The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

lISOu was OF~~
Iican caucus tonight for U. $. senator
| by acclsmatiOn.
NEW YORK. Jan 15.-The annual
| meeting of the New York and Brook
| Iyn association Of Congregational
| churches was held this morning at
I'lymonth Chur. b. Moderator Rev.
J. G. Roberts called the meeting to
! order. The attendance was small.
Henry Ward Beecher, who is not a
| member of the association, was re-
| 0uestpd to sit ~ 4 corresponding
| member. He complied. After the
different pastors had reported on the
] condition OF their churches Beecher
| addressed the meeting. He said:
"Wh+n l began to preach my con-
prpgati.n did not know what OrthO-
doxy a but at last thev are begin-
ming to find out. [Laughter,] l
work in the details Ut my own
church. /, perhaps. know less about
it than almost any other member, II
spread out SO widely. The May1oW-
er mission and Bethel are really
churches within themselves TIE la.
bors of the church are undiminished
| and the charity OF the church Is even
more widely extended than ever be-
| fore. [ have to go and the night
cOmeth when no ma 4
work. Although | am
~ years old and past, l think l can
| do as much wO,k with less fatigue
| than l did in middle life. l like to
work. .
Beecher in giving the facts abont
Plv,nunth church said: This ground
! was occupied by the old + irst P'esby-
terrain Church, of which DR.. Cox Was
pastor, The ground and buildings
were bought by Mr. Howard, Henry
G. Bower and Mr.. Hall. At first l
did not care to receive Il call from the
commercial body Of men, but still III
October OF that fall l Game and COUP
menced work here. I had strong
faith that the spirit in the church
Was contented that this church must
be a revival church.
Beecher went on giving some rem
iniscences of other Congregational
churches in the city. He felt panied
when he heard it said Plymouth
church was not a COngregatl nal
church. 1t Was, and other churches
had left Plymouth out in the cold.
P1TTsB Ra, Jan. l6.-In the Mutt
trial this morning Mr.. Playford
opened for the defense, outlining the
case which will be based on emOlion-
al insanity. He said the defense did
not deny the killing but would show
that at the time the deed was CON-
mitted past wrongs and Outrages upon
the family made the defendant unable
to control his will. He would prove
that after the shooting of his father
the liabi ity to mental disturbance,
which is hereditary in the family
took a strong hold and affected de-
PENDANTS reason.
DR.. Fuller testified that he has been
the family physician for II years and
always believed James Was mentally
deficient and inclined to harbOr feel
ings of enmlty until he become a
mOnomaniac. He considered him an
imbecile idiot.
Mrs. n att said that James was al
ways a good boy and much attached
to his parents. She considered him
the reverse Of being mentally strong.
Hearing Dukes letters, he be anne
more and more angered. The for
mer greatly excited him. Once when
he came home from town much agi-
tated he said: "MOther, don't you
think the william Dukes had the impu-
dence to look at me and laugh" A
week before Dukes was shot, the boy
would scream murder" in his sleep
and frequently walked the floor and
Wept.
WHEELING, Va, Jan. 15.-Robert
Mason was arrested at Jacobsburg.
Belmont county, yesterday, charged
with passing counterfeit money, and
failing to give 5000 bonds for his
appearance at st. Clairsville to-day
in the court he was sent to Jail. The
bogus money was very good imita-
Of quarters and nickels. His opera
tons have extended a lCng time and
have probably been large.
WALLA WALLA. Jan. 15.-John
Elfers. who Shot Dan Haggerty be-
cause the latter would not Day him
four bits he owed him, was hanged
this morning.
SAN FRAN 1sCO, Jan. 15-The
chamber OF commerce adopted a res.
OlutiOn this afternoon memUriallZing
congress to provide efficient harbor
defences for the Pacific coast
LONDON, Jan. 15.-While ten men
and boys were in a cage l n GamOnt
colliery, Wales. the rope broke aud
all We're hurled to the bottom and
killed.