New-York tribune., 1910-10-30

the Methodist manner of Baptism; besides.
he thought the preachers of the denomina-
ton were not aggressive enough So
when he began preparing to be a minister
he was no longer a Methodist
At fourteen he joined what was known as
the Church of the Christian Convention. In
1889 he began attending Hiram College. 1t
was in college that one night he tied all the
doors on the outside during a reception In
which four hundred persons were guests
Another time he made a smolderinG tar fire
IN a coal bucket and suspended it where 1t
smoked out" all the occupants Of five
story Gormtory, meantime racing around
with students and professors in frantic
search for the origin of the fire. which was
concealed by a pair Of trousers drawn over
the coal hOd
The battles which this sharp eyed. strong
lunged. magnetic man has fought III re-
cent years are pretty well known. Eight
years in college, part of which were de
voted to postgraduate work. brought him
the degrees Of B. \. and b. d. For time
he was pastor of q church ut Urbana. Ill.
In 1885 he left the Church of the Christian
Convention and three years afterward de
Cided to become lawyer, as his father had
once been But in 1899 John Alexander
Dowie's preaching reached him. He joined
the Dowie church. moved to Chicago. was
ordained an elder and received charge of a
city branch of the sect. His success won
him the recognition OF Elijah II. who sent
him to Australia 10 harmOniZe discordant
factions. Because of his success Dowie re-
called him in 1904 and made him his first
lieutenant"
Meantime. Dr. powie had built zion city.
( on the west shore of Lake Michigan.
Financial troubles overw helmed the aged
overseer Dowie fell i'll while planning To
start q new Zion on .50. 900 acres in Mexico.
Many of The people Of Zion City objected
to the plan to take from that thcocrati tic
commonwealth money for founding tho pro
pcsod one. Noiiya sided with them. DoHie
went TO Jamaica for his healths sake. ar
! ter giving NolVa power Of attorney to
manage affairs in his behalf From ia
,icq he went to Mexico. He was re-
I pudieted in Zion city as a spendthrift who
! had wasted in personal extravaganza the
money Of his people. Then. under the
power of attorney. Voliva transferred to
! himself everything which Dowie had held
! in Zion City. DoWie, old and helpless
uaraIytic. returned and raCed He appealed
/ ceiyership. Then he succumbed to Illness.
| Daniel Bryant came into power as over
! seer although John A. Lewis was named
/ in Devices will as his successor. Voliva set
! up his headquarters in tent. Under an
! election ordered by Judge Landis Of the
United States Court, he was chosen gen
! eral overseer. Dowie's great lace factories
| we're sold by the receiver to a private cor
! poration for S3S0000 Since then Voliya
| with tthes and other contributions made
! by his faithful. has been buying back build
ings one by one, paying $1,000 for = single
great frame structure that cost $4,000. Last
! July he arranged with the brokers TO buy
back all the estate that had not been pur-
! chased piecemeal by himself or outsiders.
A man who believes in the power OF dis
play. although personally he never dons the
| gorgeous robes that Dr. DOWie Wore, but
rather appears al all times and places 81
lie plain black OF Tie ordinary clergyman
Voita purposes 10 reintroduce all the pony
and ,ircit tustAuce of the Dowie form Of wor-
/ Sldp IL viii eularse the white robe,
choir with itE mortar board cars. and til,