Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-18
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BILLY neDsweli Sentenced "a
Hang Next Msnaay.
SAN BERNARDrNo. March l7.-McDow'
" was taken before Judge Rolfe At ten
this morning. 10 answor to the questif .
''have you anything to say why sen
tspcs should not b. passed upon yon
nowY he replied. II know Of nothing ]
could my He was sentenced to be
hung Oh Monday next, March "a, 1884.
He showed no preceptible emotion.
GRo. e. GARD.
ST. Patrick's nay d san Fran.
eisee.
BAN Francisco, March 1.-THE st.
Pstricks Day procession. which just
passed by, i smaller this year than
heretofore. The musicsl exercises and
ths oration will be given in the Califor-
mia Theater this afternoon.
Result sf the Reterssn- Lee Best
Race Yesterday.
SAN RsAScIsoo. March II. : The
Peterson Lee boat race yesterday after.
noon was walk-ovsr for Peterson. He
won easily By fifteen lengths. 1t Is
stated that II Peterson won this race he
would row Hanlon this summer in the
east for $1,000.
Ne Celebration It Psrtlaud Tss
bay.
PoRrLASD, March l7.-rhere will be
no So Patrick's Day parade here to-day,
the lrish Aocieties having resolved to de-.
vote the money usually expended ia this
direction toward building hall aud to
help their distressed counirymel.
Another Argumemt AxaIast the
Carrying Of Weapons.
New YoRK. March IA tragedy &C.
CURED In Brooklyn yesterday afternoon
in which Denis Reilly killed his 6ancee,
Celia Rennie. He drew q revolver, be-
lisving Il vas not loaded, and pointing il
at her, said: "I'll mesn,erszs You.
Don't" she cried, ''it may 20 off and
do damage" at can't do any harm. ("
the young man asserted, ''it's not load.
ed" He then pointed pIstol at Miss
Rsnnie, cooked It and mapped II, saying
she would feel the mesmeric shock. II
didn't EEL anything" she iaughingly
asserted. a. Reilly prepared to repent
the experiment. Twice the weapon was
cooked and snapped and still the young
lady laughed q the III success Of the
expwlmciit at mesmerixin0 her. ''Now,
Miss Rennis." Reilly said, preparing to
cosk the pistol for the third time, "when
l pull the trigger this time you'll feel my
power over you in every part Of your
body. Are you ready. Give your will
up to me and you will be ALI right"
I'm ready" Celia asserted, closing her
eyes, and Reilly pulled the trigger Of
the pistol. The weapon was Iointed
directly At the girls head. The falling
Of the hammer was followed by the re.
port and Q piercing shrek from the
young woman. Miss Rennio staggered
and fell to the foor. There was one or
two convulsivs movements, q gasp or
two, and Celia was dead. The victim
was II years Of age and Reilly was 20
years old.
The Fast Nails Detained At
Ogaen.
OMAHA, March II. Commencing with
this week majority Of the clerks Of the
railway mail service are Transferred from
the Overland train leaving here ct noon
70 that Of leaving here Il eight o'clock
In the evening. and the fast mail
from Chicago and New York, which
srrives on the Burlington train is trans-
fsrred to the Union Pacific evening
train, thus giving the Chicago papers to
Denver and Cheyenne the evening
OF the day after they are issued, and
to Ogden and Salt Lake the second
evening after publication. Evidently
the public in San Frsncisco are demand.
ing the benefit Of fast mail service now
cxtsnded 20 far west - Ogden,
for Union Pacific officers here have
received inquiries from the Central
Pacific officials Is to whether q fast mail
i permanent, and have replied that 1t
l., the fast mail that now lies over at
Ogden fourteen hours awaiting the
starting Of the Central Pacific.
Refugees frsm Cuba.
VINEYARD HAvkS, March 1.-THE
brig Scrsamer from Cuba for Portland
arrived last night, having on board
twenty five Cuban women and children
claiming to be refugees, but who are al.
legged in the dispatches from Cuba to be
bandits. The revesue steamer Samuel
Dexter. commanded by Capt. Gobrclsen,
was on the watch for the Screamer, and
fell in with her At one O'Clock this morn.
ing. The brig was anchored in the har-
Dor and under the surveillance Of the
Dexter, which was anchored near by.
Captain GAbrielsen has telegraphed to
Washington for instruction. Captain
Robinson, master Of the Screamcr, was
annoyed It the detention and claims the
passengers were only Innocent refugees
and not bandits.
aalllvau Has . Game at last.
CaIcAoo, March II. Duncan G. Ross,
backef Of Mcrvine Thompson, said to an
Asuocfated Press reporter at one o'clock
this Dorning, after being shown an Az.
sociatsd Press dispatch from Los An
geles, he "doesn't propose any gate
money affair, but wants square fight
and the regular championship prize ring
rules and would prefer 10 have II In q
private room with only four or six pres
ent on each side. He proposes to put
up $500 with the Police Gazette At New
York a. soon a. he reaches Cleveland.
Parliament to be Dissolved.
LONDON, March 17.--It Is rumored
that the government desiring to test the
opinion Of the country in regard to its
Egyptian policy, and fearing that some
obstruction in the British Parliament
will thwArt the Francis bill, has decided
to dissolve Parliament.
A Ples - slew ~ NewcastIe.sn-
Tyne To-day.
LONDON, March 1.-THE police Of
NswsC Castle on.Tyne received informa-
tion Of plot 70 explode the principal
buildings Of the city, including the Cen
trial Railway station and postoffce.
Fears q Trouble In Ireland re
Nay.
DUBLIN, March l7.--Countics Tyrone,
Fsrmanough South aud Armagh was
proclaimed under crimes act in view Of
possible riots to-day.
Oninsus Rzaearas IN nskrsbsrresn.
Dublin, March l7.--Placards have
been posted about Skibberrean, county
Cork, announcing an outbreak and civil
war In March. The police are removing
them.
Saving his capital; "You're goossI"
augrily exclaimed an Austin man 10 his
vile, who continually chidsd han about
Als sxcsesivs sxtravaganoe. "Ycu do
pethlpg bat ceekls, csckle, eackls sll
~ line" "Yse, DEAR" she swsstly
slznss "tst - ssess not forsss shst