The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-13
THE EVERLASTING SCANDAL.
Whitewashing Still I'm Order.

New YORK, August l2.-Mr. Moulton
said this morning that his statement
would not be made public to-day, but
refused to answer the question as to when
his statement would be given out.
General Tracy was met going to Mr..
Sherman's house, he said he had no idea
when Mr.. Moulton's statement would be
given to the press, but thought it would
not be until Mr.. Beecher had testified,
when both would be given. 1t is believed
that Mr.. Beecher will be before the in
vestigating committee this afternoon, but
on this matter, as now upon all others
connected with the great scandal, the
committee are silent.
Theodore will not Compromise.
Theodore Tilton gave emphatic con-
tradiction to-day, to the story kept afoat
since the suppression of the statement
made by Moulton, that a compromise
would be made which would be satisfac-
tory to all concerned in the scandal.
Tilton says for his part he will enter
upon compromise when paving stones
blossom into roses.
The presentation to the committee by
MOulton, of short statement instead OF
II long one, which he had first pre-
pared. is said to have been
the result of another tripartite agreement,
tho parties thereto being General Butler,
General Tracy, Of the counsel for Beech
er and the Investigating Committee, and
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scntrd to have agreed that MOultOn
should cOnfine himself in his statement
to the documents alluded to-hv Tilton in
his statement and MOultOn consented, i'll
the hope that some way might be found
to bring about this condition of affairs.
Beecher's Property Mortgaged.
There is mortgage signed by Henry
Ward Beecher and Eunice w. Beechcr,
his wife, for 5000, on their Columbia
heights residence 1t is dated May !,
1873, and sworn to before Justice of the
Peace Sncdikcr, before whom Theodore
Tilton sworc to his statement charging
Mr.. Bcecher with adultery. Horace
Webster, President of the Brooklyn. Say
ings Bank is said to have made the loan.
The mortgage was given about the time
Bcechcr's son, Henry, became involved
in his lumber business in Albany, but it
is strongly limited in Brooklyn that it was
procured to meet sudden demand from
another quarter.
The Committee Convinced.
The movements of the Beechcr In
vcstigating committee are daily being
more completely wrapped up and vcilcd
in impcnctrsblc mystery, as this even
ing. for more than an hour, n" trace
could be found of them. Visits were
paid bv members of the press tu
Mr.. Shearlnan's md Or. Storrs
residences, but no clue to their
whereabouts could be obtaineu
and Mr.. Bcechcr's house on Columbia
Heights was fixed upon rs the only place
the Committee were likely to be, and
the sidewalks in consequence were
throngcd with newspaper rcprcSenta-
| tivcs. About half past one o'clock Mr..
Hill drove up in II carriage, accompanied
by strange gentlemen, and entered tn"
house, Mr.. Willard O. Bartlett, Mr..
Sherman, and Mr.. Hill entered a short
time before. None Of the members of
the committee were observed to enter
and it is supposed that they had gone
there ut an early hour.
The Dreaded statement.
Mr.. Winslow, of the Plymouth Church
Investigating Committee, said to-day
that Moulton'S statement would not be
made public until Becchcr's statement
had been heard by the Investigating
Committee. Both statements will be
made simultaneously. 1t is stated that
Moulton, Tilton and the lattcrs lawyer
Morris. have all left town.
MouIton's Statement Evidently Con
elusive and COnyictiNc.
The committee adjourned about halt
past eleven, but would give no intorml.
ton n to their movements. Mr. MOul-
tons statement however, they said, will
not b. made public Tonight, nor could
they say when it would be- ready. II l.
not known whether Mr.. Bpccher was be.
fore the committee or not, lis members
being rcticent on this and every other
question Of like import.
Lives of Theodore and Elizabeth.
CHICAGO, August l2.-Thc TriJua,
tomorrow will print the marital CORE.
spondence between Mr.. and Mrs. TitOn
extending over term of four years, anC
up to within three months of Mrs. Til.
tons alleged confession. These letter.
make over four pages of the Tribune
! They are extraordinary samples of pas
! Sionate affection on both sides, and con
tain frequent allusions TO Mr.. Bccche
and his visits to Mrs. Tilton. They wer,
given To- the TrjbuHc correspondent by
Morris, Mr.. Tilton's counsel, and are un
doubtcdly genuine.
OMAHA.
Granger Convention.
OMAHA, August l2.-The delegates o
an Independent party composed largely
! of Grangcrs met in convention to-day a
Lincoln. Twenty counties were repre-
resented. They decided TO call Stat,
convention at Lincoln, September s, ano
will then nominate full ticket. Th'
movement originated in this county
The Republicans claim it Is movement
of dilapidatcd politicians. The Demo
/ Gratis are jubilant over any move calcu
/ lated to weaken the former.
. Bridge Contract-G rasshOppers.
The contract for building a bridg
over the North Platte at Fl. Laramie
/ was awarded to King. The bridge Is t'
/ bc of tubular wrought iron, with fou
spans of l05 feet each.
/ Reports from the extreme Southwestern
! part of the State shows that there Is al
ready much suffering there on accom-
Of the destruction Of the creps, grass an
everything, by the grasshoppers. Tn
settlers are obliged to let their cattle AM
, hogs starvc. Movements for their rele
are being made in this city and else
where