The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-06
IRVINE Tells HIS
SIDE OF STORY
FoRMER RECTOR ANSWERS AT
LENGTH THE CHARGES OF
BISHOP TALBOT.
QUESTION FOR THE
BOARD OF INQUIRY
may or Should a Bishop Injure Repu.
tation Of Clergyman in Secret
Prelate's Action on Excommunica-
ton of Mrs. Elliott Scored.

ton or Mrs. Elliott Scored
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.-"Can a bishop
or ought bishop write defamatory let
tiers In secret in order to injure any
MEMBER OF the ministry" This is the
question which will be decided at the
meeting OF the board of inquiry in the
case of Irvine VS.. Talbot. said Rev In.
gram N. w. Irvine, the plaintiff in the
celebrated case. Thursday in discussing
the charges which have been made
against him.
My reinstatement" continued DR..
Irvine, lis of secondary consideration
when contrasted with the above query.
Of course, wish to have this unjust
deposition removed, but wish also, en-
4 tirely without malice, to be vindicated
in the sight of God and my friends"
In discussing the motive of the pre-
sentiment DR.. Irvine said that it was be-
| cause he had persistently refused to
serve communion to Mrs. Emma D. Ell
lott, of Huntingdon, Pa, who is di-
vorced, against the wishes of Bishop
Talbot.
Both Signed Divorce Declaration.
Bishop Talbot and 1, along With
about 1000 other members of the min
istry," said DR.. Irvine, signed the
declaration which was sent to all the
bishops and clergy in the United States
and presented to the general convention
of 1898, and which prayed for more
stringent restrictions in the matter of
divorce and remarriage
''The canons of the church provide ax-
plicitly that MAJ or woman, divorced
on any charge except that of adultery
which must beproven beyond the bounds
Of reasonable doubt, cannot receive the ~
holy sacramfnt In the face of this
Bishop Talbt, while he publicly sun
ported the EDITION, covertly and bv,
secret meetiigs with Mrs. Elliott, who is
| woman ditorced on the s.ounds Of de-
sertion, Sodght to hhse her remain in
he ehutch
NnEg who MAS u I, t.iost co1sss,,,.
jskor TalDptor II lid We nat hs,,s - g.
IS sigTl tne petlnon anentioned? Is II = =
e curious thai Bisaop Talbot, al
f'Sss he lad WRIT I'd sayine thar
IS .liicu VAS ana. excon-
litrs tied. should BY oiier sthoas
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Calls Upjssss-ss x; a 80. 80 1ags.
pefeyring e. 4hei sstes ;yh e eisaop
talbot IS said e have y ten il. Up
6hn in which ID lofraer ierrsFd Or
rgine a ~plaushst aahser. bar
Charged that he vias deposed for gros'
and that " 20 out of tn
"A wears of his service Il the ninistrs
he was under ecclssiasticA discipline,
DR. Irvine said that Bishop Talbot has
e.-~ed himself in almost awkward posi-
ton.
That letter to Dr. Upjohn was IN
WARRANTED o-Aa c.Sl," said DR.. Irvflsn
"since it was first or asss cross srbter1
fuge. 1t was used secretly as aweapon -
against me, to deprive me of all sympa-
| thy. respect and even maintenance. In
the first place it is an utter imposslDil-
ity for these allegations to be true. Inc
church law requires that minlstershalI
mot be eligible to admittance to anotner
/ diocese when leaving one, unless ne
\ hears the letter demissary.' This le
i shows that the departing minister
j a clear record that his life is beyondr
proach. free from error in religion &
viciousness in life, and must be signed
by the bishop. How could /, therefore,
lbe guilty of the charges made against
me?
/ NBishop Whitehead, of the diocese OF
Pihsburg; Bishop Adams. of the diocese
of Easton, Md, the last two dioceses in
which served, as well as the bishops
of all the dioceses in which lived prior
to this, have given me these letters
which secured me the desired admission
to new fields.
Bishop Talbot has in his allegations
. indirectly accused his brother bishops of
fraud upon the church in their issuance
of these letters to me. The bishops
whose names he quotes in his attack
upon my character have been placed in a
position which-sef1ects discredit upon
their regulations, or Bishop TalDot's
accusations are absolutely false-and
know that the word Of these gentlemen
cannot be impugned."
. DR.. Irvine saidfn conclusion that he
D is not membef of the Catholic club, nor
e has he ever made any accusations at the
y club or had words with DR.. Upjohn.
r Broke ALI Records.
a New York, Dec. 2O.-The United States
ulaved Santa Claus TO the world at large,
laccording to reports from General Super