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VOL. IX
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1896
NO. 39
THE SALVATION ARMY
Ballington Booth Retires
From the 'Generalship.
REASONS GIVEN FOR THE ACT
Partisans of tne General Give Their
Version of the Causes of the
Removal
Nkw York, Feb. 22. The retirement
of Ballington Booth and his wife, Maud
B. Booth, from the command of the Sal
vation Army in the United States is an
nounced in the following address by
Commander and Mrs. Booth:
"It is with inexpressible grief and
heart-felt pain that we have to announce
to oar Btaff officers, field officer?, troops
and friends throughout America the ap
pended important decision arrived at
after thorough and careful deliberation.
We hope they will ever bear in remem
brance that we feel there is no alterna
tive left to our discretion :
First We do not seek, nor shall we
seek, to take any advantage of the
strong feeling respecting onr 'farewell'
existing in all parts of the country, by
attempting to sever the United States
branch of the amy from the parent or
ganization as a Eeparate or independent
movement.
"Though, through the help of our un
failing God, aided by the efficient and (to
us) happy co-operation of our officers,
our toil has been rewarded in upbuilding
the movement iu this great country j yet
we do not wish any action of ours to have
the appearance of personal ambition, nor
do we wish our precious troops to stand
for a moment in the relationship of op
ponents to those of other nations, made
brothers and Sisters by one common
bond of Christianity.
"Second Despite our intense and un
dying love for America and our com
rades here, we should have had no other
thought or purpose than that of proceed
ing to Englan d for another command,
were we able . to do so. But, owing to
conscientious feelings and private rea
sons well known to the general, we are
unable to enter upon new duties and
controversies in connection with a for
eign command. Owing to our inability
to longer work freely as leaders in the
army under existing circumstances, we
have made known to London our decis
ion not to accept another appointment.
This does not mean that we will no
longer be Salvationists, nor that we
shall be any other than the warmest
friends of our comrades thronghont the
world.
"Third We therefore propose, as
widely and as .expeditiously as possible,
to relinquish and hand over our com
mand, fully and absolutely, to the In
coming commissioners when they arrive.
London headquarters, . however, sent
over three separate representatives un
announced, who pressed us . to an im
mediate decision, offering us proposals
we could not accept. Yesterday at mid
night, with most positive and uncalled
for precipitation, .with the authotity of
international headquarters. Commander
Herbert Booth demanded that we band
over our keys and offices by 10 o'clock
this morning.. We had therefore no al
ternative bat to accept our peremptory
dismissal.
"Fourth None can fully comprehend
what this step costs us. The blade of
disappointment has gone "deep. The
struggle and suffering have been long.
We have sought not to be hasty in this
matter, but the international head
quarters have pressed us. hourly to a de
finite decision. In relinquishing our
command we are giving up all, nor have
we any plans or prospects for this emer
gency. , , , . , . ,
"Fifth Finally',, we know ; fall well
that by some persons untrue and unjust
motives will be attached to our action,
' Highest of all in Leavening Power.
nSffevft is
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but we feel consoled in the fact that
those who have witnessed our lives, to-
getber with our toil and effort daring the
past nine years, will at least give us
credit for. acting conscientiously and
disinterestedly, and for doing right be
fore the Lord of oar hearts. ' . . p
"We have repeatedly called upon all
of our troops to stand by the army, lis
general and its principles. We do eo
again. May God's blessing rest upon
our country, the army, and all."
Partisans of Ballington Booth say that
the secret of his removal lies wholly in
the fact that he has succeeded in almoBt
completely Americanizing the Salvation
Army in this country. His methods
aroused the antagonism of a little Eng
lish coterie headed by Colonel Edie, the
chief secretary, wha came over from Eng
land one year ago. General Booth,
father of Ballington, and commander-in-chief
of the Salvation Army, did not
fancy the idea of the army in America
breaking away from the English prece
dents, and was finally prevailed'upon to
order the withdrawal of Ballington
Booth.
According to a clause in' the constitu
tion of the army, the commander is ab
solute owner of all the real estate of the
organisation. The building, on .West
Fourteenth street, completed ,wi thin the
last year, represents nearly . $500,OCO,
which is deeded to the commander in
his own name.
HERD OF IRISH BULLS.
Some Mixed Metaphors Credited to Sons
of the Emerald Isle.
A collection of Irish bulls was pub
lished recently by a contemporary.
Here are some of them, from House
hold Words. A certain politician,
lately condemning the government for
its recent policy concerning1 the in
come tax, is reported to have said:
"They'll keep cutting the wool off the
sheep that lays the golden eggs until
they pump it dry." "The glori
ous work will never be accomplished
until the good ship Temperance shall
sail from one end of the land to the
other, and with a cry of 'Victory! at
each step she takes shall plant her baa
ner in every city, town and village in the
L-nited Kingdom." An Irishman, in
the midst of a tirade against landlords
and capitalists, declared that "if these
men were landed on an uninhabited
island they wouldn't be there half an
hour before 'they would have their
hands in the pockets of the naked sav
ages." Only a few weeks ago a lec
turer at a big meeting gave utterance
to the following:, "All along the un
trodden paths of the future we can see
the footprints of an unseen ' hand.'
An orator at one of the university
unions bore off the palm of merit when
he declared that "the British lion.
whether it is roaming the deserts of
India or climbing the forests of Can
ada, will not draw in its horns or retire
into its shell."
How She Spelled It.
Everyone knows how to spell "hard
water" with three letters, but proba
bly some readers would be puzzled to
spell "yesterday" with six. A Cincin
nati girl could tell them how, according
to the Enquirer.
She does not yet go to school, but is
taught by her mother at home. The
other night her father was hearing her'
spell. One word after another was suc
cessfully disposed of, and then he said:
"Now, Annie, I am going to give you
a hard one. If you spell it correctly
T'll bring you some candy. How ' do
you spell "yesterday? "
It was a hard one. Annie thought of
the candy, and just then her eye caught
the calendar hanging against the walL
Then she answered, with a smile of tri
umph: "F-r-i, yester, d-a-y, day, yes
terday." - -
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A Memorial to Congress.
The committee of the Commercial
Club, consisting of Messrs. Bradshaw,
Mac Allister, Schanno, Laugblin and
Whealdon; met Saturday afternoon and
formulated the following memorial to I 3
presented te the present congress at once :
To-the Honorable Senate and House of Rcnreseu-
tatives la CongresB assembled at Washington.
. C.,U. 8. A.
Your memorialist, The Dalles Com
mercial Club, of The Dalles, etate of
Oregon,- through our senators, Hon
John H. Mitchell and George W. Mc
Bride and pur representatives, Hon.
Binger Hermann and W. R. Ellis, re
spectfully represent that from the bestr
information we have been able to 6ecure
the date of the opening of the cascade
locks of the Columbia river, to naviga
tion, is . still a matter of doubt and un
certainty..
Large agricultural, horticultural, wool,
lumber and transportation interests are
involved, and we believe thousands of
dollars daily will be realized by the in
habitants ot the Columbia basin as soon
as this great work is made operative,
and the transportation companies can
depend on passing their steamboats
from the lower to the middle Columbia.
Therefore, your memorialist desire to
urge upon the attention of your honor
able body and pray that you will con
sider favorably :
First, The -urgent need of the appro
priation of $179,597 : asked for by the
chief of engineers of the U. S. A.
whose report for 1895 says, "and can be
profitably expended in the fiscal year,
ending June 30, A. D., 1897," to con
struct the walls between the first and
second locks of the canal, and to protect
from the powerful force of the lalls the
breaking ot. the outer walls of the lock
by erosion.
Second : The importance of continu
ing an organized body of mechanics and
artisans, who can economically and ex
peditiously complete the work, aTeo the
expenee of housing and replacing the
large plant required. ..
: Third: The great loss to commerce
should the locks remain closed for ' an
other year by reason of a few weeks de
lay . in mak ing this . appropriation for
which we will evei" pray. ...
MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
Two Sciences That Are Closely Related
and Necessary to Each Other.
Probably in none of the sciences, ap
plied or pure, is a knowledge of higher
mathematics so essential as astron
omy. Certainly none involves so much
mathematical labor. The method of
the least squares is one in almost con
stant use by those engaged in astro
nomical calculation, and the amount of
labor often entailed by this process is
enough to make the head of an ordi
nary citizen swim even to think of.
One of the most extensive least square
solutions ever made, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, has recently been pub
lished by Prof. Schur, of Goettingen.
The helionietric triangulations of the
stars in the cluster Praesepe (the Bee
hive) gave rise to a series of 74 normal
equations, involving 74 unknown quan
tities. The solution of this set of
quantities was effected by Prof. Schur
in ten weeks by means of the usual
Gaussian method of elimination. Prof.
Schur comes to the conclusion that no
other method by successive approxi
mations is to be compared to the
Gaussian method, even though it might
seem' to promise a saving of labor in
advance. Prof. Schur mentions as the
longest least square solution he has
been, able to find in astronomical literH
ature a geodetic adjustment made by
Baeyer, in which a set of normal equa
tions with 68 unknowns was success
fully solved by the famous computer.
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