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    YOL. X. OMAHA , NEBEASKA , WEDNESDAY. FEBBUAEY 9/1881. NO-199.
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WASHINGTON.
Disposition Among Democrats
to Compensate Gen. Grant
, in Some Manner ,
Conkling Considers Hamburg
Butler a Sqirt-Gun of
Very Small Calibre.
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The Senate Proposes Several
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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
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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
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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 * .
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Fastest Boning Boot : of tha Agel
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K * business , TSloable table * . tooUI aHqottte.
parUamentaJy temg * , Bow to contort public
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