The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-03-15
APOSTLEDOWIED DEAD
HEAD OF ZION CHURCH PASSED
AWAY In CHICAGO.
Dowie Lived Up to His Teachings and
Was Never Attended by Physician
1T Is Believed He Died From
Dropsy compIications-"The Apostle
Is Daid," Is the Cry Everywhere.

John Alexander Dowie. deposed
head Of the Zionist church, died at .
o'clock Saturday morning in Chicago.
The end was not expected, although
beaten in his fight for the control OF
the property he found the Prophet
never recovered his former vigor.
Dowie died at TAO Shiloh house, Zion
City. At his bedside were only per-
sonal attendant, negro servant ana
Judge Barnes. He was as we'll the
day before as at any time in the past
six weeks. At midnight Friday he be-
came delirious and imagined he was
holding religious services. He de-
nounced an imaginary ,interrupter and
ordered the guards to put that man
out" Delirium lasted until daylight,
when he grew weaker. An attendant
called Judge Barnes. The Prophet
was unconscious when Judge Barnes
arrived and never regained his senses.
Judge Barnes was faithful to DoWle
to the last. He never believed the
charges of fraud and immortality pre-
terred against Dowie, although he
thought him insane the last few years
Barnes is a member of Voliva's coun-
Gil, but remained supporter OF Dow
les personally.
Dowie's wife and son, Gladstone
with his father, John Murray, are at
the summer home near Muskegon,
retained to Mrs. Dowie during the re-
Ownership proceedings.
The wife was Frustrated at the
news. She has been seriously i'll fol
three months and may be unable to &C
to the funeral.
All rancor has gone from Zion. "The
Apostle is dead" is the cry All in
dustries closed and the workers pour
ed out, forming a great procession tt
Shiloh house, Voliva, who succeeded
Dowie as the head of Zion and was
most active in ousting kim, was thu
first to enter the death chamber. HI
went in a reverential manner
Ever since the court proceeding
that shut him out, Dowie held ser
vices in Shilo house until six week
ago. Attendants carried him to thu
audience chamber. For six weeks h
has been unable to address his fol
lowers. Two hundred and fifty onl
remained faithful after VOLTA denounC
ed the original leader.
The funeral will probably be held a
Shiloh park, Zion City.
Dowie lived up to his teachings an
was never attended by a physician.
ing, resulting from dropsy complies
tons.
Funeral Thursday.
A touch of the ostentation tha
marked the rule Of John Alexande
Dowie in the Christian Catholi
church, which he founded, was oil
served during the funeral services {
the deposed leader. The white robe
choir, which was shorn of it's YES
ments when Overseer Voliva assume
control in Zion City. took an activ
part in the ceremonies which wei
held on Thursday afternoon in Zio
tabernacle.
Judge V. v. Barnes, one Of the fe
elders of the church who RENAME
faithful to Dowie, conducted the sc
vices and preached the funeral sc
mon. During Tuesday and Wednesds
the body lay in state in the receptic
hall of Shiloh house, the Dowie res
dence. The burial was at Lakemour
cemetery at Zion City, beside the graz
of Dowie's daughter, who died sever
years ago from burns caused by tt
explosion of an alcohol lamp. No m
mortal services for the deceased we
held in Zion City Sunday, the only phi
lie reference to his death being
tribute paid Dowie by one OF the dc
cons at the early morning church 81
vice. The regular order OF servi
was ordered.
Mrs. Dowie and Gladstone, her sc
arrived at Zion City Sunday.