Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-17
The East.

/ Yucatan was extending, and the country had
been declared in state Of siege.
The East.
| Gold closed In New York on the 9th at ll5hs
@1I5M.
Professors Wise and Donaldson, the aero
nauts. are building a balloon Ia New York
/ CITY. private corporation bearing the ex-
| penses. In which they propose to make Voy-
/ age 10 Europe, starting about August AZ.
The Walworth trial was concluded on the
/ 3D. Judge Davis, in his charge To the jury,
| called attention TO the new law under which
| the trial had taken place, and which made 1t
necessary that deliberate purpose and pre-
meditation should exist before a verdict OF
murder in the first degree could be given. He
said il The jury were satisfied from the EVIL
| dence that young Walworth came to New
| York with intent TO murder his father, then
the crime was murder in the first degree; but
! IL the crime was committed in sudden man
ner, In an instant, then 1t would be murder In
the second degree. The jury should not regard
the fears which the prisoner entertained for
| the life Of his mother, as they could
not be regarded as any justification
| OF his crime; that they should only regard
those fears which were personal. The law did
not make IL justification when killing was done
through fear that the life Of another was In
danger. They could, however, consider
whethe- the fear that his mothers life was In
danger did not give point TO the fear which he
entertained for his own life on the meeting on
the morning Of the Sd Of June. The jury re-
tired at 40 p. m, and at s:25 came into
| court and announced their verdict to be
guilty Of murder in the second degree"
| The Court announced that 1t would suspend
sentence until the following Saturday.
There were three deaths from the effects OF
excessive heat in New York City on the I'd.
William j. sharkey has been sentenced to be
hung in New York City, August IS, for the
murder Of Robert 3. Dunn.
Philadelphia celebrated the Fourth by form
| ally transferring TO the Centennial Commission
the site granted 1t by the City Of Philadelphia,
| and by other exercises intended to inaugurate
| the preparations for the celebration in 1876 OF
the completion Of the first century OF Ameri-
| can Independence. proclamation was made
public by the President reciting the Act OF
Congress under which the Exposition was TO
be held, and inviting the people OF other
nations to take part.
Commodore Vanderbilt has been elected
President Of the Lake Shore IL Michigan
Southern Railway, in place Of the late Horace
| r. Clark.
The Excise Commissioners OF New York
| City have resolved TO strictly enforce the law
against selling intoxicating beverages Eager
! incnded) on Sunday, and also not to grant any
| license hereafter to any place where music Is
introduced.
| The Connecticut State Senate has passed
resolutions coDdcmning the Back-Pay bill OF
Congress, and commanding the Senators and
| Representatives in Congress from that State
| for opposing 1t.
| The Postmaster at New York City says that
under the new Postal law there has been
falling off for the first week of about $4,000
| free newspaper exchanges at that office.
Frank II. Walworth has been sentenced to
| imprisonment In the State Prison for life
Judge Davis, before passing sentence said
that the evidence, in his opinion, justified the
| verdict (murder in the second degrce), and he
| was not sure but IL would have justified u
| verdict Of murder in the first degree. The
| prisoner heard his sentence apparently un-
| moved, and at the close retired from the
| court room accompanied by his mother Upon
being taken to his cell he parted cheerfully
| from the Sheriff, saying That his was case
| that nc thoroughly understood, but did not
| blame the world for not understanding.
| young man and woman, named John
| Elliott and Margaret Rollnston, accompanied
by child, attempted TO cross the Niagara
o.. a. In, N hna
| on the 4th, but were caught in the rapids and
carried over the Falls. The young man and
the girl were from Cincinnati, and were to
have been married on the following day.
| A French woman and child In Dudley, Mass,
were SO badly burned by an explosion Of
kerosene oil, few nights ago, that both died.
Another child could not recover.
Buffalo had three slight shocks Of earth
quake on the evening OF the 9th, and another
on the morning Of the 7th The only damage
done was the throwing down OF chimney in
the center OF the city.
| The New York Democratic State Convention
will be held, probably at Syracuse, In the latter
part of September, and the Liberal Republican
Convention on the same day, II Is understood,
will indorse the Democratic nominees So
says recent Associated Press dispatch from
New York City.
] There are 926 Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations In this country and Canada. Under
| their auspices, an international Convention
was recently held at Poughkeepsie, N. T.,
which numbered an attendance Of one hun
dred and fifty delegates.
| Young Walworth was taken to Sing Sing on
the 9th. His mother requested that she be al
lowed to take him from the Tombs to the de-
pot In her carriage, under the guard Of Dep
uty Sheriff, but the request was refused, and
the young man was manacled like the other
prisoners, and placed In the prison van.
| The West.
The Illinois Railroad aud Warehouse Com
missioners have delivered long written opin-
ion upon the new Railroad law and the ques-
lions which have been raised by the railroads.
First--Through freight Is subject to the law Of