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STATEHOOD BILL
IS MOST IMPORTANT
PRESENT OUTLOOK is THAT THE
affair WILL BE TALKED TO
DEATH ON ACCOUNT OF PARTI.
SAN POLITICS.
BY wATTERsoN srEALEY.

Washington, December 4-(Special.)-
The statehood bill pending in the senate
is attracting more attention than any
other piece of legislation before con-
gress. The present outlook is that the
affair will likely be talked to death. The
advocates of the house bill, which admits
Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico, say
that the action of the senate territories
committee in favorably reporting on Ok
lahoma alone is simply a piece of parti-
san politics, and they will not stand for
it. Senator Beveridge. on the other hand,
will not consent to the admission of Ari-
zona and New Mexico, with the proba-
bility Of four democratic senators.
Were 1t not for the fact that Quay of
Pennsylvania and Elkins of West vir-
ginia are managing the Arizona-New
Mexico-Oklahoma side there would not be
the slightest chance for the bills pass
age. Quay and EllSins both claim tonight
that they will get the bill through
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INDEX TO TODAY'S PAPER

The Weather.
Washington, December 4 - Weather.
forecast for Alabama: Fair Friday; cold
er in northern portion; brisk north winds.
Fair Saturday.
Page One.
Disastrous fire in Chicago.
Thomas b. Reed critically i'll.
Young woman unconscious in Memphis
streets
Cotton report leaked out
Chance for Cuban reciprocity.
Minister Buck dies In Japan.
Page Twe.
Political club organized.
Strike commission hearing witnesses
Cold wave came as predicted.
City politics warming up
Page Three.
General state news.
Grand Lodge of Masons adjourn.
State quits farming.
Page Four.
Editorial comment.
Gossip heard in the Hobbies.
Page Five.
Roosevelt names Alabama referees.
Secret service agent arrested
Young man arrested on serious charge.
Charity hospital dinner.
Page Six.
Social notes and personals.
Page Seven.
Local and foreign markets.
Page Eight.
Baseball and general sporting news.
Disposition of fire appaI atus.
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said: II am certainly not to blame for
this awful catastrophe. Three weeks ago
the agents of this building were notified
to place a stairway in the rear of the
building and also to build a fire wall
around the freight elevator shaft In the
rear. The contractors came and looked
the building over but nothing was done.
Last night our seventy rooms were all
filled and l should judge that we had
about 1875 to $50 guests. From what I can
learn the fire started in the rear of the
building on the second floor. This prob
ably accounts for the escape of guests
who occupied front rooms on the upper
floors. They had an opportunity to reach
the stairway before the flames reached
that part of the building, but the occu-
pants of the rear rooms were cut off by
the flames Most of our guests last night
were persons who came to Chicago to
visit the stock show and knew little of
the building
Chief Musham of the fire department
said that 1t was the worst fire he had at
tended during his career as a fireman
and that so dense was the smoke that Il
was impossible to reach the imprisoned
guests. When the firemen finally man
aged to make their way into the building
the sight they saw was appalling. Men
and boys lay about the floors of the rooms
and the Railways. where they had fallen
in their eagerness to escape.
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Damaging Evidence Against the
Government Bureau
SOME FEW WERE FAVORED
journal Of Commerce Says 1t Has Pos
tive Information That the Fig
ures Were Known on Cotton
Exchange Ahead of Time.

New York, December 4-The Journal
of Commerce will say tomorrow:
There have in recent years been many
reports that the agricultural bureaus
cotton report has leaked" In other
words. that its general character has
become known to a favored few before
the time of its official publication. But
never has the conviction been more firm
ly held by the cotton trade than in the
instance Of the report issued by the de-
partment Wednesday 1t was impossible
to give entirely specific evidence that
the report was dishonesty made known
to particular interests in advance, for
direct evidence of this character could
be received only through parties them
selves participating in the theft. But the
course of Wednesdays market Is ac-
cepted by the cotton trade as being abb
solutely and unequivocally indicative
that large market interests had definite
information Of the character of the re-
port In addition the following specific in
formation is available:
l. The exact figures 900 bales) of
the governments estimate were definitely
known at least twenty minutes before
the official hour for publishing the re-
port, namely, noon. This information was
given representative of this journal by
one of the best members of the ex-
change.
g. The news was very general before
o'clock that the departments report
would be 1O,5O0O0O bales.
g. Advance information regarding the
exact character of the report was Of
fered early in the forenoon to a very
large commission house, which refused
tc enter into negotiations or consider the
purchase of the stolen information in
any form.
But the greatest evidence that the
information was dishonesty circulated
was obtained in the action of the market
itself and there are many responsible
members Of the New York cotton trade,
who heheve the leak occurred not on
Wednesday morning, but some time on
Tuesday. as there Is every evidence that
both the New York ana Liverpool mar
ktts were forced up to a selling basis.
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SENATE WOULD VOTE
TO RATIFY TREATY
President Roosevelt is Assured if the Negotiations With Cuba
for Reciprocity Are Concluded by the State Depart
ment the Action Will be Ratified This Session,

discussed Cuban reciprocity. He inform
ed Mr.. Roosevelt that he would support
a proper Cuban reciprocity treaty and ex-
pressed the belief that such a treaty
would be ratified by the senate soon after
its presentation. Such solution of the
commercial obligations of the United
States to Cuba would be entirely satis-
factory to Senator Ell1ins and many of
his senatorial colleagues, who opposed
the enactment of direct legislation be-
cause they feared such action would open
up a tariff controversy, which in the
view of the strong advocates of the pro-
lection system might prove embarrassing,
If not dangerous to the republicans. Pres
ident Roosevelt, 1t is understood, has re-
ceived assurances from other senators,
who last spring opposed reciprocity leg
islation, that they will support by voice
and vote Cuban reciprocity treaty.
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PROMINENT YOUNG WOMAN
UNCONSCIOUS IN GUTTER
Miss Bessie Dsmukes Daughter of State Senator Dmukes of
Tennessee Found Lying in Mud in Memphis Street.
Drank Wine With Men and Remembers No More

that she came to the city this evening
at o'clock On the train, she says she
met young man of Mckenzie, Tenn.
and came up town with him. She stated
that she drank some wine and after that
she remembers nothing. The physicians
at the hospital say Miss Dsmukes was
drugged. Police officers were called to
the hospital and held long conference
with the physicians after the examin-
alton. From the facts and from the
young ladys statement to the hospital
authorities there are fears that facts
concerning her condition are being with
held
Senator Dismukes has been notified of
his daughters condition and has wired
that he will leave for Memphis on the
first train.
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NOT A FEDERAL CASE.
Atlantic and Birmingham and Sea-
board Air Line Crossing Case.

Macon, Ca, December Ain the United
States District court today Judge Sheer
denied the application of the Continental
Trust company and Baltimore Trust and
Guarantee company of Baltimore, repre-
senting the Seaboard Air Line. to re-
strain the Atlantic and Birmingham
railroad from crossing the seaboard at
Cordele. Ga.
He ruled that state courts had assumed
jurisdiction, and the comfy that should
obtain between the state and federal
courts, in cases where they had concur
rent jurisdiction, made 1t improper for
the federal court to consider the case. 1t
is ruled that If the state courts decision
was against complainant, their remedy
was an appeal to the United States SUI
preme court.
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RED RIVER STILL RISING.
1t Will Go Above the Danger line at
Shreveport.

Shreveport, La, December 4.-Red
River continues to rise at Shreveport and
points above. 1t will go above the dam
ger line here tonight. The bottom lands.
inhabited principally by negroes, are
rapidly filing with water. A number Of
families have been forced to leave their
homes, and as a further rise of five feet
is predicted for this place. hundreds are
preparing to move to higher points un-
less the water begins to recede.
The gap in the levee at Belcher, twen-
ty miles above Shreveport, is reported to
be widening. There appears to be no inn
mediate danger of loss of life, though
there will be considerable suffering and
heavy crop and live stock losses. Relief
measures are being taken.
Snow and rain continue to swell the
rushing waters.
No fear is entertained for the safety
of Shreveport, except in the hollows, in
habited by negroes, into which the water
is backing. The water, although close to
the danger line, is several feet below the
crest of the embankment Captain Pot
ter of Memphis, United States engineer
for the third district, with a govern
ment relief boat, will arrive tonight
Rains In Georgia.
Savannah Ga, December 4. = Heavy
rains have fallen throughout south Geor-
gia for four days. Reports from Balm
bridge, Brunswick, Valdosta and Way
cross say water courses are out of their
banks and many towns are flooded and
bridges washed away. cambridge reports
a rainfall of about thirteen inches in
four days. At Valdosta today small boy
was struck and killed by lightning. Rail-
road schedules are being interrupted by
high water.
Gale Strikes Mississippi.
vicksburg, Miss, December A cold
wave accompanied by rain, snow, sleet
and a stiff southwest gale struck this
section of Mississippi early this morn
ing and ragged furiously all day. Snow.
the heaviest seen here In many years,
fell for several hours, but melted as soon
as 1t struck the earth. The temperature
is below freezing tonight
Seet and Snow in Louisiana.
Alexandria, La, December 1.-The
cold wave reached here today accom-
panied by sleet. rain and snow The tenn
perature went down to 80, but no ice was
formed. Red river is rising rapidly and
fears of flood are entertained.
Blizzard In Iowa.
Sioux City, Ia, December 4.-Today the
thermometer registered degrees below
zero.
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MOTHERS DEFEATED
BY SCHOOL BOARD
TWO HUNDRED OF THEM SEND
THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL
DESPITE VACCINATION LAW
AND THERE'S EXCITEMENT.

Gas City, Ind, December 1.-Two hun
dred Gas City mothers, holding their
children by the hands, went to the publis
school building this morning to see that
their youngsters were admitted The
mothers and children could not produce
certificates showing that the pupils had
beeen vaccinated and the police, who
were on guard at the school house doors,
would not let the children in.
For time there was much excitement
Fathers of the children were at work and
could not accompany them to the school
house, or serious trouble might have fol-
lowed.
People who are opposed to the vaccina-
tion rule held a meeting and decided to
bring injunction proceedings at once to
prevent the school board from enforcing
the ordinance.
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SENATE DOES LITTLE WORK.
Was In Session Little More Than an
Hour-Behind Closed Doors.

Washington, December 4.-The senate
was in session today one hour and five
minutes, most of which time was spent
behind closed doors. After the reception
of a number of bills and petitions and
the adoption of concurrent resolution
calling on the President for the papers In
the Plus fund case recently arbitrated
before The Hague tribunal, Mr.. Beveridge
had read the resolutions adopted by the
delegates to the Oklahoma non-partisan
convention favoring the admission of OK
lahoma and Indian territory as one state
and opposing the house omnibus state.
hood bill.
The senate then went into executive
session and at 1850 p. m. adjourned until
Monday
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cape gone. Horror-stricken faces ap-
peared at the windows and cried fran
tically for help. Firemen cried back at
them to wait until nets or mattresses
could be brought, and those who did In
most cases escaped with slight injuries.
But some, crazed with fright, jumped to
the pavement and were either killed or
badly hurt. With great difficulty the
fire, although comparatively a small one,
was subdued. but 1t was some time before
rescuers could penetrate the dense bank
of smoke which filled the place. 1t was
an awful scene which met their gaze.
An Awful Sight.
The dead or unconscious were lying
stretched on the floors and in some cases
on their beds. Some had attemrted to
slip on a garment before making for
the street, but had been overcome, but
most of them were in their night clothes.
Every store and other hotels in the
vicinity was filled with men and women
who had escaped with only their night
gowns
Firemen and policemen were not re-
ticent in speaking of what they witnessed
at the catastrophe. They condemned the
building as a fire trap. Ambulances and
patrol wagons from all parts of the city
were called to the place and the dead and
injured were quickly attended.
All but fourteen of the guests at the
hotel were out-of-town persons Most of
them came to Chicago to attend the in
ternational live stock show.
Proprietor's Statement.
F. A. Smith. proprietor of the hotel,
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K1N EMPHIs. December 5. Miss
I\V Bessie Dismukes of Gallatin,
I Tenn, daughter of State sena-
tor W. C. Dismukes. twice speaker of
the upper house of Tennessee legislature,
was found in an unconscious condition
at the corner of Calhoun and Shelby
streets tonight lying in the mud near
the sidewalk. She was taken to the police
station and there Identified by card
found in her purse on which her name
was engraved, and that of her father
written on the back in pencil. Miss Dis
mukes was Immediately taken to the city
hospital, still in an unconscious condi-
ton and restorative measures were
taken.
She regained consciousness and stated
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Jewish Women Elect Officers.

Baltimore, December AT the busi-
ness session of the convention Of the
National Council of Jewish Women, held
today, officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, Mrs. Solo
mon, Illinois, first vice president. Mrs.
Hugo Rosenberg, Pennsylvania; second
vice president. Mrs. Moses Goldenberg,
Maryland; recording secretary, Miss
Sadie American; treasurer, Mrs. ]. B.
Judah, Kentucky; auditor, Mrs. Ben
Lowenstein, Ohio.
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FIFTY CARS EVERY DAY.
Anthracite Coal Companies Fear the
Repeal of Tariff Duty.

Washington. December T. = Especial. y
The agitation in the house yesterday for
the repeal of the duty on coal has had
lightning-like effect upon the coal com.
panies.
They have agreed to send fifty car loads
Of coal to Washington a day, realizing
that with an abundance of coal in the
capitol the removal of the duty will not
appear so important to members of con-
gress
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COLUMBUS viii Issue Bonds.

Columbus, Ga, December 4-(Special.)
by vote of 1910 to the people of this
city voted today to issue s250,0O0 bonds
for the purpose of building and operat-
ing a municipal water works system.
Out of total registration of 1874 voters
1647 votes were cast. Two-thirds of the
registered vote was required to carry the
bonds, more than nine-tenths being cast
in favor of the measure.
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Horsemen Suspended.

Chicago, December 4.-The board of ap-
peals of the American Trotting associa-
tion today handed down decisions in 55
cases, the majority of them relating to
protested collections. ]. C. Knapp of
Minneapolis. j. c. Scott of Minneapolis.
owner and driver respectively of the
racing mare Lucy P. were suspended.
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FREE DELIVERY AT BEssEMER.
Underwood Secures Fine Service for
Birmingham's Sister City.

washington. December L. = Especially =
The postmaster general has ordered the
establishment of free delivery service ak
Bessemer. Ala, on March with four car
riers, two substitutes. twenty-eight boxes
and three packing boxes.
The serviceswa recommended by Rep
resentative Underwood !
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AsTIINGToN. De

VA AsHTNGToN December -
wv President Roosevelt is assured
w that if the negotiations with
Cuba for a reciprocity treaty are con-
eluded by the state department the treaty
will be ratified during the present ses-
sion.
While many senators were and still are
opposed to direct legislation by congress
on the subject of Cuban reciprocity. some
Of them, at least, and perhaps a majority
among them, of republicans. will vote
to ratify a reasonable reciprocity treaty.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia, who led
the anti-Cuban reciprocity forces In the
senate during the last session of con-
gress, had an extended interview with
the President today, during which they
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egnse1 rlls LAp .arfFciAl some
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RATIONAL DEBTS.


The worlds national debts form the
suo5ecl 81 an interesting report by Q.
r. Austin, the chief Of the bureau Of
statistics, in the treasury department.
According 10 Mr.. Austin's estimate.
the national debts Of the world amount
to d hundred million dollars a month
or $1,000. 100000.
The interest Of and other charges on
this Indebtedness or the nations
amount to hundred million dollars a
month or $1,000 100000 annually.
The principal national debts Of the
world today, stated in the order Of
their magnitude, are as follows: Rus
sla, $s,,C7.O0O,oOO; United Kingdom
ss.o6o.o0oOOO italy, s2,5s3,ooo.ooo;;;
Germany and the German states, 81
57s 100000; Spain, s1.72s,oOo,ooo;
Australia, sl,1ss.ooooOo; Austria-H Hun
gary sI,i54,Ooo,ooo; India, sloal,ooo
900; Un.eed States $se9O0o,o10;
and all other countries, ss,s75 100000
Mr. Austin's report also brings out
the interesting fact that during the
last SO years the English speaking
countries Daye been the most conser'
vative about their national debts, con
stantiy making efforts TO reduce theil
obligations; while Latin countries. on
the other hand. have constantly IN
creased their national debts, both
through wars and BY maintaining large
standing armies and BY reason o.
constant deficits in their budgets. Mr..
Austin further shows that some Of the
l.atIo nations have made bond issues
That were announeod as perpetual
and there IS no intention Of eyer re
deeming them At the present time
ene-half Of tho enormous debt 81
France stands in The form OF @pernet
uai per cent rentos Tie German
and Slavic nations have also rapidly
| Increased their debts and have shown
little progress in reducing them
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There are nany kaae celebrity
When Hayden. the pa.a,g, visited
Stafford he held forth about shaSe-
saeaie 10 some rnsiita he mat li %
waysldp Inn They told aim That lat.-
ford then coutainsd another wonder
full fellow. one John Cooper.
why. whaf has be dopet'
WHY. zlw. ri tell 'ee He's lived
ninety years in this here town mim
and boy and never had the tg9tb.
aehem london StanaarL
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Once upon Tina q very neryous
man called % hisHlysielan and ASKED
for medical advice.
Take a tonic end dismiss ff9n your
mind a tlat tenGs ~ ST rOst siaia
the doctor.
Several months art rwar,I Tie va
tent received bil from The pagsiclaa
asking him to remit SIS ai'l ans wtrsd
it tAus.
Dear Doctor have teken IA tonic
and your advice. YoNr Ui ag 70
worry me. ane 50 dismiss It from pg
mind"
Moral Ad-ice ssmraa defeats It's
giver.-NcW York Heraid.
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nANk ADVERTISING.

A great many Of the leading banking
institutions Of the United States have
begun dignihed and systematic cam
paigu Of advertising and we believe
will soon be almost impossible for any
bank g enjoy any great prosperit,
without using printers ink.
we notice that q number Of the
Georgia and Florida banks have
caught on q che advertising idea and
are pushing u for all Ii is worth. The
officers Of q number q these banks
Have recently been Interviewed and
they say deposits have steadily in
creased since their advertising start.
cd. Some OF these advertisements are
forcibie and convincing arguments as
% why the man in every station OF
lie should lay aside something for
the rainy day and no person can read
thees advertisements without becom-
ing convinced that they would fare bet
ter by tonowing the advice given and
nine Of every ten follow it.
The advertising idea Is striking even
the very ethical professional men, and
they, too, Invariably profit by IL
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Medicines
cantlonl


This - q. gen@e Wora but wlet
you tain. aew liable YOU are a6 a
purchase tor 45c tfe only remedy Is
versany known, AMI, 4 Femeay tisat ha
had the largest este ot aHs medicine
in the world since 1868 laF the cure
and treatment cqnsuHpttan aa
Throat ana I'm Trolsblss aH those
years Without lasiag It's popularity al
these years y0l stil be thaAkful We
called your attention 20 liu8f hees Ger
man Syrup. fh9ge arc my Ordinary
e ugh remedies aade By staugisis
and others thas are eap ahd good
fer light colds pefhaps. bnt fcr SCI
Colds, Bf0nciai5 1865 an.A espee
ally for eonaH ,lson woosa there Z
difficult expeetofaflesn asia coaeiilne
during he nigh' ana mornings, there
Is nothing like GERMAN syrup Scla
10y all druggists Ae ciViHaea az sa.
9. G. (sRlsA n woodbury.. N ).
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pLlnL lsHERa MorlcE.

TIA News Publishing Company de-
y ssk It 10 be distinctly undefaioad that
nIf legal advertisements mest lFp sails
fof IN advance. We eanuaf ford 70
sv0|Ia our space TO such ri tise.
nlefiis and walt On. the courts for tbs
nan@ps M 9ss
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LONG FELT NEED FlLlsp.
srunsuieN NOV ffas First lIaas FIaa

Brunswick Nov tiss First lass Fish
and Oyster House.
Thufiow q Jonnaoh two entefps IS
ing newcomers. have opened 6,
class fish and oyster house IN Tie
Matthews building next 10 zoe cor uer
OF Monk and Grant streets. ana "a s.
intend to keep an establishment FIRST
Grass in every respect
brunswick has needed place of this
kind and the people should SHOW theW
appreciation by literally naa0ni. e
the new firm IL
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'hllaa slphia Record

fae hhiladelphia Record says,
ssillla labor is ! wrong TO the child
through u ! me community, but Il
ises MEecnee that The parents are
v desssflt.on. IN Massachusetts aud
sisosliA ana New Jersey as wen MS ii
'snnsgisania many parents wiz set
eisildren into mills fthey can.
Nen The father IS earning TAN
ARD FraneDcanadian fathers
|6 Lowell and Eall River are charged
Nsth Lyme IN Alieaess on the earnings
a Their numerous proseny Inc two
IA tnfee dollars q week Z child can
esfn are an Inducement 70 some par
cuts who cannot plead nscessity to he
anont the childs age