The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-22
issued: 1912-08-29
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note: g,esf. GofM <stf %i£iJ7 PAi&ES SO CENTS A MONTH VOL. n NELSON. B. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1912 NO. 116 s FIERI SONG Salvation Army Services Are Solemn and Impressive [CRIMSON FLAG - ABOVE COFFIN Soldiers Pledge Themselves "to Faithful Service at Booth Obsequies (By Daily News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Aug. 28.—Funeral services for the founder of the Salvation .rmy, General William Booth, were eld at the Olympla tonight ln lie lordanec with tho traditions of that irganlzntion, without pomp' or sym- ;iN ol mourning, .but with a most waving fervor and Impressivoness. 'hirty-four thousand people partlelpat- Ir. the'service. Nci*:y hn'f of them ic blue coats and red jirfeys. or the: lopnets with red ribbons so familiar ti the streets of cities uv several unions. The body of iho Into 'genera! In n ilatn pino coffin rested high upon a whlto catafalque in front of tho big latform across tho end of the hul* here all tho chief officers of the rmy wore seated and where 40 bands rero massed. , The crimson flag of the rmy "of fire and blood,' which the reneral unfurled on M.iunt Calvary, os planted above the coffin. A banfc t flowers, composed of tae tributes lent by the members of rtyalty and iany societies, was behind lt. Flags f various nations In which* thn gen- iral had waged campaigns and thr landard of the older divisions of the .rmy wero arrayed In front of tbe platform. These and m:>re Salvation rmy flags In the galleries, each tip- ed with white ribbons, and twenty portraits of the evangelist, surmount with green laurel, with a broad rrnttgc ribbon connecting them, wore ie^!y,-dc£o.rativo olfi-cis. While the front rows oT chairs he- ore tho coffin were filled with repre- lentatlves of various bodies with the iqtierry to the King, several mayors In [their robes and chains of offiee, a delegation from the stock exchange, ministers and clergymen of nil tho Protestant churches and Jewish rabbi" .ml while other notable personages rere seated In the house, Ihe rank .nd f…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384736
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text