The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-29
SUMMARY.

Reports from the west of Omaha say
that the trains are moving regularly.
The Japanese while in Chicago gave
$4,000 to the poor of that city.
"A Berlin dispatch reports the health
of Emperor William as improving.
The Japanese embassy left Chicago
en- route for Washington, Tuesday morn
ing.
There were three smallpox deaths
and ten new cases during the past week in
Baltimore.
The lower house of the Kansas Legis.
lature has passed bill abolishing capital
punishment.
MIR. Edward Pierrepont, of New York
city, has subscribed 81 900 to the Woolsey
fund of Yale College.
The Rev. Stuart Robinson, of Louis.
vile, who was recently i'll with smallpox,
had never been vaccinated.
The Rev. Isaac Rogers, of Pennington,
Maine, who died February IL, was a de-
scendant Of the English martyr.
The father of the four children recently
born at one time in st. Charles, Arkansas,
sold their dead bodies for $40.
The lower House of the Missouri legis-
lature has passed bill to prevent unjust
determinations in railroad freights.
The Sonora stage robbers, Lundy
Brown and VIM. Andrews, have been
sentenced to 80 years in the penitentiary
The Count de Chambord, at last ac.
counts, was at Dordrieth, in the Neither
lands, ten miles south of East Rotterdam
The charter for New York City, pre-
pared by the committee of seventy has
passed in the Albany Assembly by vote
of SO to %.
Baron Won Offenburg, the new Russian
Minister to Washington, departed from St
Petersburg yesterday en- route for the
United States.
The importers and grocers board Of
trade of New York petition Congress for
80 days time, if the tariff on tea and coffee
is to be changed.
1t is stated that II. P. Farrow, the
present Attorney-General of Georgia, has
been appointed Federal District Attorney,
vice }. d. Pope, resigned.
The consolidation of the Memphis and
Little Rock and Fort Smith roads has been
sanctioned, under the name of the Little
Rock Pacific railroad company.
The Southern Claims Commits ion yes
terday heard the cases of Harvey Bailey
and Robert Dyer, both of Arlington, Vir-
glnia, amounting to over $4,000.
A petition has been filed in the U. s.
court in New York city, praying for the
sale of the North Missouri railroad to sat
isfy judgments now held against it.
The steamer "Parthia" from Liver
pool for Boston, sunk Spanish steamer in
the English Channel Tuesday, by collision.
The "Parthiao returned TO Liverpool for
repairs.
Edward Fenner had his back broken
and died from fall from street car in
Philadelphia, while three roughs were
scuffiing with the driver. The roughs were
arrested.
Two alleged murders, named Scott and
Leaf, have been arrested in Wayne county,
Mo. Scott in attempting to escape was
wounded, when he confessed having COM
mitted two murders in Mississippi.
"A Louisville firm are reported to have
entered into whiskey transaction of i'm
mense proportions, purchasing all the avail
able stock in the United States, and it is
expected that they will control the mar
kct.
The death penalty is abolished in Kan
sas, the lower house of the legislature hay-
ing passed the bill (Which had previously
passed the senate) regulating the punish
ment of convicted murderers. Imprison-
ment for life is the severest penalty under
the new law.
The Maryland Woman's Equal Rights
Association assembled at Raine's Hall, in
Baltimore, yesterday morning, the presi-
dent, Mrs. Lavinia G. Dundore, in the
chair. Speeches were made by Mrs. Cur
tis, of California, Miss Addie l.. Ballou,
Mrs. Lockwood, of Washington and
others.
Max Klinger, the German boy, who
murdered his uncle and nearly killed his
aunt four years ago, ond was convicted ard
sentenced to be hanged in st. Louis, but
was reprieyed on several occasions, has
again had his execution deferred until the
lst of May, to enable him to obtain a
decision IN his case now being heard before
the United States Supreme Court.