Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 03, 1880, Morning Edition, Image 1
\ - V v X I ; ' > f OMAHA , NEBRASKA , MONDAY , MAY 3 , 1880. NO. 271 Established 1871. MORNING EDITION. Price Five Cents WASHINGTON. Secretary Evarts Confident ofai , Early Settlement of the Fortune Bay Question. Public Debt Reducec Over Twelve Million Dollars lars During April. The House Coinage Committee Considering the Location | > x of the Mint. ' * " C v What Congress Has Done , Wants To Do and Will Do. - bon- This-Session of - * - " - to --grass Speculations as * * " " .An Early Adjournment. * A r 3 , / * An Attempt to be Made to Legislate on the Tariff. Saturday's Proceedings in the . . . . . House. THE rOBTUNE BAT QUESTION. ,8pee ! l Dtajatch to The Bee. CHICAGO , May 1 p. m. The Journal's Washington special says : * Secretary Evarts has informed Re- | prezentative Lorlng that the Fortune * lay correspondence will be transmitted to congress at an early day. The sec- etary does not abandon all hopeof securing favorable action on the de mand of our government for repara- llon , ( notwithstanding therefusal , of * Ijord Salisbury , up to tiiia time7 to concede that the course of the Canad- rian authorities has been in violation f the terms of the treaty of Wash ington. Major-General Samuel PJ > Heintzel- man died this morning.- THE DEBT STATEMENT. SpecUl Dlapatch to TJie Bee. r WASHINGTON } "May 1 4 p. m. * The debt statement shows a decrease during April of 812,078,070. TUB MINT. The house committee on coinage met to-day and considered the location * "oi the branch mint in the valley of the Mississippi. WillU urged the claims -Louisville strongly. From the ex pressions of the committee it ia evi dent1 a majority favor the establishment IeaEt-two-raints. ment of at - FINAL AD.TOUBNMENT. Special Dispatch to Tbe Kee. . WASHINGTON , May 1 4 p. m. The republican senators held a caucus this afternoon for the purpose of ex \ changing views in regard to final ad r journment. There is a aispoal * tion among the democrats to bring about a final adjournment by the end of this month * and the republicans showed a disposition to co-operate , with them , so it is quite likely that congrois w'.ll adjourn _ in a few weeks. If the session should be pro longed past the meeting of the re publican national convention/life re publicans will endeavor to carry the session over the democratic conven tion. WASHINGTON , May 3. 1 a. m. Whenever congress takes a spurt in the direction of disposing of the ap propriation bills it is construed as an indication that it means an early ad journment. The fact that the naval bill was passed by the senate just as it went over from th house ; that the conference reports on the special defi ciency bill and fortification bill were agreed to last week , and that the post- office bill was reported last Saturday , has riven prophets an opportunity to predict that necessary business will bo disposed of and congress will get away by the first day of June , or at the very farthest by June 15. It is unques tionably said that if there is a will to do so all the appropriation bills can be passed by the first named date , butte to accomplish that the result of other Interest of both a public and private nature will necessarily be sacriticed in both houses. . It must be remembered that only one appropriation bill for pensions has become a law. The president has had the army bill for a week , and the na val and special deficiency bills will reach him to-day or Tuesday. They were enrolled on Friday and signed by the speaker , but too late to receive the signature of the vice-presi dent , as the sanato had adjourned. rUOOEESS OF BILLS. There will not ba any trouble about the. naval bill , because it contains nothing other than appropriations au thorized by law. But no man has yet been authorized to Bay what President Hayes will do with the special defici- cy bill. The pDstoffice bill cannot in any event bo taken up until Tuesday ; if then. To-day , after the morning hour , motions to suspend the rules will be in order. On Tuesday the pending internal revenue bill will oo cupy & good deal of the time , unless Speaker Randall ih H , * after examina tion of the rules , declare it to be in order to-day , previous quations having been seconded'on the bill , and a vote having been taken on amendment It is unfinished business but it is a question whether it can in terfere with the call of statea to-day or whether it must necessarily go over until Tuesday. Under the rules again the most important bills , legislative , sundry civil , and general deficiency , the bills which gava rise to the mcst exciting contest. , have not yet been formulated by the committee on ap propriations. On leaving all other matter * out of the queition , congress , will have to exhibit more industry with appropriations than h s yet bsen dona if they would adjourn by the 15th of June. Eveti theh ! there -are other matters besides appropriation bill * tint stand iu the way of the adjournment. ' ' Many of the membert believe that they will be held to strict account ability unless they DO SOMETHING TO , CHANGE THE JAEJIT LAWS. On the 5th of April Townsend , of Illinois , moved to suspeid the rules and pass the bill to adojt salt , print ing type and material thU enter into the manufacture of paperyresof duty. The motion was rejectee because a two-thirds vote was requied , but the vote stood 113 to 80 , a majority of 33 In favor of the bill. Thiimajority of 33 cannot force the ways'and means committee to report the bll , but they can prevent the adoption g the reso lution to fix the day of adjournment until they shall have had ai opportun ity to vote upon the bill oi bills revis ing tariff , to some extent at least. Prominent advocates of tba tariff re vision talk in that way aad declare that they will make the tariff an issue against the adjournment question. But it has been stated and apparently upon very peed authority that the ways and means committee will report a tariff bill , and If that is done a good deal of time will be taken npj neces sarily in thediscu9sion | | and in * voting upon different propositions. There are ° other matters pending of the greatest public importance and gentlemen particularly interested in them will not be in hai to to vote to adjourn and give them the go by. In fact , up to this time , the talk of an early adjournment has been con fined to a very few members ot both houses. 'THIS WEEK'S WORK. A good deal of work haa been mapped out for the present week. Tuesday evening there will be a ses sion to consider the steamboat bill. On Wednesday King will call up the resolution in relation to the inter- Dceanio ship canal , which is a privi leged matter , subject , however , to a question of consideration being raised on it. On Tuesday , after the morn ing hour , the question of protecting California rivers from debris from mines , will bo called up. Wednesday and Friday evenings have been as signed to the committee on the Dis trict of Columbia , and an effort will be made to-day to assign Thursday night [ or the bill to organize a court of pen * slons. IN THE HOUSE a bill to accept and ratify the Ute agreement was reported. Ordered printed and recommitted. A resolution to send 4000 rations t j \Iacon \ ( Mo. ) sufferers was passed. A bill firing the salary of the com missioner of pension ai $5000 was passed. * The post office appropriation bill was reported. Ordered printed and recommitted. The bill recommends the appropriation of 038,600,000. House went into committee of the whole on bill amending the internal evenne law. The amendment allow- ng the producers to sell not more than $7000 worth of leaf without tar , was ruled out on a point of order. Mr. Singleton offered an amend ment providing that nothing in the iot shall be construed to authorize any nterference by revenue othcers witn he exercise of the right of every in dividual to manufacture fruits grown upon his farm into auoh form as he nay desire for his own use , tree from nternal revenue tax. After discussion Singleton's amend ment was defeated yeas 66 , nays 84. The committee then rose , and the ) lll as amended was reported to the icuao. Mr. Garfield said he did not liscuss the bill under consideration , > ut said he wanted to-show how pub ic sentiment was manufactured. He then read en extract from a circular sent out by George P. Rowe , contain- ng all comments , or nearly all , of the newspapers of the country , in which the ways and means committee was abused for not "bringing in a bill in relationto duty on papar pulp , etc. , and it was charged specifically that Garfield held the casting vote , and prevented reporting of the bill. He denied the statements in the circular as absolutely false. It wai an attempt ; o manufacture public sentiment in hii war and not a day passes that this change is not reported in fifty or sixty newspapers of the country. He would say for himself and the committee of ways and mens that it was perfectly well known that not only himself , but others , have been entirely willing for ffeoks that this subject should be jrought in a * an independent measure or as a part of the whole tariff bill. ETo was willing to reduce the duty on paper to a certain amount , but only in such a way that American indu try would ati'l ' bo protected. The ques tion was then taken on amendment of longer to require an interest of five per cent per annum to bo paid on tax hit remains unpaid after one year. The amendment was rejected yeas 58 , nays 101. Pending further con sideration of the bill and amendments hohouao at 4:45 : adjourned. ELECTRIC BRIEFS. The Grace Episcopal church of Paterson - ; erson , N. J. , wa partially destroyed jy fire early Sunday morning. The origin of the fire is supposed to be in cendiary. At Buffalo , N. Y. , the O'Leary 72- lour walking match cloted on Satur- lay night with the following score : Panchot 40G miles , Faber 405 , and Fitgerald 336. The Chilian squadron bombarded Callao without cttect. Two divisions were sent from Arequipa against Mo- quequa. Col. Albaracen captured 300 Chilian cavalry at Locumba. Hon. Wm. Wirt Warren , ex-con gressman , died at his residence in Jrightoc district , Boiton , Mass. , last vening , after a short illness , of pneu monia. Deceased was 46 years of ago. ago.A A fire in Albany. N. Y. , Sunday morning burned the upper part of the National State bank. The interior of he building was destroyed , Including a number of valuable patntingsaiDong others one of Hon. Thurlow Weed and also one of President Taylor. Losf. § 5,000. Damning Anthony Comstock. Special dispatch to Tbe Bee. NEW YOEK , May 3 1 a. m. A largely attended meeting of the TJends of D. M. Bennett , editor of The Truth-Seeker , who recently re turned from serving a year's impris onment in the penitentiary for mail ing a copy of "Cupid's Yokes" to a aogus address sent in a decoy letter by Anthony Comstock , was held lait evening to give expression to their opinions regarding Uomstock and the means resorted to in securing Ben nett's conviction. A namber of ad dresses were jnado , and a series of res olutions adopted eulogizing Bennett , and denouacing Comstock and the law. Currie-l'orter Trial. Special Dispatch to The Bee. MABSHALL , Tex. , May 3,1 a. m. The trial , of Currie for the murder of Porter , the actor , haa been setfor June 10. POLITICAL OUTLOOK. A Review of the Situation from the "Whispering Gal lery of the Nation. " Plans and Prospects of the Regu lar Candidates for the Presidency , The Opposition to Grant and Tilden Blaine and Sherman. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Spedal Dlapatch to the Boa NEW YOBK , May 3. There has been a rather unusual number of prominent politicians from all sections of the country in this city during the past week , and as New York is the great whispering gallery of the coun-J try it is consequently the grand focus of public opinion. The substance of the views relating to this point h con sequently of interest as indicating the drift of public opinion. As the time for the conventions approaches , specu lation * inrogard to candidates becomes more pointed. The view expressed by representatives from all sections may be summarized thus : TILDEN. It is believed Tilden cannot secure the nomination for himelf ; that he is detarmined to gain po'session of the democrats ; that he will go to the con vention with more votes than anyone person is univeraally conceded , but the combined opposition can prevent the nomination. Regarding his health it may be s'ated that a pewon profess ing to be a personal friend has pub lished a letter de aring Tilden was never in better physical condition. OBANT. is much encouraged by the recent developments of the caucus. Delegates so far shows that other opposition candidates , all told , are only 24 ahead of h m. Senator Conkling is author ity for the statement that Illinois is certain for Grant The rumor ia on the t pis , notwithstanding apparent opposition of Sherman and Blaine , they are ready in accord. In this connection the fact is revived that Sherman tcok the trouble to go to Maine to help Blaine in the canvass last fall , and it is balieved they are fighting on different lines for the sake of overcoming their common enemy Grant. Should Sherman be the nom inee and elected , Blaine would ba the leading spirit of administration and in the event of Blame's election , Sher man would retain the present position in the cabinet , taking chances for the future. It is also asserted by some , that there may bo a thud party in the field , and there seems tr > ba substan tial authority that if Grant is nomi nated , civil service reformers , the anti-third-termersiandthe"scratchers" will nominate a candidate of their own. It is argued in this direction that PABir TIE3 BET LIGHTLY , as is now shown by the position John Kelly ma'ntsins in his party , although he dare not divide the democratic vote and defeat the regular nominee. He has continued to fight by holding separate state conventions and has still great power in the party. Such revolutions would have been summari ly stomped out under the old patty discipline , when principles only wore at stake. It is believed if the anti- third termers nominate candidates , CHABLES FRANCIS ADAMS , JR. , whose recent speech in this city claims to have been part of the regularly or ganized programme to found an inde pendent party , if both Grant and Til den are nominated , may still be the candidate , as Tammany sweats It will not work for Tildon in any event. BUSINESS PEOSPEOTS , The Dull Season Gives Way to Increased Activity in all Commercial Lines , Eailway and Ocean Traffic Enormously Increased. ' SpecUl Dispatch to The Bee. NEW YOBK , May 2. The week closes with a more hopeful feeling in basinets circles. The "dry rot" in prices , which has been experienced since January , and which was due to the extraordinary and rapid advance during the fall of 1879 , has now con tinued over three months to the seri ous ICBJ of the more speculative in vestors in all commercial transactions. Conservative capitalists are now of the opinion that the worst has been expe rienced. The large importations of iron , which demoralized the trade , shows signs of stopping. The favora ble bank statements of the last three weeks , and the fact that exchanges are again in favor of the metropolis , scorns to promise a higher range of prices. The national bank reports show a steady addition to the currency. All the railway reports ahovf increased earnings over those of last year , and were it not that speculative interest haa been so crippled , it is believed by well informed Wall street people that the country would soon see a much higher range of prices. The shipping movement shows increased activity , especially evinced by passengers and cargoes to Europe , and it may be stated that berths are engaged in all ocean steamers up to June 15th , and that extra steamers have arranged to make special tr.ps in order to allow the extraordinary number of emigrants waiting on the other aide to come to this country. Over 60,000 reached the ports of .New York , Boston and Philidelphia , and it is now believed the t'ttal emiijraiion will be over half a million during the year or greater than any previous year in history. The heavy"rainfall in California is believed to insure 20 per cent , of the provition _ crop there , and the crops , from special advices from sections east of the Rocky mountains are promising and between there and the Missouri valley strong bnt dull general market -predicted for all summer. " In many articles thf h an advance in prices , especially in furniture and wearing apparel. COSIMSNTS AND SPECULATIONS. -The feeling on the part of the brokers and bankers is that CoL Scott haa earned hia retirement , and that if he contemplated such a atep at all , no time-for it was more to the purpose than the present , as he had brought the affairs of the company up to the very highest standard , and the work of carrying it on could now be placed on other shoulders. It is gen erally believed that CoL Scott's suc cessor on the first of June will be First Vice-PreBident Geo. B. Roberts , and that to-day Mr. Wistar Morris , com missioner , will recommend this choice to the directors. SHIPPIN& NEWS. Special dispatch to TH Bo. NEW YOKE , May 3. The following were the movement of vessels on yesterday , May 2. New York Arrived , City of Ber lin , Liverpool ; City of Merda , Havana : England , Liverpool ; Allemania , Ham burg ; City of Paris , Liverpool. Antwerp Sailed , Nederland , New York. Portland Sailed , Dominion , Liver pool. pool.Havre Sailed , Labrador , Nen York. Glasgow Arrived , Nestorian , Bos ton. Liverpool Arrived , Toronto , Port' land. land.Bremen Bremen , Sailed , Moselle , Now York. Queonstown Sailed , Abyssinia and Wisconain , and New York. London Sailed , Utopia , Now York. Wind Storm. Special Dlipitch to Tm Ba. RED BANK , N. J. , May 2,10 p. m. Damage throughout the county to fruit trees by last night's heavy frosi is reported. The thermometer fell from 70 ° to 20 , within BJC hours , and ica was formed. The wind blew at the rate of 50 miles an hour , blowing water out of the Shrewsbery rivei north of the Central New Jersey rail road , which hasnever before occurred. Reports are circulated that the dam age by the uprooting of trees and over turning of houses has been great in the inUpior part of the county , but with the exception of one house blown down at New town. No othei authentic information has been re ceived. What Will Pull Him Through. Special Dispatch to The Bee. -Nrw YOBK , May 3. Part of Court ney's mysterious racing rig , upon which he has been 'hinting ' that hia success largely depended in the com ing match with Hanlan on the Potomac - mac , haa been forwarded to him from this city to Cayuga Lake , where he is prasticing. The rig consists of a pair of spoon oars fashioned after Court ney's own design. The oars are much shorter than ordinary ones , are less than cine feet in length , and are but toned at thirty-one and a half inches , which gives a remarkably long inboard and short outboard1 ; the blades , are seven inches wide and the oars weigh two and a half to three pounds , being lighter than those with which Court ney has heretofore pulled. They are constructed of Canadian spruce , and it is claimed will allow an unlimited number of strokes and greater lifting power and are specially adapted to Courtney's style. Tbe Great Shooting Match. Special dispatch to The Bee. ST. Loui3 , May 2 10 p. m. The great match for the championship oi 'he world and contingent purse oi § 1,000 , between Captain Bogardus and young Erb of St. Joseph , Mo. , took place at Compton avenue park Satur day afternoon. The attendance was fully 1,500. The day was magnificent. The traps used at the St. Joseph match were adopted. Tucker , of St. Joseph , was chosen referee. Captain Bayard , judge for Erb , and Abe Klein , of Chicago , for Bogardus. Fred Ander son was elected puller. Erb won the choice and sent Bogardus to the front. The latter took a Scotch gun and Erb uied a Purdy. Bogardus won by scoring 86 to Erb's 82. KaJloch's Crony To Oo. Special Dispatch to Tin Bxi. SAN FRANCISCO , May 3,1 a. m. Complaints against the sufficiency oi the bonds of the sheriff were filed Saturday. Some of the bondsmen are insolvent , and one is dead , making over half of the amount of the sure ties worthless. There is an expectation that he will be put out of office. & Pope Bob on Christian Ground. Special Dispatch to The Bee. CINCINNATI , May3 1 a. m. Some indignation in church circles was cre ated by the announcement that Col. Bob Ingersoll would lecture in Pike's opera house hut night This.la the same room in which the Methodist general conference holds ita session. LIST OF LETTEKB remaining in the Omaha poatoffice for the week ending May 1 : GENTLEMEN. Anderson 0 J Anderson C Alise J Bates G Burges G Brown F Barker J M Bachert M 2 Benson J A Begley A Barker FM Beal H BergP Bullock W Collar L A Corcoran P Cremer H D Cooper E Carroll J CJark J F Chrisala E Crwghead C Childs C A Campbell N Calhoun W M Chapman P Deilrich W H EUer F Elivl Rev Ficenis J Fackler J J Green F M Grant W H Gugoine F L GosEman C B Hobholm J M HankeJD Here G Hall W H Ingersoll F B Jersaw A K Johnson J C Kennedy E S Keennn L E Knf rank J McLaine E L Miller E Hunger JE Murphy J Norm C S 3 NucHerBF Nichols A B O'Brien J Overton Rev A Patterson J H Packard J E Phieffer C Parmer G Robinson C Redick J Rucheleaia E Reikweid G Sheperdson P R Salshury S N Schuller P Spencer F D Smith G H Shops N P Snyder J Thomsen A Wilson W H Williams J Walker F Wright H Wilson LtJL WofielA West 0 nans. Bnrnham & Tulley TulleyLADIES. LADIES. Agee Mrs J Adeline Miss Albertson Mary Bridge Miss M Curnow Miss A 3 Drewell Miss L EnbaukeMissAE Fredrickson Miss C Hull Mra W L Holingsworth MJ. . . E LewisMisaH LynchMrsN Mnhenney Mrs M Miller Miss S McCadieMissM Marshall Misa M Madsea Miss D Masters Mus O'Connell Miss H J Porter Mrs G A RootEHaF RogersMissMB Springer Miss E Shepherd Miss F Thrale Miss L Trembly Mig G WoodardMiss J H Wilson Miss G THOS. F. HALT Postmaster , FOREIGN EVENTS , Full Text of Alfred Tenny son's Last Poem , Whole Eussian Communities Starving by Being Snowed Up Incidents of Suffering. Gunpowder Explosion in .Prance-Twenty Workmen Blown Skyward. Russia Makes Alarming Im provements in Fortifi cations. Bismarck Must Surely Resign Say the Physicians. NOTICE TO CHAMPION SHOTS. LONDON , May 1 4 p. m. John William Oakden , 1 ! ) years of age , champion 500-yirds shot of England , challenges any man in the world to shoot forty shots , distance 500 yards , at a target four feet in diameter , with an eight-inch bull's-eye , or he will give eight pointt nf eighty shots for 250 a side and a 100-guinea chal lenge cup. He will give or take 50 for expanses to any part of the world. A PBOVlNCIAIi BOW. The situation in northern Albania is most serious. The combined Albanian clans , numbering 15,000 men , are ad vancing to attack the Montenegrin position in Movatscha valley , and if possible recover Fodgoritza. APPOINTMENT. LONDON , May 1 , 4 p. m. Farrer Herschell hasbeen appointed solicitor general. Sptclal Dispatch to til Bis ROME. May 2,10 p. m. The liber al newspapers of all shades of opinion inveigh against the repressive influ ence of England and France against Italy in connection with the railroad transaction in Tunif. Signor Bubat- tine , the large steamship proprietor , was negotiating with English owners for the purchase of the Tunis and Golleta railroadwhen the negotiations were suddenly broken off and the railroad sold to the French proprie tors of the Bona and Guellma rail road. Italians declare that France and England will seek to deprive Italy of all influence in Tunis. TWENTY PEBSONS BLOWN UP. Special Dispatch to The Bee. PABIS , May 3,1 a. m. A terrible explosion , attended with very great lots of life , took place at Pantin , near Paris , Saturday afternoon , in the warehouse of M. Honore , fireworks manufacturer. At one o'clock the inhabitants of the surrounding dis trict were startled by a land detona tion , which shook many houses to their foundation , and immediately after a chaotic masa , in which men and ma sonry were jumbled together , was seen ascending amid flame and smoke. It h believed that over twenty unfor tunate persons have been killed or dangerously wounded , but the confu sion is so great that it is impossible to veiify the information. A fresh ex plosion is feared , as a large quantity of gunpowder is stored on the prem ises. BCSSIA SAYS "COME ON. " Special Dispatch to The Bee LONDON , May 3 , 1 a. m. A Berlin correspondent says : Russian fort resses at the most important strateg ical points along the whole frontier , both in Europe and Asia , are to be reconstructed and renovated , especial ly those near the German-Austrian and Roumanian borders. Kars is being entirely reconstructed and Bat- oum and Potia are to be made marine fortresses of the first rank. It is , perhaps , a fact of some importance that this distribution of the Russian troops in the western provinces of the empire is no longer contradicted by the St. Petersburg press. Le Golos newspaper , noticing the military map of Russia , recently published by the German Captain Von Groltzch , re gards its particulars as absolutely cor rect , and ony ) wonders at the omnis- cence of the German staff in obtain ing the requisite information. The opinion is apparently entertained by The Golos that this distribution of Bossian troops is not at all danger ous. To Germany it touches a point on which the Berlin government , there is reason to believe , bega to differ from the Russian diplomatists and public citizens. NEW EONDON NEWSPAPEB. Special Dispatch to The Beo. LONDON , May 3 , 1 a. m. Mr. Frederick Greenwood , late editor of The Pall Mall Gazette , will start a new evening newspaper in opposition to that journal. BUSSIAN SECBET ALLY. Special Dispatch to TUB Bi . CALCUTTA , Msy 3,1 a. m. Wahar- jet , of Cashmere , is suspected of hav- idg made secret overtures to Russia. BISMABCK GOT TO 00 , Special Dispatch to The Bse BEBLTN , May 3 , 1 a. m. Prince Bismarck's physicians have again im peratively ordered his retirement. SOLICIIOB-OENEBAL APPOINTED. Spedal Dispatch to Tbe BII. LONDON , May 2 , 10 p. m. The re port of the appoint of Mr. Fauer Heraahel as solicitor-general , which was contradicted , is now confirmed. It is believed that all the ministers appointed under the new government will be re-elected without opposition except Sir Wm. Vernon Harcourt , home eecretary. Writs for the re election of members of the of the new ministry will be issued Monday or Tuesday. The house of commons will adjourn on Tuesday until Thuri- day the 20th instant , which will cover the usual whitsuntide recess. EXPULSION ON JEWS IN BUSSIA. Special dispatch to The Befl LONDON , May 3 , 1 a. m. Startling news , which comes from St. Peters burg through a Berlin correspondent of The Standard , announcing an order for foreign or alien Jetra to quit the Russian capital within six hours , cau ses profound impression here. Some are disposed to attach significance to the fact that such decree promulgat ed just after the fall'of the Beacons- field ministry and as one of the results of the withdrawal of the cabinet's favor towards Jews. BBET HABTE'S SUCCESS. Special dispatch to The Bee. LONDON , May 3 , 1 a. m. Osborne Morgan , judge advocate general , and the president of the Royal Academy , were banqueted by the Prince of Wales at the Burlington house Satur day evening. There waa a brilliant company present. Prominent among the guests were Premier Gladstone and Bret Harte. The latter , in re sponse to the toast , "Literature , " made a characteristically humorous speech and was loudly applauded. PAKNELL'SSXAT. f pedal Dispatch to Tbe Be . * - DUBLIN , May 3 1 a , m. Parnell has finally decided to sit for Cork. A. M. Sullivan will contest the B3at for Meath. Meath.PABNELL PABNELL AT A LAND MEETING. A large land meeting was held at Irhhtown , county Mayo , yeiterday , at which Parnell and Davitt delivered speeches. ITALIAN PABLIAMENT DISSOLVED. Special dispatch to The Bee. ROME , May 3,1 a. m. King Hum bert has dissolved the Italian cham bers. TEBEIBLE SUFFEBINOS FROM SNOW BTOBMS. Special dispatch to The Bee. LONDON , May 3,1 a. m. The Oren burg Listok says that for upwards of a month Orenburg has been severed from the rest of Russia by snow storms of severity hitherto unknown. For three weeks railway communica tion has been stopped Saratoff and Orenburg owing to immense drifts that have accumulated on the line , and although thousands of soldiers and workmen have been engaged all the while in cleaning away snow , it is expected that several weeks must elapie before trains are able to run through afresh. Cases of death from exposure to cold are numerous and heart rending. Early in April a fam ily of ten persons were overtaken by a scow storm a few miles from Oren burg and the whole perished except one roan , the father , who after seeing his wife and children perish before him managed to make his way alone to a hut a short distance off. Not far from the locality a gang of thirteen men succumbed to the cold and were found a few days later lying dead within a few yards of each other. Several instances are recorded of peasants leaving their huts only for a few seconds , losing their way and per ishing within a stone's throw of their homes. In many villages people have been compelled to strip the thatch from their cottages to keep their cat tle alive , and stories are circulated of whole communities nearly perishing for want of food , owing to the impos sibility of traversing the huge snow drifts encircling the villages. No mails have arrived from Central Asia for weeks and the Nomads on Kirgiaa deserts are reported to be starving. TENNYSON'S LAST POEM. LONDON , May 3 1 a. m. The fol lowing ia Alfred Tennyson's new posm entitled , "De Profundis. " It is pub- lighed in The Nineteenth Century for May : Out of the deep , my child , out of the deep , Whera all that waa to be in all that was Whirled for a million across thro" the vast Wa te dawn of multitudinous eddying light. Out of the deep , mr child , out of the deep : Thro' all this changing world of changeless law , And every phase of ever heightening life , And nine long months of antenatal gloom. With this last moon , thia crescent , h r dark orb Touched with earth's light , thou comest , darling boy , , Our own , a babe in lineament and limb. Perfect and prophet of th perfect man , Whose face and form are her * and mine in one ; Indissolubly , married , like our love , Live and be happy in thyself and strve This mortal race , thy kin so well that men May bless thee , as we blew thee , O young Breaking with laughter from the , dark and may The fated channel where thy motion llri * Be prosperously shaped and sway thy course Along the rears of hute and random youth. Unshattered then , fall current thro * full man , And lost , in kindly curves with gentlest faU , By nulet fields , a slowly dying power To that last deep where we and thou ar still BWINBUBNE'S NEW FOBMB. Algernon Swinburne read hit new poems to a few of his friends the other evening. Killed for Liove. Special Dispatch toThc Bee. BBOOKLYN ; May 3,1 a. m. An ex citing scene occurred about six o'clock Saturday evening at the boarding house of Mrs. Margaret Taggart , caused by the shooting of Mrs. Nellie Stokes by Edwarn Kennedy , one of the boarders , who afterwards attempt ed to put an end to his own life. About two months agoMrs. Stokes,19 years of ago and very preposessing , quar relled with her husband and left him. She went to live with Mrs. Taggart , who , it is said , is her aunt. A few weeks since Edward Kennedy , an em ploye of a tug boat , went to the house to board , and immediately fell in love with Mrs. Stokes , who repelled his ad vances. Saturday evening they met in the parlor , when he renewed his overtures of love , and on her attempt ing to pass out of the room he drew his pistol and fired , the ball entering her left temple and lodged in her brain. While persons in the house were attending to Mrs. Stokes , Ken nedy shot himself in the right tem ple , inflicting a wound not of a ser ious character. Mrs. Stokes * wound will prove fatal. A Maniac's Deed. Special dispatch to The Bee. CINCINNATI , May 3 , 1 a. m. John Miner , a maniac of Grant county , Indiana , clipped up behind Jas. John son , a wealthy farmer , and cut his throat with a razor. Miner then es caped to the woods and cut his own throat. He died and Johnson cannot recover. Uncivilized Demon. Special dispatch to The Bee. DOVKBN. Y. , May 3 , la. m. W. H. Ranney , the tfarmington feticide , was arraigned before a justice at Farm- ington for the murder of his son. He waived examination and was com mitted to the county jail to await the September term of the supreme conrt. Indications. WASHINGTON , May 3 , 1 a , m. For the upper Mississippi and lower Mis souri valleys south and east winds and falling barometer , warmer clearer or partly cloudy weather. DOMESTIC DOINGS. Eastern Anti-Third-Term ers Adopt a Condition al Line of Action. Don Cameron Again Proclaims His Unshaken Faith , in Grant's Success , And Contradicts the Asser tions of Blaine's Man agers. Favorable Prospects for Farmers in the Valley of the Red River. Murderous Apaches on the War Path , Sketch of Tom Scott , the Eetir- ing Bailway Magnate His Probable Successor , Wholesale Filching From a Corporation. Kate Claxton Mixed Up In Another Theater Burning. Crime and Criminalities. Grant ana Tlldon. Special Dispatch to The Bee. NEW YOBK , May 1 4 p. m. A conference of anti-third tenner from Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , and New York waa held yesterday in New York City to adopt a line action foi the future. It waa finally decided tc nominate a third candidate if Grant it placed in the geld at Chicago. The independents claim a large following. John Kelly intenda tojrnn for presi dent in case Tilden ia nominated al Cincinnati. [ Cameron's Calculations. Special dispatch to The Bee. CHICAGO , May 1 , 4 p. m. The Journal's Washington special saya Don Cameron ia a conversation witl The Evening Journal corresponded to-day , said the claim made by Blaini men that they will divide the Penmyl vania delegation on the first ballot , i perfectly absurd as well as untrue That Blalne has many friends ii Pennsylvania is frue , but that thes < men will openly violate the indtruc tions of the ntato convention to vet < for Grant is an insult to them. He was prepared to say that the rote o the state will be cast solid for Grani on the first ballot , despite the appeal ; of Blaine managers to members of the delegation to the break before they go into the convention. Cameron docs not think there will be a second ballot taken , and therefore speculation as what will be done afterthe 1st ballot is useless. Hois as certain that Grant will ba nominated on the first ballot as he is of anything in this life. The Grant movement is gaining , where no strength has been looked for. In M/iSaachusetts this week five delegates pledged to Grant , have been chosen and four more will bo chosen at the district convention held to-day. The Upper Regions. Special Dispatch to The Bee. FABGO , May 1 , 4 p. m. Favorable weather for seeding is reported in the VaUey of the Rod river of the north , and big farmers predict an enormous crop of wheat this year. Tom Scott Resigns. Special Dispatch to Tin Bo. PHILADELPHIA , May 1 4 p. m. Tom Scott resigned the presidency of theJPennsylvania railway on account of of ill-health. The resignation was re ferred to a committee. The semi annual dividend of three par cent was declined. Tom Scott's Career. Special Dispatch to The Bee. PHiiADELEHiA , May 3. The re tirement of Tom Scott from active business life causes general regret. When a , lad Col. Scott was appointed to a clerkship In the office of the col lector of 'tolls on the itate railroads at Columbia , and after some years' service in this clerkship he came to Philadelphia , where , in 1847 , he be came chief dork under A. Boyd , col lector of tolls at the eastern end of the Pennsylvania public works. In 1850 he entered the service of the Penn sylvania railroad as general agent of the eastern or mountain division of the road , and when the west division opened he was made superintendent , and continued in that capacity until the retirement of Gen. Longbert , when the entire control of the read passed into his hands. In 1859 OoL Scott was elect- el to succeed Hon Win. B. Foster , vice-president , and held this position until 1874 , when he WM , on the death of J. E. Thomson , exalted to the pres idency , and ode * which he filled with rare ability and distinction up to the present time. CoL Scott's resignation includes both presidency and his mem bership in board of dlrector , and will take effect on the 1st of Juno next. As is well known Scott his been in somewhat feeble health for some time past. It ia this which caused him to relinquish hi railroad duties in the Utter part of 1878 and leave this country for Europe. He remained abroad overyear , during which time he made an extended tour through the continent , returning just previous to the local election meeting of the company. Although he returned greatly improved , hi * health was _ not altogether restored , and since the resumption of his duty Scott has found the work destroying the good effect of bis recent law. In his letter of resignation , Mr. Scott in warm terms refers to his long official connections with the company and informs the board that his physicians decided that he can not hope for com pete restoration to good health while 10 continues in the performance of lis many duties , and they have do * cided it as imperatively necesiary that 10 retire. Following the advice of his physi cians , Col. Scotft will on the fir at of June withdraw from railroad duties entirely , not only relinquishing his connection with the Pennsylvania rail road here , but from ita late connec- : ions , and the independent corpo rations in which he acted as executive officer. The latter include the Texas Pacific and the Northern Central rail road companiec , of which he has been president a number of years. Beating a Corporation Extrava gantly. Special Dispatch to TOT Bsx. IiAWBixcE , Mass. , Hay 31 * . ra. A startling story of crookedness in the purchases for the Pacific mills of this city , has gained circulation within the lost week , and haa been given def- Inate shape in the confession of Joieph Orossley , a discharged employe of the torporatlon. He was superintendent of the dyeing department , and haa for years been in the receipt of large com missions on the purchases of dveatuff. The commissions ranged from five to twelve and a half per cent , and wera paid by large New York and Engliih houses. Oroasloy alleges that Heary Wilson who for three years past hai been bis principal , has received yet larger sums , and his eatimate of Wt- Bern's illegitimate gains , since he came from Bradford , England , in 1876 , ii § 20.000. By reason of the extrava gance and corruption in the worsted dye house purchases , the loss is fifty- threa thousand dollars There are hints of developments to come in con nection with more extensive purchas es of the corporation which hare been made in Europe. The developments in the dye house purchases are , it Is stated , simply the forerunner of more considerable exposures in other di rection. P Ire at Dayton Soldiers' Home Special dlapatch to The Bee. DAYTON , Ohio , May 3,1 a. m. At half past 11 o'clock Saturday night , Memorial Hall , the beautiful new theatre at the Soldiers' Home , was discovered to be on fire. The building was only finished in September , 1878 , at a cost of { 35,000 , and was a com' plete andjelegant structure. The fire department of the Home was not equal to the emergency and the city depart ment was called. The atone chape which stands near the burned building was atfone time in danger ; it took fin and was only saved by the utmost ex ertions of the firemen. The origin ol the fire is a mystery. This will be fell a * a great loss by the veterans as i fine dramatic company had been en < gaged to play at the Home during th < summer. FATALITY OF KATE CLAHON'S KAMB. An incident in this connection ii worth relating. The manager of th < hall siys : "at 10:30 : Saturday even ing on return hemp , I found a discatct on my ( able from Kate Claxton 'am an ager , asking to appear in Memorial Hall on May 8th. I thought certain ly she cm't burn anything here and she shall appear. In an hour I wai awakened from my bed to see the ball on fire. There must be some strange fatality in that name. " Murderous Apaches. Special Diipatch to The Bee. SAJ.TA FE , May 3,1 a. m. Samuel Smith , freighter from Las Vegas , waa killed tilled near Paleos Springs by nine Meicalero Apaches on the 20th. An American was killed by Indians near Elk Springs and his horns and arms taken. On the 25th another American was killed by Indians on the Fort Stinton road , twelve miles north of Herder's Hanche. Half a dozen small bands of Mesca- lero Apaches are raiding * in Lincoln county , while the main body it sup posed to be on the west side of the Rio Grande. Tno Murderer of Two Men Nearly Lynched. Special dispatch to The Bee. PATTERSON , N. J. , May 3,1 a. m. Wm. Daltzell shot and instantly killed a young man Van Houton on Barrett mountain this city this morn ing with a shotgun , also wounding two or thieo others , one of whom is reported to have died [ since. Van Houton and party , it is supposed , were trespassing , which is the cauie for the deed. Daltzell was captured shortly after and it was with the greatest difficulty that the police saved him from being lynched , so great was the excitement. The crowd , however , weie held at bay at the house a short distance from where the shooting took place , and Dalzell was got into a coach , being protected by 100 extra police sworn in by the sheriff , and driven to the Caldwell , N. J. , jail , wdera he will be kept until excitement bai subsided. MARKETS KY TELEGRAPH. New York Monev and Stock flEW YORK , May 1. MONEY. IIONCY I PRIME MEKCANTILE PAFEB _ BONDS. KA1LKOBD BONDS GOVERNMENTS. OOVEENMSNTS-Qulrt. 0.3.68,1831 t _ _ 1C64 U. 8. to , Ztar _ 102 } Newlj - M3 a. 8. New i per cent _ 1071 STOCKS. Eockhlind _ 1S9J UlnoB Central _ _ .105i 0. B.Q - 12J New York Central- HO take Shore sne. . . . . . . . . . . . _ Erie preferred. . . . . . . . . - Northw atem Horthwevtera prdeired _ 108 8k Paul 76 Bt. Paul preferred. . . . . . . . . . . .102 Wabaas , St. Louia and Pacific 38 preferred C6 Han. & St. Jo 23 : iin. A St. Jo , pfd 71 Zuaaa * Texa 24 Union Pacific 87 Central Pacific 72 Northern Pacific 87 do preferred K Weetem Union Teltcnrh , . 105 Pacific MaH _ 88 U. P. Lind OrinU 115 Chicago Produce. CHICAGO , May 1. Wheat Moderately active ; No. 2 winter red , $1 084 ; No. 2 spring , 3112 j cash ; $1 12112 | , closed at SI 12 | for May ; 8110J@110 * , closed at § 1 10J for June ; $1 Oo@l 073 , closed at SI Oof for July93i ; < § 949Uc for the year. Corn Active and higher ; No. 2. 36c bid , closed at 36c for caah ; 36 * . @ 3Gc , closed at 36jc bid for May ; 3636 c , closed at 36c for June , 3Gg g37c , closed at36c for July ; new iiigh mixed , 36c. Oats Steady , , and in fair demand ; No. 2 , 29gc for cash ; 29j@29c , closed at 29Ac bid for May ; 29j29fc , closed at29c for June ; 28S@28fo. closed t 28ic for July. Eye No. 2 , In iior , 74$375c for cub ; 74 Jo for May in Battlement. Barley Dull ; extra No. 3 , GOobid or cash ; nothing doing ia options. Pork Meas weak , with down ward tendency ; $9 8790 90or cawh ; $9 90@10 05 , closed at | 9 95 for May ; 310 0610 074 , closed at $10 07i for June ; $10 15@1030 , closed at flO 23J for July ; $9 071(39 ( 09 for tte y * r. Lard Quiet , $6 97 $ , cloted at 8085 for cuh ; 6 85@6 87 for May ; 86 90 < 7 02 $ , cloied at | 6 92 $ foi June ; SG 95@6 97 $ , closed at | 6 97d 7 00 for July. Whiskey -Quiet at $103. Stocx Marxt * CHICAGO , lfv 1. BecoipU , 13,500 head ; ti market wta fairly actira at a redxeilea of So on all graiw ; ustoni pttkkg , 94.00(3435 ( , mainly * fe 3CO4 35 ; light , $4 2034 50 ; talk at H ; choice heavy , $440460. Cattle Receipt * , 1.200 feetd ; mod erate offering of shipping etttio aad prices firm ; $4 00@4 40 for coaamoa to good ; 12 loads , avenging 1,340 lb at 94 50 ; butchers' stock steady , BaaJn- ly at 9225(3350 ( ; comaoa , 9200 ; stockers acd feeders steady at 93 00 (3400. ( Sheep BeceipU 700 head ; marks * firm and unch ngedeommoa ; to choice per 100 Us , 95 403& 60 ; $4 65. St. Louis Llvo Block. ST. Lotns. Slay 1. Cattle Supply very light and next to nothing done ; prices unchanged ; yesterday's quotations ; light to good heavy shipping steers , $4 OO6 60 ; choice to extra , $4 7004 75 ; lair to good stacker * , 82 75@3 25 ; feeder * , $3 75@4 00 ; cows and heifen , 93 50 @ 3 50. Receipts , 300 & * & . Sheep No supply sad nothing done. Receipt * , 100 head. Hogs Easier ; Yorkers , $ 3534 3d ; bacon , 94 35@4 40 ; pmckiaf , $4 00 ® 4 25 ; butchers' to salee * . fi 40 @ 4 55. Receipts , 4,200 head. MUwauxaa Mroduc * aftrcw MXLTTAUUH , May 1. Wheat Unsettled ; "So. 1 Mil waa - kee , hard , 91 16 ; No. 1 MHwam- kea , 91 10 $ ; No. 2 , 91 08 * ; May , 9108 $ ; June ' 91 09 } ; o. 3 Mllwau- kee , 97c ; 'No. 4'do , 92jc ; rejected , 85c. 85c.Corn Firmer ; No. 2,36go. Oats In fair demand ; No. 2,29o. Bye Steady ; No. 1 , 74lc , Bailey Moderately active ; No. 2 , spring , 64j66c at. Ixjula Produce. ST. Louis , May 1. \Vheat-Opened higher , bat declin ed ; No. 2 red , 91 10J@112 for cubs 9110@113 for May ; 9106@107i for June ; 94 | < 396o for July ; 91 Jo for AH- guU ; 9l o for the year. Corn Slow ; 33jc for cash ; 33a for May ; 3334Jo for July. Oats Firmer ; 31Jc for ca b ; 30o for May. Rye Qaietat73ic. Barley Dull and'onducgad. Whisky 9106. Pork Dull ; 910 20 bid for May. Dry Salt Meat * Unchanged. Bacon Unchanged. Lard Nominal. Mew Tori : Produca NEW Yosx. Mayl. _ Wheat Spring quiet bat very firm ; winter , $ © 0 better. No. 1 white , May , 92 24J ; No. 2 red , May , 91289 I 28 j , do Jane , 91 26al 27f Corn No. 3 , 51io ; steatMr ; 52Jc ; No. 2 , 52ic ; yellow wtaUra , 65c ; No. 2 mixed , 54o. Oats Mixed western , 40@41cwhite western , 48o. Eggs Western , 10@lljc. Pork Quiet ; new mew , 910 909 1100. Beef Steady ; extra meat , 910 50 ® II 00. Cat MeaU Doll ; Lard Heavy ; prime iteam , 97 30 @ 7 55. Batter Dall and unchanged. Cheese Heavy ; western fin * , : 14c. Whisky Nominal at 9110. FIRE INS. CO. , LIVERPOOL * LONDON. ASSETS IN THE U. 8. Rwl ElUta , CompMi'ir BgldSsff . 99.TH U. S. Bonds Deposited with bftnaea Dvputmtnt , State ot N. T. BEd oth er BlatM . MtaiT In hands ot Trostoe * . U. 8. Bonds. . . . 71C.W Cart In nd and other AMt . UABILniBS. BeMrre ( or Unpaid Low * Beaerva fer Be-Inarance . B6f,0M Net Snrploi U.S. Branch , Jan. 105801 TRUSTEES IN NEW YORK. SAMUEL D. BABCOCK , W1C. H. MACT , Babcock Bro. ft Co. Fre * . 8esa'8 TBCtbak JAMES M. MOBEI30H. rrwident HanhatUn Bank. DIBECTOBS IN NEW YORK. Auor Trnoa * u srociaourM * Sunnel D. Babcock , F. H. S Wiltfaf , Henry r. Spaaldlor , J. Boormaa Jobation. M.rtln Bate * , jr. Bin r ham. II.B.CIaffln. WM. H. BOSS , Manager. OEO.A.DRESSEB , J.A.HOYT , General Agent. Snp't of Agsneiea. 37 & 39 WALL STBBBT , NBWTOBKL MUEPHY & LOVETP , t Agents Omaha , ITcb. STATE OF NEBRASKA , | IKSUBAKCZ DzrABTxzar. u Acwro ' Orncs , ) Jf Lncoijr.rebra ry5.I 8. / 3 HIhereby certified that Frank ilnif j A Josaee Ik LoTett oC Omaha , In the Cosntjr of Dongla * , Bute of Btbratkaja hereby dolaoth - orlsed to transact the bt nen of Tin bMoraos * ( or tha torrent jear In Mid County , afvni ot the Queen Intenrace Corapaar. ofUrvrpooVia the KlDidom c ( Great BrttcJn , nblect to all the reatrieUom and limitation * of UM lav nf&utog Tin Innraoea CcmptnlM la thU SUM. In 1e ttmonT Whereof ; I bar * htresi- to eet BIT hand and the Ml of th Aod- Itor ot Fnb'ic ' AecoonU , the day and year aoore written. 7.W.LEIDTKS , Aodltor of rnblle AooonU. In Charge of laroranca Dept. OMAHA Aim rexT MAXA OMNIBUS LINE Daily , Sundays Exc pt d , Leaves 10th and FaraluaB gtrmta. JUUV1MTT.OKUU. 7:10 o'clock . A. JC 030 o'clock . a. x. 130 o'cTocit . r. x. : > c/doat. . . .r. x. 730 o'clock . r. X WO o'clock . jr , * . SUHDAJB. EVZXY TWO XOUMU Tare - , - . . . 99