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YOL. X. OMAHA , NEBEASKA , WEDNESDAY. FEBBUAEY 9/1881. NO-199. Established 1871. MORNING EDITION. Price Five Cents WASHINGTON. Disposition Among Democrats to Compensate Gen. Grant , in Some Manner , Conkling Considers Hamburg Butler a Sqirt-Gun of Very Small Calibre. ' " * ; The Senate Proposes Several * Amendments to the * - . Pension BiU , CAPITAL NOTES. SENATORIAL REPABTEE. Bptclal Dtepatcbtt to The Bee. WASHnraTOK , February G. Sena torial dignity was again at a diccount yesterday. Senator Butler , who b&s been smarting under Conkllng's crit icisms of the South Carolina census , In the lattcr's speeches dating the campaign , gave rent to his Indigna tion by discharging a volley of Insult ing personalities agalnac the New York senator in a sot speech. Conk- ling retaliated by Intimating that But ler was too small fry for him tc notice , and there the matter dropped. The senate did not appear at all disturbed by this manifestation of senatorial politeness , and Immediately resumed Its Hum-dram proceedings. Congressman Page and his brother returned yesterday from New York , whither they had gone to attend the funeral of their father. It Is expected that the senate frill begin the debate on the ratification of the Chinese treaty Thursday or Fri day. Friends of the treaty are quite confident that the instrument will be ratified without amendments. The point raised by the house tha the senate had no right to originate an appropriation bill for the relief of the steamer "Joonette , " h&s been overcome by completely Ignoring the senate bill , and starting the matter In the houBO. A similar bill to the sen ate bill has been offered and referred to the appropriation committee. The house will adopt the bill , and will send It to the senate for concurrence. As there Is no opposition to the meas ure It will be speedily passed by both houses. BARELY DEFEATED. WASHINGTON , February 8 1 a. m. The shadow of the next administra tion fell across the house yesterday. The bill to elevate the commissioner of agriculture to the rank of cabinet officer , was brought up under a sus pension of the rules. Active prepara tion had been made to pass this long- pending measure , and It was fully be lieved before It was attempted , that a sufficient number of votes had been secured to Insure its passage. The roll call , however , showed a deficiency of two votes. The action of the Mass achusetts delegation caused the de feat. They voted solidly against the measure for the curious reason that Dr. Lorlng , a representative from that state , Is a prominent candidate for commissioner of agriculture under Gen. Garfield. Should the bill pass raising the officer to the rank of a cabinet officer , they all felt certain that Massachusetts would not receive the position of minister commissioner of agriculture , since Now England Is supposed to be fully provided for In the next cabinet. GRANT'S REWARD. Washington Special to The Chicago Times. The general belief prevaiii that some bill relating to the retirement of Gen. Grant from the army with the rank and pay which belonged to him when he resigned to accept the presl dency of the United States , will be withdrawn to such an extent as to allow the passage of the bill before the expiration of the forty-sixth con gross. The democrats who vote for that measure will , however , insist that the bill shall contain the provision conferred on Grant a command In ac cordance with his retired rank In the event of an emergency. This change of front on the part of congressional democrats Is accounted for by the pre sumed fact that they are somewhat afraid of the general In politics , and wish to shelve him , as they think , per- manetly. It Is expected that the bill will come up again In the senate this week , and that , with the active service emergency clause stricken out , it will pass by a small majority. Many dem ocratic congressmen , as wsll as sena tors , think It wonld be shabby , In spite of Grant's partisan services dur ing the late camprlgo , to deny him some kind of financial reward of a par- manent nature at the hands of the government. COMMITTEE WORE. At a meeting of the ways and means committee the bill repealing the stamp on exports of tobaco , and repealing the Internal revenue tax on matches , waa ordered favorably reported to the house. The foreign relations committee ordered the Orapo bill on the canal favorably reported , and also recom mended the ad option of very strong Monroe doctrine resolutions. Oapt. Eads was before the senate foreign relations committee again to day , on his proposed inter-oceanic rail road. The committee took no action on his bill. The bouse appropriation committee refused yesterday to grant money aak ed by the state department for a con tinuation of the monthly consular de partments. The senate committee on poatoffices and poit roads agreed to an appropri ation of $1,000,000 for the encourage ment of the foreign mall service dur ing the coming year. It is to be used to compensate the various steamship companies for carrying malL In ac cordance with the recommendation of the Postnwster-GeneraL The only condition Imposed Is that the steamers must be Iron , and manned by Ameri cans , The attempt was made to re quire them to be American built , but this failed In the cemmlttee. The house committe decides to re port adversely on Fernando Wood's joint resolution relating to treaty power. The senate finance committee in. definately postponed further consider , atlon of the house bill Imposing specla fie duty on malt of twenty-five cent per bushel. STANLEY MATTHEWS. It Is reported by some of Stanley Matthews' friends who have been care- fclb/ studying the situation that the president hac become convinced that Matthews cannot be confirmed , and hat he never will be reported from the judiciary committee to the senate , and that for this reason the president sarly this week will probably withdraw ils name. SENATE , [ pedal Etapatch to The Bee. WASHTNQTOir , February 8. A joint resolution providing for the enforce ment of the eight hour law , was ro- xirtod adversely and indefinitely post- toned. A resolution , offered by Mr. _ ConkIng - Ing was adopted -jriahout irectlng the secretary ef ry to report to the sonata the fall persons nominated bylhe ol ettor of tha iTjrt of Newjtork , be- wee'tPj January and December 1880j _ or appointment in the New York nstcm house , and whether any had > een appointed In violation of the civil ulcs , etc. | The morning hour having expired Bscusslon on the pension approprla- ion bill resulted , the question being m an amendment to increase the pen- ilon clerical force. Messrs. Kernan , Wallace and Beck , tpoke npon the )111. Wallace advocated and explained he provision which he had read , the > bject of which , he said , was to pre vent frauds and expedite the decision of pending cases , by empowering local onrts in the county In whlah the tension applicant resides , to examine , nd report upon cases In which the ommissloner alleges there is frauds , t also contemplates the hearings of he United States district cour.s or ny other court of record In a locality n which the applicant or pensioner esldee , of cases In which evidence was required by the pension bureau , le remarked that the proposition was [ able to be a question of order , upon which Mr. Withers' amendment would 10 ruled out , and could be appended 0 the present bill only by unnnlmous onsent. 1 Mr. Hoar objected , and Mr. Wai- ace's proposition was withdrawn. | Mr. Beck opposed Mr. Plumb's mendment as inadequate to reach lie real trouble in the pension office , nd is not called for by the commls- loner. Ho thought the senate ought ot to adopt a half way measure to , urry up the Investigation of losses n the interest ot pension agents , but ; should devise some way by which randulent claims may be ascertained nd the honest pensioner receive ev- ry dollar to which he is entitled. Finally Mr. Plumb's amendment as agreed to by 39 to 21. The committee rose and reported ho bill , when the amendments , with wo exceptions , npon which separate otes were asked , were agreed to. Plumber's amendment approprlat- ng $200,000 for fitly examiners , pro- idlng for clerks , etc. , was discussed. Jpon this proposition no result was cached , and it was laid aside inform ally.Resolutions Resolutions from the house an nouncing the death of Erarts W. Farr were considered , and concurred in. Adjourned. Bitten by a Mad Dog. NEW YORK , January 8 1 a. m. lie Sun says : Minnie F. Lee , aged line years , of Newark , N. J. , was litten by a mad dog a month ago , and s wild with hydrophobia. Her two irothera were bitten by the same dog at the same time. Her father Is overwhelmed with grief , and it U fear ed his mind will be unsettled by the shock. Satisfied With Garfield. NEW YORK , January 8 1 a. m. Senator-elect Miller , of California , who passed an hour with President Garfield Monday , said to a Times re- > orter yesterday that he believed General Garfield would make a presi dent with whom the people would be amply satisfied. He declined to state he nature , or the substance , of hii nterview with him , on the ground ; hat it was entirely confidential. ELECTRIC BRIEFS ; Bpedal Ditpatcbee to The Bee. The large pork house of J , 0 , Fer guson , Indianapolis , was entirely de- itroyed by fire last evening. Loss on stock , $375,000 ; insured for $325,000. P. A. Collins , of Boston , president of the American branches of the Irish and league , appeals to the American > oople , and the Irish in America for Dractlcal aid. One hundred and forty-eight deaths Tom small pox were reported In New York yesterday , nearly double the average number of deaths. Caleb T. Fay , representing Cali fornia merchants interested In the Geneva award fund , addressed tha Chicago board of trade yesterday.and will speak In other cities shortly , the object being to urge congress to dls tribute the residua of the fund forth with to actual sufferers. Asylum Atrocities. BUFFALO , February 8. A former attendant of the new Buffalo asylum , Francis B. Churchill , charges two keepers , Jones and McMlchael , with cruelly treating patients. John Turn- ey had his mouth stuffed with towels until almost suffocated. His head was held under water , and he was then pounded into insensibility. Once Turney was flung with such force into a chair that the wall was broken , which they explained to Dr. Andrews by saying the patients did it while frantic. When the doctor left ona exclaimed to the other , "I got ont of that pretty slick , didn't I ? The doc tor teok it all in. " Abraham Yedder , Archibald Farmer , and a conductor named White , who became crazy through overwork , were treated In a similar manner. Churchill stated that when he threatened to report matters ho was told , with an oath , to report , as the doctor would not believe him , and he therefore resigned rather than witness any more brutality. The in culpated keepers were previously em ployed in the Utlca Insane asylum. POSTOFFICE CHANGES In Nebraska during the week ending February 5,1881 , furnished by Wm. Van Yleck , of the Postoffice depart ment : Postmasters Appointed Mlllard , Douglas county , John H. Bruner ; Blue Springs , Gage county , James H. Clapp ; Plainvlew , Pierce county , 0. Harrington. GBAKD CENTRAL GALLERY. 212 ICth street near Masonic Hall i , guarantee strictly "first class work , " and promptness. Give us a trial , f4-eod-tlm DOMESTIC DOINGS. Three Hundred of Sitting Bull's .Braves Surrender at Fort Buford. The Roof of the Buffalo Depot Falls on a Loaded Passenger Train. Forty Persona Drowned by the Sinking of the Steamship "Bohemia. " Steamship Disaster. Special Dtopatch to The Bee. * BOSTON , February 8 1 a. m. A dispatch received by the agents of the Leyland line stated that only the second end mate and twenty seamen of the steamship "Bohemia" were saved. Among the lost is her commander , Wm. M. Ganndy. The whole number of persona aboard IB estimated at about sixty , among whom were five men in charge of cattle and refriger ators. The total loaa of llfo by the disaster is about thirty-nine. Tha ship was probably worth half a mil lion dollars when wrecked. The car go , valued at $237,675 , was insured. Surrender of s Portion of Sitting Bull's Band. Bpecltl dlfpttch to The e. ST. PAUL , February 8 1 a. m. A dispatch received at the military head quarters here yesterday , report the return of Scout Cnlberaon , who fol lowed Sitting Bull's trail across the line. Cnlberaon says the chief is now safe at Wood mountain , after a hasty forced march. The trail indicates that his band number forty lodges , or some 300 persons. He crossed the line six days ahead of the scout. Oalberson says the country Is destitute of buffalo and when Sitting Bull's present sup ply of food is exhausted , he must re turn or starve. Dispatches report the arrival at Buford , and the surrender of Cmw King's band of 315 warriors. They have given up their arms and ponies. Crow King is the next in au thority to Sitting Bull. Ho says he Is the first band to surrender direct from Sitting Bull's camp. A Depot CoLlapseal Special Dispatch to The Bee. BUFFALO , January 8 1 a. m. Shortly after 0 o'clock yesterday morning , the arched roof of the old New York Central depot , on Exchange street , overweighted with accumulated snow , and weakened by the removal of former offices , which had formed a large portion of its support , fell , bury ing a large number of cars and human bolngi beneath the tangled mass of Iron , wood , snow and brick. The work of overhauling the rulna waa im mediately begun by the fire depart ment and employes of the railroad. The first two bodies recovered are thoio of Oapt. Byrnes and Henry Walters. Shortly after workmen found the mangled body of William Wells , a clerk for Cor Inspector Howe , of the Like Shore railroad , and two other bodies were found later. John H. Jackson , colored , was In the closet of the waiting room , and , im mediately on hearing the crash , smashed a window and jumped into the street. He was followed by Wm. F. O'Dell , the agent , and a Wagner sleeping car conductor. J. Corry , who oharpo of tha news sUnd , etcaped through a window , in smashing the glass of which he cut hla hand severe Jy. Fighting Fate. Special Dispatch to The Beol HABBISBUBO , February 8 1 a. m. The twentieth ineffectual ballot wai taken yesterday morning. A reaoln tion was offered that a speedy measure be adopted to bring about a definite result , and a substitute waa offered that unless there be an election by Saturday , all present conditions be dropped. Pending action the con vention adjourned. Independent Telegraph Service. NEW YORK , February 7. The com mittee recently appointed by the New York produce exchange to confer with committees from other commercial organizations with a view to securing independent telegraphic service gave a hearing last week to a committee oi three delegated by the Chicago board of trade to present to them a scheme for a new telegraph line between that city and this. Mr. Crosby , chairman of the Chicago committee , explained the project at length. A company has been duly organized among the members of the Chicago board trade with a capital of ? 1,000,000 , of which It la proposed to retain 8500,000 in Chicago , offering $300,000 to the members of the New York produce exchange , and the remaining $300OOC to the members of similar exchanges in intermediate cities. The stock Is to be so arranged that it will not be available for purchaaa by outsiders. To accomplish thla the original cer tificates will be sold only to members of the several exchanges , and each one will contain a printed clause by which the holder binds himself whenever he may desire to soil , or his heirs in cose of death , to make the first offer to the company. As a further precaution to make the stock unavailable for out side sale , the plan of the line between Chicago and Milwaukee wlU be adopt ed. Thla line , npon which the new line , though an entirely distinct en- terprlie , will be generally modeled , and with which it will work in har mony , la 00 miles long , and coat $150 per mile to construct. Its capital IB only $15,000. During the first year of ita existence It paid 70 per cent , profit to Its shareholders , on the baala of ten cents for a ten word mea sage. Last year the rate waa reduced to four cents per message , and the profit amounted to 400 per cent. , bu Instead of distributing It in the ordi nary way , the plan waa devised o setting aside sixty per cent of the gross earnings for expenses , and for a sinking fund , to wipe ont the etock and returning forty per cent , as a re bate to its customers In proportion to the amount of business furnished. Its service has been far more efficien than that formerly provided by the Western Union company. An jx tension Is about to be built from Chicago to St. Louis. The newMln between Chicago and New York/id ] be 1,000 miles long , and will be po vlded , to begin with , with four Noi S wires. Ita estimated cost at the out side will be $450 per mile , or $450 , ] 000. leaving $550,000 aa a working capital. Mesasges will be tranamlttec J at the rate of twenty cents for ten > words , against fifty cents nowchargei ) y the Western Union" company , and customers will receive a rebate at the end of the year , after providing for expenses and a sinking fund , out of brty per cent , of the gross receipts in > roportlon to the number of messages hey send. It is not intended to enter nto any competition with any existing elegraph company , but to confine the tuslnesa of the company exclusively and entirely to the transmission of iroduce exchange messages. No out- " ide business of any kind will be nc- lopted , though after a while the bene- its of the line may be extended to lommerclal men generally , and pos- ibly to the press. After a while also t may be deemed-necessary to extend he facilities of the company to other commercial cities throughout the Jnited States by the construction of new Hues , aad to tha outer world by he laying of cables. In no event , lowever , nor at any time , does the company propose to transact a general telegraphic business. Murdered by a Rival. Ipeclil despatch Cincinnati Enquirer. FORT ROYAL , Va. , February 5. ? he people of Farnham , Richmond county , arc very much excited over he sansatioual death of Oapt. Noah Jenford , of the oyster smack , "Dano- ng Jane. " Yesterday morning Capt. Jenford , in company with James Druggs and Lomax Pollman , started cross the mouth of Farnham creek n a small skiff. When the boat reach- d the other side Benford was not In. 'he other two men said that he had alien overboard , and despite their ef- arts to save him ho was drowned , and bey themselves had to struggle to oep the boat above water. When ills intelligence was conveyed to the illaga of Farnham it CAST A GLOOM : OVER THB PLACE. It seems that Benford had been ery attentive to Miss Annie Fiagg , iut It was not known until now that .la affections wera requited. When be sad Intelligence was conveyed to er she went into hysterics. As soon as she revived , however , she appeared o put asldo her grief entirely , and asked her father to send for a notary inblic and constable. She did not onchsafo what she wanted with them , 'ho constable was the first to arrive , nd she immediately swore ont a war rant charging James Druggs with the murder of Capt. Benford , Soon after als the notary appeared and she made ath before him that she believed the eceased haa been murdered by ) rnggs. The substance of her state ment was that the day before the oath of Benford , Druggs came to see her , and asked him t * become his wife. She declined , and he wanted o know the reason why. She finally nswered to the effect that In the first ilace she did not care for him enough , nd in the second that she had plight- d her troth to another man. At this Drngga turned pale , and aaked , rather arcastically she says : "And may I entnre to ask who this fortunate mania ] " Perplexed , she said : "Capt. Senford , of the 'Dancing Jane.1 ) ruggs turned pale , and , hastily leay- ng his seat , said : "Damn him , he hall never cross my path again. " rVHh that observation he rush ed from ha houao. THE TOtTNO OIBL , earful that he meditated harm to her affiancad , wrote Benford a note warn- ng him , but the letter in some way miscarried. Her written statement s said by the oysterman who brought he Intelligence here to -decidedly naive and original , giving the minute details of the courtship , and the very words of her ardent lover. In addi tion to Mlaa Flaggs evidence , other witnesses have come forward , who ) rove that when Druggs left her heuse 10 went to Pollman , and the two wore scon In earnest conversation. Shoit- y after this they went to Benford and proposed that he should accom pany them across the creek , and he , suspecting nothing , went. Pollman and Drngga are now nnder arrest. The actors in this strange life romance move in an humble sphere , but they are none the less oxclted over it. Capt. Benford was one of the moat popular of their-members. , and haa always been prominent in the engagements which have taken place between the land forces and the oyster pirates of the Rappahannock river. BIVEB AND HARBOR BILL. A SHAMEFUL JOB. Washington Special to The Chicago Tribune. The river and harbor bill Is by all odda the post shameful of the "log rolling" jobs which , under tha same name , pass congress year by year. The total appropriation recommended by the house committee on commerce thia yer la $10,189,000 , or 82,689- 000 in excess of the estimates of the secretary of war. Last year the ap proprUtions in the "same bill were $5,015,000. The appropriations for 1880 were about 82,000,000 IN EXCESS OF THE ESTI MATES , and , Including $1,730,894 for the jet * tiea at the month of the Mississippi , amounted to § 9,752,494. These fig- urea show that a democratic congress , devoted to "economy" and eager to cut down the wages of government clerks and messengers a paltry $10 or $20 a month , continues year after year to pile million of dollars upon the estimates for river and harbor "Improvements , " and then votes away the tremendous aggregate without al lowing an amendment or a word of diacnision. On at least one occasion a number of representatives who de sired to record their votes In the neg ative were not permitted to do eo , and the bill WESl THROUGH WITH A "HUBRAH" on a viva voca vote. Of the money thus to be voted out of ihe treasury to-morrow , hnndreda of thousands , probably millions , of dollars will be squandered on so-called Improvements of alleged creeks and rivers which no amount of " " "improvement" would make navigable even for "polo-boats. " On some streams in tha south more money is expended in a year for such "improvements" than would be re quired to pay for every pound of freight 'that would be transported If the streams could be made navigable. Several years ago an officer of engi neers reported that the improvements of one of these streams In South Oaro Una , to make it navigable for "pole- boats , " wonld cost as much aa It would to build and equip a railroad along the bank of the stream. The im provement of ONE OF THE STREAMS IN VIRGINIA for which appropriations are annually made will , It is said , cost from $25- 000 to $40,000 a mile , and , when the " work Is completed , jth'e [ stream will j "Btoat nothing largar than a flat-boat. Abompariaon of the appropriations for the improvement of rivers and harbors made in three years by republican congress with appropriations for a like period with a democratic congress throws considerable light npon so- called democratic "economy. " For the year 1870 , when both houses of congress were republican , the river and narbor appropriations amounted to exactly $2,000,000 , although no appropriations for those purposes had been made for the preceding year. For the year 1871 the amount appro priated was $3,945,900 ; for the year 1872 it was $4,407,500. THE AGGREGATE APPRECIATIONS for the threa year ? ainbnnted to ? 10- , 353,000. The appropriations for riv ers and harbors for the year 1879 amounted to $8,322,700 ; for 1880 to $9,752,494 , and for 1881 to $8,976- 600 , making a total of three years of $27,051,094 , or nearly three times as much as a republican congress appro priated In a like period. The amount recommended by the commerce com mittee and it la more likely to be in creased than diminished by the senate for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1882 , is only $163,600 less than the aggregate appropriated by a republi can congress for the three years end ing Juno 30,1872. CABLEGRAMS. Specli Dispatches to Tni BIB. The debate In the chamber of depu ties of Athena continues with a pacific tone. Much opposition is manifested to hasty measures. A dispatch from Durban announces that the garrison of colonial troops In the Teansvaal are still holding their position , but are anxiously awaiting ihe expected reinforcements. In the Madrid chamber of depntiea yesterday the colonial minister said as slavery in Cuba was abolished , the government recognized the necessity of replacing the slaves by free labor ers. Banquets on the anniversary of the proclamation of the Spanish republic In 1873 are prohibited. Some home rule members of parlia ment will vlait Davitt in prison soon. One thousand millers at Runabon , Wales , have struck for advanced wages. LAND LEAGDEBS LEAVING IRELAND , Special Dispatch to Tni Bn. DUBLIN , February 8 1 a. m. Mr. Walsh , one of the recent Utraversers , has been induced by his friends to leave Ireland. He will proceed to Australia immediately. His ostensi ble purpose is to organize a land league. Other members of the league are going to America. It is probable that the meeting of the executive com mittees here to-day will lait for some time. APPEAL FOR IRELAND. Special Dispatch to the BIB NEW YORK , February 8,1 a. m. Patrick Eagan , treasurer of the land league , telegraphs to the editor of .The Jrl h Wpddjrom Paris , Jpiat ha is id that city to'niBJnTfet. connec tion between Ireland nnd' America. He adds : "Ireland Is thoroughly or ganized ; people ore resolute and un daunted ; disciplined priests and lay men Catholics and Protestants are as one , and never was such a spectacle of union witnessed. The substantial aid conatantly wafted over to us from pur kindred in the great republic , joined with the sympathy of the American people , expressed through the mouth of the United States con gress , haa infused Into Irolandja spirit of hope and determination to fight it out to the bitter end , till landlordism la dead and all forma of usurpation and tyranny are laid prostrate. Re double your exertions , fellow coun trymen ! Show to the enemy that the hope of our nation is made imperish able by the greater Ireland across the Shot by Her Husband. Special Dispatch to The Globe-Democrat. ST. PAUL , Minn. , February 7. About 5 o'clock last evening Chas. Grear shot his wife , known in theatri cal circles as Nellie "Walters , in a Minneapolis boarding - honae. The couple , who are actors , had been quar reling , he charging her with adultery , and threats passed between thorn. About 5:20 : Mrs. Grear left the sitting room and went to her room. He started to follow , but met her in the hall returning. He drew a revolver and threatened to shoot her. She re plied. "You dare not shoot , " when ho fired two shots , one taking effect in her breast. She fell to the floor , and he made hla escape. A physician waa called , and while examining the wounds of the injured woman the shootiat returned and waa arreated. He was excited by liquor , and aaid he was not sorry for the shooting. Grear was formerly with John Robinson's circus , and claims he recently left his wife In Chicago , where she was too accommodating to Thoa. Curley. Mrs. Grear , In her excitement , under the Influence ot anaesthetics , said she never did wrong except with Gurley , and wanted to see him. It Is likely she will recover. TOO THIN. GENTLEMEN. SHELBY , Polk co. , Neb , February 5. To the editor of The Bee. This ( Saturday ) evening blank peti tions were distributed nlong the 0. & R. Y. railroad ( said to be aont out by Reynolds ) , raquestlng the farmers to sign them , petitioning tha leglsla tura to pass the Jansen railroad bill. This seema like an eleventh hour ex < cuae for railroad members to shield themselves behind when they wonld make farmers lobby against their own interests. What right have our legislators to guide their votea by few petitions with the names of a very small minority attached ) If they got a majority of their constituents to pet Itlon them , then they would be justi fied In obeying. Too thin , gentlemen. Yon only want an excuse to aid the railroad by defeating all measures be fore the legislature which would pre vent them from extorting millions cu ! of the products of our state during the next two years. We have legislators who are justly entitled to be named honorable ; others are entitled to it on the ground that " "thera Is honor among thieves. " "Therefore , they who wish an excuse to aid the rail roads in oppreaalng the people are the fag end of honor.ALUANCK ALUANCK FARMEB. Pacific Ooaat News. SAN FRANCISCO , February 7. Tele graphic communication baa been re- samed with Oregon , the wires having : een down more than a week. Telegrams from Portland state that the father of Lieut , Schwatka , who resides at Salem , atatea that he haa received a letter from his son , which flaya he will vlait hla parents In a month. Oregon farmers are moving to devbe some moans fto put a stop to the de cline In the price of wheat , and a con vention Is to be held at Salem soon to effect a combination In tha farming Interests , particularly wheat produc ers. The loaders of the movement propose tbatr the farmers shall hold , helr grain till bettor prices rule , and say all the money need to carry out ihe plan can be obtained. A skiff , containing five Chinamen , was overturned by the waves while passing a steamer near Broekfiold , Columbia river , Feb. 3. Four were drowned. February 4th a heavy wind storm pasaod over Gervais , Marion county. A number of houses were blown down. A large school house with a hundred pupils and teachers in it was carried jighty yarda by the gale , and several children wore badly hurt. None were killed. Heavy rains have visited Columbia ind other rivers. They were very ilgh on the 4th and 5th inata. , and rialng at latest dispatch. Bridges on ; ho John Days river were swept away , doing much damage , but as yet the destruction is light. TELEGEAPH TAFFY. Jay Gould Unbosoms Himself tea a Favored Keporter , The Objects Aimed at by the Telegraph Consolidation. NEW YORK , February 6. A re- jorter of The World was yesterday sent to get the views of Jay Gould In regard to the recent consolidation of ; he three telegraph companies and the results. Gould expressed hla entire willingness to apeak on the sabject , and the following conversation en sued : Reporter. Perhaps you would not object to stating what was the object of the consolidation ? Mr. Gould. Certainly not ; on the contrary , I am very glad to have the opportunity to say the object of the consolidation waa to carry ont a long cherished plan of developing in the Inited States an efficient system of elegrsphy on a great scale , both by sea and by land. When I was In Eu rope , in 1879,1 was struck by seeing low much more freely the telegraph was used In ordinary private bnalneas there than in this country. This la especially true of Switzerland. Of course the distances to be covered in ; his country are so enormous and the population Is so apane that wa cannot , for sometlmo to' come , ex pect to see the work of covering the fhole country with a telegraphic sys tem done aa cheaply here a * In a little country like Switzerland , but I am very sure that nnder one system , with out any conflicting Interests to look after , and with the expenses of only one organization instead of three or 'our ' to be met , such economies con be ntroduced Into American telegraphy ; hat rates both to the press and pub ic can be gradually and ayatemat- cally cheapened without Impairing the efficiency of the service. Reporter. Do you think , then , ; hls will be the result of the change ? Mr. Gould. Of oourae I do , for It will be the policy and purpose of the lew company to effect thla. I went [ nto It with this view , and I shall cer tainly use my constant effort and all my Influence to make this policy and this purpose successful. Reporter. Of conno you know this la not the general Impression , and that there are movements on the pro duce , stock and cotton exchanges looking to new telegraphic projects. Mr. Gould. Yes , I know this , and I am not surprised at these projects , nor at the solicitude with which mer chants and bualneas men have looked at the consolidation about which so many sensational stories have been set afloat. If there had been any truth In theae stories whatever , the exchanges wonld have very good rea son to set about organizing new com panies ; but when people come to un derstand Gen. Eckert'a prac tical and comprehensive plans for the future , which embrace eitab- llahlng direct special wires between business exchanges all over the country , and putting them Into direct communication with each other and with the great markets of Europe , I think they will see matters in a diffe rent light. My idea of a telegraph system is to supply everybody who wishes control of telegraphic facilities with those facilities , giving private business houses wires and operators of their own whenever they require them , and doing the same thing for newipapers , exchanges , railways ; In short , all Interests. Train Wrecked. GALVESTOK , Tex. , February 7. The north-bound express waa wrecked nlno miles north of Hempatead , on the Texas Central railroad , Saturday evening. The engine fell through Cedar Creek bridge , throwing the ex press and two bsggago and two passenger coaches down a fif teen-foot embankment , bottom up wards. The sleeper kept the trrck. The Strakosch and Hess Eng lish opera tronpo was among the pas sengers. Eighteen persons were in jured. The moat serious are Con ductor Littiff , aide and hip ; Rose Marion , chorus singer , thrown through a window and badly cat ; one cornet player has a broken arm ; Lev ! , of New York , a broken nose. The Injured were sent to Houston. Undoubtedly the best shirt In the United States Is manufactured at the Omaha Shirt Factory. The superiority of Material and workmanship , com- olned with their great Improvements , that la Reinforced fronts , Reinforced backs and Reinforced cleaves , makes their shirt the most durable and best fitting garment of the kind , ever manufactured at the moderate price of $1.50. Every shirt of our .make Is guaranteed first-class and wfiTrefund the money If found otherwise. We make a specialty of all wool , Shaker , and Canton flannel , also chemols underwear , made up with a view to comfort , warmth and durablT Ity. To Invalids and weak-lunged persons we offer upeolal inducement * in the manner these goods are made for tholiwprotectlon. VPH. GOTTHEBtBB , ava street , TOO SWEET TO LIVE. Kaley's Sugar Lump for Capitalists and Cor porations , Hence the House Laid it Gent ly Aside for Future Digestion , y The Future Full Bench to Comprise Eight Ermined Luminaries. The House Liens-Kyner Bough * ly on Mr. Mullen's Bill. Special Correspondence ot Tnz BU. MONDAY MORNING. LINCOLN , February 7. Among the petitions presented this morning was one from Omaha praying for woman's suffrage ; one from Wells county ask ing that Mr. Montgomery's bill for the relief of settlers in the western part of the state be passed ; one from Cass county for prohibition ; and one from Clay county praying for legisla ture sgalnst extortionate railroad tar iff * . Mr. Whedon , as chairman of the committee on judicial apportionment , reported back houao bill No. 10 , as amended , with the recommendation that it be passed. It fixes the dis tricts as follows : First Richardson , Johnson , Paw nee , Gage , Jefferson , Saline , Thayer , Taylor and Gilmore counties. Second NemahaOtoe , Cass and Lancaster counties. Third Douglass and Sarpy conn- ties. ties.Fourth Fourth Hamilton , MenickNance , Polk , York , and Seward. Fifth Buffalo , Hall , Howard , Greeley , Valley , Sherman , Ouster , Dawson , Kearney , Phelps , Lincoln , Keith , Cheyenne , Sioux , and the un organized territory north of Keith , Lincoln and Caster counties. Sixth Dakota , Dlxon , Wayne , Cedar , Knox , Pierce , MadlsonBcone , Antelope , Holt , Wheeler and the ter ritory embraced within the Omaha and Winnebago reservations. Seventh Sannders , Butler. Dodga , Colfai , Washington , Bart , Comings , Stanton and Platte counties. Eighth Webster , Nockolls , Clay , Adams , Franklin , Harlan , Farnas , Goeper , Frontier , Red Willow , Hitch cock , Hayes , Chase and Dundy coun ties. ties.The The bill further provides that the election of 1881 shall elect ona dis trict judge end one district attorney for the Seventh and Eighth districts. The judges shall hold that office for two years and the attorneys for one year , after which period the said offi ces shall be filled as provided by law. Mr. Kaley , of Webster , introduced & resolution 10 establish a state rail road commission , and said the object of it was to lump all the present rail road legislation now pending before the home , that there might be no failure to pass such laws as tha people demanded. Mr. Whedon , of Lancaster , object ed to the resolution , and aaked the gentleman from Webster if the reso lution wasn't just what the railroads wanted. Mr. Kaley didn't know. The speaker was in favor of letting the bills for railroad restriction now pending be acted upon In the regular order. The house oonld adopt or re ject any or all of them. Some rail road legislation was needful. He did not believe , however , that the rail road tariffs were too high. But ho did believe that when a railroad company would say to a coal merchant In Lincoln that he must pay one- third more freight on hla consign ments than another merchant of the same place had beanpayingand ; when one corn merchant was recoiling like favors to the ruin of others , it was high time for soma legislation In the premises. [ Loud applause. ] Moore , of York , took substantially the same grounds. Case , of Clay , thought this kind of a discussion ont of place on such a resolution. This powder should be re served for the bills on the general hie. Ransom , of Otoe , opposed the resolution elution , for the reason that the oom- mittee on railroads was now engaged on a bill which embodied the Iowa and Illinois railroad law , which would cover about the same ground as Ha ley's resolution. On motion the resolution was laid on the table by an aye and nay vote of 35 to 14. Mr. Mullen's bill to prevent eva sions on the er-emptlon laws , which was gotten up , he claims , solely for the laboring man , was the special or der for 4 o'clock. Mr. Slocumb , of Jefferson , opposed it and said a law to prevent a man Irom selling paper for which he had given value received would be nncon stltutlonal. Mr. Kyner , of Douglas , said It might bo expected that shysters and third-rate lawyers would object to a bill of this kind. But he thought It a good bill and would support it. His colleague , Bartlett , rose and at ) tached Kyner for his Inconsistency , saying that the latter had always madt such great pretensions in his supper ! of soldiers for federal office , yet ha ro- losed to vote for a general in the ra- cent senatorial election , and tha speaker knew of another Instance wherein Kyner had voted fora rebel democrat In preference to a republi can. can.Tho bill was postponed till the reg ular order , Wednesday , after which some wag sent np the following reso lution to the clerk : RESOLVED , "That some mechanic be immediately instructed to repair the chair of the gentleman from Dou glas. " No action was taken on the resolution. Railroad legislation does not abate , or the desire for it. Three bills were introduced against discrimination which will be reviewed when they como before the house for discussion. One of them prevents railroads from giving railroad passes to the legisla tors , and the latter from receiving them ; the others are to regulate the tariffs of railroads. J. B. H. Fires. GEASDRAPIDS , Mich. , February ? . A fire here to-day destroyed the O3P ZDOiMiimsTzasjji A. CRUICKSHANK & CO , Have JUST BEOEIVED and will offer this week TWENTY BALES AND SEVENTEEN CASES o the following Goods , direct-groin the Mills , and as wa miat br * ° * " of ® Wl offerftemattiB * > 4 * Regular Jobbing Price , contenting ourselves with ajobbers' profit. The following ? * a list of the Goods in this fet : PRINTS , PRINTS , PRINTS , PRINTS , Lancaater , Berwicks , Harmony-Paciflcs , Anconas , Ifancheflttr Mermnaca andKnickerbookers. GINGHAMS , GINGHAMS , GINGHAMS. Lancaaters , Bates , Hoiosehold and Amoskeag. BLEACHED MUSLL\S , BLEACHED MUSLIM , Lonadale , Fruit of the Loom , WamauttaandNeYorkMlD UNBLEACHED MUSLIMS , , BLEABHED UNMDSLINS , Indian Head , Great Western , Lawrence LI , , Alabama , Qr ntt Pepperel O and Pepperel H. SHEETINGS BLEACHED. Wamautta , NewYork Mills , PeppereiBoaton , Ellenferwa M Hills and Boston. SHEETINGS UNBLEACHED. Lowell , Boston , Pepperel and Lawfoton , There can ba no better opportunity to maku year pnrchnM ef eaek prices. than ItOW , as thera la little chance of our being sgaln able to dupllaat * FOREIGN 'GOODS. We are offering tha most complete line of HOUSEKEEPING OXPg we hav aver shown , IncJudhig a splendid line of TABLE CLOTBJI mrl NAPKINS and TOWELS , and a splendid Una of EMBROEDHBIHIL la M- tlrely New Designs , end at most reasonable prices. A. GRUIGKSHANK & GO. A. B. NUBERMANN , O73BCX3 JEWELER , Cor. Douglas and 13th Sts. Gives Great Bargains in ladies' and Gents ! AMERICAN GOLD AND SILVER WATCES All Kinds Of JEWELRY , SILVER WARE AND DIAMONDS. We Guarantee The Best Goods For The Least Money. M n ictonr of all kind * ot Summer Bologna ( Cervelat Wut > t ) % SAUSAGE Specialtiy. Orders promptly ffll & , 1714 Burt St. , Omaha-Neb. residence of John Smith and contents m Grand Yille avenue. Loss about $1,000. $ Insurance small not stated. The cause of the fire Is not known. BALTIMORE , February 7. The cl- tar factories of Baron & Co. and Eelnman Bros , were damaged $25,000 by fire ; Insured. MAKKETS BY TELEGRAPH , Milwaukee Produce Market. MU.WAUKBB , February 8. Wheat No. 1 Milwaukee hard , nominal ; No. 1 Milwaukee , 81 04 ; No. 2 do , 87c ; F8bruary,87go ; March , 37o ; April , 88ic ; No. 3 Milwaukee , 7&jc ; No.fi , 75jc ; rejected , nominal. Corn 46jc. Bye FirmJratSSc. Chicago Produce Marttet. CHICAGO , February 8. * Wheat 98g@982c for March ; Olgo for April ; 81 02103 for May. Corn 36o bid ; 31 $ < § 31jjcfor May ; 31 c for June. Oats Higher ; 29gc for March ; 29 c bid for May. Pork Euler ; ? 1467i@14 60 for March ; ? 4 72 @ 14 75 for April ; $14 85 for May. Lard 89 52J09 55 for March ; 89 G2& < 39 G5 for April Chicago Live Stocfc ilarttet CHICAGO , February 8. Cattle Exporters nominal at $5 15 @ 5 65 ; good to choice shipping. 84 50 @ 515 ; fair to good , $4 00@4 50 ; butchers' steers hi good demand at full prices ; choice , $4 10@4 40 ; fair to good , $3 50(3400 ( ; cows andhelfen , 82 50@3 00 ; stockers firm at 82 50 ® 3 25 ; feedess scarce and wanted at 83 50435. Receipts , 400. Sheep Dullmedium to good,83 50 @ 4 50 ; choice to fancy heavy , $4 75@ 5 50. Receipts , 400. Hogs Yorkers , 85 20@5 35 ; mixed packing , 85 00@5 40 ; butchers' to fancy , 85 505 70. Receipts , 3700. St. Louis Produce .Marxet ST. Louis , February 8. Wheat Unwttted ; No. 9 rod , 81 OOJ@1 OOf for caih. 81 OOf Febru ary ; 81 02@1 02J for March ; 81 053 ® 105 * for April ; 81053O1 OBJ for May ? No. 3 do , 95Jc ; No. 4 do , 90o bICora-37 < 337i < sfor cash : 37375 for February ; 3737ic for March ; 38J38gc for April ; 3930Jo for May ; 39e for Juno. Oats Hlghar at 31@31o for cash ; 32@32lc foiMarch ; 33Jc bid for Ap ril. ril.Rye gteady at 87c $ . Barley Dull and. unchanged , Whisky 8106. Pork-Steady ; $1450 for CN& ; 114 60 bid for March , Dry .Salt Meats Hald higher ; shouldon , $460 ; short rfb , 7 25 ; short clear , $7 40@7 60. Lard Higher at | 9 37j bid. AOKXTS WASTED JOB CUE H357T BOOK , "Bible for the YOHD& Bdnsr th * itorjof the Striptarw br Ktr. Qt AlRuo der Crook. D. D. . In § Jmpl and &Un UTB Unfossro for old and joocfr Proftu * innatnted , making- most InUnrJaj mod to- pn lTs jouth'i taitructor. Xrnj parrot wfll secure thli work. Preachcra , you thool < t etr- oobtalt. Price K.OQ. B nJ for drcnlan with xtr Urmt. J.ILCimiBZE3&CO. . Bt. LOBl THB CZLXBBATXD Oral Steel Tooth Harrow Xinofactor * ! by D A GEOot * ga aisas , fm ou 11 , wtt _ . . _ . F.D COOPQ- Write for prices * I nt , Omaha , X.b. Wwtf OMAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPAKY. AJTTltTAI , 1CEXTI3O. Tha annual meeting of tha Stockholders "ot tha Omaha and Sontbiretteni Raflroad Coapur. will bo h ld at tha offlca ot tha company la Platttmooto , Nebrarta , on Thuijdsy. Ttbrsarr Mth. enrols at 103ff o'clock a. m. . for tit * election ot director * , and any other bnttnMl which may legally coma before the meatine. JOHHA.DSKI80N , _ Secretary. Beaton. January Hth.1831. JM-wtt IPCUTC WAirrzoto Mil Dr. cataaa nllCn I O 1000 RECIFE BOOK. StUt Stykt. Ton doable rcrar money. Aidrsjt Dr. Chiao'i Printing Houae. Ann Aibor , Michaottv aottv PROBATE NOTIOB. BUU of Kebmka , Dousrla * County , : AtaCoonty Court held at the Coonly GoorV Boom.m and for MM County , D c. llta , A. D..1B30. Pie nt. WM. 0. BABTHOLOlOrw , County Judge. In the matUr of tha estate of Thoraw Gilbert , decoaMd : _ On readier and " ? the petition of Taenw Gilbert , piaybur that administration ot tt eetata of the amid Xhomaa Gilbert , deceased , mar bo fianted to John B. Snsed M adnslaHV rater * Ofoooo , that January 6th , A. D. , 1831 , a4 9 o'clock : a. m. . be aedgoed for hearts ? tald pe tition , when all peraons Interested In dd Bai ter may appear at * County Court to be held , fa andfornld County , and ihoir cwae why the prayer of petitioner should not be granted ; and that notice of the pendency ot said petition an d the hearing thereof , begiren to an personj In. tereoted in aald matter , by publiahinr e ° I > T ot thl order in the Oxaaa WDE.T Bo , a new * paper printed la aald County , for throe [ A true copy. ] WM. O. BABXHOI/0. docl5-R Count Jade * . AGKST3 WASTED 70S Fastest Boning Boot : of tha Agel Foundations of Success , ETJ3TSES3 AND SOCIAL rOKJB. 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