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The Washington times., 1906-04-01
THE MEETING PLACE OF THE WORLD

= 7 was Adanson who WAS speaking
and when he speaks people gener-
4 ally Hsten-that Is. il they have
thirsty souls-for at the first sign
or a lack Of interest in his stories he
calls the waiter and ord, rs fortitude
and resignation for his auditors Said
Adsmson:
"Kipiine, or somebody else. has 70
marked that ifrycu want 10 see anybody
whom YOU have ever met before. all YOU
have tc do is 10 sit down at Port Said
and wait. Sooner or later the desired
one viii appear. There is another place
of which the same thing is true II one
hsunts Broadway from Twenty-third
street to Fortieth street long enough. he
the world whom he has ever seen.
''Once. when 1 was in Egypt'-Adam-
sons auditors moved uneasily: they had
heard that preamble beforehand Adam
son called out Waiter Then resum-
ing. he said:
''Once when I was in Egypt I made a
trip up the Second Cataract of the Nile
and there met a sheik who was doing a
fiourishing business in letting out cam
els. providing guides for the desert and
fitting out caravans for the mysterious
interior That. OF course. was before a
railway ran Ia Khartum- fie Wos an in
tellisent creature for one Of his kind.
and unlike most Arabs. wss possessed
Of strong desire TO see the world of
the unbelievers-
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Starts to Gonuert Europe

Five years ago the writer saw
Dowie leave Chicago from the Illinois
Central depot. There was such "A
gathering TO wish him God speed as
no prince of the blood of any of the
royal houses of Europe need hope for.
and such display of feeling as no
leader of our day has ever been hon
ored with. His people had come 10
bid their prophet good-by. and they
thronged every platform of the great
station until the regular guards and
the extra policemen were visibly
nervous. And the occasion of all this
was a short. stOcky Scotchmsn.
grizzled beard and fringe of g-izzIed
hair surrounding his badness: rosy.
with bright, keen eyes looking out
under bushy brows; a powerful look
.ng man OF perhaps hfty-hve. standing
on the platform OF a private car. and
bowling his farewells. and finally
speaking them. ending by calling down
a blessing on his people and invoking
the Almightys care for them during
his absence.
Finally as they realized that the
train was about TO pull out the en-
lire assembly began To sing. most OF
them with tears In their eyes-and
the casual outsider. though in his
heart ne denounced Dowie as a faker,
found tears in his eyes, too-"God
be with you till We meet again,
That was August il. 1900 Dowie was
off to convert Europe. He Travelled in
n special car-he generally has of late
years-with Il large retinue of serv-
ats and seventy-one piece "f bag
gage. From New York he sailed UH
the Graf Waldersee. paying $l,5W for
his staterooms. In London he &C
cupied two royal suites at the
Hotel Cecil. attended by two Wallets.
three secretaries and a personal body
guard. With him were three deacOns
of his church. and members OF his
OWE family. He stayed nearly three
months i'm England, spent thousands
of dollars. and is credited with twenty
English converts. Then he went to
France. with no results worth con
sidering SO far as the church was con-
cerned. spent about three months more
on the continent having doubtless a
royal good time, and in January. 1901.
returned TO Chicago.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
BugS Site of Zion City

It was during his abseuce on this
trip that the purchase, in his name
II s.con acres of land near Waukesan.
on which he planned to build Zion
City. was consummated, II was also
during this absence~that he called for
81 .JDG COO as a New Years gift To Zion.
and a little later in the course of his
rather trying London experience that
he appealed for converts with money
to spare.
AS matter Of fact. outside of Chi
cago. Dowie has rot been 4 success
as an evangelist. Early in 1903 he
planned the regeneration of Milwau-
kee with the aid OF IN army OF re-
striction Then apparently it occurred
TO him that the regeneration of New
York would be a much bigger job. and
more cred ahle-not to say better ad-
yertising. SO he spent the greater part
of the year preparing for that and in
the middle of October started at the
head of his army of restoration. num-
berins 9cas tn bring that modern
sodcrn and sSolnorrah to "A realizing
sense of it's iniquitics
New York loves Joke. and regard
inE his crusade a. the most niasto-
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Last RLow to Enfthfm

The final shock 20 the faitl1- OF thu
faithful came when DoWie was prepar-
ing 10 90 TO Mexico 10 close a contract
for 5.00l.000 acres. where he proposed
L" build a second and greater Zion City.
il was Sunday and a great oonsresa-
ticn had assembled 10 hear hTs LAST
words. The service was about over.
the trumpets had bIared their last.
Zion vas on its knees awaiting ths
benediction Of the Apostle. OF Elijah
the Restorer. who would never die 1T
came in hating broken whispers And
scarcely had II been pronounced when
Dowie reeled from the pulpit and fell
unconscious into the arms OF some Of
his deacons.
Paralysis, the word ran through Zion
City. Paralysis, Why could he not
cure himselfI Why did he lie there
helDiess. al one side numb He bad
declared that he would never die.
WHY ne might die al any minute,
IN few days however he had part
Il recovered and was on his way TO
Mexico. lie tried 20 write cheerfuIly.
but throueh his words Of hone sounded
tie note OF despSir-Elijah the Restor-
er feared death,
He finished his business in Mexico
and started home. In New York h-
had second stroke He knew that
third would probably be fatal So ne
sent word 10 Zion City that he must
rest and started 10 the West Indies
TO do it. He STAYS there. and the faith
Of the faithful is shaken. for Elijah
Is 10 an appearances dying
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Money, More Money!" The Cry

Taken all In all. Dewie's evangelistlc
flascos In The last five years. while
they have netted him and his i'm
mediate encourage several luxurious
junkets. have cost Zion not far from
n 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 10 the most faithful OF the elect.
Never did any borseleech's two daugh-
ters cry GIVE, Give" more persis-
tently than did Dowie. Here is par:
OF his record IN that line:
November %. 1s99-Appealed for a.
o00.oO0 as New Year gift
July 25, 1s00-Asked for ell the gel,
and silver-=old preferred-his people
could send him. and invited them tc
pnt all their funds in his hands as
trustee,
September I-Caned for another
sl.Ooo,oco New Years gift to Zion
September 1s-Appealed for converts
who had money to spare.
October II. 1902-Made an appeal for
,23-0oo.0OO in IS bills.
February %. ISoS-TnvIted the people
of New York to invest all their saw
ings in Zion.
July .s-Issued an urgent appeal for
se.eo0Ooo
September sl-Invited the people OF
Zion TO throw half million dollars
into barrel, and deposit all the
money they had with him.
November i5-Anneunced that he
was going abroad after man and
money"
November 19-Asked the faithful
Ia give him s2,OO9.0Oo,
December i-Asksh -ZioniSts for
$4,000 20 pay the debts OF the cause.
December s-Raised the demand TO
Sl,OGo. .oOo. to pay lions deb5 of s725.Ooo.
There have been other demands
concerning which memory Is too In
definite to put them on record. but
these mount UP in spociac sums 20
some SCI 100000 in a trife over three
years. Ten million year is not bad
graft: even New York politician will
admit that And ssl 10000 is a tidy
little fortune which even Rocket her
would not scorn to gather in il Il came
his way. In sums specified in n sort
of glittering generality as -all you've
got" how much he reaped Heaven
and DOwie only know and neither 1f
them is communicative on the sub
ject And again how literally his de-
mands were complied with. whetht 4
specific or general. deponent saith NOT.
not knowing
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

Yesterday coffee-colo-ed man. wear
ing frock coat and tall hat. came up
10 me in Broadway and said. is not
this Mr.. Adamson7- VIII YOU believe
me. IL was tho sheik or the Second Cata-
ract. He had become rich and the rail-
road having put him out or business to
largo extent. he had retired 10 Cairo.
where 10 had learned to NEAR European
clothes. taken a course in geozra phy and
set ont on his travels was glad to
see bin. of course but he had lost an
his old picturesque1ess Of look and
thou~ht. He had become diss-acefully
fat as all those Orientais do when they
get prosperous. and his ideas. which
had seemed SO original in the deserts
around Waddy Halfa. seemed common
place enough on Broadway
Il have also met in Broadway an ex-
lied Central American president whom
l had last seen reviewing his army on
the plains OF Salvador: a Parsee mer-
chant with whom / had traded in Sing
apore: a young Boer whom / had last
seen when he left his college In Cape
Town TO go north and join his relatives
at the outbreak OF the South African
war, and strangest OF all. a Iascar. who
seranS- or head-man. OF the crew
on board steamer in which once
crossed tho Indian Ocean Oh ves. you
can So anybody in Rr9sdvay II YOU
wait there long enough. New York
Press
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
IN Edifce of Faith

It was faith that built up the whole
edffice OF DowieIsm. and with its
crumbl,ng the whole edifsee must fall
In the early days il was faith in God.
I.atterly IL has been more and more
faith IN Dowie His people almost
vorshiped hsm He was fast getting
20 the stage where they must quite
Worshtpped him. His dream seems 10
have beea tire exaItation OF Dowie 10
divinity-and there is where he failed
The deaeons whom he has left in
charge are net running things With
the same high hand that Devie did:
the old aUtocratic spirit has gone; the
people are allowed an occasional
opinion of their own: the preachers
in the tabernacle even ailew them
selves 10 soften some Of Dowie's pet
doctrines And the Dowieites are en-
Toying this more liberal regime. Dowis
could not IL he returned. re-estab-
lish his old absolute sway-snd no
knows IT,
Financially he has not failed Only
2 few months ago be Was rated a.
worth szLOc0.G00 He is still Zion
lions funds are in his name. Il -
no small thing to have built up such
a fortune from nothing. II is . vary
big thing TO have directed and con-
trelled. In the main TO their own ad-
vantage, half a million people-and
he has made about that number or
converts. But 10 be weak and stricken
by disease. 10 know that life and
power are slipping away, that the
whole fair fabric one has builded IS
aance an eXaltation OF self. grasp
ing at divinity-that must be very bit
ter 10 what is. after all. very human
humanity And Dowie today III. in all
probability dying. on a tropic isle far
from the scene of his triumph and his
activity, i simply another example OF
that ''vaulting ambition which o'er-
leaps itself"
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

I'VE years between trium-
phant success and abject.
4 emkittered failure. That Is
the record of John Alexan-
der Dowie-"Eliiah III. the
Itepto-er," he he told his
followers to cell him: founder OF
new religious Organization and OF
Zion City. its home on the snores OF
Lake Michigan
That is not all the record. much lies
before. and niSch lies between. They
were five vital. strenuous years, which
saw the rise and fall of Dowie. and
to a certain extent OF Dowieism-ot
DoWIe-preacher. prophet. convict.
banker, one of the greatest financial
Seniuses and organizers. one OF the
greatest religious takers this country
has ever seen, and first. last. and all
the time the canniest of Scots; of
DowieIsm. which whether one regard
it from a religious or an Industrial
standpoint, one must admit was the
conception of master apd the
achievement of a great general.
Give the er - give Dowie his due'
He is certainly a remarka Bile man,
man OF brains and energy. born lead
or of men, a dreamer of dreams. per-
haps, but with the indomitable faith
i'm himself. the executive ability, and
the Willingness TO work. which took
him a long way toward the resliza-
ton OF those dreams. As captain
Of industry he was the peer of Car
negie, of Rockefeller. of the late Mar
shall Field-of any one OF them-all or
whose names stand for great organic
ing and executive power. And he has
probably done more good. helped TO
raise more men OCT of the .nire. and
so far as one knows crushed none
deeper into Il. than anyone Of them
For he has put thrift and energy aud
industry into neutrality-suspicious. thous-
ands of men who had il not. His
appeal has been TO the rather shift
less and unsuccessful And he has
made them work, not for wage. but
as matter OF religion, not for
themselves or for the good OF their
families. but for him and the good OF
The cause.
And i've years is such a little. little
dmei
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
Had S14.OOO.O0O Assets

But il is Of record that early in Dc
cember. 1905. when suits To recover
and suits tc have him declared Il
bankrupt began to gather thick ana
fast. when his creditors. alarmed by
the ree,,I,ss exnend.tu.Cs Of The New
York invasion. began 10 nrsss him.
DosSie showed assets OF sltno0O0 over
ard above all liabilities, Now sl4S00-
Oo0 is not, in vulgar pariance. 10 he
sDeezed at. Yet even then DoWie's
house of cards WAS tumhling about
his ears. IL was the beginning OF the
end. the first writing on the Wan, Wit
50 large and plain that he who ran
might read snd in a language that The
general public understood. And proph-
ecies OF the coming collapse of Dow.e
were rife.
IT was a wonderful career that was
ooilapsing; an indomitahle spirit that
was tottering on the edge Of ruin
how close TO the edge only he ene A.
and one wonders il he quite realized
II was in lsSs that he was released
from Tasmanian prison. where he
served short term for creating i DIS
trrbance as street preacher. lie
came Immediately To america lauding
in San Francisco with Sioe ia his
pocket. Two Yea later lac arrived in
Chicago with less than 100 cents in
his pocket In 9, and IS. the World :
Fair years. he pres ched in a one-s.crv
building at Stony Island avenre= IL.
Sixty second street In NE wears ar
ter that he preached his doctrine End
built UP his following. ard was i:tt e
heard of by the general public
In 1899. lie began - make II clear
why he had been imprisoned in Tasna-
MIA for disturbing the eace. His con
gregations developed into nobs. ard
riotous mobs at that Again and again
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
More Financier Than Preacher

As linaneisr he VAS great sue
cess. evea if the more critical might
feel forced 20 admit 10 themselves that
as an evangelist ne was something
OF i failure As preacher ~ home
he WAS certainty glorious success
The great Shiloh TabeTF acie opened it's
doors Sunday after Sunday TO congre-
cations running up into the thousands.
while orthodox preachers were we'll
pleased with a few measly hundreds
On special occasions IL is estimated
that th, re were rot far from 10.o0o peo-
rle gathered 10 hear him And apart
from his doctrines of curing disease.
there Nas nothing in his preaching to
offend any ore OF tke Christian de-
nominations-beNon the fact that he
had no use for them. Al least, al frst
there wasn't.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

By degrees he arroEated TO himself
more and more Of divine powers First
he was merely Elijah reincarnated-
Then. Elijah reincsrnate became The
ResJorer" empowered 10 heal disease
by forsiving sin. Then Elijah the Re
storer declared that he would never
die. Then IN 1905. after a trip around
the world fdurng which he paid 500
above the regular fare for the pick of
the stateroorns from San Francisco TO
Australisl. he fed for his life from A
sydney mob which didn't like the
ihings he said about King Edward:
occupied luxurious suite a the Nor
mandy in Paris, hiring a body guard
or thirty detectives 20 Keep reporters
from boIheTins him. found London hO-
tells closed 10 him. and was chased Dy
r mcb after being elected from the
Hotel Gecil. returned TO New Yors and
tried his hand once more AT reforming
a, bsl. when his collection boxes only
neffed him 81 cents decided q was TOO
wicked for him. After his trip around
the world. enliveRed by incidents OF
this sort. he returned 20 Zion, and an
ROuneed himself as the first apostle
the high priest OF the Catholic Apos-
tOlie Chureh-the Pope In fact hence
forth - be knavn merely as John
Alexander. and theoname Dowie 10 be
forzniisp- Some 81 his people swallow
cd this. Some OF them ehoked over it.
Rut the geffius of the man. his mag
nstism, the memory of the things he
had done. forced u down their throats-
And Yet DoNie iE failure. His
Zion City is seins to pieces, his church
Is disiRtesrsting, be himself IS a quer-
uious nervous Invalid. a physical
u~ec'-. practically r7arcoTed in the
West Indies. almost afraid to SO home,
because re knows that he has lost his
grip. And Why2
The Washington times., 1906-04-01
BAD Case of Stueiiod Head

Because, in tive language -of the
street. he suffered badly from q swell
cd head. In mere temporal matters
lie sought to control his people too alb
solutely He threatened to arrest any
member Of the colony found awake
srter 10 O'Clock at night. He placei
his ban on fairy tales. on Santa Claus.
and on Mother Goose He would not
allow copy OF Mother Goose in the
colony He ordered prayers 20 be
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

The Rise of John Alexander DoWie From
a Convict in Tasmania to the AcknoWl-
edged Religious, Political, and Economic
Leader of a Great Sect--The Vanity That
Wrought Upon Master Mind, to Lose
Him the Affection of His Followers and
His Undisputed Power.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

donic opera boune that had ever
struck the town. crowded TO hear him.
In the first week or SO Madison Square
Garden was flied. and there was q
howiinG moo outside demanding ad-
mittance- But it has to be very good
show that can play a long engage
ment in New York. and Dowie's did
not appeal TO the New York public,
So that the last half OF the engage
ment was played TO empty benches.
Very few things, except the circus. at
tempt to ill Madison Square Garden
for more than week. Dowie stayed
three weeks, spent something like s3co,-
600. and succeeded in baptizinS seven-
ty-nine souls-not far from 5000 per:
which seems a bit exorbitant.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

It's industries were snIeHdidlv man
AGED: its credit VAS COED il Was
law-sbiding. sns in the main. model
community No ore could In fairness
deny that. Its citizens for the raast
part were better eft than they ever
had been IN their lives. They did NOT
erudge D0wie luxuries that thev
would bot have dreamed Of fer them
selves. lie had fairly eaineS them
and they themselves vene living lives
of seif-resrecting counfoFt and decencr
hitherto unknDsn ia their experiences.
Al least. most of them were.
The Washington times., 1906-04-01

said for the English lace workers whs
deoed him and stuck to their pipes.
he publicly chastised his fun grown
son, Gladstone. later famous as this
unkisSed. for getting excited al a ball
game He manifested a growing de-
sire TO interfere with his people in
matters which they regarded as purely
personal
Moreover, as prophet and priest. as
Elijah the Restorer. and John Alex
andef the Apostle. he distinctly didn't
make good. Claiming that he could
cure disease and excommunicating the
faitilcss who preferred physicians. hs
faifed to cure his own sister. and
called IN a physiciah for bis daughter.
He tried TO emulate Elijah I by cali
ing down IRE from heaven 10 consume
IFS ensmies-certain good folk of
Evanston. who turnsf the hose on his
follow ers- The IRE failed TO material
ize Dowie made himself ridiculous.
which is fatal to one OF his preten-
sions-
It was all a case or swelled head
~ failure TO realize that discretion Is
truly the better part OF yslor. u led
him 70 undertake things that he could
not do. TO promise what he could not
possibly perform Was IL lunacy7 Did
tiie man really believe himself what
lie demanded that others should be-
Heve, or was il an apotheesis OF selfish
ness that would not rest content with
anything less than daVirs hOnOrs?
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

The Pacific Mail liner Siberia will
sail at ! o'clock this afternoon for
Honolulu and the Orient She will
carry q fun cargo and about $50 cabin
passengers. The China, due early
next week, viii follow the Siberia, the
Mongolia, now in port taking the
China's place o. the schedule. This
arrangement is ore OF the conse-
Quences o. ;he recent congestion OF
freight or the Southern Pacific which
resulted in the piling up OF cargo on
the Pacific Mail wharves.
IN order 10 straighten out the situa-
tin, Eastern agents were instructed TO
stop receiving freight until the hump
at this end was assimilated. Loading
and discharging vessels was stopped
and every energy directed to clearin &
Wharyes and warehouses of several
weeks accumulation. The Coptic.
which is on her way back TO England.
took no cargo from this port. The
only other vessel TO suffer was the
japanese liner America Maru, which
also left here in ballast.
Normal conditions have been re-
stored, and the Siberia viii take a full
cargo. Owing 10 the fact that no
freight was received for a time in the
here by the next sailing date 20 I'LL
the big Mongolia. There viii be
plenty. however, for the China. The
Mongolia will be kept in port. and by
the time her sailing day comes there
will be cargo here TO load her TO her
full capacity.
In addition TO her cabin passengers
the Siberia will carry a large number
Of Orientals.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
Must Not Assign Their Pay.

The Board OF Harbor Commissioners
yesterday issued a notice 10 employees
warning them against hypothecating g
their salaries with loan brokers. The
penalty for disobedience to this man
date is 10 be dismissal from the State
service.
4 few brokers have enjoyed for
years a monopoly of the privilege of
lending money at a high rate of in
terest 10 employees Of the Harbor Com
mission. The fire Of April IS de-
stroyed the brokers records. Some Of
the borrowers, knowing this. are said
70 have repudiated their obligations.
The brokers appealed TO the Commis-
sioners. and the resulting annoyance
LED 10 the posting Of the order forbid
ding future traffic with professional
nOney-lenders. The average rate of
interest paid by State employees. said
President Charles Spear yesterday, was
about per cent per month. and more
than a few on the State payroll had
hypothecated the ohe months pay to
several brokers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
ADVISES FURUsETH TO SUE.
Acting Collector Cannot See Where
Vessel Owners Violated Law.

Acting Collector of Customs William
B. Hamilton yesterday addressed the
following letter to United States Local
Inspectors o. F. Bolles and John K.
Bulger:
Referring to your letter of the 5th
instant, inclosing complaint of A
Furuseth. together With affidavits rel
ative to the carrying Of passengers
by the steamer Francis H. Leggett.
which vessel has surrendered her
passenger license 1 have to advise you
that the only section of law that 1 can
find which relates to the subject in
question is section 4465 of the Revised
Statutes, which makes 1T unlawful to
take on board of any steamer a great
er number of passengers than is stated
in certificate of inspection.
The penalty prescribed by this sec
tion for the violation of It's provisions
is that the master or owner shall be
liable to any person suing for the
same. for forfeiture of the passage
money. and $40 for each passenger be-
yond the number.
Il cannot find it within the province
of my official duties to enforce the
provisions of this section. Mr.. Furu-
seth may proceed under the section
quoted and sue for the forfeiture
money and penalty prescribed by the
section If he considers the evidence
sufficient to warrant such proceedings"