Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-09
DOVE IS SHOWN UP
Oyerseer. Voliva Tells OF the
lIisdeeds Of the First Apostle
and Is Upheld
Dow'E IS TO BE IGNORED
People Promise to Keep Away from
the Depot on His Return and He
Will Be cIapped Into Prison on the
First Sign of Disturbance = Big
Meeting Held Sunday.

Meeting Held Sunday.
powieites Sunday heard their former
leader John Alexander Dowie, de-
nounced from the pulpit in Shiloh
tabernacle, and they approved the de-
nunciation and signtfied their willing
ness to follow General Overseer Glenn
voliva, lions new leader, who told of
Dowie's alleged misdeeds in bitter and
scathing words of denunciation, elicit
Ing enthusiastic approval of his listen
Grs.
After denouncing Dowie as a spend
thrift, liar and traitor, Voliva demand
I'D a decision of the audience as to who
should be their future leader and the
5000 persons in the tabernacle rose as
one person and signitied their willing
sness to follow Voliva.
On the platform with Voliva were
Mrs. John Alexander Dowie, Judge
Barnes, the head of the law depart
lnent of Zion City, and Overseers Spei-
cher, EXCEL, Cantell and Granger. At
the conclusion of a short prayer by
Overseer Speicher, the new leader of
Zion, clad in robe of simple white
and black, a decided departure from
the gaudy raiment assumed by the first
apostle on similar occasions, stepped
to the front of the platform and in a
slow, calm and studied voice made the
announcement that he was going to
take advantage of the meeting to tell
= them a few truths about the man who
they had been following so faithfully
i for years.
Dowie Denounced.
Voliva then bid the vast audience or
the "deplora bile" conditions he found at
Zion City when he arrived here a
month ago from Australia and took up
the mana cement of Zion. The speak
er did not mince words but told Of the
"perfidy of John Alexander"
Il When Voliva in angry tones exclaim-
ed ct will see that all the costly fur
niture and expensive library adjoining
Dowie's Zion City residence and which
were purchased by that hypocrite while
many of his people were in need Of
I food are sold and the money turned in
to Zion store house." Mrs. Jane Dowie
half arose and loudly applauded the
words.
Overseer Voliva in justification Of the
overthrow Of lions first apostle told
how money had been squandered fool
ishly for Dowie's own comfort while
the creditors and the people Of Zion
were calling loudly for money.
Voliya declared that he had been
compelled to keep himself and family
on $50 month allowed him by Dowie
and that out of this monthly salary
he had been compelled to turn over a
tenth to the church. While receiving
$50 a month, Voliva declared that he
had been sending the storehouse at
Zion City $1,700 every month and that
other deacons did the same.
Voliva informed his listeners that the
greater portion Of these funds had been
squandered in reckless manner by
Dowie. much of it having been used by
lions former leader for his own per-
sonal comfort and few of his favor
ties.
In bringing his announcement Of
Dowie to a close, Overseer Voliva said:
alexander Granger owns this ta-
What want you to do is to send all
tithes and offerings to Zion in the name
of Overseer Granger instead of in the
name of John Alexander Dowie. Make
all checks and commercial paper of
every description payable to Alexander
Granger. The day has come when you.
ought to act as men and women an
exercise your God given free will I
don't want you to do anything by
constraint If you want to stand for
downright lying, hypocrisy, shameful
misuse of money, keep your seats, but
all of those present who are tired of his
lying, his exaggerations, his misrepre-
sensations and his inconsistencies and
hypocrisy, and his gross ignorance of
all business laws and principles, stand
up as an evidence of their denounce-
ment of Dowie and his methods"
The response to this request was in
Simultaneous, everyone in the building
rising in acknowledgment of Volivas
leadership.
To Ignore Dowie.
Voliva then requested all present to
keep away from the railway station
next Tuesday when Dowie reaches Zion
City. 81 don't want you to go down
there and listen to his egotistical har-
angue," said Voliva. eff he should try
any Of his spectacular antics on his
arrival here we will soon put stop to
it. He cannot hold a meeting in Shi-
lob tabernacle because we won't let
him. Should he succeed in securing a
house in which to hold a meeting to
address the people of Zion I want you
all to remain at home and not attend
the meeting.
Again Voliva requested his people to
give their consent to this arrangement
by rising. The response was unani-
nous consent.
After the meeting the $50 Zion
guards employed to keep order in the
city were sworn to support Voliva in
all his undertakings, and all took the
oath Of allegiance except one.
message was received from Dowie
during the afternoon stating that he
would reach Zion City next Tuesday
morning and ordering Shiloh house, his
residence, to be prepared for his home
coming. Voliva declared that Dowie
would not be allowed to enter the door
of his former home.
MAY DUST MORMON APOSTLES.