Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-28
the Eddy household a statement read

the Eddy household a statement read
ing:
Another report that ain dead Is
widely circulated. am in usual good
health and 90 out in my carriage every
day.
This was signed "AIary Baker G.
Eddy"
The belief that Mrs. Eddy was near
ing the end, however, grew. In March
of the following year bill In equity
to obtain an accounting Of her dnan-
clal affairs was filed in the superior
court Of Merrimack county by her son,
George W. Glover of Deadwood, S. D.;
his daughter, Miss Mary Baker Clio
yer, and George w. Baker Of Bangor.
Me-, a nephew and next friend" Of
Mrs. Eddy. Defendants In the suit
were Calvin A. Frye and Lewis G.
| Strang Of Concord, Mass, Mrs. Ed
dy's two secretaries; Alfred Farlow.
Irving C. Tomlinson, Ira G.. Knapp,
w. B. Johnson and Stephen A. Chase,
directors of the Christian Science
church, and Herman s. Herring, first
reader of the church In Concord.
Mrs. Eddy was reputed to be worth
about 100000. All the royalties
from her many publications went to
her personally, and her relatives be-
lieve that those who had associated
themselves so closely with her should
make an accounting of her finances.
The charge was made that her prop.
erty had been sequestered.
Son Reported She Had Decisions
The suit followed visit to Concord
by Mrs. Eddy's son. At the time he
gave out an interview, saying he was
only permitted to see his mother for
few minutes at a time, but these
meetings convinced him that she had
many decisions.
One of the papers filed by the de.
Tense in the suit was to the effect that
Mrs Eddy was worth $871,861, be-
sides her real estate. The defendants
alleged that she was sound In mind
and body and well able to protect her.
self and her interests In spite Of the
fact that she was then eighty-six years
old.
The case was referred to three mas
ters-Judge Edgar Aldrich Of the Unit
ed States court, DR.. George F. jolly
Of Boston and former Congressman
Hosea w. Parks Of Claremont. Aft.
er an extended hearing Of the case
these masters called upon and inter-
viewed Mrs. Eddy at Pleasant View.
Shortly afterward, on Aug. 81, 1907.
the counsel for the next friends" an.
no,lnced the withdrawal Of the suit,
settlement having been reached
whereby a fund Of 100000 was set
aside for her relations.
A board Of three trustees, known as
Mrs. Eddy's personal trustees, was ap-
pointed. with the consent Of the court,
to attend to her personal finances
They are Archibald Mcclellan, who Is
chairman of the board of directors Of
the mother church; Adam II. Dickey.
also mother church director, and Jo-
siah Fernald, cashier Of the National
bank Of Concord, n. II.
1t was while the litigation instituted
by George Glover and others was pend
ing that Mrs. Eddy moved her house.
hold from Concord to Brookline, on
the outskirts of Boston. She made
the journey on special train in front
of which ran pilot engine
Mrs Stetson's Humiliation.
The upheaval caused by the suit was
not entirely over before another SEN
sation came This was an alleged at
tempt upon the part of Mrs Augusta
E. Stetson, leader Of the First Church
of Christ In New York city, to usurp
the power Of Mrs Eddy and proclaim
herself as Mrs. Eddy's successor to the
leadership of Christian Science
Mrs. Stetson had built up large per.
sonal following both in the First Church
Of Christ and elsewhere. Her students
were to be found In many parts Of the
United States. Many Of her personal
following were practitioners who held
licenses from the mother church. In
the summer Of 1909 charges against
her and her practitioners were lodged
with the mother church officials by
Virgil O. Stricken first reader Of the
First Church Of New York, and BY
others in the church.
1t was widely published at the time
that Mrs. Stetson and her students had
broken away from the mother church
domination and were teaching q
brand" of Christian Science which
which was not in keeping with the
rules laid down by Mrs. Eddy. Also
it was broadly asserted that Mrs. 3D.
dy and her board of directors feared
the growing influences Of Mrs. Stetson
and that drastic steps would be taken
to put an end to Mrs. Stetson's popu.
larIty.
One Of the first steps in this direc-
ton was the calling to Boston of Mrs
Stetson and large number Of her stu.
dents. Hearings we're held before the
mother church board of directors. It
was testified that Mrs. Stetson and her
followers had taught malicious animal
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