Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 2, 1881, Page 1

» e Established 1871, BARGAINS e ESTATE BEMIS’ AGENCY, 13th and Douglas Street. Large nmber of hesutital residence low, lo oated 1o this new addition or Capivoi Hll, be Fwaen 24th street Dog o ¢ o kins 16 nores. Doly S8 iots have thus far been piatied—1¢ on Purnhem e4 8on Douglas sircet. These lots 0 1 5 foet 41 wldth and 160 indepth. €1,000 o cloke. b years tme, st B s 0 who wil build good_substantis] I and examine piat and get KEAT, BSTATE AGENOY, 11t and Dougias streets. Fouses and Tota are offered for sale They are scattorad all over the cation you desire, Prices varying 0% cach. 13 chear houses bear Jackeon e, Here ina i for same one. The property must. 4 immedistels, Covers fast A quariet of & Floek. Call and examine this withowt any delsy. GO P. BEMIS, Agent, 15th and Donglas Sta A desiratie Tot peer Camlvk and Seunde Btrocts, 21,00, PARK PLADH, Vi cheapest aore lob {n the elty of = those offred fors1e. by this g "Piace and Lowe's second sddition, o5 3 Burt sad Callfornts sirsets; you the Tanke B mistake inpi kg up thoee bareeita while navothe chanco. These Inte are more than 10 sive to 4 tull sized ©ity lots or & bt bl and it will be buta ery short time itsre o Xt wee e %11 gl for aa i a in Pak lege. $150 10 €300 per aerelot. Ouf femediately, and doo's lose vour etance. ae €% pist and t pasieniar of a EMIS, Agent, al Eh and Dorglis Eereetn, 0 Rnerman Ao morth of Nichoias Cam bote en 13h aod 14th streste 12400 v 9000, wadition 16 adition, 180 10 0 Thoroeil'e addition, 8784, ol Iage e n Serticts atdlien, 1 rode and 2} acres each, Prices §700 to €8 | DOMESTIC DOINGS, A Osnsus Officer Murdered and Bis Body Burned by the & Greasers. An Hlicit Whisky Still Un. earthed in Chicago. Venner Apologizes For His False Weather Prophecy. A Goveroment Employe Murdered and His Body Burned. Spacial dispatches to The Ben. BaxTa Fg; N, M., February 1-10 p. m.—Sherff Armajo, upon receipt of the sews the! a man - lastico Piere had bsen implicated in tho murder of Colonel Potter, who was in the employ of the interior de- partment to collect mining statistics for the census bureau, sent two men and arrested hiin at lets, fifteen miles below Albaauerque. He denied all knowledge, until confronted by she sheriff, when he stated the facts which he said had been related to him by one of the parties to the murder, nsmed Marineo Leybor. He was placed in the jail and secarely guard- ed, as a mob were determived to Iynch him. The following day the wheriff, with six well armed men, snd sccompanied by Mr. T. O. Van Zyqi, Colonel Potter's intima'; ang ¥aizhfal friend, started ¢ ¢ tng Tace wln-r\ the body of Gulinel Tottb van left, ——~at twenty B3 tailes from Albu. querqié they left the road, and, fol- toWing the trail, came upon the dead bodies of two horses, one Colonel Potter's, and the other tne belonged %o the robbers. A pile of sthes and half burnt brush whs desiznsted by Eacalasties sk containing the remains of the murdered man, And we: ve: ing made, s fow bexbs, some scraps of clothing &= a number of pecaliar buz~ toxa were found The latter were ideutified by Mr. Van Zaindt as be longing to Colonel Potter. Eacalae- re | tico, who bad strenubusty denied hav- ing been a witnes to the murder, then gave, as all have reason to be- lieve, a truthfal account of the i ly: The Uolonel, who left Tejahoras on the morning of October bth, met two men on the road, from whom he In- quired the direction to Las Pisces. They dtrected him to & trafl, burposely to mielead him, he belug at the time on the directed road. When they separated the two men made & detour, and, reaching the polnt %hich Putre; must. pass, saw him diszount In the act of Hghtiog hie plpo, They then opened fire on him, the fivst shot striking on his kuse, ¥ causing him to fall to the ground. Potter drew his wespen ahd shot ong of hin assailants in the arm. The second shot took effect in Potter's breast, and hin re- turned firg killed a hotte of one of the robbers, Potter's horse then fell dead from a bullet, and a few seconds Inter was followed by his unfortunate master. The bandite, after robbing the body of all but the clothes, they id | being too bloody to safely take, cov- <hoap and vary 4. Tnoas pare of <\ev, Lo new government doj lite iad works, U. P, | toom. e they thought, erod it with brush, which, being fired, destroyed sl trace of their crime. Farther Inqul.y elicited the fact that two of the as- %55 | aailants of Potter wers living in thy . n T6th and Douchs Bis. Ackicice residerce Iote cn 34th surset, betwsen "Donglas and Dodge sirsee; 41100 to 1,900 sach ond o time to thote who will bulld % aholoe comer low near Sith and Farnbam Whreate, G5x124 feet, 81,160 and $1,900, and very tasers who wiil improve. loteon 24tk betn oan Farmium and Dougias sireets, 950 fo §1,000 each and long st businees lots in yot iocated on erery bum DY wirest, it wvery Dusinee Mok —t6005 46" 918,000 LAKE'S ADD(TION, 40510 ce residence ota me liately north of and Ponutttal resdence an”, 8th 10t and 2014 *_ ey agts, §300 to 8650 each and Tery sasy torms 10, thowe whowill build Call and emamive plat ar pogeul p;umlm GEO. . Beautito’ oy 5 fel e tromage o0 ™" Jme, by 550 feet in depth. Wil divide it mak- r g 183 foet by 389, Call and get full particulars, acre e 19t street, 10 feot. cast frontage by 878 foet deep. Thin e Just somth of the K. 1ra: ‘Dath (Poppieton piace. This ls £t ade, oull and woypriesaed lommani | BEMIS Al ota, Jast north of and adjolbing E. V. ity adion, and. Tomied v Banndern stroots, at reasonabic long e to buyer who Improve BEMIE, Ageot. HORBACH'S ADDITION. €3 jote 10 Horbaci's frst and wecond & ition 0 L84, IS, 10th and 0tk stroets, beinren Ricbolas, Patl, She-oian and Clark sireets, very Bandy to T. P. Shope, smelti o Fanging In prices £ om from §200 1o $1:100 e Fequiring o'y #mall pavment down r irDe a8 7 s cont intereet 10 thoss who wll prove. Gl 1h mountains not far from the spot of the murder, and a party st once sur- rounded thelr house effecting thelr oaptare. The same means that had been 8o successfully engaged in the instance of Exoalastico, prodaced con- firmatory contessions from them, with the additional information that the robbers who had been wounded by Potter, was no lese s personsge thsa Marino Lybor. He had_been known o have presented a watch to Pendle- ton Myra. This watch snawered the diecription of one worn by Ool. Pot- ter, and the fact of Marino appearin, at tbe same time, with a wounds arm, which injury he ascribed to fall from his horse, convicts him in the minds of all men as one of Potter's murderers. The watoh was traced from the hande of Mira toa pawn broker in Albuquerque, but the case bad already been melted when s de- mand for 1t was made by the sheriff. An Inhuman Act. Bpecial Dispatch to The Boe. Dra Morses, Ia., Febraary 2—1 s. m.—James McGimsey, of Adalr coun’ ty, while going home from Stuart, overtook twelve or fifteen children golng home from sohool, who steppesd aside in the snow to let him pass, bat he turned out and drove on the chil- dren, knooklog them in all direstions, and seriously Injuring them. Mo- Gimsey was arrested, aud is held in jall to swalt action of the grand jury. Big Fire In the Quaker City. 8pocal Diepaich o The Bee. Punapsueais, February 1—10 m.—This morniog_about 6 o'clock 4 | a fire broke out In the shoe factory of 37150 good farms tor sle in Dougiae Sarpy Weshington, Burt, Dodge, Saundersand ¥rwtern Wler of coustios '42750,000 acrer best swiected lands In the #tate for puie by thic agency. Oall aod gt waps reuiars an.l 110 pasticulan. o e ee distribution. Geo. P. Bemis' Reav Esvare Acency. 15th & Douglas St., OMAHA, - - - - NEB. Auction Sale of Public Bulldicss st North Platte, Neb., and Cemp Stambaugh, Wyo. Headquariers Dopt of the Fiatte, | Office Cbiet Quariermaster, | Januery 31, 1881 | HERE WILL DE SOLD at Pubiic Auction on the respective prmlscs, commencig st 13 &clock, noon on Mondsy, February b, 1581 The public alidme and structires &t Nortd Piatke, Nevrasks, and Camp Siamvaugh, Wyo. "The boildings at North Piatte conslet of twe “Quariers, two Storehouses, Guardboose, wpeater S, T, ! resmeg Quurtere, k0ot el Bogn- Zine, Wazon Shed, F ences and Outhouses. at’ Camp Stsmbaugh coaslet of T Mayer & Stern, 313 and 314 Osrter alley. Before an alarm sounded the fiames had gatned good headway. Af- ter the floor of the bullding was licked up by the fame, and while the atten- tion of the firemen was directed on the burning building, and endeavor- ing to save the prcperty on the north side of the alley, the flames worked their way to the rear and communleat- ed with the fourth floor of the sdjoin- ing eight-story brick building, snd In a remarkably short period the fire was raging with terrific fury. When it became evident that this building was also Goomed to destraction, the chief gave orders to the firemen to direot thelr attention towards saving the ad- Joining property. This they sucoeed- ed in d -ndltw;-;muufin they did eo, for the bui contaln- od'z-wnl barrels of petroleum. The building where the firs broke out was oocupled exclusively by the shce manufacturers, and they had on hand ready for shipment yesterdsy morning goods in cases which were valoed st over $15,000. In addition to this there were on hand ready made stock valued at $40,000, and leather and findings to the value of $10,000; their | machinery, which was of {be most ap- peoved plans, was valaed at $8000, of which, together with valuable pa- pers, were destroged. The buildings dowiored were' cwoad by Joho Rowell, and were valued at §163,000. Crookea Buage Factors. Bpecial Diepatch 10 The Bes Onicaco, February 110 p. m.— Anillict atll, at 225 Aberdeen street, oute: | in this clty, was seized last evening by on d tacy of the property will end ity doou atier mle Chiet Quvrermamier. ne revenue officers, who captured Danisl praparatory & whisky mill on the farm of John McNulty, southwest of the city. Brrague's Financial Troubis. Bpacial dispated 1o The Bes. Provioexce, R. I, Fobraary 2—1 . m.—In the United States olrouit sourt, held In this city yesterdsy, Jus- tices Lowell and Knowles on the bench, the suit of ejectment agaimst theA.' & W. Sprague mauufacturiog company and Z. Chaffee, trastee, was ly continued wntil the next torm of court. It is understood that the clalm of the bank, amounting to $82,000, was bought up for $100,000, which sum inclodes the princpsl, ic- teress and all possible costs. ~The claim could have been bought up six months ago for §60,000. Malivond Accidet. Bpecial Dispaseh 1 sbs Ben. Proviorxoe, R. L, February 3—1 s. m.—A bad acoident orcurred on the Stonington train which left here for that placs at 2:02 yesterday after- noon. The crank-pin of the engine broke, when the train was nesr Kings. ton, Ietting loose the connecting rod. The cab was smashed by the blows of wift revolving rod, and Engineer Orvin Moriarity wes terclbly scalded and injored internally. He was brought to his house in this city. Tt is thought his injuzi e wili prove fatal. Vetinere Apology. Epecta! Bispatch to Tas Bbx. Moxtesar, Febriisty 2—1 s, m. Prof. Vetiner, {n u letter published yosterdey mays: “The date Riven for the commencemeat of the thaw in my general pradictlon for this winter {s out, but the general position glun to it 28 & whole, namely, in ‘ebriiary, will, I thiok, prove correct. It is my Febraary probabilities vkich contain tha grest break in the winter, d the posible disappearance of the Siow and sleighing, and not thowe of January, In other words, while ad- witting the head of the thaW to have beea misplaced, It I my belif that the body of the saa will caote jus I the plake axdifued to it in my aima- “&o. However, let all observers acore ne against me, and go on readlog as closely as they will, Februsry and Maroh particulstly. The latter month will furnish severe tests of my weather theory, as for these my probabilitles 216 given in considerable detal.” Tweénty-Five Miié Walking Match. £xcial Diipated toTho Bee NEw York, Febroary 2—ia. m.— The tivanty-Sve mile walking match, botieen Edward Holske, of _this clty, sod D, Driscoll, of Lyno, Mass., for £1,000 and championsh'p of America, took place teat alght at the Amerioan Intitate building. The start was made at 7:43, and both men darted off at a tremendous pace. Holl the lexd, bat on the third lap Driscoll amumed the lead, which he gradually incréased and at the end of tho first mile was nearly halt a lap shead. Af- ter the bweatisth milo Holske began to show signs of distress, and the track after completing twenty-one miles and thres laps, timo belng$ hours, 3 minutes and 46 seconds. Driscolt continned until he completed twenty-thres miles in 3 hours, 21 minates and 40 seconds, and the ref- eres decided the vontest ia his favor. Holske complained that he had bexn on the leg with a brick, but no w it, and the refereo awarded the stakes to Drlscoll. ~ Betting at the start was 160 to 100 for Driscoll. Pacific Coast Notes. Fipecial Dispateh to The Bes. Sax Faaxorsco, Febraary 2—1 s. m.—There is news of great lossea in the valleps, occssloned by the storm. The loss in_the Colusa valley will amount to halfamillion. Eighty-one inches of rain has failen in Shasta for the season. John Dwinnell,s prominent lawyer, fell overboard from Bensis ferry yes- terdsy, and was drowned. During the storm at Shasta Sunday, a cloud burst ocourred, fearing alarge mountain slide snd ’ carrying large pine trees clear down the mountain into the publlo street. Anotherslide fell against the back of the residence of E. Valentine, and filled hls house with mud and sand. Dropped Dead. Bpecial Dispatch to The Bee. Dersorr, Mich., February 2—1 a. 0. —Wilsou Baldwin, » clerk In Ives jewelry store, waa carrylng a tray of silverware fn the store yesterdsy noon, when he was sttacked with hemor- thage of the lungs, and fell to the fior a corpse. He was sbout thirty- 6ivo years old, and leaves s famlly. Aparchy In the Samosu Islands. Bpecial Dispatch o The Bee. 8ax Fraxcisco, Februsry 2—1 ». m.—A recent arrival from Samon re- porta the death of King Melletos on November 8. The country was In & state of musrchy, except the neutral territory, which was governed by con- suls of the Untted Btates, Germany and Great Briain. ‘Winter Weatber In Gotham. Specinl Dispatch to Tus Ban. New Yonx, February 2—1 a. m.— Venner's prophecy that » general thaw would b?ln yesterdsy was blown to the winds by the appearance of snow, which began fslling at 5 ». m., and continued up to midnight. Suow early in the day fell thick and tast, covering the frozen snow and foe on the streets, which were soon ren- dered very slippery, and man or boast found it @ hard matter to make much . Street cars ware delayed, and general Inconvenlence followed. Tealns on the various raflroads leading to the olty were greatly delayed by the storm, belng from one to seven hours late, and some of them were only sble to get in by the aid of ex- tra’ engines. Navigation on North river was beyond all precedent, and the river was filied with great floating orkes. Ferry boats did not make their usual ° trips, and struggled cm ‘:n‘: dh}uv’ floes up and down o speed for I jods. Toavel' on Euat siver was oeh iho same. Tce floes on the sound are the m-t seen for years, aud ateamers » rough experience Jast though neacly all of them arriv this city on time. Petroleum Market. Prrrssuxo, Pa., February 1. The market orened with at 93}, declined and closed at noon at 91{c bld; offered at 924c; the ship- ments yisterdey woo bbls.; F. Booly, Jacob Thompeon, Patrick Kirby, o d Ssmuel R. Thompeon, together with constdersble erooked yosterdsy, none; sales at Oil City were 55,000 bbls.; refined at New York, 9c; refined st Antwerp, 23} france. Irish Commoners 8till Continus Their Obstrustion Tactics. Prize Ring Regulations En- forced in the House of Commons. The Tory Members Leave in a Body Amid the Jeers of the Home Rulers. ——e OBSTINATE OBKTRUCTIONISTH, Spechal Dispatch to The Hes. Loxnox, Februsry 1—10 p. m — The struggle in the house of commons over Mr. Forster's bill, zontinuss with vigor. 'The home rulers still pursue the policy of cbstraction. Me. Brad- laugh supported the gov efnmest, and #1id ho tiought the home rulers had been allowed a fair latitade in the de, bate, aud were wrong i obstracting the vole, espectally a» thoy could by 10 eets alter, bt only delsy for s day or two, the inevitable result, The Right Hon. Richard Ashton, cross member from Lancashire, protested on the part of the ¢eidervatives sgainst an® form of compromiss. = Mr, Par- el sald, and with nontidetsbly great- ar hvil than he has hitherto shown during the debate, that he was ready —| to stigmatize the government itself as tfe greatest obstructionist in all mat- ters relating to Irefand, and added that for the worda he had tttered he was prepared to atiswer with his bead of go to the gallows, as might be most satisfaotory to Lhs Bovernment and its aupporteta, Tho houss then divided on & motion to adjourn, which was lost by a vote of 21 to 26, and the de- bate still centinues. The huuse has been continuously in session since Monds¥ night, but there is a general dispositton ; 19 fght the ineasufe throwgh tefor adjonrnment. The present debate has go far been mors marked for personalities than for par- lismsencary langaage. PUGNACIOUS STATESMEN. Speq al Diarwten b The fee, Fobroary 2—1 s m. - Thehouseof corimone!s still in sesilon. Theo is no prospect of an adjourn- ment, s neither side will yield. M. Gladstone ahd tho govorument party &ré not Inclined to abandon their de- mand for adivislon on the main ques- ton of Mr. Forater's coerclon bill, while home rulers continue their ob- structitn tactics. Scandalous scenes are of frequent oourrence, and sharp passages at arms between the two aldes. Both parties are working on the relay system,;aud whips are busy and vigilsat. The kouse has never presented & more exciting appearance. The debate in the house of oo mons on Mr. Forster's bill etill con- tinwes, amid countless scenes that defy description. The tories repetedly urged the speaker to enforee the rale agafust obatruction, and expel Mr. Parnell, but the speaker refused to do so. Finally the tories, led by Sir Stafford Northcote, marched out of the house amid much noise and the joers and Iaughter of the home rulers, uring the confasion, Mr. Biggar called Mr. Miibank s bloody fool, and threatened to fight him. In reply he called Biggar an impudent sooundrel. The abuse of members is incroasing, and the spesker is slmost powerless in preserving order. The Irishmen ars sleeping on the benohes, whilo others are eating and drinking. It Is now only s question of physioal strength, and the sitting is likely to last for & pumb t 3 o'clock this moruing Mr. John Belght aroseinhis seatand announced that Mr. Gladstone would propose a cloture, There is great excltement In this city and throughout the country over the proceedings in the house. CABLECRAMS. Bpecia Dispatches to Tun Bas.§ A conference was held last night between Earl Beaconsfield and Lord Hartington to consider the desdlock that now exists in the house of com- mons. All departments of the Turkish government have been ordered not to mske any psyments whatever, even for salaries, until the end of March, the whole revenue being absorbed in military preparatious. It is positively sssertod that s brauch of the land league has been formed In the Jersey isles by anagent from Amerfca. A groat fire occurred o Hamburg yesterdsy in s silk wanufactory, in- Tolving a loss of £1,600,000 marks A dlspatch from Cape Towa there has been s battle at Leyden- berg, and the Boers areln possession of the tows AMARK OF RESPECT. The ity Council Adjourn Withe ont Transacting Any Mis- cellaneons Business. Resolutions Concerning the Death of Hon. Thomas Blackmore. A Special Blection OCalled for February 16th. . The city council met last eveoing pursusot to sdjournment, Presideat Boyd in tbe chalr. Councllman Daily, Dodge, Horn- berger, Jones, Kaufman, Roddis, Stephenson and Thisman auswered to roll call. The journal was resd snd approved. On motion the rales were suspend- ed and the special ordinance appropri- ating moueya to pay the liabilities in- curred by the oity during the month of January, was passed after the item 'ht, | sllowing the balauce due Pafly Brus., in | for grading Cass streest had been stricken out. Mayor Ohase announced that he had filed in the clerk’s office his proclama- tion calling a special election to fill the vacancy in the office of councllman from the Third ward, caused by the deathof Hon. Thomas Blackmors, which election was to be holden on the 16th dsy of February, A. D., 1881, at the Nisgara house, on Tenth stroet, between Farnam and Douglas. The law requires a special election to 611 vacancies in this office within twenty daysafter the occurrence of such The jadges and clerks for 1be 1aid special eleation were annctinced as follows Judges—Simeon Bloom, J. T Olark, W. B, Peyton. Clerks—Luther R. Wright, Henry Hurst. sppolntments were confirmed by the council It was moved and seconded that when the council adjourn, it adfourn for tWo weeki: Mr. Hornberger snnounced the death of his colleague from the Third ward, Hon. Thomss - Blackmore, and offered the following BESOLUTIONE: Rasolved, That the counsll has heard with feelings of profound senai- billty the snnouncement of the eud- den death of Hon, Thomas Black- more, late member of this body. Rasolsed, That In his death tEegom. munity has lost a usefol oitizan, and fe family s loving huskand and Kesolred, Taat &t a mark of respoct to the degeased the counall do now adjoun tesolyad, That tho clert b rte. quested to communleate to the fami'y of the deceased the proceedings of the council on this occasion. The adoption of the resolutions was sedonded by Mr. Boyd, Coutoilman Kaofman hating taken the chair. Me. Bcyd ulogizad the Sharacter of the deceased in the highest terms. Mayor Ohase spoke briefly and feel- ingly on the sams subject. Mr. Roddis, as s fellew country- man ot his late collesgus, offered & tribu‘e to his memory. The tesolutions were unanimounly adopted. The countil then adfoutned, gt MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Now York Money and Stocks Wars, StREET, February 1. At1a m. the prices were as foliows: FB’MDNHV—G per cent.; exchange firm at GOVERNMENTS, US 4. Currency L BTOCKS. titd L 6. & 518 Lack. el Ohlcago Live Btock Market. Chiioiao, February 1. Hogs—To-day's tralts belng late and recelpts light, the matket raled active, and ander & brlek compatiticn, prices’ of light packing and _heavy amooth shipping lots sdvanced 108200 per 100 Ibe.; eales ranged from 85 06 @660 for light packiog and shipping lots; 8530@8 87} for fair to choi emooth heavy packing; $6 40@b 95 for good to extra saooth shipping lota for Providence and Philadelphis; fresh receipts 25,000 head. Cattle—To.day, owing to the anow storm during the night, trains on dif- ferent roads wero blocke asipts were late In comin; 1o disposition on the part of bugers to purchase, as there Is little prospect of any being shipped to day; owing to the blockade the market was en- tirely nominal; estimated receipts, 3,000. Sheep—Recelpts large and prices rulod woak and bowee tuan. the ‘meek previous; shi- pers wero liberal pur- chasers, ‘taking more than half the roceipts; prices ranged from $3 26@ 4.25; for common to fair; 8 5086 25 for good to choice lots: to-day re- ceipts were light owing to the snow blookade, and in the absence of sales the market was entirely nominal, at tho above figures New Yorx rroduce Market. Naw Youx, Febraary 1. Flour—Daull and in’ bugers’ favor; receipts, 17,710 bbls.; ruund hoop Ohlo, §4 40@4 90; choice do, 84 95@ 675; superfine western, $3 70g4 10; common to good extra do, 84 35@4 65; ehoice do dc, 84 7086 75; choice whito wheat do, 85 00@6 00. Batter—Steady and quiet; Ohl», 124@280. 7gs—Western, wesk at 360 Wheat—Qulot; Chicago, 81 12@1 16; gil‘v’.i\gg-, t; 17; No._ 3 red winter, 17§@1 18%; cash, $1 17}@l 173; February, 81 1 oAl 50,600 bn. 193@119); March sales, Corn—Qulet; No. 3, 654@574; aales 30,000 b, Osts—Qulet. Whisky—Quist. Pork—816 00 asked for March; $15 50615 85 for April; 16 85@ 16 90 for Muy. Lard—$9 95010 02§ for cash; 995 @1000 for February; $10 00010 023 for Morch; 810 05@10 074 for April; $10 1001015 for May; $10 16010 17} for June; $990@10 00 for seller the yoar. 8t Louis Produce Marget. 8r. Lours, February 1. Flour—Easier, but not_lower. Wheat—Declined, bat closed firmer; No. 2 red, 81 013@1 02 for cash; §1 02§ @1 013@1 02 for February; 81 064 1 M§7@l 05 for March; 81 074@1 063 @1 074 for April; $1 08}el og@ 1 08} for May; No. 3 do, 94c; No. 4 do, 88} bid. Corn—Lower at 38J for cssh; 383@ 38fo0 l(arAFohmry: 3800 ;ur fil:xnh; 30fc for April; 40§@40%c for May. m—l.:-m at 324@32 for cash; 3340 for March. yo—Firm at 87c. Barley—Unchanged. Butter—Unchanged. Eege—Dall at 25¢. Dead— Higher at 84 623, ‘Whisky—Steady st 81 06, Pork—Strong and higher'at 814 25 4 50. 1450. Dry Salt Meats—Firm at $4 60@ 1 66@7 35@7 40@7 70@7 75. Bacon—Strong st 85 50@8 00@8 26. Lard—Higher at at 89 40@9 50. Receipts—Flour, 4000; wheat, 22,000; corn,124,000; osta, 4,000; rye, none;barley, none. Shipments—Flour, 4,000, wheat, 10,000; corn, 30,000; oats, 2,000; rye, none; barley, none. 8t Louls Live Stock Market 8r. Louts, Februsey 1. WASHINGTON. Oonsideration of Logan's Bill to|F Reimburse Grant Postponed Indefinitely. An Expedition to be Sent to the Arctic to Search for the Lost "Jeannette,” The Ponca Indian Case Agita- tion in the Senate, s FENATE. Special Dispaich to Ths bee. Wasmrnoron, D. O., February L— Mr. Morgan, from the committee on sounting the elestoral vare, repo the cousiting of the ele sabatitute, agreed up : oratio cauzas faat evening, prosicing that tho two houses ficet it the hall of rapresentatives on Wednesdny, Fubruary 9, at 12 m., the prosident of the senate fo preside, aud that one talee be appolnted on the part of the semate, and two on_ the part of the botige, tho tesult to “be deli the president of the se shall doclars_the result, w be consideies & dealaratic! sult, and be entered up. i of the two houses, shouid it appear that the vote of any stale has been cast on & day other than that provided for by law, and which would not change the result, whethe: ted or wot, In such a cuas the fes hall be ! declared thal if the ot of such & state be counted A, B wosld have blank votes, and C. D. bla but in eithr event blank is ¢ president of the United State Mr. Morgan asked the pre: sideration of his resolutlon. THe tesolution; sfter scm. discus- sion, went over undet the ! Alter the introductlon of sever:d | unimportant bills and reporta from |« committees not of gemeral interest, Mr. Horris called up his resolution providing tht at thea.nclusion of the morning businees fo¢ each - ate will proceed fo tno o of houss bllls that have be sbly roported, and c ation antil 1:30 o'clock. The reaclutfon as sondidered until the clor regularorder was demanded. Mr. Kirkswood replied to the spoech of Mr. Dnwes yesterdsy on the kalling | of the Ponca ciilef, Hig Snake, sud defended the seoretsry of the inteti from sn implication by Mr Dawes that official pspers had been withheld intentionally from the sommitiee, and showed from printed evidence {hat everything msterial In the report, which the secretary asserin was_over- | looked, under the supposition that it had been informally delivered, was in pos-osaton of ths committes, and that i additfon to official papers they had the testimony of three or four Indiana who wero present at the time Bix Soake was killed. He next referrcd to a reflection cast by Mr. Daw. s upon- the agent of tho Poncas (Mr. Whitmau), and defended the conduct of that officer. If hls coorse was wrong, congress, whick mads the law under which he scted. waa responeible for the wrong. 1 After a protracted controversy tween Met Dawes and Kirkwood, in relation to the action of the secro- tary of the interior in respect to the Ponca Indians, the pension spproprl- ation bill was considered by thesenate. Mr. L)gan sald heIntended to call up hisbill placiog Genersl Grant on the retired list, but as the morning hour had long since expirsd, he asked the senate to sgree to vote upon it at 2 o'clock Tueaday. Mir. Eaton objected, on the ground that there were matters of gravd im- portance before the sesate, and he thought this bill could wait without injury to the bill or its purgose. The pension sppropriation bill was then taken up and considered, aud an amendment _adopted appropriating 918,282,306.08 for the deficiency in the pension appropriation for the car- zent ye Mr. Withers then offered what is known os the sixty surgeon bill &s a further amendment to the bill. This led to & heated debate on the pension administration and its allegations of stupendous frauds upon the pension fund through fraudulent claims. Messrs, Wi hers, Davis, of West Virginie, snd Cameron, ef Wisconsin, defended the commission, and insisted tha' a change In the law was necesary, while Mr. Logau declared that the commission was inco.apetent, aud hos- tile to the interests of soldiers, and the fault was not in the law, but inits admivistration. Witheut deciding a point of order ed by Mr. Teller against legiela- tion on an appropriatlon bill, the son- ate, at 4:30, weat lato executive ses- slon, and soon thereafter adjourned. HovsE. The house met at 11 this morning. The morning hourwas dispensed with, and the house went into committee of the whole on the District of Colum- bia appropriation bill, Mr. Converae, of Obio, in thecbair. The entire day was spent in considering the Distriot of Columbia appropriation bill. A number of amendments were discuss- ed, bat no materfal change was made in the bill, and the house adjourned without having disposed of the bill. CAPITAL NOTES, Special Diepatekes to The Bee, The International ssnitary confer- ence resumed their sesslon at thostate depsariment yesterday afterncon. approved the ying the settle- ment with the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road company; the act estabiishing an assay offiein the city of Sr. wouis; tho join reso'ution to print 60,000 copics of the report of the uational b ard of health. and the bill or: ing for :he payment of interest on the 8-65 bonds of the district of Columbia. The charge d'affsirs of Belgium at Washingtou has informed the depart- ment of state that his government has extended tho time within w for csmpetition for the price of works for the protection of the low, sandy orts of Belgiom, to tho 3lst of Riacch) endcasy o depositadmish (e minister of the interlor. It is rumor- ed that Oept. Eads will be & compet- Bog—Acuv- and higher; Yorkers and Hn:lth:;ru, $5 2505 5, mized packing, ; butchers’ to imq; € 40@5 65; recelpts, 4700; shipments, 7500. itor. Ats cabinet meeting yeaterdsy 1t was decided to take measares far the relief of the lost Artio vessel “‘Joan- Dette.” The president will eond s red to| S of the morning hour, when the | mesaage to congr ing an appropria The greenback 5 8 few days urg- for that purpose. aders In congress it ar'y in to be the| wy1-10p. o | Sweden ation from ates in 1850, is estion: Spacil diepach £ Th ok WasurxaroN, Febr —For _the upper er Missouri Special Dispateis Dusreug, In., ~=~A miser name e. ton of the ir sisters living, o The Shovel Brigado. Special Dispath to Tre Bee CHICAGO, Abouf since conti} vailed from th twoniy foet wra badly dolay Apectal U 1—4 p. appointe to confer with A:)'o-_ orga! roferetice to telegeaph piono) sent a gircular leter with the resolu- tions adopred by the board of trade to overy commersial body in the countr, raquesting th: action be count mental to the necess ness publi ‘The Debt Bpactal diepateh 1o The WASHINGTON, Febr —The public debs ata uary shows a d the month of & in the treasu-y, 3 tifictes of doj demption of United States notes, $863,000; Gold certificates, £6,541,180; ver certificates D; fra oal 912; logal tender, unding certificates, $346,681.06 $867,200. —— ELEGTRIC @HIEFS- By the falling of the elevator in Farst & Bradley's plow factory, Chi- cago, yesterdsy, Joseph Spelien was killed, and Lerman Harsck and Christopher Minsterk fatally injured. A heavy weizht fell from tho elova- tor in Brown & Co.’s estabilshment, Ohicago, fracturing the skall of Will- iam Black. E. J. Osterhaut was killed Satar- day st Gaina Landivg, L., by J. L Schroeder. Both wers prominent merchants. They quarrelied about & bale of cotton. 8t. Marg's Roman Catholic church, of Oleveland, 0., was damaged by fire to the extent of 310000 yesterday. Tucendiarism iz thought to have besn the cause. John Myer, s laborer, of Cleveland, 0., sulcided at an early bour yester day morning by poison. Domestic tronble was the cause. Wasaind®o: immigration Unired States during the year 1880 nombered 14,066 peraors, of whem 7036 were men, 4020 women and 3010 children. New York, February 1 1000 ima just arrived Oastle y are from most every patt of Europe ves §150,000 to table fr u. maey atarted for 0 ast nigt. , February 1.—A the Northwestern r wrecking roing, . five Cutcaco, February 1. | | Wheat—Caab, 99§; 874c; | Februarg, 9% 00; | @1 003 Corn—Februst | April, 42c askad { Oa's—Fek | 303@3 or March ruory; a 1, 102 bid; February, | | Barl | 81 02 bid. |7 Pork—February, 314 62: | 314 75; April ; | February, £7 902 March, | ¢ ribs, 27 45; | ch bidas | { Tard | 89 6049 i Whisk; S | THE CELERRATED | | Oval Steel Tooth Harrow | | aufactared by | 53 5R002 & GEBRINGS, Pon du Lac, Wis i F.D €O ot contentin, alist of t than NOW, ns GCRSAT SALT OF DOMESTICSI GRUETCKSHANK & ©O., Have JUST REQEIVED azd will offer this week TWENTY BALES AND SEVENTEEN CASES and as we must have of Geods, we wil selves with a jobbers’ profit. a this lot: , PRINTS, PRINTS, PRINTS, icke, Harmony, Paciflcs, Anconas, Manchester, Merrimsca and Kpick:rbockers. CINGHAMS, GINGHAMS, 34t Hogsehold and Amoskeas. HUSLINS, BLEACHED SLINS, tof the Loom Wamsuttaand New Yorlk Mills MUSLINS, BLEABHED UNMUSLINS, * Wes'ern, ! awrence LL, Pepp=ral O and Pepperel . SHEETINGS BLEACHED. The following is Alabama, Granite, Wamsutte, New York Mills, Pepperel, Boston, Ellerstown New Mills and Boston. SHEETINGS UNBLEACHED. Lowell, Boaton, Pepperel and Lawistan, tter opportunity to make your nurchrses of such govds i inttlo chance of our boing sgain a®le to duplicate these FOREICN GOODS. 2 tho most complete lina of HOC KREEPING GCODS ding a splendid Jinw of TABLE CLOTHS and id line of EMBROJIDERIES, In ou usble prices CKSHANK & CO. There can be THBE RALIABRL®E EWELER, Cor. Do#zlas and 13th Sts. Gives Great Bargains in Ladies' and Gents! |AMERICAH GOLD AND SILVER WATGES All Kinds Of JEWELRY, SILVER WARE AND DIAMONDS. / P— COVEHSTRUP e T THE CENTRAL DINING HALL, Southwest corner 16th and Dodge. Has lately been leased by MER=. A. 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