Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1875 — Page 1

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iT.EAKS OF THE FLOOD. A DESTROYING- DELUGE. "Wave oa Wave, Wild and Wierd. AN AWFUL SCENE. CKTAXTlAli 6TRCCTURES OS LAUD AND OX WATER SWfcPT AWAY AN OV BR WHELMING OVKRFLOW CF JCB AND WATER THK CAUSE AND CRISIS OP THE AVALANCHE AND TUE RUIN WROUGHT. TL Sentinel baa detailed from day to day the progress of the flocd of water and ico that has been sweeping ever tbe fruitful valleys of the Delaware and the Sasquebanna. Cut no adequate idea of the terror and grandear of the tcene could be gleaned from tbe telegr?pi:c report. Tbe New York nulls delayed until yesterday afternoon, give rraphie accounts of the scene and situ it ion. From the mass of material at hand tho Sentinel summarize the following: AT PORT JERVIS. The ice formed as follows: Oa Saturday afternoon, February 20tb, twenty mile? cf Ice between this village and Lackawaxen, suddenly broke up ni cime ruhirs down the river, tearing ud trees along shore and grindias into tue Lank. Tbe suspension bridge srsnnlng the river here was soon lined witb spectators. Suddenly a great -cake of lea grounded on a reel half a mile below the bridg, and In a few inin utes hundreds of other ice blocks were piled upon it, formirg a dam. Tbe water at once began to get back until it found channels on each side of the obstacle, but these were so shallow that tbe ice ould not pass, and it began to stop. Tbe unbroken ice below helped tho dam thus formed against the pressure from above. Still tbe great mass nficecimo rubbing on, piling bisher and higher until it touched the under timbers of the bridge, twenty-two feet above tbe water level, making it qui vcr like an aspen leaf, white tbe aUrigbted spectators fled for their lives. At this moment, fortunately, it stopped rising, simply because there was no moro ice to pile on top. This probably saved tho briJge and Jthe 'townwbicb, however, did not escape with out damage. A dozen small wooden tenement houses standing next to tbe river, below the railroad embankment, were shoved from their foundations and their lower floors Hooded, their inmate hurriedly leaving tarniture and everything else behind in their elfort to escape. A tmall mill stream, swollen with rain, which enters the river near the suspension bridge, being blocked up with ice at Ips mouth, sei back, overflowed Its banks and inundated the gas works and tbe cellars and lower floors of many d Wellings. For a time the town was -deprived of gaslight, and almost a panic prevailed tor a day or two among those living oil the low grounds. Hall iue village buildings and all tbe property ou the F.rie railway, v.-ortb f 1.000,000, were thought to be doomed. The river, however, bail fortunately not risen much, and the water soon found its way through and underneath the ice, which in many places was heaped up HIGHER THAN TUB BANKS, higher even than tho roofs of some houses on tbe lower grounds. It was readily apparent thst the danger was not over, and present fright changed to expectant alarm. Many removed their household goods to higher grouud, and sat watching half the night for tbe ilood to come. But the weather changed to coivicr r.nd in a short time it appeared that for four miles the river had disappeared, and no one knew whether it had again found its old bed, or whether it was trickling through the great mans of tee in a multitude of different channel. An examination, however, soon convinced thecbiet engineer of the Erie railroad that the river was forcing its way by different chancels which would eventually become united into one. But until that occurred nothing conld be done, and so lor a week tbe glacier lay undisturbed, settling every day more firmly down into the bed of tho river. On Sunday, March 7, two feet of wet snow fell, greatly increasing the danger. Mr. taanute at once cam hero from Nw York. bringing with lr.m 300 poana.4 of mtro-gljcerine, and finding that tbe water had begun to How under the g'.acier in one connected stream, the coarse ct which could bo traced by a d?pres--siou in tbe ic above, on Tuesday, March 9, lie began blasting cut a channel a; the lower end of the gore. The city authorities assisted in tbe work, which has teea continued every Jay ticce, and fiOO pound ot nvtro-pjlycerine, besides a large amount ol giant powder, have been used. By t-Li means a channel has boert opened three-quarters of a mile lorg and from 2-" to 40 fret ide through thi caster of the glncier. The original iea doi, which bad Ivecn tbe nucleus of tbe wbolo gorg, was reached three days ago. For a tima it was undecided whether this bIiouM be broken through t once or mined aad left standing, to bo blown up when the prossure of tho flood retched its climax, t-.o a to get tho ma3 in motion. Finally, for fear the min-'? rr.'gbt mR lire at thö critical moei-t. ii was decided to cut a sluiceway through the ice dan, which might bo widened by the water, and to ruine tbe rtnrnnirg buttrc-H23 artl blow them up when the fiord win?. This plan W2S generally carried out. Tbe blasts were always tire-d. wnen p;.-sille.fio:n the bottom of the river, because by ro doing -a coco of water cf considerable diameter at the upper surface or ba.se cculd be acted 'upon and a lerge mass of ico forced up by it. It fired close ui der the ice only a circular hole is made in it by the explosion. "Whore the water is from teu to fifteen left deep the -effect i greatest, the great ma?s of ice above being lifted bodily and broken into a thousand pieces. Some of the explosions throw columns ot water, full of Ice crystals, 150 leet high, produc ug an effect I.IKK THK ERCTTIONOK A GEYSER. A Tribuno telegram from Port Jervis, 4-ited the 17th Inst., sayg : About noon yesterday news came that the river was rising rapi lly above Hancock, which stands near the junction of the east and west branches of the Delaware, 70 miles above Port Jervls. -Chief engineer Chanute foresaw that the approach of a wave like this foreboded disaster when It should reach the gorgs at this Elace, nni preparations were made, y mining the main data of the glacier, to-set tbe whole rnss moving as (oon us the high water should strike It. Tbe velocit y of the flood-wave was found to be nearly five mis an hour, and Its greatest depth lrwn eight to ten feet. A time table was convtruottd bised on theso data, by means of which all places oa the river botween Fort Jervis and the approaching flood wero warned by telegraph at what time to look out for hi;b water. It was calculated that the wave would reach the gorge here soon af.er 7 a. m. to-day, and tbe calculation proved to be correct. Meantime the excitement and cervousnes of the people, who were In imminent peril of property and lives, momentarily Increased. About 3 a. m. news cf the ice bavins broken through the pass at Narrowsburg was tale-

graphed to Mayor!Abbott, who, perceiving

tbe imminent danger, at once aroused the whole police force ot the village, and ordered them to awaken all the people living oa the 11 its at uerman towD, a little lettlement ban a mile west or 1'ort Jervis. but included in the same corporate limit.. These people were warned to get their housabold goods in readiness for removal, and to prepare to flee to nigner ground at a moment's notice. At 5:15 a. m. the ice passed Pond Eddy, twelve mile3 above, the crest or the wave being ten or twelve feet In bight. Evervthing was swept away before It, end at 6 o'clock tee screaming cf a sharp whistle aroused people from their beds, and tbey rushed out into tne streets. Meanwhile Chief Engineer Chanute had sent men cut upon tho Icj at Sim's Cliff, who placed two fifty-pound charges ot nitro-glycerinn Into the holes alreadv drilled frr them, und a favorable moment for cxplodirgthem was awaited. At 0:30 a. m. the water began to rise rapidly. raising the glacier up until it nearly readied the under timbers ot the suspension bridge. The ice. however, showed no sizns of mov ing, and hundreds collected upon tho bridge to watch the rise which wa3 going ou at the rate ot two inches a minute. Suddenly, about? a.m.. a tremendous explosiou wa beard, shaking the bridge, and sanding blocks ot ice at Sim's Cliff high m the air. Mr. Chanute conceiving that TUB CRITICAL MOMENT had arrived had fired one of tho charges ol nitro-elvcerino. The ellecl was to sliatter the maiu dam ol the glacier, and great cakes of ice began to drop into tho water and float awav, but the gorge still remained firm. An attempt was made to lire the other blast, but in the ha9te of the moment the electric connections bad been imperfectly made, and the attempt fulled. Had It succeeded Mr. Chanute was confident tbe gorge would at once have begun to move, The effect of the first explosion on the gDectators who lined the bridge 8nd the banks wa great, and they cheered loudly, expecting to see the ica start; but it remained as solid as ever, although the tremendous pressure from above swelled It up into hum mocks, and thrust great blocks upon the banks. Suddenly a cry arose that the re treat of those on the bridge was being cut oft by tho water backing up the mill-race, and llnwing down through tbe tenter of KlDg street the first street parallel with tbe river, and the scene of the overflow at the time tbe goree formed. A rush was made across King street toward the railroad depot, and in twenty minutes a current swept down King street. The first intimation of tbe wreck of the rail road bridge, which occurred et 7:10, A. m.. was brought to the village by Mr. Thomas, who. perceiving the great danger to tbe town, ran down with his engino warning the people along the river to flee to higher ground. About S o'clock, when the water in king street, was running like a racewav tlx feet deep, the engine catno rushing dowu the track, keeping up a continuous and deafening screaming with Its whistle, while several men stood on the tender waving their hats frantically ard shouting to everybody to clear the track, for tho ilocd was comlcg. Several thousnnd persons were standing on the railroad track between thedr-pot ana the Delaware House, and, when this warntng was received, bells were rung, whi3tles blown, and a scene of wild comuaion ensued. Everybody rushed for tho higher ground up Tike street. Several ladles tainted, and bad to be carried away in an express wagon. At tbe samo time two or three wagon?, which had gone up the valley to warn the people when danger ap peared, came rattling uown tne tracK, tue drivers lashing their horses into a gallop, and crying that the water was coming close Dehind them. At s o ciuck ids wa:er Degao to run down the railroad track and up into Fike street, at a depth of two feet, surrounding the Delaware Houe and railway depot, and filling all tbo cellars in the vicinity. The inundation was caused by the river's having broken over its bauks near toe residence ot Wade lsuck ley, above Qermantown, and about a mila above the railroad depot. Great blocks of ice were swept along by It, and fio rapid wathe rise that the people in ueraiautown, which includes about one hundred BQiall houses, bad hardly time to escape to the terrace above the railway, and those who tarried to Bocuro some of their household eflacts bad to wado through WATER UP TO THEIR NECKS. In a lew moments many of the hounes were flooded up to the window sills, and several were carried from thGir foundations and stia' terd by the ica. Orders wero given to removo all the engines in tho railway rcundhouso and repair-shops, CO r 40 ia number, and thev were fired up, arid throo or four started uway down tht track toward Carpent r' Point. About 8 o'clock Kingstreet, the lower end of Pike, Ivambtr, Thompson. Brown, First, Second, e.nd "J bird streets, end the Iiiilroal ovenue, were all flooded with wr,tr liota two to eight feet d'iC-p. The mandated portion occupied h triangle o.CjJ f:et long and 1,000 loet across tho bjwo, tiie river bounding on sdt and the railway tbe other. This i-paca was occupied by "about 100 building', in somo cf wbich the water hid risen ball way up to tha second story, driving tue inmates into the upprr room, fjr reiugc. Outhouses, fences, and tshe.is were torn from their foundations and fl-tatcd down toward the river. The water still rosg rapidly, and it f-eemed that nothing could eavo the town from utter destruction. All this timi tbe irorze remained firm, showing no signs of yielding to the pressura from above. It had becn shaved down against the suspension bridge and was piling higher and higher every minute. Mr. Chmute, Mayor Abootl and Superintendent Themas had gona down opposite tho lower end ot tho gorge and were watching anxiously to see it give way where the channel bad been blasted tbrouh. About 8:30 a channel bad opened almost up to the suspension bridge, and at 8:10 tbe gorge began to move, slowly at first, but gathering ppeed and momentum until It swept by the town at the rate of lour miles an hour, passing over all obstacle", and rounding the tend at Carpenter' Point with undiminished speed. Cheer upon cheer aroso from the thousands who were watching the spectacle, it being evident that tbe town was saved. As soon as the gorge gtartod tbe water in the streets began tofall, and in ton minctes it hid fallen eighteen iuches. Within tho next fifteen minutes it rose nearly two feet higher in the river, over the sufpenvion bridge, to which all attention was n w turned as it seemed to bo doomed to destruction. Tho gorgo was moving in a compact form, and great blocks ot lc pr.-.jucting above Its pur'ace cams in contc with tho bridge with terrifia force, swaying it powerfully, until the three inch cables seemed ttraitdng almost to breaking, tha pine lowers waved cracking to and fiu, nnd tbo planking was ripped up like shicgles. Still the stout ca'jles did not break, and the towers remained erect. The heavy timbers that bad boea braced between the central towers were snapped iuto pieces like matches, and yet the bridge did not go. For 15 minutes endure 1 this savers pounding and thrusting to and f;o, and it ff med that- it would withetaud all the eff jrts of the ice to break it,

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MARCH 25 1875.

I when suddenly, about 9 o'clock, moving ma esucauy out swnuy, uown upon it came I an immense fragment of the broken Iron railroad bridge, ridlpg 20 feet above tbe surwee, ana iiwieet long. iistrucKinesuepension unage, Droaa&iae on, on tue rennsyi vania side of the middle pier. Over went the threo lower towers with a crash, tbe great cable strained and snapped, and THE IROX MONSTER MOVED stocaily down stream, bearing ou its crest the white railing of the suspension bridge. Though the threo towers oa the dam stream side were all overturned, and tho lower cable was broten, tbe three upper towers re mained fctanding, and the upper cable was not broken, only the wire stands connecting it witii tue roadway, having narted when the latter was swept away. The piers ap peared to bo unirjurcd. .This bridge was the property of a companv, the nrincipa member of which was If. II. Farnhani aiargoreal estate owner at Port Jervis. I wa3 erected several years ag- and was val ueci at about forty tboueand dollars. lb was a toll Lrldgo and very unpopular with the inhabitants. Shortly alter the suspension bridge went down the river began to fall and lass ico passed by the tovn. Jiv 10 o clock a.m. tl.eweterno longer flowed in tbe streets, and th3 flood was virtually over Only detached pieces of ice were floating in the current. On each bank of tbe river remnanta of tbe great scree remained piled up twenty or thirty ft-et bizb. Two spans o the iron bridge lodged about four miles below Port Jorvis.onthe Pennsylvaniashore.Iiithe narrow channel called the lJ?nnekill. Chief Engineer Chancav went dxwn during the arternoon to Bee if a portion of them could not be saved, and possibly nsed In tbe re construction of the bricrgo. When the gorge nrat lormcd this bridge was thought to be very greatly endangered, but all fears of its iiOK swept away had Ions since been abandoned. A trustle-work bridge for tem porary u?e will be begun at once, and will bo ready for use in a few days. In the mean time arrangements will be made to ferry passengers across as soon as tbe river is free from ice. At Pond E Jdy, five miles above. there is a highway suspension bridge, which can be reached by carriage from Port Jervis, and will bo used to transfer passengers. The scene along tho Susquebauns and the L.ehigh Is described In detail similar in style to the above. The work ol the wild waters and the inundating ice is thu3 described by tne Herald correspondent: .Looking over the vast SWEEP Or TUE SUSQUEHANNA, the track of tbe terrible flood Is plainly seen in tho huge slabs of solid ico piled up along the banks and in many places tossed up into rugged promontories twenty feet high. Tbe groundsel the elegant resld3nces along the river point on the west side aro terribly dis figurec by the uncouth accumulations left by tbe anjry flood. In and around the junction there are painful evidences of dertructioo. Houses have been wrecked, outbuildhi2S swept away, fences rem -ved. trees uprooted and vast deposit ot ice left in the low bottom lands. Just iove tne Junctiou a magnificent iron bridge spanned tho Iickswanna river, which empties into tho Susquehanna at this polut. This, too, fell a prey to the flod. and was completely demolifheä. Scarcely a vestige remains of the handsome strncture, which, though email, cost nearly f 10.C0O. Tbe back water from tho Susquehanna carried it away. Ot the three largo bridges which were swept into the. current,' and whose mammoth proportions parsed" out ot eight intact, not a beam or girder is to be seen from the river banks. Shortly alter they went down a terrible crash wa beard below, where thev probably struck on a small island which lies just opposite Wyom ing, in about the center ot the river. Although the bndzes are gone end the river has subsided considerably, there exists great apprehensions with regard to a supplementary flood, which will undoubtedly set ia with warmer weather. It has been ascertained that all the ice has not gone out yet. Indeed, a gorgo of unusual proportions and strength nas formed since last nicht, be ginning at a point about two miles above this place and extending up the river beyond Itansoms'p, which is about eight miles from here. This gorge is in extent about half a mile wide, and it goes up the Susquehanna at least ten miles, if not fur ther, 'lne wnoie distance is covered wdii vast acres of crystal slabs, from three to four faet thick, and massed in Irregular conformations to the aversge height vt twenty feet. Looking down upon itlroma bridlepti in the mountain below Campbell' Ij-de to-night, th ecene is one of terrific Arctic grandeur. The rugged peaces ol the crystal block3 stand like giant epenrs and rennet the pa.o rsys of tho moon wi'li spectral significance. This gorgo is lodged here between two lofty mountain ranges ahnest perpendicular in tueir iorma;ion and now covered with two or thrfe leet of saow. Many farmhouses aro submerged, Biid all railroad communications are cutoff. Tne Lebih V.-ilW road, which touches here, is covered with watfr and ice to the .h of several feet, lhe telfgrnph poles long this rcuts are all elown. Tbe residonis in tho ne ighbnrhrod of-Ransom aud of tho siiinll plmes between that placo End Pittstou are In a roost terriblo state of auxioty a3 to what will occur when the weather UNSHACKLKS TUE FRIGID GRASP or tne ic9 gorges and transforms tno ynst Eccuiiiulatlons of saow on the mountains iuto running streams. Tbey say that thj dingers of a more terri hie 11 od than has yet occurred are apparent. This is believed to bathe case hero in Pittston. A number of email boats made their appearance ou the river to-cisyto Jerry passenger across, but very few were willing to risk tho dangers of the furious current. The first person to cross was a compositor in the Comet office, who came over la a skiff, al though implored by candre&s on the banks not to make tbe attempt, The ice is dammed back in tho maiu chan nel at a distance cf about two mile below Pittston, "and the waters are cutting new avenues on either side throuch the flat.. At Plainaville tbo Lehigh Valley railroad depot is all oat of sight. Several freight cars, w ith their contents, together witb the freight in the depot, are ruined. J ust below thia point and about four miles below Pittston are seen two6p?ns otthe old covered bridge and ono span of tbe new bridge, all of which are lodged in the ic9, apparently but little damaged. A low rods below Is another spaa of the new bridge, twisted and rolled Into a ball of wood aud Iron. Tho remaining two spans cf the new bridge and another lost span of the old bridge must have been smashed to pieces and sunk beneath tho heavy cakes ot ies. There isnobignof their whereabout. At thia place the wafers have cut to the westward, through the plains of tbe historic Forty Foot and covered tbe entire level, even into Kingstcn-borougb, just west of "Wilkes bar re. Kingston is a beautiful village of about 1,000 inhabitants, and its main street is now traversed only by 6kiffs, and famllieare deserting their homes for moro secured locations. Agaits; the sides of the mountain from this point.where the waters overflow the banks ol the Forty Foot to the Wilkesbarre bridge, tbe chanutl

presents a spectacle even more Imposing and dangerous than any other below Uinsom. The ice is piled up la masses In some places fifteen to twenty feet in height, and Is held In its place only by tbe gorge below and the frigidity of the atmosphere. Tbe water hs reached the mine openings in several places between Pittslon and Wilkesbarre, and begun to flood the anthracite regions below. Last evening measures were taken to stop the damage by cementing up

tnebe openings, ana too woru ctm goes on ah trains nortb on the L3high Valley rail road are stopped at Wilkesbarre, their pro gtess further being imrx)B3itlo for severs days, even should future events prove most javirauip. j ne unites .siatca mails are be ing piled up in tbe storehouses oi the rail road company, and great Inconvenience must be experienced tbsruby. NAUGHT I NAUKATIYE. THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE TLLTONS. THEODORE'S TERRIBLE TALE3 A Al-IKIIHTKI) TO DIM BT HER WHILE Tills WILLING W11NKKS K0RGET8 DATES SHE REMEMBERS SOLACIOUS STATEMENTS SHE SAYS THEO DORK MA OK TO HER CONCERNING) HIS WIFE AND VISITORS, AND Tn E LITTLE RED LOCXGEA SAD AND &ICKEMNU STORY, isw iokiw, Tiaren it. rno experience of the crowd yesterdry that clamored for admission to the Brooklyn city court room to hear tho continuation of the ecory of Bes sie Turcer in the great scandal case caused a great falling off in tho numbers in tbe tor ridors. a here did not seem to be more than the louror five hundred who can be aecommo dated with seats In the court room, and who had the neceseary admittance tickets. Verv itn tuaucuwo uisappuiniea exDortencfl fif fnm Ann. A.I Wa . J I J . . .vMiriuj. jvs consequence. It was dosr! bie to-day to reach the court room ana pre eerve one's clothing iritact. Mrs. Tilton en, tered, accompanied bv- Mrs. Field. Mr anearman and Bessie Turner, and took her uai Brae ity siae i:h Ko mnin.. Mrs. Morse. I ive minutes after 1 1 Theodor niton bustled into court, and was closely roiioweu Dyr.ir. issecher and his wife. Five minuws ai.er toou Caldwell led Mir Tin ner tcHhe stand, and her cross-examination was coutinued. She testified: I did not tell i-urs. iuorHe oi niton's attempting my ruin I think Mrs. Tilton told her; can't rememier now a Knew the ofiice where air. jcc&ards was emDlovd. I dii nnt. tell Mrs. Putnam tbe story voluntarily. sh questioned me about it soma seven monins arter 1 went If.ere. The firat time I ever heard Theodore Tilton's stories against his wife was the day we arrived from Mari etta in tne parlor. I recollect, too, tbe firs im C8 maae inecnarces. The firsr. rtmo Mrs. Tilton left the bouso was on account of these stories; the second time it occurred uay cr so auer our return from Marietta. I had not, at that time, heard of the t with Lovren, but I could not swear to this. I could not say if I was asked that question betöre th3 committee. Fulterton read tht question from tho book containing witness's testimony, in which she was afcked the question a;.d replied, "yes." The witness continued.! Ii I said that then, it mit h been so. I lets Kevoort on nrvinnt of the di&liks ct Silas Tilt never was accused of tellini? filsshn.vi while I was there, and I did not threaten to MAKE KY3ELV SICE. I remember little Paul's death. I thick it was after his month's sickness. I do not remember if Mrs. Tilton went awav ntf.ir Paul's death. I remember the rilton'h conversation with h!s wife In which he said: "You have brought this girl on to use agalast me." These were bis exact words. I could not say if I told this to the committee. Witness was handed a volume containing bar testimony before that bodv and asked if on that occasion she used these words, and tbe witness replied This is not the expression I used on tnat occasion, but told the committee of it an it was in niv mind then. I may have used the word testify belore the committee. Durins Mrs. Tilton's illness in December, 1670, she was attended by Dr. Stubbs. shft was nursed by Mrs. Mitchell, who left betöre Mrs. Tilton recovered. Mrs. Tilton did not leave her bed lor two weeks. The two letters the counsel read yesterday in my trunk; in ooKing over my leiter 1 came across tbe?e two. I w friendly with Tilton after he en. ered my room in LSG. I wa.sriot afcerv w ith him lor coming into my room oa that civaion, but was uogry wen he put his hand onmycecK. ldld not then think be had any improper design upon me. I only tho lght so alter 1 was ia Mbriettaln ls70 and had emie conversation, with Mrs. Tihon t l:-lt for Stcubeavlilc in Januarv or V aY,. uiry, 1371. and wrote the letter to Tilton. I don't thick to ansvvered It. I wrote him ono letter oa May 24. froln Maiietta. and I think Duly one. Witnevs was r.g'ked if she wrote a letter from Steabeuvilld to Tilton. consulting him ia regard to an offer ot mar riage sbobad received. Ex-Jud:; Porter fcbjecttd to this, on the ground that the lütttr its'jlf should l;Q Diaced in eviriarc. mlsss the testimony was circa toshow it tv is lost. Fullertoa tsaid ho did net wish to introduce the Ie:ter m it contained the name or a third party. Judge Neilson rulod the question out as being too broad, and calling iuriu jj)rmiiiMiua ui mo iciier. X" uiieriou then asked: Did you write to Tilton of your ctfer of marriage. I NEVER WAS MARRIED said the witness. Tho question was re peated, and she said he wrote mo first about it aud I answered the letter. Fullerton asked : " Did vou tell him of vour offer of marriage, or consult him?" This raised another argument. The defense claiming It and called for the letter. Tbe question was ruled out. The witness then testified, after being handed the letter for examination. that this was the one she wrote him. Ho wrote to her first, aud tbii was the answer. She also testified: "I remember the time tberd was a woman's rights mooting at Mrs. Tilton's. There were present Miss Aulhony and Mrs. Staaten. I think they had a chair man presiding, but do nut remember that any papers were read, or reports received from committees. I thought Mrs. Tilton had something to do with tueni. I remember several ot these meetings being held. and knew cf some cf - them beicc held In Mr. Tilton's absence. I think some of Bsechei'a people came to these meetings, perhaps Mrs. Harriet iieecner fc:owe, but i could uot say for cer tain. I was present oa tbo occasoa when Tilton asked bis "wife to stand awuy from him, ks he did not want any person i t mako comparisons. This was not said la n very ouu tone. It was wLon they wero standing near tho folding doors: when to sedd this be put his bead near her ear. He htd to stoop, because she was not so tall. He said. "Llizabetb, don't stand near me, for I don't want any comparisons made, as the contrast Is too great." I do not remember If J stattd on my direct examination that Mr. Tilton said btaud to one side. I did not tell this story before t he committeo. I did ne t do so, because I did not ttlnk of it then I first

told this story to Shearman and Porter, but nave not mentioned it since. I saw him

HANG) ncTCRES IN HIS NIGHT CLOTHES oa two or three occasions; I can't give dates; it was In the night time, in the upper hall; I was in bed and remained there until ha bung them; I do not remember how old I was then; I was ia tod witn the children on one occasion; Mrs. Tilton wasinbed.but theothlr times I do not knnwvi,. wa I remember of Mrs. Tiltoa calling to him to go to bed, and wanting to know what u M ujneing pictures for ia his night clothe?; I wondered what possesspd ibe ironing around iu his nUht clothesI remember speaking ot his wandering aoout me house looking for a soft bod; Mrs. w H . a,m 1 think. 1 only .iciuuir inia but once. The .lue was asked if gbe had not tuted en her direct e xamications that Ii, n, M uaujtof going round in his night clothes, looking lor a sofi bed. uv nnessr-pited be was in the habit of going around in that way. soroo nights, said the witness, be would sleep in theiront ui-uiuoiiHaau sometjra?sia the back Udrooms. Thit was what I meant b hi H.. irig.beds n the iiiht I mentiörd in particular ho tad been in every bed on tbe second and third stories, when he enme U my rodfci in the second story. I v.ent to tho third i-tory wit a Carroll. Ho tbeu came up viic.uauu ifii, ana went dovn to the one I arose from tin-t. Mrs. Tilton accompanied her busband.carrying tbo pillow ia her arms. W hen I left the thtrd story bedroo-n tbov ore jusi preparing to go to bed lie finally wouv io pea in tne room , - tin ttyj ?im tne second storv. on cloner The witness corrected herself saying he had SLEPT IN ALL THK 11X114 in the house. She said he did not It, t mom!nffr.,a.Mn,t . bed-rooms. I remember when Tilton mm u.ui iu uuo ui ice m m s:nrv out all night. I can't remember the vear . unuwas ueiere nine l'aul's death. I do not remember him tellinc Mrs. Tilror. th ne bad to write an obituary of Wir. Pitt n -w tuav i cswnuen. a rememoer sneakiue of an r. TOioB wnen ne reproved Mrs. Tilton for ix-menng mm about tbe servants. I think be controlled the affairs of tbe household in a certain way. He used to talk to the ser vants and If they did;not please him he caused if . J "lon lo UIScharge them. I can not luinK oi any instance ol this kind. The no. currency or Mr. Tilton's lockins? hU wiro in the room took place in tho years 18C7, lh6S uu in witness was at ted if shewas sure inose were tbe vears. Shn oni.-i. i affr. t - X .2 . t m. . . . . . J " üUW fcio hi icuu ana ia whs dhniit a -c.r "' lu" iiowueu xutons unkindness to nis wne. Fullerton repeated the aues'ion and asked lor a direct ansjrer. Bx-Jude Porter objected, and aC114Pd t h counsel for the prosecution of insalting the wiiijcBs. j9ca ana t uiiertoa naively discidiuieu any iaea Ol SUÜ a thing-. The u! question and answer were then read by diP j,f ion rnt A. tfa . . . itinuu ui mo uuun, wnico ruled that the atter sentence of the answer should h stricken out. The witness then continued am sure of these threo vfnrs irinnm Know mo ocaas-on of his locking the door the first time. I have known him to lock utl " rujia over a ao.iu inni s on f occasion ior tnree or lour hours. WneoThe ocKta uer m on these occasions HE WAS ALWATS IN THE ROOM. juecess. After recess Bessie Turner con tinued: I wish to correct a statement about iittlo Paul's death. I said, la July, itoc curred, but it was on SM. Hfra T.lfrvn traa second story bedroom for two or three hours. I think this was ia 1S67, possibly in the wintPr. The other occasions wera in 18G7 an- lb8. Mr. lilton was a publio lec ec. rlv TlZ turer. no was away sometimes in the ea part of the winter. Ho used to read articles to her and subject them to her criticism. but l don't know that be read his letters to her when she was locked up. It was a eeolding lecturo ho was giving her, for his voice was raisea very loud. On ono occasion I went to the door and knocked. I beard Mrs. Tilton saying, "dear, I will make every dolargots far as I can." The tears were run ning down her chef ks. His face was verv red, but he kept it averted from me. On that occasion I heard Mr. Tilton's voice raised in an angry manner; I could not tell what he was sayine : I knocked at the door and it was opened ; Mrs. Tilton was sobbing and crying. I remained there about fifteen minutes; they had been tbere auout tnree or lour Lours. This wa- ia the fternoon, alter lunch, about half-runt, l o'clock, when Mr. Bates was there. Oa an ther occasion Mrs. Tilton was locked un. Mr. Batr3 was there on the evenrg cf Sunday. He came to sunner. and I left at 9 o'clock. They went to the room afer he had conn. I lollowed tt,em up stairs aad they went nto their room, where the3 staved sonic time. I was up and down scairs while th. v were in the room. Tney were in the room about three or lour hours. 1 did not go to oed until they came out. Dozens of times Mr. 'lilton h.d her locked u,. at least two or three dozen time?. It may havo been mora. I am suro it wss threo do7.;n times When I said over a dozsu times I meant that it was more than a dozen. The witness wa? ue-dloncd with regard to her statement ot over a dozen time.?, if she meant three doz?c times. Tha couinbl on the other side obected, and seme legal quabblins wis en gaged in. The question was allowed end tne witness etatüd: I had iu my uind thu it was A GOOD MANY TIMES. thought that saying over a doz3n times would to as good as saying three or four dozsn times. I have named three occasions which I remember very distinctly, but I also remember other occasions. Another time a young lady M as there and he lacked hor up in the room three or four boor-?. I beard him talking to her in a loud and angry tone of voice. 1 was In tbe sitting room, and remained tbere until they came out. Another occasion was when she wa9 sick. In December, 1870, when he came In and said be was a ruined man. He was locked up in the room two or three hours when. Mrs. Mitchell was iu the room. The day after that he was lock3 up with her also. I d- . rot think I can particularize any otier occasion. The witness was asked alwut one of the former lockings up, bus the counsel on the other side objected on tho ground that the evidence given iu the cross-examination could not be recurred to again. A lengthy argument ensued. Tbequesiion was finally allowed, and the witness said: When the door of the room was opened tomvknocs they remained inside. Mrs. Tiltcn" closed the door and Tilton remained by tho bureau, but did not say a word to roe. Mrs. Tiltoa kissed me and said she would forgive me for something wrong I bad done that dav. I remembor Mr. Tiltoa saying at the breakfast taNe one morning that Mrs. Tiltoa was one of the most selfish women that over lived. This is tho. only lime I ever remember him saying this. When they were at the meal Mr. Tilton helped himselt liberally off a plato and then passed it to Mrs. Tilton. She said, "Help tbe children " and Florence remarked, "Mamma, You are very unselfish;'0 and ho said 6tw was one cf

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Stv6elnsh WOm?D hat ever lived I I let hh5 lnmaJOtber called, think I J nn 019 icro. I think WM thf then. J don't rejctijurr I no Lüne tvh v . . . y " t-o pUfc lCe DBOV to sleep. I never collect Mr Tit z out with KeeCb11i"r,,Tllto DS i j t 1Ilton wa' tired when shr mat ty. luton met her at the-cars and EISSID HER AN3 WE ALL (JOT IN the carnage and came-to Brooklyn. Wteo we camo to the house Ellea Dennis and Susan 15. Anthony were there- pha went away after breakfast. Mus Denn J acti STnShto S the Yr-o. bntDt hereaCw: Ja'cd m n6 thebreait,ast atle. I think I s-a.cd to the committee that ibo trouble occurred as the break-f. .v-i. i..,. r .le j luumi out wvuiitu wnü. i rnsr.P: infn tV,. j my ke H, "" .Mm. Tillen tor my fea.ee. He then knocked me down and apologized by savi r lsH .rmJ "1him wiM!I.ethen ?ke5 me I häd charged te kD6 It wa ih. IrnTh iV,r ."f I ' i" oVöu iiTr : soiar lime n,i imo n , I't "T . i-"'1 Uen-y Ward Beecher havine k"h,v.l. ,7. uHve l seen oijwuAi intercourse upon it "and 1.. sen red Ul.ns .1' . v.7r.t . out. 11 L. TiD? l.er Ie8s fondled by men: that'sh hw j.iizneto a nfh v, m Ä"!""'' was. Hethen t r nnnnrr l . . - w HV oversgaiu. He mentions! .1 n... ' JÄH Mr. OvingTon's nameall parlies who had unn 4.,. . f rr;i. . lUKlVMurBB Willi Mrs. Tilton. iln.niH littu PAUL WAS NOT EU CHILD. and of them he only claimed hia daughter Florence. He also said iihnnt l,h.. 1 2randma, w WlA ZI7, aJd ebe P'aced her Laj on hi,' bead u WBa Kaeenng, and said what a magnanimous man vou r .v.. Ord I UStl Iinr tK. !!... when this storv we t kv committing adultery" with these three gentlemeu. Tbe book containing th f(imb, waa siveu to the n-itno . . . ... 'L SM bad told the committee of charrro- .n.;r,t I tbfso three gentlemen and the sumed. When I nm i b 1 J WIIU U I Ui 9 tOid DIA hA RHW fro f ilt-i-M-ecner. After a Iodi? dadraI i m tint sure that Mr. Tilton said his wile confessed Tv?n v 5 have a faint "collection about the word "confession," but I do not remernlwr who ut-ed it. I Pin tint, t ft-inn. v avoid telling whether I rpcnllvtnr Vin r ?.fiI?.0t.r"erc!'.mberwb6the'I told the com Minc9 mst ..ir. iiiion sail that Mrs. Tiltcn had conned to him her criminal intim wita Mr. Beecher. If I said i have been mistaken. Court adi.mrne.i tr Th.9 centennial iaauagers fr Massachu setts have called a dslF-' the lower Horticultural Hall. Tremont street, Boston, oa Wednesday, April 7. at 11 o'clock a. m., in which it

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the th of Au2ust, industrial associations, boards of trades, soonly locked up in the Pieties cf art and architecture, and all per

is desired that all sons engaged in any specific branch ot inuuairy. t-nnil Lie renrrn. rtcH QTATH OF INDIANA, MARION COUNTY, ss. h? in tel:unerior Court of Mai ion County, la Jlate f lndlana- AP'U term. 1W5. iio. Charles McClaren and Charles M. Williams, vs. r ran Kilo t lie insurance Company (of Indianapolis as garnishee. ( Iii it known, that nn Ilm ITtl, r t.. . ; - , . in way v l .'IUI IT LI . Ib.o, the above named plalnUffs by tbelr attorneys. Hied in the office of tbe cleric of tb Superior Court f Marinn nnn.t. n n. State of Indiana, thai co.nplalat against the above named deicuuants for attachment, una on bBltt lth davof March. IV7V ihn u.i.l iiL tills III d la frald clerk's o.'lioe tbe affidavit of compete n l ptrsoa showing that said defendant, teonro . (Stevens. I nt n. ri i-,r f stnte of Indiana isow, ihereiore, by order of Pa'd court, sld deftnU ii t last aoove named is hereby nolifl-d or tne Hi lne and iende asainst niai, nnd that unless ha appears und answers or demurs tne.eto. at, the cailln" of sajd cause on lhe Kfcoad -Uy of the U-riu of said emit. t ba bfgun and toeld at tfce court hoeinihe c:ty oi IcdiannpoMH, oa the first Monday lu June, 175, said coniu.alnr, i,d the loaitei and thine th. r. in r,t.!.. i . ailtKcU, wia ba heird nad determined tn hi aiwence. A. II. tiKUVVN. Clerk. 'CYf1M- UAUK:5Di Hawks, Atitrnejs for l'laininl. O TATK Ol" JX Si JAM A, MAUIOX tOt'ATT, 1J 1! w John M. Vimont vs. f;or?i 'NV Ptphns, as detlra 1 riMir.il! 'uiiaii au-l lua rrujKIin compiuy (or fndia,u,poh) as tiartdshee. in the iS'.ir nor iXjum i f i!j;rirtr. i v. ....... L he (StfLte of Indiann.. Ai.rii 1 it known. tLi.t on Cm f.th lS;-Sth aiKve named nlaintirr. b- Lls itir! ncj H, tuxü iu lheorüceof tue Clrkof the Superior Court of Uarioa count v. in tho m .... r diaua, hH complaint nzalJit tt.e above naratd detendn'.is lor attachuient, and outlaid b'.li dy of March. 16.", Iii pHld plvutift Dud in said Clerk soiace tne a tSd.ivlt ot a- conpeteut i-er-u.showiug that ilia sUd deteudant, UcorgB w. htepheus, is not a lettdeat of the Slate of 1:U1 !i.i. Now, therefare, by order of raid Conrt, satd defendant iat above named s hereby i'oMfltd of the fblLg and j endeney of aid complaint against him, and that unless he appear and nnweis or demurs thereto, t the c.liingof said cau-i on the econd day of th Term of airt wuri, to be begun aud neld at tu iu the city of Indianapolis, on tu I in June, lS7i, said complaint, fni and things therein coatalntd and Court, to be lgun aud neld at the urt llouae first Moaaay d the inatlea d mllLTA.! will ba heard unddeterinlntd lu his abeno . ' A. ll.ßilOWS.Ckrk. . m Ji.wr, lUKHUMIilC 11AWU, Attorney for Ptw'ntlT. The EuUcrter hereby givei notice that be will, In accordance wim Kt-ction Hat ihe receou license law parsed, make ai piicatioa lo the County CorauiUsiouers, nt thrir next seiou. lor a license ti sell intoxloatinjf, viuoas, mail aad spiri toons liquors, lu les quantities than a quart and subject to be drank on the premises lne plsce whrro said liquors are to he sold is Now at and Li)i Nort h West sireet. in the I-ourth WartV of the city cf Indianapolis March lö, 1S7. NICHOLAS RUSSELL. Tlie Ktibcrlber hereby Rives rotlce that he will, io accordance with Mtioa 3 of the icct nt liein-e law p.ssod. m.-vke appiioatioa to the County CamcilKsioiieis, at their jjest session, lor n license to sell intoxicating, vinous m ilt ana spiiltaoiis liquors, lu less qanutines than a qmart and tntlfct lo be drank on th premises. The placj w!itr-j fjiid liquor arx to be s..!d is 1 ;t yl WaKbtnuton street, in theevnth Ward of the city of lndUaapolls. ULNliV DINK. Mnrrh 15, 176.

QCAYEL ROAD. Notice is hereby given to tho Stockholders of the lirookvllie Crravel Koi 'orarany ihat nn election will be he'd at their To.'l hou-.e, on said road, SATURDAY, the tJdof April, l'h. at 3 o ciuck p. M.on :dd clay, for the purpose ot electing inrotf director fir the ensulue s car. March 15, 1ST3.