Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1904 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

A Noted Salvationist. Commander Frederick Booth-Tucker Of the Salvation Army, who recently left this country for England, has for eight years been in charge of the work of the army in the United States. In the future he will supervise the work in all countries save Great Britain. His successor is Commander Miss Eva Booth, a daughter of General Booth and a sister of Commander BoothTucker’s wife, who was killed in a railroad accident about a year ago. Booth-Tucker Is a native of India and resigned from the Indian civil service to become an officer In the Salvation Army. In 1888 he married Emma Booth, daughter of the founder of the Salvation Army, in London, pre-

fixing the name Booth to his own. The conple went to India, Booth-Tucker being placed in charge of the army In that country. Upon the resignation of Ballington Booth from command of the Salvation Army In the United States in 1896 Mr. and Mrs. Booth-Tucker were ordered here to assume command of the forces, with equal authority. For the past six years the commander has been interested In establishing farm colonies of worthy but poor families from the great cities. On the eve of bis departure for England he received letters from President Roosevelt and the governors of twenty-two states commending his work In this country. The Coin Was Harmless. Lord Charles Beresford, commander of the British Gibraltar fleet, Is a wit of the rugged, seafaring kind, somewhat lacking that Chesterfleldlan grace which characterizes the wit of the modern raconteur. * Here Is a story which Illustrates this contention as applied to the famous admiral and which Is being told down In circles Plymouthian: Lord Charles on one occasion was breakfasting In a small hotel far out In the country, and accidentally be upset a cup of coffee over the clean white tablecloth which the good lady o< the

house had dug up from her most sacred linen cupboard for the benefit of the British admiral. Unfortunately the opsetting of the steaming coffee also upset the good lady’s temper, and she Soundly rated Lord Charles for his want of tact “It’s a good thing for yon,” she said, “that the coffee has not left much stain on my cloth.” "It was too weak, ma’am,” replied the admiral. “You’ll have to stain your coffee before you can expect to stain yonr table linen. Use more beans, ma’am; use more beans!”—London Answers. A Romlsb Statesman. Prince Peter Svlatopolk-Mlrsky, who succeeded M. de Plehve as Russian minister of the interior, Is a statesman of liberal tendencies and has already won a victory over the reactionary elements, including the bureaucracy, which, under the lead of the procurator of the holy synod, have striven to overthrow him. Prince Peter Is comparatively young, being but forty-seven. He belongs to

one of the oldest families of Russia, tracing his descent to Rurik, the reputed founder of the Russian monarchy, who died in 879. The family has long been settled In Poland, but belongs to the Orthodox faith. Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky has been successively governor of Penza, marshal of the nobility of the province of Kharkov and assistant minister of the Interior under M. Sipiagulne, who, like M. de Plehve, was assassinated. He began his caver as a soldier, but later entered the civil service. Casu of the Coolaeoe. Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania was showing a party of friends through the vaults of the Philadelphia mint “Mercy,” exclaimed a woman from Baltimore, "how chilly It Is down, here.” “Yes, madam,** replied the senator.

"you are surrounded by a cool fifty millions.”—New York Times.

COMMANDER FREDERICS BOOTH-TUCKER.

FRLNCE PETER SVIATOPOLK-MIRSKY.