New-York tribune., 1906-12-20
BISHOP MCABE DEAD.
Dies IN Nelc York Hospital-Strick-
en- IN Street Last Week.

Bishop Charles c. McCabe. Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. died at $50 o'clock yesterday
morning in New York Hospital
with Bishop McCabe when he died were his wife.
his niece, Miss Brouse. of Philadelphia. and DR..
George q. Peabody. who attended him during his
Illness Mrs. McCabe and Miss Brouse occupied a
room In the hospital during the Bishops illness.
and one Of them at his bedside all the time
Bishop McCabe was stricken with apoplexy near
the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry house In West
I'D street on December Ii. A policeman saw
him swaying from side to side. An ambulance
was summoned from the New York Hospital, and
the Bishop was removed 10 that institution, where
Drs. Eaton and Mains. Of the Methodist Book Con-
Germ. hurried to his side. The surgeons found that
the Bishops right side. and leg were para
lyzed.
The Bishops funeral will be held at st. Pauls
Methodist Episcopal Church this evening at s
o'clock. The Rev DR.. George ?. Eckman. pastor
Of ST. Pauls. viii be In charge of the services and
the speakers will be the Rev. DR.. W V. Kelley,
editor Of The Methodist Review; the Rev. DR..
J. NJ. Buckley. editor of The Christian Advocate.
and Bishop Edward G. Andrews. No arrange
ments have yet been made for paIlbearers. The
funeral will be attended by representatives of the
missionary societies and other Methodist bodies IN
this city. In addition to these official representa-
ttves. there will be Bishops Neeley, Bashford and
Mcdowell, who are now in the city. and other
prominent ministers OF all denominations The
burial will be at Evanston H. where there will
be a service Saturday.
1oioliup IdCCdOe was ueSL knONn as 'CQapld1ns
because of his long service as chaplain Of the 122d
Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and be-
cause OF his record throughout the Even
after he had been made bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church he preferred to be known as
Chaplain" AIcCabe. He was born az Athens. Ohio
October IL, 1886. He educated IN the schools OF
Athens Ohio, and Burlington, Iowa and at the
Ohio Wesleyan University.
In 1886 ne Joined the Ohio Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. his first charge being
q fYaV H. f-Aa p1Na r-,I
in 1852 and was elected chaplain of the 122d Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. which in all the battles
under General Grant from the Rspidan 10 Apo
mattox and those which marked Sheridan's cam
paign in the Valley of Shenandoah. The regiment
lost 5s2 men, killed and wounded, during its service
Chaplain McCabe captured at Winchester,
Va. in June. 1853 and spent four months in
Libby prison. After mis- release he rejoined his
regiment at Brandy station, but weakened
by his imprisonment that he had 70 go TO the
when the forward movement came.
After the war ne pastor of church at
Portsmouth, Ohio, until 1866. when he was selected
centenary agent for tine Ohio Wesleyan University.
c9s6 S6etf 10 IN 4ba Mo1 6 as 20 m
This movement had It's years Of weakness and
McCabe pleaded its cause. and he lived to see the
society brought up to church building capacity
of churches weekday in the year.
In 1884 he was made missionary secretary. with
million for missions his battle cry This cry was
effective that in two years the Church passed
the million mark in its contributions In 1892 the
collection was $4,000. gain OF SooOO over the
collections OF 1854.
In 1896 Chaplain McCabe was elected a bishop of
his denomination, which. while great honor in
creased his labors. Until he was completely worn
out, however. Chaplain McCabe never for mo-
ment ceased his efforts in behalf of missions He
elected chancellor of the American Cntver-
sity, at Washington. in December. 1892
The Bishop, some time before his death. sug-
gested that the international pOlicyhOlders commit
tee of which he was a member. should indorse the
administration tickets of both the Mutual and the
New York life insurance companies AT the same
time he criticised the methods of the committee and
then severed his connection with IT,