The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-05
FAMED BISHOP ISDEAD AFTER
 LONG CAREER

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Bishop Samuel Fallows, head of the Reformed Epis- copal Church, died here today at the age of eighty-seven years. Born near Manchester, England, Samuel Fal- lows parents came to Wisconsin in 1S4S, where he received his early schooling During the Civil War he was active in organizing a regiment of college students, of which he became the colonel. Following the war he be- came superintendent of public instruc- ton for Wisconsin, and later was elect ed to the presidency of the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, where he instituted the system ot lcng-distance learning known today as University extension In 4S1o Bishop Fallows became rector of St, Paurs Reformed Episcopal Church of Chicago, which post he held to the time of his death. Simultaneous With his assumption of the rectorship he assumed the title, Missionary Bishop of the West" and soon thereafter be- came presiding bishop of the entire church, both in the United States and in Canada. For 21 years he was pres ident of the board of managers of the Illinois State Reformatory of Pontiac. Tn 1893. at the Worlds Fair, Dr. Fal- lows served as one of the council Of seven at the head of the Worlds Con- gress of Education. In 1907 he was made Chancellor of the University Association. In the year following he succeeded Archbishop Ireland as chap lain in chief of the Grand Army. From 1913 to 1914 he was department commander of the Illinois G. A. R.
 As a writer, Dr. Fallows' claims 10 recognition are so deeply rooted that critics assure him permanent hon jr ir American letters for his contribu, tions to critical end encyclopedia lit erature Tn the preparation of one volume alone. Webster's Encyclopedia Dictionary, published in 1891, Dr. Fal- lows had to critically examine eve v work in the English language in at least two dictionaries-all this as a part of his day, not detracting in the s,ightest from his activities in pulpit and forum.
 Bishop Fallows was a trustee of the United Societies of Christian EndeaV' or. editor-in- chief of the Human h. terest Library, chairman of the Ora tt Memorial Committee, president Of the Chicago School for Home Nursing and president of the Society of the Army of Tennessee.
 A curious instance of Bishop Fal- lows penchant for discovering the truth pragmatically was his establish ment in 1907 of "home salon" as he called it in Chicago, devoted to the selling of the temperance drinks. To prove that soft drinks could be sold profitably and to the very men who freuuented sa'oo~~ the Rishon ''"+ in coffee, chocolate. grape juice and the like; he allowed smoking. For two years the place did profitable busi- ness.
 The Bishop, convinced that a non- alcoholic substitute for beer could be found, spent large sums hiring the best chemists to discover the formula for such fluid; but every beverage they concocted sooner or later devel- oped alcohol by fermentation.
 Meanwhile the "salon" had become mecca for visitors from all over the globe, who came to see the re- freshment parlor conducted under such strange auspices by famous man Of the church. Finally his theory vindicated, the Bishop sold out the enterprise. -e-u-s