St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-14
An Episcopal Clergyman Goes
Far Beyond His Finan-
eial Limit.
Fifteen Thousand Dollars
Worth Of Creditors Mourn
Their Losses.
North Dakota's Seed Wheat
Commission Throws UP
the Sponge.
A Plucky Amazon Of South
Omaha Thpashes Her
Tradueer.

special TO the GLOBE.
VERMILLIoN, S. D., March 13.-This
town is ali torn up over the alleged
crookedness of Rev. j. B. Garland, rec
tor of st. Paul's Episcopal church here,
who. it is alleged, has gone wrong to
the extent of between $14, 900 and $4,000,
his creditors all residing in Vermillion.
Liens to the amount of nearly $4,000
have been filed against the Episcopal
buildings and fixtures. Eric Matsen.
contractor, thinks sadly Of $500
which he may never recover.
The Clay County bank is the
next heaviest loser, Rev. Garland
having overdrawn his bank account
$4,000. Lee & Prentice and C. N. Run
yon are out over $500 each. Thompson
s. Lewis, the Lansing Lumber COM
pany, Alfred HelgesOn, G. c. Ewes &
Co., G. f. Lotze. and other business
firms and private individuals are cred
itors, the amounts due them ranging
from the above figures down. Rev.
Garland, who is an English clergyman,
and is said to be
A GRADUATE OF OXFORD,
came to Vermilion from New York
about Que year ago. The EpiscOpalians
at that time worshiped in small church
in the heart of the city. Mr.. Garland
conceived the idea of establishing here
an Episcopal training school. Ground
was secured in the western part of the
town last spring, and on it church,
rectory, school building and dormltory
and the rectOry have been paid for, and
were dedicated with elaborate exercises
Dec. Is, 1889, by Bishop Hare, and
turned over to Garland. In the dormi-
tories are about twenty-five orphan boys
brought by Mr.. Garland from New
York are to be supported by benevolent
societies and individuals there. The
buildings are plain but exceedingly we'll
finished and richly furnished. The
grounds have been graded, and the
whole concern has been highly COM
mended and admired as one of Varmil-
lions finest institutions. Bishop Hare,
accompanied by his legal advisor was
here from Sioux Falls last week and had
CONFERENCE WITH GARLAND'S CRED
ITORS.
A reporter called on several of the
heaviest losers. They generally have
but little to say, and evidently feel sore
over the matter. Mr.. Garland, in con-
tracing bis debts. has always explained
his want of money to the failure to re-
ceive expected funds from New York.
1t was not pleasant thought to the
creditors to think that their sympathy
and credulity has been worked to
such an extent. Last evening
your correspondent called upon Mr..
Garland. The reverend gentleman was
found in his elegantly furnished study,
with a Bible and manuscript on the
table before him. evidently preparing
sermon for next Sunday. He said: 81
do not think the time for me to make
general statement has yet arrived. 1t
may come in five or six weeks and 1t
may never come. Had my creditors
held off little longer and not broken
off communications with New York [
think everything would have been all
right. AS it is the whole matter is in
BISHOP HARES' HANDS
He will, am positive, do the very best
he can. He has asked that committee
be selected from the creditors, with
whom he shall deal. | understand that
this will be done. The schools aud
dormatOries are as yet etprivate concerns,
though it has been the intention, as
soon as they were completed
and paid for, to formally turn
them over to the church. and
put them under care of the bishop. 10
what extent the bishop is cognizcant of
affairs | do not know, but he himself
held a mortgage for $4,000 and knew
went to New York in January for the
purpose of securing funds" When
asked if he had resigned his pastorate
as reported, Mr.. Garland replied, mo;
things will 90 alOug as usual"