Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-10

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The Star Route Uenspsrasors.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 9th.-A ru-
NOR prevails about the Court
House, and is given considerable
credence, that the Grand Jury
voted upon one of the Star route
cases which they had been consid-
ering and directed the presentment
for the Indictment OF J. w. Dor
sey, L. w. Vail, John w. Miner,
J. b. Sanderson, M. @. Revdell and
Thos. J. Brady. This is what is
termed the Dorsey combination,
and they are charged with conspir-
acy to defraud the government.
the RumOrs ut lndisn TrO0Die
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 9th.-Major
Gordon, commanding the military
forces at Fort Missoula, Montana,
has sent the following telegram to
the Acknowledgement of that Di-
vision and 1t has been transmitted
to the Indian Bureau by the Secre-
tary of War: "Fort Missoula, Jan.
25th.-Agent Rowan, of the Flat
head Indian Agency. visited this
post to-day and reports that the
statements in the Eastern papers to
the effect that an outbreak was to
occur ON Jacks Reservation aud
that the Indians were concentrate
ing and defying the authorities and
intimidating the Northern Pacific
Railroad surveyors, are false. AL
though some slight misunderstand-
ing did take place between the en-
gineers and q few Indians, the mat
ter has been settled peaceably and
the surveyors are progressing with
their work through the reservation
without interference from the In
dams.
sugxsssson from Mrs.. DsLoBg.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Secreta-
ny Hunt to-day received telegram
from Mrs. Emma belong, wife of
lieutenant belong, at Burling-
ton, Iowa, as follows:
"Please ask Bennett not to de-
tain the correspondent already at
Irkutsk. He can join the officers
as the Herald correspondent in the
spring. Let the urgency of the
case excuse the suggestion
| The Secretary telegrsphed in re-
ply: II have cabled your message
to Mr.. Bennett. with an approval
of your suggestion"
Gone BY the Boasd.
NEW YORK, Feb. William
r Preston & Co., of Coenties slip,
extensive operators In grain and
cotton and long in both articles, it
is reported, suspended to-day.
Rer,shed from UoId.
LAWRENCEvILLE, Ills, Feb. g.
The three corpses reported by the
colered man as being on the banks
of Embarrass river, were found by
citizens yesterday and Identified as
three rough fellows who, while
drunk, had interrupted some flu
neral services at the grave and
then gone boating. They are sup
posed to have been thrown ashore
by the eddy and to have persisted
of cold.
| Fatal Railroad Accident.
HARRIsBURaH, Feb. 9th. En-
| gineer David Coulter and con-
ductOr Stonebraker were killed and
fireman Kennedy fatally hurt by
an accident on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, near Huntington, this
morning, through collision of
freight cars. The loss of rolling
stock was very heavy. The accident
was entirely unforeseen and una
voidable, as a wheel broke while
the two trains were passing.
Failure and q Fatal Expiasi0u.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 9th.-Harlow
Spencer & Co. have failed on &C.
count of the drop in grain, losing
$780, O0, but expect to pay up and
go on again.
1t is reported from the lower part
of the city that an explosion in
Lamps brewery killed one man
and wounded several.
Fasai Cosission with u HHnd-car.
GALVESTON, Feb. 9th.-Major
W. d. Washburne, Superintend-
ent of Construction of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, while out on an
inspecting tour, got on hand-car
to go to tue nearest station. There
was on the hand.car, besides Su.
perintendent Washburne, J. w.
Painter, w. M. Stall, Mrs. Stall,
their little son, and two negroes.
They bad not proceeded more than
three.quarters of mile when
Painter saw headlight turning
the curve. He signaled the ap-
preaching train to stop and order
ed the negroes to reverse the hand
Car. They bad hardly turned when |
the first fat-car was upon them.
Painter jumped to the ground fol-
lowed by the negroes. Major |
Washburne leaped off on the oppo-
site side. When the train stopped |
Major Washburne was found sense
less, one arm cut of and otherwise |
bruised, having been run over by |
one car. Mrs. Stall was crushed, |
to death, twelve cars having passed |
over her. Mr.. Stall was on the OPP
posite eide, mangled and literally |
cut to pieces. George, the little |
boy, was found on the track under |
the cars, with his head crushed. |
He only lived an hour. The re.
mains of the Stall family were |
gathered up and sent to New Jer- |
sey. Major Washburne was not |
dead when first found. He was
placed on q car and brought to |
Waco. He died soon afterward.
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