Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1896 — THE ARMY IN REVOLT. [ARTICLE]

THE ARMY IN REVOLT.

SERIOUS SPLIT IN CHICAGO SALVATIONIST RANKS. i \ \ Con mln loner Eva Booth F»H» to Reatorc Harmony BalllnKton Booth Has' Many Friends —Chang-ea the • Name of Hia Army. l' ( Befnae to Follow Eva. Fifty member* of the Salvation army at Chicu.Ro proclaimed Sunday at Princess Rink their desertion of-the old organization. \t the nfternqpn meeting, in-, stead tit marching to the platform and taking seats behind Commissioners Eva Booth and John A. Curleton, they smoothed out the iittle white bow's they had pinned on the lapels of their coats as the badge of rebellion and seated themselves with the general nudietiee. The lassies •dll wore their blue uniforms and poke bonnets, but the seceding men appeared in plain clothes. It is conceded by l>oth aides there will be two organizations in Chicago unless 1 something causes Commander Ballington Booth to falter. Those who wore the white ribbon Sunday say a large nnmber of oWcers and privates will tbrcW off all .reserve and flock to his standard. The white.ribbon people say they are sixty-five strong in Corps No. 1 alone. This corps numbers over 150. The adherents of Gen. Booth declare there •re not more than thirty revolters in Corps No. 1. and say the new organization will be’short-lived. Why Trade la Stagnant. v IL G» Dun & Co.’s tVeekly Review of Trade says: > “Movement toward letter things is still the •exception.* There is better business in shoes and amall industries and there has been a squeezing of abort sellers in cotton. But the general tendency of industries and prices is not encouraging, and. those who were, most hopeful a month ago are still waiting, tiot so hopefully,’for the expected recovery. Causes of cGntinhed depression ate not ’wanting.- Bad weather has cut off much business, especially in country, districts. Some failures of consequence hnve'enused especial caution. The root of the business is that in many departments men bought more and I’’produoed 1 ’’prod uoed 'ihdre 'When prices were mounting and everything was rushing to buy last:year, than,they have>yet been able to'sell. That the buying was of a-nature to anticipate, actual ceukumption many months they were fully warn: ed. But they’had more hope than observa 1 tk»n and went on piling.np goods. , Borne are to-day in the same hopeful anticipation of a "demand which lias not yet appeared.” , - ■;■ - ■. ~ Name of the Army la Changed. 1 The -name of .“God’s American Volunteers,” Ballingfon Booth’s new religious movement, has been changed to “rne •Volunteers.” The Change was made because some friends of the move objected to the name of the Deity appearing in the title of the organization. The name “The Volunteers” might be changed again at some future time. The uniform to be worn by the women of the new organization will be cadet blue instead of brown, intended. This change was made at the request of a majority of the members. Adjutant Turnbull, who has been the leader of the Salvation army's band at headquarters, it is reported, will in a few days join Ballington Booth’s forces. Composer Cronch Sick and Poor. Frederick Nicholas, Cronch, the aged composer and writer of “Kathleen Mavourneen” and other Irish songs, is dying at Baltimore in poverty. He is.Bl) years old. He lies on a little scantily covered Iron bedstead m a teneffieur house. His mind wanders and he talks constantly of the old country and the time of the coronation of King William IV.. when he directed the Royal Band. The old composer's last song was “Green and Gold.” written in honor of the anniversary of Robert Emmet’s birth and sung in New Vork on March 4.