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Roman Church.
In his direct examination On the 9Th Mr.,
Beecher continued his explicit denials Of all
the statements Of the prosecution involving
any criminality on his part In connection with
the scandal. With regard to Mrs. Moulton,
he says he was 4 frequent visitor at her
house, where he always met with cordial
and lady reception from Mrs. Moulton.
He asserted that he was not at her house
on the I'd or Sd of june, 1879, nor
did he ever make q confession to
Mrs. Moulton of criminal conduct such
"a charged in her testimony. Witness testi-
he'd that at one of the interviews between him
and Mr.. Moulton, at the house of the latter,
in January, 1871, when Mr.. Tilton was threat.
ening to publish q card relating to the scan
dial, Mrs. Moulton said to him (witness) that
she did not believe the stories they were tell
ing about him, and that she believed he was
a good man. To this remark witness re-
spondcd that he was good man, she might
be sure of that.
At an early hour on the morning of the 9th
band of strikers attacked q company of
militia near Hazelton, Pa, and few shots
were fred, and slight wounds inflicted. A
vote by ballot was taken on the 9th in the
several mines of the Delaware, Lackawanna
4 Western Railroad Company of Scranton,
to decide the question Of strike. and re-
suited in favor of work by vote of 1919 to
$40.
All of the property in New York known to
have been in the possession of VIM. NJ. Tweed
at the time of his exposure, and which he
passed int the hands of other parties, has
been attached in the interest of the new
$1,000 600 suit brought against him.
Owing to the illness of Lawyer Beach, of
the prosecution, the Beecher trial was ad-
journed on the morning of the 9th to the 10th.
All attempts in the New York Legislature
to pass an act enabling Mrs. Tilton to testify
made.
The vote in Connecticut Al the recent elec-
ton was as follows: For acknowledgement
Dem.), 5s,7s5; Greene (Rep), 4,sOl; Smith
(Pro.l 2,SO9; scattering, ia. Total, 10l ,0O9
1ngersolrs plurality, 9,4S4; majority, 6,661.
For Congressmen-Democra candidates, ST.
09s; Republican, 47,311; Prohibition, 1909.
Total, 10O,3l3. The vote for Governor in
Rhode Island was as follows: Hazard (Ind.
Rep.l s,7l7; Lippltt Greg. Rep.), s,s4l; Cutler
Dem.), 5,169.
Dan Bryant, the great minstrel performer,
died at New York on the 10th, of pneumonia.
= The explosion of a boiler in the bingham
mills at South Adams, Mass, ON the 18th
killed three men and fatally injured two 9TH
ers. At Clinton, Mass, on the same day, a
grocery store was destroyed by fire and Mrs.
Dinsmore and her father, who occupied rooms
over the store, were burned to death. The
residence of P. Clifford, at New Haven, Conn.,,
was also burned on the 18th, and Mrs. Cliff
ford, who was sick and unable to leave her
room, persisted in the flames.
In his direct examination on the 18th Mr..
Beecher denied in detail each and every state
ment contained in Mrs. Moulton's testimony
that referred to any admission or confession
on his part of the crime with which he is
charged. He said he never had any CONVEX
sation with that witness in which the alleged
crime was the subject of discussion; she
never advised him to make confession to
the church, and he never made a threat to her
of suicide.