THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IIIA. I BAltB, Proprietor.
TKriMBr$1.2S IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
I BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Miss C. Stewart, an American, has
taken tho doctor's degrco nt tho Uni
versity of Berlin.
Forty-flvo bodies of Galveston atorm
victims havo been found and burled
on tho Inland beyond the city limits
tho past week.
Tho Canadian railway employes havo
complained to tho government against
tho importation of United States labor
whllo they aro debarred from entering
tho United States.
E. Johnson and Robert Hattcn quar
reled nt Daisy, Ga., and Hatton shot
Johnson through tho nock. Johnson
follj but raised himself long enough
to Bhoot Hatton through tho head.
Both men nro dead. "
Charles S. Mllward, aged 35, ft lead
ing merchant of Lexington, Ky.,wns
found dead on his rear porch by a
eervnnt. Ho had been shot through
tho head, but whothor by himself or
another lo not known.
Tho department of ngrlculturo has
advertised for bids for furnishing scuds
to J.ho department for tho usual dis
tribution. Bids will bo opened in this
city on December 12, about three
months earlier than tho oponlng last
year.
After serving as postmaster and as
sistant postmaster continuously for
thirty-eight years, John Pyrin, btt St.
George, U has resigned, Ho Is 85
years old and only a few postmasters
havo outranked him In point of ser
vice. Tho namo of cx-Presldont Grovor
Clovelnnd has been mentioned by Now
Jersey democratic assemblymen tln
connection with tho HDnoraryiomlna
tlon ot United States senator against
Senator W. J. Sowall, who will be re
elected. Mrs. Charles II. Blow, wife of a for
mer llllnolB stato game warden, has
sworn out warrants charging her huB
band with attempting to chloroform
her nnd her threo children nnd then
turning on the gas so that suffocation
would finish tho work.
Tho first large shlpmont of potatoes
that has gone forward from Washing
ton stato to China will bo sont In a
few days from North Yakima, and will
conelBt of 600 tons, destined for Shang
hai. In tho past tho greater amount
of foodstuffs that has hocn called for
from that section has been flour, but
now tho Chlneso havo acquired a ttitBo
tor potatoes.
Mrs, McKlnloy hns sent to Now York
n bet; tlful doll which will adorn tho
Ohio booth of tho woman's bazar for
tho benefit of tho Woman's Suffrngo
Asosclntlon early In December. Whllo
tho president's wlfo Is nowlso a wo
man suffrnglst, sho makes this dona
tion nt tho request of Ohio frlonds. Tho
doll was dressed iy Mrs. McKlnley who
fashioned each dainty garment,
Miss Mary E. Chapln, 87 years old, n
veteran woman's seminary founder and
teacher, is dead, at the homo of her
nophow, Dr. S. N. Chnpln, In Chicago.
Miss Chapln began to tench at tho sem
inary In Now Haven, and in 1860 holpod
found a woman's seminary at Milwau
kee, Sho went to Lawronco, Kan., nnd
there founded a somniary, which pro
ceded tho University of Lawrence.
Tho design for tho sionumont of rtho
late Vlco President O, ,A. Hobartvhas
been decided upon tX Patoroon, N. J.
Tho successful competitor Is Philip
Mnrtln. It shows Mr. Hobart, stand
ing with a gavel In his hand nnd lean
ing slightly forward ns If listening; to
a speaker. It will be of bronze and be
about nlno feet In height. It will
stand upon a pedestal In front of tho
city, hall In Patorson.
Consul Shumnnn, at Mainz, 'says in
a report to tho state department 'that
If American shoe manufacturers stud
led closely tho requirements of tho
trade-in Egypt they ought to bo able
to conquer that market with oaqo. Ho
Bays that they certainly could bo able
to offer a better and cheaper shoo than
the Swiss manufacturers, who now
practically control the shoo trade of
Egypt, having driven French goods out
of the market,
n The health, of King Oscar of Swe
den continues to Improve.
Mtsa Eugenia Washington, groat
grand niece of Goorgo Washington, ono
of tho founders of tho oocloty of
Daughters ot tho American Revolution
and president of tho Socloty of Found
ers and Pntrlots, died at Washington.
A dispatch to tho Culna News' from
Hong Kong reports n typhoon at Tou
iraln In Octobor, lasting forty-eight
hours, destroying tho villages, rice
fields and buildings and lnylng tho har
bor baro. It is estimated that 1,600 to
1,600 pcraouB perished and tho remain
ing population of 4,650 nro without pro
visions. Tho official figures on tho presiden
tial election of California, glvo McKln
ley 104,755, Brynu 124,985, Woolley 51,
024. Tho wheat crop of tho Darling Doyns
district In Australia Is expected to heat
all records. In somo Instances It will
yield fifty-two bushels to tho aero;
Tho Armstrong furm, near Granite,
Oklahoma, which contains tho ronutrk
ablo spring from which natural gaa
continually escapes, has boon leased
by E. R. Suppo, of Parsons, Kon., w'lio
will nt onco put down sovornl test
wells for bbb and oil. Othor gas men
nro thcro unci will thoroughly test tho
field.
Tho division of customs nnd Insular
affairs of tho war department has Is
sued n statoment allowing thq total re
ceipts from customs sources in Cuba
for tho tpn montha onding Octobor 31
wero 813,215,600, ngalriBt $12,120,991 the
Banwtlme in 1899, un Increase ot II,-
ThB Illinois Btato board of health
will make In Its forthcoming biennial
report noma Important recommenda
tions. Amoug them will bo that a
.state sanitarium for consumptives bo
established. Thq state board of char
ities will be Joined in its iccommonda
tio for provision for tho care of eol-'Jeptlcs.
! WHITES TO Mil. CONGER
GantoMSo ifofonner, Former Adviser to
Kwong Su, "Wants Emperor Restored,
VICEROYS ARE NOT TO BE TRISTED
Foreigners Hold Hint nnprcm Bhould
Hot Ho Allowed to Interfere unit Tlmt
Itcnclliiniir omclal Should llo Very
Close) j U'utclitul.
PEKIN, Dec. 8 Mr. Conger, tho
United Stales mlnlator, nnd othor for
eign enVoys, received today a letter
signed by Knng Yu Wei, tho woll
known Cantonese reformer, who was
formerly nn advisor of Emperor Kwnng
;S'and who has nlways been favorable
'to 'foreigners. Kang Ytt Wol unys that
great calamities havo befallen China
, through tlio'ompress downgor and also
In consequence of hor advisers, Prlnco
Tuan, Prlnco Chlng, Yung Lu, Yang
Yl, Chao Ghu, Chlan, Muang Ru, Moyn
Kuen aud Hlang. Ho eayB ho Ib thank
ful that tho foreigners held out In '.ho
legation buildings In Pckln and that
oil the Chinese who understand tho
law of nations regret tho murder of
Baron von ICotloler. Ho then says ho
desires to mako suggestions which will
lnsuro tho Just puniahmont of tho real
culprits, satisfaction to tho dlfforent
countrioo and a pormanenf settlement
of tho International relations of
China." Ho urges:
First That tho empress and her ad
visors errotild not be allowed to vlo
la to tho pcaco.
SecondThat the emperor, who Is
a friend of foreigners, Bhould bo re
stored. Third That all reactionary officials
should bo arrested and that a careful
watch should bo kept over tho so
called friendly viceroy in tho south.
i Unless Ytintf Lu, Prlnco Tuan nnd
tho others nro eovcroly dealt with;
Kang Yu Wol contends that they will
contlnuo, tp say that tho forolgnorB
aro powerless.
"The foreigners should not rely upon
tho viceroys," continues tho Cantonefo
reformer. "Thoy send men, monoy and
Armament to tho empress nnd nro her
sary.
bo restored tho cmplro would rejoice.
Tho emperor's party consists of tho
most onllghtcnod men, who aro friendly
to foreigners nnd desire to Incorpor.tto
western civilization and culturo In nn
ancient country."
Knng Yu Wol points out that ho was
appointed for tho task by a 6ccrot edict
of tho emperor in 1893, when ho made
his nppcal on behalf of tho emperor to
tno foreign powers.
"An appoal, which nnd thoy llstonod
to, would probably havo prevented
what has happened."
PISHING REBELS IN LUZON.
Troop ICeop io r.lttlo IJrown Sinn on
Keen .lump.
MANILA, Doc. 8, Moro activity Is
shown In tho oporatlons in northorn
and southern Luzon. Tho reports
frbrri tho forruor district como In
moro (illicitly and telegraphic Instruc
tions aro fewer.
Gonoral Funston, with Troop A of
tho Fourth cavalry and n ncoro of
srouUi, last Thursday oucountored a
'hundrod In3iirgont8tpo3ted on tho op
poBjto bank of thtrMohlco river. Tho
Americans, charged across tho stream
and tho enemy jotroatod,, flrlntf from
cover. Thoy loft four dead on the
field. A native who wua captured ro
ported that Fagin, n dosfrtor from
tho Twonty-folnth Infantry, who has
boon active with tho Filipinos, with
n p:trty of two cavalrymen, had boon
wounded.
Lletilonont Morrow, with fifty men
from tho Forty-sovcnth regiment, at
tacked and occupied Bulucun. While
returning thoso troops encountered
Colonol VletoilB, occupying nn en
trenched position, with thirty rifles
and 300 bolonicn. Lieutenant Mor
row's force charged nnd drovo tho
enemy from their position, It Is bo
Hovod, with heavy loss. Preceding
thn fight tho expedition had captured
Major Floros and several of his fol
lowers. An engagement Ib reported to havo
occurred near San Roque, In which,
according to natives, fifty robels wero
killed,
Se.VQral minor oncountora and cap
tures nro also reported. Tho Amor
lean casualties havo boon very slight.
Aftk gocrolur.r CIuro to Itemuln,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-PrcsIdont
Honior of tho Baltimore clout ing house
nnd thhty of tho prominent business
men voprpo3cutlng tho clearing houso.
tho Fitvlngs bank and the Merchants
and Manufacture; o' association cr Hal
tlmoio, called In ti body today nt tho
Treasury department and urged Sec
rclnry Gngo to accept tho Invitation ot
tl.o president to remain at tho' head of
tho TriMBttry department for anothnr
tour ycato,
rrealili'iu',1 Kumliiiitlnn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Tho presi
dent today sent the following ncmlna
tlono to tho s.natc; John F. Weston,
ntulatant cmnmlscnry general of sub
clatcnco, to bo commissary gonoral of
subsistence, with rank of brigadier
general, Captain Frank B. McKonua,
Forty-savu'li ln'antry, u. S. V.
(first lieutenant riftccnth Infantry, U.
S. A,), to ho Inspector cenornl of vol
utUctro, with rank of major.
Miirrlnnn mill lllimco Mura,
WASHINGTON, Dec. ' 8. Ropro
eontntlvo Taylor of Ohio, who wna
promlnontly Identified with tho move
ment to oxcludo Brlgham Roberts of
Utah from n seat In consress, today
Introduced a measuro Intended to
bring about fodoril prohibition or
polygamy. It propones a constitution
al umondrh(!nt for uniform laws on
ninrrlngo -jnd divorce. Mr, Taylor
ways, however, that his aim goes con
siderably boyontl a moro uniforms
of mieh laws, and Is oxprossly do
tlsncd to reach polygamy, and put
aa end to It.
PROSPERITY OKLAHOMA.
Uorernor'a ltuport Arcura Con:l Itloni
Wnrrnnt Adinlialon.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The annu
al report of tho governor ot.Oklahoma
says that the year has been marked
by general prosperity agricultural
grazing, mauutacturing and commerce
flourishing in an unprecedented
manner. The totnl assessed valuation
of property is 149,338,661, nn increase
of 50,247 over 1899. Tho report states
that In addition to Hb excellent pub
lic school system, Oklabmoa hau five
higher Institutions of learning,
which nro not excelled by tho similar
Institutions of any stato In tho union.
There aro still 5,733,385 acreB of va
cant government land In tho territory,
subject to homtfltend entry. Whllo
most ot tho land Is unfit for farming
thcro aro still many sections upon
which tho homcEoekcr from the north
or cast can find a comfortable home
nnd atttnlu a competence in time.
Ab each Justice of tho supremo court
of tho territory sits as a trial J ml go
with original Jurisdiction of all canes
of civil and criminal litigation arising
In tho district to which ho is assigned
the report recommends thnt a scparato
court of appeals bo provided. In
order to avert sentencing of youthful
criminals to tho ponttentlary, tho es
tablishment of a reformatory Institu
tion within tho territory is recom
mended. Tho report says that tho
prosperous condition prevailing in
OKluhoma, 'ts population, area and
wealth, whin compared with n llko
condition prevailing lu a largo num
ber of states at the tlmo ot thoir ad
mission in tho union, amply Justifies
Its claim to statehood. Tho report
recommends that Fort Supply, which
was abandoned several years ago, ie
presented to tho torrltory for uu as
a public institution,
CONNECTING LAKE AND RIVER.
Wur Department Fiirnlihc i:itIin;to for
I'ropoted Cniml. .
WASHINGTON, Doc. 7. Tho War
department today sont to congress re
ports on tho numbor of important
tlvor and harbor projects, Including
that for connecting tho Mississippi
rlvor with Lako Michigan by tho
means of tho Illinois river and tho
Chicago sanitary canal, and also 'or
extonstvo Improvement of tho Sault
Sto. Mario canal. Tho total cost ot
tho project for connecting Lako Mich
igan and tho Mississippi river Ib
plnced at ?7,731,t;i7 for a flvo-foot
depth. Tho project involves tno con
struction of twelvo locks and two
dams with movable wolrs. Tho esti
mates aro based on tho assumption
that all necessary franchises in con
nection with tho construction will bo
coded freo of cost to tho United States.
Tho estlmato for Improving tho
channel between Lakes Superior and'
Huron, through St. Mary's river, in
cluding Hay channol, Is $9,0u,000.
Tho distance is sixty-iour miles, part
of which Is Improved.
Tho estimate for deepening the
Sturgeon Bay and Lako Michigan ship
canal to tweuty-ono feet is $218,000.
Abblo Bap;o Jtlchurdaon tlenil.
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, A special ca
blo dispatch to tho Brooklyn Eaglo
from Rome says:
Mrs. Abby Sagp Richardson, drama
tist, poet, literary critic and translator,
died In this city todny. Sho wna tho
widow of tho lato Albert Deano Rich
nrdeon, nowspaper man and author,
long tlmo correspondent of tho Now
York Tribune In tho civil war, nnd
afterward an editor on that papor.
Mrs. Richardson arrived hero with
her son, William Sago, tho novelist,
early In November nnd her death was
wholly unexpected by her friends In
Rome.
Home Illlla Introduced.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 7. Tho
Bonato today transacted no business
of Importanco In open session,
Throughout nlmsot tho entlro after
noon It was lri executive session. Tho
ship subsidy bill therefore recelvod
no consideration,
Mr. hoar presented a resolution of
tho Massachusetts legislature In favor
of tho purchase by tho United States
government of Temple Farm Moor
houso, nt Yorktown, Vu.
General Kaitiiu la Itetlrcd.
" WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Brigadier
General Charles R. Eagan, commis
sary gcnernl of subsistence, who has
been under suspension slnco Febru
ary 9, 1899, by sentonco of court
martial for alleged Intempernto and
aouse language, concerning Licuti'ii
ant General Miles In connection with
tjio army hoof Investigation, was re
stored to duty today, and ho was
afterwards placed on the record list
of tno army.
Tu Arrmi tunaBiirnl.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.-John Joy
Edson was today named us chairman
of tho comrnlttoo having chargo of tho
Inaugural ceremonies. Ho was ac
cepted. Sountor Hannn. chairman ot
tho republican natlonnl comrnlttoo,
provrously tendered the olllco to Mr.
Theodore W. Noycs, who wna com
pellod to decllno tho honor, as hla
dutios would not permit him to devote
BUfllclcnt tlmo to tho position.
Hold Up mi Iimiii stncliinnn.
CHICAGO. Doc, 6. Fred T. Gllmoro
pf Baxter, la was knocked semsoloss
lato last night near Michigan avonuo
nnd Harmon Court and robbed of $11,
229 In negotiable pnpor. $23 lu monoy
nnd a watch. Tho robhera, William
Cummlnga nnd George Ilayuo, after a
desperate battlo with detectives, wero
captured and all tho booty aavo taa
watch and monoy was recovered.
Cr Getting Illicit tu JlraUli.
LIVADIA, European Russia, Deo 7.
Tho following bulletin was ltsuod
this morning by tho czar's phj-Bl-vlnna:
"Tho czar filopt woll alt night long.
His gonornl condition and spirits nro
vory good. His temporaturo and pulse
aro normal."
Tho czar now leaves his bod each
day and spends an hour or two In nn
armchair. In Bloop and appetite ho Is
steadily Improving, though ho Is still
limited to a light diet. It Is probablo
that the bulletins will bo discontinue'
next Sunday.
ARMY BILL IS ADOPTED
Measuro to Provido Troops Q003 Through
by Strictly Party Vote.
INCREASED ARMY IS PROVIDED rOR
Amendment AIolliitilnj- Canteen Byatcm
Carries by Overwhelming- Mujorlty
Ucncrnla .ee unit "Wilson Aru Denied
ltetlreiuent with Itnnk of lirlcndler.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Tho houso
of representatives today, nt tho end
of a long sitting, passed tho army re
organization bill by a vote ot 166 to
133. Throe democrats, Messrs. Hall of
Pennsylvania nnd Underhlll nnd Clay
ton of Now York, voted with tho re
publicans for the bill, and Mr. McCnll,
republican of Massachusetts, with tho
democrats, against it. Otherwise it
was a strict party vote. Tho propo
sition -which some of tho democrats-attempted
to commit their sldo to in
caucus, an extension of tho present
temporary array until July 1, 190J,
which was voted upon Indirectly on a
motion to recommit, commanded tho
votes of only about hnlf tho opposi
tion and two republicans, Mr. McCnll
and Mr. Mann of Illinois. Many of
tho democrats voted against tho mo
tion, however, becauso they woro op
posed not only to tho reorganization
bill, but also to continuing tho array
at Its present strength.
Quito a numbor of amendments woro
placed on the bill beforo it was pass
ed. The liveliest flght wan made on a
substltuto made by Mr. Llttlcflcld or
Maine for the canteen tectlon. Th3
substltuto absolutely prohibited tho
sale of lntoxlcnnta at military posts.
It was supported by Messrs. Llttlofleld,
Grosvonor, republican of Ohio, Dick,
republican of Ohio, and Hay, demo
crat of Virginia, and opposod by
Messrs. Slnydon, democrat of Texas,
Fitzgerald, democrat of Massachusetts,
Pearco, republican of Missouri, Parker,
republican, of Now Jorsey, and Bar
tholdt, republican of Missouri. Largo
delegations from tho Woman's Chris
tian Tomporanco union, which la In
session In this city, watched tho flght
from tho galleries. When tho voto
was taken the prohibiting amendment
was carried by an overwhelming ma
jority, 159 to 51. Mr. Bartholdt at
tempted to secure a resord vote In the
house, but tho peculiar parliamentary
statutes shut him out.
Tho sections designed to retire
Genoral Shatter as a major general
and Generals Fltzhugh Lee and James
H. Wilson ns brigadier generals woro
stricken out.
Among tho amendments adopted
woro thoEo providing for fifty volun
teer surgeons nnd 150 aslsstnnt sur
geonB for service In tho Philippines;
for thirty dental surgeons and for a
vcterlnnry corps with actual rank.,
Tho offlcors of tho pay corp3 woro In
creased oloven and of tho signal corp
twenty-three. Tho ago limit was re
moved from volunteer officers ellglblo
for appointment for first and second
lieutenants, nnd tho provision for re
tiring officers who served in tho civil
war as of tho noxt higher grado was
strlakon out.
THo Hepburn nmendmont to iprovldo
that vacancies In tho quartorraastor's
department would bo filled from civil
llfo or from volunteer officers com
missioned since April 10, 1898, which
was ponding when tho houso adjourn
ed yesterday, was voted down without
division.
Mr. Hay of Virginia offered nn
amendment, which was adopted, au
thorizing tho president to appoint fif
ty volunteor surgeons with rank of
major and 150 volunteer surgeons
with tho rank of captain for tcrma of
two years unless previously discharg
ed. Mr. Otey offered an amendment to
empower tho surgeon general of tho
army to employ not to exceed thirty
dentnl surgeons, threo of whom should
bo chief dental surgeonB.
Mr. Otey made a humorous speech
in support of tho amendment, appeal
ing to ovory member to voto In tho
interest of 3,200,000 teeth. "Irrespec
tive of party or the result of tho lato
election," ho said, "voto to rid the old
soldlor of the toothache."
Tho amendment was adopted'
Itr o ta (lalveatoii Loaaaa.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Tho sec
retary of war today sent to the senato
reports of tho board of engineers
concerning; tho effects or tho Galves
ton storm of last summor on tho Jet
tlos In tho vicinity of that city. Tho
board finds that 51,500,000 will bo
necessary to ropnlr tho Jetties at Gal
veston and $175,000 ror tho repair ot
tho Brazos. Tho board places tho
loss or life at 5,000. Tho damagd to
fortifications Is placed at $99,000.
American Odlelitla Treat ntcd.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 7. Tho
Unltod States chargo d'affaires, Lloyd
C. Grlscom, today officially presented
Cnptaln Colby M. Chester nnd tho oth
er visiting officers of tho Unltod States
ship Kentucky, now at Smymn, to
tho minister of mnrlno, Hassal Pasha.
Tho American officor3 wero also en
tertained at dinner todny at tho Brit
ish embassy by Mr, DoBunsor, tho first
secretary of tho embassy.
4
Otto H. Mttiiiiin Continued.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Tho senate
today confirmed Otto H. Tlttmtin of
Mlnssourl to be superintendent of the
coast and gcodotlc survey.
TWENTY-SIX BEHEADED.
Only Itccntiae They Were Employed hy
AmurlcMii Contractor.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 7. Walter
Kennedy, contractor nnd export engi
neer, who hns Just returned from
completing somo contracts In China,
said that ho saw twenty-six China
men beheaded for no reason othor
than that they woro In his employ.
During tho tlmo ho was erecting ox
tenslvo machlnory ho was practically
a prisoner and did not know whnt mo
ment ho would bo taken from his work
and executed.
I THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Luteal (jukilatlun from South Occulta
nntl Uniinim City.
. , EOUT1I OMAHA. "
union Slock Ynid. Cattle There wna
n fairly uood run of cattle, but the mar
ket wits in Bood hIuijic on the better kinds
t both tut cnttlo nntl feeders. The corii
ftfl Rtcetfl wore In good demund If tho
quality w'n Batlsfuctury and they old ut
ood ateady priced ns compared wtlh yes
terday. Tho halt fat Htuff, however, was
its ulo oale as eyer and sellers In noma
enses experienced some dlllleulty In Rot
tliiK what they called steady" prices. There
wero about thirty cars ot cow stuff on
snle, and the miirkot on tho bettor Rrndes
of cowb and holfcrH was steady and tho
donmnd In good shupo. There wero a
Kood many common cows oflered, and on
rnjcti the market wna menu. Buyers bid
Very unovoniy on them, but ns a Konernl
thiiiif sclIoftS had to take lean money for
them than they would have brought yes
terday. The market on thnt class of cat
tlo wan rather drngsy. Tho supply of
Bood feeders was rather limited, nnd as
buyers nil wanted n few they paid good
stronjr prices In order to get them. Tho
demand from tho country, while not
heavy, Is fully equal tu tho supply so far
as choice cuttlo urc concerned. Kangd
cattlo wore scarce on tho market.
liogn ltecclpts wero not excessive and
as tho demand was In Rood shapu tho
market hero opened up 5ii?'4c higher.
luycrn thought they were paying too
much for their hogs, ns Chicago reported
tho bulk thcro at fl.S5tfl.U5 nuu seders at
thin point were holding- their droves at
U.hZyiti.b5. They hud to have hogs, how
ever, nnd finally decided to pay tho prices.
Tho market was notlvc at tho advance
nnd the hulk of the offerings changed
Iiands early in tho morning. There was
no very radical change In tho market
from otnrt to finish, the great bulk of
tho hops Kolng at H82Vil.j, with a few
loads at .87V'j.
Hhccp-There w3 a light run hero and
receipts wero composed mostly of lambs.
A choice- bunch of native fed lambs sold
ns high ns $5.25, or about steady, but thu
western lambs sold generally n dime low
er. Tho market was not particularly uct
lve, ns packers wero not anxious for sup
plies. There were not enough fat sheep
on sale to mnke a tent of the maprket. A
bunch df native ewes brought S3.60, which
Is probably ns much ns they would huvo
brought yesterday. Aside from that
string there was very littio good sturf
on sate and tho market could ba culled
steady to n littio easier,
Cattlc-Hocelpis! 0,600, naflves, 1.300
Texans, 600 calves; tho liberal supply
caused n slight depreciation In values
for tho least desirable lots, whllo choice
grades ruled steady native Hteo.ro, $1.50
5.S0! Mockers and feeders, t3.OO4.20;
butcher cows nnd heifers. $3.005.OO;. can
ners; I2.50S3.C0: fed westerna, fcJ.GlWl.DO:
fed Texans, $3.i0f(4.23: grnsa Texans, $3.09
O3.C0; calves, $3.W6.50.
Hogs Receipts, 9,500 head: market ac
tlvo at BWlOc advance;, heavy, ti.93ft4.9S;
mixed, J4.SS84.3; )ght( .5434.93; pigs,
SI.C0Jf4.Sll.
Sheep nnd Iambs Receipts, 4,003 head:
frood uctivu trudo at steady price;
ambs, t.9Ofto.40; muttons. I3.0uif4.23:
Rtnckora and feeders, 3.50i.W; culls, $3.00
3.W.
IMMIGRATION IS INCREASING.
Coiumltsloner's ltcport bliowa n Net
Unln Ovrr LmL Vcnr.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,. Dec. 8. Tho
annuul report of the commissioner
general of Immigntlon shows that dur
lug tho last fiscal year the total num
ber of immigrants who arrived In this
country was -HS.572 of which 23,200
oamo through Canada. Of tho whole
number 304,1-18 wero mnlcs and 114,442
females. This Is a net lncrcauo over
1899 of 130,857, The30 figures, how-
over, tho commissioner general says,
do not show tho total number of alien
arrivals, as 63,035 aliens camo as cabin
paBscngors. Thoy would hnve swelled
tho total Immigration to 511,207 had
they traveled In tho steerage.
Tho figures show that of tho whdlo
number of arrival's 424,700 camo from
European countries, 17,946 from Asia,
thirty from Afilca and 5,895 from all
othher places.. Switzerland and Spain
and tho Spanish Islands show a small
decrcaso In Immigration, while Austro
Hungary shows an Increase of 83 per
cent; tho Russian empire and Finland
49 per cent increase; Italy 29 per cent
Increase and Japan 340 per cent In
crease. Tho total arrivals from -apan,
however, amounted to only 9,791.
White Denies Interview.
BERLIN, Dec. 7. The morning
papers hero print an Interview with
United States Ambassador White re
garding tho relations betwoeni the
United States and Germany in the
China .negotiations. Mr. White gavo
the Associated Press correspondent a
formal repudiation of tho Interview,
saying Gormany and tho United States
had boon working harmoniously to
gether and also that nothing more
dlvidos IhcHi since it has been found
that tho conditions formulated by the
Pekin diplomats aro subject to amend
ment, to meet any decided changes in
Chinese affairs.
Cniigretalonal Library,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 7. Tho
annual report of tho librarian of con
gress was submitted to that body to
day. It shows that during tho year
there were 38,110 books and pamphlets
ndned to tho library, making a total
of 995,100. Of tho books added dur
ing the year 10,699 camo through tho
operation of the copyright law. There
wero other accessions of 16,005 plores
of music prints, 14,048 maps and charts
3,536, and manuscripts 778.
Honorable lie tlreiiicut of riniitelto.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Tho bill
authorizing the appolutmont of Rep
resentative lioutello of Majno on tho
retired list of tho navy, upon his
resignation from congress, was favor
ably reported today by tho housa
commltteo cn naval nffalr3, over
winch Mr. Routelie presided until his
present affliction.
Vnnn Siireeed Itiiutrlle.
WASHINOTON, Dec. 8. Tho house
commltteo on nuvnl affairs todny
compliments tho acting chairman of
tho committee, Representative Foss
of Illinois, by unanimously soloctlng
him to tho important ohalrmansnlp
of that committee, made vacant by
tho recent resignation of Mr. Boutelle
of Maine.
Mllltury Academy to Havo Attention.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 8. Tho mili
tary academy appropriation bill will bo
taken up by the houso commltteo on
military affairs next Tuesday. At that
time also It is expected that tho resolu
tion nsklng tjio secretory of war to
Invoitlgato the alleged hazing or Cadet
Eoozo nt West Point wU bo favorably
reported, as Chairman Hull says tho
fcccretnry of War probably has Insti
tuted an Inquiry on his own account
and there Is no objection to expens
ing tho wlah or the houso that the In
quiry shall be made.
A1:L HARMONY AT- LAST
Foreign Ministenat Eskln Reach Agree
ment Satisfactory to All,
CONGER CABLES TO WASHINGTON
Brief Detnlli Show Diplomatic Vlctory
for tho Unltctl.stntea Chler Araerlcntv
Contention Acrnptoil Offenders to llo
Severely 1'unUlicil,
WASHINGTON, Dee, r..--Tho Stat
department has been .informed that
tho foreign minister at Pekin yes
terday reached an agreement, whlelt
was submitted to the home offlco3.
Secretary Hay today received Min
ister Conger's signature on tho part
of tho. United Statc3 government. It
is difficult to gather details of tho un
derstanding nt this time However
it is known that in tho two important
Issues, namely, those relating to pun
ishment and Indemnity, tho vlow ot '
tho United States government has
prevailed. Ac to punlshmonts, they
aro to be the severest that can bo
Infllcted by the Chlneso govmmont.
As to tho Indemnity, the Chinese gov
ernment Is formally to admit Its liabil
ity and then the matter Is to ba left
for future negotiation. It was un
derstood that on tho other points the
French proposition has formed tho ba
Bls of thq agreement.
LONDON, Dec. C. Tho Times in tho
courso of a skeptical editorial con
cerning tho chances of an agreement:
nt Pekin, says:
"Aro tho Chlneso to bo tho Judg03
of what is the severest punishment
thoy can Inflict or the European pow
ers? If the latter Is. tho case, tho ac
coptanco of tho Americnn view will
not tako us much nenror a solution
and tho same thing mpy bo said or
tho lndomnity question. It seems, in
fact, that there Is no wttlonient, but
simply an adjournment."
"It Is believed hero," says tho
Shanghai correspondent of tho Times,
that the Yang Tso viceroys aro gain
ing .power over tho court and substi
tuting their troops for General Tung
Fu Hsiang's. Tho new governor of
tho provinco of Cho Kiang has been
Instructed to arrange forthwith tho
question arising out of the Chu Chou
mnE6acro."
"It Is tho general bollof here," savs
tho Tien Tsln correspondent of tho
Dally Mall, wiring Tuosday, "that
China will accept tho domands of tho
Joint note, which all tho powers ap
prove within a fortnight, or threo
weeks, and that then thq second stago
of the proceedings tho examination
of proposal after proposal In detail
will begin."
BERLIN, Dec. C. The Chlneso min
ister hero has handed tho foreign offi
cials a telegram from LI Hung Chang
to tho effect that Slh Liang, the now
governor of Shan SI, has publicly ex
ecuted upward of eighty rebel leaders
nnd asserting that ho Is otherwlso
acting with trio greatest severity In
tho suppression of tho Boxers and
energetically .protecting tho mission
aries. LIQUOR LAWPOR MANILA.
I'rcvnleurs or Wet Goods Kmporloma
Creates Dlarnaalon.
MANILA, Dec. 6. Tho hall occupied
by tho United States commission vrai
crowded today, tho occasion being tho
PllbllC dlsCUKSlnfi nf thn Mnr.lt
1 111 " v x ftuttuu UVUtlRU
bill. Tho section providing for ban
ishing intoxicants from the escolta
and down town plaza3 was strongly
criticised. Judge Taft explained that
tho 'United States courts sottlod the
right of tho police nnd tho power to
limit tho afllo nf llmmro nrwl vnf lh
places where they wero sold were un-
uinueu. ho ueciaretl that tho condi
tion of tho escolta, owing to tho pres
ence of saloons, was disgraceful. Tho
Judge admitted that It wag a hardship
to some, hut ho denied that Injustice
was being done. Tho licenses expire
In January and tho section of tho bill
requiring removals will tftko effect In
April.
The bill provides for a llcenso of
600 pesos semi-annually, for a regular
saloon; 800 for a theater and 600 for
a hotel, besides a bar llcenso. None
of these will bo allowed to sell a na
tlvo Intoxicants. Places nro licensed
separately for tho latter. They aro
prohibited from soiling to soldiers and
Sunday closing is required. But ho
tols can servo liquors with meals. Li
censes aro Imposed on distillers, brok
ers nnd wholcsnlo dealoi'3, Tho com
mission has passed an act requiring
wholesome rood supplies for nnlmals
ufiod In transportation and Imposing
penalties for cruelty to animals.
Mercer Culls n Meeting.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 6.
Chairman Mercer of tho public build
ings commltteo of tho house has call
od a meeting for Friday to consider
public building measures. It is In
tended first to glvo attontlon to those
buildings requiring moro money on
account of tho rise In the price of
building material, sorao of tho main
ones being at Seattle, Salt Lako and
Portland, Ore. Those nre to be In
cluded In one general bill.
Ciiatellunca (Jolnc tu Loudon,
LONDON, Doc. 6. "Count and
Countess Bonl do Cnstollano aro ne
gotiating for a houso In London," says
Vanity Fair, "whero, In futuro, thoy
will spend n portion or tho year, as
Count Bonl Is deeply hurt at the want
ot sympathy shown him by his rrlenda
nnd compatriots In his recent finan
cial troubles.
Turka Adnilro the Kentucky.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Doc. 6. Cap
tain Colby II. Chestor, Lieutenants
William P. Scott and William A, Mor
fott and Ensign Leigh C, Palmer of
tho United States battleship Kentucky
will remain horo until after tho Sel
nmllk, Friday. The othor officers of
tho Kentucky are expected to visit
Constantinople. Whllo at Smyrna,
Captain Chestor exchanged visits with
tho Vnll (governor) and the naval au
thorltlcr Tho lattor greatly admired
tho supc. jiposd turret system of th
Kentucky.