Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-15

and IN some instances the disturbances mad
resulted In the loss of life. Gov. Hartranft
was taking active measures to put stop to
the outbreaks. 80
In his testimony on the I'd Mr.. Beecher en-
phatically denied any and all charges ofeither
criminal conduct or intent on his part in his
relations with Mrs. Tilton at any time. He
reiterated his statements made before the
Church Investigating Committee. He fatty
contradicted the evidence OF Messrs. Tilton
and Moulton with regard to the confessions OF
criminal conduct they alleged he had made
He asserted that the letter OF contrition
which he signed was written by Mr.. Moulton
when he twitness) was laboring under
great excitement caused by his feeling that
perhaps he might have been unintentionally
led into doing Mr.. Tilton an injustice by
listening and subscribing to the reports in
circulation against him (Tilton) at the time
OF his difficulties with Mr.. Bowen. He further
said that Mr.. Moulton suggested to
HIM (witness) that Mrs. Tilton had al
lowed her affections to be aIienated from
her husband and to center upon witness;
and 1t was this assertion on the part of Mr..
Moulton, together with the fact that Mr. NJ.
emphatically pronounced false many Of the
scandalous reports afoat against Mr.. Tilton's
moral character, that led him (witness)
to express himself In a contrite manner
having unintentionally added to Mr.. Til
toms sorrow at that time. Witness denied
reading or having read TO him on that occa-
sion the memorandum Of his remarks made
by Mr.. Moulton, and which he signed at Mr..
Ms request as being the better way Of show
ing to Mr.. Tilton that he (witness) enter
tanned no unfriendly feelings or feelings OF
enmity toward him.
Owing to the illness OF Henry M. Cleveland,
formerly manager Of the Christian Union, it
was necessary that his testimony in the
Beecher trial should be taken at his residence,
and his evidence was begun on the I'd. 1t is
reported that he testified that Mr.. Beecher
was in the office Of the Union on the I'd OF
June, 1873, between eleven and twelve o'clock
Of that day. That is the date on which Mrs.
Moulton, in her testimony, alleges Mr..
Beecher was at her house for three or four
hours, and talked of suicide, and when she
advised him to confess TO Plymouth Church.
Petitions from mothers, including hundreds
Of prominent ladies, have been presented to
the Governor and Council OF Massachusetts,
asking that the sentence Of Pomeroy, the boy
fleDd, be executed, as safeguard to children.
Mr. Beecher's direct examination was con-
tinued on the 5th. He reiterated his emphatic
denial Of being the author of the letter of
eontrition, or of its expressions az reported
by Mr.. Moulton. He also denied the se-eral
asseverations of both Messrs. Tilton and
Moulton that he had ever confessed even a
minor offense In connection with Mrs. Tilton.
In regard to the celebrated interview sworn
TO by Mr.. Tilton as having occurred between
the witness and Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, at which
the paternity of one of Mr.. Tilton's children
was in question, Mr.. Beecher denied that any
such interview ever occurred, and pronounced
the story monstrous and absolute false
hood"
The State election in Connecticut occurred
on the 5th. The returns up to the morning OF
the 9th indicated that Chas r. Ingersoll( DEM
10 reelected Governor by about 1000 majority.
The Congressman elected are: First Dis
trict, Geo. M. Landers, Dem; Second,
James Phelps, Dem; Third, II. Fl. Stark.
weather, Rep; Fourth, VIM. ii. Barnum,
DEM State Legislature Democratic.
Gov Tilden, OF New York, has pardoned
James w. Ingersoll, sentenced in 1873 to five
years. imprisonment for forgery in the second
degree. He was tried In connection with the
Tweed case
In his testimony on the 9th and It'll Mr..
Beecher continued his denials OF the evidence
of Messrs. Tilton and MouIton, and gave his
explanation of the letters which had passed be-
tween himself and Mrs. Tilton, denying that
they had any hidden meaning which would
warrant the construction put upon them by
the prosecution, and claiming that they re-
lated chiefly TO Mrs. Tilton's domestic troubles
and the defendants sympathy for her as her
pastor and friend.
T. I. Barnum, the great Snowman, was
elected Mayor Of Bridgeport on the 9Th. John
Robinson, the well-known circus man, was
defeated on the same day for the same Office
In Cincinnati.
The Rhode Island State election was held
on the 18th. There were three candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and the
vote was so divided between them that no
choice resulted. The remainder of the Re-
publican ticket for State officers Is elected
by between 1000 and $4,000. The candi-
dates for Governor were Henry Lppitt, regi-
lar Republican; Rowland Hazard, independ-
ent Republican and Prohibitionist and Charles
r. Cutler, Democrat The choice for Gov
ernor will depend upon the complexion OF
the Assembly, and will be between Hazard
and Lippitt
A New York dispatch of the 9th announces
a general reduction in passenger rates from
the East to Western points.
A new suit under q recent act OF the New
York Legislature has been begun against
William M. Tweed, to recover back 81, 19S, 957
which was paid out under the Board of Audit
of 1870
Further strikes in the Pennsylvania mining
regions were reported on the 18th, and others
were expected. SO many disturbances had
occurred in some sections that the troops had
been called on to assist in putting down any
further outbreaks that might take place.
West and South.
Recent accounts state that the Ice at Bay
de Noquet, en- the upper Michigan shore of
Lake Michigan, was five feet and one inch
thick Inv actual measurement