The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TUESDAY, July 2l.-Theodore Tilton's
statement against Henry Ward Beecher
was submitted last evening to the commit.
tee of inquiry of Plymouth Church, but
will not be made public until the inquiry
is concluded.--The Chicago common
council passed an ordinance last night ex-
tending the fire limit or prohibition of
wooden buildings to include the whole
city.--Large fires are raging in the
Peshtigo woods of Wisconsin.--ln
Maysville, KY, Julia Kerns, beautiful
girl of II, having the toothache, went to
bed Friday night with bottle Of chloro-
form in her hand. Saturday morning she
was found dead with the open bottle at
her breast. She had become so stupi6ed
as to be unable to remove the bottle. An
other young lady sleeping with Miss Kerns
was so overcome by the chloroform that it
was difficult to arouse her.--Capt.
Bates and company of infantry have had a
fight with tie Arapahoes in Washington
Territory, in which 25 Indians were kill
ed.--Old Indian traders predict gen.
eral uprising Of the Indians of the West
and Southwest, and great alarm is felt in
all the border settlements.
WEDNESDAY, July 22.-Theodore Til
toms statement, as submitted to the COM
mittee of Plymouth Church, was made
public yesterday. He circumstantially de-
tails the seduction of Mrs. Tilton by Beech
er, how he Tilton, condoned Mrs. Tilton's
offense, how he finally forgave Beecher on
the latter's most abject but earnest plea for
mercy; and how through much misuse
and misunderstan ding, to which Mrs.
Tilton added the unbearable feather in go
ing over to the Beecher side in the late
complications, he at last felt compelled to
expose the whole. His statements are
verified on oath. and by the possession Of
con6rmatcry letters from Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton. 1t is reported that Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton will now unite in circumstan-
tial denial and explanation Of all of Tilton's
narrative. Butler denies the
the story, told b, Gen. Hooker, that he
made 100000 by appropriating the money
and valuables of colored men in the army
of the James, who had on his recommen-
dation deposited them with the quarter
master department, and were afterwards
killed. He says the army savings bank
thus organized was wound up by
the Fr.edman's Bureau, and vouchers in
full given by that bureau.--Billy Ed
wards Of New York and Sam. Collyer Of
Baltimore have made the final deposit of
stakes for prize-ring fight in which they
are to engage August 18th within one hun
dred miles Of Pittsburgh.--The Re-
publican congressional convention Of the
fourth district of Louisiana yesterday en-.
dorsed the project Of re-electing President
Grant for third term.-Capt. Brady
who saved the steamship Pennsylvania
last year has been allowed $4,000 salvage
and costs Of suit, and would have been al
lowed more, Judge Cadwallader said, but
for his retaining command of the ship af-
ter the storm, instead Of surrenderiug it
to the proper of6cer.--Governor Davis
of Mississippi has asked that troops be
stationed at Vicksburg in anticipation Of
riotous outbreaks on election day, August
4th.-secretary Belknap, it appears
from his directions to General Sherman to
that effect, hasthe consent Of Secretary
Delano and Commissioner Smith, that in
fighting the Indians the army may disre-
gard reservation lines, care being taken,
however, not to confound the friendly
with the hostile 1ndians.-Michael
Hoy was yesterday held to bail in the
sum of 81, 500 to answer At the common
pleas court of Ramsey to the assaulting,
with intent to kill, ev-Attorney General
Clarke of Manitoba.-The people Of
Hinckley are reported to be greatly excit.
ed over discoveries Of rich mines Of silver
and copper, about two miles from that VII
lage.
THURSDAY, July 23.-The Beecher-Til-
ton affair occupied much of the public
mind yesterday. and interest in the affair
is intensified by the publication of state
ment over Beecher's name, said to have
been prepared for him BY his counsel. in
consultation with the deacons Of Plymouth
Church. The substance Of his statement
is that, leaving his personal vindication to