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Much Business Will Be Transacted De spite the Shortness of Time. MANY BILLS ABOIT AGREED IPON War Revenue, Army Ilcorgiinization, Ol eomargarine ttnrl Shipping Subsidy Measures Will He Given Ittglit of Way —The I*r«*Hi«|ent*H MesHiige. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—The load ers of the house are preparing to press with great vigor the important busi ness of the short session of congress, which convenes today. Already considerable preliminary committee work has been done on the important measures—the bill for the reduction of the war reevnue taxes, the army reorganization bill, the river and har bor bill and several of the appropria tion bills—and the legislative mill will , start under a full head of steam. The ! army reorganization Hill is considered • particularly urgent owing to the pos sibility of its meeting strenuous oppo- I sition after it reaches the senate and I It la the intention of the leaders to | get It out of the way at the earliest ! possible moment. It will be reported ! probably on Tuesday and will be taken Up at once unless after further con- | sultation it is decided to let the legis lative, executive and judicial appro priation bill, which also will be ready on Tuesday, In ahead of It. The dem ocrats will caucus on the army bill on Monday and the indications now are that they will offer as a substitute for the permanent reorganization measures a bill extending for two or three years the present law for a pio- | visional army. The bill to reduce the war revenue taxes practically has been completed by the republican members of the ways and means committee and it will be submitted to the full committee on Tuesday unless in the meantime a cau cus of the republicans should be found | advisable. Some of the republican | members are not satisfied with the list ■of articles relieved from taxation by the bill and if too much opposition becomes evident when the house con venes on Monday the leaders probably J will call a conference or caucus for the purpose of adjusting and harmon izing differences. On Thursday the Grout oleomargar ine bill will come up as a special or der. under the rule lmv'e at the las’ session. It imposes a tax of 10 cents a pound on oleomargarine, butterine or other manufactured butters' colored in imitation of butter. It has strong backing from the dairy interests and while it will meet with warm opposi tion from the interests that are antag onizing its passage, when it reaches a vote its passage is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Two days, it is thought, will suffice for its consider ation. • Saturday, under a special order made last session, will be devoted to eulogies on the life, character and public services of the late Represen tative llarmer of Pennsylvania, who for several years enjoyed the distinc tion of being the member holding the record for longest continuous service and therefore entitled to the sobriquet, “Father of the House." No business will be transacted at the session today beyond the probable reading of the president’s message, owing to the deaths of the late Rep resentative Daly of New Jersey and the late Representative Hoffnecker of Delaware, which occurred during the recess. Their deaths, as well as the deaths of Senators Davis and Gear, will be announced immediately after the roll is called and the house will adjourn at once out of respect to their memories. Mr. Frye expects to get up the ship ping subsidy bill on Tuesday and if not on that day then on Wednesday and in doing this to have the Spooner Philippine bill displaced. This will be the beginning of the important work of the session and upon the r.uc fcjtcess or failure of the scheme may de pt pend much of the future course of proceedings for the entire session. In order to accomplish this result, it will be necessary first to get the consent of the republican committee on order of business and to this end a meeting • of that committee will be held after the adjournment of the senate on Monday afternoon. Mr. Frye said to dapy that he had already conferred with a majority of the members of that committee and that he felt as sured he would have no difliffieulty in securing their assent to the proposed change. River nn«l Harbor Report*. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The river and harbor committee today heard Col onel Robert, Lieutenant Colonel Haines and Captain Riche of the engineer corps concerning the works under their charge along the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi. A con siderable portion of the time was de voted to Aransas Pass, Tex. (’otl Iirop* Out of Sight. * HUNTINGTON. W. Va„ Dec. 3.— • The steamers Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer, both Pittsburg towboats, collided twenty miles above here this morning. Almost thirty coal bonts, containing 600,000 bushels of coal, sank. The loss is $100,000. I.iscuni k Kettmins Ashore SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 3.—The body of Colonel Liscum was taken from the transport Thomas today and carried, under military escort, to the Presidio, where it will be conveyed to Washington. TWENTY KILLED IN A WRECK. Train* on the Mexican Hoad ('noh To* aether I.lke Mighty Battering Ham*. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 3.—A terrible wreck, in which a score o£ per sons was killed and about sixty hurt, occurred on the Mexican entral rail way on Thursday afternoon betweeu Tamanacba and Symon, fifty miles south of Jumilico. The first news of the disaster reached here today. Ed ward Rische, a citizen of San Antonio, was at the scene twenty minutes nfier the engines crashed together. The place whero the wreck occurred is in a valley at the foot of two immense hills. At the time botli trains were running thirty miles an hour. One of the trains had on board a construc tion crew numbering 150 men. The other was a freight train of fifty-five empty cars. Three engines and about forty cars were piled up forty feet high. Two Americans, train employes, were forced to flee to avoid being lynched. The names of the killed and injured are not obtainable. This is said to be the most serious wreck that has ever occurred in Mexico. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 5.— Details of the collision on the Mexican Central are meager. Engineer Ross and Fire man Reeves and Harveson of the freight train were killed. Most of the dead and wounded were Mexicans, who were t iding in the cars next to the en gine. It is now said the collision was on the main line near Jimulco between a freight and a passenger train and that it caused the death of eleven per sons and injury of twenty. The freight was a doubleheader. AS TO WEATHER EORECASTS. Prof. Moore Holds Virginia Court Opiu lor Whs Commendatory. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Pro!. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, has made a statement in which he calls attention to the recent decision of the United States court of appeals at Richmond, Va., involving the re sponsibility of a vessel master for damages by rain to a cargo of rice discharged on an unsheltered wharf at Charleston, S. C., when the bureau had predicted rain. He says that con trary to widely published comments the decision clearly stated that where the storm warnings ace brought to the attention of vessel masters, it is their duty to take cognizance and observe them, tnough thr> court said tile ordinary predictions of rain, snow and moderate change of temperature are less reliable than almost anything of which the general public is expected to take cognizance. Prof. Moore con tends that the decision was a com mendation instead of a condemnation of storm warnings. The 1 ureau, lie says, considers that one out of every five forecasts of precipitation lias failed of verification, while there has not been a destructive marine storm any where in the United States in over six years that was not preceded by the danger warnings, or a severe cold wave of which farmers were not given timely warning. THOUSANDS SEE KRUGER Herman Common People Testify to Their Sympathy for Him. COLOGNE, Dec. 3.—Thousands of people waited today in the vicinity of the Cathedral hotel to catch a glimpse of Mr. Kruger, who, when re plying to the deputation of Bonn stu dents in the afternoon, described the educational progress of the Transvaal, thanked the students fo" their kind welcome and shook hands with each. Afterward he appeared upon the bal cony. where he was loudly cheered from below. Having rested for half nn hour, he went into the vestibule of the hotel, which was crowded with visitors. Here, replying to a deputation from the Pan-German league, wishing him success, he referred to the close re lationship between the Boers and the Germans. It is expected that Mr. Kruger will remain here until Wednesday. American Shops In Egypt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Consul Shumann at Mainz says in a report to the. state department if American shoe manufacturers studied closely the requirements of tlie trade in Egypt they ought to he able to conquer that market with ease. He says that they certainly could be able to offer a bet ter and cheaper shoe than the Swiss manufacturers, who now practically control the shoe trade of Egypt, hav ing driven French goods out of the market. Women May Itathe tTiit*een. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 3.—The new public hath for women, built by the sanitary department, was opened yesterday and 300 girls and women took advantage of the opportunities offered. Heretofore women of the low er class have been in the habit of bathing in a cove without protection, and have been frequently interrupted by men, who stole their clothing. Wheeler Will Save Hi* Arm. WYMORE, Neb., Nov. 28,—Conduc tor E. E. Wheeler, who was so In jured at Table Rock last week that It was thought his arm would have to l>e amputated, will pull through and save his arm, although the muscles above and below the elbow were ground to a pulp. Ilolninen Surrender. MANILA. Dec. 3.—One thousand more bolomen have surrendered to Captain Greene of the Thirty-third in fantry, at Vigan, island of Luzon. TIM ON HIS DIGNITY Rcanon for Belief That tho Porte Is Censoring All American Dispatches. NO WORD fROM Ol!R BATTLESHIP Therefore the Situation at the I’ort of Smyrna Can Only lie Ouemed At—The I’orte Still Kefuse* to Immiio Exequatur to IJalegitU' of l tilled States, LONDON, Dec. 1.—Nothing in re gard to the United Status battleship Kentucky is coming direct from Smyr na. The authorities there are evident ly censoring all dispatches. CONSTANTINOPLE, Thursday. Nov. 29.—The opinion is expressed in diplo matic circles that the American claims arising from the Armenian massacres “may now Ik* regarded as practically settled, as an irade providing for the building of a cruiser in the United States is officially promulgated.'* The question of the consulate at Har poot remains open, the porte persist ing in its refusal to grant an exe quatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton. The moral effect, However, created by the presence of the l nited States battle ship Kentucky at Smyrna in support of the representations of the American legation, taken in conjunction with the settlement of the- other claims, leads the legation to nope for an early ar rangement ol ail outstanding differ ences. LONDON, Dec. 1 A Reuter dis patch from Constantinople says U is suggested that Russia is prompting the porte to refuse to grant an exequatur to Dr. Norton. The dispatch adds: “it is an open secret that they dislike the foreign consuls in Asia Minor, espe cially the Americans, whom they sus pect of aiding the American mission work in Armenia.” WASHING TON, Dec. l.-No propo sition has come to the I'nited States government from Turkey looking in the payment of the missionary claims under tiie guise of an order for a war ship to he built in the United States. While it is hardly expected that any formal proposition of this kind will be forthcoming, it is, of course, beyond the power of the state department to prevent or interfere with any arrange ment with American shipbuilders and individual claimants. The point is, after all, to have the claims paid and the state department officials are not particular as to the form in which the payments are paid. Perhaps they are indifferent in this respect because of knowledge of the fact that the Turk ish government might he terribly em barrassed by the pressure of Euro pean creditors were tlie United States government to instst upon certain forms of procedure in this ease. There are no developments in the ne gotiations respecting the exequatur of Dr. Norton, who would be United States consul at rinrpoot. The matter is still one of correspondence and tho authorities here are confident that the Turkish government will, in tlie end, yield on this point. BOLOVIt!M TO Bt HANGED. General McArthur Confirms Sentence Passed on Filipinos. MANILA, Dec. 1.—General MaoAr thur has confirmed the sentence of hanging passed upon four natives re cently convicted of murder at Lingay uen. The condemned were members of "Guardia tie Honor," a band of as sassins whose victims were kidnaped and boloed. They will be hanged on December 21. The United Suites cruiser Newark, under order to proceed to Guam to investigate the circumstances of the disaster to the United States auxil iary cruiser Yosemitc, has not yet sailed. Arthur Ferguson, secretary of the Philippine commission, has gone to Hong Kong for a short vacation to recruit bis health, which has recently been poor. The United States transport Indi ana, which, as announced November 17, went ashore on the east side of the Isla de Polillo, off the east coast of Luzon, was successfully floated and ar rived at Dinangonan sound short of coal. It transferred to the United States transport Pennsylvania the con tingent of the Twenty-second infantry and the supplies destined for Baler and then proceeded to .Vena Caceras, on the lliola river, province of South Camarillos. Cody limiting Party. EDGEMONT, S. D., Nov. 30.—A. large hunting party passed through this city enroute to the Big Horn moun tains. Among the party were: Colonel W. F. Cody and H. II. Hake of Omaha, M. R. Russell of Deadwood, .1. H. O’Brian of Buffalo, N. Y., Si Compton of Sheridan, VVyo., John Martin of Cody, Wyo., and F. N. Pearson and C. H. Morrrill of Lincoln, Neb. Carnegie* Contract Signed. WASHINGTON, Dec. L—The con tract. with the Carnegie company for furnishing a large quantity of armor plate, under the agreement recently announced, was concluded anil signed today, and it is expected that the Beth lehem contract for armor will be sign ed tomorrow. Train lines Into the Itiver. BEAVER, Pa., Nov. 28.— l.ate to night a Cleveland & Pittsburg flyer went into the Ohio river at this place,. Three Cleveland me 1, Engineer Couch eour. Fireman Allen and Express Mes senger Casey, were killed. Nineteen | o;hers are reported dead and the en j tire train is said to be in the river. DlCLARES POPE IS SERIOUSLY III. I Bo?. Father l.arnmhe Say* Lfo X1LI ft Ilupldly Approur*l»lng lilt Knd. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 30.—A spe cial from Montreal says: The Rev. Father Lacombe, who returned from Rome a short time ago, is in the city on his way to his mission field in the Canadian northwest. When told by a reporter that alarming news had been received from Rome regarding the pope's condition, father l.acombe said: “Yes, the end is very near. The holy father's health was very poor when 1 saw him a few weeks ago. He received me as usual and questioned me concerning my mission, in which he seemed to take a great interest, but 1 could not help observing that a great change had taken place since last I saw him. “He appeared thin and emaciated and his voice had a hollow ring. He was very feeble, so feeble in fact that he could not move about without as sistance. The audience continued for upwards of a quarter of nn hour and at its conclusion the holy father bless ed me and those whom I might bless on my return, as ne left the audience chamber I felt that I had seen the pope for the last time.” TURKEY WILLING TO SETTLE. Imperial I rude iNftued Ordering a Crolter In the United State*. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. .10.—The arrival of the United States battleship Kentucky at Smyrna has so shaken up the palace that indications are ac cumulating of a desire to hasten a settlement to the satisfaction of the United States. An lrade has been Is sued calling for the purchase of a cruiser at Philadelphia, the price for which Is to Include the $90,000 Arme nian indemnity. This is regarded its a subterfuge designed for local con sumption, in order to save the face of the Porte. Nevertheless it is now' believed that Turkey will find the money and order a cruiser In the hope of propitiating the United States. De spite the dispute the relations between the Unitd Saes legation and the Porte continue cordial. Future f.nokft Hark for China. LONDON, Nov. 30.—"The represen tations of Prince Citing. Li Hung ('hang and other to the Chinese court, that the powers are dissatisfied and are threatening action on the Yang Tse-Kiang to stop supplies." saya the Pekin correspondent of the Morning : I’oat. wiring Tuesday, “are reported to ! lie having an effect, and it Is said that the court is likely to have measures to meet the powers. An American corre spondent reports from Pao-Ting-Fu that 3,000 Germans under General Ket tler and 2,000 French troops under General Bailloud concentrated there recently for the winter, with the inten of making frequent expeditions north to punish Boxer villages. Prince Uk tomski is in daily conference with Li Hung Chang, and occasionally meets Prince Ching. He regards the outlook as dark, even if the powers agree, for, says he, China may reject the terms, and then will come war, rebellion and famine. Three C'rti*lie<l in a Box Car. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Nov. 30.—A dis astrous wreck occurred at Castle Hock, a few miles west of Evanston, on the Enion Pacific yesterday. A car In a freight train loaded with steel rails jumped the track and ditched five other cars. ^»n Ogden boy named Thomas F. Wheelwright and two un known tramps occupied the car that first jumped the track. They were sta tioned at either end and when the crash came they were pinned down by the ends of the rails and horribly in jured. FitgHtt Ih Still SiiH|M‘ml«*«l. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Officials of the War department, deny positively that Commissary General Eagan, now under suspension from the army, has been reinstated. . It is further said j that General Kagan has filed no formal application to have hit sentence set aside. It is understood that General j Eagan might be reinstated at any time on condition that he would ac ! cept immediate retirement, but he has j shown no disposition to accede to such ! arrangement. ('/.nr I* Gaining Ground. LIVADIA, European Russia, Nov. 29.—The following bulletin was is sued today by the czar’s physicians: The emperor passed a good day yes terday. He slept an hour and a half. At 9 in the evening his temperature was 98.2; pulse, 68. He slept fairly well last night. This morning his majesty’s condition and strength ar>' satisfactory. His temperature this morning was 96.4; pulse, 68. Mm. I.euMi WuutN Divorce. WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 29— Mary Ellen Lease, the well known populist orator, who supported the republican ticket during the late campaign, will this week institute proceedings for di vorce from her husband, Charles E. Lease. Sbe will charge incompatibility and failure to provide. The couple have not lived together for three years. Mrs. Lease Is now engaged In newsp per work in New York. OrrumiiH Transfer Treannre. NEW YORK. Nov. 29. It is reported ! here from Pekin that the Germans have boarded a Chinese vessel and de ( rnanded treasure consigned to an Eng lish company at Tien Tsin. As t.ho boxes of treasure had been landed, the Germans could not get them. They then hoisted the German flag on the vesesl and confiscated its cargo. f State Department Wishes to Know What Was Agreed at Pekin. POWfRS MAY MODIEY OR REJECT Meanwhile, tli« Ainerlrnn Con»ul» *ie Collecting Dit mu gi ft for Mission* by tifm Diplomatic, bat by More Direct Methods. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—The state department cabled Minister Conger til forward the ti xt of the agreement reached by the loreign ministers at Pekin. Meanwhile he will withhold his signature until the president has had an opportunity to satisfy himself as to this important document and to make such changes as will bring it in accord with our policy. It is safe to predict that tills particular agreement will not become effective in its pres« ent shape. It appears that upon inquiry directed to the powers themselves their ministers at Pekin have not correctly reflected their present views as to the basis of the peace negotiations. This statement, certainly is true as to a ma jority of the powers Interested, and the fact is regarded as warranting the pre diction that the agreement must be modified or abandoned. It Is learned at the state depart ment that while these negotiations are dragging along at Pekin some of the American consuls in China are achiev ing gool results by individual efforts. They are Interesting themselves in eases appealing directly to the viceroys of the great provinces, where American property and missionaries have suffer ed. to procure indemnity and repara tion. and in most cases they are suc ceeding very well. It Is surmised from the latest Chinese advices that the English consuls are doing likewise, and are collecting many claims, and the moneys are being turned over to the mission Interests which suffered. If this movement continues it is entirely possible that neither the United States nor Great Hrltain will be obliged to concern themselves with the prosecu tion of Individual claims for indemnity through the slow moving agencies at Pekin. TAKf ALL Of BANK S MONEY. tlobbem Hia<l Citizen Mini Allow Him to See the .Job Hone. EMDEN, 111., Nov. 29. --Four masked men wrecked the Farmers’ hank of Em den early today. It Is stated that they secured all the funds of the bank, be tween $3,000 and $4,000. When the robbers discharged their first blasts of dynamite in an effort to open the vault the explosion aroused a citizen. John Alberts, four blocks away. Alberts hurried to the bank. One of the robbers was on guard in the street. He seized Alberts, who was bound hand and foot and dragged Into the bank, where he witnessed the gang drilling into the vault door, making ready a second blast. When the fuse was lighted the robbers stepped outside and left Alberts lying in the corner when it went off. He was not seriously injured, however. The second blast un hinged the doors and the robbers made off with all the cash. Securing a hand car, they pulled in the direction of the Dolavan. There they were met by Night I LIU UlIIlcUl Oil II IvlU * W IIU VKf arrest them. One of the robbers fired and Sanford fell, mortally wounded through the body. Outside the town the men boarded a passenger train on the Chicago & Alton. All traces of thorn were lost. The engineer of the passen ger train claims that he saw a man jump from the first car near Minier, while the train was moving at a high speed, but a search of the locality failed to show any traces of the man. The bank building was almost a complete wreck and the vault was en tirely ruined. HOLD SESSION ON SUGAR BEET. Foreign Nut ion* to Attempt Another Con ference nt RriiHNel*. PARIS, Nov. 29.—The recent confer ence between the powers concerned as sure the reassembling of the sugar beet conference at Brussels. The last con ference came to naught on account of the stand taken by Russian and France. It is believed these difficul ties have been eliminated. The new conference, the object of which is the abolition of the sugar bounties, Is likely to have definite results. Four Hoy* Are Killed. WELBSBURG, W. Va„ Nov. 29.— Four boys were killed and fifteen or twenty injured by an explosion of ni tro-glyeerine today, A party of boys, gathered to look at the high river, built a bonfire of driftwood on the river bank. One of them caught an unopened tin can floating on the water and threw it into the fire. It contained nltro-glycerine and its explosion killed Herman Findley, aged 14; Rolins Findley, 12, and William Shriver, aged 15, and another, name unknown. ltatlihoiie Ik Optimistic. HAVANA, Nov. 29. -The impression prevails that ex-Director of Posts Rathbone will not fare badly in his coming trial, and he has recently ex pressed his belief that he will be fully exonerated. He has even intimated that in such an event he will- expect reinstatement. The Spanish law, un der which the trial is to be conducted, commands the reinstatement of officials charged with crime against whom the state fails to make out a case or con viction. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. I.atest Quotation* from South Omaha and Ediiiui IT tv. SOUTH OMAHA. Union Stock Yards -Cattle—There was another very light run of cattle here to day. Packers and yard traders were all willing to take a few cattle and as a re sult the market was stronger all around. There have been so few cattle on sale that the yards are well cleaned up and consequently next week will open with practically empty pens. The few fat cat tle on sale met with ready sale at strong er prices. There was one bunch of choice steers on sale that were about the nest that hate been seen here In a long time and they sold for $5.5<>. The receipts, though, have been so light that the mar ket has not been very thoroughly tested. Cows and heifers of all kinds were In good demand this morning and sold high er all around, owing to the fact that there were not enough to meet the require ments of the trade. The feeder market has also braced up a little. The demand from the country has not been very heavy, but still there have been enough buyers on the market to take all that was coming ut good strong prices. Very few western grass beef have been coming this week, but it Is safe to call the market good uud strong on the better grades. T he cows, heifers and feeders have been selling higher, the same as Is noted above for the native cattle. Hogs—There was not a very heavy sup ply of hogs here today, but as all other markets were lower prices here went off a good nickel all around. The market started out with packers bidding $1.70 on the better grades of light and butcher weight hogs, and $1.67Vi on the heavier grades. Sellers were not willing to take those prices on the start, but finally gave It up and cut loose ar those flguri-s. Trading, however, WM<ndl active at any time, and the morning was Well advanced before the pens were cleared. Sheep—There were only three cars of sheep on sale today, and those were ••ought up by packers In good season at Just about steady prices. There was a bunch of wethers that brought $4.63, but they were choice. Tin market on fat stuff, both sheep and lambs, has been In good shape all the week and prices have shown very little change. Receipts have tint been heavy, and the demand has been sufficient to take all that was offered at good steady prices, flood feeders have also shown very little change for tha week. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Receipts, 3,00o; market steady; native steers, $4.3565.35; Texas steers, $3.00615.00; Texas cows, $1.75013.00; native cows and heifers, $1.75644.65; Stockers and feeders, $5(1064.13: bulls. $2.256(4.50; cal tea. feeders, $3.0064.15; hulls, $2.25614 50; calves. Hogs—Receipts. 12,000; market steady to shade lower; hulk of sales, $1,756/4.776*; heav y. $4.706 4.SO; packers. $4.7atf| l.S2>*; mixed, $4.756/4.77U; light, $4.706/4.hi); York ers. $4.756/4.SO: pigs, $4.256/4.70. Sheep Receipts, 1,000; market steady; lambs, $3,256/5.25. muttons, $1.5064 10. A TRICE FOR THE BOERS. London Htatlit Propone* Negotiation* With General* Itotlia and l>ewet. LONDON, Dec. 1.—Tomorrow the Statist will propose that the govern ment should begin negotiations with Commandant General Botha and Gen eral Dewet to bring the war to a close. As the Boer leaders might misunder stand the motive of an overture from the military, it will suggest that the highest civil authority In Capetown should begin the negotiations, If not Sir Alfred Milner, then the chief jus tice of Cape Colony, or even Mr. J. P. Hoff mayor. This great financial journal will lead up to its proposal by au analysis of the situation in South Africa and will say: "We are losing in every way; los ing in prestige and losing in life. We are seeing our South African posses sions plunged into greater distress and the opinion is gaining ground abroad that we are incapable of bring the struggle to a satisfactory termination. Military incompetence will be alleged and the Statist wil aver that military harshness should he avoided and the Boers be conciliated.” Looking at Our Wnnihlp*. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 29.—A party of distinguished .Japanese officials ar rived in city on the steamer Nippin Maru. Captain T. Matsuo and Com mander K. Yamada will inspect some of our modern war vessels and, pro vided satisfactory terms can be made, to negotiate for the construction of one or two gunboats or cruisers. They will then go east and to England to inspect the torpedo boat destroyers now being built there for Japan. Farmer Burned In 11 Car* REIN BECK, la., Dee. 1.—Peter Peters, a German farmer of this city, was burned to death in hiB emigrant (nr, while on the side track near Glad brook. He had purchased a farm in South Dakota and was on his way there. Six head of cattle and three horses and his houshold goods were burned. Peters leaves a widow and a family of small children. Smallpox Scare at Gothenburg. GOTHENllURG, Neb., Dec. 1—The smallpox scare has at last reached this place and while there are no cases nearer than North Platte precaution ary measures are being adopted to prevent its breaking out here. Tick ets will not be sold from North Platte to this place and the school board has requested all school children to be vaccinated. Moutnna Make* Hig Growth WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—The pop ulation of Montana, as offlctaly an nounced today, is 243,329, as against 132.159 in 1890. This is an increase of 111,170, or 84.1 per cent. The population of Texas, as officially announced today, is 3.018.710, against 2,235,523 in 1890. This is an increase of 813,187. Mr*. MrliinU'v Gov a Shopping. NEW YORK, Dec. 1—Mrs. William McKinley and Mrs. Garrett M. Hobart, widow of the late vicp president, ar rived in New York this afternoon. They have come to do their Christmas shopping and are expected to remain several days. They are stopping at the Manhattan hotel.
