The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-27
INSTALLATION CEREMONIES OF
BISHOP OF PROTESTANT SPlS-
COPAL DIOCESE.
.RT REV. SIDNEY c, PARTRIDGE
Who Will Be Kansas City's Episcopal
Head Given Authority in an impress.
sive Formal Ceremony-PubIic Re
cepton This Evening.

Kansas City. Mo, June 27.-In the
! presence of visiting bishops from a
! half dozen middle Western diocese,
scores of clergy from other cities and
a thlCng Of members of his new flock,
TIE RI. Rev. Sidney c. Partridge, for
merly bishop of Kyoto, Japan, was to-
day enthrohed bishop of the Protes
| tant Episcopal Diocese Of Kansas City
in succession to the late Bishop +. R.
Atwill The ceremony marked the
first time in the history of the church
| in this country that missionary bish-
op has been translated back to the
United States for environment.
Other bishops present to take part
in the impressive formal Environment
ceremony were: \The Rt, Rev. Daniel
5. Tuttle of st. Louis, bishop of Mis-
souri, the Rt. Rev. c. p. Anderson
of Chicago, bishop of Chicago; the RI.
Rev. Edward w. Osborne of Spring
field H., bishop of Springfield; the
RI. Rev. T. y. Morrison Of Davenport,
Ia, bishop of Iowa the Rt. Rev. NJ. L.
Fawcett OF Quincy. !" bishop of
Quincy: the Rt Rev. Arthur W. VIII
lams of Omaha, bishop of Nebraska,
t1,., Of
lahoma City, bishop of Oklahoma.
Governor Herbert 5. Hadley of Mis-
souri,, Governor Walter r. Stubbs of
Kansas Mayor d. A. Brown of Kan
sas City, Mayor Mitchell Of St. Joseph,
MO. and the commissioners of Kan
sas City, Kan, were present as invit-
ed guests.
Todays ceremony began with the
celebration of the holy communion at
the four Protestant Episcopal church
as of the city at 7:30 this morning.
| The Environment ceremony took place
in Grace church at 10 o'clock, con
Quoted by the Rev. J. Stewart Smith,
rector of ST. Marys this city and presi-
dent of the standing committee, assist
ed by the clerical members of that
committee. Bishop Partridge was pre-
sented with the pastoral staff, the in
sigma of his office having the shape
of a crook, and conducted to the Epis-
copal chair. which was draped in pur
pie and surrounded by banked white
flowers. Then came a solemn Te
Deum, followed by the holy eucharist.
An address of welcome was deliver
ed by the Rev. Edward Henry Eckel,
rector of Christ church, St Joseph,
Mo, and responded to by Bishop Part
ridge.
Bishop Partridge returns to Ameri-
ca after serving his church for &c
years in the Orient. He was elected
bishop of Kansas City, March last,
after a close contest with Bishop Cam
eron Mann of South Dakota. He was
notified of his election by cable and
lew udNS later SET sail LOT MS HdJlNc
land Bishop Partridge is "a years
old. hale in health and of almost ath-
letic build and color. He is a native
of New York. He was graduated from
Yale College in 1880 and four years
later from the Berkeley Divinity
school He became minister in 1885
and went to Shanghai as a missionary
the same year. He taught in st. Johns
College. Shanghai. and was chaplain
Of st. Mary's hall in that city until
1897 when he went as a missionary
to Wu Chang There he stayed until
1899 On Feb. 2. 1900, he was conse-
created bishop of Kyoto, Japan.
Bishop Partridge, his wife and
daughter, arrived in this city last
week.
Following the rmal ceremony OF
Environment today a luncheon at a
local hotel was given by the clergy
to the bishop and the visiting bishops
and the diocesan clergy. At O'Clock
this evening a dinner will be given
the Bishop Partridge and the visiting
bishops at the University club. This
will be followed by a public reception
| 10 the new bishon at the club