Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 17, 1881, Page 1

¥ o ® VOLUME X. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1881 ~ NUMBER 269 Houses, LOTS, FARMS, LANDS BEMIS’ Real Estate EXCHANGE 15th & Douglas Sts., OMAHA, NEB. 400() REswENe urmh;mm g 0TS, 250 MO AT o s 000 . ) BUSINESS Lo, 500 5000 910,000 each. 90 s 900,000 A= . g ACRES IX DOUGLAS 00U 12,000 7.0 ACHES 1N saReY coUNTY LARGE AMOUNT OF Suburban Property, IN ONE, TEN, TWENTV OR FORTY-ACRE LOTS, WITHIN ONE TO FIVE MILES FROM POSTOFFICE. $250,000 TO LOAN 8 Per Cent. EW MAPS OF OMAHA, PUBLISHED BY THIS AGENCY, 25c each; Mounted, $1. Houses, Stores, Hotels, Farms, Lots, Lands, Offices, Rooms, etc, etc., TO RENT OR LEASE. bargains on its books are in. sured to ite patrons instead of being gobbled up by the agent. Notary Public Always in Office. SFCALL AND GET CIRCULARS and FULL PARTICULARS at BEMIS’ g Roai Bsiate Bxchangs, 15rm AND DOUGL. in the senate soon after it was called | to order ghis morning in the shape of the resignation of Senators Roscoe Conkling and Thos. C. Platt, of New York. 'The communications were in the usual form and were addressed to Vice President Arthur and announced | aud invited a f that the resignations had been for- warded the governor of the state of | i - |New York, and requested that the announcemeut of the fact be formally made to the senate. The announce. |31 urderly crowd. On leaving they thero sion. nouncement of the senator: _ To Chester A. Arthcr; Vice President. all about'the chamber. The democrats looked anxiously at each -other %ind smiled. The republicans tried to be calm, but more than one showed in- tense interest in what would follow. another communication to the clerk, who read as follows: To the Hon. Chester A. Arthur, Vice-Prest.: ernor of the state of New York my resignation as a senator of the United States from the state of New Yorl. Will you please announce the fact to the senate. obedient servant. ment, it gained circulation that the Vice President has also resigned, but | ¢ this official occupying the chair at the time. Platt have been seen at the Capitol to-day their residences. Senator Mahone isalso absent from the senate. The democrats are hailing the fissco with delight, but not so much since it leaves them a temporary majori seems to presage an inevitable spli in the opposition. in the senate now cannot be conjee- tured. * the uncontested nominations are being considered at present, no report hav- ing been made on Chandlér or Rob- ertson. just now that he hardly thought the senate wauld want to finish up the business of the session ~ithout a full body, be made by the republicans them- people, and thought it not. improba- ble that the New York legislatare, be- | ties at 6200, Startles the Capital Resign Their Seats in - " the Senate. Flood. ‘Special Dispatch to Trs Bes. time ~for conjecture before the an- nouncement of his resignation was made. This coup d'etat is said now to be what was presaged in the sena- tor's famous speech, reported in dis- patches to Tk Bex, in the caucus a fow days ago. Tt is also believed A “‘STALWART” METHOD of expressing disgust at the policy of the president in ignoring the senator from any state in filling the most im- portant offices in his state. This action leaves ‘the democrats in the majority in the senaté, but it is ex- pected no advantage will be taken o that circumstance. The senate is now in executive session, hence mno.ex- pression of official opinion can be ob- A BOMB SHELL BURST ment was received by the senators | convicted they would surely present with genuine surprise, but the senate immediately proceeded to the transaction of routine business, and at 12:25 o'clock went into exéeutive ses- | vears. About 4:15 yesierday afternoon | The following was the brief an- _ Wasmxerox, D. C., May 16. Sre:—Will you: announce. to the senate that my resignation as €NAtar | the hall struck him in the ba of the United States from the state of | mado @ dangerous wound, New York, has been forwarded to the | pou] Rossi, (Ttalian) governor of that state. honor to be with great respect your obedient servant, . I have the Roscor CoNKLING. A HUM OF SURPRISE. At once there was a hum of surprise The - vice-president then handed SexaTE CHAMBER May 16th. Sta:—Thave forwarded to the gov- With great respect your Taomas C. Prarr. To add to the sensation of the mo- was speedily squashed, that Neither Senators Conkling or’ and are not now at , as that 't What will be done IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Senator Pendleton stated <EY -icht that delay sclves until action has been taken by the New York legislature. Senator Johnson, of Virginia, said he thought the republicans would try to rush I.ILII ROSCOE RESICNS. Pent Up Utica Explodes and Senators Conkling and Platt The Greatest Semsation Since the Wasaisorox, May 16—4 p. m.— The absence of Senator Conkling from the meeting of the committee on judiciary this morning was the first intimation that there was®any trouble brewing, but thére was' uo. THE RECORD OF CRIME. Murders, Mutilations Shootin - Scrapes, Saicidos and Lynchings. SENT UP. Dusveue, May 16. —Peter Mertin, the _accomylice of Van Huessling in the McDonald burglary was sentenced Saturday to five years in the penniten- A STRETCHER. Tarmie Rock, Ark., May 16.—Wil- lis E. Reesis, who murdered William Drake, in Crawford county, last De- cember, has been sentenced to I hanged at Van Buren, July 16. CK BATTLE. Vickspurs, May 46.—Yesterday, in a colored fight at Leola, Washing- ton county, between five negro women with knives, one was carved to death. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Pazs, May 16 - 4 p.m. —A painfal impression has been eaused among the American colony in Paris by the at- tempted suicide of Geo. Boulend, a. «{mim- who, having been low- SIEHA for svae montbe, on Thursday, Iast cut gashes in his throat and left wrist with a razor while waiting at the rooms of a friend named Wood- ward. Boulend is in a precarious condition. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Arcusoy, Ks., May 16.—While Lou Gwinne, a- waitress at Walker" restaurant, was standing in the yar’ the rear of the restaurant, her hus- band, Charley Gwinne, a cook at the Atlantic hotel, approached and after a few words drew a revolver and firec three shots at her, two of the balls entering her breast and the third piercing her brain and causing instant death. He then pointed the pistol at his own Liead and fired, the ball pene- trating his brain and causing death in a fow minutes. They have not been living together for about by a report that an_organi; about two hundred men are on the way to take Albertus Voskamp, who murdered Hiram H. Coady nee~ Coopersville, out of jail and hang him. Sheriff Vanpeel has been forewarned of moetings being held with that ob- ject, and-has garrisoned the jail with a force of officers well armed. Later.—4 p. m.—The three hun- dred men made their appearance about midnight, and were greatly surprised tofind acompany of the state militia drawn up in front of the jail. District Attorney McBride made then aspeech ¢ of them inside to inspect the make up of the jail and New York witl | ination. son, be withdrawn, HOW THE PR 'WASHINGTON, he exclaime: caucus on the sif arrangements for defending the build- after which,they concluded they could mot get the prisoner without homeat2a m. They were a sobe gave notice that if Vaskamp was not Iynch him. . BLOODY BALTINORE. Birtivore, May 16.—To-day has been marked by more bloodshed than bas over ocemrred in Baltimore for Edward Lucas, a Dennis Bradner, an oyste ” the sidg, inflicting a wound from which | hedied in ten minutes. Lucas was | arrested. About 6:30 Police Officer \m[.h shot at an escaped prisonor named Ed. Carr, near Green Mount cemetery and and | bric abbed | About 9 o urday evening, | wrixn\;nly stabbed Henry Toping in the left side, noar o T g was no provocation for the® deed. Rossi was arrested. About 8;50 p,.m., Officer Wardell was attacked: By & eroid of roughs, who took 1.in'dl‘-§ and knocked him do He fired a shot in the air and | ; a private watchman, - James Jameson, came to his assistance, shots intothe crowd-«One of the leit thigh, inficting a serious wound, and another by Hasty in his right am. only innocent lookers-on. MURDER OF A WOM. Hosokex, N. J., May 1 Bo'; —Last Bergen and Guttenburg roads. The body was, to all appearances, that of an attfactive young woman, with a figure. The back of her h smashed in- and her dark hair was clotted With - blood. Her clothing was covered with mud and | £ grass, gle for life had been of a most desper- ate character. A and the clothing was bodily torn, but it could be seen that it w: perior quality. An air of refinemen | i about the features, even in the distor- tion of death agony, showed that she was superior to the class of peoplo who inhabited the body were two large stones, weighin - 7, pounds each. On o hich was clotted blood and dark the implements used by the fiends who did the work. The body was taken to the morgue. Christina Cuttle, only daughter o James Cuttle, a well-to-do farmer ¢’ Guttenberg, has been missing for some time, sud is sup- posed to the deceased. She has been intimate with Judson Francoir, ex-constable of that town, who was recently held for trial before Justice Plumstead. She has been ab- sent from her home off and on for a month, and, it is reported, gave birth to a child in New York City. Neith er the girl nor the ex-constable could be found. The father of the girl be- ter, but is not sure of TEXASYLAWLESSNESS, N Axtonwo, Texas, May 16.— Deputy Shorift Clemens, of Kimball county, left here a few days ago with Jno. “Patton, charged with horse tealing, and’ Wm. Dunman, charged with murder. About seventy miles west of here he was stopped by four men who demanded the prisoners. The deputy yielded, and was told to go on a short distance and wait. Presently he heard shots and afterwards he that Patton had bec killed. . Durman was given the deputy « | *"which the parties took froi ' that Patton was shi ¢/ im, and to... for alling. hree Midren of a family | Robertson and Chandler through and oves. Benntor Willlams, of Ketucky, thought it lacked Jike transferri strength at home if it was not as o ; . taken this 1 of appealing to his s, oMANA, pETTT s ing Conkling, would sustain him and forced by the disposition of all other|* business, and action could be taken at{4 city have Rigued a_petition asking for a redustion of the hours of labor. and pay for over time. At they work twelve -hours. nt No decided N has yet taken Garfield, Jhomhil-plfin’m CHicaGo, May 16—The well-known liquor firm of Lawrence & Martin fell into the hands of the sheriff last Dight. T&h&flm te their liabili- in fixtures, stock and{ patents. Causg of fajlure indefinite- iy stated, but probably rash speula- on. |the truth or dredger, in | g particle. balls strvck Henry Clevelarid in the | he has estran, morale if the u night the body oF s woman was found | Il tulioy ina dump of wools, betwoen the e ; “1do not. Machinemen gonarally follow the commissariat's wagon as Of course there arc | evening, German cast of face and an attraltive | exceptions, but the history of politics | WILL NOT REORGANIZE THE COMMITTEI . There was a timointhe history of national and |says: “Wo shall not reongani state politics when the leaders we: > long a aud showed that her strug-|principle. gash three inoh - | following. long had been cut over the Tight cyo | taxes, canals, et can Mr. ed. Such were mer pected by everybody. ing more tosay of it. United States District Attorr Woodford said he had noviews to When the news before. to I soon 101 NEWS, National Associated Press. DID NOT REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENT Cmicago, May 16—10 p. m.—The Evening News' Washington, a says: It has leaked out that the resiz- nation of Conkling and Platt did not represent the republican sentiment of regard to Judge Robertson, and to sustain this view it cites the endorsement which the leg- islature of New York gave Judge Robertson immediately after his nor..- The president has said thst if there was any way of testing the senti- ment of New York republicans and it was found to be against Judge Robert- he would withdraw This test will be made upon the quc:- tion of the election of the successors of Conkling and Platt. latter be elected it will decide the con- troversy and Judge Robertson’s name M: uation, I proved to be unfounded. OHN KELLY EXPRESSES HIMSELF; Ne c, May 17—1a. m. uews in New York-of Conklin a Platt's rosignations created the most |resent that state in the matter of ¢ I- intense cxcitement among politicians | vising the president as to nomina- and others. John Kelly, when ques- | tions.”” tioned as to the cause and eff 2, said: ROSCOE'S RESIGNATION.. It Did Not Represent the Views of His New York Con- stituents; And is Considered On All Sides to be Very a Foolish Action. Views of Several Prominent Msn-—-Newspaper Com- ments. is name. Should the T RECEIVED THE y 1712 m— Half an hour after the letters of Sen- ators Conkling and Platt were read the senate, the news was commun cated to the president. ing at his table in the executive offic. | 7 | when one of his secretaries rushed i from the telegraph clerk’s deskan excitedly told him that the operatc had overheard a dispateh saying th: the New York senators had resigned. The president was seized with the sam feeling of stupefication and astonish- ment that had effected all others who had heard the news. He was sii Rousing,himsel “I don't believe it. The first thing the president did_ after hearing a verification of the news, was to dispatch a_messenger to the state department and request the presence of Blaine at the White House. Blaine went at once and they then held a Messengers were dispatched instanter to ascertain alsity of the report. as confirmed the Dblood being ehed, and they returned White House was in a state of exci T ment, such as never was never knowa President Ganilold | seemed to beastonished. Hi bor under extreme e wnd paced up and down in_his office unable to control his feelings. As the resignations were announc- ed, stories began to circulate that tmaster-General James had sent in also, and on the streets n spread that Vi Arthur snd Attorney-General | save a petty postmaster here or there, | 3 sagh would also resign, but they |50 he proposed to submit to such a sit- 's and <Mz, Conkling is a very proud man ization, rty by his “Po it is full. Was | hoeg out the claim: ollowed because at position. us me. to accept them. arroy and is not properly constituted to a>- cept anything but victory; hesides that he ywas convinced confirmation wasassured, in the event of which the new’ collector and b's k friends wonld capture the state organ- | tempt'to force an adjournment of the Tobe candid, I am_satisfied | senate that his withdrawal from politics al - [not e passible for Robertson to be d fired three | gether would not injure tho stat: a |confismed, before the election of scn- Since he has been in power ators can take place in New York. Of the mcit influent’ * 1d respactable element of the repub- « struck Stephen | ljgan pay . hat Robertson’s | ANOTHER TRICK TO DEFERT ROBER t, unsc were | disposition, and 1ow it'bas an appor- 8, tunity to raise the standard of its | democrats twa majority, even if Ma- At have a_desire to do so. | hone sball combine to act with ' hink Conkling's his londemshipin the fa- ¢ ds they represen.od | cans would bo glad to E-ve us Now, men who lic offices to dispense have the large.t | the senate as soon as possible and go On_ questions of finance, | home.” te., they do not appe: to exert their influence, but the 1. of su- | question considered is how to secury Tt is possible that Conk- ling and Platt’s resigna_ions were sent to Goy, Cornell that he might_send .l their names to the legislature before cinity. Near the | adjournment and that body would re- The prestige of their action #ould strengthen them and be a disapproval of Garficld’s , which showed that they ware |conrse in sending in Robertson's The resignation of Con <o pub- ill show his strength in the republi- VIE press. Thurlow Weed said he had believed in Garfield and was satisfied that he wasin the right n Mr. Hatch, of Hatch & Foote, :’.:itl em. Thisact at once gives them an y of the resignatior should be f¢ fiu f Mr. the chais fects 0, ms: ‘T garty, 1 do mot believo is and lait’s resignation will be accef ‘There has been such casgs in the history of American politics in which leaders have managed to regain, their own personal yrestige, the pos tion in_the party of which they weic deprived by the ' loss of patrona onry Clay on the w’ side, and Silas’ Wright on the othe Vhat, Senator Conklin do this are I do not know OF SEVERAL LEAD] Col. George Bliss, ex-United Statcs | f the district attorney, said he had no opin - | lieves that the deceased is his - datgl - | jon to cxpress. i Postmaster Pearson said it would be injudicious for him to express an opinion, and did not propose to do so. Hugh Hastings, editer of The Com- Al Advertiser, said it was unex- He had noth- ig's chances to ollowed by the resignatio arfield. Arthur could Ho did not believe imoney or stock markets would bo Gen. Daniel E. Sickles had 1., *o what he said in an intef'®* to aau on_sgturday, Mr. Conk:2g is among a lot of au small which was as fgO"s: who men. ., is his considered great becatise . Htsand self-psteem down thro: nay tolow. | him. nd an a everything but pettiness, he itbl.d- administrati resident and ittle - | plussed, and like an over-blownsf his der, has_Someted an acéount § h- geof the hold! mk- sec: the noses, and they loth. flatter themselves or, but now Thy s that fly e‘;k 'y began to hadsuch a | which can enlist public sympathy ainst a spesial, e-Presi- —The | they believe that two senators whom - .o a1 d s0 thoroughly contemptible_that, . At “le con- vention Garfield took advant: occasion. which offered and th-ough, and whichi Will bar his way {owards’ governin Conkling, He is & mbst shallow poli- tician when estimatéd by the true staidard, and becausé he has brayed in the senate chamber for years he evidently thinks himself the greatest man in the country, and most certain- ly in the government. Conkling is 1ad enough to kill his own party if Garfield does not do @ he wishes, and’ * Robertson is ed, of which ‘here can be no bt, the sen- ate w'l have ® lively time of it. 9:m Blaine is $he cause of this | downfall, “‘for revenge is sweet,” and Blaine wanted to president and would have been hadit not been for Conkling. Tt is by far the best thin - that could happen for the democra 3 and they ought to congratulate them- selves. Col. Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, sd: Tt is the cap stole &f Comkling and Platt’s lives. It was the only step they could take with any self respect. They could not, repre-:nting a great state like New York, submit to such a humiliation. The administration and its org=ns have cried all along that the graat body of republican voters in ew York state would not endorse the behavior and “action of its senators. Messrs. Conklingand Platt, by direct- ly appealing to their constituents, v 'l let the administration e that th rp2ople of New York are not so stupi- fied as has been represented. Cer- tainly Conkling and Platt will be ro- turned, and the United States senat> will see that by abandoning. the New York senators and deviating from t 2 rule that is co-eval with the founda- tion of the government itself it has made a great mistake. . The people of the state of New York will not allow Mr, Conkling to retire. I consider Mr. Conkling the greatest man in the | country to-day. - He is cortainly witl- | out a” peer in the United States senate. The senators both acted upon the principle that neither were ac u- ated by personal motives. Both fol- lowed the precedent that was estab- lished with the constitution. now turn and throw themselves into the arms of their constituents, to find favor or disapprobation, Mr. Einstein thought that Governor ©ornell would not accept Mr. Conk- ling’s 's resignation, but in the event of his excellency doing so the legisla- ture would re-elect him. Collector Merritt and Naval Officer Burt declined to express any opinion. THEY MAY BE RETURNED. The Evening Post has the following special dispatch from Washington: An intimate friend of Senator Conkling makes the following_statement as to the reason for the resignations: “Statements have been made by gen- tlemen in the cabinet that Senators Conkling and Platt do not represent their state in this matter of Robert- son; that if the people had known their position was to be_ Platt d not have been elected and ould not haye Leen sup- potied in his coursc, Mr. Conkling is wishing to test it. He has tired of having one senator after another re- lieved from voting against the con- firmation of Robertson in order to e uation no longer, but to appeal to the pooplo'ut New York to decide whother they liad chosen are competent to rep- “And,” said this gentleman, “They will both be returned to the and nota republican vote will Lz cast | against them. After that the del It is #aid that certain democrats in the iuterest of Conkling will now at- and foeders, trade quiet at 83 no_die, in apder that it-may Bt urse the resignations give the dem- |1 wciats complete control of the senate 5 Platt and Conkling have already ated their seats, This gives the e publicar- The demcarats ¢ > n t glee, They eay that Conkling Tiz3 smashed the republican party. The announcement of the resign: ions s to be made at Albany this A prominent democratic senator the committecs, ag we know the republi-| o 50, We shall stay to finish , ie busine: « \ CAN PLATT ‘DE RE-ELECTED] | Doubts aro expressod as to whather Platt can be re-elected in view of the | fact that his elestion was only scoure by the a‘d of Robertson's fric The resignations ere unpopular. i step is regarded as a spiteful and d - perate act. Thoro is a desire fro- quently expressed that Robertson shall_boldly challenge Coukling -y | 5 running against him in the legislatu. for the senate, if he should go to the conntry a In They | 111 pring, 83 6d@Js; white, 8s 10d@Js 6d; club, lows: ments, 5,500 head; dull amd weak ata 10cdecline, in sympathy with the |; provision ments, 3,800 head; good, active de- mand at steady rates and pe oleared; common to to fair shij o oo & 6 00; no fine heavy cattle here te at the earliest possible moment, | tee™ ning _cattle . steady: plentiful_and weaker; poor to qu 528 50; good 84 0. choice, & 7565 demand for Texans sha fair to ket fairl; August, $1 04} bid bash. cash, $1103. May, 47)c asked and 47c bi 45¥o sked; July, 45dc asked white, 4 good and market easy at for regular customors. Enstorn cx- | change between city banks was quo- ted at 5.075 cents premium per $1,000. The clea were 5 The receipts of by canal and 669 carloads embracing tion to preserve, protect and defend the constitut’ 1. Urtes, N. Y., May 17—1 s m.— The Utica Herald, Kllis H. Roberts' paper, will say, in’ eff>t, to-morrow, that the resignations were very baby- ish, and eminently illustrative of Conkling's indifference to party suc- cess where selfish motivesare involved. will assume that Conkling and attt cannot be ro-elected without a bit r fight. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH, St. Louis Produce Market. Sr. Louts, May 16. Wheat—Opened lower and _ad- vanced; No. 1 red, §1 093@109] for cash; $1 09} for May; $107@l 07} for June; §1 00§@1 013 for July;, 97 @97ic for August, 96i~963c for “the year; No. 3 do, 93fc bid;3No. 4 924 bid. Corn - Opexed lower and advanced; 13@43%c furwh;uz@mic for May; 41@413: for June: 41@41ic for July 42a@42; September. for July. Rye - Dull at $1 10 bid. Barley—No market. Butter —Unchanged. Eggs —Unchanged. @Whisky—Steady at $1 06, Pork—Lower; jobbing, $16 25 fu: cash; 16 25 for August; 816 25@ 16 50 for September. Dry Salt Meats — Nominally lower. Bacon—Lower at 86 873@) 00a 9 25; short clear sold at 89 23G9 32} for July: 89 373@9 a0 for August. Lard inally at 810 00. 8t Louis Live Stock Market. Sr. Louts, May 16, Hogs - Slow; ranging from £ 5 6.00; receipts, 6,000 head; shipments, 8,800. Gincinnati Produce Market. : oxat, May 16. . 2 red, 81 10@ d, 2 c. Dull; No. 2 mixed, 40c. Rye—Quiet; No. 2, 53}. Barley—Dull and unchanged. Pork—Dull and lower at $16 Lard—Dull and lower at $10 11 Bulk Meats—Quict at 85 5068 Bacon—Searce and firmer at 86 7 Liverpool Produce Market. Liverroor, ‘Wheat—Winter, 9s@9s 6d; spring, 9s 5d@9s 9d. Corn—New, bs. Porle—72s 6d. Lard—Prime western, Chicago Stoc! larket. The Drovers’ Journal reports as fol- Hogs —Receipts, 12,500 head ship- markat: mixed 80; light bacon, e heavy packing £5 0076 25; s packing 'S5 70 'and ship- < lots, nd jacks; &4 Gl:a Cattle— Receipts, ship- |, well @5 50; good to choice cars_of L D pound distillery teers, £5 70; od butcher’s : 1d can- common more fi etat §2 5 Texans, 00 Ibs wooled sheey good shorn, &4 L Toledo Produce Market. & £vo, May 16. 2 red Wabash, | 5 No —Quict; ?| fourteen acres of land ‘on the cash Tiominally st oL branch of the Chicago river between hirty-th will e Tune: | ments t ComwDull; No, 2, cash, 47dc: 3 (g ; rejected, 4 Chicago Produce Market. of Cmicaco, May 16. | o, T, McCague, real estate agent and conveyancer: The supply of loanable funds was 7 per cent ngs of the associated banks ,700,000. On "change the markets were quict. ain were 27,300 bu of wheat, 401 of corn, 182 of oats, of rye, and 5 of barley. Flour—Quict and unchanged; sprine senate. The president could then a lag¥ withdraw his name for the coll torship, and for harmony's sweet sa: 3 might nominate Conkling as Merritt's | SUOCOBSOT, NEWSPAPER COMMEXTS. Cmicaco, May 17—1 a m. Morning News vill to-day say: the resignation of §: and Platt were the rosults of o com: promise, it was either with the repul Ticans of the senate O tho president. Such & comprom3e eould be hono bly made with zither; with the p dent without i# any Way constituting it of the nagre of amere office bro- kerage bargf, ~ud with the republ cans of thepmate a8 & matter of seaa- torial cotyyesy and senatorial custom. Tho senakc mmsscathe ight to con- firm or 3 sstavispbintments. From the foupdtion of the government it has b the custom to refer to thesen- ators . the respective states the ques- tion £ the confirmation or rejection of hailing from theirstatas. Segftors Conkling and Platt resign ifl the purpose of laying their cause the action which impelled it be- legislature which elected ¥y mmense moral advantage. It ele- vates the c}mum:tances‘?l% the New York ap)ointments to a great political question of which the honor and repu- tation .nd even the political rectitude and with it the political life of the Unit-dStates senate.are involved.” +SFraxcisco, May 171 a, m,— The Bulletin and Post say the nows of the resignations of Conkling and Platt has beon received with surprise + ad regret, thongh The Bulletin says *he retirement of Conkling can hard'y be considered a calamity. : Cuicaco, May 17—1 a. m.—The Times editc ially will say to-day: “The theat sical “exploit of Conkling only discloses a great man’s unmea urable littleness. It presents Con'-- |l ling in a charant- 4 . v 50 mtensely selfish Al el si should this view of the case be larly taken, the end of his political carcer would be plainly in “sight. There is no element of popularity in catise which has no higher basis than the assertion of a senator’s primacy in the distribution of oficial plunder 1 a president who has mmply for his solemn obliga- wheat flour, 84 00 choipa fine Minnesota was in_fair speculative demand, values were a trifle unsettled; red winter, red winter, $1 02; No. 2 $1 01 for cash 81 017 for May ators Conklin | for June; 81 03 for July; 98%c for Augus 2 No. 2, 41c for cash; 41fc for Mav: 40]c for June; 44}c for July: 42 ¢ for Augus cash; new mixi ed, 37a37c. 36}c for cash; 36c for May; 36}a303c for June: 35fe for July; 26fc for Au- gust; year, 25kc. light; No. 2, 81 16 for cash; 81 15 for May; $1 10 for June; 91@: TJuly; 773e Barl Tots, but the supply w Market dull and inacti for cash; No. 3, entirely nominal No. 4, 80@82¢ according to location. prices: ay; 816 02} fc liberal; 10 20 for cash and $10 174@810 20 for Julyand Augu $10 02@10 12} for September. 88 612, 9,968, Shipments—Wheat 199,565, corn 144,479, oats 257,859, rye 1.025. har- active and rather easier; com and oats in fair request and firmer; rye, June; €1 03@1 034 for Jul for August c for the year. g\ Corn May, 413@415c; June, 404 25; far lawte brands, 85 70; nter wheat flour, $4 50a6 00. Wheat—On_regular board wheat but No. 2 8L 04 for cash; No.3 spring, ¥102 seller the year, 93c. . 83 Corn—Firmer and a shade higher; w high mixed, 43jc for , 3% for cash; reject- Oats—In fair request; No. 2, 36}@ Rye—Quict and tame; demand d. 2 for for August. Freely offered in sample only moderate; No. 2, 98¢ Vork—Fairly actie at irregulaf mess, 816 €D for cash and 815 773@l6 00 for June: or Jul 723@16 00 for ugust. Lard—Weak znd lower; offerings e June; w Bulk Meats—Fair de 5 shoulders, &5 20G5 lear sides, 87 807 & s hort. clear | jor Jukes a_quantity d $ Tt ¢ s a quantity of smow and ice e g 20@8 305 short rib sides, | wiiich will hardly disappear beforo the middle of July. Whisky—Unchanged at 81 08. Receipts—Wheat 41,347, corn 139 oats 135,918, rye 5,058, barley | w 9 003 CLOSING MARKET. Closing call board: Wheat, fairl uiet and unchanged; pork, firme Tard and short ribe, liberal demand j. O'Bryan, the agent of the Sioux and higher. City lines, which take passengers Wheat—Spring closed ot 81014 | hrongh rom Onabia o 5t. Paul in o or 01% for May; 81 02§al 02 o for August; 42}@die for|, ats—Lower 2t 37}c for cash; 33c¢ | 9 . | difficulty yesterday with her husband. eral expenses, but spent it in getting When the case was _investi- gated the body was found rapidly de- composing. Pexc, it Chicaco, May 16, | drunk. was but. four feot deep, und Barry was Texas skips | drowne s new pulp-mill, finished a month ago, was burned this forenoon. Loss $36,000; insured. unknown. ship- | als ments, 1,000; values firmer and de mand good; common to choice S corded yesterd | Crook; & § sw 8800 Murphy: sundry lots in Harbach Jess, part lof tion, w. d.— No.} nw } sect, gpwn 15, 1 12, ¢, w. The Drifts Open and She are again neighbors, the y & Pacitic and the Sioux City'& St. Paul reilroads being open from Omaha to Sioux City and St. Paul. in search of cool w tion to her usually del nature has stor other superb la already whipping the clear waters for pickerel and bass. doclared their intention to spend the heated term in Minnesota, but there is no danger that the new and beauti- ful hotels springing up every year along the lakes will have more guests than they can accommodate. few hours, can be addressed at Coun- cil Bluffs for information regnnlins Minnesota hotel accommodations, an 40gc; July, 418@4lic; August, 424@ 42}; closing stead 374@3T}e for May; 363@36)c 35}@3odc for July. Pork - Closing_at $16 06616 for June; 816 07@16 10 for Juiys! 816 C)@16 05 for Angust. Lard—$10 20@10 25 for June; 810 220@10 25 for July; $10 2w r August. rt Ribs—June, 87 90@7 92}; g-alg-, $7 074@8 02§; August, $8 024w New York Produce Market. New Yorx, May 16. Flour—Quiet. Wheat—Unsettled and higaer on fairly active business; spot sales “of -No.—8- red winter at §1 1 ; Ng. 8 do at 81 20 @ 21%&1.1%?\%1:& 23@1 233: No. 2do, §1 2w Corn - }@lje lower, spot; options gonerally higher and in good demend; spot sales No. 2, 52@58c; No. 3, 48@o0c; steamer mixed, Oats — request and c; No. 2 do, ; No. 2 mixed, T moderaio request and cas- rdinary ess for early delivery, 50 for oid. = g Lard—Fairly active and weak sales of western steam at $10 7 do, 810 50. Beef—Plain mess, £10 00; extra do, 811 50@12 C0. Cut Me: Quiet; 810 25@16 50 tor pickled hams; 89 50 for do shoulders. Whi pot = ———— Baltimore Produce Market. Batrrvore, May 16, Wh Western, easier, but inactive; 2, winter spot, 81 25; $1 23)al 24; ‘June, §121@ July, $1-16@1 16} @l 13, _L'u\in —Western higher and inac mixed, spot, 60@60}c; May, 58} June ,,(Y?y.,x, 1&. e Oats—Higher and firm; western mixed, 5354e. Rye - Steady. Whisky—Dull at $1 10. GENERAL NEWS. August, m, Ga., May 16.—Annie a colored woman, hada Sa Williams, He fell upon an open knife which she had in her hand and received a wound which resulted in his death a short time afterwards. INviaNar ), May instance of depravity came to light The daughter of o omers died of consump- he started yesterd: yiin the wee money osten May 16— Saturday illiam Barry and fishing in_the car Runker Hill, boat upset where the water TInd., 11 Newark, O., May 16.—The bodies of Brice Stone, Mrs. Lusch and her drowned in the Licking were recovered x , Wis., May 16.—Wol- ingsworth & Whitn ., May 16—The d o £ Milwaul EDHOLM & ERICKSON, THE STRONG LEAD---THE WEAK FOLLOV. SPECIAY. SALE —AT THE “BOSTON STORE” 16 Tenth -Stres, STRAW GOODSI STRAW GOODS! Men's Straw Hats 19¢, 15¢, 25¢, 856.445¢. Mew's Straw Hats 75¢, $1.00, $1.50, $1.75. Boys' Straw Hats 10c, 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 46¢. LADIES’ HATS! LADIES' HATS! Finest Canton Hats 25c¢, 35¢. Finest Milan Hats 75¢c. o Misses’ Sailor Hats 25c¢, 35c¢, 45¢, 50¢, 85¢. Ladies’ Sundown Hats 26¢, 35¢. 500 Trimmed Hats $1.00 upwards. DRY GOODSI| DRY GOODSI Arriving Daily from New York AUCTION ROOMS. 2 Bales Unbleached Muslin 5c, worth 7 1-2¢. P. G. IMLAH, Manager, LEADER OF POPULAR PRICES. “BOSTON STORE,” 616 Tenth Street (See Flag.) = WHOLESALE AND RETAIL M/ "UFACTURING JEWELERS. LARGEST STOCK OF (Gold and Silver Watches and Jewelry in the City - | d oyed by fire this mo: z. The | 16 -3 ot s e e A SR ARG EDHOLM & ERICKSON. Cuicaco, May 16.—Tt is announced hat the W h railway has purchased South d and thirty-fifth street and pend SLOOO.00D in improve- ereon, including a mammoth rain elevator. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following transfers were re- lay at the county clerk's fhice, as reported for this paper by ccl in sw. } section east, w. d.— 8350, bt. ots 7 and 8, in —81200. el E. Rogers: ment addition, Io d. £300. Jordan et al. to Hannah } sec 12, town 15, r 10, 0. . Granger, Jr., to Frank lot 2, blk 227, Omaha, w. d. TRANSFERS RECORDED YESTERDAY. Peter Faust to G. W. E. Griffith: 2nd addition, — £200. A. Harbach to Mary A. Fried: in block 347, Omaba, w. d.— 50. Ada T. Drake to Fanny Wilson, ndi. } of e} lot 2 blk 207, Omaha, .- $300. Augustus Kountze et al. to Claus Kountze's 3rd addi- | Al J Hayt and sxife to E. H. Otte, . — $1000. f COOL MJNNESOTA. Reaches Daylight Again. Ncbraska and ““Cool Minnesota’ THE GREAT WESTERN CLOTHING HOUSE. M. HELLMAN & CO.,, Spring Suits! All Styles! IMMENSE STOCK AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. The Largest [}lnthini House West of Chicago. A Department for Children’s Clothing. ‘Wehave now an assortment of Clothing of all kinds, Gent's Furnishing Goods in great variety, and a heavy stock of Trunks, Valises, Hats, Caps, &c. These goods are fresh, purchased from the manufacturers, and will be sold at prices lower than ever before made. We Sell for Cash and Have but One Price. A large TAILORING FORCE is employed by us, and we make SUITS TO ORDER on very short notice. CALI. AND SEE US. 30l and 1303 Farnham St,, cor. 13th. J. W. MURPHY & CO, \Wholesale Liquor Dealers And Agents for Kentucky Distilling Co. Ly Minnesota ~1ters upon the summer *of 1881 with nusual advantages to tourist, who are ther, for in addi- htful climate away during the ast winter among her hills and around The fishing at Minnetonka and the is said to bo better than ever and sportsmen are his iany Nebraska people have already Jobber of Hams, Bacon, Lard, I i LS from §1.000 0 §10,000; alud, land in Douglas and Seirpy countios, i 200,006 to loan a¢ % businews with Johu M. Clarke STRICTLY confidential. ah apldee Pt 14th and Douglas Sta, G Largest Established L OMAHA in . 3 1% OMMISSION MERCHA And Wholesale Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruit, ter, E, NT, Pur- Poultry, Game ard Country Produce general chasinig Agent for all kirds of Goods s Merchandise n & kept in stock by himself mme being Szpcrep Wi Canx, anl billed at current Market Rates, GENERAL WESTERN AGENT FOR ly he. BOOTH'S OVAL ERAND OYSTEHRS, FRESH LAK E, RIVER ND SALT WATER FISH. FOR SALE SR M CLARKH® THE OLDEST Real Estate Agent and Notary Public, Cor. Douglas and Fourteenth streets. ONETHOUSAND LOTS in the city and adklitions, from 3200 to $2,000; also, 200 nall and large k“-d* Per Gk, am 8100006 t one at 10 per cents i s o it patiaens ok 1y sel exclusivedy om commismion:. Taxes paid; deeds and mortgages executid o rt notic rons all the hangains. railroad fare. don't speculate; give my pas Douglas snd F tary Publ = L, iways fourteenth streets, Unaha, Nebraska. always in ltice, sguthwest comey