The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-31


has died out.
The Rev, DR.. Bodine yesterday re.
ceived letter from the Rev DR.. Dix
Of New York expressing his regret at
>eing forced to withdraw from the in
because Of III health. DR.. Bo-
sem &eain.t Bishop Talbot. Or.
BodiiiyS VII not allow the or,
lginal doc be SEEN, but he a.
tends 10 act kas its custodian
until the comnfs IL Inquiry is call
ed together in ReaMg Jan. 10.
When asked In regFa 10 that por.
ton Of Bishop Talbot's after refer
ring to the girls Dr. Bodines wrath
was great He strongly denieLthat
there was word of ruth In the pr
agraph In question and arranged thai
friend Of his should state his side
Of the case. The explanation of the
paragraph was as follows:
First Clash With Bishop.
1T was in 1884 that Che Rev. DR..
| Irvine was dean of St. Johns cathe.
dral at Quincy, in the diocese presld.
ed over by Bishop Burgess. Dr. Ir.
vine states thai he there was obliged
to call the attention of che bishop to
the fact that the bishop had violated
a canon OF the church by marrying d
man who hal been divorced. the
bishops wife acted as a witness at
the ceremony, This act "a said by Or
Irvlne's friends 70 have gained him
the Ill will of the couple that had
been married and also the i'll will Of
the bishop and his wife At about
The same time DR.. Irvine is said to
have gained the i'll will Of a doctor A
body was found to be missing from
coffin which had been filed with sand
and the dean unwitingly read bur-.
al service over the coffin, the matter
then being charged against the phys.
ician.
A story came to the ears of these
persons go they asserted, thai a girl
had made tAe charge against the dead
It was found that the girl was an OPT
um eater and that her parents and
grandparents had been addicted 10
the habit. The alleged words were
spoken while the girl was in a den.
lists chair under ehe influence OF gas
The story was absolutely dsproven
and although an ecclesiastical inquiry
court was called Or. Irvine never
ceased 10 officia in the diocese O..
Quincy or wherever he was located
The bishop withdrew from Quincy TO
Peoria.
Bishop 5urgese on Irvine.
Bishop Burgess himself, under date
Of July Z. 1884, wrote Of Irvine:
In the cause Of justice and fair
pesJ | desire 0 say that rumors az
fecting the life of Dean Irvine came
to ME more than year ago; that !
stated them to ONE whom | lad 0
right as a bishop to consult. sup
posed coniideifce ara without any dc
sire TO iniure The DEAN that they
were greatly magnified and exagger.
ated in Quincy as | am informed
which greatly regret; that IN the OK.
animation made by me TO ascertain
the truth of the mat err, became sat,
isfied there vas not sufficient founda
ton In fact to base such rumors upon
and desire the dean in respect to
Them 70 he held without reproach.
ALEXANDER BURGESS.
THE statement and letter win nltu
ra'ly become part of the proceed
ings before the coming board of In
quiry 10 show the falsity OF he para.
graph In the letter written b. Bishop
Talbot to the Rev. DR. Upiohn.
A friend Of DR.. Irvine's, in comment.
ing On this phase of the case happen.
ed TO refer yes, erday to tho manner
IN whieh Dr. Irvine happened TO gr
west. II was steeed that hig Art
charge was the richest parish On
Long Island. There he had hor. es.
carriages and fine home and a large
salary.
He met a western bishop who ask
ed him If he intended TO spend his
life amid The easy things Of the
church or whether he would be viii
ing to so out 70 Illinois and aid in the
missionary work Or. Irvine thought
the matter over and, according to hi,
friend, resigned from his wealthy par
ah and went to southern Illinois AZ
a ialary Of 800 year.