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HOUSTON.

The Elks annual memorial service Will
be given at their hall next sunday.
Committee from Manufacturers rssocia.
tion ports amendments Cor city charter.
The Daughters Of the Republic issue an
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pROPRIEToR EXPLAINS

r A. Smith. proprietor Of the hotcl said:
~ am certainly not to blame for this Gw-
ful catastrophe. Three weeks ago the
agents OF this huildlng were bottled u
plnco a stairway In the rear Of the build.
ing, and also TO build IRE wall around
the freight elevator shaft IN the rear The
contractors came and looked the building
over. but nothing was done. Last night
Judged that We had about l26Ao 100 guests.
the rear ~ the building ON the second
floor This probably accounts for the es-
cape OF guests who occupied front rooms
ON the upper floors. Most Of our guests
last night were pcrsous who came 10 CHI.
cage 10 visit the stock show, and kucw lit
tie NJ the building.
chief Musham " the nre department
said 10 was the worst fire he had attended
during hls career ns "A hremnn, and that So
dense wua the sWokc that Il was impossl.
ble 20 reach the Imprisoned guests When
tho rrcmcn finally managed 10 m.,so thor
WAY into the rooms the SIGHT Trey w was
appalling Men aud bows lay upon the
doors of the rooms and Railways whore
they had t'lleu in their eugcrncss TO O..
cage
rho building" said the chief was ono
ot the worst AuN traps 7 have ever seen
Tho hoors 10 places had cracks In them
large enough to drop penny through, and
tNr smoke just siftCd through and sudo
oNtcd the lnmHtes NJ the rooms before they
Ind time to make their way into the hall
ways
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MuCH STUDY REQUIRED.


There are questions concerning the i'm.
portation Of infected mosquitoes that re-
quire further study before any decided
modification OF the quarantine laws can be
recommended"
The subject Of bringing the quarantine
lines to conform with the new doctrine Of
mo, quito infection shall be referred to the
international sanitary buresu Of the Amaf'
lean republics foT a report at the next meet
ing.
The following preamble and resolution,
on cd by nr REYNOLDS. Was adopted.
Whereas, puhonic plague and otler dis.
cases are spr ad by rats, mice and other
lower animals. which. 90 great extent SAC
sustynHhcr In amin and vegetable kitchen
wastes commonly called garbage, Therefore,
be- II
Resolved, That all organic waste or
garbage should be kept separately on the
premises until II can pe removed uumlYed
with anything else and destroyed
resolution by Dr, Reynolds recited that
typhoid fever and Asiatic cholera are
caused by swallowing food or drink con
taminuted by the discharge Of previous
cases and declared that II all the dis
charges Of every existing case Of typhoid
fever and Asiatlc cholera were Instantly
disnfcctcd such diseases would cease "a
be menace to the world.
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CONGRESS.

nc scpnte held a short star'chameer ses'
sion and adjourned until Monday
The senate adopted concurrent resolo
tlon calling for all papers in the Plus fund
urbitrGti, Ii.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
tspsclal 70 The po.,

V..lf--. ~ Nc FOSf D
"asnlhSton. December 4.--F. II. WASH
. osarosIapaer Of the geological S sr-'s
.ousy gave Testimony before X. 1880 ,
Somm'ttee on territories. eonesrn,, ssp a1
ssnus 70 ne Territories a, Ir.ss tne
msSa essa which are osnasia ~ and
n''e productive BY irriFatioasu o. being
tAs house APPROPRIATIONS eonni,,..
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atov..s rIaok noo, ~, em.

Made from an active principle obtaiu,d
from Black Root They set or the dyer
equal tc calowel and leave no had atTsr
effects. No grpinc, No sick stomach. Mn
cure cGrouic constipation. Price rs eruta
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GROVES CHRONIC chill. n, guS n,
Cures the chllls tina otheE .- I'M, y
don't cure. At all druggists ~
PAY, bOC.
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THRILLING EscApHs.

Tho little son Of Mrs. Shepherd was one
ot the FIRST to be awakened By the presence
Of smoke. He awakened his mother and
both began screaming. Many persons were
thus warned OF the danger and made their
escape. Tho woman was so panic-strlcken,
however, that she was not among the first
10 attempt TO get out OF the hotel, and
she was making her way into the most dan
gcrous part OF the building when fireman
seized her and her son and conducted them
"a the floor below, whore he dropped them
out Of a window. J. l.. Herbert OF Salin-
vile, Ohio jumped from the fourth door
where he had been sleeping, He struck
on the roof OF No. lis Madison street, near
whore Mrs. shepherd fell His right leg
was broken and he suffered Internal iniu-
ries. He was taken to the county hos
pital.
W. j Thomas mail clerk. Of Cedar Rap
ids jumped through window on the
fourth floor and I'm his blind haste narrow
~ ESCAPED falling TO the street. He man.
aged 10 make his way TO the Gre escape
and climbed 10 the ground. Previous 70
Thomas escape twenty .fivc to thirty per
sons had climbed down the FIRE escape 10
the street All were In their night clothes.
Many Of the bodies were found In the beds
in positions 81 Slumher. Others were found
In the Railways lying face downward tn
positlons that mutely portrayed how they
had yatnly endeayored to save their lives.
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WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

Suppose you should fall asleep when
you worked IN the long shift of twenty
four hours, what would happen?' asked
Mir Darrow
Well" he replied, ~ slept long
enough the fans would stop. gas would ac-
oUmulate IN tue mines and II an explosion
took place some men might be killed.
that's ALL
Rev. James V Hussie, rector OF St
Gahriels Roman Catholic church, Hazleton,
ana the dean of Lower Luserne county
was the next witness. Father Hussie
stated that h. had an intimate knowledge
Of conditions tn and about the Hazletou
region, because he was rector Of the parish.
Drinking among the miners, he said, was
az a minimum during the strike, when
asked 10 explain the general conditions as
he found them, Father Hussie said that he
had lived In tie coal regious practically all
his life
The conditions in this region" he said.
are deplor0hle. The mine workers are
barely able tn exist. ! say this without
any colouug, knowing I am under Oath /
have been in their homes. They are not
homes, but merely a hahitatlon, a resting
place, They are frugal, conservative,
reasonable and God fearing. We have
eight Catholic churches In Hazleton AMI
they are crowded every sunday with wor,
shippers and this ie no doubt true OF the
churches whose faith is opposed to ours.
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THE oPERAToRs, wARNING.

w II. Detrey, a miner from the Hazelton
region and president Of bis local union
was recalled OF the opening Of the after
noon session. He presented some CORE
spondence that passed between himself and
the Coke company with reference to the re
employment OF $50 men who struck and
were not given back their places Some OF
these men were subsequently taken BACK,
II was testified that the lainc foreman read
him a letter In which President Dotrey was
informed that the other men would not DC
taken back until after the commission SHAH
have made it's award. II the award, he
said the letter stated. Is against the men,
none Of the United Mine Workers Will be
Jackson Apsbach Of the Hazleton region
as an interesting witness, because he Is
the drst fireman 10 appear before the com
mission. He said he received Sl.5I for a
day of twelve hours, and his assistant
Sl2G on every other sunday. when he
and his assistant shifted from day to night
vork, they were compelled TO work twenty
four hours straight without relief This
statement caused buzz throughout the
court ROOM and every commissioner
straghtened and became more interested.
He said he was OF duty one day every
two weeks thus working six days one
week and eight days the following week.
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DINING CARS SERVE on DAYLIGHT
RUN, HOUSTON AND NEW ORIEA u
ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC

LONDON. - The Sh mrOck III, Sir
Thomas Lipton's new challenger tor the
Americas cup, had marrow 4 cape from
being burned In nre which dii great
. mage ~ penny's sAlp yards at Dumbar-
ton.
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CLEVELAND, ohio,-An ei ,yes 10
lower prices Is abroad ia tns I Issss bgl
an extent that prevents an''Se y
covering a period OF monlhs, -------s-.>>ss
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work or experimenting y Hsthae'', ~
Personal attention by ~ ~ sssoaiis, Y. z
special counsel FROM hrh,ch 10 -
clans whea necessary VI calf rHrrIt|
nee has. II you can Won blsnp
t tIss o SosE tr CUB Es'Fyssss;;s.
com J. YeEton 5ntssisl fsD
D. aio Alamo Plaza. san
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THROUGH DINING SAkk rw ilsk
HOUSTON TO CHlCAn.1UIi III SQlle
81. LOUIS, CINCINNATI -
ERN PACIFIC.
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SPORT.
COMMERCIAL.

Shoe Fly and Prince Blazes were the win
ming fayorltcs az New Orleans.
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A vERITARLE TRAp-

The building was four stories IN height
and contained an unusual number OF rooms
for hotel OF It's Size After tho nro
chief Musham declared that they we're the
smallest rooms he had ever seen In any
building Had there been fewer partitions,
he declared, the chances Of life for those
sleeping on the upper noorA Of the hotel
would have been greatly increased
+. 4, SIN 10, proprietor &C the hotel
could judge without his books about 10
reople IN tho hotel II was, In fact lcd
to It's utm st capacity. aud MANY appl
canis Tor rooms were turned away last
Night Clerk T. c Weber discovered tho
sun kc pouring through the o us shortly he.
Z 10 o'c ock and ala MS boa Ia alarm
and Increased I'm ,olum. So rapidly ID hr
was able g. arouse MI 81 small num ieY.
gnd was hen compelled to gropr his way
10 rue ~ Get avoid ,uTultian Tho
guests came pouring down tuf a e 81 irNly
M the building In all stages 81 un res4.
the sc'o.d 81 ry 10 the sid walk aud a,
cared without serious injury. mum, CT
of mon. turned h ok h- thr smoke I'm hiI.
WAYS, which prevented them from huGlug
the 81 IRIS. swung down On the rspCs placed
In th, front OF the building br the 'vorR-
men who were erecting the nre cscupe.
Tho hremcn, who arrived with rr'lt
promptitutc, saved many lives by carrying
poop" down the l8dd rs from thc win 'nSs.
The smoke on the Inside OF tho hulldua
WAS so thlvk a Il so pUngent that the ar.
b men vcrc VII BILE Ia do more tn IN take the
uplc fsom the windows. Those who Wpr
not able 60 reach the windows IN a few
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THE COLD WAVE ELSEWHERE

The Prediction Of the Weathe, Brs
Was Fully Verified,
Vicksburg, Miss, December 4.-.l NJ
wave, accompanied by rain, snow, in, h
q stiff southwest gale. struck this ,,-.,I
Of Mississippi early this morning and rs.i
furiously all day.
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70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. This
. .yc EW.sEs-S4..p on every Sol'
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Little Rock, Ark, December Al tau
snowfall, the frst Of the season, wis sus
rienced here today.
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DoURLE DAILY TRANsCoNTrNENT A =
sEkN ICE BY SOUTHERN TACTIC,
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A PRIESTS TESTIMONY.
Father hussie Describes DepIOrabIe
Conditions in Anthracite Reg on.
COMMISSION HEARINGS CONTINUED
Boys Sent to Mn.s and Girls to Mil as
Soon as They Can Toddle-VioIsnee
Reports Exaggerated.

Scranton, Pa, December AT today's
session OF the anthracite strike commission
the representatives Of the mine workers
continued to call witnesses. mostly pract|
cal miners. who told their story Of condi-
tlon as they exist In the Hazelton or middle
coal ields, Some Of the witnesses testi'
hed that they were not given their pl2r's
and maintained thatimen prominent In the
union during the strike were Disseminated
against The commission has decided TO To-
yite the mine Inspectors to appear before
them, because the miners assert that the
workmen fear TO inform the mine inspec-
tors OF dangerous or unhealthy places m
the mines because the inspectors are usual.
ly accompanied By some representative on
the company, who may cause the man )
dismissal. This is a new point before the
commission.
Rumors Of possible negotiations looking
% settlement outside the commits Ion con
tinucd to b. heard. L " ere admit tlai
thcy nave heard such runogs, but say they
know nothing about 2 possible settlement
Whatever Is done VIII he hrst decided upon
In New York. Several attorneys, amonH
them w. W. Ross OF the Delaware, Lacka'
wanna and Western company, have return
cd to the metropolis Whether or not It Is
In connection with peace negotiations can
not he learned here The opinion stu pre-.
wallis that the miners and operators VIII
agree on most points before the commits
sion concludes the hearings.
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The senate committee on foreign rela-
tons today authorized favorable reports on
all nominations to diplomatic positions be-
fore Il.
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Senator Cuberson has arrived here for
the short session He is slightly indisnosed
and may not get down TO work immediate
lie
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Savannah, Ca, December l--Ha1l
rains have fallen through South Gsa'Ii'
for four days. Reports from Bnlhbdtg
brunswick Valdosta and Waycross ay VI
ter courses are out OF their bsnh ni
houses in town are flooded spa Adssa
washed away.
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Jackson. Miss, December A ssag1
rain and snow storm prevailed thioasim
the entire State today. Rain fell al rIfs
aud at daylight turned into sleet via
was followed by snow.
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MEN And WONEN.

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A GRAPHIc STATEMENT.

Continuing Father Hussle said that this
was the condition before the strike aud
that during tho suspension the niue work
crs aud their families were more plnched,
that they were most economical IN many
things and barely existed. Families can
hot Ice kept together. he said, The boys
are sent mo the mines almost as soon as
they are able 10 toddle, and the girls are
sent 10 the mills In the small towns IN
tue vicinity ar drift to the large cities.
lie related instances Of poverty and said
that tt took one man six years 90 pay ON
funeral debt 81 $40,
ON crosse examination Father Hussie said
the newspaper reports Of violence In the
HaHleton region were exaggerated.
Andrew Mattey, who was on the stand
~ the morning session. was recalled to
giTe more Information regarding the al
legged importation Of SiaYouians 70 the Coke
mines, He told how he had been paid to
u 60 Ha2leton and meet the ''grecnhorns. +"
who had been shipped by his mother
from Europe az his request, and at the be
hest of a foreman employed at the Coke
mines. Judge Gray, evidently thinking
that the allen laws were being violated.
became greatly interested. and leaning
thisg
gsrlan.
"ob" said tho Judge as he leaned back
IN his chair and wave OF laughter swept
over the court room,
4 check docking boss, employed by the
miners time keeper and 40 engineer EN-
ployed st collerles IN the upper coal fields
were next called and testified that they
were unable 10 get their old places back
after the strike was declared on.
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Memphis, Tenn, December 4 Rain "
been falling all morning in the terrIar d
jacent TO Memphis
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ANOTHER HORROR AT CHICAGO

minutes after the Gre br kf cut were Buf-
focated. The Ore ~ itself amounted 20
verr little. A portion 81 Cd third cd
second ioors WIS burned and TIE blaze vas
extinguished within forty mlnut 3. tho
bui dug was, some time age, condemn 4
By tue city ouiidii < inspectors Is unstf To-
hotel purpCS es. and tie owne were. thrSi'
weeks ago. ord red to place a stairway IN
the rear and lso TO build q Gre escape on
q e front OF the building. Beyond tle pre-
iiulnnry work FOR the Ore csc pc nothing
had teen done, however.
4 FEW or THE INJURED
The list Of Injured includes:
]. S. Allison, Richhpd Center, Wis.
Edward Davenport. chic 60
W. G, Tn mas, Cedar n pids Iowa.
W NJ. Su der. Loom Citr, Iowa.
Mrs June Shep crd. Chicago
Il trt II uliton. Lebanon. Ind.
Gin Ward B.ttlo Greek Mica.
II G.. b kcr, Nashville Mich.
irwin Westcrlaud Calc. 60.
Olf o IA. Chicago.
With great difficulty the ARE. although
comparatively a small one WAS gubdued.
but II was some time before roscuers could
pcuctr C. the dense on Of smoke which
filled the place. II was an awful scene
which met their gaze. The dead or uncon-
scious were lying stretched on the door
and, In some cases, on their beds. Some
had attempted to slip on a garment, but
had been overcome, hut most OF them were
In their night clothes.
Every store and other hotels In the yicin,
lty were flled with men and women who
had escaped with only their night gowns
Al Investigation Will BE- made. A lire wall
around the freight elevator aud other pr
cagtiOuHrv alterations had been ordered
some time age but the matter had been
neglected.
An but fourteen Of the guests at the no
tel were out of town persons Most OF
them came 20 Chicago to attend the Inter
national live Sfosk pyDosltion Tn to Il
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En- state Senator Cone Johnson and A. l..
Clark Of Tyler. who have been here for
some time past on business, left for Texas
TO-DAY
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A question was raised by counsel for the
operators as 10 whether or not the Sus-
Quehanna company was party to the ar.
filtration scheme. and after a letter from
Isaac Wistar Of Philadelphia, vice president
OF the company, had been read by the com
Missions, 10 the eject that the company
would abide by the award OF the commits
sion II the men would, John Price a check
docking boss, was permitted 10 testify. Sub.
seQuently Chairman Gray read the letter
ana as result he thought II would be bet
Ter not 10 examine the witness He gave
no reason, but II was learned later that,
while the company would agren 10 tho
award II had decided not To be physically
represented before the eomnEsslon there.
fore II would be embarrassing 10 take ties.
umony where 4 company was NOT actually
represented. The commission then adj.
jonrned until tomorrow
Today was set as the time limit for coal
companies To answer the submission made
BY the miners, but the Coke company !
time was extended until tomorrow, the OF.
hclals OF the company being absent and not
prepared 20 make answer Besides the
large companies which signed the request
made 10 President Roosevelt for the ap,
pointment Of the arbitration commission,
a large number OF companies have M Ia
today signided their willingness 20 abide
ny the decision Of the arhltratprs..
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The senate has confirmed the nomination
Of Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes to be an
associate justice Of the United states su-
preme court.
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Fourteen Met Death By SuffOeation
in a Fire.Trap Hotel.
STFLFD WHILE THEY LAY IN BED.
Chief Musham Said II Was the Worst
Catastrophe he Had Attended Dur
ing His Career.

Chicago, December 4-Fourteen men met
death by sufocauou this morning In IRE
which occurred at u o'clock IN the Lincoln
hotel, 1T6 Madison street. Thirteen OF ;hose
who lost their lives were stuffed while they
we're lying in bed. one was taken from
the building before life was extinct, but
nearest hospital
Coroner TRACER, after Inspecting the
building, united with Fire chief Musham
In declaring that the building was verit1-
Die trap and never shouil have been useI
Tor hotel purposes. Chief Mu,Aan declared
there were such wide cracks iu the nools
that the smoke poured through the building
Ia clouds, rendering cslapa extremely III
nlult for those on the upper 1ou.s
There were no nrc escapes 1a tuy front
o.; tie oa..uius, although one was 10
process OF construction. The scauoiaing
was up aud from Ii daaslci several ropes,
down which number OF people slid to
the pavement after all escape TO the
stairway bad been cut OF.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
/. c. YOCuM Are insurance agent prom.
!nont IN Davenport Iowa.
SAMUEL IOCuM, son Of l. c, Yocum
Davenport. Iowa.
A. b Coos. lawyer. Marougo, III.
F. L. EWING, mail clerk. Marietta, ohio
1 b. f. BOSWELL, Chicago.
r. V. SLoCuM, machine dealer. Wan
conda. M
/ H. *. WOODS, Lebanon. Ind
EDWARD TONER printer. Milwaukee
( Wis
+. W. cOzEY. 70 years old, railway
postal clerk Bucyrus. Ohio
/ WARD LOWE, railway postal clerk
/ SechtervHle, wis
NJ NJ. HARDY, travelling salesman
Janesvie Wis
C. p. CowAN, collector on the wabash
railway. st. Louis
/ GEORGE 3. GRAVES. composltor, chi
cago.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN. feet y inches
1e5 pounds i5 years old thin, brown hal
and mUstache
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agreed on the pension bin. II appTopriattess
the current year.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-11-19
BEAR HUNTING In MISS(S-
SIPPI.
'IhG President Comes and lie is
Heavily Loaded.

Smodes, Miss, Nov. 13 -Prssi
dent Roosevelt and his party ar
rived here shortly before 4
O'Clock this afternoon and in
their hunting costumes started
soon after for the camp on Ii tie
'Suntlower river. AS the distance
is about Is miles and the trail ls
rough and bad the chances are
that it was after dark before they
reached the camp.
Smedes Is siding on the va.
zoo and Mississippi Valley rail
way where cotton is loaded from
the big Smedes plantation. a
plantation store and the resi-
Fdence of one of the managers are
the only structures, except negro
cabins, In sight. Work on the
nelGhboring plantations was sus
pended this afternoon and sew
eral hundred negroes were at the
siding when the train stopped.
Most Of the men sat on the cot
ton bales, but the black mammies :
and the pickanInnIes stuck along
the track. They showed Their
white teeth in broad grIns, but
made no other concentrations as
the president stepped from the
train. He was clad IN hunting
acostG me, riding trousers, heavy
leather legginGs, blue flannel
shirt, corduroy coat and wore a
brown slouch hat; around hig
waist was buckled his cartridge
belt and at his side hung his
Ivory handled hunting knit
Ihe other members OF the party
also wore hunting suits. While
The guns, blankets and other
small baggage was being loa ded
into four mule wagon the presl-
dent chatted with the manager Of
the Smedes estate and two ladies
who had come especially TO greet
him.