The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-01
WERE MARRIED BY A WOMAN,
Great Joy and Singing and Speeches BY
Bride and Groom.
EEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BANKERS.
Professor OF Systematic TheoIogy-mosts
Appeal Deniod-New York Oi'Ss
borrowings Lately.
NV YoRK BUREAU. RICHMOND TINEs' !
~" f,.lV Of 1891


recent rumor touching the financial standing
of several well-known houses Whhe sueh
minors usually have their source from ire
.nonsihle persons. il Is believed 10y many that
these reports owed their diffusion If not their
inception TO the bear element Of the Stock
Exchange
London dispatch says: "aiessrs. G. J.
uambro h Son have been appointed bankers
10 the Russian Government" Inns means
apparently that the Rofhschilds and the Rus
alan Government have finally broken with
one another. The Rothsohilds have been the
Russian Government bankers fqI many { tlr
and have negotiated ail kusSas ing
lish loans and some OF ITS
Paris loans. They undertook 70 float
q new and large Russian loan early IN the
present year. but withdrew when the bond
market became so difficult 10 handle By
many their withdrawal which occurred about
three months ago. was attributed 10 tho action
of the Russian Government against the Jews
The city chamberlain to-day sem hlS
Quarterly report % the mayor IL shows,
among other things. that the city las boz
rowed exc. $50 during the past three
months at interest ranging from ~ 70 per
cent.
DIR. VAN DYKF's SUCCESSOR.
The vacancy in the professorshp Of system
attic theology in Union Theological Semi
nary. caused by the death Of tho Rev Dr.
Henry j. Van Dyke, OF this city bns been
filled by the selection OF the key. Dr. john
Hopkins. of Worcester. Mass. Dr. Hopkins
was chosen at special meeting Of the board
of directors which was held yesterday. The
new professor is pastor Of the Sixth Presby
terrain church in Chicago. which Is
one of the largest churches IN that city.
He is president Of the Union Seminary
Alumni Association, and distinguished him
self Ut the recent meeting Of the General AS
sembly ct Detroit by q brilliant speech that
he made in support OF DR.. Briggs. lie Is forty
six years DID, and WAS graduated from the
University of Vermont in 1866 aud from the
Union Theological Seminary il 1871.
The appointment of Senator J. Sloat tas-
set as collector in place Of Colonel joel IS.
Erhardt is conclusive evidence 10 the pOllti-
clans that Thomas c. Plat has won over the
President and that Harrison has cast his lot
for better or for worse along with the for
tunes of the Tioga statesman. Democrats.
and especially the Iammany men: are mucn
elated at the new appointment and say that II
means certain defeat for the Republican
party.
The differences among the Democrats are
of the sort which can be healed at the State
Convention. but in the Republican state Con-
yention only the Platt men will have show;
The Supreme Court has denied the appeal
of Anarchist Most, and he will have to serve
out his time in jail.
MARRIED BY A WOMAN
Commander Mrs Ballington Booth. with
her sweetest smile and the most melodious
infections Of her charming voice, last night
tied the first matrimonial knot Of her Saliva
tIOn Army career.
The experiment was a complete success. No
bachelor, no sDinster who saw Mrs. Booth
unite Adutant Wallace W. WincheB and
Captain Ida May Harris at the Forty-hfth-
street barracks last night. will wish to be mar
ried by an ordinary priest Of the male PERSIA
sion.
Mrs. Booth transformed the usually terrible
ordeal Of the marriage ceremony into music
and poetry. She talked and sang herself into
the heart of every misogynist present
The wedding was described as a grand
halleujah wedding" IN the cards of invitation,
and the event fully justified the description
The platform was crowded with officers of
the organization in full uniform. On either
side Of Mrs. Booth were placed the bride and
bridegroom. he in his regimentals and she ell
in black, with bunch of white roses ut her
belt. She looked demure, but he vas em-
phatically triumphant in expression. Flags
in profusion adorned the room, while in front
of the stage ported plants were tastefuily dis
posed. large audience waited expectantly
for what WAS 10 come.
Mrs. Booth did practically ell the prelimi-
nary talking. The officers and prlyates lis
tened, shouted loud "Amens" and sang their
hymns with more than wonted fervor
Il see that the newspapers credit me with
having performed several marriages. on the
other side of the water" said Mrs. Booth,
with her sweetest smile. but never ofiici-
sted before save in one, and that was when
General Booth married me TO my precious
husband in Congress Hall, London.
After Mrs. Booth had read preliminary
warning 70 the contracting parties, which set
forth that they were not seeking this mar
Iiage for their own ends but for tho greater
glory Of God and the army, she called them
TO the front of the platform and herself took
up position between them. Two officers
stood on either side, the one holding the
army flag so that it's folds swept the shoulders
of the bride, and the other suspending the
American flag over the sturdy form of the
bridegroom.
THE MARRIAGE SERVICE.
Mrs. Booth then read the service in her well
moduisted tones, tho bride and groom repeat
lug portions of II after her. Except for nu-
merous interpretations regarding the duty of
the pair 70 tho Salvation Army il did not diff
Ter in essentials from the service prescribed
10y the Protestant Episcopal Church. Adlu-
tant Ninchell welded his wife with a ring
and Mrs. Booth concluded the ceremony with
the words, And what God hath joined to-
gether let no man put asunder. God bless
you"
NO DIscoURTHsY INTENDED.
In its issue to-day the American Hebrew
will contain letter from BENJAMIN T. Smith,
of the Century Dictionary, wherein he Gu
deayors 70 set that lexicon Alright in the eyes
of the Hebrews, who took ohense at the def
milton given of the word "sheeney"
Mr.. Smiths letter is as follows
TO the American Hebrew:
Ny attention has been called to your recent
courteous criticism of the Century Dlotion-
AIRY for its insertion and definition Of the
word 'sheeney"-tO both of which Won OBJ
sect. AS regards the insertion it seems clear
that the business of the photographer is 10
record the words he finds in the language ex-
ectly as he finds them. just as the naturalist
must record the facts that come under his
observation That he Is TO be held personally
responsible for the meanings that had
peen gly0n 20 certain words. and
must omit them because some people
may regard them as offensive. is surely a
new doctrine and one fraught with absurdity.
1t is OF course true that even the most com
plete existing dictionaries do not attempt to
include all the words of the language but
'he me OF exclusion. III any case. is drawn
not on Photographed principles. but solely
with reference 70 tho particular plan which
the editors Of the book have laid down for
themselves. An ideally complete dictionary
would contain all established words of every
kind: The word in question was inserted in
the Century Dictionary simply because il il
IN its class slang an old and well-esta5lished
term or frequent occurrence and seemed
clearly 70 fall within the seona ~ tha hook