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Show Dowie Drives Away v Mormon Missionaries Emissaries of Utah Apostles Given Order to Move Out of Zion hy Illinois Apostle. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. Mormon missionaries mission-aries hnve been driven from Zlon lly and the threatened Invasion of DOwie'H Stronfhold repulped. John Alexander, first apostle of the Catholic Church of Zlor.. was victorious c er the attempted hi .inning ot the citadel of Zionism arhen he caused to be driven from the gates ot his sacred city Mormon Elders Nephl C. Sorenson and Francis E Belknap The nilsolonnrles fled In disorder find the Mormon church has been vanquished van-quished In Zlon City after a month of quiet work under the nose of Dowle Tho Mormon church enfered the community com-munity of Dowle'i followers boldly and nhnw board, nnd the audacity of re-QUSStfl re-QUSStfl tO permit Mormon missionaries to work In the . hOSSfl field of Dowie appeared to daze Elijah III., who rj&ve his content. The m.-n worked a month, when the clash came between the two i hurt hes, with the result that the Mormons Mor-mons " ' t o expelled According to the Mormon representatives representa-tives the exponents of the Latter-day Paints made grout headway and notlcc-it.lo notlcc-it.lo inroads In the L-owie following. They had been quietly expounding their f.-iltii for a month, appealing to members mem-bers of Zlon In behalf of Mormonlsni. When stories of the progress they made re.'i. h -.l Dowie he promulgated an edict from the pulpit of Shlloh temple, saying th-.tt any child of Zlon who would harbor har-bor or entertain th adventui Ing Mormons Mor-mons In their houses would be expelled from Zlon City and their possessions forfeited. The edlcl had Its effect only after the secret police of the church took the matter In hand The missionaries v. ere given a room on the second lloor at the- hospice. When they had returned to thlr room after their evening meal they claim they were "mot by a stout man with a florid complexion who said 'pit ' ' "We made an effort to look up another an-other room for the night," wrote Soren-son Soren-son from Waukefan, "but none would entertain us, and Wfl had to walk to WaUkegan. We were frowned on by the Zionltes and had no place to lay our heads. We were quietly Informed by officials that we would better leave the city, .md when we did not Htart the head of the church In the secret manner man-ner employed In Zlon caused all places of shelter to be closed to us." |