Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-21
ORGANIZER OF REMARKABLE RE
Llclous MOVEMENT PASSES
TO REWARD.
EARLY METHODIST MINISTER
srARrEp As STREET PREACHER
ri. Army Invaded Almost Every
Quarter Of the Globe and Became .
Fore. in UpIift Of the Lowly-ones
Stoned on Streets BY Mob and Early
Effort. Were Vigorously Opposed.

London. Aug. 21.-Rev. William
Booth, comander-in-chtef OF the Sal
walton Army, died a. 80 o'clock last
night. He was born at Nottingham N
1929.
Tho veteran Salvation Army leader
was unconscious for forty-eisht hours
previous to his death The medical
bulletins had not revealed the serious
ness Of the generals condition which
for week, IL Is now admitted Was
hopeless.
Twelve weeks ago General 6oo'h
underwent Al operation Tor the re-
noyaI Of q cataract IN his LETT eye. f"'
two days after the operation lnoica
tons justified the hope OF his recover
Then septic poisoning set in ana -so.'
that time. with the exception OF occa-
.,onal rallies, the patients health
steadily, declined. The general rea!ize0
that the end was near and otten spoAe
If hia work as being finished
aramvvsli Booth Present.
r,-,or, the commander -in-chlefs
,u...z ~. eon, Branwell Booth. chick
ut star Of the army. and Mrs. Srain-
well bOOlHs Bo"S '~N
tentions to him.
~. aged evangelist died al his resi-
dence the Rockstorls. 9ad!ey"ooo'
eight miles from London, where ne
Rad been confined to his bed since t.e
on.,atton Present at the BEDSIDE
wban the END came were Ny and hTs'
p-awsll Booth and their daughter
ard son- Ad1t Catherine Booth anu
sere, bernard Booth. the genera
vou,res, daughter Commissioner MIS-.
poo,h. Helberd, and Comm!ssloHe'
Eo~,d. Colonel Kitch!ng and ~
warelawMilne.
p,huc interest now centers IN the
question OF q successor to the ta'e
commander. Under the cohst''oSo
~ the Salvation Army the genera
dominates his successor. InaI
aral booth did several years ago. piac-
ing tho name in a sealed ense'ope
n-hich WA deposited with the saIva-
60, A-mv's lawyers with Instructions
that II should not be opened une1i A'e!
VI. a..th. While nobody knows wnae
,are the envelope encloses, the GER
eral belief among the Salvation Arm.
% that II will prove to be that OF
Rramvell Booth. who for thirty year
has been its chief OF stan
May Lie BY WHO
Where General Booth Will De ouiie'
has not vet been decided. " ME ever
english member OF the salvation AIi'i'
&c convinced that no man was MOI
.,o-4hr ~ in,erment in Westmins'c r
Abbey, It IS not expected inns n'n ~,
lin -. awarded to General Booth oS
49, Ahb.v authorities. 1t is the gen.
e-., belief that the commandments
cb,ers last resting place will be along
eide That Of his wife. who twenty-o!i
80. ago was buried in Abney PARK
Stoke Nottington.
Founded New Religion.
Cen William Booth, whose life stoll
&c ,ne of the most extraordinary hu'
wan documents OF modern times. ha'
.rs. nassed his eighty-third olrthoa.
less thar. thirty years ago ne ana ni'
wife were stoned IN the s!feets.
decades later he was received oE h,ns
AVID erperors and honored by scho!at
and philanthrop!sts.
Three years ago. when ne reac'ie
his elehtieth birthday, the event va
observed with a celebration "n'c'
reached around the world. Inc ea-
walton Army in more than H1'y couii
tries made the day one OF specia! re
1oic,ng, and thousands OF other me
and women in every rank OF NE ~
undated the London headquarters w,
CONGRATULATIONS and good "saes' ~
wear the day was observed IN ever
Salvation Army post Win spee1e
knee drilI-wh!ch means p!avef-eh
many loving references.
William Booth was porn April !
1904 IN Nottingham, England. n
father VINO had been a merchant cue
wban the son was young lad. ana
tho widow was left in straitened Gil
cumstances the boy had to be put
work. The mother and the wife OF WI
liam Booth were women OF uhusu
character and ability and both e1e1te
a deep influence on his lie.
His mother was devout Episcop'
Ian and her son naturally belonged
that church. But one evening, when
was about Is years old. he happened
pass a Methodist chapel and out
curiosity went in He was so Impress
bv the earnestness and simple sincerl
Of the service that ne returned the ne
night with the result that, IN the la
euage Of his new friends, he was col
yerted then and there. With his mot
er's free consent he Joined the Meth
dist church and Immediately, young
he was, became an active worker
From the very nrSt ne WIS VIVA
known as a primitive Christian.
took the bible literally. He believ
most sincerely in eternal punishme
for sim With that al his convictl
he threw himself body and soul II
the work Of rescuing men and won
from this punishment Every mig
when his days labor was over,
preached On the street corners IN |
slums Of Nottingham. He was hoot'
teered at and pelted with missil
of peculiar unpleasantness.
Becomes Ordained Minister.
He was ordained minister when
was 20, but he kept on with the eva
gelistic work in which his whole he'
was conferred. From the very beginni
his one overwhelming concern had be
to ret hold Of the people who had su
ont OF reach Of ordinary help. II oth
were Won too, so much the better. I
the poor. the degraded. the outca
vere always hrst with William Boo
That was why Q great crisis came
his life in 1851 when the Method
.legze -.S..eece wanted to change his WI
ana make him q regular pastor Owe
regular church. The conference .
year was ct Liverpool md Will