Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-01
TIE Bs..ss. scandal q. s.,s,w.r.


CoNFeRENcE or MS CHrrcn.
At the approaching conference OF he NetAo-
DIST Epasc opal Church South. which meets in
Trinity Church, Madison avenue. i'm flis cisy
on "Wednesday next, the case OF the Rev 4. ".
Huston VIII come Up fUr trial Tho cir,ua,-
Stances CONNECTED With The -eriou. cl aree pre-
TERED against Dr. Huston, ard the atten.Aaut
excitement followsd upon Us gaining putli,sty
too fnesh I'm the memories OF ali 10 reavir,,
more than the brieiest recapitulatlon here.
The grave and terrible accusation was that q
the Stduct on 0f. and subsequent constant sllicit
intercourse with, Young gtrl, the daughter Of
a respectable and widowed mother. Who had
been an attendant NJ ST Ps1l's SUNDAY school,
o. which Dr. HUston was then pastor. Other
Ell rScs OF immortality were also made. but a.
ths acre not all considered by the committee
o. investigation. and nav not be included in the
new ndlc meni II Is unnc ccSsaTy 90 refer 20
them in detail.
THKISrrNsE ExcrrKNENr
that prevailed In the CITY wien through the
medium ~ the pres, the startling news OF :,
terrible an accusation became generally known
- wildly remembered. At the advice OF
frien.ls. DIR Huston left the city at this time
ard proceeded % Cincinnati taking with Linn l'is
wife and daughter (the latter recently married
20 n gentleman in this city, where he remained
until he Nas summoned % Baltimore hy the
committee Of inves,ig alton, Of which the Rev.
Samuel Rogers was chairman.
THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.
II he sessions Of the committee were held DIR
ing May and June OF the past wear. The time
consumed I'm the examination of Witness l,s
lne nearly THREE weeks. The charges com
cletglut atinu<. the m u AMI
important of which was the seduction and i'm .
tercourse with the Young girl referred 10. rhes.
specifications were hve IN number. but only
three were considered bV the committee. Witch
Was comTosed OF fivc ministers OF the church.
with the Rev. DIR. Rogers. presiding. but no
possessing the power 90 cast a vote on any OF
the questions arising Zach specification vas
considered separately, and the labor Of The com
mittee was protracted and tedious, and. az least
a. tar as the presiding officer Is concerned, was
impartial, searching and thorough. There wss
1T nj test at.1 r.rn.. a
CATION wss disposed OF. vote taken. On
some of the specifications there was an unan-
unity OF opinion for acauittal, while ON the 6rst
and most important count-that Of seduction
and constant Illicit iutcrcourse-the committee
stood diyided-two being for conviction aud
three Tor acqulttal. None of the specifications
having been sustained, the recording of tlss,
vote Of not guilty n tO the charges WAS a mere
matter OF form. and WAS 30 entered ON the pro-
eeedings and announced TO the pnblic. IL Is
cation did not receive the popular approval.
THE NEW TRIAL
As already stated, the annual conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South will
meet In Trinity Church, Madison. avenue, On
the 5th Of March-next "Wednesday. The dele
gates, clerical and Law, will number In all about
two hundred. -Four bishops OF the church will
be present, the hfth, who, was expected, Bishop
Payne, being detained by sickness, and the gem
eral proceedings Of the body promises 10 be 81
the church in Baltimore. n is probable that
the case OF Dr. Huston will be cdkducted IN sr-
cordance with the prescribed usage and the
precetients already established.
PRESENT wHEREABot oF nm. HUSTON
IL is supposed, although not positively known
10 be the case: that Dr. Huston II at present in
Cincinnati. where he has relatives residing. ant
IL il stated IL employed az a clerk in a business
house OF that city. A. far a. known he has not
communicated 20 any Of she members OF tho
conference OF this city any information as 10
whether IL H. HE intention co retrrn here 10 face
the charges of which ne maintains his inno-
cence. As briefly A. IL a. Posss BILE 90 enamerats
Intelligeutly the leading features OF this singu-
lar case the foregoing II given 10 the public not
for a sensational purpose but merely as a re-
sumo of the case, and showing its present status.
which, in view OF the coming trial, IL rendered
necessary in order to acquaint the public Win
particulars that will i'm the of The ensuing
week be deyeloped.-fait. gassi'e, Karci ..
THE MoDoc LAVA BED.-Jesse Appleeste.
writing to the Portland lOregon) Bulletin. gives
the following description of the lava bed lao
which the hostile MOdoc Indians are now in
trenched: The stronghold OF the MOdoc Indians
IL "pedregal" OF the most extensive and elab-
crate description-an irregular volcanic surface
into upheavals from below. and cracked amt
assured in the process OF cooling. IL occupies.
with but Few intervals, nearly 100 square miles.
Ii you can, imagine a smooth, solid sheet of
granite, ten miles square and 900 feet thicl.
covering resistless mines of gunpowier, scat
tered at irregular intervals under IT, that these
mines are exploded simultaneously, rending
the whole field into rectangular masses, from
the size Of a matchbox to that of a church,
heaping these masses high In some places
and leaving deep chasms in Others. Fol
lowing the explosion. the whole thing -
placed In one OF Nulcsn's crucibies, and heated
up To point when the whole be gins 10 fuse aud
run together, and then suffered 20 cool. The
roughness OF the upper surface remains as the
explosion left il, " lille all below is heney-eombed
by the cracks and crevces caused by the cool
ing of the melted rock. An Indian can. from
the top Of one Of these stone pyramids. shoot a
man without exposing even as much as an inch
square OF himself. lie can, without undue haste,
load and shoot a common muz zle-loading rife
ten times before q man can scramble over the
rocks and chasms between the slain and the
slayer. IL. at this terrible expense OF life .
force dislodges him from his cover, nc mas Our,
10 drop into and follow some subt1rranean pas
sage with which he IL familiar to gain another
ambush, from whence Ii will cost ten more lives
TO dislodge him. 1--WE
CrRious ExPERINENr-TmEoTta.f T,r,.-
bon--on Sunday last very curious sSperi
ment took place in a cell in one OF the galleries