The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-30
Streets, Windows and
Hous etops damned
WithSilentThrongs.
MANY BUSINESS
HOUSES CLOSED
Thousands Of Salvationists, Step
ping to Tunes of Forty Bands,
Follow Body of Their Fa-
nous Leader to His Burial
Place in Old Abner
Park Cemetery.

London. August 2o-rhe body of the
founder Of the salvation Army, Gem
eral William Booth, was buried beside
!; OF his wife to-day in the old Gene
teiy of Abncy Park in the part OF
East End OF London where the great
evangelist began the work that spread
over the entire world. No such gath
ering Of the populacc on funeral oc-
casion has been Witnessed here except
upon the deaths of Queen Victoria
and King Edward VII
Several thousand Salvauonsts. tho
men and women composing the forty
eight divisions of the army from tho
LoAdon provinces; carrying their ban,
ners OF blood and fire" and keeping
St. to the we'll known salvationist
tunes, played by forty bands. marched
over the I'VE miles from the army
headquarters in queen Victoria Street
to the burial ground through muddy
streets. after being drcnched by a
downpour OF rain.
1t was more in the nature of
triumphal progress than an occasion
OF mourning In the same streets only
a few years not P few Of those Who
marched today had been mobbed ana
| j. IS.
No ono could estimate the numbers
who had assembled everywhere. gath
cred to witness the passing of tho
funeral Of the late commander-in-
On. I. All the streets and tho win
dows alons the march wero crowded
and even house tops were damned with
silent throngs Flags along tho route
dropped, ra n soaked. at hal,-mast. and
many OF the business houses were
closed
Fifty Thousand at Cemetery.
The multitude in and about the
cemster. numbered not less than So
600 The new commander. Bram,yeil
Booth himself. pronounced long
eulogy and read the committal SER
Vice when his fathers body was lower
cd into the grave. AS Bramweu Booth
was approaching the grave Herberr
| hooth. dressed in ovilinn clothes.
| stepped forward ana ,ssed the new
oral on the cheek
TIC Mayor Of Stoke Nawington And
the Mayer Of Hackney. in their ~ohes
OF offices. were seated on the PLATFORM
with the Booth family Mrs Catherine
Booth Clibhorn. the late generals cid
est daughter. who FOR wears had been
estranged from the army. with her
husband and their twelve children aot
among the mourners.
Mss Eva Booth. commander OF the
army In te United states. who ar
rived In London just in time to walk
behind her fathers coffin. broke down
with grief and fatigue Mrs Booth
Hellbers begged the audience TO excuse
her sister from eaking. but the army
was anxious to hear the American,
leader and she came forward. Bran
we'll Booth and Mrs Hellberr SUPPORT
ms her Miss Booth said
II am worn out with travel aud
with grief but must deliver my
message from the army across the
water. My beloved father never lost
tho hold which he established there
SO long ago. and We feel his loss as
keenly as the English corps He looked
forward with so much Joy TO the visit
which he had planned to America this
year But God is with us and the work
viii go on
With the exclamation oh my be-
loved father" Miss Booth broke down
and was assisted TO her seat
Worn out by the march many Sal-1
vationists we're ready to drop when
they reached the cemetery. While !
the ceremonies were going on faintinls
soldiers fell on all sides. while uni
formed nurses Of tho army ambulance
corps treated more than 100 cases.i
Some OF the sufferers we're in a seri-
Gus condition and one was removed
from among the crowd on the fineral
car.
Though one-thlrd OF the program,
vros omittad the sarvice cons,in,ed two
hours Then N vas discovered that
n sneci,l n.r,,,i- vas necessary. for a
continuance ~ inc ocrenonv as buri-
ais after o'clock arc rrohibited. The
presence OF tho Mayor OF stoke New
inEton. who granted the permit solved
the dlficulty
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