The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-12-31

no record win be found of such
charges.
Specification 3-That Bishop Tai
bot is guilty Of lying in having writ
ten: That Irvine for 80 years has
been In the ministry and for 90 of
these years be has been under eccles-
iasticai discipline. Here paDeTs
from three bishops, as we'll as letters
and other documents, are given az
reference.
Specification THAT Bishop Tai
bot 10 guilty Of lying In having writ
ten that He lIrvinel has been sus-
pended once, admonished once in
your diocese and inhibited and made
to leave repeatedly
The charge Of lying is set forth in
specifications covering all but two Of
the remaining paragraphs Of the
letter.
Following the paragraph reading,
That all his tIrvine's) talk about
divorced woman being excommuni-
Gated and then being restored By me
is baseless," the presentment In sup
port Of the charge Of lying sets forth
the following letter:
diocese Of Central Pennsylvania
Bishoprio, South Bethlehem, Pa,
Feb. 8, 1899. My Dear Irvine: The
woman TO whom You refer Is by canon
accommodated. / can not believe
she viii have the presumption to
present herself at the holy com
munion. IL you think there is any
danger Of her doing 90 it would be
better for you In some kind and
gentle way TO intimate 70 her her
true condition. OF course, you have
no discretion In the matter. II she
should present herself before you can
speak to her and " You think she does
50 in ignorance, then you can speak
10 her aftcrward. There Is no reason
IN this case 20 make any row if the
thing is managed quietly and firmly
with little common sense. thank
you for what you say on this matter
OF missions. Affe~tionately yours.
ETHELBERT TALBOT"
The further specification TO the
charge Of lying is as follows:
'SpecificAtion-That Bishop Tai
bot 10 guilty Of conduct unbecoming
a bishop in breaking conservation
vows against involving other bishops
10 controversy by writing untruths,
as follows:
" That eight bishops have made
charg~s against him Irvinel; that
the venerable bishon Of Quincy wrote
me upon his deathbed that Irvine had
outraged two girls in this city, and
Bishops Whitaker, Whitehead, Sey-
mouT, Scarborough, Potter, Doane,
Adams, Taylor and Rev. Or. Letting
we'll and a host Of Others will bear
ONT all have said as to bis chara-
cter.'
Therefore, the presenters, in view
Of the reasons rs set forth In the
above specifications, do ask that
Bishop Talbot be presented for trial
before q court Of his peers. -
Concerning the published state.
ments connected with the case against
Bishop Talbot, Bishop CORTLAND
Whitehead, Of the Pittsburg diocese,
makes the following statement:
II wish to say distinctly, out of
love for my brother bishop, and In
regard for Justice, that in the charges
reported as made against Bishop
Talbot, Of Central Pennsylvania,
have no references yet appeared of
any wrong doing on the part of Bishop
Talbot, but TO opinions spoken or
written by him concerning a clergy
man whom Bishop Talbot bad de-
nounced, the clergyman claims un-
justly"
Late dispatches from Huntingdon,
Pa, state that some Of the Hunting.
don signatures to the presentment
against Bishop Talbot have repud.
lated the pTesentment and say that Il
was never their intention to sign a
paper 81 the character that has ap.
peared In the press. If this be true
the proceedings must be dropped, as
a presentment Of the character made
against the bishop must contain the
names Of at least three persons from
the diocese In which the accused bis |
hop lives.
IL Is said the paper was signed by
the Huntingdon men under misap. |
they believing that they |
were assisting In closing a long con-
troversy and not one in which their
bishop was TO be brought to trial.
water Works improvements.
The Consumers Co. has force Of