The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-08
NEW YORK.
A Triumph over Diplomatic Service.

A Triumph over Diplomatic Service.
NEW YORK, Sept. "A letter from
Berlin says the acquttal of Capt. War
ner, of the German navy, after trial on
charge growing out of the capture by
him from the Intransignantes of two
Spanish war vessels flying the Csntonal
flag, is regarded in Germany as tri-
umph of the naval over diplomatic ser
vice.
The Nord Deutschc Allgeneie Zeit,mg,
Bismarck's organ, says: This result Of
the trial will be disappointment to the
diplomatic branch of the public service.
II must be evident that if the military
and naval officers are to.be permitted to
interfere of their own will in the pOliti-
cal complication fOther States, the con-
duct of the diplomatic affairs of the
Government through the foreign Office
will become difficult, if not impossible.
News Items.
The members of Plymouth Church are
contributing to fund for the relief of
Mrs. Tilton, and already Sl,700 have
been collected.
A Baltimore dispatch says that on
Saturday afternoon the greater portion
of the business sections Of FrOstsburg.
Allegheny county, Md, was burned.
Loss $245,0O0; insurance $4,000.
The delegates to the Convention of
Pork Packers at Louisville, left this
morning by special train on the Erie
Railroad.
TiIton W.. Beecher-ActiOn Begun
Suit Against Ii. W. Beecher-An-
swer of Defendant.
The answer Of Henry Ward Beechcr
to the complaint of Theodore TiltOn was
received to-day by Becchcr's attorneys,
and at once served on the plaintiff from
the office of Tracy, Catlino u Broad
head. Notice for the trial is for the term
of the City Court beginning on the third
Monday of September. The defendant
answers to the complaint,
First. That each and every allegation
in said complaint contained, except that
plaintiff and Miss Elizabeth NJ. Richards
were married on October =, 1866, and
lived together rs husband and wife up to
1874, is utterly false.
Second. That this defendant never had
at any time, or at any place, any un-
chaste or improper relations with the
wife of the plaintiff, and never attempted
or sought to have any such relations.
(Signed) SHERMAN d STERLING,
attorneys for DetcnddH
Bcecher's AnidaYits
accompanying the answer were dated at
Twin Mountain, n. H., and are attested
before New Hampshire officials. The
service was acknowledged by TiltOn's
Attorneys. The counter notice was at
the same time served by Morris and
Pearsall upon Shcarman and Sterling,
who also admitted service thereof. The
CHRISTIAN Union of this week says,
ever since the public accusation Of Mr..
Beechcr, he has borne almost singular
and wonderful testimony to the stead
fastncss, purity and strength of ,tbat
faith which long consistentiitc Of good
ness inspires. 1t often happened that
some sixty ur seventy letters per day
came from every part of America, and
indeed Of the world; many Of these let
tiers are from old political cncmicS, many
from places where his name was exc
Grated, and it is also worthy to remark
that the members of all denominations
have joined in the tributes.
Anew Diocese.
The New York Frrcmca'S Jo"rD0i has
Il special cable dispatch from Rome, stat
ing that San Antonio, Texas, has been
made diocese, and Vicar General Prll yer,
of Mobile, is named a> it, first Bishop.
Also that Rio Grandc district Of Texas,
has been made Nicaratc Apostolic with
Brownsville as its headquarters, and the
Rev. d. Manncy, of Montgomery, Ma
huma, rs its Bishop. These gentlemen
are cousins, and both natives of St. Att
gustinc, Florida.
The GIendenning Scandal.
John l.. Nutter, young man residing
with his parents on the corner Of Sum
nit and Magnolia avenue, jersey City
Heights, appeared before Justice AL
ridge to-day, and charged Mr,srS james
Dunn, John Gordon, and other persons
connected with the Rev. J. :. Glrndrn-
ning's church with having tried to in
ducc him, by threats Of exposing him in
relation to an alleged case of larceny, to
swear that he was the father of Mary +.
Pomcroys child. The publication of the
affidavit by the local papers has renewed
the interest somewhat in this clerical
scandal
Fires.
The fires in the woods near Hamilton,
New jersey, have burned over 10000
acres of valuable timber land and cram
berry bogs. The flames are still raging
and spreading, and the inhabitants are
doing all in their power to check them.
Several fine dwellings have been saved
only by their exertionS.