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The sun., 1899-05-27
SAY THE BISHOP Is WRONG.
HE WAS FREE TO ACCEPT Or REJECT
DIR. BRIGGS, CANONIsTS SIY.

Bishop whitehead of Pittsburg Gives His
Views of tho Church Law on the IQues-
tion and They Are Adverse to Bishop
Potter-Dean Hoffman Thinks Similarly.
The Church,ndn. the official organ OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church. printed n letter
yesterday from Bishop Whitehead Of Pitts
burg, In which he asserts very positively. as
have many other eminent churchmen. that
Bishop Potter was not compelled by the canons
OF the Church to advance DR.. Briggs to the
priesthood.
A Blshon's powers are constitutional. not
absolute. Bishop Potter said In his open letter.
In the matter Of ordination he can only act
when certain preliminary action by others has
been had but when this is the case. and can.
didate for orders stands at the threshold OF the
ministry. the canons Of ordination declare that
the Bishop shall not may then proceed to
take order for the ordination OF the person
who has met the preliminary tests In the
premisea.'
Bishop Whitehead points out that Bishon
Potter isn't good canonist. and that Bishop
is free to withhold ordination.
II had always supposed" says Bishop
Whitehead. that there was no power. civil or
ecclesiastical. which could compel Bishop
to lay hands on any person whom. for any
reason. he Judged unworthy. Notwithstanding
testimonials. OF course. there might be suits
for libel. and possibly fines or damages to be
paid. but no authority. | thought. could say:
You must ordain man. whether you deem
1t best for the Church or not
so have consulted the canons. and am re-
lieyed to find that my impression was correct
There - absolutely no sueh word as snail
priest: and with reference to the ordination OF
,nsns teS nhsps s
by the words Title l.. Canon Z. Section l0!:
nation OF the candidate. on grounds physical,
intellectual or moral. tho BishoD SHALL 80.
OF New, York finds the:canonica: a:compulsion to
which he refers. 1t is unfortunate to use It
as an argument II there is any doubt IA to its
existence. For my part. | am well pleased to
tnd chat the Bishop. in the most solemn act OF
his office. is left absolutely free IN foro con.
scientiin. to Withhold id ordination. subject. no
not compelled by the Churcls law to do that
which his Judgment condemns"
Since Bishop Potter wrote his letter regard
ing the powers and duties of his office the
canons have been studied to learn Il the Bishop
opinion had been that Bishop could with
the canonical requirements had been.met.
The opinion doesn't seem to have been
'Bishop Potter is wrong said Dean Hofr-
man OF the General Theological Seminary
last night. a Bishop may tell u candidate
th.t he W not rSs ordan HIM and that T. all
to tell why he withholds the ordination. There
is nothing in the canons to show, that there
power to refuse ordination. The S Standins
Committee may refuse to recommend can
didate. and it must tell the Bishop the reason
ordina lion and keen his reasons to himself"
The Rev. Dr. Thomas Richey holds the sama
opinion. The Bishop he saws. is responsible
hood. and no one can be made priest against
the Bishops wishes
The sun., 1899-05-27

Vice-Chanceior Emery heard testimony In
Chancery Chambers. Jersey City. yesterday.
in a suit Of Robert W. Lyle OF Perth Amboy
against ]. Edward Addicks OF Delaware. When
the Terra Gotta Lumber Company failed. some
time ago. Mr.. AddicRs owned seven -eighths OF
its stock The other eighth was owned by Mr..
Lyle. his father and q friend; The face value
that Mr.. Addcks made a proposition TO take
his and his friends stock and give them three
promissorV notes for $4,000 each He desired,
he said. to reorganize the company and he
wanted Mr. Lyle to assist in the reorganza-
tton. Lyle says that he carried out his part Of
Addicks repudiates the agreement, which
was signed u. Edward Addicks, per Asa W.
Dickinson. attorney in fact He says that
Dickinson. who has since died. had no authority
TO sign for him. The hearing was not con
clule1
The sun., 1899-05-27
LONG TRIP IN AN AUroMoBrLE.
Over 700 Miles Covered in Less Than -Four
Days and Half.

| At 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon a dark
| green automobile phaeton with red running
gear. brought up sharply In front OF the Postal
Telegraph building and the two occupants Of
the horseless vehicle drew their watches and
noted the time They were Alexander Wnton
and Charles B. Shanks OF Cleveland. They had
! completed the first trip In n motor carriage
from Cleveland to New York and established
cross-country record OF 707 4-1O miles in
days l hours and 40 minutes The actual
running time for the trip. after all deductions
had been made for overnight stops. meal-time
pauses and other delays was A hours "a
minutes.
The motor phaeton used is one operated by
means Of gasoline Winton was the pilot and
engineer on the trip. The carriage complete
weighs 800 pounds. 1t is fitted with pneu-
matte tires about FIVE inches in diameter and
iiye-eighths OF an inch thick. The tank capac-
ity for gasoline is six gallons. which is double
that OF the ordinary carriage OF the same type.
and this store OF fuel was proven to be good for
nearly 25O miles The trip. although an ex-
pertinent. was successful beyond expectations
The schedule previously laid out by the up-to-
date tourists was ono for 100 miles day and u
seven days trip between the two cities. This
was beaten by two days notwithstanding a
breakd down on Tuesday that caused a loss OF
The. start was made from Cleveland at Z
nn'cl9ck on Monday morning. Eastern time.
Buffalo was reached a. ZIP O'clock and the
2s mes Ths was ps done ON eP The sesssasG six ss
Ions Of gasoline. which cost . cents a
gallon Wholesale. and in Buffalo there
was enough In the reservoir to run
From Ra1 S ny Wa. %ef ms5s sshG 5 Ps
O'Clock Tuesday morning. and at 4 40 o'clock
that afternoon the front axle broke. The car
riage was then at Freeport. new axle was
telegraphed for and 1t arrived from Cleveland
at o'clock the next morning. the tourists
on Wednesday was made at 10 o'clock
in the SqinS eighty miles
hind on Thursday at $50 o'clock in
the morning. and the l47 miles to Albany
were, covered * e;45 o'clock at night;
total OF 545 9;10 miles From Albany the
phaeton started on Friday morning at 5:O4
o'clock, and the remaining l6l !. miles were
covered in n little less than eleven hours. The
day, II hours: Tuesday, q hours ~ minutes:
"Wednesday. hours 20 minutes: Thursday. | l
hours 80 minutes; Friday. 10 hours 40
minutes.
The roads between Cleveland and Buffalo
were fairly good. but between Buffalo and
Albany they were very heavy and no great
speed could be made 1t was demonstrated
that the automobile was capable of travelling
heavy roads. moving at ten miles an hour were
aggravated by the sight Of cycle paths along
side on which riders were travelling twice rs
fast. The only complaint OF the two men was
were not molcsted for violating speed ord-
nances. When they saw an officer they asked
him il they were on the correct road to New
York. and while he wns recovering from his
the phaeton shot by. Winton will make the
return trip in the carriage.
The sun., 1899-05-27
RUTH HOWARD.s TALE OF THE ToMBs
1t Astoniahes tho Chaplain, to Whom She
Had Talked Differently.

Chaplain Munro of the Tombs prison made a
statement Yesterday in reply to Mrs. Ruth
Howard. the woman who. after being confined
in the Tombs as an accomplce in the Nv. B.
Demng 4 Co." swindes. alleged that she was
insulted three times by the men keepers in the
prison, despite tho vigilance of the matron and
that she had been locked up with women Of
the. vest description and forced to listen to
their talk. much to her annoyance.
II talked with Ruth Howard the day she was
and she told me that she left with the kind
liest feelings toward every one with whom she
had come in contact. She said that when first
taken to the prison she was confined with
a number Of disordeEly women who an
COMPLAINED to the Warden he gave her a
cell on the upper tier of the womens prison
removed from the women who had annoyed
her. Before she left she thanked the Warden
for his courteous treatment. and l am aston
ished that she should make the assertions
which are attributed to her.
The statement that she was insulted by
several OF the keepers must be false. as the
keepers are not allowed to enter the women $
prison..
The sun., 1899-05-27
DR. BucHANAN WILL RESIGN
Latest stDevelopments in ntheThirteenth Street
Church Troubles.

The Rev DE-. Walter d. Buchanan will read
at the morning service tomorrow his resiRna-
tion as pastor Of the Thirteenth Street Pres
byterinn Church. His action grows out OF an
effort on the cart Of himself and majority OF
his congregation to cell the present church
property and unite with the Fourth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. at Fourth avenue and
Twenty second street. This proposition.
while favored by the Fourth Avenue Church
and a majority OF the Thirteenth street con-
Rregation. was Overwhelmingly defeated In
Presbytery. When seen yesterday concern
ing his proposed action DR.. Buchanan said:
while | cannot give the wording Of my
resIgna alton. l have no objection to saying that
my reasons for. Offering 1t are three: First.
there are two factions in the congregation.
The minority Is n large one for minority.
and has positive convictions. Second. there
has grown out Of honest efforts TO serve God
strengthening OF this church or by is consoli-
dation with some other church. a Rreatde OF
un nDleasautness. Third, progress under ex-
isting conditions is impossible. II the cause
where / shall be able to advance It, ] shall
resign tomorrow with no idea OF my future.
j have no plans and do not know what shall
do besides asking Presbytery to release me
from work here.
Members OF the minority opposed to Dr.
Buchanan say the church will 20 on and pros
per under a new pastor. while his supporters
assert that nearly two.thirds Of the congrega-
the Fourth Avenue Church, Many persons
who are believed to be we'll informed think
the Fourth Avenue Church will ask DR.. Blu
chanan to become its pastor. 1t may. do this
the Thirteenth street CONGREGATION. who say
they will go where their pastor goes.
The sun., 1899-05-27
JOIN ALLEN's VIII CoSrKsrED.
First Wife, from Whom He Was Divorced.
Says His Second Marriage Was Illegal.

First Wife, from Whom He Was Divorced,
Says His Second Marriage Was Illegal.
The will OF John Allen. member OF the.New
York Produce Exchange. who died at Port
Richmond. Staten Island. on Mar,h 25. is
being contested by Frances Edna Donahue.
Aliens first wife. Allen and his first wife sep
arated in 1892. In 1895 she instituted di-
vorce proceedings against him. He allowed
the case to go by default and n few days before
the decree was granted entered into an agree
nent with her whereby he gave'her all of his
real estate and one-haf interest in certain
property in Rochester in lieu OF almony. At
the same time Mrs. Allen executed a general
release to her husband. surrendering ali fu-
ture claims upon him. In August. 1897. she
married former Police Justice Francis \.
Donahue. and in December ofthat year Allen
was married again in New Jersey. Before
marrying his second wife he made will in
her favor in her maiden name. After the
marriage he made another Will in her favor
in her married nano. giving her all his real
his interest in the Produce Exchange Gratuity
Fund. amounting. It Is said. to $500. He
made her his executrix wi tn full power 20 dis
pose OF the property az she desired. and he
LETT orders to the trustees ~ the Gratuity Fund
to pay the second Mrs. Allen his interest in
that fund. The second will is the one which
has been presented for probate Counsel for
Mrs. Donahue alleged that the second mar
riage was illegal.
Rodney 4. Ward. Mrs. Porter Mrs Lamson
and Mrs. Josephine Curtis. cousins Of the dead
man. are contesting the claims OF both wives.
They alege that Allen was OF unsound mind
whom he made the will.
The sun., 1899-05-27
DECADENCE OF THE CHURCH..
United Presbyterians Order an Inquiry Into
Their Small Growth.

United Presbyterians Order an Inquiry Into
Their Small Growth.
PHILADELPHIA. May 26.-The session of tho
Forty-irst General Assembly OF the United
Presbyterian Church this morning was occu-
pied in reading and discussing the report Of
the Committee on the State OF Religion. The
report rshowed that there had been very
slight increase in the revenues and mem ber-
ship Of the Church DIR. j. q. Carson of Nir-
gina said that the preachers were not as
jealous as they could be and that this was
the cause OF the decadence of the Church
He said it behooved the ministers to do
something without delay He moved that
the report be referred to committee with
instructions that it present a report that
would show the exact cause OF the failure Of
the Church to grow moro rapidly. He thought
that IL would be advisable to appoint q day for
fasting and prayer for the people who are
growing more wicked. The motion was car
ried and the report referred. The document
showed that there are III synods In America
G2 presbyteries AiS congregations and ia
O3S members. n gain OF 36l during the les.
year. Since the last conference the debts have
been reduced slightly and thirty-two new
houses OF worship erected.
The Rev. j. n. TrOmpen of the Christian Re-
form Church. speaking of the proposition to
unite with the United Presbyterians. said that
he thought there would soon be a general con-
ference OF the two denominations called for the
purpose OF considering the question.
The sun., 1899-05-27
TIM" SULLIVAN, HOTEL KEEPER.
The Gedney House and the Warwick Leased
by His Agents.

Senator Timothy DRY Dollar" Sullivan is
going into the hotel business. He will enter
this field in the same manner as he conducts
his prizefghting interests. His name will not
appear. but he will be represented by Tom"
O'Rourke. who is manager OF a string OF pugi-
lists and general overseer OF the Lenox Ath-
letic Club. which Senator Sullivan is generally
believed to own.
lease OF the old Gedney House. more late
ly known as the Hotel York and the Hotel
Warwick, was signed on Thursday, by which
John Blttner and Inomas O,kourke assume
Is the proprietor OF the Stuyvesant Hotel. at
BROADWAY and Eighteenth street The lease
lessees for improvements. Plans are now in
the hands OF architects. and it is understood
that the entire front on both Broadway and
Fortieth street will be rebuilt
Considerable money will be spent on the bar
as it. Is fondly hoped that the hotel will be the
uptown resort Of Tammany politicians and
sporting men. The name has not yet been de-
cded on. II is expected that tho house will he
ready for business by Oct. /.
The sun., 1899-05-27
ROW OYER MISSIONARY MONEY.
A Lively Discussion in the A. NJ. f. Con.
ference Yesterday Morning.

A Lively Discussion in tho A. NJ. f. Con-
ference Yesterday Morning.
The New York Conference of the A. NJ. F..
Church in session at Bethel Church on West
Twenty-fltth street considered yesterday the
educational work OF the Church. The morn
ing session was enivened by warm and al
most a heated discussion on the apportion-
ment Of the missionary money collected by
the churches on Faster Sunday. The Com
mittee on the State OF tho Church advised that
the General Conference be memorialized to
use 40 per cent. of the collections for home
missions. to be appropriated directly by the
conference and to be taken out Of the hands
Of the missionary secretary. DR.. Parks The
Rev. DIR. Parks. the Rev. DIR. Cook OF Brook
lyn. the Chairman OF the committee. and the
Rev. Dr. W. H. Bryant got into such stimuli
taneous and vociferous controversy that
cd for the marshals and peace officers" as he
banged 1f tn the table with his cayel. ~
ns shh9ubed be had Pr paTks
DIR. Parks continued the Bishop Your
cause is a Juss one. Do not weaken it BY over
Dr. Parks sat down while the others talked
:. DIR. Cook, said the, Bishop. ''Dr. Coo! !
You are the father of the conterenCs Set
good exapple to your children! SIT down.
"Dr Bryant" continued the Bishop you
are tho godfather of this conference
Dr. Bryant sat down and Bishop Grant came
In and announced that the discussion would
20 over until this morning.
Miss Mary Goodman. a white woman OF
means the sister OF DR.. Albert Cookman who
founded Cookman's Institute at Jacksonville
Fla. was introduced and made short address
full OF sympathy.
At the afternoon session a committee from
Jamaica. J.. l.. waited upon the conference
with a complaint regarding the inequality OF
the white and negro schools In Flushing
Bishop Grant and others expressed great sur
prise that such an indictment of a Northern
community should be presented. Bishop Dor
rick was made Chairman OF a committee to in
vestigate the report
The sun., 1899-05-27

Balls win evens up the amateur cham pion-
ship victories between the English and Scotch
players. each having scored seven wins. The
list Of winners follows:
1887 1887 Hatcnnson NsS n Dew Devn Hoyialos e J. Ball. Jr
il s"Ss St. bfS
Pal Ia HoynsG H. qT Hilton
1s Ba M vIrpG0 4 SdwCR Hilton
ls9< J. Ball. Jr. Liverpool. Hoylake. Ferguson
Melville. st. Andres ST. Andres J. Ball. Jr.
1899 1899 & Tit Allan sk w9Sh snaTIh Hilton
1879 j. Ball M Jr IverpoS PrestWiei. e"ss2h + Tsit
Hutchinson is the only Englishman on the
list. except Ball. There were also ties in 1891
and 1855. requiring an extra hole. While
Hutchinson was the first great English golfer.
his prowess is now in eclipse by reason OF Balls
more records than any amateur on either side
Of the Tweed. Aside from his honors as win
ssps he was the first @ to win the open
event. which he did at Prestwick In 1890. in
which year he was also the amateur champion,
AS the record shows Ball Is equally strong
in match as in medal play He 10 one OF the
nS ana pwsra T'S ssnS and
driving a long. straight and low ball.
Th Sd s ran & nOqFh a ssbaps s4 s sS ssSs
to best advantage against a strong wind.
which seems to have little effect on his strokes,
Is marvellous in distance and accuracy. His
golf Is termed grand by every person who
how hazardous the chance. he invariably
strives to carry the bunker on the straight line.
quite regardless OF seemingly impossible
distance.
In Balls first amateur championship victory
he won from Laidlay by 5 up and to play. and
in 1890 he again beat him by 4 up and 3 to
play. Ball beat Hilton In 1902 by 8 up and l
to play. and in 1894 he forced s. Mure Fergus
son to defeat by up. which. until yeste rday.
was his closest match In the event.
The sun., 1899-05-27
ENCRoACHES ON ITS NEIGHBoR.
Changes Must Re Made in Plans for tho
Franklin Banks Now Building.

change in the plans for the new Franklin
Bank building. to be erected at Eighth avenue
and Forty-second street. has been made neces-
sary owing to the complaint OF one OF the
directors. Bernard Karsch. that the structure
as planned would affect the value OF the ad-
joining property. Of which he is the owner.
The new building is to stand on the southeast
corner and is to be three stories. with large
stone columns on the Eighth avenue side.
Work on the foundation was begun month
ago and It was not until it had been completed
that Mr.. karsch noticed that the columns would
project over the building line and in this way
encroach .upon his adjoining property on
Eighth avenue.
The other directors OF the institution be-
lieved that the building had been planned
within the limits OF the law. and the Bureau OF
Encumbrances was appealed to by Mr.. Karsch.
It was found when survey was made that the
building would stand nye feet over the line.
The building laws allow Ave feet areaway. but
this cannot be occupied by the entire building.
To comply wit the law some change will have
to be made in the foundation walls OF the
building, Mr.. karsch said last night that no
hard feeling had been engendered by his OBJ
lection. ns the other directors looked unon the
change as being only in justice to a neighbor.
The sun., 1899-05-27
WOMAN STRUCK. BY 4 LOCOMOTIVE.
Her Little Grandchild's Shoe Torn OFF by
One of the Wheels.

Just before noon yesterday while Mrs Mar
garet Nisch OF 213 Livingston street. Newark
was attempting to cross the Pennsylvania
track at the east end Of Centre street bridge
In that city. she was struck by train. She
had her two-year- old grandchild. girl. n.her
arms. and the child fell so close to the rail- that
one OF its shoes was torn of. The grand
T6s trpS eS @ cut U sNS tb Inc
was dragged aside. Then a search was made
for the baby. and IL was found creeping under
a car. looking for its grandmother.
Mrs. Nisch has three sons. one of whom
works in the BENJAMIN Atha Il IllinRworth
sand peddlers. They we're in the habit OF
meeting her at noon every day at the Newark
end OF the bridge. when she brought basket
ment before she was struck and all gathered
around her few minutes later as she lay on
that there is not ono chance in a thousand OF
her survival. She Is widow. 81 years old.
The sun., 1899-05-27

SEw HAVEN. May GA heavy wind blew across
the lawn tennis courts here again to-day, and the
players in the New England championship tourna
mcnt found smashing SO difhcult that lobbing was
the order of the day In the morning. Dodge
beat the veteran Huntington. after an exciting
match. and he will play Foote in the finals
for the championship tomorrow. Two close
three.set matches in the seni.hnal round Of the
doubles. occupied the afternoon. and tho hnlls Of
this event Will also be played tomorrow. Winding
up the tournament The scores
Championship singles-Semi-hnal round C. p.
Dodge beat II. p. Huntington 50. ID, 90.
Championship Douhles-Semi hnAl round g. p.
Dodge aud Winchester Noyes beat J. p. Paret and :. .
g. Davidson, Ga, 3-t. al H. II. HAckett and j. A
Allen beat A. Z. Foote and Richard Hooker. %.
Ga. "a.
Consolation singles-Preliminary rouud-N. A.
slnythe hea! f. f. Hall. Jr, %. a.; II. +. Bowles
beat |. Henderson. by default.
First Round-S. A. smythe beat II. p. Bowles by
default O. ii. Nettleton beat j. Brown. "a. 81.
70.
semi.hnal Round-N. A. smyths beat z. wAtrous.
The sun., 1899-05-27
A Soldier Prisoners Futile Flight.

Private schaeier of the regular army. who
arrived here from Havana several weeks ago
with seventy-four other military prisoners
was sent to Castle Williams. on Governors
Island to serve a. sentence imposed by a court
martial. He was put to work yesterday morn
ing sitting coal for use at the officers quarters
with three other prisoners. toward Castle Will
liams. He escaped on the way while the guard,
Private O'DOnncll. was not looking. A squad
OF men was called out to search for him and he
was found In the evening hiding under pier,
He was much exhausted and was taken to the
hOapital
The sun., 1899-05-27
DEPOSED THE GOLD MAN.
Now Man Selected to Introduce Bryan at
the Ohio Valley League Dinner


the Ohio Valley League Dinner.
LOUISVILLE. May 26.-Trouble has arisen
over the Bryan banquet to be held at Fountain
Ferry Park during the convention Of the Ohio
Valley League OF Bmetallic Clubs. Col Harry
Weissinger. President Of the Weissinger To-
bacco Company. who is most pronounced
gold man. but bitterly opposed to trusts, was
selected at a meeting OF the local com
mittee OF arrangements to introduce MI
Bryan. Tho selection caused howl
among the silver leaders. 1t was declared
that only silver man should present the Ne
hraskan and the local committee OF arrange
ments made haste to reconsider its action. At
a conference this morning between Col Weis-
singer and the committee it was decided that
a mistake had been made and another is to be
chosen to introduce Mr. Bryan. II was whis-
pered that Mr.. Bryan himself had something
to do with IL.
private letter from Mr. Bryan says that he
will arrive here, ACCOMPANIED by his wife, at
noon. June 2. He will leave with Mrs, Bryan
june for Salem. ILL.,. whore they will visit
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