Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-05
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Murdered and Robbed,


CARSON, Feb. 4.-Thos. Donnelly,
section foreman for the Y. & 4. II. R.,
| at Franktown, was burned to death in
his cabin last night. The cir0umstan-
ces are best known to the perpetrators
Of the horrid crime. No one knew of
| the occurrence until this morning,
when some parties repaired tothe
spot and found the charred remains of
Donnellyl among the smOuldering
ruins. The remains Were left un-
touched and the coroner at Reno tele-
graphed for. From what can be
| learned of his career it fullyiI shows
that he was murdered and robbed and
then fire set to the cabin to destroy all
trace Of detection. Donhelly was
known to be worth from $4,000 to
5000, and kept considerable sum in
his cabin.lo He has been connected
with the Y. ct. r. r. for four or five
years and has always been recognized
as an honest, upright, steady man.
.lll9l aA3i1- Indisna frauds. .H
ST.. LOUIS, 3d.-Globs- Democrats
special from Topeka, Kansas, says the
United States Attorney has q new
document from Washington In regard
to the matter of the Pottowattamie In
dian frauds, with instructions to pro-
ceed at once against the parties ac-
cused. These frauds relate to the col
lection of money and selling lands by
persons acting as bogus adminlstra-
tors of Indian estates. The Indians,
whose property was thus gObbled were
represented to be dead, n bnt it now
turns out that they are still alive and
have been residing all the time In the
Indian Territory. The extent Of the
rascality is not yet determined, but 1t
will probably reach 100000. It in
wolves several Indian traders, local
bankers and prominent politicians.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. Sd. General John
B. Henderson was to-day emplOyedlby
the Mayor to assist in the prosecution
of the suit against the st. Louis Gas
Light Company. 1T Is claimed that
immense frauds have been perpetrat-
ed upon the city by the Company for
twenty years past. bad SO yiia.
OTTAWA, Feb. Sd.-No report of the
disasters caused by the recent gale
have as yet reached the marine de-
partment from the sea coast. The
snow storm greatly delayed the trains.
The legislative Council of Manitoba
was yesterday abolished by q vote of
the Senate of that Province. ao ,ft.ss
Heavy storm.
NEW YORK, 3d.-The first real snow
storm of the season set in early this
evening and has continued steadily.
At this hour, midnight, t,severalinclles
cover the ground and prospects. of
good sleighing are excellent. The
gale of yesterday has abated and the
weather moderated somewhat. The
thermometer is now % degrees above
zorro. The snow is still falling fast
and the storm promises to last all
night. -
- ~ Raects ef che GsIe.
~ NEW YORK 3d.-The gale has abat-
ed after raging for about thirty-six
hours. The wind continued very
heavy all last night, but finally calm
ed down this morning. Reports of
the damages by wind continue to bere-
ceived from allquarters of the State. 1t
has probably been the most severejgale
ever known in this region. The high
est velocity attained by the wind in
this city was sixty-six miles per hour.
Fortunately the shipping in the har-
Dor sustained but trifiing damage. In
the city the damage has not been SO
great as was apprehended, but the
suburbs have suffered severely. In this
city storm signals were blown from
flag poles, pedestrianism was almost
impossibl and many persons sustained
injuries by being blown violently over
by the gale. In Brooklyn the ,steeple
Of Brownstown House was carried off
and deposited in a back yard. Five
frame houses were blown down, an
other was blown fifteen feet and then
demolished. The roof of the public
school, No. % was torn of. Several
houses in Atlantic avenue, East New
York, were unroofedy carriages were
overturned, trees, fences, poles etc.
uprooted, In New Jersey, also its ef-
fects were everywhere apparent. A
very sad affair occurred at Bloomfield,
by which a little son of Mr.. H0wing
was blown into the canal and drowned.
The water was quite rough in the
North and Erst rivers. Some ankle
ty is felt for inward bound shipping,
but no wrecks are yet reported. iilss1
81 n. tliiss steamer Burneti.L Z faa
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3.-The stern wheel
steamer John M. Chambers had her
upper works burned off last evening
while laying at the lower levee. The
damage is about $40, ,0O0l insured In
Cincinnati offices for $2Q,000ass = x4i
t Indian Agent Quarrei.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. Seen.
j. p. Shanks, formerly Congressman
of this district, published a letter to-
dav in rnfprenca To the charpes recent
ly filed with the House Committee on
Indian Affairs against him by Com
missioner Ingalls,. Mr.. Shanks de-
nies that he attempted to stir upstrife
among the Indians, but states that he
has discovered and reported enormous
frauds on. the part of ingalls, and
other parties, with conspirihg to rob
the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws aud
Chickasaws of twenty millions of
acres of land, and with other similar