Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-03

insurance %OU,OOO, as foilOWS: Under
writer's agent, $1,000, London, Liver
pool and Globe; Traders, Chicago
Girard, Philadelphia, and Com
mercial Union, London, $500
each; J. LiebensteiD, on upholsterer'
stock, $4,000. Insurance, S310, 600
London assurance association, 5000
Manufacturers', Boston, $1,000; Viii
| liamsburg City, $1,000; Franklin,I In
dianapOlis, $500; Michigan State
Adrian, $500; Michigan State, Adrian
| $500; Bangor, $500; Mercantile, Cleve
land, $500; Northwestern National
$1,000; Home, Columbus, $1,000; Ham
burg, Bremen, S5000-the latter having
$500 on the fixtures. Henry Meyer
member of the firm, lost five Thousand
dollars worth of his household goods, re
Gently brought from New York, upol
which he has no insurance; Potter
King & Co., manufacturers and dealer
in furniture, in whose workshop the fir,
originated, loses S35,0eO, Insurance.
$4,000, as follows; Lycoming, 5000
German, 5000; Penn, Philadelphia
5000; National, Philadelphia, $1,000
Western, Toronto, 5000; Alps
5000 Farmers, of Milwaukee, $1,000
Van SUIT q Co., jewelers., who OccupieC
one of the stores in the block lose two
hundred and fifty dollars, and West
Co., fancy goods, about three hundred
dollars damage from water, both in
sured.
International Typographical Union.
MONTREAL, June 2.-The Interna
tiOnal Typographical Union met here
to-day, President Hammond in tht
chair. After receiving the address o.
welcome from the officers of the Mon
treal and Jacques-Cartier Unions, anC
| appointing q committee on credentials
the convention elected the following of.
ficers for the ensuing year: President, W
| r. Mexican, of Washington City; first
ce-president, William Kennedy, o.
Chicago; second vice president, w. @
| johnson, Of Troy; secretary anC
treasurer, John Collins, of Cincinnati
corresponding secretary, G.E. Hawkins
OF Memphis. This is the largest meet.
| ing that has taken place since the or
! ganiZstion of the uHiOn-one hundred
and twenty delegates being present.
The Beecher-TiItOn-BOwen Scandal.
New YORK, June 1T is said that
! Henry Ward Beecher has been so much
| annoyed at the short criticism in some
of the daily journals ON the action oi
| Theodore TiltOn as a witness to the IA
nous retractiOn Of Bowen's charges, that
be has resolved to come to TiltOn's de-
! fense. After consulting with several
| friends, he has prepared a statement,
| exhOnerating TiltOn from all blame in
| connection with the terrible scandal
with which his name was associated.
| Beecher wrote the statement this morn
] ing. The statement refers to TiltOn's
action as that of friend, who desired
/ 10 reuniue Bowen and Beecher. Mr..
CIafiin was, he says, instrumental in
bringing about the retraction which
bears the signatures of Bescher, Bowen
and TiltOn. The retractiOn. he says,
was drawn up by Samuel Wilkinson,
| business partner of Mr.. Beecher, and
after it was signed the document was
| handed to Clafiin for safe keeping. VII
kinson, however, had made a copy, and
gave it to the press last week.
The following card is published to-
day:
.iTo the editor Of the Brooklyn Eagle:
"DEAR SIR have maintained ST.
Ience respecting the ISLANDERS which for
some time past have followed me. !
should not speak now, but for the sake
of relieving another of an unjust impU-
tation. The document which was re-
Gently published, bearing my name,
with others, was published without con-
sultatiOn either with me or with TiltOn,
or authorization from US. If that dOcu-
ment should lead the public to regard
Mr.. Tilton as the author of the calum-
MES to which it alludes, it will do him
great injustice. | am unwilling that be
should even seem to be responsible for
the injurious statements whose force
was derived wholly from others.
HENRY WARD BEECHER."
COId-BIOOded Murder OF Lady.
MCCoMB CITY, Miss, May 3d.
Mrs. A. 5. Hill, wife of Mr.. A. S. Hill,
book-keeper Of the McComb Improve
ment, was the victim of a fatal pistol
shot fired at her by one Frank Moran,
who had been holding the position OF
foreman of the track-layers in that vicin-
ity. 1t seems that Moran had been
boarding at the house of Mr.. Hill, and
from some cause or other he Moran
was discharged from the house. Not
being pleased with this proceeding, be
from that moment, no doubt, premedi-
tated the awful crime of which he stands
guilty. So on Sunday evening, the twen-
ty-siXth instant, at between eight and
nine O'Clock, he arms himself with a
pistol, made " braven by the effects of
bad whisky, he advances "boldly" to
the residence of his victim, demanding
of a young girl in the yard to go into
the house and summon Mr.. Hill to the
front door. She replied that Mr.. Hill
was asleep and did not wish to disturb
him. Moran replied, "Hand this glove
to Mr.. Hill and tell him to meet me to-
morrow at the office; that he intended
to kill him, and had the weapon to do
it with" The girl notified Mrs. Hill of
his threats, when Mrs. II. came to the
door and begged him to go away, and
not create any disturbance there. He
then caught hold of her, pushed her in
TO the dining-rOOm adjoining, fired the
shot, and closed the door. The ball en-
tered under her left shoulder blade,
ranged forward. and lodged in the region
of the left breast. He then went to the
| DeSotO house, where he was subsequent
| ly arrested by the proper authorities.
| Mrs. Hill made declaration to the ef-
feet that Morgan had shot her. Upon
the preliminary examination the pris-
Oner seemed much moved on being
shown the dying declaration of Mrs.
Hill, and wept prOfusely. He pleaded
not guilty to the charge. He was con-
fined in the county jail, there to await
the result. The attendant physician
pronOunces the condition of Mrs. Hill
very critical, internal hemorrhage hav-
ing been produced by the shot.
United PresByterians.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.-The Presby-
terian general assembly resumed bust
ness this morning. The committee to
whom was referred the report of the
board of church extension reported that
one-ninth of the Presbyterian congrega-
tons are without houses of worship. Ii
should be one of the first cares of the
general assembly to apply a remedy.
Resolutions were submitted by the COM
mittee approving the action of the board
enjoining presbyteries to use their ut
most efforts to secure contributions from
the congregations under their care, and
ordering that after the present
year all applications for aid shall
be submitted TO the board
before May lst, Of each year; that the
board be limited in expenditure to the
amount appropriated by the general as
sembly unless private hberality should
warrant an additional expenditure;
that a request from the Chicago presby-
terry be not granted unless it be found
that the church at large is benefited
thereby; that church property at Morri-
son, Tennessee, be sold and
proceeds revert to the board of
finance; that thirty-tWO thousand dol
lars be appropriated to the board
for the present year, and that Rev. J.W.
WithersDOOn, Rev. J. S. Sand, Elder w.
Reed. whose terms as members of the
board expire, be reappointed. The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted: "That
all congregations receiving aid from the
board, or which shall receive aid from