Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-11-27
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Oo,d- BiU0ded Murder.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.-Ye
Ping Qung, q respectable Chinese
merchant of Tuscarora, was shot
and killed in Washington-street
shooting-gallery last night by
James Sullivan, a Barbary Coast
rowdy. The murder was unpro-
voked and evidently pure oussed-
ness on the part of Sullivan, who
was in liquor, The murderer was
arrested.
D.sax. az th- stat. n"ss,cu,.ut"l
a"e,-sy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.--The
State Horticultural Society at u
meeting yesterday received reports
from all'the fruit.growiDg counties
of the State, giving Information as
to their capabilities for fruit grow
ing. A committee was appointed
to cooperate with the signal ser
vice department., in collecting
meteorological information. The
society discussed apple growing
aud methods of dealing with insect
pests.
feol ~,sy Uncovered.
PORTLAND, Ogn., Nov. 5-To.
day the body of man was discov-
cred in the Willamette river with
stone weighing ninety. eight
pounds tied about his neck and his
feet boupd together with wire.
It WAS probsbly thrown there a
week ago when the river was high,
and the water falling exposed the
feet, by which the discovery was
made of the body. Excepting two
shirts, the body was nude and was
much decomposed. There were no
marks except two old scars on the
forehead. No doubt he was mur-
dered, for with his feet bound he
could not have jumped into the
river.
An Exp~we"a GuiseaW.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 DIR. Sam'l
q, Armor, Dean of the faculty of
the Long Island College Hospital
at Brooklyn, says of Guiteau: "If
such as he are pronounced IRE.
sponsible for their deliberately
planned purposes of murder, socie-
ty has no longer any safeguards
arainst the worst elements OF Its
population. Compared with such
characters, insane people are
comparatively harmless, for
they are usually confined"
the q. 8. saseas Of 1856 60 sue Poe
b,o Land Of Los AUEoses ISSUED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-Attor-
news representing the city of Los
Angeles recently made application
at the Commissioner Generals
Office for the delivery of the pa
tent for the peublo lands OF Los
Angeles, executed August 9TH,
1865, but recalled before the first
delivery In consequence Of the dis
covery of some technical defect In
the publication, which was subse-
quently remedied by new proceeds
ings and by the delivery to the
oity OF patent for the came lands
in 1875. Commissioner Mcfarland,
upon receipt of this application,
submitted the same to Secretary
Kirkwood with an expression OF
opinion that, under the decision OF
the Supreme Court In the case OF
Mcbride against Secretary Schurz.
the city is entitled to the patent of
1855. The Secretary yesterday re-
turned the papers with the
remark that II this case has
the qualities described by the
Supreme Court In the decision
mentioned, the patentee has per-
feet right to the patent demanded.
Commissioners Mcfarland, adher-
Ing TO his opinion that the two
cases are analogous, has to-day
transmitted the patent to Surveyor
General Wagner for delivery to the
city authorities Of Los Angeles. 1t
10 supposed that the purpose of the
city 10 to plead the statute OF linn.
itations under the patent of 1886
against various suits for possession
Of her very valuable lands, de-
fsnse which could not be made I'M
der the patent of 1875.
ousseau Tria,-To-dsy's Proceed
WARRINGTON NOV. 1o'-VPon
opening the Criminal Court SEQ
Vile read telegram from Emory
A. Store, of Chicago, saying that
he could not possibly at present,
owing to professional engage
ments, come to Washington to ties.
tify. Bcoville said that under the
circl instances he would not insist
upon an attachment for Storrs.
Davidge, speaking for the prose-
cutiop. was willing to have Storrs
put on the stand at any time dur
log the progress of the trial, and
this understanding was accepted
by ell parties.
Thos. North then resumed the
witness stand and was oross-exam-
ined very closely and at great
length by Davidge, Guiteau inter-
rupting at the very outset and pro-
testing that there was no truth In
the with ess's story. Witness was
being questioned in regard to the
Aeht between GuiteAu and his faith.
q. He had good memory and
could remember most everything
but did not rocolleet any such scene,
Just ~ the witness WAS releases