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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
GEN. BOOTH COMING
Expected Visit of Salvation Army's
Commander-in-Chief.
SKETCH OF A REMARKABLE CAREER
More Than Half Century Spent
in Active Ministry.
WORK OF THE ARM Y

The arrival in this city Thursday of next
week of Gen. William Booth, commander
in-chief of the Salvation Army of the
World, will bring to Washington one Of
the most remarkable personages on the
globe. The history of the generals life
shows that for more than half a century
he has been engaged in preaching to the
common people, as the result of which
very many thousands have turned from
the highways of vice to the pathways of
virtue.
William Booth was born in Nottingham,
England, April 10, 1929. His mother was
of SO amiable disposition and so sanity a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
SOLDIERS THE GUESTS.
Womnn's Christian Temperance Uuto
Give a Receptfou


The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union gave a reception Monday evening at
Its headquarters, the guests being the SOL
diers from Soldiers Home. Fort Myer and
Washington barracks. Several hymns
were sung and prayer was offered. fol-
lowed by an interesting program of music
and Rotations.
Duets were sung by Mr.. and Mrs. Freer
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hill and solo by Miss
Ella Chase.
Recitations- were given by Mrs. Nailor.
Miss Edith Gideon and Mr.. Patterson OF
the hospital corps at Washington barracks.
MIS-. hannah Crosby read an original
paper, entitled "A Letter From Samsntba
Burdock to Her Daughter Polly"
Mr. VIM Turner from the Soldiers,
Hcme, and Mr.. McChesney, formerly az
Troop b. Fort Myer. gave reminisc ences OF
the temperance work done by Miss Layinia
Chase at those places, and Rev. Mr. Mott
gave a temperance talk
Conee and cake were served
The ladies Of the w. c. T. u. propose IN
make these reunions a regular monthiv
feature. and perhaps to organize a union
OF honorary members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
For the Eastern Di.pen.arx.

The benefit entertainment given yester-
day afternoon at the Columbia Theater
for the Eastern Dispensary and Emer-
gency Hospital proved to be a success in
every sense Of the word, and the managers
of the institution will In all probability
realize handsomely from the affair. The
audience was a large one, filling nearly
every seat In the house, was appreciatiye
and at times enthusiastic and every num-
Der Of the excellent program constituting
the entertainment received bountiful ap-
plause. The first part was made up of a
musical program, the second part consist
dy, entitled Browns Baby" by Willard
Holcomb. The company presenting this
play was under the direction of Mr.. VIM
III. Conley, and consisted of well-known
amateurs, the cast consisting of VIM H.
Conley. Miss Dorothy Stewart, Mr. A. T.
Seaman, Miss Julia A. Seaman and Mr.
Robert W. Test. The several parts were
carried with much ease and smoothness
Miss Stewart deserving commentator for
she took her part at very short notice.
while the production was staged with an
elaborateness that was unusually pleasing.
Those who contributed numbers to the
first part OF the program were the Mad
rids the weil-known mandolin and guitar
quartet, under the direction of Prof. Ar
thur e. Yundt: Miss Blanche Muir con-
traito: Mr.. Matthew r. Hoiioran, Mr. B.
Frank Gebest. pianist: Prof. George W.
Null, baritone: Mr. Andrea Coda. clar1o-
netist; Miss Annie Grant, soprano: Nisp
Clara 6tevens. Miss Margaret Driver ana
Miss Marie Hodgson. fancy dancers; Prof.
Leo Wheat, pianist. and Miss Naanis Kea-
ron. pianist.
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character that he regarded her as the
nearest approach to the ideal of human
perfection with which he was acquainted
His father an able and energetic man of
business, attained a position of affluence,
but subsequently suffered a reverse of for
tune and died prematurely. leaving his
family to struggle unaided with the vicis-
STUDIES of life.
William, the sole surviving son, was ap-
prenuced at an early age to firm, where
1t soon became manifest he had inherited
a double portion of his fathers enterprise
and commercial skill.
Reared in the Church of England, he
attended the services of the Establish he'd
Church until his fifteenth year, when he
was attracted to a Wesleyan chapel, and
little later, with his mothers consent,
he united with its membership Connected
with the chapel was band of Jealous
young men. with whom he associated, and
whose recognized leader he soon became
During these early days he was as in
defatigable worker in later years.
Unable to leave business until o'clock, he
would hurry away each evening to hold
cottage meetings, which usually lasted till
10. and which were often succeeded by
calls to visit the sick and dying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
A Memorable Dnte.

The 10th of April, 1852. was a memorable
one in the life of William Booth. 1t was
not only his birthday. but was the one on
which he relinquished business for the
ministry. The Reformers, at the instance
of one of their number. who had under
taken to pay him his salary, had accepted
Mr.. Booth as their pastor.
How much will you require?' Booth
was asked when the question of salary
was preached to him.
Twelve shillings week will keep me
in bread and cheese" responded the first
Salvation Army captain.
Il would not hear of such a thing" re-
piled his friend; you must take at least a
pound" And so with this modest remuner-
alton Mr.. Booth commenced his work as q
preacher.
The reformers having broken loose from
the authority of the Wesleyan conference.
without having formed any central govern
ment Of their. own, each circuit manager
did very much what seemed good in his
own eyes. Hence, so far as any superior
authority was concerned Mr.. Booth found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01

The Evening Star is the only
afternoon paper in Washington
that receives the dispatches Of
the Associated Press 1t Il
therefore the only one in which
the reader can find the complete
news of the world, directly trans
mitted by telegraph, up to the
moment of going to press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01
Services In Open Air.


Services In Open Air.
Open air services were constantly held in
connection with these meetings, and pro-
cessions were led down the Grosegate and
other thoroughfares, bringing to the chapel
such tatterdemalion crowd as soon gave
rise TO request from the minister that
the 1ntruders should be conducted to the
back entrance and seated in the rear mart
of the building, where their presence would
be less conspicuous and disagreeable to
the more respectable members of the con-
sregation.
When only seventeen Mr.. Booth was
licensed as local preacher, and two wears
later his superintendent, the Rev. Samuel
Dunn, urged him to offer himself for the
ministry The state of his health was
such, however. that the consideration of
the matter was postponed for a year.
AT that time Mr.. Booth worshiped every
thing that bore the name of Methodist
To him there was one God. and John Wes-
lay was his prophet. In speaking of this
Mr.. Booth said:
No human compositions seemed to me
to be comparable to the writings Of John
Wesley and to the hymns Of his brother
Charles, and all that was wanted, in my
estimation, for the salvation of the world
was the faithful carrying into practice of
the letter and spirit of his Instructions
In 1S49 Mr.. Booth removed from Not
tingham to London. For the succeeding
Two years ne IOunO mucn TO discourage
hin, as lay preacher. In 1851 the reform
movement among the Wesleyans was at
its height. and there was on the part of
some of the ministers an intense desire
TO detect and expel from membership any
one whose sympathies were not with the
majority.
In the society to which Mr.. Booth be-
Ionged there were twenty-five lay preach
ers, and the pulpit work to be divided
among them was SO trifing as to afford
but little scope for the intense activities
and organizing genius which already fired
his heart and brain. Feeling that his time
would be better spent in open-air work in
the streets and greens of Kensington, he
rendered the resignation of his honorary
post requesting at the same time that his
name might be retained among the list Of
members. 1t so happened that the minis
ter In charge Of Mr.. Booths circuit was of
an uncompromising, heresy-hunting dispo-
sition. Making sure that he had once more
discovered the cloven foot of the reform
ers, and determined to purge his society
of every trace of the faint, he refused Mr..
Booths request, thus virtually expelling
him from membership. No sooner, how
ever, had the refcrmers heard of the ex-
pulsion than they invited Mr.. Booth to
join them. and without unnecessary delay
he did so.
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HE WAS NEARSIGHTED.
Amusing Scene in Which nm ElderIy
Gentleman Figured.


There was an amusing scene witnessed
on one of the street cars yesterday. The
chief participants in the little comedy were
lady, who had on a wet weather costume
in view of the snow storm, and an old gen.
tleman, who was evidently very near
sighted. The lady had prepared herself
with great care for the storm, as she wore
short skirt and had on leggings. 1t was
typical rainy day dress. and the wearer
was no doubt envied by many of the other
lady passengers in the car.
The old gentleman, who, as 1t will be seen
later. had a speaking part in the comedy,
peered through his glasses with his little
blue eyes. His white hair flowed over the
velvet collar Of his large storm coat, and
long, white beard gave him patriarchal
appearance. He was most good natured
evidently. The lady with the abbreviated
skirts stood in the aisle of the car near
him for some minutes. He looked at her
with an idea Of sizing her up as well as
possible by means Of his near-sighted orbs,
but she must have presented a rather blur
led appearance, as far as he vas concern
ed. He finally made up his mind, however
as to what she was, for in a tremulous
voice. while he showed to one side of his
seat and put a hand gently on her shoulder
he said:
Little girl. think you could manage to
squeeze in between me and this next gen.
tleman. You don't seem to be very fat, any
way. I don't like to see girls like you
stand up in the car. and IL was younger
I'd give you my seat
AS the lady in question was anywhere
from thirty years up, 1t was no wonder
that the other passengers in the car snick-
cred at the reference to the little girl" A
most pronounced blush overspread her
countenance, as she appeared not to notice
the old man. When the next corner was
reached she motioned to the conductor to
stop the car and left
The benevolent patriarch no doubt won
ders still why his offer was not accepted.
and why the passengers seemed SO greatly
emused over the occurrence.
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Anniversary Celebration.

Monarch Temple, No. 2. Ladies' Of Golden
Eagle, celebrated fits nth anniversary FRI
day evening. January %. 1928. at its hall,
No. 425 18th streef northwest. The feature
OF the evening was q potato walk, which
resulted in the prises being won by Mr.
Charles Warneld ana Mas Burgeruay
Both vooal and tnsxxumanfal music was
provided and rtfreshmeuts were served.
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was then that the democratic system of
government into which 1t had been drifting
was finally replaced by a purely military
constitution.
called himself general. He had ALWAYS
been known as the general superintendent
OF the army work. The name of general
was forced upon him. For many years he
continued to be known es the Rev. William
Booth, and 1t was only by degrees that he
accustomed himself to the new title. though
as far back as 1872, In writing to him, Mr..
haiiton. one OF the leaders was accustomed
signed himself as his Lieutenant"
The Salvation Army in its present form
Is no more the accidental grouping together
of a number of atoms than is the product
of engineering skill, such as a steamer or
railway engine. Those who see but its out
ward developments have little idea of the
care. the consideration and the calculation
which were bestowed upon the preparation
of each component part
In the early days of his struggle with
poverty Mr. Booth struck upon the idea of
composing his own hymn book and living
upon the profits of its sale. Nearly every
independent evangelist did the same. No
body could possibly object.
His Personal Sacrifices.
At first the little venture was a ttsap-
pointment. Mr.. Booth bore the loss: and
when it suddenly became, with the rapid ex-
pansion of the work. a great success and
would in itself have insured a splendid in
come for himself ard family, he at once
handed over the profits to the Salvation
Army. Similarly, in the case OF the books
and pamphlets published by the General
and Mrs. Booth, while the sale was small
and the margin allowed for profit merely
nominal. they accepted q portion of the pro-
ceeds; but when the phenomenal sale OF
Darkest England took the world by SUR
prise. instead Of appropriating the profits
General Booth handed them over as his
contribution to the scheme.
In 1880 the War Cry was launched, and
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before perhaps. save in the case of one
ana that one the most blessed among wo-
men, the mother of our Lerd, has there
lived saint who has hade thet privilege
her own sex encouraged ana eInboldened
by her example working ont her princi-
pies and walking in her stepA,'
Condition Of Army work.
The present condition of the work of the
Salvation Army In this country is espe-
cially fattering. There are. at this time
1877 corps. with 2,437 officers, who devote
their entire time in ministering to their
constituency. Statistics Of the social
branch Of the army, which. has been of
rapid development during the past year,
show that 266 officers and employees are
engaged in 1t. The institutions for the
poor have been increased 81, with accom-
moaatons for 1000 persons. Durinsg the
past twelve months Loco 600 persons have
been sheltered and otherwise cared for.
There are now eleven rescue homes with
accommodations for 800 women, while
through the seventy rescue homes of the
army 4.500 girls pass annually In the
United States 400 girls were aided last
year, and only 10 per cent proved unsat-
given to $50 others. At present there are
twenty-seven food and shelter bureaus
six labor bureaus. sixteen alum outposts
and thirty-four outp0st6f 'ofE&ered from the
regularly estabaished Corpse
One Of the most Mea&ing FEATURES of the
gssien he p Sssfs aa b sysry d.
SIGNAL on1cer expects to inauGurate some
new development Of the urmyse social
work. which embraces hospitals. rescue
homes, prison-gate - homes z-s nnnternify
homes, food and shelter depots, eto. ssss's- 8
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tifully upholstered and lighted by cleo
tricity.
The organ, 1t IS claimed, will be the
finest in the city. Ii has been carefully
selected under the supervision of the
organist. Prof Walters.
The dedication of the new temple will
occur in September. Elaborate plans
are being made to the end that the cere-
monies may be in keeping with the mag
nificence of the new structure The de-
tails have not yet been announced.
The Washington Hebrew Congregation
IS the oldest religious body of that faith
in this city, as wei as being one of the
largest and best known in the country
The new edifice is practically the third
temple that the congregation has built
on the present site. The erection of the
new structure came about largely
Through the efforts of the late president,
Henry King. jr., who died last year.
The cornerstone was laid with impress
sive ceremonies last Autumn. President
MCKINLEY and members of his Cabinet,
as we'll as other prominent men. were
among the guests. and several interesting
addresses were made
The Temple Society, organized last
Winter, has substantially aided in raising
uhe necessary funds for the new edifice.
The times., 1898-07-17
AN AMERICAN HERO.
Graphic Description of Naval
Fight by Washington Boy,

Graphic Description of n Naval
Fight by Washington Boy.
The following letter has been received
by Mrs Antonio Tegethoff of No. S13
Third Street northwest, from her son.
Eugene, who is captain of a gun on
board the U. S. S. Hist:
"Off Santiago de Cuba, June 2S. 1898.
after leaving New York, we had a
pretty rough passage. We sprung a leak
off Charleston and put in for repairs. We
arrived here three days ago, and expect
orders every day to bombard the town.
l fired my first shot the night we came
in We sigh ed a steamer about o clock
in the morning, and, as her actions were
suspicious, we gave chase to her, and I
was ordered to fire a shot across her
bows. She promptly hove to and we
boarded her, but found nothing to au-
thoriZe us in taking her as prize.
You inquired concerning the duties of
gun captain. There are four men to every
gun on our ship and the captain OF the
gun simply aims and fires the piece. The
other three are leaders and ammunition
men.
ticed firing using empty barrels as tar
gets, and tied the chief gunners mates
shot which was the best of all. We are
under way for Guantanamo Bay just now.
1t is rumored that we are to try to cap
ture the Spanish gunboats.
'I suppose you have heard of the fight
our troops have had with the Spanish.
in which we had sixteen killed and wound
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ed, while the Spanish lost eighty-three.
They say the Spanish are mutilating our
dead soldiers. 1t is also rumored that
Hobson and his men have been maSsa-
cred. l will have to close now, for | can
hardly write for the ships jarring.''
Three days later, on July !, Capt. Tege-
thoff continued his letter, as follows:
Il did not haye time to mail my letter,
as we weighed anchor while I was clos
ing It. We have done some hot work
since-destroyed two Spanish gunboats
and one torpedo boat. You know l told
you that our captain was trump l do
not know how many men we killed, but
| think there were at least thirty be-
sides a number of wounded. l can hardly
describe the fight. Every one of our
men was cool and l was surprised at my
self / would duck once in a while when
a shell would whistle by, but otherwise
1 was calm and collected. There was q
continual stream of shot and shell flying
around US.
After silencing a stone battery and
sinking one gunboat, we steamed to a
place where there were supposed to be
two gunboats and one fort in the har-
Dor, but it proved to be a regular
nest and we had to retreat after three
hours heavy fighting. Instead of two
gunboats and a fort, we found six gum
DOdIS, three IOTptuO DUalS ana three
forts and they were more than a match
for us. but we went at them, just the
same. steaming in in single file-our ship
first. the torpedo destroyer Hornet next
and the Wampatuck last
THE Spanish proved to be very poor
marksmen, all of their shots going high
except four. One went through the side
and burst in the engine room. Another
went through my steam launch and one
of the other gunboats and the other two
struck our sides and went in, but did not
burst We sunk one of the gunboats and
one torpedo boat and set the town afire
in two places. We must have killed and
wounded great many, as we struck
their boats repeatedly. The range was
so great that the shells did not have much
effect on the vessels themselves"
During the fight, the Hornet was dis
abled by a shot cutting her main steam
pipe and causing the steam to escape,
but we threw her a tow-line and re-
treated in good order. We are on our
way to Santiago, where we will get more
ships and go back and capture the place.
"I am as deaf as a post from the dis
charge of the guns and the other noises
of the battle. I cannot picture to you
the scene. Shells were bursting all
around us and splashing in the water and
the guns were waving on every side. The
men were stripped to the waist and they
yelled like Indians when we made good
shots. Those who were not at the heavy
guns squatted along the decks, rifles in
hand, waiting for US to come close
enough to give them chance. 1t was a
sight I would not have missed for all the
world
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disease. Mrs. L. A. Johnston, 1O3
Pilham and Ripley Sts., Montgomery,
Ala, tells her experience with catarrh
of the stomach and how she was
cured:
81 will state to you that l have
taken eight bottles of your Pe-ru-na
and two of Man-a-lin and rejoice to say,
God bless DIR. Hartman and Pe-ru-na.'
And 1 earnestly assure you that it
has done me more good than any medi-
cine / have ever taken in my life. I
prescribe it to every one 1 meet who
is suffering, as the best medicine in
the world, and have made many con-
verts who are now rejoicing in the
great good which they have derived
from the same. / can tell you that I
am almost entirely relieved of indiges-
ton, that great foe which has tortured
me so many years, and can now eat
anything desire without it is fruits or
something acid"
To understand the scientific action
of Peru-na it is best to have DR.. Hart
mans special book for women or his
book on chronic catarrh. These books
are mailed free by the Pe-ru-na Medi-
cine Company, Columbus, o. All
druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
The times., 1898-07-17
NEW HEBREW TEMPLE.
1t VIII he Dedicated i'm September
With Fitting CeremGnies

with fItf1ns
The new temple of the Washington He
brew congregation, soon to be completed
will be an addition of no mean archi-
tectural value TO the ecclesiastical struct-
ures of the city. The builders are now
engaged in putting the finishing touches
to the interior work and within month
the edifice Will be ready for occupancy.
The building committee. consisting of
Messrs NJ Holm, H. Blout, Max Kauf-
man, J. Landheimer. Myer Loeb, Ameron
Behrend and L. Luchs, has had sole
charge Of its construction.
The building has broad frontage on
Eighth Street northwest. The Moorish
style of architecture has been used, the
facade being constructed Of Berea sand
stone which is seldom seen in this sec
| ton of the country. a square tower,
capped by a copper dome, rises to great
height at each of the two eastern cor
ners. They give an imposing appearance
to the building.
A low flight of stone steps leads to the
entrance doors, over which is an i'm
mense stained-glass window.
The first floor contains the roomy vesti-
bule and large Sunday school room made
communicating by means of patent fold
ing doors, and the arrangement is such
that the whole may be made into. one
| big assembly room.
Stairs upon both sides of the front YES
tibule lead 10 the spacious auditorium.
No expense has been spared in making
this room as light and comfortable as
possible. The pews are of genuine quar-
| tered oak. and will seat nearly l,500 per-
sons Richly colored windows will let in
and soften the sunlight The building
will be brilliantly Illuminated at night by
both gas and electric lights.
A striking feature of the auditorium is
the ark 1t is built OF smoked ivory-col-
ored marble The interior viii be beau
The times., 1898-07-17

To ride one horse while driving another
ahead is a new and daring fad when Is
bevond the attempt of any but the most
exnert horsewomen Miss Natalie Bar
ney. the young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
A. c. Barney, of this city, handles the
reins Ike a veteran, and one of her daily
amusements at her Summer home al Bar
Harbor just now is TO dash along The
coast road on one spirited steed while
driving another. greatly to the adnlira-
ton Of her girl friends who would like
TO initiate her, but lack the courage to
try.
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W. McKinIer a Ltstener.

A large number of people attended the
concert Of the Marine Band in the White
House grounds yesterday afternoon The
program was enjoyed, not only by the
crowd but also by President and Mrs
Mckinley, who. with several friends. sat
on the balcony. In the middle of the
sixth number. sudden shower drove the
crowd to shelter.