Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-02
Wife Feels the Strain.

Mrs Talbot, who shows about her eyes
the strain to which she has been subjected.
is in appearance no less distinguished than
her husband.~~She is well-preserved wo-
man of fifty years, with clear blue eyes
and white hair. Her face is young-look-
ing and her bearing what her speech sug-
gests-that of the southern ~entleWoman.
1t was learned that the original or the
now famous Upjohn letter. on which the
charges are based, has not been DESTROYER
as was supposed, but is in the possession
of Bishop Talbot, locked In safe IN ms
residence on Delaware avenue. An lntl-
mate friend of his said the original letter
will be produced at the coming trial.
The bishop is a man of strikingiy hand'
some appearance, six feet tall, proao-
shouldered and with a fine bearing HIS
smoothly shaver face, clear gray eyes. fine,
ly cut nose and mouth. lofty forehead ana
curling iron-gray hair are famlilar 10 every
I-body here. The bishops manner is gracious
and easy, his speech frank and fmpetuous.
Rev. Dr. F. M. Bird describes his manner
as consisting of 1.-THE bonhomie of the west
ern cowboy. the best type. OF american
democracy, and then touch, but not TOO
much, Of episcopal dignity"
Bishop Talbot's Career.
Bishop Talbot is fifty-six years old and is
the son Of a widely known physician OF Mis-
souri,, where he was born. After his gradu-
alton from Dartmouth College In 1870 ne
completed his course in the General Theo-
logical Seminary at New York in 1873
Dartmouth made him doctor of laws and
the seminary conferred upon him the de-
gree of doctor of divinity in 1885,
Ordained to the Episcopal ministry In
1873, he became rector OF church In Ma
con. Mo-, where he later erected boys
school. His success in this work attracted
attention in and out of his denomination.
Until 1856 he continued with 1t, and then
the general convention created him mis-
sionary bishop, with the Jurisdiction of
Wyoming and Idaho There again DR.. Tai
bot was signally successful. as his practical
methods built up the church In the vast and
unsettled territories to such an extent that
when he left the field in 1897 to succeed
the late Bishop RulisOn as head of the dio-
cese of central Pennsylvania the jurisdic-
ton had to be divided and given into the
charge of two bishops. He erected schools.
hospitals and churches In the territory and
personally secured the funds.
When he discovered that the cowboys
would not go to chuch he took the church
to the cowboys. On more than one occa-
sian he held religious services In saloons
and other places where crowds collected.
Throughout his work he demonstrated a re-
markable ability to sway men.
1897 In central Pennsylvania the church
has doubled numerically, SO that In the
present year the diocese was divided and
Bishop Talbot elected to take charge of
the eastern section.
It was during his time as bishop of the
larger diocese that he encountered DR.. Ir-
vine, with whom his friends here declare
he erred only In being too lenient. as the
verdict Of the Ecclesiastical court which
found DR.. Irvine guilty OF charges was
never made public by Bishop Talbot. This
document, it IL declared. would make inter-