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The National Body Will Get Together for
Its Short Session ,
A SESSION Of STIRRING EVENTS
House Will First Determine the Question
of Seating Roberts of Utah Republi
cans Will Rush the Currency Measure
Announcement of Vice President Ho-
burt'a Death.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 4. The
opening work of the session In the
house promises to be crowded with
stlring events. There is always a
good deal ot 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 general clearing of decks for
action later on.
But , as the committees are not ap
pointed until just before the holiday
recess , no actual business is transacted
usually until after recess. This year
' it will be different. At the very
threshold of the session will come the
contest over the admission of Repre
sentative-elect Roberts of Utah , and
later in the week the house will plunge
into an important , and possibly a pro
tracted , debate upon the financial bill
which was prepared by the republican
leaders last spring at Atlantic City.
* 1f 1 The Robc-rts case has attracted the
" -f 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 oath
of office until the facts in regard to
his alleged polygamous practices have
been investigated by a special com
mittee.
Mr. Taylor of Ohio will make the
cfbjosticn to the admission of Mr.
Roberts and will offer a resolution of
his case to the committee. There Is
considerable scattered opposition to
this method of procedure on the
C ground that refusal of the house to
permit a repreesntative-elect bearing
proper credentials to be sworn in upon
tinproven charges would create abad _
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. nnd these will be 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 be con
sumed in the disposition of the Rob
erts case tomorrow , the di awing of
seats , which usually requires several
hours , probably will be postponed un
til Tuesday.
The announcement of Vice Presi
dent's Hobart's death will be made
probably immediately * af/er the Rob
erts case is disposed of and the house
will adjourn out of resooct to his mem
ory. The drawing of seats and the
reading of the president's message v'ill
occupv Tuesday. Tuesday night the
republicans will caucus on the finan
cial bill. It is the intention of the
republican leaders to make this a cau
cus measure and proceed and pass it
before the holiday recess.
The 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
the bill into the house forthwith , prob
ably under a special order from the
committee on rules. The debate may
begin on Wednesday.
The length of time to be given to
debate has not yet been\determined.
By some it is thought that three or
four days may suffice.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. THURSTON.
Fund Started for Orphans' Homo Named
After Her.
NEW YORK. Dec. 4. A movement
for the raising of funds for a memor
ial orphan asylum for Cuban children
which shall bear the name of Mrs.
Thurston. the first wife of Senator
John M. Thurston , and who died dur
ing a visit she made to Cuba , was
started tonight in the Madison avenue
Presbyterian church und3.r the auspi
ces of the Thurston Memorial associa
tion. The name of the proposed horns
is to be "The Thurston Home of Or
phans and Homeless Children in Cuba , "
and General Vandervoort of Nebraska ,
one ot the managers of the Cuban
Mail Steamship company , has offered
a tract of ground forthe , institution.
$ General Vandervoort and Mrs. G. E.
Andrews of Echo Lake , N. J. , were the
speakers at the meeting tcnight. Gen
eral Vandervoort told of the large num
ber of orphans in Cuba and of the need
of some institution to care for them.
The home is to be an Industrial school ,
he said , as well as a mission. It is
especially fitting , he thought , that this
work be started as a memorial to Mrs.
Thnrston , whose death , her friends be
lieved , was caused by a-troken heart
the result of her visit to Cuba and
seeing with her own eyes the condi
tions there.
The collection tonight was devoted
to the fund and contribution slips
were handed around on which a larg'e
number of members of the church
pledged themselves to large amounts.
Passenger Rate War in Sight.
CHICAGO , Dec. 4. The Tribune to
morrow will say :
"Representatives of the Rio Grande
Western , Denver & Rio Grande , Bur
lington and the Rock Island have been
In conference for several days , discus
sing ways and means to fight , what
they declare , Is a secret agreement oa
the part of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe to control Pacific coast busi
ness. It is said , that the hottest trans
continental rate war that ever has
been waged probably will result from
the conference.
TO DECIDE KENTUCKY'S VOTE1.
Convatslng Hoard Hoglns Its Work at
Frankfort Today.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , Dec. 4. At noon
today the state board of election com
missioners of Kentucky will meet to
canvass the returns from the last state
election and to decide whether Goebel
or Taylor Is entitled to the certificate
of election. There Is not much proba
bility that the matter will bo settled
today and it may be 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 cap.a-
ble of divers constructions and the
definite conclusion of the board will
rest very largely upon how its mem
bers decide to construe certain portions
tions of the statute. There id 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
" " doubt. The
"examining" is a matter of
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' SCALP.
The Crttlsado Against Seating Him
Opened In Washington.
WASHING i ON , Dec. 4. The cru
sade in this city against the seating of
Brigham H. Roberts as a representa
tive from Utah culminated in a large
ly attended mass meeting in the First
Congregational church this afternoon.
As many prominent clergymen of
Washington as were in a position to
be present occupied seats on the plat
form or in the audience. Dr. Joshiah
Strong , president of the League for
Social Service , of Now York , undertne
auspices of which the meeting was
held , presided. Addresses were made
by Kev. Randolph II. McKim , rector
of Epiphany church ; Rev. Dr. Frank
M. Bristol , pastor of the Metropolitan
church ; Rev. Dr. S. M. Newman , pas
tor of the First Congregational church ,
and Mr. A. T. Schrocder of Salt Lake
City. Several other Salt Lake City
clergymen were present , including Dr.
T. C. Iliff , 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 several years.
MANNING SAYS iT IS NOT SO.
Master Mechanic Denies Story of Alleged
Changes.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 4. Master
Mechanic J. H. Manning of the Wyom
ing division of the Union Pacific de
nies most emphatically the story trom
Omaha this morning to the effect than
Master Mechanic M. K. Barnum of
Omaha will assume charge of the Wy
oming division and that he , Manning ,
has been asked to resign , because he
irade himself unpopular with the man
agement of the road through his ef
forts to settle the strike among the
boilcrmakers at this place ; that Mc-
Kton , now at North Platte , is slated
to take Barnum's place at Omaha and
that an Omaha foreman is to go to
North Platte. "I wish to say , " said
Mr. Manning today , "that I have heard
of no change to be made in the mo
tive department. I have not been
asked to resign. "
WRECK ON UNION PACIFIC.
Overland Flyer Run Into at Uushnell
While Taking Water.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Dec. 4. What
came near being a very disastrous
wreck occurred fifty-three miles east
of here last night. Union Pacific train
No. 1 , the Overland Flyer , running
late , stopped at Bushnell to take water ,
and while tnere was struck by No.
101 , the fast mail. The engine of
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 car , one
mail car and the engine of 101 were
badly damaged.
Lieutenant Monroe a Minncsotan.
MINNEAPOLIS , Dec. 4. Lieutenant
James N. Munro , who has just affected
the daring capture of Bayambong.
Luzon , came to Minneapolis in 1890.
and attended the University of Minnesota
seta for three years , when he received
the appointment to West Point from
Congressman Fletcher. He graduated
there in 1897 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 Walla Walla , Wash. , and was ac
tive in the Coeur d'Alene country dur
ing the outbreak of the miners last
year.
Webster Davis Starts Out.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 4. Mr. Web
ster Davis , assistant secretary of the
interior , left here tonight for a trip to
South Africa. He will sail from New
York Wednesday morning and be away
three months. He will spend a portion
of the time in the Transvaal.
To Push Hawaii to the Front.
CHICAGO. Dec. 4. The Tribune to
morrow will say : The first colonial
constitution to be acted on at the com
ing session will be that of Hawaii.
Senator Hawley , chairman of the Ha
waiian commission , is authority for
this statement. It may also be stated
positively that he speaks with the
knowledge and approval of President
*
McKlnley.
Senator Cullom says in an inter
view that the senate , or at least a ma
jority of the senators , will aid him
in pushing the Hawaiian question tea
a settlement ,
LITTLE CHANGE IN HAYWARD.
fust Twenty-Four Hours Do Not Work
Much Change.
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Dec. 1.
The condition of Senator Hayward this
evening shows little change from what
It was twenty-four hours ago. He
passed an uncomfortable night and has
been very restless and uneasy today.
Dr. Whltten spent most of the night at
his bedside and has watched him close
ly during the day. At 6 o'clock tonight
he issued the following bulletin :
"Senator Hayward has had a very
restless day , having slept very little.
His temperature is 100 , pulse 89 , regu
lar and softer than in the morning ;
respiration 24 and still intermitting.
He is more conscious of his condition ,
as he manifested more concern about
himself. Paralysis remains ihe same. "
The fact that the patient is more
conscious of his condition is taken by
Dr. Whltten as a good symptom , in
that it shows that his mind is brighter
and more free , indicating partial ab
sorption of the clot , and yec If he be
comes greatly concerned and worried
the effect is likely to be unfavorable.
Major E. B. Hayward , the senator's
brother , together with his wife , arriv
ed from Davenport , la. , at 9:30 this
morning and has been at his brother's
bedside almost the entire day. The
scene in the sick room upon the major's
entrance wa's very affecting. Senator
Hayward recognized his brother In
stantly and apparently made a supreme
effort to speak to him. Falling to utter
a single intelligible word , he burst into
tears and could not be quieted for some
time. Mrs. Hayward was finally pre
vailed upon" to take a few hours' rest
last night and as a consequence Is feel
ing much better physically today. How
ever , her concern about her husband's
condition is as great as ever.
LIPTON WLLjHALLtNGE. [ ;
If No One Klse Wants to Try for the Cup
Again , lie Will.
LONDON , Dec. 1. Sir Thomas Lipton -
ton , speaking at the annual dinner of
the Temple Yacht club at the Hotel
Cecil this evening , Lord Charles Beres-
ford presiding , referred in generous
terms to his recent visit to the United
States.
"No man , " said Sir Thomas , "could
have had fairer or better treatment. No
man could have met with a more gen
erous wewlcome than I had and receiv
ed at the hands of the greatest and of
the humblest in America. I can see no
room for discouragement jnd unless
some one else challenges , I shall cer
tainly do so myself very soon. All I
2an say is that we had a fair and square
race and got a fair and square licking. "
AGDNALDQ'SMOTHER ! ARRIVES.
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Banditft Intended to Hold Her for a Ran
som To Sell to Agulnaldo.
MANILA , Dec. 1. Aguinaldo's moth
er has arrived here and has been given
shelter by Senor Legarde , a prominent
amigo , who was secretary of the treas
ury 'jefore the outbreak , and who re
signed when it came. It seams that
Busncamino's party took refuge in a
bandit village , which had offered Agui-
naldo an asylum , intending to sell him
to the Americans. The bandits assas
sinated half of Buencamino's guard
and prepared to keep Aguinaldo's
mother for ransom.
IJrjaii Takes No Part.
AUSTIN , Tex. , Dec. 1. William J.
Bryan's attention having been called
to a report from Washington that it is
hinted there that he was inclined to
favor the nomination of Sulzer for
speaker by the democratic congres
sional contingent , expressed himself
as follows in the matter :
"I have not said nor written any
thing for or against any candidate for
speaker. I have not taken any part
in the contest and shall not. The
democrats in congress are entirely
competent to settle the question of
leadership for themselves , and I have
no doubt that the caucus will make a
wise seslection. "
Congratulations Over Samoa.
BERLIN , Dec. 1. The Kolonial Zei-
tung today publishes a letter from Em
peror William addressed to Duke Albrecht -
brecht , regent of the grand duchy of
Mecklenberg-Schwerin , in which his
majesty congratulates Germany on the
acquisition of Samoa and expresses
hopes that , with God's help , the Ger
man colonies , "sustained by the intelli
gent and self-sacrificing solicitude of
the people and supported by a strong
fleet , may , in peaceful competition with
other nations , advance on the road to
prosperous development and prove a
blessing to the fatherland. "
Horsethief Kills Himself.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Dec. I A wildly
tragic suicide of a Black hulls horse-
thief and allround desperado took
place at noon today on a tram on the
Sioux City & Western near Sioux City.
The smoking car of the train was
crowded at the time. The man was
Harry Rogers , who was being taken
by Sheriff Sweeney and a deputy from
Butte county , South Dakota , to the
penitentiary. The prisoner was known
as a dangerous man , one who would
shoot or kill In a desperate attempt
to make his escape.
Pro tent Against Seating Roberts.
CEDAR RAPIDS , Dec. 1. At two
union Thanksgiving services , which
included more than thirty churches , a
committee from the Ministerial union
presented resolutions protesting
against seating Brigham H. Roberts as
congresman from Utan. The resolu
tions ask that if this cannot be pre
vented and expulsion socuie-l , congress
prepare'theway for a constitutional
amendment which snail forbid polyg
amy.
Statns in Warship Race.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 1. The cruiser
New Orleans has arrived at Colombo
on her way to Manila. This brings her
up-to the cruiser Brooklyn for the first
time since their ocean race to the Phil
ippines began. The Brookryn arrived
at Colombo yesterday and will coal
probably in time to get away ahead of
the New Orleans. The latter has been
gaining of late , however , and has bet
tered her position by two days against
the Brooklyn since leaving Aden. At
this rate the Indications are that the
New Orleans will be the first to arrlvo
at Manila.
Aguinaldo's Insurrection in Luzon Ap
pears to Bo Eapidly Collapsing ,
INSURGENTS GLAD TO SURRENDER
Oayambong Falls Into the Hand * of
American Forces Cheering News For
Friends of 1'eaco Largest Number of
Filipino Rebels that llnvo Yet Capit
ulated.
MANILA , Dec. 2. General Cones
has surrendered COO officers and men
with rifles , several American and sev
enty Spanish prisoners and the garri
son at Bayambong , province of Nueva
Vlscaya , to Lieutenant Monroe with
fifty men of the Fourth cavalry.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 2. Considera
ble interest Is felt here in the news
that the Insurgents at Bayambong
have surrendered , particularly as the
number Is said to exceed that captured
by the United States troops at any one
time.
Bayambong Is the city to which Ag-
uinaldo at one time contemplated re
treating for the purpose of locating the
rebel capital after he was forced to
flee from Tarlac , but the American
troops pressed him so hard that he was
unable 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 an 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 heid up in the hope that the
president may be able to announce the
complete collapse of the Insurrection
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 see the end.
"The Philippine 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 c.nnounce-
ment 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 Lawton is at tJambong , twenty
miles south of Bayambong , 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 considering
propositions made by telegraph look
ing to the surrender of tne rebels to
the Americans.
WILL OF HOBART IS FILED.
Widow and Son Receive the Uullc of
8S.500.OOO.
PATERSON , N. J. , Dec. 2. The will
of the late Vice President Garret A.
Hobart was filed 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 , GarTet A. Hobart ,
Jr. , inheriting the other half when he
attains his majority.
St Joseph's hospital , the general
hospital , the Children's Day nursery ,
St. Joseph's Orphan asylum and Paterson -
erson Orphan asylum , all of Paterson ,
receive $5,000 each.
Hobart Tuttle , private secretary to
Governor Voorhees and a brother-in-
law of the vice president , receives
$20,000 ; A. M. Wilcox , a close friend of
Mr. Hobart , receives * iO,000.
David Hobart , a brother of the late
vice president , receives $20,000 and to
each of his 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 REVISE PENSION LAWS.
Senate Committee at Work Getting Evi
dence Reidy.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 2. Senators
Gallinger and Hansbrough , 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 Hansbrough.
instructing the committee to inquire
into the wisdom of revising the pen
sion laws. So far they have heard
Secretary Hitchcock and Assistant Sec
retary Davis of the interior depart
ment , and Commissioner Evans and
Assistant Commissioner Davenport ,
and they expected later to receive a
statement from the commander of the
Grand Army. The testimony of the of
ficials examined favors a general revi
sion of the laws by a non-partisan.
Priest Goes to Manila.
EL PASO , Dec. 2. Archbishop
Chapelle , apostolic delega.e to the
Philippines , passed through the city
today on his way to Manila. He was
met at the station by "Vicar General
Anthony Fortegue of the diocese of
Santa Fe , and a number of priests.
Before departing for the orient , Arch
bishop Chappelle acknowledged a deed
before a notary , whica conveyed to
Father Fortegue all the property in
the Sante Fe diocese , which was for
merly presided over by the apostolic
delegate.
May Cut Tax on Coffee to Brazil.
PARIS , Dec. 2. Arrangements are
about to be opended with the view of
allowing Brazil a reduction of about lu
francs on the tax on coffee , on condi
tion that French products are given
the most favored nationtreatment. .
Should the negotiations fail , the max
imum tariff will be applied to Brazil
ian coffee.
UNCLE SAMWILLJVOT AGREE.
Hitch ia the Samoan Treaty Over Minor
Points.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 28. The Unit
ed States has declined to accept the
agreement as to the disposition ot the
Samoan islands reached by Great Brit
ain and Germany. It was possibly the
leaking out of some Information to
this effect that gave rise to the rojnt
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 aiid
touched rather upon the form than Lho
substance of the arrangement.
Having rejected the tentative treaty
submitted by the other two powers ,
our government has in turn , and at the
Instance of the other parties , prepared
and submitted a draft ofa treaty
which it Is hoped will bo acceptable to
all three powers. This is now before
the foreign offices at London and Bei-
lln for consideration and It is confi
dently believed nere that It will re
ceive unanimous approval , -iCt differ
ing in principle , as alrrmy stated ,
from the original project.
UNION PACIFIC LANDS SOLD.
Qlcarunce Sale of Real Kstuto in Colorado
rado , Wyoming and Utah.
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
lands In question were purchased by
Judge Cornish , vice president of the
Union Pacific Railway company , for
? 14,000. The property sold was lands
not covered by previous foreclosures
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
G the salvage of the hospital at Den
ver will be sold also.
There still remains to ba sold in ad
dition to the hospital property at Og
den and Denver , some stocks and
bonds. It is expected this will be
done and the receivership finally closed
within two or three months.
RACE THROUGH THE BIG HORN.
Burlington Awards Contract and U. P.
is After a Route.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Nov. 28. Information
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 , in the Big Horn
basin , work upon which will be com
menced as soon as a force 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 effort to reach
that section first. The building of one
or both roads woild open to devel
opment of the richest agricultural ,
mining and stock-raising sections in
the west.
BRYAN VV.&LL BE THE CANDIDATE.
So Suys Richard Crocker in an Intc'rvictr
ISefore Departure for Kurope.
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 , 'iammany
will give him its heartiest support.
No running mate for Mr. Bryan has
been selected yet , although several
names have been under discussion.
Contracts for Six Cruisers.
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 nrms : Wil
liam R. Trigg , of Richmond ; Lewis
Nixon of Elizabethport , N. J. ; the Bath
Iron Works of Bath , Me. ; the Union
Iron Works of San Francisco , Cal. ;
and Neafie & Levy of Philadelphia. All
the boats are to be constructed In ac
cordance with the department's de
signs.
Kaunas City Girl * Strike.
KANSAS Clf Y , Mo. , Nov. 28. Three
hundred girls and women , members of
the Garment Makers' nion , struck at
Swofford Bros. Dry Goods company's
factory today because of a difference
over wages , and later marched through
the streets. The women claim they
were locked out , while the firm says
the women made a formal demand for
a restoration of the piece system of
payment , and when it was refused
struck.
Combine In Montana Sheep.
BILLINGS , Mont. , Nov. 28. Con
solidated Montana Sheep and Lamb
company , which has been amalgamat
ing the sheep industry of the slate
with a capital of $10.000,000 , now has
options on 500,000 head of sheep ana
500,000 acres of the best sheep raising
.and in the state. The Montann rep
resentatives r.re Cole Waters and Ed
ward Morrison of this city , while iiert
Reise of New York is counsel a | 1 or
ganizer.
Death of an Ex-GoTernor.
DENVER , Colo. , Nov. 28. A private
dispatch received from Galveston , Tex. ,
announced the death of Samuel H. El-
bert , ex-Governor of Colorado , in that
city. He had been in failing health
for some time. Mr. Elbert was born
In Logan county , Ohio , in 1833. He was
a delegate from Nebraska to the con
vention which nominated Lincoln for
president in 1860. President Grant ap
pointed Mr. Elbert governor of the ter
ritory of Colorado in 1873. He was
elected chief justice of the supreme
court of the state when Colorado was
admitted to the union in 1876 , and he
served one full term.
Soldiera on a Transport Bail the Water to
Keep From Sinking.
WATER VERY DEEP IN THE HOLD
Troop * Rencii Manilla on a Transport
After a Terrible Experience All on
Hoard l'resnod Into Service Steam
Pumps Ilreuk Down and Ilucket * Arc
Used for Hulling Purposes.
MANILA , Nov. 29. When the trans
port Mamiuense ancaorcd In Manila
bay this morning , thirty-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 and
day. ' First Assistant Engineer Dun-
leavy wan 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 icplace him.
The colonel's report also declares
that the captain of the vessel told him
that the only thing which brought
them through was the 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 boat.4 In mid-ocean.
The Manauense is a chartered ship
flying the British flag. It carried three
companies of the Thirty-flrst infantry.
It belongs to a firm of which Senator
Perkins of San Francisco ia alleged
to be a junior member. The officers
say the firm bought it for $45,000 and
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 Honolulu
lulu without accident.
After starting it developed that the
ship was undermanned and soldier. *
had to be detailed to act as firemen ,
coal-passers and waiters and to do
other work. Before reaching Honolulu
the crew concluded that the ahip wa.i
not safe and the majority agreed to
desert. Though they were closely
watched many of them succeeded In
getting away and the Manauense left
Honolulu witu less than half its crew.
The captain of 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 , and 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.
passing 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 waa
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 *
electric 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 thu
last week of the passage the Manuenso
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 COUNT.
Returns on Candidates Kzcept Tho-tn
Heading the Ticket.
DES MOINES , la. , Nov. 29. The
state executive council today com
pleted the official count of the returns
from the last general election , except
ing those on governor and lieutenant
governor , which go to the legislature
for official verification. The figures
follow : For state superintendent of
public instruction , Richard C. Bar
rett , rep. , 235,687 ; B. P. Hoist , dem.
179,623 ; D. S. Dunlavy , pro. . 7.571 ; C.
Wirth , pop. , 1,089 ; Mrs. E. Pardee Tra
vis , socialistic labor , 795 ; W. C. Ed-
geon , united Christian , 401 ; for judge
of supreme court. John C. Sherwin.
rep. , 239,269 ; A. Van Wagenen. dem. .
179,431 ; H. F. Johns , pro. , 7.666 ; L. H.
Weller , pop. , 1,783 ; F. W. Darner ,
united Christian , 405 ; scattering , 12 ;
for railroad commissioner , Edward A.
Dawson , rep. . 237,667 ; W. H. Calhoun.
dem. , 179,444 ; A. B. Wray. pro. . 7,579 ;
Robert L. Dunning , pop. , 1.735 ; N.
Heisel , socialist labor , 756 ; C. Z. Lind-
ley , united Christian , 407.
NEBRASKA PIONEER DEAD.
Former United Stiles Senator Tliom.n
W. Tipton Kxplres.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 29. Thoma.
W. Tipton , one of Nebraska's first
United States senators , died in this
city this evening at 8:30 , after a lozg
illness.
He was bom In Cadiz , 0. . August " > .
1817 , and was elected to the legisla
ture of Ohio in 1845 , but after aocie
time settled in Nebraska. He vsa
elected a delegate to the Nebraska con
stitutional convention , and becam ? , in
1860 , a member of the territorial coun
cil. Subsequently he studied for the
ministry .and was appointed chaplain
of the First Nebraska and served dur
ing the civil war. He was Unt rl
States serfator from Nebraska froiii
March 4 , 1867 , till March 3. 1875.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed , but burial will un
doubtedly take place in this city. At
the time of his death Mr. Tipton was
about completing his reminiscences of
the politics of Nebraska for the stale
historical society.
Wins After 25 Rounds.
NEW YORK , Nov. 30. Kid Erode of
Cleveland defeated Dave Sullivan o
Boston in a twenty-five round fight to
night before the Broadway Athletic
club. Suhivan , in the opening rounds ,
assumed the aggressive , but at no time
offset his adversary's defensive at
tacks aid counters.