Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-26
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SOME CONSPICUOUS FIGURES IN THE
.eEECHER-TlLToN SCANDAL.

SOME CONSPICUOUS FIGURES IN TIL
REGENERATION SCANDAL.
The Recent Death Of Mrs. Henry Ware
Beecher Recalls the Famous scands
Csse-Mrs. Tilton Still Lives In Brook
lyn-Theodore Tilton Resides In Paris.
1t Is a long time since the famous Beech
er-Tilton scandal case was tried in Brook
Ign, and very many Of tho people who
were conspicuous in it have passed away.
Mr. Bcecher was the first to die, and then
Judge Nelson. who tried the case follow.
ed him. Henry c. Bowens was the last
death recorded Of tho men prominently
identified with 1t. and now Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher Is dead. Moses S. Beach.
who gave thousands Of dollars to defend
Mr. Beecher, and Augustus Storrs, who
was for 30 years the treasurer of Plymouth
church, died few years ago, and half a
dozen other self sacrificing friends of the
Plymouth pastor have died since Mr..
Bcccher's death, among them John r.
Howard. Both Mr.. and Mrs. John Hutch
|
with Plymouth church. are no more.
OF MIR. Bccchcr's three sons, only one
| has continued to live in Brooklyn. Mrs
Bcecher scemcds unhappy anywhere else,
and she was intensely interested in the
church and all that related to it, attending
| its social meetings regularly and being
always anxiOusly dcsirous to be included
in all it's undertakings. And. he it said to
a hhnft's ico oh k0 <1,o 81
day of her presence there, constantly graft
fed by the Difference and attention paid
her by the pastor first, and then by all u.s.
ISOLATED with him in the management of
affairs. At first her place was rather un-
comfortable one. for she was jealous of all
her rights and privileges us the wife of
tho former pastor. but DR.. Abbott's affa-
bility and sincerely earnest effort to make
her happy resulted successfully, and to the
end of her days she was the recipient of at
tentions from the congregation. Through
the self seeking of publishers she mistaken
ly permitted herself to be kept before the
public as writer on household subjects.
Mrs. Beecher never again saw Mrs. TIL
ton after the trial, though the latter con.
tinued to live in Brooklyn, as she does
now. She never mentioned her name after
Mr.. Beecher's death and was not aware
probably that the wife of the man who had
blighted Mr.. Beecher's fame was living q
secluded existence, at first earning bare
living by music teaching and afterward
becoming q dependent upon her dau9hter's
efforts.
Mrs. Tilton became fundamentally for
q time and then tOtally-from the pres
ence of catar,cts which formed in her eyes.
Too much weeping was given as the cause !
of her great misfortune, and she lived for.
several years in q darIened room, hoping !
against hope for a long time. Within the
last year and half successful operations
have been performed upon her eyes, and
once more she is able to Sec AS her health
has improved her vision has increased,
and now she is able to go about the city
alone and to take her place in her widow
ed daughters home, useful and happy
Of the little household
OF the two daughters of, Theodore TIL
ton, both Of whom he took to Earope and
placed in school in Germany, neither has
seen him for years One married and ia
living in Chicago. The other returned to,
Brooklyn and has lived the,life Of sue
,essful te0eher since the death. Of her hus- r.
oand, which occurred some years ago She
has two children, and they, with her moth
r, constituta'her family. Shewas . school
Zirl at Packer institute when: the trouble
between her father and Mr.: Beeeher be-
anne the topic: of the town a1tliof the ma
ion, and the sudden transition from =
lappy home to:a position of almost total
ocial ostracism made an impressions that Il
gil not be outlived. The eldest q the
amily Of children, she became tho care
aker and second mother to her'sister Al.
CO, and together they lived alone in . for
ign country until both were Crowd up.
Ter lips have never been opened On the
uhject of her. fathers and her motker's
roubles, and the name of the FORMER nov
r is mentionexa.by he1. II
Theodore Tlton, survives nearlEall those
gainst whom he set himself in the dark
ays of the scandal, but his wife and
laughter will outliNe' him in ALL proba-
'ihty, as he liz more. advanced in. years
han Mrs. Tirtom and is no longer the TO
ust man he WAS. He is living alone in
Paris, doing what newspaper and other
7ritinK he can get to- do and seeing but
ew of the many Americans who. are al
rays ut the Fronch capital A few. OF his
primer friends-one In particular-visit !
i'm yearly, but he is NO longer Of impor-
ance to those Of his own generation, and
he younger generation has no memory of Z
i'm, His reputation alone survives.
DR.. Charles. Hall, who preached Mr..
|eecher's funeral sermon, has joined the !
reat majority, and his brother Edward
nd his sister; Mrs. Stowe, are gone. The
ev. Mr.. Halliday, identified with Mr..
eecher for quarter of a century, still
lrvives, but is old and feeble. Horace B.
latin died several years ago. Stephen v. 4
1hite, who, like MIR. Clafin, gave with
wish hand to Plymouth church and
JARED his wealth with Mr.. Beecher. is, as
. has been for thirty odd years.. q deacon.
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