Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-15
THE BEECHES SCANDAL.
The Mutual Council Inset.

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/ the right OF Plymouth church % drop from
/ the list OF membership the name OF Mrs.
MoUlton, has finally been upset. Rev. DIR.
ScuCder's church has refused 10 have any,
| thing to do with il. In arranging the lis; Tor
Z council the names OF Or. StOrTs and Or Bud
| dingtOn Were included among other clergy
men. After they had Announced that they
/ would probably accept the invitation. the
/ committee of Plymouth church entered
protest against their serving on the ground
that they were partial AMI had enmity
against the church. When some OF the other
churches heard that DR.. StorrS' and Dr. Bad
diDgtOn'S churches would be lett ont, they
also declined 10 serve and the council wa
therefore upset. Mrs. MOulton WAS 6ppriSai
OF the fact of the withdrawal of the churches
and the Encouragement Of the list, aud con
suited with her counsel, Mr.. Naucott. SIZE
yesterday sent long letter To the Plymouth
church committee, refusing 10 treat with
them any further in relation 10 the mutual
council, and sharply rebuked them for the
course tney had pursued In rejecting the
churches selected. He did not think that
they had acted fairly, and said that Mrs.
Mnulton expected 10 submit som testimony
before a council that would SHOW COOL rea-
sons for charging Mr.. BeecEer with adultery
Now he thought the action of the church
would be considered by al just men to be a
deliberate attempt 10 a void an investigation
as TO the guilt of the Plymouth pastor. Let
tiers OF DrS. StOrrs and BudGingion were en-
clOSCu with Mr.. EancOtt'S communication to
the committee. In their letters TO Judge
NancOtt, Drs. Storrs and Burlington both
declined TO enter the mutual council on ac-
ticipat!Ou by the Plymouth church commit
tee. DR.. BuddingtOn declares the commit
tees action nneNampled IN the history OF
mutuai councils, ana unjust IL ltS implica-
lions.
BEECHER ASD HIS CONGREGATION JUB1-
LAcG.
The lecture room of Plymouth church was
dense y crowded last evening long before the
hour for the opening OF the praYer-meatlng
had arrived. AT 7:30 ociock Mr.. Beecher
entered the room with smiling cOunte-
nance, and during his address see ned TO be
possessed with a vivaclOuSneSs that ne has
rarely displayed OF late. When he hal con
Guided, and before giving the 5eGedictton. he
announced that Immediately after the pray
er-meetiug the adjourned business meeting
would be held. He promo unced tire benadic-
ton, and, Without sitting down. commenced
to address the audience in relation TO inc
mutual council. He was glad. he SAID To
inform them that the other side hal WITT
Gil altogether. This announcement was
greeted with loud applause. TIE report
states that the committee, o. January, pro-
CecdeC TO exchange with Mr. NancOti lists
OF churches 20 be invited. The committee
and Mr.. Nsncott could not agrna - 'na
churches 10 be callei. the foriacr Caiecting 10
local churches ami the latter 20 foreign or
provincial churches, AMI NJ. Napcott with
drew under protest.
= tier the reading OF the report, Mr.. Baecher
SAID, after referring al some lengtI to the
council Of 1874, that Dr. Storrs' Church o. the
Pilgrims had ever been the refuge for disSat-
isiied members Of Plymouth church. They
=.
Ia ken IN and cared FOR. rs pastor had re-
ceiYed calls on New Years, aud hal been
visited by MeSsrs. NOultOa AMI TiltOn. The
newSpa pers had been sewers for AL the q ia
that was furnished by this matter, aud ne
(lhe speaker was almost alone in the light.
GLOW can a man said he. Gin all this lone
illness, stand up If he be guilty. He wanteI
trial, and was full sure God would give him
one before that supreme tribunal of which
He was the only judge. He was not afraid OF
any worldly tribunal. He should remain in
= n ho.
fed To keep Min, but as sOpA as they begun
10 lose confidence in MIN and he learned OF il.
The sun would never go down on the day
that wOulf see him still remain its pastor.
During this ADDRESS the audience became
perfectly wild with excitement, and when he
spoke of his loneliness in the fight the con-
gregation Justify ClappeI their hands ald
stamped their feet. Tne report of the com
mittee was adopted and they were discharged
from any further consideration OF the subject.
Preparations were then made for calling
the advisory council, and the meeting ad-
jourDed.
ANOTHER "sTATEMENr' PREPARING.
II was reported in Brooklyn Thursday
night that Mr.. Redpath and Mr.. Moulton
were preparing another statement. Mr.. Red
path is TO give some additional facts about
the scandal which ne could have given IN his
testimony AT the trial, but did not.
THE WILL OF THE CINCINNATI MIL
LIONAIRE- DDHa Ptd,t AMI Repyeseafdsi r.
BGEallg Contest The will OF Ii notify Kir-
by, OF Cincinnati, who died recently, leaving
q
was taken TO the probate court yesterday,
but, owing 10 the strange requests made by
the deceased, steps were Immediately taken
10 prevent the probate OF the will by General
Banning and Dom Piatt. Ii appears that
Mary Francis, p notorious character of Cum
miDSvilIe, suburb Of Cincinnati. where Kfr-
by resided, claims 10 have been the wife OF
the deceased, and is left by the will $4,000.
Five illegitimate children whom the deceased
mentions as his adopted children are placed
on al equal footing with the legitimate chill
IN frt. fnr hi
period of fifteen years OF the former. Mrs.
Fox. another woman, was made q handsome
oeQueSt. ii seems the entire estate has been
FILTERED away in this manner. DR.. Thomas
Wood, WHO had known the deceased for a
number Of years, testified in court that the
deceased was monomaniac; that he was in
iatuated with the woman Francis, and sub
mitted to intOierable abuse from her. Other
Witnesses VIII, 1t is presumed. testify I'm a
similar manner. The will will probably be
sci aside. The affair causes great sensation
AN OLD GENTLEMAN CAPTURES HIS
BURGLAR.-Michael McCrath, a gentleman
ted at O'Clock yesterday morning in his
residence, corner SD street and Sd avenue
near Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, when he heard q
noise in the parlor below. He walked noise
lessly down In his stocking feet, peeped into
the back parlor, and there saw a stout man
ransacking the drawers OF a desk. Mr.
McGrath crept up quietly, seized him by the
collar, and called loudly and often for help.
The back window through which the bur
glar had entered was open, and an officer
heard the calls. He ran quickly to the front
door, raped, and was admitted by the other
inmates OF the house Meanwhile the bur
glar made desperate efforts to escape but
was held until the officer took him. He gave
inc name of Joseph Kaiser said he was from
BoS ton, and was identified by Mr.. L. s.
Bogart as the man who robbed his housa. He
had Bogart's stolen coat on his oack.-lN Y
WOTtd, 1i,t.
DID THE DOCTORS KILL CARRUTH? DR..
Go S.F o,Ial,,
ined for the defense yesterday on the trial of
Lands for the murder of Mr.. Carruth. He
expressed the opinion that the death OF Car
ruth was the result of malpractice, caused
by frequent and deep probing of the wound,
and neglect OF the attending physicians To
open the abcess that protruded from the
wound. He commended that had this been
done the Inflammation of the brain would
have beea removed. During the afternoon
Attorney General Vannata objected TO the
course taken by the defense in attempting TO
show that Landis did not die OF the gunshot
wound, but OF wound subsequently given
which should not have been given. A num-
Der of allopathic physicians testified TO their