Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09
John Alexander DoWie, Founde
Of Zion City, Passed Away in
Shiloh House Today.
HE DIED DENOUNClNG PEOPLE
OF His Original Followers Only
About Three Hundred Remained
Faithful to the End.
Born III Edinburgh May 20. 1sl7--
Went To- Australia in 1s6o--Land
ed in san Francisco i'll 1888.

Chicago. March s.--JohN Alexunder
Dowie died at 1:40 this morning "
shiloh house Zion city. There wett
present WITH him when he died oni,
Judge u. n. Barnes and two persona
attendants. II had been his custom
all summer and winter to hold religious
services every Sunday afternoon in tits
parIor of Shiloh house. About $50 o.
his original followers remained fsithfu
and attended these services. Dowie al.
ways wore his apostolic robes and made
a Characteristic address. Five week.
ago these meetings ceased and Dowis
appeared no longer in public The Sun-
day meetings, however, were still helt
by his ahherents.
COMING orr THE END.
Since that time Dowie had been grad.
ually failing. Friday afternoon, how.
ever, there were no indications OF n.
preaching death. He received a few
followers and prayed for some people
HIS condition seemed TO be about tn.
same as for the last two or three weeks
one OF the attendants remained with
him until midnight and was relieved by
the other attendant. shortly before
O'clock this morning Dowie became de.
lrous and his talk was the same as at
a religious meeting Ia the days of his
prime He denounced people with this
old time vigoT. ordered the guards to
throw out distuTbers and acted just as
he had on so many previous occasions.
de gradually became weaker and the
attendant telephoned for Judge Barnes.
who reached Shiloh house AT : a. IN
Forty minutes later Dowie was dead.
No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral. The death of DOve
was unexpected. A large number Of
followers and others are gathered al
Shiloh house 10 pay their respects.
Mrs Dowie. Judge Dowie, the proph-
cts father. and his son, who are at Beut
McDhu, Michigan, have been notified
and are expected at Zion City today
Judge Barnes. who was al the bed
side OF Dowie, Is member oi Volivas
council. but remained friendly a.
DuWie. believing him to be insane and
not responsible for his actions. Dowic's
Wife father and son held the same
view, and Il Is therefore believed.
though they were estranged, that they
will attend the funeral.
BORN IN EDINBURGH.
John Alexander Dowic was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland, May %, lS47. IN
1860 his parents removed to Adelaide
Australia. where for seven years the
youth was clerk In business house.
Here DoWie developed the commercial
In stinct that served him so well IN lat
or life. He saved enough money dur
ing this period to return 10 Edinburgh
at the age OF 20 to take Eve years
course In theology ard the arts. He
became a master Of Greek and Hebrew
and cultivated Il literary taste that re-
suited In after years in library Of
10000 volumes with which he was thor
oughly familiar.
THE CHRISTIAN TABERNAcLEs
Six years of UNCONVENTIONAL activity
Neated Bowie. who longed for a wider
field Of operations, He foresook his
church and In ISIS went To Melbourne
where he set W q tree Christian tab
eTnacle. the first OF it's kind and or
gani1ed divine healing association
Which afterwards becumc interuptiouai
I'm character he became president ~
this association and gained Fame by go-
Ing out into the country during tha
~
entity eiTectng many cures by prayer
and the laylns on OF hands
After 10 yenrs IN Melbourne DoWtc
decided TO remove 20 England. where
his association had number OF
branches. but the fatos took him across
thn Pacific and his announced intention
OF making Great Britain world head
quarters was never carried out.
LANDS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Dowie landed In san Francisco ia
lsss needing money. Ne needed $3.50
and had Just lOld his wife hc had
asked god fpr ~ he said, when 4
man he had not seen IN months cam
along and put the amount ia his hand
That was tho starting point n his Won
deiful money getting career in the
western worlq. Two years OF wander
nag along the Califorr-l coast followed
and then In 1890 Dr. DONle. his wife.
his SON Alexander John Gladstone
DOwie, and Ms daughter Esther ar.
rived In Chicago, which was 10 be the
lheater of bis stea work
During the next iye years DONio WAs
arrested AZ least 100 times for violation
OF The clty ordinances relating To tht
care on the sick but the more trouble
that was made Ton hin, the more mo-
pTospered. Branch churches were es.
tablished Ia other cities "a large hos
pital for the healing oe the sick was
built IN Chicago, prlpting plant put IN
operation and bank was also started,
CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The Christian Catholic church In zion
CITY. the outgrowth OF the original IN
ternatlonai Divine Healing association
was formally organized IN February
1896, pOWll becoming general Qversaer
-Four years afterwards DOHie. before a
large audience IN the auditorium thea
ter announced chat he was Elijah, the
restnrOr- This assumption OF a Biblical
personality created even more OF q sem
sati0n among hls followers than any ~
the worldly successes Of the ''PTOphrt."
Previous h ihls powie had marked
out his plans Iur Zion City, tile crown
ing snort OF his lie, Six thousand
acres of land were purchased ard M
A..c..laL lAnI Tim lLaL hlIlldlnR lxA.l