance Officer Needed.

The new equipment OF the Howltzers
and their enlarged and improved quar-
tiers has aroused much interest In their
organization. which Is ono Of the Oldest
IN the state. and on Tuesday night they
elected nine new men. There are now
seven other applications before the IN
yestgation committee, and there is every
indication that before tho end OF the
year the organization will have the re-
gular army strength OF 40 men to the
battery.
Captain Myers has written 20 the army
Headquarters in Washington asking that
an ordnance officer be seat down 10
put together the new guns. which the
War Department recently donated to
tho Howitzers.
AS soon as possible after ali the new
equipment Ia In PLACE the HowltHcrs are
arranging to celebrate tho securing OF
the guns with smoker and banquet.
Among the distinguished quests to 10
invited for this occasion arc General
Oliver, first assistant secretary Of War;
General Crozier, chief OF the ordnance
department, and Senator'S DAME! ana
Martin, There will also be number
OF invited guests from this city, max
Ing total attendance, probably Of about
five hundred.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
HEAVY LIFE INSURANCE.
Large Amounts That Caine to
virginia In 1905.

The current Issue OF the Insurance.
Press, of New York, prints the amount
IL Ire insurance received by behehciaries
IN tie various states dtifing tile yenr
1905. Thc tothl for Virginia Is sa,7be.lol.
or this. $sOt.GDO came to Hichniondi $327,a3S
to Notfok.
Tic following payments OF 10000 or
more have been reported.
Ashland Edmond q. Thpinpkns, $40, 1Vo'
Non Air-4Jnmes -. Moore. sl2,se3.
t'l,nrlottesvillc44ta s. MtClic, s22. SSo.
/, fredericksburg Willlatn a. Smith,
$1l,d5O
s25,p3l. -
Ninror,-George W. Mics, $4,000.
Miller acknowledgements r.. Vnwter
So 400.
Norfolk Nathunlcl 1stirfuss. $1,000:
Samuel 1rirbcr, $t5.coo; jacob Hccht
sss,o John r.. Jenkins, $1,000. Beh!a-
min =. Sale, 10000; William T. Kak.
err slU7s1 ~
Oak 1Iil--lr. w. Maddox, $4,000
Potersburs--fI Noltchius, $1,000.
Richmond Henry 1'lptk. $1,000; Frank
W. banner, sl45o; sllas L. Johnson,
$4,000.
suffolk-p. G. Butler. $4,000; A. II.
Cobb $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
COUNTY SCHOOL FINALS.
Commencement Days Are Near
At Hand

All Of the Henrto county schools are
arranging for their commencement ex-
ercses for the end Of this week or the
beginning Of next week Most OF tho
rural schools Will celebrate the closing
day simply With d picnic, which, how
ever, is very enjoyable to the youngsters.
The commencement at Barton Heights
school will take place on Tomorrow night
In the Barton Heights Baptist Church,
where the commencement address Will
be delivered BY Professor f. O. Wood
ward professor of English and literature
in the NNoman's College The diplomas
and medals will be delivered by Mr.. John
stewart bryan. one OF the members OF
the board
Du,nburtot, school Will celebrate Its
closing day Will, picnic at Youngs
Fond, where all the pupils VIII gather
for an all-tlay outing. Fulton Hill school
will have It's picnic on Friday at Forest
Hill Park. yellow Tavern school. Will
hold It's commencement exercises OH Mon
day night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
sKY-sCRAPER RISES.
Another Story on the Diminutive
One at Eighth and Broad.

Tho dlminutiva sky-scraper or fat
Iron building" which stands mt the north
west corner of Broad and Eighth Streets,
has attracted n great deal nf attention,
owing 10 the fact that It Ia altogether
unique.
1t will be all the moro 40 In few days,
as carpenters are now at work putting
on another story The odd little building
has frontage OF about five feet, and,
taking It's width into consideration, It Is
as tall by comparison as the American
Bank building.
The building liz occupied BY Mr.. Splitter
as n cleaning and pressing establishment
Az soon as the carpenters complete tho
third story. this will be painted to con-
form to the rest Of the hihlding.tpsia bSI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
Commencement Exercises.

The commencement exercises OF the Me-
mortal Hospital Training School for
Nurses will be held in the amphitheatre
of the Medical College of Virginia on
Tuesday evening, May 29tl. Tho names
OF the young ladies who are to graduate
are Misses Anne Belle Barksdale. Mary
Leigh Griffith, Rose Hancock, Martha
Esther Hurt, Annie Belle Johnson, Mary
Agnes Smith and Virginia Lee Whlte-
head.
NJ An informal reception will be held at
the college Immediately after the exercises
are over, and very pleasant evening Is
being prepared for.
The baccalaureate sermon Will Da
preached before the elias snext Sunday at
Grace street Presbyterian Church BY Rev
DR.. Wltherspoon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
Fancy Skating Pleases Many.

no race, contest nor act has ever anoraea
more pleasure or drawn larger audiences IN me ne
OF the Powers Brothers, Of New York. The .
two skatorlai artists started Monday, night night
with only a fair-sized audience, and have hay
noon and evening since. At each performance
new skating features are exhibited ana ,'o,
skaters have returned to the rink TO practica
a tew OF the many new features that they
have watched with SO much Interest. TO all
observers every turn done by me towers
Brothers seems Just easy as falling on q
iog. When experienced skaters try some OF
these stunts they find out differently.
John p, Brent, Richmond's favorite fancy
skater and racer, Is ono OF the most assiduous
watchers the Powers Brothers have. Brent
never misses a performance and nc can pecn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-24
Military Notes.

Second Lieutenant Nelson Wnmpler, OF
Company B, seventysecond Infantry, at
Culpeper, has been reported as having
successfully passed examination for Of
flee in the Virginia volunteers.
Captain f. T.. slaughter, commanding
Company B, seventy:second Infantry, at
C,,lpeper, has requested that Privntes IT.
vim Vowel and Stanley w strctton, OF
that COMPANY, be published ms deserters.
Governor Swanson has Issued warrant to
Cary r. Warren, Jr" OF Portsmouth, as
retired stable sergeant, Battery c. First
Artillery, Of that city.