Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-28
BISHOP M'CABE IS DEAD.
NOTED MEMBER OF METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUCCUMBS
TO APoPLEXY IN NEW YORK.
END OF USEFUL CAREER.
War Record as Chaplain Included a Term
in Libby Prison, About Which He
Lecture5 Frequently.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19-Bishop
Charles c. McCabe of the Methodist
Episcopal church died in the New York
hospital at 500 a. IN. today.
Death was due to apoplexy with which
The bishop was stricken several days
ago. Mrs. McCabe and the bishops
niece, who have been with him almost
constantly since he was stricken, were
1t the bedside when the noted clergyman
passed away.
Stricken on New York Street.
Bishop McCabe was stricken when
about to leave this city on December IL.
The night before that he had delivered
his famous lecture on THE Sunny Side
of Life in Libby Prison at Torrington,
Conn.,, and was passing through this city
pm the return to his home i'll Philadel-
phia. Accompanied by DR.. George 2.
Mains, publishing agent of the Metho-
dist church, the bishop had reached the
West Twenty-third street terminal of
the Pennsylvania railway and was about
to step upon ferryboat when he stag
gered and fell unconscious.
He was carried into the ferry house
and as soon as an ambulance could be
summoned was removed to the New
1oIh HoSplldl, Wnere lie received treat
nent as a private patient.
Meantime, the bishop had regained
consciousness and the indications of tho
twenty-four hours following were that
the shock had been a slight one. At
that time his condition gave promise of
speedy recovery and the former health
If the patient encouraged this hope. Just
before the attack he had walked briskly
and carried a grip weighted with books
ami without f0t
Bishop McCabe, however, early real
zed the seriousness of his illness and
his first words upon returning to con-
sciOusness were: please notify my
wife that I am very i'll, and ask her to
come at once"
That night Mrs. McCabe and his
niece, who was also his secretary, ar
rived from Philadelphia and have since
remained at the hospital. The condition
Of the patient did not change materially
until early Saturday last, when he
tapsed into Inconsistencies. From then
on the bishop failed gradually and Mon
day the physicians in attendance said
that the outcome was no longer in doubt.
Career of Noted Churchman.
Bishop McCabe was born at Athens,
O., October IL, 1886. lie entered the
Ohio conference of the Methodist church
In 1860 and two years later became
cuupidlu VI TIE Oue anu Wen
ty-second Ohio infantry. He was cap
tured in the battle of Winchester and
spent four months in Libby prison. His
experiences as a prisoner of war were
later recounted on the lecture platform.
For more than thirty years he was pop
ularly known as chaplain McCabe"
and the title chung to him even after the
general conference of the Methodist
church in 1896 made him a bishop.
Following the war he became pastor of
church at Portsmouth, o., and later
was associated as assistant secretary
with the board of church extension.
While engaged in church extension
work he originated the rally cry: I'VE
Are Building Church Every Day"
His success as 4 money raiser was re-
markable and later as secretary of the
Methodist Missionary society, to which
post he was elected in 1884, he added
4 half million dollars to the annual in
come of the society.
He was a singer and his songs were a
feature of his pleas for funds He was
chosen chancellor of the American uni
yersity at Washington, December 10,
1902
Bishop McCabe was a member of the
policy holders committee in the life risk
contest, but resigned after issuing a
statement defending the administration
tickets for trustees. This contest closed
yesterday with the balloting. Both sides
claim victory, but the votes will not be
counted for some time.