Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-25
Late kilograms.
A RasCIs CH Items,

A Batch of Ii-nis.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2i.-The
Republican members of the New
York Legislature will hold cau.
Gus to-day or Tomorrow. 1t is con.
ceded that this caucus ID the turn.
Ing point in the Senatorial situa-
tion, with the chances in favor OF
Coukling and Platt.
Ireland is again disturbed and ii
takes six flying columns to preserve
the peace.
Congressman Page is after Dodge,
the Superintendent of the Sa II
Francisco Mint, and asks the Sec
retary OF the Treasury to remove
him from Office.
WASHINGTON, May "a. The Sec
retary of the Interior has rendered
u decision in the matter OF the sur
vey Of the Rancho San Jacinto
Nuevo y potrero, located in
San Diego county, California.
In this case two questions
were presented; the first, wheth-
CI tbc otCISo ot
entered in the U. s. District Court
embraced the Potrero to the con-
frmt d title thereto; second. whetb-
er the main tract was to be located
within the boundaries represented
In the plat which accom- panied the
petition of the grantee to the MexI.
can Government, aud which was
attached 10 tue eXpedenie, 1t being
claimed by the coniirmees that tine
same is 80 vague and 80 uncertain
as to afford no guide in locating
the claim. As t. the first question,
he decides that the Po.rero was con,
firmed by the Court; respecting the
second point, he decides that the old
plat, known IA the O'Farreli
survey, must be regarded in locat-
ing the larger tract. He directs the
approval of the present survey as
to the POtrerO, aud regarding the
larger tract, that if it be found in
any particular outside Ofthe OFar-
rel survey, it must be corrected So
IS to conform to his decision
B-p"ssed iOrturn ana Death Of
ners.y H"'Fm~"u.
NEW York, May 24-The Tel.
egran, prints the following from st
Petersburg this morning.: The In
transigeant 1.-THE LntronSigeant is
ROoheforrs paper and is published
In Paris announces. that at seven
o'clock On the morning of the 16 ID
inst, just four days after the birth
Of her child. Hersey Helfmaun,
whom everybody supposed to b.
alive aud awaiting the pleasure of
Alexander, was banged in prison
1t is said she had been tortured
daily in the most flendsh manner
to wiring q confession from
her. Night after night she
was awakened and warned
that her end was near. For sew.
eral days In succession she was lit.
orally strung up and cut down
only just In time to prevent eXpir.
ing. On the morning of the 10Th
the hanging process IL said to have
lasted II little too long and when
Hessey was cut down 1t was dis.
covered that she was strangled to
death. The indignation and ex.
citemOnt In st. Petersburg are i'm.
mense. Troops are forbidden to
leave their barracks on any pre-
tense and a revolutionary move.
ment seems to be anticipated.
Gar EadOrssaiu New York.
NEW York, May 24.-A mass
meetiug Of Representatives who
endorse the President was held
tonight in Chickeripg Hall
Ex. Judge Fithian presided.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the Republicans Of this city
extended to the President aud his
administration their cordial sup.
port, not as only the elect of the
people in their legitimate sover-
eighty but as the authorized and
competent exponent of Republican
principles.
Bows up.
ST.. JOSEPH, Mo, May 24.-Some
barrels of explosive fluid stored in
q cellar blew MP this evening. In
q 1aiOVu OScluohu WAS luTK0
crowd Of negroes, who were instant.
ly enveloped in flames. Three
corpses were taken out.
Arbitrary Arress o. Amsrssan-.
SAN ANTONIO. May 24.-Six citi-
zens of Eagle Pass crossed the Rio
Grande on Sunday to attend a cir
Gus. AS they entered the town
they were surrounded by Captain
Villareal, commanding the Mexi-
can garrison of Piedras Negras,
with force of fifteen soldiers and
marched to Jail, where they lay all
night. A party Of their friends
crossed over this morning and
caused the Aloalde to discharge the
prisoners, against whom no charge
was made.
Thseugh fsem Ksnsss City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May o.
Through passengers tonight. J.W.
Ferris, ]. r. Thomas and family,
L. y. PsarIman, San F ancisco;
and u omlgrants.