New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22
MAY RECONCILE BOOTHS
Commanders Death Expected
to Reunite Family

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/ Following the death i'm London Of Ger
I eral William Booth head of the Salvation
! Army, two things OF Importance took
/ place Yesterday. His private secretary
/ opened the sealed envelope in which he
/ had named his successor and found the
! choice to be the generals oldest son.
/ William Bramwer Booth. Miss Eva
Booth commander of the army in this
! country sent to her brother, Ballington
! Booth. head Of the Volunteers OF America,
a telegram which. IL is supposed. will heal
/ the breach in the family.
/ This telegram. somewhat Rarbled in
! transmission read
/ "Bramwell cables me information YOU
and Herbert peace crowned old generals
/ end. Sends his affcctionate sympathy: so
| do ]"
! This was signed Eva" and IS expected
TO Offset the bitterness expressed IN the
/ following statement issued from the mead
quarters Of the Volunteers OF America,
! No "a West 2Sth street. earlier IN the
| day:
General Baliugtou Booth deplores any
reference being made at this sad time
70 the estrangement between himself and
/ father. which arose purely on matter Of
government and principle over sixteen
years ago. He prefers To be silent re-
garding the salvation Army's treatment
and statement, except 10 say that he has
always treated his father with the defer
! cDCc due 4 great man. His youngest
brother and second sister are also out Ot
the army, and he has no knowledge Of
any effort having been made in these last
| DAYS toward reconciliation
He would have gone TO his sister Eva.
but when he and his brother, Herbert, at
tempted TO offer their sympathy at the
/ time of Mrs Booth-TuCker's death they
We're met with rebuns He has sought 20
avoid on this occasion the repetition or
this public appearance OF disagreement
sympathy has been written with affec-
tionate soliCitude 20 his brother. Bran
well Booth, in England
! No Junction of Forces.
Neither side however considers It pos
! sibe that the two ORGANIZATIONS will join
forces. even I'm the remote future. Al the
Volunteer headquarters it was explained
/ that they differed so IN organization that
; 9 merger was out OF the question.
/ The cable message from London con
] tainng the official announcement that
I General Booth had died also contained the
/ news that his Oldest son. who for wears
/ had been the armys second in command
in chief. The message was received here
written in code. at 2:20 o'clock in the ar
ternoon. It ended with these words:
And. best Of all. God is with us"
The General William Bramwell Booth
! sent this message, both, Of course. being
! addressed to his sister:
! As the general Of the Salvation Army,
] officially appointed. ! renew your recently
I expired commission on the same terms,
and YOU are authorized TO confirm ap-
/ pointmcnts Of all inferior officers Tor any
periOd up 10 one year.
! WILLIAM BRAMWELL BOOTH.
! on the receipt here OF the official an
uounComout Of the generals death. Colo
( mel William Peart chief secretary to
! Commander Miss Eva Booth, opened the
sealed envelope which the aged founder
( Of tho organization had placed In the
I SAT. IN the West 18th street headquarters
: with instructions that ii was not 10 be
opencd until his death. In II the secre-
tarv found a typewriter manuscript, pre-
sumably written by the general. but un-
/ signed. sketching the career OF his son
and successor. It reads:
/ Born i'm 1856 at Halifax. the eldest son
I q
came into life before the Organi2dto hau
( been thought Of His father was then
Z minister Of the Methodist New tonneXloh,
and nine years elapsed after the tline OF
{ his birth before the cvangclistc "ork AT
( Mile End prcfaced the cstabiishmeht OF
/ tho Christian Mission Apparently ne ga
| not enjoy robust health as a boy. At thiI-
teen wears Of age he suffered an attack ol
/ rheumatic fever. which left IT, marx ioi
/ long time afterward Before ehterlnk
J manhood he spent some months IN go,
/ land for the benefit Of his health unui
eventually he grew out Of his early weak
IC-ScS. -,
/ During those early formative years ms
mothers influence was strong upon MN
! Readers of her life are aware OF ihe
Ncarning she manifested, first to br"!E
! him to the penitent-form ana men W
I awaken his aspirations for whoie-hedIie
! Christian service. No greater JOY was
experienced by both his parents,but ts-
pccially the mother-when she kne" ne
had abandoned the thought OF other C eau
. Ings for that Of the Christian WoIhtI.
/ This important decision proved no Hgnt
. or easy matter for the young man. IlG
J had unmistakable Icanings Tor q Iheulod1i
career. and there were financlal PDDssl
! buitios OF the desire being grained; ih "a
! ne decided for the less remunerauNe pn'
/ blessed ministry Of preaching ana "UU
ing for salvation affords us an Ino'"
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