The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-04-12

audience. as to Who should bc t,!t!.
future leader, the 5000 people IN III,
tabernacle arose as one person end
signified @eir Willingness to follow
Ipliva to hhs egd.
overseerSvsiH, in justification OF
the overthrow Of Zion City's first
apostle, told how money had beeu
squandered fool!shly for Dowles own
Satalorltf Si lsHsAs.uaf a1asaBstss
people OF Zion were calling loudly Tor
money As an Illustration Of this
state OF affairs Voliva cited his own
experience in Zion church. He de-
clared that he had been compelled
to keep himself and family of five on
$50 q month allowed him by Dowic
and that out of this monthly. salnfy
he had been compelled to turn over
tenth in tithes to, the, church, He
then asked. What has become of all
this money that has been flowing In
to Zion for so many years?s
He then asked his congregation II
they wished to return 70 the Dowic
regime or preferred to fnlew him and
the business committee Of twelve
overseers which he had appointed and
all OF whom were a unft in the action
taken deposing Dowie. His answer
was an emphatic acquiescence in all
that had been done for Zion since The
movement against Dowie was begun,
In bringing his announcement ..of
Dowie to a close Oyerseer ,Voliva said:
Alexander Granger owns this ia.
benacle. He owns this entire estate.
What l want you to do is to send all
tithes and offerings to Zion in the
name of 0verseer Granger instead Of
IN the name Of John Alexander Dow
ie. Make all checks and all commers
cial paper of every description payat
BILE to Alexander Granger. The day
has come when you ought to act as
men and women and exercise your
God given free will. II do not want
you to do any more by constraint. Il
want to be calm and straightforward
and present these matters of Zion.
After the meeting the $50 Zion
guards employed to keep order. in the
city were sworn, in to support Voliya
in all his undertakings and all took
the oath of allegiance with the excep-
ton of one. l'sss b a.t II d i.
A message was received from Dow 4
lie Sunday afternoon stating that he
would reach Zion City next Tuesday
morning and ordering Shiloh house.
his residence In Zion City, to be pre-.
pared for his homecoming. voliva,
arter, reading this message, stated in
emphatic terms that Dowie would not
be allowed to even enter the door Of
what formerly was In Zion City
nome. '5tlp. T. tH .ftap. II Il =.
A report was received in Zion City
Monday that John Alexander Dowie,
upon his arrival in Zion City, will
cause the Immediate arrest Of Gen.
eral Overseer Voliva and the menu
bers of his council ION -apeharge OF,
AI.'tt q ]. % ) ,iT4fJril- q iss 4
The rumor caused great excitement
In Zion City and the announcement
was made that if Dowis took such ac-
ton his own arrest would, follow. i'm
and upon a charge more
serious that has vet been made pub
lics = t-9'l an ! eyG&t 8 ~ j $50
Preparations have been made to
counteracti any. mve that maybe
made BY tpowie In the Subsection of |
causing arrests. Bonds have. been
by the ofacerss Of Zion
church so that IT. win not BE neces-al
vary, for them'lto leave Zion CITY. q
Deacon White left zion City Mont
day with the. $500 he was asked BIZ |
Dowie to forward. He declined to say |
he would take IT to st. Louis
u give II, to Dpwise uSpn his arrixalTl
here,