Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-02-15
TELEGRA A e FL G.
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC STATES.

CHICAGO, Feb. GA special from
Topeka, Kansas. says the Legislature
resolved today that it was due to the
dignity and honor of the State that
Senator Pomeroy should Immediately
resign. A resolution passed in the
Senate requesting the United States
Senate to appoint committee to in
vestigate the charges against Senator
Pomeroy. The Legislature further
authorized the appointment of Joint
Committee of Inquiry as to the conduct
of Pomeroy. The Senator's hotel bills
for theicampaign already foot up $3.50,
600. 1t is asserted that H. Corton,
United States District-Attorney, for
warded his resignation to Washington
he handled Pomeroy's money during
the canvass.
ALBANY, IN. Y.) Feb. 5.-The SEN
ate defeated resolution in opposition
to the Government purchasing tele-
graph lines, by a vote of twenty to
sixty-twc.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. Sat Moberly,
Mo-, yesterday morning, A. L. Davis
attempted to force an entrance into
the room of Mrs. Bolum, a milliner.
She warned him to desist, but he at
tempted to break in the door and she
shot him dead. The Coroner's jury
exonerated her.
EXETER, Feb. 5.-In the trial of
Evans, to-day, the evidence of an ex-
pert showed conclusively that he was
sane when he murdered Miss Lover
ing. The evidence for the defense
closed this morning. Tho jury were
out half an hour and returned a verdict
of murder in the first degree. The
Court Immediately sentenced Evans
to be hanged on the third Tuesday in
February, 1874. The heartlessness of
the affair causes little sympathy to be
shown.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-Although strongly
pressed to commute the sentence of
Mcmillan, convicted and sentenced in
Peoria county for the murder of his
wife, Governor Oglesby declines to
interfere. Mcmillan will accordingly
be hanged day after tomorrow.
New HAVEN, Feb. 5.-The Republi-
can State Convention today nominated
H. p. Haven for Governor.
New YoRK, Feb. 6.--It is stated that
extortions in the Harbormaster's De-
partment of this port, which were ex-
posed year ago, are again practiced
upon ship owners and others. A bill
will he introduced in the Legislature,
in few days, providing for the ap-
pointment of a commission to consider
and report a plan for the consolidation
of New York and Brooklyn into one
municipality.
Paris advices state that IN indict-
ment has been found against General
Fremont and some of his associates
who employed him to negotiate for
Memphis and Ell Paso Railroad bonds
in European markets, and that the trial
will come off shortly.
Benton n. Harrison, counsel for the
Samana-bay Company, says that hum
dreds of letters are received daily from
parties desirous of emigrating to San
Domingo. The Company intend to
keep their matters private until the
result of the election is known.
CHICAGO, Feb. Cat Waukegan,
Illinois, yesterday, Christopher Raj
ferty, who killed officer O'Meara of
this city in August, while the latter
was serving q warrant for his arrest for
assault, and who obtained a change of
venue to Lake county, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree, and the
punishment is death.
Governor Beveridge has refused to
commute the sentence of Henry Nc
Nulty, convicted of wife murder. He
will be hanged at Peoria tomorrow.
A. B. Seyerson, who was sentenced
to fifteen years in the Penitentiary for
the murder of his wife in Warren county,
committed suicide in Jail at Monmouth,
last night, by cutting his throat.
From New York special it appears
that Simmons, the murderer of Duryea,
was not released on $4,000 bail, as
stated last night; the grand jury of
Over and Terminer having found an
indictment for murder in the first de-
gree in time to prevent this outrage of
justice.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The funded
loan subscriptions in the United States
and Europe today have been so heavy
that the Secretary of the Treasury has
been'compelled to issue o call for $780,
600 600 Of five-twenty bonds of 1862 in
advance of closing books. Additional
calls will be issued soon.
The House, in Committee, took up
the Post-office Appropriation bill.
Palmer, who has charge of the bill, re-
marked that since the abolition of the
franking privilege the Postmaster-Gen-
elal was willing to have the appropria.
ton reduced by million and half OF
dollars.
An amendment was offered and
adopted increasing the appropriation
for letter carriers by one hundred
thousand dollars, allowing their en-
ployment in places where the popula-
t;ot, 10 ~ ONO and within DOSt-Office