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& . . YOL.X. OMAHA , NEBRASKA * TEUBS DAY M KCF 3 , 1881. 0 > 21T. Established 1871. MORNINGI EDITION. Price hive Cents L B. WILLIAMS & SONS , Oor. Dodge and 15th Streets , LINENS ! In this Department we are offering special Induce ments to housekeepers. All Linen Table Damask 50c , worth 70c ; 5-8 Ger man Napkins $125 per dozen , worth $1.60. We will offer the balance of our $1.25 NapMnsatSLOO , an All-Linen Damask Napkin at $1.50. Bargain. We will sell our best Tur key Bed Damask at 50c. Another lot of the Extra Size Towels at 20c , worth 30c. Who have four lots of Damask Huck and Twil led Towels at 16 l-2c each , Splendid Value. We will sell a 34 Napkin for $2.48 , worth $3.40.rOur $5.00 Napkin , slightly solid , $4.00. Our $4.00 Nap kin , slightly solid , $3.00. We offer the balance of our fine sets at greatly re duced prices. Marseilles Quilts Lower than ever Bamslev Damask in Bleach ed at $100 , $1.25 , $1.50 and $175 , actually worth 50o more per yard- (1 ( Case Cocheoo Toulards at 121-2(3 ( , former price 16 2-3c. ) Embroideries I Now open the latest novelties in Edgings and Insertions , all \ qualities and -widths. Our prioas on these goods chal lenge competition. . WILLIAMS < fe SONS Dodga and Fifteenth Streets. OF MUSIC. JOHN S. HALBERT. llsnsjcr. ] Only One Might , Friday , March 4 , 188L ; J. E. McDOVOOOil and R03T. PJLFORD Slanigcra and Frop.tetore. " ANNIE PIXLEY , The CjlebMtcd Songgtre B > nd Actress who has jiutcloteda most brilliant engagement at the Gnu 1 Open Ht/u-c , New York ; cro Ailing that v t auditorium eery nlfht ; ' 2,0X1 per sons in 14 performance * , who witns-scd her rendit on ol M'liss ; Child of the Sierra ! In which pUjsbe will imrodtue her varied \ pelertloi.a o ! Song * , Duets nl iltdle8he % vill be Bupiiorteil by J. E. McDONOUGH , as YUtJA. BILL , and & Company ct b 3uto jntnt. Prices as usual ; Box office open Wednesday , Jlarcasd t . m Reserved Bef.lt at Edholm & Erlckgon'g , _ _ _ _ marlSt _ AOA.DFMY OP MDSIO ! JOHN S. niUJEflT , Lessee and Manager. Saturday andMonday Nights March 5th and 7th. QEAND CARNIVAL OF FUN CILMORE & MIACO'S I HUMPTT OUMPTY , and Double Special y Troupe , .Including the. crcat , the onlv , the original American Qrlmacdi. Alfred F.Miaco , TVHhaQiUxy otStsrslnSoogs and Dances , Acrobatic Exera e , Anim 1 rcrouaUons , etc. . etc. , together wth Prof. tt'hlt * * * Troupe of Trained Do s , and Trot. , ariy's MiliUrj- Band and orchestra. POPUL4.ll rr.tCES AdmisdonSSc ; Reserved Siats 60c ; Colldren 251. Resoled teats at Edholin & Enckson'j alter FrlcH mornlo" GRASO FAMILY MAlINKE-SUurdav afternoon - noon for the children. Admission 15 and 26c. mar -3t PROPOSALS FOH FLOUR. Office of the Purchasing and Depot Com. of Subsistence. OltAIIA Neb , , Fttbrnaiy 14. 1881. Sealed proposals , in du licate , subject to the niual condition * , will be received at this office , unti li o'clock noon , on March 21st , 18SL at which time and place they will be opened in the ptesence of bi Were , for furmskms and delivery at the Subsi t- ence Storehouse in this city , of twenty thousand (2JOCO ( ) pounds FLOTJR , in new , stronir , "da-jle cotton nacki. To be made from Xo. I Spiing Wh at , half hard , half roft , or Ode- , to be sweate i before griming , and mixed in milling ; ta be high ground. S.mp'e o ; F'our ' to la sent in with proposals and all to he relivered on or before April 15,1881. Tte government rese ves the ri jht to reject any or all pro posals. BUnk priposiis can ba obtained at this office. Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes marked "Proposals for Flour , " rnd addrcrscd to the under signed. THOMAS WI1J30N , _ _ C. S. . IT. S. A. Undoubtedly tlie beat amrt in the United States is manufactured at the Omaha Shirt Factory. The superiority of Material and workmanship , corn- Dined with their great Improvements , that IB Reinforced fronts , Reinforced backs and Reinforced sloorca , makei their shirt the moat durable and best fitting garment of the kind , ever manufactured at the t * jderate price of $1.50. Every shirt of our make is guaranteed first-class and will refund the money if fonnd otherwise. We make a specialty of all wool , Shaker , and Canton flannel , also chomoia underwear , made up with a view to comfort. , warmth and durabil ity. To invalids and wcak-luuged persons we offer epfliial inducements in the manner theeo goods are made for their protection. PH. GOTTMEIMER , THE DAILY BEE the latest Home and Tele * Neva of th Day. INS AND OUTS. The House Passes the Funding Eill Straight , Which is Considered a Yery Short-Lived Document , As President Hayes Will Doubtless Veto it To-day. Washington Already Thronged With Crowds of Sightseers , Garfleld Spends the Day Re ceiving Hundreds of Callers. The Forthcoming Cabinet Proves the Greatest Puz zle of the Day. Oonkling and Elaine Appar ently Satisfied Withtne Situation. Preparations for the Inaugural. BOUSE. Special dlepatch to THI BIB WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 2. The house met at one o'clock. Tucker moved the main question of the senate Amendment on the funding bill which was pending when the house took a recess last night. Mr. Conger moved a recess , and ! a quorum voting , a call of the house was urdeied. Nearly EU hour was con sumed in the cflling of the roll. The house did not adjourn till jnat before eleven , bat determined to con tinue right on & 3 in Tuesday's session. Mr. Tucker yielded to Mr. Mc- Muhon to report back the deficiency appropriation bill , and gave notice that aa soon as the latter was disposed of he would Eslr the house to resume consideration of the funding bill. Mr. Tucker says he will push the funding bill es coon as the deficiency bill is disposed of , and will yield to nothing except conference reports or high privileged ques iocs. 'It will take an hour or longer to dispose of the de ficiency bilL Opponents cf the funding bill have concluded to abandon further fih- buiterit ? , The reasun of this change of policy U that assurances have becu received that the president has decided either to veto the bill , if it should reach htm , or alloT it to fail by with holding bin signature. On a yea and nay vote the sixteenth araundiuent , waa cnacurred in 116til6 ThpJ "im uJiii ut"t stands p-tX/dC "th&r | awards of bonds shall be made to bon afide subscribers for two thousand dollars or less. In other words , that it stand as it passed the senate. Filibustering on the refunding bill was resumedmembers meantime con sidering the proposition of a compro mise mads by Mr. Oifliek. Hepropoj ed that the funding bill be passed juet as it came from the senate , and that the democrats will then help the re publicans rush through the supple mentary bill embracing the amend ments agreed on by the ways and means committee Si'urday. Theae relate to the manner of placing the new loan , and provide that nothing shall be construed to impair the sec tions of the statute which allow b.inks desiring to go into liquidation to sur render their circulation by depositing lawful money in the treasury. Mr. Tucker then offered certain nendmonts of not very practical im portance to the fourth section Tat-y were rejected by a vote of 88 to 126. Mr. Tucker then moved a concur reaca in the senate amencment to the bfth section , fixing July as the time after which 3 per cent bonds shall be receivable as security for circulation , etc. , pending which Mr. Oougor moved to make it September ; also to strike out of the section the provision repealing the section of the act of June 20,1874 , providing for the redistribution distribution of national bank circula tion. It was agreed that this should be debated. * After a running debate on the pen- er l purposes of the funding bill , which was kept np f r some time , and the amendments having all been of. fered and voted upon , the refunding bill was declared passed , as It came from the senate. Mr. Carlisle then offered a supple mental bilL It proposed to enact , as a law , the very clauses which the re publicans had fought for , and which had been rejected as amended. Trie majority would not consent to amend the original bill , because it would have to go back to the senate , but under the supplemental , the first section was amended so as to provide that the awards of subscriptions shall be made , in the order of time of subscriptions , thus nullifying the provision for award to a subscription of § 2,000 or less. It also amended the fourth section , to conform to the recommendation of the ways 'and means committee , and added a proviso with regard to sec tion5220 and others of the revised statutes , which were rejected as amendments to the original bill. A long discussion ensued on this bill. The point was made that the house could not amend an act which had not yet received the sk-natare of either the speaker or the president. This was overruled by the epeaker on the ground that the house bad the right at any time to correct its ewn action The democrats were tauuted with paulng a bill that required correction immediately , to which Mr. Carlisle re plied that if a threat had not been made that the bill would ba defeated by sending it b&ck to the senate , all amendments would have been adopted. Mr. Carlisle's supplemental bill was then adopted with hardly a dissenting voice , after which the house ad journed. S2NATE. Sredil Dispatch to The Bee. "WASHINOTOJI , March 2. The sun dry civil bill was taken no , and when the item" was reached appropriating $3,950.73 to reimburse the president for amount paid for the expensas of the commission appointed to go to Louisiana In April , 1877 , known as the MoVeagh commission , Mr. Conk- ling notice that he gave should ask a yea and nay vote , and thought that It should be rejected , aa it had been several times in both honaea of con- preps. The deficiency appropriation bill was received in the senate , and at 2:30 : it was at once read and referred to the appropriation committee. Tne senate n as engaged nearly all day in consideration of the sundry civil bill. Meat of the amendments from the commit tea en appropriation , aggregating § 212,000 , were concurred In. An ittm incorporated by the sen ate committeeapproprlating $3,950.73 for the expenses of the McViagh com mission in April , 1877 , led to some sharp debating , in which Messrs. Beck , Conkliug and Thurman took part , and waa finally laid on the table without a dissenting vote. An amendment appropriating § 20- , 000 for the purchase of the private papers of the la'e confederate Gen erals Bragg and P ilk , also led to a de bate , and waa r < jected. An amendment was offered by Mr. Bayard , authorizing the secretary of the treasury to apply-any portion of the surplus money In the treasury hu might Tieom prud nt to the purchase or redemption of United States bonds , not to ba applied to the sinking fund , but to bo cancelled and destroyed. This amendment was adopted , and the sundry civil bill passed , the vico- president affixing his signature to the funding bill and to the river and har bor bill. The house bill supplemental of the funding b.ll , was received from the houao and re id for the first time. Mr. Merrill object d to a second reading , and it was laid aside. At 8 p. m. Mr. Kernan moved to go into executive cession , many of the republican senators being absent at the Chitlenden party in honor of Gen. Garfiuld. Mr. Conkling appealed to his col league to withdraw the motion if the contested election cases wore to be tak n up. Mr. Kernan declined to do so. Mr. Eaton then moved to adjourn , and it was defeated yeas 19 , nays 28. On Mr. Kernan's motion the vote was 22 yeas to 5 nays. After a call of the absent members , another motion by Mr. Eaton to adjourn was defeat ed. Dilatory tactics obtained , and points on political tactics were an nounced. Finally the democrats yielded , and ou motion of Mr. Wal lace , the senate at 8:35 : p. m. ad journed. _ CAPITAL NOTES. Speci&I Diepitctea to The Bee. The ladles committee on public com fort have secured accommodations for one thousand lady gucta during the inauguration ceremonies , mainly in private fnmilea. The National republican committee will bold a session in this city on Sat urday to consider reports of the com- tuittea.ou the subject of representa tion at the na ional convention. The presidential mansion crowded i.il day by visitors to pay tholr respects to the retiring execu tive. between 8 aan 10 o'clock Saturdny evening next entertain at their resi- deucu in th-a city the general assembly and state oilbera of Oalo , and Invited guests. President Hayes has decided to leave for his homa at Fremont , Ohio , on Saturday morning nest. He ex pressed himself to s newspaper cor respondent as aiixicuj to rejoin his friends and settle down to private life. THE NEW SENATE ORGANIZATION & , > * . ; * ! U'stutch tu the Uce WASHINGTON , March 3 1 a. m , new senate , in -diance to the president's proclamation , will meet on the 4th of Marchand orgintZ3. There will be prese > t 37 democrats , 36 re publicans and 2 independents. There willbj one vacancy on the republican side , as a successor to Senator Car- pentsr cannot be elected and reach here with credentials earlier than the 12h of March. If the prevailing 0 inlon that Senator Davis will act whh the democrats in the matter of 1 r anizlng , proves correct , then dem ocratic control of the senate will doub'lessba assured , at least until the regalar session of congress next De cember. With the addition of Davis' vote , the democrats will have 38 and the'republtcjms 37 , even if Mahone acts with the latter. Committees will be made at once , and nothing will bo done toward the election of officers , a the democrats are eati-fitd wiih the present organization. President Gar- field's nominations will , judging from the general feeling among democratic senators , be promptly confirnibd , and the senate will adjourn before the vacancy can be filled , ai the house will not be in session. No legislative bus iness can bo conadorod , therefore nu business , except that cf acting on the nominations , will come before the senate , unless that body choose to take np the Chir e treaty. In conso- quenonce of * ' 3 one vacancy the con test for control of the senate will not protract the citra session. THE BESIEGERS. At the Rigga house yesterday , Sena tor Blaine was among the first callers , and spent half an hour in consul a- tion with the president-elect. Hon. W. E. Chandler was likewise cloaetod with Uarfield eomo time , as was alao Hon. Marshall Jewell , of Connecticut. The delegation Irotn the Pacific coast , consisting of Senator Jones , of Ne vada and Hon. H. F. Page , Senator- elect Miller and Congressman Pacheco , of California , called to urge the rep resentation of the Pacific coast in the cabinet. Wsat the result of these conferences were can only "be surmis ed. Vice-president Wheeler sent his card with the following note : "I will not trespass on your time by making a personal call" At 12 o'clock Mrs. Garfieid went out for a short drive , and at 1 o'clock the pres ident-elect retired to private appart- ments fur a fhort respite from the duties of the forenoon. Streams of ' callers continued throughout the afternoon. The only disturbances that have occurred In the city took place last night Police Ofncer Offalt attempt ed to arrest Robert Fovrler , of Pitta- burg , a rough , when the Utter resist ed , and cut the officer severely in the face with a razor. Fowler waa ar rested. The funding bill , after its pasr.igo | by the Louse , waa promptly enrolled , signed by speaker and president , and will be presented to the president to-day. The most intense iniercst prevails here aa to his probable action. Those nearest the president appear confident that he will veto the bill. A grand party was given by Gen. Unittenden last ni ht , In honor of i president-elect Garfielij , which was J attended by many senators and con 1 gressmen , who deserted their aeate In congress in order to be present. BAMPANT ROSCOE. * The outbreak in the aonato yeser- dy morning , In which Conkltug , Thurman and Beck were the princi pals , attracted a aood deal of atten tion. Conkling gava warning cf the coming storm when the item appro priating § 3,905.73 to reimburse Presi dent Hayes for the expenses of the McVeagh commission to New Orleans in April , 1877j wai rotc'ied , but the amendment was laid over for a while. The rumor that ho Tas to attack the amendment drew additional crowds to the gallery. Mr. Back endeavored to get a vote without debate , even at the expense of the amendment , but Mr. Conkling would not permit this opportunity for a passing shot at the outgoing admin istration-to pass without Lo obtained an nppiirtanity to speak' Mr. Baily , a democratof Tennessee , came to the defense of the president , declaring the sending of the com mission a patriot's act , and that there hid been no bettor administration for the past half century. Mr. Beck said that , althoughhe had worked aa hard aa any one against th'e election of Mr. Hayes , he would not now take vengeance on him , or stick pins into him. Mr Conkling expressed his sym- pithy for the First national bank of New York which had advanced the money. If it was true that the money wai to come out of the meagre salary of the president , to pay the expenses of these tourhis , for they were in no sense commissionera , ho waa not suf ficiently hardhearted to resist the apk peal , and if it wai to come from thir pockets of thcsi tourists , a man must be cruel indeed to refuse to pay it , especially if it wei other people's money. Crossing Tip. Special Dispatches to The I'-co. WASHINGTON , March 2 , 4 p. m. The city la fast assuming holiday ap pearance. Hundreds ( f workmen are engaged in decorating building ] along the route of next Friday's proces sion. The White Eouae , treasury , war and navy dupar'iieut buildings are already handsomely decorated with fiiga , bannere , mottor - , etc. The city iafastfilltc ; up with strangers , eidatl trains oome in crowded Several mil itary orgaiiizitloiii have arrived and to-night's trains will bring several rug- ImeutH from the north TALKING WITH OABFIELD. The TUggs House , where the presi dent-elect isi staying , is thronged with people anxious to tender him their respects , a largo number calling per sonally , and many more watting. Sen ator Blaine and Hon. Lavi P. Mor ton were in coneultatiou with Gen. Gxrfield regarding the cabinet forma tion. * TUB FUNDING Bill TO BE VfcTOED. It la pwtty well settled thit the preeidenth not sljyi the funding bill if eent to him by congress. Sec retary Sherman is strongly opposed Jtq th > .ma ? urejj rpiTfn ; p. l\w , and in au fnturviaw to-d y , said he did not believe it would receive tbt * president's signature. The aocrutary has had a conference with eomo mem bers of the senate finance committee , and unjed them to go to the presi dent and give en expre'vsfon of their views ejiiust the wiedoni of the bill becoming a law. One of the members of this committee siid to your correspondent to-day : "Gariield informed the president josterday that heout > ht to iuterpnaa hia vole if nec- e-sary and thus pr vetu the bill frjtn becoming operative ; that it was dttii- gjrous tu the financial interests of the country , and should receive a prompt veto. Since tbja expression ou the part of Garfieid , it ia aaid the presi dent IB inclined to vuto the bill and not let it die by withholding hia , sig nature. CABINET SPECULATIONS. Of five leading republican aenators who were asked their opinion of the new cabinet , all considered that Blaine would go into the * tt.to department , and Rdburt Lincoln in Jhe war office. Two thought New York would get the treasury Rhd three that it would go to a western man and that New York would be given either the p"stoffiuo or navy depart ment. The five alao agreed in the .opinion that net more than half the membora of the cabinet have been decided upon. Mr. Conkling saw Gen. Garfield yesterday , and his demeanor since that lioio satisfies some of his colleagues - leagues that ho ia entirely satisfied with the outlook. A BUSY DAY. ' The forenoon haa bsen a busy one with the president elect. He rose about 8 o'clock , breakfasted at 9 a. m. and by thia t'me the rotunda of the hotel wi a full of ro"plo many of whom came to psy their respects to the prci'dent-eloct. ' By ten o'clock ho had fin'sbed ' breikfeat but no de mand of friends , personal y or other wise , could Induce him to nealect hia duty to hia mother. A few minutes later he and hia nifd left the hotel and made their way to _ ho president's mansion to call upon her. FOREIGN NEWS. TERRORIZING THE IRISH. Special dispatch to Ths Bee. LONDON , March 3 1 a. m. The protection bill haa received the sFgna- tu're of the queen , anil is now a law. It is reported Ibat a number of ar- resta from the rauka of the land leagua , and especially of offensive agi tators in Ireland , will be made at once. Many persona doubt this , and affirm that it was never the purpose of the government to make sudden ar * rests under the bill , but to hold it in terror over the heads of the agitators , to be enforced only when its force as a moral agent appeara to grow weak. It Is expected that the viceroy will shortly proclaim the districts through out .which the bill is to be considered Immediafely operative. EXPIRATION OP THE TRUCE. A despatch from Durban says the armiatlca with the Basntos haa ended without resulting In'an agrfemenL They want to deal with the queen dl- rect and not with , ths capo govern ment , and nra asking for the exact terma of peace. PARNELL ON DECK. SpeeUt Diap&tch to Tut BBS. LONDON , March 3 1 n. m. A depitch from Paria s js Mr. Par- nell visited Henri Rochefort yester day. Heexpcctfj'obebackinthe house of commons to-day , and trill reply to the charge of the home secretary. D MESTICJDOIXGS. A St , Louis Grain Broker Ar rested for Embezzling : $12,000 , 'Safe 'SafeV * V Ohio Sends Fou&Train Loads of Buckeyesjttp the National - tional Capital , New OrleanaJsIOverflowing With a Eordwf Visiting Northerners. Swiss colony. - e _ fipsclal niinxitch to Tht.'t > ie . MT. VKRMONKy.7Mrch2 10 p.'m. A Swiss colony h s purchased ten thonaand acres of land near London , Laurel county. Forty families are expected immediately , and they will be followed by moro wbon suitable locations are procured. Trial of the hobber League. Special Dispatch to The Bca GENEVA , 111. , March 3 1 a. m. In hu 'Allen murder caae most of yes terday forenoon wss occupied with tht > testimony of Mies Libbio Allendr.ngh ter of the murdered man. She said that she saw and heard a man speak as he was leaviog the nonae , and that it was none other than Will Thomas , one of the men accused of the murder. She also -tated that since their arrest she was taken to the jitil at Sycamore , and put in a room oil the sitting room , and Thomaa was brought in and a con- versati n was Indulged in between him and an attendant , not ID her sight. When she heard his voice she came near fainting away , as she recognized it as the same one she heard on the ni-ht of the murder. At one time when witness was on the stand she broke down with tears. Driven to Desperation. Special DlBp u.h to The Bee. GRAND RAPIDS , \Vis. , March 3 1 m. The cats against W. H. Coch ran for killing Judge Haydenof Wood county , ia Bet for trial Monday next , and will be called np at Neilnllo , in Clark county , defendant having taken two changes of venue to escape public prejudice. In October , 1879 , Judge Huyden was shot dead by Cochran , at Contrails. The litter had discovered unmistakable proof of criminal inti macy batweou hia wife and Hayden. In Juno of that year ha intercepted a letter written by Mrs. Cochran , wnich revealed the secret , and ou her return homo from Minnesota , where she was then visiting , she confessed. Her huabaud left her and toook their eight year-old child , but shortly after gave It into thc-possasaion of its moth er , on hearing that the latter was haart broken at tna separation. Coch- rau studiously avoided Hayden , al though previous to thfs trouble h'e had been his dearest friend. The JIsanDuM.'hap.ter.J'Jve.iu'gated the mai- tor ; and Judge Hayden WRI tried for the seduction of n brother Meson's wife , wai convicted and expelled. He afterwards bought a w/jakly / paper atr Centralia , and published seindalouH articles which reflected severely ou Cochran's private character. The latter then deliberately ehot him dead. Excitement in the community was In tense , > id the friend * of the asiailant were oblued to i aird thi < jail to pre vent lynching. Judge Hayden had served tha government aa a soldier In the Thirty-fifth Wisconsin regiment , irtid < iftor.varda practiced law in Caldwell - well county , Mo. , fur many years. HH moved buk : to Wisconsin , and in 1877 , ran for the position of attorney- general on the greenback ticket. W. H. Cochran IB a native of-Now York. Ida aurved three years in the army , and was two years in the war depart ment at Washington. For five yews pa t ho has been ciahler of the First National bink. On the day folluwicg the tragedy he was admitted to bail in the sum of § 10,000. He is a man cool in pu.rpt.Be , kind of heart , but resolute m will. ' Hejjhas engaged Emury A. Storre as counsel. The tripl will undoubtedly be one of the most sensational events which Wis consin has known for many years. Too prominence of the parties , both socully and politically , will draw at tention frcm every part of the country. The probability ia that the case will be laid over to the September term ot court. Butter vs. Grease. Special Dispatch to Tu UHH. NEW YORK , March 2 10 p. m. A effort is beirg nude by the pro duce exchange to have oleomargarine distinguished from butter in the cus tom house. Collector Merritt says , however , that as the laws are at pres ent constructed the necessary dis tinction cannot be made , but he Inti mates that order r the an vm secre tary of the treasury might settle the matter. The collector thinks the present a favorable time to mnvo in the matter , and suggests the propri pty of au amendment , to tt > e bill now pending , relative * to the adulteration of dairy produce , and providing for the appointment of inspectors of dairy products. Going to the Inauguration. Special Dispatch to The Bet PiTTSBOROf March 3 1 a. m. All Wfjhiugton trains yesterday were crowded with soldiers and people eu- route to witness the inauguration , Ovur 100 members of the Ohio legis lature passed through on a special. Four trains will leave during the after part ofitha night , and will ta'ce out 300 people. Wnittaker Court Martial. Special Dispatch 10 the HKS NEW YORK , March 3 1 a. m. On reassembling of the court yester day Gen Miles announced that the ob jections made by counsel for the ac cused to the admission ai evidence of the Whittaker note of warning and other letters , could not be sustained , a-id they were accordingly admitted , but as specimens of handwriting only. The first witness called by the prose " cution was Me. B. Hoganof Troy , N. "Y. , an expert in handwriting. He was given the letters by the court , which he will carefully examine , and report the result at _ the meeting Monday next , to which time the court adjourned. A Hpotbecator Comes to GrieC. Dispatch to The Bee. ST. Louis , March 3 ] a , m. About 10:30 : a. ro. , yesterday the dep uty ehinff arreeted Charles Wilder , a prominent grain broker , for embezzling - ' zling $12,500 He was Involved buy- ii.g grain , and would immediately hy pothecate the bills lading instead of turning them over to the rightful ownes.thus gettingfrom thebanka that which should have gone to the owners of grain. The merchants mean to make , an example of him. Wilder will be sent to the penitentiary if it cin ba done. The c.tae will be laid before tha board of directors , with the intention of having him expelled from ihe exchange. The Gay Grescent. Spnlal iHspaU.li to Toe Bee. NEW ORLEANS , March 3 1 a. m. The strangers wLo crowded the city .ire commencing to leave. All of the hotels , boarding houses and private residaaces were tilled with visitors , and when these were found to bo in sufficient , steamboat were chartered to remain at their wharves and bo used as temporary quarters for the guests. . The National police and Gharlestown cadets left for Boston on a special train. They were escorted by the Continental guards tu.the : train , and | were loaded with flowers and other trophies previous to their departure A salute WOP fired as the train moved off. The Seventy-first regiment ap peared along the levea in dreaa parade last evening. Later a balcony sere nade w&a given to the ladies At the St. Charles hotel , and at the residence of Mrs Albert Btldnin , whose husband is one nf the principle membora. The Seventy-first did not accept the invitation to be present at the inaug uration at Wt Vngton , and will leve horn Friday morning , the Spiulcl log guards remainii g until after the firumeu's p r ? io , wlr jn they will leave for M'1 aukee. Tbi Chicago firemen j are b ng handsomely entertained here , and were tendered a dinner at the Wc End hotel , They will join in the pa . .de on the 4th , and the dif ferent fire omganiea are making un usual preparations for the occnion. "Dead Man's Shoes " Speclil Dispatch to Ihe Bee. MADISON , Wis. , March 3 1 a. m. The train * which ware delayed since Monday by snow arrived yesterday , bringing many members of the le ia- laturo , without whom the senatorial battle could not progress. There ia a strong opposition to SenatorCameron , , first , because he Is endorsed by what ia known as the Milwaukee ring , who have boasted that they could run the legialature , and second , becauao Sen ator-elect Sawyer ia lending hia in- fluencH to help elect Cameron. This , it ia claimcl , is in a spirit of dicta tion. The purpose of a majority of the members appears to bo first to beat Cameron , and then settle upon a candidate. Keys and Lieutenant- Gov. Blnghatn stand about equally well. Congressman Williams is said to be out of .the contest , bnt.tbere is plenty of material left. Fearful Wreck. Special dispatch to llie tteo. NEW YORK , March 2 4 p. m. A St. Lonia special a-tya a terrible rail road accident occurred on the Hanni bal and St. Joe railroad nar Jlscou , Mo. , yesterday. It id thought the number killed , will reach ten and three , times as rcaoy wpurided. The tjrst j ; .accident occurred to the west-bound : pseaenger tram from Chicago. A broken rail was encountered. Tha engine , baggr a cir , two coaches and one sleeper were thrown off the tracE and ba'llv demolished. Tha cats turn ed completely over ; The engine fell on thaS'inokinjT car , Jn which were 57 emigrants. It is presumad many -.vore killed. A wrecking train dispatched from Brookneld to render as sistance , containing doctors a nil help ers , cnnsis'ini ; of au engine and one coach , and when about ten mi lea from Brnokfield in croaiing Brus'c creek bridge , f"te structure gbve way [ and the whole train w.ia precipitated into the creek , the engine foiling on the caboose. Every person ou the train wai moro or less inJ'ir- , and several killed. A second wrecking train brought the dead and wounded into Brookdeld , where all the men on ) the wrecked train resided , nud many of them hti families. The scene on the arriral of the train was heart rending. Dra. 0. H. Wood and Jas. Tiddale were among tha eight dead men. Oliver Hoburt , 0. V. Smith , Simon Woouruff , of BinnhAmptou , N. Y ; Jta. Nolan , ro-xd mister , and U. S. Fitzgerald , conductor , were among the wounded. General mourn * ing prevails. 1ATER. Special Dispatch to Ths Boo. DBS MOINES , lowj , Marsh 2. 4 p. i m. The Kuokuk and Das Molncs passenger .train struck a broken rail Aloud y night at Prarle City. The ladies' paBaenger coach and sleeper wttro dumped into a snow bank , which alone saved a terrible accident. Ten were injured , none seriously. Gordon's Great Worir. Special Disraich to The i w. ATLANTA , G ? . , March 2 4 p. m. A telegram received fro m Mayor Eog- linb , who ia in New York , says the statement that Gen. John B- Gordon haa pnrahescd the right of tha Geor gia Western railroad from the Cincin nati and Nasti'illo company ia true , and work will be commenced without delay. ? Marine Disasters. Special Dispatch to The Bee. ST. JOHN , March 2 4 p. m. The schooner Irving G. Hall , hence to Ctpe Breton , was lost with all her crew , numbering nine. The schooner Rola drifted from her mooringa and is a total wreck. Ever ? boat in the har bor wai destroyed. The gale was the worst there haa been for 60 years. It h feared the brigantinea Margare- and Bianca , hence to ports in the Mediter ranean , are lost with all hands. New Tor * woduce Market NEW YORK , Mwch 2. Butter Steady ; for choice Ohio 13 @ 27c. Cheese Steady at 813c for poor to choice. Sugar Fair demard , but weak. Molasses Quiet and firm. Petroleum Firm. Rice Weak. Cofiee Dull ; freights steady. Spirits of Turpentine Firm at 4GJ@47c. JUoain Quiet and steady at $1 80 for good strained. Eggs Western , farm at 2Cic. " Wheat Steady ; Chicago , § 1 15 ® 1 17 ; Milwaukee , 8118@119 ; No. 2 redwinterS119g@li20i for cash 1,191 , for'March.SI ; 205 f"f April ; § 1 20 § for May. S les 750,000 bu. Corn Steady I No. 2 , 57 $ < g57o ; S-jle , 120,000 bu. O ta Steady. Whisky Nominal. Pork ? 15 40@16 75. Lfrd § 10 41J asked for cash ; 810 42J@1047i for March ; § 1045 ® 10 47 * f-.r - April ; 310 4710 52fc for May1055 ; for June ; 310 5510 60 for July ; $10 07 $ ® 10 12J sailer for the year. THE CRACK OF DOJIE. The Lofty State House of Minnesota Seduced to Ashes , A Frightful Panic Among the Law-Makers There in Session , A Pandemonium of Profanity and Pious Lamentations. Legislative Lunacy and Leaps. Special DIftpatcb to The Bae. ST. PAUL , Mirch 2 4 p. m. T iero waa a great excuse for the panic which reigned supreme through out the capitol at the tirat cry of fire , about 9 o'clock. In the houao it WHS particularly thrilling. Occupants of the ualiery rushed pull mell over eacti other for the narrow stairway to the corridor. Driven back here by the emoke they let themselves down over the railway in to the body of the hoaae. The mem bers ruahed for the doors without atopping for the'r hata , coats or priva e pipers. When the doors were opened a volume nf smoke drove them bick and a wi'd rush was made for ihe windows , yel'ing ' for ladders and ropes. Aaserablyman Schmitty , cf Washington county , jumped from the eouth window , landing in a snow bank , luckily sustaining only a few bruises. The speaker of the home jumped over his desk and demanded , in a stentorian voice , to keep cool , but his action only increased the confusion. Strong men were completely unnerved. One member mounted hiadeak waving hia hands and shooting , "we'll all be burued to death. " Others rushed hither , wailing , "we're sant in and will be smothered. " Curves loud and deep rent the air. About a dozuu ladies were present , clinging , blanch ed and trembling , to their masculine companions. A few members acted with composnro and gathered their effects togf'her. The clerks acted with great presence of mind , gather ing tha rojords and everything of valua ready for removal. Lidders wera put at the windows aud the people began to go down. The munificent picture of Gen. Thomzi , which hung b tck of the deak , was saved. Fiually the fireman enter : ! at the door , tbj density of I 'tie smoke having subsided , and shouted for .thtm to no out that way qulchly , without crowding. Soon tha house wat vacated. In the senate chamber the BCPHPS were leaa exciting. A'moit immediate ly after th cry cf tire thj llimpi conl'Jbe sen overhead , and cinders began to fall , One. excitable senator shouted , "Every luna taka c re of himself. " The excitement waa con siderably all-tyed by the stentorian voice , of Senator Crooka above all the din , ehotitini. , "Mr. Pr sident , I move that thesemtedonowadjouin. " Lieut. G-.v. ( Jlluvsna-Jd : "Such will be considered the cense of the aenite unlei objection ia made. " There waa no objection nade. 'ihe lieutenant governor utood at tht deak with gavcliti hand commanding , "Gentlemen , there ia no occasion for Rhrm. Do. not crowd. There is time for ail to pas out. " There waa a ruah for the door , however , but a few got out that way , but the majority made their exit thruoirh the windowa , drop ping into enow bank ? . Hardly had the la l senator escaped with the re- C'irda when tha greit chandelier fell and tha senate chambers w&a wreathed in flames ELECTRIC BRIEFS. Spool * ] Dispatches to The Ecel A feriona cutting affray occurred late Tuesday night on Third street , Louisville , KyM a man nearly killing his wife in a brawl. A rmn waa serfou'ly wounded Tues day In Louisville , Ky.by a woman of the town , on Lafayette street. Joe Emmet played to a crowded houao in Louisville , Ky. , last night. Charles M. Yincont , assisting man- aaing editor of The Beaten Globe , d'ud yeateHay morning of diphtheria , a ed 37. He leaves a wi o and four children. The body of an unknown man wrs fonnd floating in the river below the brir'gB opposite Louisville , Ky. , yes- tord.iy af'ernoon. The coroner's in quest failed to diecover anything. Tuoaday night , at Millerstown , Pa. , Charlea Egiu , a Western Union re pairman , waa stabbed throe timea , dy ing in seven minutes. The murderer ia still at large. Another severe storm of wind , sleet and snow visited Cnica o last night. The railroads have not recovered from the storm of Sunday and Monday , and will now have another bask ; aa t. A fire last night In a largo manu facturing eat blUhmont , at the corner o ( Jefferson and Lak streetsChicago , caused a loaa of $50,000 and threw three hundred men ont of work. BKOADWELL , Ky. , March 2 .Andy Page , an aged colored man , got hia head fastened in a barrel of water v.l.ilo attempting to get a drink , and before assistance could reach him was drowned. CisciiTNATr , 0. , March 2. A cabin on the farm of Dudley Hunter near Shelbyvillo , Hy. , burned and three children that had been locked in the houae by the mother while at a neigh bors , met with a horrible death in the flames WASHINGTON , D. 0. , March 2. A site to c-tst $63,000 has been selected on the Georgetown heights for the new naval observatory. Pinna for the building are also choaen. COLUMBUS , 0 , March 2. John Welsh , the Fremont murderer , had hia eentence commuted to a life Im prisonment. Hu execution wai set for next Friday. CoLtJiiBTJS , 0. , March 2. Ferdi nand Zeltz , the Hamilton coanty murderer , has been pardoned after 34 years' Imprisonment. Postofflce Changes In Nebraska Daring the week ending February 26 1881fnrnlah d by Wm. Van Vleck , of the poatoffica department : Poatmastera appointed Alma , Har- { Ian county , Levi B. McM * nua ; Man chester , Cuatar county , John Cook.- . THE ' 'BOSTON DRY GOODS STORE. " I0th St. , bet. Jackson & Jones. SPECIAL SALE OF Commercing Monday 3Iomiii , February 28h. ( * " " * . _ ' = * - ' T - . 2500 Yards Zulu Suitings at lOe , worth 15c. One Lot Fancy Suitings at 15c , worth 30c. Full Line BLACK CASHMERE at 50c , 65c. 75c , 85c , 95c , $100. ( Beat Value jSvor Offered m Omaht ) 1 Case Merrmirk Shirtings , hort lengths , at 7c , worth 81-2. - 1 Case Lonadale Muslin ac 8 l 2c , 1 Case 11-4 Honey Comb Quilts ai 75c. 1 Lot Bed Comforters ( Slightly Soiled ) , at $1,25. - Formerly Price $2.50. Real Balbrigan Hose 25c a Pair. Our Immense Stock of Shirting Flannels to be Closed Out Very Cheap. A Beautiful Line of Embriodertea Just Received. and Scandinavian Salesmen in Attendance. Mail Orders Carefully A ( tended To. U PRICES DEFY COMPETITION. INSPECTION INVITED. P. G. IIVILAH - - Manager. EDHOLM EBICEBON Wholesale and Retail - factoring ci C tARQEST STOCK O-r Gold and Silver Watches and JeiveSry in the- City , Gome and See Our Stook as We Will Be Pleased to Show Goods. EDHOLM & ERICKSON 15th & Dodgft. Oppoaitn P iH offioe. HORSE SHOES AND NAILS , Iron and Wagon Stock , the Beat. Assortment of WHEELS in the West. At Chicago Prices. W.J.BROATCH , 1209 & 12 Harney Street , Omaha. At Wholesale ! OVERALLS , SHIRTS , SUSPENDERS , Neckwear. The Latest Styles ! _ . , . The Largest Variety ! MYrs Agents for Celluloid Collars and Cnffs , Rubber Coats and 4 0 Star Umbrellas SHREVE , JARVIS & CO. , 14'h and Dodge Sts. , Omaha. ilaii actnrer of t kind * of Summer Bologna ( Oervelat Wurat ) a a Specia tiy. Orders promptly filled. . Neb. de2S-t 0H 1714 Burt St. , Omaha fki CRACKER MANUFACTURERS , Anl Wholesale Dealara in CIGARS and CONFECTIONERY. Daring tha Fall and Winter we will tundle COUNSELMES'3 FRESH OYSTERS , which are now the best tu the market. A large assortment of CANDY aud SUGAR , TOYS for the Holiday trde. GATZ & FBE HAN , 510 Hth St , Omaha.