The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-17
BISHOP DOANE
DIES SUDDENLY
At HOTEL HERE
civilian of Albany" Victim
of Heart Disease, Was III
Only ~ Hours.
WAS IN HIS 81ST YEAR.
Came to the City to Attend
Board of Missions--Served
as Bishop ~ Years.
WAS IN HIS S1ST YEAR.

CfoswA DoanA Dpasunpai Dishop Of
Albany. vino died SUDDENLY q the Hotel
Manhattan q f1O o'ciock tAh morning.
w. taken to Albany xhis afternoon.
Accompanying Il wsrs ne four grand-
children Of the nate Bishop. Misses MAJ
sarst and Elizabeth Garner. Mrs. Mary
Fraser and MrA Roy Pier. wfso wsrs at
Several clergyman were also on the
train.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
besn completed. nor It's date decided
upon. The asranGsmsnts are under way
In Albany. The burial will take place
In the Cathedral in Albany. whers three
vaults were laid for the Bishops family
whom ehe sdince was constructed. The
body Of Mira Doans occupies one Of
thesa and In the other lies the body of
Miss Condit. her sister.
The death Of the preiatA who vas
sighty-cns years old. was due 70 heart
disease. He had bssn III only twenty
four hours.
The venerable Bishop came to New
York on wednesday to attend the quar-
terly meeting Of the Board OF Missions.
He was rather feeble and relatives and
friends had urged him not To attsmp,
the trip. but he insistsd.
He attended the sssaons of the board
wednesday and Thursday. but after
retiring Thursday evening became onu-
cally III and DIR. l. Stuart Hart Of No.
100 West Fifty-ninth street was sum-
moned. The aged patient seemed to
improve during tho night and was %
much better yesterday that II was
thought he could return to Albany to-
day In tho meantime. however, his
granddauEhters had been summoned.
Early last evening he took . sudden
turn for the worss and sank rapidly
until his death.
FATHER WAS sGcoNo BISHOP
OF NEW JERSEY.
The late Bishop was born In Boston,
March .. 1899. His father was the Rev.
George Washington Doan~ at that time
rector Of Trinity Church. Boston. but
later tho second Episcopal Bishop Of
New Jersey.
When the son was two ysars old the
Doanes moved to Burlington. N. j..
whore the future Hshop Of Albany grew
up.
lie was graduated from Trinity
College and later matriculated at
Columbia University. He was ordained
10 the ministry In iabs. becoming assistant
to his father. then rector of 81. Mary's
Church. Later no became rector OF 81.
Barnabas's Church. Burlington, N. J.
There he remained until lS63. whom he
was chosen rector Of st. Johns Church.
Hartford. Conn. In 1888 he went 70 St
Peters In Albany. and In iS6e he vas
elected Bishop OF Albany. He began
and directed tho construction OF All
Saints Cathedral at Albany. and
founded the sistsrhood OF the Holy
Child Of Jesus. 1t. Asnes's School for
Girls and the childrsn's hospital
He was an author Of "Lfs and Writ
inss Of the Second Bishop OF New Jsr-
ssy." Rhymes from Times to Tines"
and addresses. sermons and PAM
phiets. and he wrote vigorously on
many topics OF the day.
FAVORED RirUALisM; ORGssgo
LIKE eNoLish 0ieHoPS.
bishop Doane was . fHvsnt high
churchlnAn" and favored what u known
A. rttuallsm. He frequently reststsyei.
when hs travelled. a. william OF Al
bany." after the manner Of English
High Church bishops. His costume. too.
was similar to theirs--isnes breeohss and
Jersey legstnss. buttoned up the side.
He was bitterly opposed to the re-.
marrtasS Of divorced persons by Epis-
copa cisrgymsn. and II was largely due
to his efforts that the canon of the
Church against that was adopted.
During the recent march of the suffrs.
ssttss to Albany the Bishop called them
''siliy women" He was an outapoken
Antagonist Of womsn's suffrage.
The Bishop was married In 1858 to Mss
Sarah Catherine Condit. Of Newark. N.
J. Hs was but thirty-ssvsn years old
whsn elevated to the Bishoprio In the
newly created Diocese Of Albany.