Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-10-09
A NOVEL CEREMONY.
Wedding Under Picturesque Dir
cumstances.
Two Members OF the salvation Army Who
Are Married Under the Flags. and
According to the Rites OF
Religious Organization.


cleveland Plain Deeler.1
An immense crowd o. men in rel and
wcmen in dark blue uniforms sat OF the
ros,rum at the Peoples Taberuacls last
evening. A large au Hence filled the body
Of the church. The exercises had been at
tractive enough to lure some OF the gam
blers over from the rooms across the way.
The soldiers on the rostrum were Captains
and higher officers from Cleveland and
abroad. Nearly every man on the ros-
trum had sons sort Of a musical instru-
ment stout and conely colored girl
went about selling Salvation Ar.py books
to the audience
The meeting was conducted by Frank
Smith, Commiss ioner OF the Army for the
United States. He IL a thin, nervous
man, with sharp featu res and blonde
mustache and chin whiskers worn In the
French style. He, too wore a red guern-
sey, over which, as a mark of his advanced
position, was frock coat with the army
insignia on the collar. He is an intelIi-
gent earnest speaker. He traced the
progress OF the Salvation Army from the
day, nineteen and three -fourths years ago,
when.General Booth, then n minister OF
the Established church in England. gave
up his living and started out to work for
the salvation OF the masses. He did it al
the sacrifice Of his fashionable friends.
and went beyond the broadclosh to reach
the corduroy, said Commissioner Smith,
who then reviewed the work of the army,
which now has one hundred aud five corps
blazing away in the United States and
one hundred In Canada. During the past
< months the army has pushed its forces
into eighty-five new cities. The army has
advanced on India, and it has broken
down the barriers of caste as nothing else
was ever able to do. Seven years ago
there were but ono hundred and fifteen
corps OF the army In the world. Now
there are one thousand aud one hundred.
Commissioner Smith related many in-
stances Of the good done by the army. A
drunken family abuser heard the drum of
the army marching past a saloon, followed
the ar.Ly to the barracks, and, alshc ugh
under the influence of liq Ior, he, became
converted, and as the result OF his work
alone seven hundred persons wsre con-
verted In one city upon which he led the
forces Of the army. He is now working in
Boston. Mr.. Smith said that Rev. NJ
Gateway, a colorei man from Cleveland,
was gong south In the interest Of the
army.
Many OF the soldiers gave their expert
ence. Handsome G. NJ. Hall. the tight
rope walker and banjoi {, of Columbus,
related his conversion, and brought some
really fine music out Of his banjA Aus
tralian Bill, of Louis vile, who had been
celebrated horI case uatil tue army rs-
claimed him, told OF his recla nation in a
few terse sentences. "Firs a volIev! >
shJuted e ,mmissionCr Smith, waving his
handkerchief, aud tho soldiers set M q
wild shout, as they had done at freqasnt
prior intervals. Captain GifR rd. OF New
Custle; Captain rsmpte;-of Newark O, /,
who was reclaimed dru 1klrl, next
spoke, ami his wife followed in n sh ors ad :
dress. Sergeant K,efer, o, Nsw Castle.
sang a rousing gospel hymn to ths tune OF
n either, and n strapping Captain, who
said that he was ulder terms to engage In
priza-fght whom the Salvation Army
got hold O. Satan, was greeted with a
hallclujah volley that fairly raised the
Of
Pretty Miss Swift, lov5ly young lady
from New York State, who is a COLLEGE
graduate, told how she went to Europe,
and was captured by the ar,uy. She
didn't approve of its nose an metho Is at
first, and It's war-cry shocked her, but she
declared that she had learned to love the
drum OF the army ever since she foun |
out how its sound had eel a man four
mi os iuto the army barracks, where he
was converted.
A fashionably- dressed lady and gen
tleman in the audien pressed forward
at tho close of the meeting and affection
atcly greeted Miss Swift. They were rel
ativos from this city.
contribution for the benefit of the
army was taken up After Captain
Whatmoro had sung the Lily OF the VAL
ley" Commissioner s NTH playing an ac-
compau m mt on q barmoaica, the names
OF those having subscriLel certain sums
TO the army fund were read and each
name was greeted with volley Of shouts.
When the nGms Of a lady who had given
- was read the shouts were deafenine.
aud when n SD subscription was an
nounced the cries fairly raised the roof.
Finally Commissioner Smith announced
that the wedding was abo1t to be csle-
bratsd according TO the ritual OF the army.
which he read, saying: "It you, Staff
Nellie keizer, do not subscribe to any or
all of thess sentiments. let your voices be
heard" The ritual provides that each OF
the contracting parties shall give his or
her life to the service OF the army; that
neither will deter the o.her from working
in the army's behalf, and in case one shall
be disabled from sickness or other cause
from active duty, the oshsr shalt carry on
the work. Having read those terms and
there being no dissenting voice, the eoa-
tracing parties stool up The Captains
came forward and held over the br de aud
groom the red AMI blue and yellow battle
flags OF the army. Is made a very at
tractive tableau. Ths bride Is a young
idy Of plain features, rather thick lips,
and well-developed form, pleasing In OUT
lines. She was dressed In the darx bIue
uniform and poke bonnet, trimmed with
blue Of the army. Captain Inman il n
handsome man, with q heavy black mus
tach0 The couple Joined hands and
made the responses In a clear voice. Cap
tain Inman supplemented his responses
with cry OF ''Amsnl HalleluiahyD
and, when asked IL he would love,
honor and obey, he said: with ali
my hearth" StaR Captain Wasz. Of
Michigan, an old friend Of Captain In
man, gave away the bride, and Captain
J. ID. Jones, OF tho Floating Bethel, pro-
nounced the hDal words making the
couple man and wife. Then the ride, in
ringing voicS stepped forward, and,
with her voice In high key, related how
she bad Joined the army three years ago,
anil had given her life to its work. She
said she had been gay and a lover OF the
follies Of the world, bus her conversion
chanood III eh~N.