Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-10

due him for services for several years.
The bill Is not n just one We do
not owe this money"
Zion City. ILL.,, April 10--In order
to show John Alexander Dowie that
he Is no longer a prophet, nor a MEM
Der of the church which he founded
but just plain j. A. Dowie, the 5000
citizens of this community started out
on the even tenor of their way today.
The men and women working at the
lace factory, the candy factory and
other Zion enterprises went To their
work as usual. while for the most part
those who had no work stayed at home
as instructed by Overseer Voliva. Two
weeks ago, It Is said, the home coming
of Dowie would have meant n holiday
in Zion, with the playing of bands, the
marching of the uniformed guards and
the rank and file of citizens. and prac-
tically the whole town at the depot TO
meet Elijah the Restorer,"
Today, although the common belief
was that Dowic would arrive at Zion
about a. m. the Northwestern sta.
tion was deserted save for the working
force and few newspapcrmen. II
was apparently cold homecoming Cor
Dowie, for his erstwhile followers were
following a new leader and even the
weather was forbidding.
When Informed of Dowie's arrival at
Chicago and the latter's plans as out
lined I'm the Associated Press dispatches
Overseer Voiva dictated a statement
In part as follows;
voLIvA's STATEMENT.
Undoubtedly, Dowies reason for not
proceeding to Zion City at once Is that
he has read the morning papers Civ
ing an account Of the unanimous sentl-
ment against him I'm Zion and he de-
sires to evade the humiliation OF ar
irving here In the daytime, when there
would be no one to meet him. Prob1b-
~ he has concluded to come here in the
night time and then give out to the
public that the reason there were not
thousands to meet him was because he
arrived at so late an hour. I wish to
say now that so far as we, the leaders
OF the church. are concerned Dowie IL
In no danger OF bodily injury, hut
there are many people In Zion who have
been so shamefully deceived and have
suffered so much through his misman-
agement that 1t is Just possible some
one might attempt to do him some
physical injury So far as we are coh-
cerned, II Dowie will quietly submit 10
the inevitable he VIII be kindly treat
ed and tenderly nursed.
REGARDING LEGAL STEPS.
Regarding any legal steps he may
take he win be compelled to meet over
whelming testimony to the fact that the
transfer of Zion from Dowle through
me to Deacon Granger, was absolutely
necessary to protect Zion city and
Zion's creditors az well, This move
has been ratified by every Zion con-
gregation I'm the country with the ex-
ception OF San Antonio and ST. Louis.
"If Dowie wishes to come quietly TO
Zion city and go to Shiloh house he
will be permitted to do 80, and imme-
diately on his arrival he will be pre-
scented with a carefully prepared state
ment OF the charges against him, and
should he express a willingness to an
swer the charges he viii be allowed to
do so In the presence OF the overseers.'
Oyerseer Volva's statement conclud-
ed with the reIteration OF lions inten-
ton to negotiate million dollar lo1n
on a blanket mortgage to pay on out
standing claims, and give the Indus
tries which are to be Incorporated
new impetus.