| Show ELIJAH IN CITY OF SIN Preparing to Wash Gstham of Its Wickedness WARFARE OPENS SUNDAY Battle Will Be Waged in a Most Vigorous Way Dowie Anxious That Facile Pens Should Not Ridicule His Expedition Expedi-tion Wot There for Gain New York Oct Arrangements are complete In Madison Square Garden Gar-den for the reception of the Restoration Restora-tion Host 4000 strong from ZIon Hill 111 and which will endeavor led by John Alexander Dowie who claims to be the reincarnation of the Prophet Elijah to save the people of New York from losing their souls Special trains bearing the crusaders began to arrive at G oclock this mornIng morn-Ing over the various railways Zion scouts were on hand at each station and the members of the incoming hosts were < llrected In a general way to Madison Mad-ison Square Garden ELIJAH AND HIS ELDERS Elijah and his elders high priests and patriarchs have apartments at the Plaza hotel whither I the prophet repaired re-paired in his private carriage drawn by two blooded coach horses the outfit having been specially Imported from ZIon City ARMY OF COOKS Deacon Cotton chief of the commis I sary department has marshaled his many cooks cut thousands of beefsteaks beef-steaks peeled barrels of potatoes and < i apportioned almost tons of bread for the first breakfast which will take place Immediately after the arrival of the crusaders at the Garden Two thousand men and women will sit down at the first table and after they have Jinklied WOO more will appease their appetites ap-petites MESSAGES TO UNREGENERATE A great semicircular platform has been built at the eastern end of the Garden from which Dowie and his assistants as-sistants will deliver their messages to the unregenerate The naptlomal font dug In front of the platform Is ready to turn on the water and in the central space In the Garden have been placed 3000 chairs making the seating capacity of the Garden 14000 TENDER ABOUT RIDICULE tOr have not come to New York as the representative of a powerful ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical body l said Prophet Dowie today but In my prophetic capacity I care not for your smiles I am as indifferent to ridicule as to any other wrong Your facile pens should never be harnessed to ridIcule There Is a place for ridicule and satire but I say your pens should never be used In ridiculing ri-diculing any man who believes he has a solemn message to humanity It never pays to fight against God I am not going to dodge anything I am avery a-very open man and have no conceal ments REASON FOR HIS VISIT I have come to tha t city of New York In obedience to what I believe to be the command of God 1 have long considered consid-ered l that this city which is the metropolis me-tropolis of this great republic and Is also the greatest city on tIm American continent was worthy of the most careful care-ful consideration and preparation at my hands MRS DOWIE HOBD DOn D-On the authority of Mrs Carl F Stern daughter of John Alexander Dowie and wife of the Chief of Police of Zion City It was learned that Mrs Dowie had been robbed of a 1000 diamond dia-mond and pearl brooch in the private car attached to the special train in which the Dowie party reached the city The theft occurred at the Grand l CLMI tral station during the confusion of leavIng the cars CRUSADE IN CHINATOWN The warfare will he opened in good earnest Sunday Parties of workers will be sent forth over the city to distribute dis-tribute literature setting forth the virtues vir-tues of Dowlelsin and picked agents will visit the Bowery Chinatown also will be an objective point for trusted bands of the prophet ENORMOUS PHOTOGRAPH A photograph Sx2o feet has been finished fin-ished In Chicago for use at Madison Square Garden The picture which Is said to be the largest photograph on record shows Zion City presenting every house street and tree in the radius ra-dius of two sQuar miles In the foreground fore-ground are the dwelllncs and In the distance the tabernacle hotel and storage stor-age houses It Is said to have required I an especially constructed tower 161 feet high to take the view |
