> _ The National Body Will Get Together for Its Short Session. K _____ A SfSSION Of STIRRING fVfNTS lion** Will Kind Determine the Oue*tlon of Renting Robert* of Utah—Republl can* Will ICunli tlir Currency Mraiarr— Announcement of Vice l're»ldent Ho bart'* Death. r WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec, 4 —The opening work of the session in the house promises to be crowded with J stlring events. There is always a good deal of glamour in connection with the assembling of a new con gress, which is a social as well as a political event. The galleries are always crowded and there Is intense Interest In the election of speaker, the swearing In of members at the bar of the house, the reading of the ' president's message, the biennial seat | drawing, the Introduction of bills and resolutions into the legislative hopper and the generul clearing of decks for action later on. But, as the committees are not ap- j pointed until Just before the holiday recess, no actual business is transacted 1 usually until after recesB. This year it will be different. At the very threshold of the session will come the contest over the admission of Itcpre- j V' sentatlve-elect Roberts of Utah, and later In the week the house will plunge into an Important, and possibly a pro- ; traded, debate upon the financial bill which was prepared by the republican leaders last spring at Atlantic City. The Roberts case has attracted the attention of the whole country. The republican leaders have adopted a plan of procedure which is designed to pre vent Mr. Roberts from taking the oatli rof office until the facts in regard to his alleged polygamous practices have been investigated by a special com mittee. Mr. layior or unio win matte un r(bj-xticn to the admission of Mr. j Roberta and will offer a resolution of | his rase to the committee. There is considerable scattered opposition to j tills method of procedure on the Jk ground that refusal of the house to V permit a repreesntative-elect hearing proper credentials to be sworn in upon unproven charges v/ould create a bad ;« precedent and might -result in chaos at some future time when political feel ing ran high. But there are several precedents for this course in the case of members charged with disloyalty after the war. mid these will he used in support of the procedure. Every member of the house has been bom barded with petitions in the Roberts case and there undoubtedly will be a large majority vote without regard to party lines in support of the plan outlined by republican leaders. Ow ing to the time which will he con sumed In the disposition of the Rob erts ease tomorrow, the diawing of 'w, .seats, which usually requires several ’ hours, probably will lie postponed un til Tuesday. The announcement of Vice Presi dent’s Hobart's death will he made probably immediately after the Rob erts car;e is dibposrd of and the house will adjourn out of resnccl to bis mem ory. The drawing'of seats and the reading of the president’s message will occupy Tuesday. Tuesday night the republicans will caucus on the flnan- i c-lal hill. It is the intention of the republican leaders to make this a can- 1 cus measure and proceed and pass It j before the holiday recess. Tile caucus will decide, If the pres ent Intention is followed, not to wait for the appointment of the committee on banking and currency, but to bring | F the bill into the house forthwith, prob- j ably* under a special order from the j committee on rules. The debate may begin on Wednesday The length of time to be given to debate has not yet been determined. Bv some it is thought that three or four days may suffice. . IN MTMORY Of MRS. THURSTON. Fund Rtartcil for Orphan*' Home Nami-il After Her. NEW YORK. Dec. 4.—A movement for the raising of funds lor a memor ial orphan asylum for Cuban children j which shall bear the Uiune of Mrs. | Thurston, the first wife of Senator John M. Thurston, and who died dur- j ing a visit she made to Cuba, was | started tonight in the Madison avenue | Presbyterian church tind *r the auspi- j res of the Thurston Memorial associa tion. The name of the proposed horn? , is to be •'The Thurston Home of Or phans and Homeless Children In Culm." and General Vsndervoort c f Nebraska, one of the managers of the Cuban Mall Steamship company, has offered a tract of ground for the Institution General V’andervoort and Mrs. O. E j „ Andrews of Echo laike, N J.. were the i speakers at the meeting tc night Gen | eral Vsndervoort told of the lurge nuiu- I her of orphans In Culm and of the need of some Institution to care for them The home is to be an industrial school, j he said, as well as a mission It Is , especially flttlng, he thought, that this work be started as a memorial to Mra Thurston whose death, her friends be lieved. was caused by a troken heart the result of her visit to Culm and seeing with her own eyes the condi tions there. The collection tonight was devoted I to the fund and contribution slips were handed around on which a large number of member* uf the church pledged Iheaeelvee to large amount* resseeger Male VS at In *l«hl CHICAGO, IhK- I The Tribune to morrow will nay ‘Representative* of the llto Grand» Western Is-nver * Rio Grande l»or- 1 ting ton and Ike M «k Ulard ha ve been 1 la conference for nrinl days, dlarua •lag way* and mean* to A ski what j they declare, u e M«rel agreement ou the pari of u.. A nit he i n 1‘atig. aii i Raala Te to rualrul HacilU coast bnet aeee It is said that the hot-eat Iran* oafvreaca TO DECIDE KENTUCKY'S VOTE. lumaMlni! Hoard Itf-giiiM If* Work at Frankfort Today. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Dec. 4.—At noon today the state hoard of election com missioners of Kentucky will meet to canvass the retains from the last state election and to decide whether Goebel or Taylor Is entitled to the certificate of election. There la not much proba bility that the matter will be settled today and It may bo Wednesday or later before a certificate Is issued. Both bides express confidence, but no one can predict with accuracy the decision which will be arrived at by the board. The certified returns from the country boards, now on file, give Taylor a plur ality of 2,435, but the democrats de clare that enough of these votes will be thrown out and that Goebel will be awarded the certificate. The Kentucky election law is capa ble of divers constructions and the definite conclusion of the board will rest very largely upon how its mem bers decide to construe certain por tions of the statute. There Is a loop hole In the very sections upon which the republicans rely which may work against them. It is this: “The said state board shall be a board for exam ining and canvassing the returns. ' How the board will construe the word "examining” is a matter of doubt. The same words exactly are used in defin ing the the powers of the various county boards, and under this wording they have claimed and used the power of rejecting votes which they believed illegally cast. AFTER MR. ROBERTS' SCAIP. Tlie ('ruUmlr Agiilnut Heating Him Opened In WitxliInKlnn. WASHING 1 ON. Dec. 4.—The cru sade in this city against the seating of Hrigham 11. Roberts as a representa tive from Utah culminated in a large ly attended mass mteting in the First Congregational church this afternoon. As many prominent clergymen of Washington as were in a position to he present occupied coats on the p!af forni or In the audience. Dr. Joshiah Strong, president of the League for Social Service, of New York, under the auspices of which the meeting was held, presided. Addresses were made by Kev. Randolph 11. Me Kim, rector of Epiphany church; Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of the Metropolitan <$urch; Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman, pas tor of the First Congregational church, and Mr. A. T. Sehrocdcr of Sait Lake City. Several oilier Salt L:ake City clergymen were present, including Dr. T. C. lliff. superintendent of Methodist missions in Utah; Rev. G. L. Martin, a Presbyterian of Salt Lake City, and Dr. Sarah J. Elliott, who has lived in Utah as a deaconess in the Episcopal church for sevtra' years. MANNING SAYS IT IS NOT SO. Master Mechanic Denies Story or Alleged Changes. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 4.—Master Mechanic J. H. Manning of the Wyom ing division ct the Union Pacific de nies most emphatically the story trom Omaha this morning to the effec t that Master Mechanic M. K. liamum of Omaha will assume charge of the Wy oming division and that lie. Manning has been asiced to resign, because ho trade himself unpopular with the man Egetarnt of (he road through his ef forts to settle the strike among tlie boilermakers at this place; that Mc Keon, now at North Piatte, is slated lo take IJarnum's place at Omaha and that an Omaha foreman is to go to North Platte. ‘T wish to say,” said Mr. Manning today, "that 1 have heard of no change to be made in tlie mo tive department. I have not been asked to resign.” WRECK ON UNION PACIEEC. Overland Flyer Hun Into at liustini-ll While Taking Water. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 1. -What came near being a very disastrous wreck occurred tifty-three miles east of here last night. Union Pacific train No. 1, the Overland Flyer, running late, stopped at lJusiinell to take water, and while tnere was struck by No. 101, the fast mail. The engine cf the mail train tore half way through a dining car on the rear end of No. 1, but luckily the conductor, cooks and waiters were all in the forward end and escaped injury. Harry Dixon, a Cheyenne fireman, was knocked from the tank of the engine of No. 1 and seriously injured. The track was not cleared until this morning. Aside from the demolished dining cat', one mail car and the engine of 101 were badly damaged. Llrnti nuiit Monro# a Xlunttolin. MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 4 —Lieutenant James N Munro, who lias Just affected the during capture of llaynnibontt. Luzon, came to Mlnncaitolls In 1SU0, ur.t attended the t Diversity of Minne sota for three years, when he received the appointment to West Point from Congressman Fletcher. He Kruduated there In IfU7 and was assigned to the First cavalry and Joined his regi ment In Arizona He was then trans ferred to the Fourth cavalry, stationed at W’alla Walla. Wash . and was ac tive In the t'oeur d'Alene country dur ing the outbreak of the miners last year, Wshale* latU sisrit Uni. WASHINGTON, Dec 4 Mr Weo ■ter Hails, assistant aerntary of the Interior, left here tonight for a trip to South Africa lie will sail front New York Wednesday morning and be away three month* He will spend a portion of the time in the Transvaal. I • l * •' »l tnaH In >h« Intitt (TIH'AGO. Dec 4 The Tribune to morrow will nay The Aral colonial ousttluHon to be acted on at the c mu leg *w*ai dttvely that he sptaha with the knowledge a ad appro, ai of Prcald w». MciCIntcy denatot t idiom sate in an Inter ilew that ih > tensi* or at least a ma parity of th« t»na ota will aid him in pushing th» Hawaiian go motion iw a *eti #• teat The war about over ■ Aguinaldo's Inaurreotion i:. Luzon Ap pears to Be Rapidly Collapsing. INSURGtNTS GLAD TO SURRTNDLR II* yam bong Kail* Into the HaiiiU of Aniertran Fori e»—Cheering New* l or Frlanii* of I’eacn- I.arge*t Number of Filipino Kehel* that Have Yet Capit ulated. MANILA. Dec. 2.—General Conert has surrendered LOO officers and men with rifles, several American and sev enty Spanish prisoners and the garri son at Bayambong, province of Nueva Viscaya, to Lieuteuant Monroe with fifty men of the Fourth cavalry. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.— Considera ble interest ts felt here in the news that the insurgent* ut Bryambong have surrendered, particularly as the number is said to exceed that capture ! by the United States troops at any one time. Bayambong is tlie city to which Ag uinaldo at one time contemplated re treating for the purpose of locating the rebel capital after lie was forced to flee from Tarlae, but the American troops pressed him so hard that he was unablp to carry out his intention. Gen eral Otis' dispatch of today, repeat ing information received from General Lawton, said it Indicated that Bayam bong had been captured on the 28th of November and it is thought this is the same place referred to in the Manila dispatch. No Information regarding the surrender had been received at the war department up to au early hour this morning. WASHINGTON, Decc. 2.—The cab inet today discussed briefly the presi dent's message, to which the finishing touches have been placed, except to that portion relating to the Philip pines. This section of the message is being lieal up In the hope that the president tnay lie aide to announce the complete collapse of the inourrection before it goes to congress. Members of the cabinet are unanimously of the opinion that the rebellion is on its last legs and that any day may s^e the en 1 j up t-nmppine question is solving itself,” is the way one member put it today. The president nas decided not to send the message to congress until luesday, as the immediate adjourn ment of the senate upon the , nnounce mcnt of the death of Vice President Hobart would preclude its being read on Monday. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—A special dis patch to the Herald from Manila says General Daw ton is at Bambcug, twenty miles south of Bavambong, in the Cay gayen valley. He Is in telegraphic communication with the insurgents over the wire in their possession, and commanders of the opposing forces are /onsidering propositions made by telegraph look ing to the surrender of tne rebels to the Americans. Will Of HOBART IS TILFD. Willow mill Sou Receive the Hulk of •s.noo.ooo. PATERSON, N. J.. Dec. 2.—The will of the late Vice President Garret A. Hobart was died in the Passaic county surrogate's office. The value of the estate is not given, but it is under stood to be about $2,500,000. Of the estate Mrs. Jennie Hobart, the widow, receives $1,000,000 and one-half of the remainder after a number of bequests are paid, the son. Garret A. Hobart, Jr., inheriting the other half when he attains his majority. St. Joseph's hospital, the general hospital, the Children's Day nursery, Si. Joseph’s Orphan asylum and Pat erson Orphan asylum, all of Paterson, receive $5,000 each. Hobart Tuttle, private secretary to Governor Yoorhees and a brother-in law of the vice president, receives $20,000; A. M. Wilcox, a close friend of Mr. Hobart, receives »i0,000. David Hobart, a brother of the late vice president, receives $20,000 and to each of ills two children is bequeathed $10,000. The executors of the will are the widow, Mrs. Jennie Hobart, A. A. Wil cox, E T. Bell and Colonel William Barbour. TO RtViSt PtNSION LAWS. Senate Committee at Work (letting Kn dMii f Ite-oljr. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—Senators Gallinger and Hansbrougb. on behalf of the senate committee on pensions, have been engaged for the past day or two taking testimony under a resolu tion passed by the senate last session at the instance of Senator Hansbrougb. Instructing the committee to inquire into the wisdom of revising the pen sion laws. So far they have heart! Secretary Hitchcock ant) Assistant Sec retary Davis of the interior depart ment. and Commissioner Evans and Assistant Commissioner Davenport, and they expected later to receive u statement from the commander of tbe Grand Army. The testimony of the of ficial* examined favors a general revi sion of the laws by a non-partisan. linM *«• El. I* AitO. Dec. i Archbishop Chapelts, apostolic delega e to the Philippines passed through the city today on Ida way to Mantis He wi< met at the station by t irar General Anthony Eoftegue of the liimn* of Hants IV anti a number of priests lie fore departing for the orient. Arch bishop Chappells acknowledged a deed before a notary, than conveyed to E*tha i-ui. ll ins lha* Ere*, h products ore giteo the m Manila This brings her up to the cruiser Mruuhlya fur the ttrst iinto since HkMi vi tas teve Vu the hub • l piece began The llruohtya arrived a* t >> turn bo yrsterdsy and null • ual probably in time tu gel away ahead of the New Or lean* Tb* tattvr has been gain tag of hate however sad has bet tered her poaliUcM by two daye against ' the Hruuhlya since leaving Aden At ibis rale the indication* are ibal iba Nea or leant will b* the Int ta arrive i at Manta Soldiers on a Transport Bail th? Water to Keep From Sinking. WATER VERY DEEP IN THE HOLD Troop* Manilla on n Tran*porl After a Terrible Fxperieare—All on lloar«l Trotted Into Service—Stewm Tump* llreiik Down and llutketa Are l «ed for llntiing Turpo*e*. MANILA, Nov. 29.—When the trans port Munauense ancuored In Manila l>ay this morning, tliirty-three days from San Francisco, there were several feet of water in its hold and 400 grimy, greasy, hungry, exhausted soldiers and sailors who had been passing buckets of water since November 17, night und day. First Assistant Engineer Dun leavy was under arrest and, according to Lieutenant Colonel Webb Hayes' official report, the chief engineer would also have been under arrest if there had been anyone to replace him. The colonel’s report also declares that the captain of the vessel told him that the only thing which brought them through was tbo fact that the men were greenhorns and failed to realize their danger, while experienced sea men would have deserted the ship and taken to the boats in mid-ocean. The Manauense is a chartered ship flying the British llag. It carried three companies of tin* Thirty-first infantry. It belongu to a firm of which Senator Perkins of San Francisco is alleged to he a Junior mem her. The officers say the firm bought it for $45,000 aud they assert efforts were made to sell It to the government for $150,000. It started from San Francisco, accom panied by the transport Pekin, which carried the remainder of the regiment, and encountered heavy seas to Hono lulu without accident. After starting it developed that the ship was undermanned and soldiers had to be detailed to act as firemen, coal-passers und waiters and to do other work. Before reaching Honolulu the crew concluded that the ship was not safe and the majority agreed to desert. Though they were closely watched many of them succeeded in uettina awav and the Munauense left Honolulu wltn less than half Its crew. The captain cf the transport told Col onel Hayes November 17 that the ves sel had sprung a leak and an investi gation resulted in finding several feet of water in Its hold. The steam pumps were tried, but failed to work, anil there were no hand-pumps on board. However, forty-six buckets were found, others were improvised and the soldiers not employed in working the ship were organized into five shifts, and, stripped and forming lines, they began bailing, the officers working with tne men, passiug the buckets which were sent up to the deck by a windlass. The longest time a shift could stand was two hours and often the period was not longer than half an hour. The bailing continued until the ship an chored here. The same day the leak was discov ered the machinery collapsed and the ciectrlc lighting plant and evaporating, distilling and refrigerating apparatus failed to work. There were no lamps and the few candles found were ex hausted after a few days. During the last week of the passage the Manuense was in utter darkness at night, it had been rolling in heavy seas all the way, but November 22 it encountered a typhoon and pitched and tossed alarm ingly. IOWA OFFICIAL COINT. Itft urn* on Cumli.< lug the civil war. lie was I'BiM States senator from Nebraska '-ouj March I. IM7, till March I 1873 Arraagements for the funeral L*r not beea completed but burial will bb doubtedly take place la this city At the time of hta death Mr Tiptoe • > sbtHti completing hi* remlniarsnctM td 1 the politics of Nebraska for th* slat* i historical stalely this* Viler tl ptwtsa* NKW YOMK Nut M Kid Itrud* of | Cleveland defeated Ikvve hultlvaa to : Goal on in a twenty hv* round Agkt >t» atghl he furs the Mrondway AlhWtU ritth MuMvan In th* ope a lag rouau*. #»»uip*d the aggressive. hut ni no time »ltsi kit alvsrvnry a defensive a* tat'ha »M * utmtsrs UNCLE SAM WILL NOT AGREE. Hitch In tho Simo»n Treaty Over Minor Point*. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The Unit ed States has dec'ined to accept the agreement as to the disposition ot tne Samoan islands reached by Great Brit ain and Germany. It was possibly the leaking out of some Information to this elTect that gave rise to the repott circulated in European capitals re cently of the development of a serious hitch in the negotiations. As a matter of fact there is no serious hitch and the reasons which influenced the state department here in rejecting the British-German arrangement when it was submitted for approval related entirely to minor maters and touched rather upon the form than lbs substance of the arrangement. Having rejected tho tentative treaty submitted by the other two powers, our government has in turn, and at tho instance of the other parties, prepared and submitted a draft of a treaty which it is hoped will he acceptable to all three powers. This is now before the foreign offices at London and Bei lin for consideration and it is conii dently believed nere that it will re ceive unanimous approval, not differ ing In principle, as alrrn.y stated, from the original project. UNION PACIFIC IANDS SOLD. Qloirnncfi Nulw of Krai Kutato In Colo rado, Wyoming and I'tali CHEYENNE, Wyo„ Nov. 28.—A clearance sale of lands held by the re ceivers of the Union Pacific Railroad company in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah was held here this morning by Master In Chancery Abbott, The lunds In question were purchased by .Judge Cornish, vice president of the Union Pacific Railway company, for 114,000. The property sold was lands not covered by previous foreclosuxes and this sale disposes of all lands In the hands of the receivers. On Wednesday the hospital building at Ogden will be sold and December « the salvage of the hospital at Den ver will he sold also. There still remains to be sold in ad dition to the hospital property at Og den and Denver, some stocks and bonds. It Ih expected this will be done and the receivership finally closed within two or three months. RACE THROUGH THE BIG HORN. ]liirliii||tou Awards n Contract and U, l*. Is After a Houle. CHEYENNE, Wyo„ Nov. 28.—Infor mation received here states that the Burlington railroad recently awarded a contract to Messrs. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins of Beatrice. Neb., to con struct a grade for a line of railroad from Talooka, on the Alliance-Billings line, to Cody City, fn the Big Horn basin, work upon which will be com menced as soon as u foree of laborers and teams are gotten togemer. It is also announced that the North ern Pacific is about to let the contract for a line of road through the basin and Is making every efTort to reach that section first. The building of one or both roads would open to devel opment of the richest, agricultural, mining and stock-raising sections In the west. BRYAN WILL BE THE CANDIDATE. So Hay* i:i< luir«*|mrttir«* for Kuropt*. NEW YORK. Nov. 28.—Richard Croker, who is to sail for Europe to morrow, was Interviewed today at the democratic club. He said; "I want to say before my departure for Europe that Mr. Bryan will be the standard-bearer for the democratic party in the next campaign. The fight will be made against trusts and Imper ialism and Mr. Bryan is the only man to lead such a campaign, 'lammany will give him Its heartiest support. No running mate for Mr. Bryan has been selected yet, although several names have been under discussion. Contract* for Six Cruiser*. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Contracts for the six new 3,500-ton cruisers were awarded today at the navy department, in accordance with the recommenda tions of the board of construction, one to each of the following nrrns: Wil liam R. Trigg, or Richmond; Lewis Nixon of Elizubethpnrt, N. J.; the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Me.; the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Cal.; and Neafle & Levy of Philadelphia. All the boats are to oe constructed in ac cordance with the department's de signs. Kanint I lly i.lrU Strike. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Nov. 28.—Three hundred girls and women, members of the Garment Makers' nlon, struck at Swofford Hros. Dry Goods company's factory today because of u different.; over wages, and later marched through the streets. The women claim they were locked out, while the firm says I he women made a formal demand for a restoration of the piece system of payment, and when it was refused rtruck. < oml.lno l« Mualaaa aheap III LUNGS. Mont. Nov. 811 -Con solidated Montana Sheep and Liunb company, which has been amalgamat ing the sheep Industry of the Mats with a capital of •lu.uuo.two. now has options un MW.OOtt head of sheep and WS.Wkl acre* of the best sheep raising and la the stale 1 he Moataai rep resentatives utm Cole Water* am 161 ward Morrison <-f this city, whti. Uert Iteise of Nsw York is counsel a II «* gaalier Heath mt mm kl-ttetvrsar DKNYKK Colo. Nov » A private dispatch received front Galveston, Tet. announced the death uf Samuel M Kl hart, vi Governor of Colorado. la that city. He had been la falling health i»r astute tint*. Mr Libert was bora la Imgaa county. Ohio la HU He was a delegate fruat Nebraska to the ton veal ton which nominated Id a cola f.», president la less Hvsetdeal Grant ap pointed Mr Ktbart governor uf the ter rttory uf Colorado la lilt Me was ibOlf chief last Me uf the supreme »«a»t wf the state when Colorado was wdmltisd to ih* ualoa lu ItN, and b* served was fall term