Show by telegraph AMERICAN AMERICAN NEW YORK 5 at a business meeting at plymouth church brooklyn last evening the names ijames of deacon west and mrs were dropped from the roll of mem ber bei ahia on the ground of continued absence from the service of the church deacon west was not present but mrs moulton wasand aasand was accompanied by her counsel roger A pryor who read a protest signed by mrs moulton and which closed as follows iby my imy absence is an enforced one and is caused by the crime of adultery committed by henry ward beech er pastor of this church with one of his parishioners which I 1 know to be a fact faut through beecher ers erh confessions to me and through the confessions of amro tilton and anti through conclusive evidence of or the crime from other sources I 1 appen appear r before this church in loyal obedience aeji et co to a summons which I 1 have received I 1 and I 1 hereby declare my disposition and desire to discharge all the duties devolving on me as a member that are consistent consia tent with the knowledge of the adultery of ahe the pastor nud and his false falso swearing in in regard to it the new york and brooklyn association of congregational ministers has taken action it ii Is alleged which will certainly revive the beecher scandal a committee of its members has been appointed an I 1 instructed to report after a care carp careful rul rui examination of the cli ell charges arges her the association ought to retain beecher in membership it was said last evening that beecher would withdraw from the association rather than submit to the investigation vesti gation plymouth church has adopted a resol resolution aion klon providing that beecher and his deacons shall confer with mr moody bloody and that they be authorized if the evangelist has no objection to announce the first ora orn of a series of prayer meetings daliy dally from next monday morning in the discussion of this subject one member mem ber said let us show sh 0 w enough en ough christian spirit to go with the others to the meetings in the tabernacle er let us show no desire to stand aloof from our sister slate churches even though they may not be cordial towards us the spanish government has sent orders to their agent in this city to buy up and ship at once prevision and ammunition to the amount of five hundred thousand the money for this purpose was wat contributed in havana on the tho receipts of telegrams from madrid to the ellbee that american intervention was feared and that all that could be done to deter lumas it was wab advisable washington 5 the attorney general not having been informed officially that general babcock and orville orvillo grant had been indicted by the tile st louis grand jury it is the opinion of the cabinet officials and ethers others here that no such indictments been found general babcock being spoken to on the subject this this morning remarked that ho he did not care to take any notice of or the report unless it should be verified A telegram received this morning by the attorney general genera I 1 announces that U S attorney wells an administration candidate for congress iu in mississippi has been elected edby by a maio malo majority rIty of CHEYENNE wy 5 the wyoming legislature met and organized here yesterday 2 and after the delivery of the Gov governors ernoes message adjourned till tuesday next the miners at the union pacific Rall rali railroads roads coal mines minea at rock bock springs in this territory are on strike therease Ther eare apprehensions of riot governor thayer is on the way there to addres address the miners ST LOUIS 5 major J W ingalls indian agent for the cherokees and creeks choc Choe choctaws taws chickasaws and seminoles Semi noles has arrived here from springfield to t await advices advises from the territory regarding the recall of the late election for chief of tile the cherokees the determination mi nation of who was elected chief rests with the national cou council mci mcl which met last monday but which at the latest accounts had failed to organize the two factions of the nation represented by chas chu thompson and W A P ross boss the latter the present chief are bitterly hostile both claim election and stand ready to defend themselves and bloodshed is apprehended whichever way the election is decided and tho down inz ink party whose candidate was thompson have called upon major ingalls nor for US U 8 troop troops to preserve the peace and that iclal official has re eded ened the application to the authorities r at washington NEW YORK 5 judge benedict today today rendered a decision on the motion to quash th tho the criminal indictment against the firm of H B claflin co who were indicted for connection with the slik bilk smug gling frauds judge benedict sustained the Indictment wIth the exception of the fourth count the direct cable reopens re opens for business at midnight the tariff from new york will be seventy nive five cents in roid nold per word miss bliss florence tilton sent a communication muni cation to the plymouth church commit committed teo tonight to night asking for a letter of dismissal from the church there was waa considerable excitement this evening in certain circles in consequence of the rumor of the presentation to the attorney general of or papers and evidence looking to the indictment of certain officials and contractors in brooklyn tho the papers emanate from prominent taxpayers and from the taxpayers association ex mayor booth said tonight to night that those who were engaged in this movement were in earnest but at the present time he could bould not disclose the action and whoever had given information in regard to the movement was guilty of a violation of confidence the papers ho he presumed were now in the hands of the attorney gene galbut whether there was wai evidence to tahe take action on he could nohemy not rny ray PiTTs PITTSBURG nunG pa 5 early this morning the steamer tigress no 2 when near osbarn station on the Alleg hany bany river city exploded p boded her boiler detaching her ber to top sheet and sending it entirely through the cabalu floor and roof in front of the pilot house the crew consisted of often ten men four of them firemen three of which were badly scalded the boat took fire but the flames were soon extinguished by the crew I 1 SAN FRANCISCO 5 the dl rit tuf tur ehe the national gudld bank and trust co states this morning that no official action has been taken but without question the bank banc I 1 will at aj onee once go into liquida liquidation ilfin paying the depositors and stockholders bolders in full CHICAGO 6 othe the TJ S grand jury rury yesterday returned into the united states circuit court about 60 indictments each marked a true bill si against parties charged wit with h criminal violations of tile tiie internal revenue laws rela reia relating ting to whiskey most af pf tho those 1 implicated I 1 a ted reside here and maty many many P af pf til trl them e lc are prominent citizens on the strength of the these se indictments bench warrants were issued and placed in the hands bands odthe U S marshal and many of them will b bo e served today A washington spee special lal lai says that the press dispatches from the tiie west yes yesterday berday brought the startling intelligence tell telli igerine gence that the grand jury at st louis had found among others indictments against general babcock private secre secretary ta ry of the tho president and orvi orville I 1 le grant his brother for comp complicity I 1 lacity with the whiskey ring the report made a genuine tsen sensation sailon general babcock in adf an interview betrayed no end of nervousness and worry about this storey he ho is distressed about the matter and says be he be surprised if indictments were found but that the whole business 1 is one of the blackest conspiracies that was ever formed to destroy the character of an official he jie denies as vigorously as ever did 13 deeher beecher that lie he has had complicity la in tho the guilt with which he is charged thau that he bb would not fear to be transplanted all blooming in his prime as he is before his god for judgment upon theL case ease se there are many circumstances in connection with this matter which make many believe that babcock is a stricken deer who will never be himself again in the jhb first place babcock entered the service of grant a poor man he be is now worth upward of and is one ono of the most active partners in boss bosa shepards Sli Sh epards real estate transactions his salary is only a year and his saving such a large fortune in so short a time shows a rare economy that people cannot fall fail to notice Set fetidly idly there is not much doubt but there is a connection between the white house people and the whiskey y ring thieves the ring was organ organized zed in the interest of the administration party and it Is not unreasonable to suppose that it bad backers backers in high places PlYm PLYMOUTH IN H 6 about a dozen students in hanover college have been held iu in bonds to appear for tr triai trial lalIn in march at haverdill Ha verill on a charge of disorderly conduct at a beor beok k auction in the store of J B parker breaking the windows and fur fun furniture alture and assaulting mr parker and his clerk tile the students were arrested while in bed and in the morning were taken to the railroad depot followed by yelling collegians who found the plaintiff parker there and hustled him into the ticket office where they thoy kept hept him until the train had llad stained stai star tej ted for haverhill NEW vork YORK 6 the following named gentlemen are are the committee ch charled aried with the tho he duty according to the resolution passed by the ministers nor for thoroughly investigating the charges against mr beecher and reporting to the advice aa ai to his fitner s as a fellow member the rev wm aa M taylor of tile the broadway tabernacle new york rev dr wm wen ives buddington of the clinton avenue church brooklyn rev professors parsons parson a and martin of the now york theological seminary and tile the rev charleie Char lelh leiH leEE everest of tile the church of the puritans tans brooklyn the investigation will be thorough and will begin with a careful scrutiny of the evidence made public in and out of the trial and then new liew evidence will be sought the thel meetings of the committee will be in id private but the verdict will be published plymouth church haa baa referred to a committee the charges of adultery made by mrs moulton against her late pastor the rev henry ward beecher beech er the sun says it is not pleasant to hear bear that bloody arld and sankey have got out an injunction to prevent another party from printing and circulating their hymns the joining of the business of sellin selling 19 hymn books to that of saving souls is not seemly there iq Is no probability of the disgusting revival of a public scandal in in the beech ertil enfil erfil ton case growing out of the recent action of the congregational asso elation cef ref n erting the ease tase to a committee cittee 0 th this i a is no new movement imply implying gf resh fresh doubts of the plymouth pastor the motion looking toan to an investigation was made more than a year ago and was tabled pending the tho suit between tilton and beecher this left the matter 0 open pen 0 on the tho association record and arid I 1 it t came cam u up p last wednesday as unfinished business when an effort was made to adopt a resolution which should leave the case open indefinitely for future action this was earnestly opposed by the reverend St orris who is understood to represent Be echers frietas fri frie nils enas and finally he submitted the resolution referring tho the whole subject to the committee to report at its earliest convenience the proper action thereon which was adopted unanimously the province of the committee is not to investigate the relations of beecher either to his bis church or congregationalism nor to pass upon Til tons or other cli charges arges but simply to determine what shall be done with the year ago resolutions looking to the tile investigation upon this thia point the committee is unlikely to agree in any majority report and the probabilities favor tile the ultimate dismissal of the entire antim proceedings the case cate of joseph loader indicted for perjury in connection with the beecher ti candal scandal came up before judge morris to day in the brooklyn court of or sessions loaders cou counsel made a motion for an order t that h at a commission be appointed hinted to go to mont clair new bersey jersey and take the testimony under oath of joseph H Ri richard bichard charils charkis and his wife to be used on the trial the counsel said the affidavit of defendant showed that this was necessary the motion was appos ed by the district attorney andy andi and after a short argument the judge took the tho papers reserving the decision the court denied the motion recently made to quash the indictment against loader I 1 washington WASHINGTO lat 6 parti parties interested are already alread memorializing memorial izing for repeal of the law doubling the rates of postage on books ac the post master ge general declares that the proposition to return to the former rate of postage on books and tran selent printed matter of the third olas class clas is heartily approved by him bim and he will earnestly advise that khe kho the ehan eban change e be made as a speedily as possible there is no doubt that ho he will make a strong stron recommend a tion on this illis subject and there ia is reason reaton to expect that congress will correct that legislation before the holiday adjournment so that tile the old rate of one cent for two ounces may go into effect on jan Li STOWEL stowed ontario 6 A sixty horse power boiler in hess bros saw mill exploded this morning making a total wreck of the entire mill the tho first story of which was built of stone the windows of nearly every house in the town many stores had their fronts blown out no lives were lost the loss is heavy washington 6 U the commissioner of internal Il revenue evenue has bas de aided that under the statues all inventions vent ions for gauging spirits when bought blought into use in bonded warehouse warehouses according to the proposition made to the department constitute the of rectification and purification and those using sueh burh processes become rectifiers of parity pirity f and are subject to taxation as sueh such the anteroom ante room of secretary Chand chandler lers office was pretty well filled today to day by applicants for office mostly dwoinen women the secretary S received all courteously but has almost invariably said thee thoe are as yet no vacancies nhen nheu hen there are your sour application will receive proper consideration As yet the secretary has been able to do little except to see i callers and to investigate the wor workings kings of the different bureaus of the depart department merrl meriL A hundred guns were fired this evening bythe bytho by the tho republicans in bon hon or of the ibe political victories of tuesday A procession was formed and marched to tile the executive mansion where the people serenaded the president who ledged lodged the compliment as follows Gentlemen ilam very glad giad gid to meet you vou on this occasion ocea occasion sion slon and congratulate you on BO so good a cause for re rejoicing jo icing to the entire country over the t elections election last tuesday while the republican majorities were not riot great they were sufficient to accomplish com the purpose the rag baby has been entirely suppressed and the people now know what kind of money they are to have in the future and I 1 think we have an assurance that the republicans will control this government for at least four years brears longer three chebis we werthen re g given iven for the president three for hard |