The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
DEATH CLAIMS
BISHOP POTTER
NEW YORK DIVINE DIED LAST
NIGHT AFTER ILLNESS OF
SEVERAL WEEKS.
FOREMOST CHU ,CRM AN
Made Several Trips to Europe and
Was Always Received With
Marked Attent on--C relied
Globe Twice.

Cooperstown, n Y July 21-,
Bishop Henry Goldman Potter, of the
Episcopal diocese, died here toni sht.
Death followed a sickness Of several
weeks which began with stomach
trouble and developed complications
For the past week the bishep has ap-
peared to gain but he suffered a re.
lapse yesterday and last night all hone
Of his ultimate recovery was aband.
oned
The bishop was unconscious all dav
and the end which came at S:35 ~. /
night was peaceful and suiet
The prelate was II years old. Gath. !
cred at the bedside OF the diving /
chrrchman We're Mrs Potter, wife of +
the preIate; Mrs Mason C. Savidga. T
who came from California, and Miss /,
Sarah Potter his two daughters.
AIonzo Potter, his son; Mr. Edw s. |
Clark stephen C. Clark and Mr.. and
Mrs f A, Clark Mrs Chas. Russ II (,
and Mrs. VIM. Hyde. his other two /
daughters who are abroad, have been !
notified.
Cause of Death.
Death was due primarily to EN-. |
boism in the right leg, following u /
long attack of liver and stomach |
trouble, and the end was foreseen for /
several days by the bishops physi-
clans. Bishop Potter suffered severe
relapse yesterday morning and though
axyeen was given his decline was
gradual and he sank into unconscious
ness early today which lasted until
the end
Bishop Potter's Life.
Bishop Potter was first and fore
most churchman in the sense that the
Episcopal church uses that word He
came almost naturally by his standing
in the church, for both his father ana
his uncle were bishops Henry Cod
mar Potter was Dor min Schnectady,
N. Y, May 25, 1885. the son Of Bishop
Alonzo Potter of the diocese of Pena,
sylvania. He was educated in the 5
Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, but Il
like Phillips Brooks he took his ,
divinity course in the famous Old
Alexandria Theological Seminary in h
Virginia, graduating therefrom in II
1857. Strangely enough he did not 4
have a collegiate education After his
ordination in 1858 his first charge was I
in Greenburg, Pa, for one year, He
then went to St Johns, Troy, where
he was rector from 1859 to 1866. He
resigned this position to accept the
post of assistant rector of Trinity &
church. Boston, where he continued I
until he became rector of Grace t
church. New York. In 1883 he resigned I
this post to become coadjutor bishop S
of New York to his uncle Horatlo Il
Potter. The latter died in 1887, and his &
nephew then became bishop. {
Dedicated a Tavern. 8
The bishops liberal views on tenn /
perance subjected him to considerable 7
criticism. The most striking manifes- |
tation OF his theory In this regard {
was the dedication of the famous
subway tavern" in New York, with {
prayer and an address by the bishop. 4
This subway tavern was a sort of {
saloon where the working man, it ]
was planned, could go aud get his II
drink quietly without being subjected z
to vicious influences 1t became the I
center of sensational attention for \
sex eral months in mercurial New
York. but at length it lost its novelty, ,
failed to attract the poorer classes,
and within a year or so was aband-
oned as reform saloon, and became
very like any other groggery. As a
financial experiment also 1t was a
failure.
Journeyed to Europe.
The bishop took many journeys to
Europe, where he was received. #
course, with marked attention. That /
this did not disturb his poise in any
way was shown by his utterance in
LONDON and his reptition of the sama
thing when he returned to New York,
that you may depend upon it there
is nC love lost between the two coun-
tries think there is a good deal Of :
gush about the British protestations =
of love for America
He was very liberal with his minis /,
ters and was especially hearty toward ;,
Or Rainsford, at whose views and !
ways many New York churchmen at
first looked askance But one dav
when a gathering of ministers was at
his house DR.. Rainsford arrived late. q
having just come in from a fishing
trip and wearing his angling togs. l
This was too much for the bishop and t
he said abruptly "Oh, Rainsford, |
p1case. On and mt on something can- |
onicali" and Rainsford did.
Two Trips Around World.
In 1SS9-1909 the bishop made jour q
ney around the world, visiting the a
philippines and highly approving the r