North Carolina Newspapers

EVENING -TIM: tux .six. x. c. komuy, crcrinina , MTV-ninth co:;.::..;;-s m pay . the . ;co::::inEE the six iDAY 'government says j ; . j . CONVENED AT NOON' TODAY JiOV01a!!LT TAX1 WONT DIE! BICYCLE RACE TEN MILLION f V ! aba- r J JUL Scss1j:s la tcib E::scs .Were Bilcf orml SEK.ITE KOJOUE'IB II 1 tkrgaa.laal.na of tW M Ikraalaf of Strata by tW Capita ftmH OMriAt a4 ltV rHjUae o hfi- tears Tlaa Bfnti4 fWalw m4 Mw It fta4 t-4 Wk DuitUif Woltran Una, llaraoard. ny th AaaorkMfta Pr.) Washington, la. 4 'angraae eeo venad la-day t M" with I ha uauat fuimallllea. Th eraalon af I ha twe bodtal war tkrtaf.' In to Onnat arw anibar wet vara la and tit roniln Incident to the Brat flay wu traneaocted, after a hloB aa edjouramaat was taken, out of ra Bpect la U anatnory of th lata Icutw Piatt, of Cos nact teat. In the Houaa great r Interest at tached to th proceedings, bacaeae a nunptarta otranlcailali aa noraaiar)-. , Ttila Included Uta alartlon of a Spcakar ad othar olBcar aad th dmrlnc ol tha aeata hf tha mambara of tha Houir. Tha flrrt aaaatoo of tha ftfty-nlnth Comtraaa hat bneti (oukad furaard to a na llkaly to ba mora lhaa ordlnkri tr ovatilfuL, PanJIng mattaik of eom larrrtal tad political tnlarwt hv provad Intanacly attractlra during thi lonf racfaa. Cptumn of nawapapar apaco hava baea divotad dally for many wrki to predlrtlona of lri:a,tlva bat tk-a Vhat. may ba foucht. by faction tnteraatad In tba outoom of demand! for railroad rat rrg-ulatlon or latiaia tlon on any on of a docm public quaa tlona of oquiU Importanco. " ' The auittpra to be urjrd upon tha at tantlou uf Coiiti-vaa Inoluda. tha lnur anco companiaa, atatehood fuf" the re maining territorltta, Panama canal ana- Biructkin, immlir ration, and the treat ment of the Chlnorn unrinr the nrencnt cxrluslnn law, raining revenue agaliMt a posalble cVfUilt, control of corpora tkina engaged In Interetate busmeaA, corrupt uae of money at election, the Philippine, Banto; Domingo aad other veatem republic,' taiilt queatlona and commercial competition with Germany aa well aa the uaual dlveralfled aub Jecta whlchthe various executive de- panineniB -annuuuy prcuui tu iw viow ed by ConRrea ,' : , Early In the day the lobbies of the hotel were enlivened by many vlatt- - ore - preparing to attend . the aeaalon, and the crowd on the atreeta were all directed toward the big marble bulld- ' Ing on the hill. Although, admission to the galletiea waa by card, thia did not prevent hundreds of sightseers from wandering through the corrldora and Inspecting "the committee rooms and . other, points from which the genera) public was not barred. - y j " : Change That Greet tha Eye The vfsltors were 'greeted with many changes both on the exterior and Intc- rlor.. The finger0 marks of , time have been scoured away In the nine months that hava .elapsed since thelaat ses sion.: The steps and. walla, of the our side look Bo, but the greatest surprise is caused by the' appearance pf the In terior of tha building. : ( . . ; The rotunda, and dome have been coured and banlstered, until nothing Is loft of the stains of age that have been accumulating for flfty Wears. .. White granite and marble stahl out with boldness that i almost repels, s; Briglif 1 new carpet -.have been laid -. on .the " floora of. both chambera.. The celling liirhUnar arrangement of .. the Senate jlIba has been enlarged. . ; Mo nag had floated over the capltol ioV nine months, save on national, hoi ' idays, but eariy to-day they, were Mis- va over the east an west emnuic. t Aa soon as the sessions were called to nrder flairs -were ehown over tne ftte and Hou-e wlnga of the building t and were lowered when adjournment H i . ......... .. . . V K- i,-l was taken. ' ' - r Rpvtiiar Attendants at the open ses sions of Congress missed the J usual .' tributes of flower,Wlth which frier's i of members ha;p,t,fstlflea their anm.r-"-atlon and esteem. These off Brings fre quently had been,,made with uch gon eroslty that. ,lle4.hlgh ujwn!h aej, ' they hid froin,;s(Wih3 statesmen - .J celvlng therri,-, ,4-, Var ago resolulJi , was adoptedrrohlbiMnB U 'hrlngUg of flowers lnfeei the nalasa chamber, and the rule Jbaaihafl the ect 41so f stopping the udiag!iot such .teatiin. v nlals to the House, . , s v ' ' . rtcenca in tne House. " For an hour arecedlng the opening there were scenes of Increasing anima 1 tlon on. the floor and In the galleries of the House of Representatives.. ' tieglslatlve veterans exchanged cor dial greetings and newly elected mem- kbk IW ilHr.a a..,, lou.xtxi . V a i aM a aw aa,iaa) at ia ttarta at th i aa 4 fcnimx a"ataJ.w .Aa iwn 1 tka .ma f IM Mi aj 1 aj r .( W1 At eaa kt fcad E to ttw kwaa.t aa tfca ra ta It a tha k. tfcaav aaara at lne. lattaa aCartanf fwmw la,ka Caaal arrl.-M la kit aCVv a1y, m1 fu aa keaar aval a ItaK tav fxre the aiawaa traa h-4 aa ikaataatlc lmeUm tm few ntRr aaXIa titg lt M M kattaa. MntkHtl M kvxh anltitrai parr to t la bm aim sad aatM4ad uaaaialatlaaaV Half aa memr krrra iwm t k at aa etHy awat ta ta falMWa, aii tut Itaa kad fwrw4 tm Ua errMu(. IvIntiiHi a M-akpr fktaaa. Itpaaaaf Caakoa rr4a4 III voir Mr. WUMm til. Clark MiltoarU darlared Mr. Caaaog -galr alrriad apaakor of tka tffty-iaili tgraaa, H M troagat lata the baW and arotlM to kla rhalr wf ReprarttUraa Williams (II la I. Katfer tOhlv). Trwlaad (Naw fork) ad I'aderwaod (Ala.). It waa juat o'clock when Mr. Can aoa enlarad tha kail. He u recalwd by tha members of tba Hmm, tUadlag. bll appluo cam from both aide ked tha galler- la. On rearhlag tha apoaker's chair, Mr. William 'said: 1 "I hava tba honor of Introducing to tha Ptfty-atntb CoBgraa tba Ho. : Joseph 0. Canaon, who will be, aad who deservea to bo, Us speaker.'', milling tha apptauao with hU gavel, Mr. Canfcoa addroaaad tha Houao In a aposcb of acceptance. Representative Bingham (Penn.), father of the House, administer (ho oath of offlco to Mr. Cannon, after which tha roll aa called by States for the pnrpoae of admlntt Uring the oath to membnrt. Thoae (king tha oath which van adminis tered by the ipeakor,' cam forward to the apace In front of the speaker; desk... . -. . v'v -v - JCxac4ly fat noon Major Alexandrr McDowell, clerk of the House, called that body to order, .standing In' hi plnce directly In the prakers chair, which wn vncant. Peclaring the' House "In order.'' he announced prayer by tha chaplain, R?v. Irr Henry C. rdudea. The 'invo cation comprehended a review of the peaceful and .prosperous condition of the nation, a plea for patriotic and wise Jeglslatlon, and concluded with a repetition of the "I-ord'a Prayer." Roll call by Fit alee to show the pres ence of a quorum was at once begun. A large attendance of the - members were present, every seat on the Repub lican side of fthe hall being occupied, with but few vacant aeata on the Dem ocratic, side, ' i At the conclusion of the roll rail, Clerk McDowell announctd 64 mem bers present, a quorum of the fifty ninth Congress. . . Unanimous consent was objected to at thia stage of the proceedings to place the name of Representative Marshall (N.D ) on the roll. Speaker Cannon was placed In nomi nation for1 Speaker by Mr. Hepburn (Iowa.), and the first applause of the session followed. ' ,.- . u , Mr. Williams (Mlsa.) was nominated on behalf of the minority by Mr. Henry (Texas), provoking .Democratic ' ap plauee. ?vf , ' Neither ; made nominating speeches. ajid the roll call for election of Kpeak er at once proceeded, the following tel lers supervising the tally sheet: Denby (Mich.), Dickson (111.), Deall (Texas), and Webb IN. C). ' OPENING OF THE SENATE. Great Crowd Filled Gallery and 08 . - ' Mmbcr Answered Rolls . ' ' (By the Associated press.) 1 Washington,1 Deo. 4 .It was n familiar scene at 18 o'clock to-day when Vice President Fairbanks call ed the Senate to order With two strokes of the gavel. There were few change In the, membership. Death had taken away Senator Bate, -of Ten nessee, and Piatt, of Connecticut. There1' were no changes among the Senate official, i 3 , ' The first arrival on the floor was Senator Sutherland, of Utah.' He came in about 11 o'clock and a few momenta Jater Senator Heyburn ap- fjfeared. : From that time on there were receptions in every part of the cnamber, the marble room and the cloak rooms. t in the meantime the galleries had fllled. The public galleries were well occu'led a early at 10 o'clock. The reserved galleries were" opened - at 11:30. hut the waitings crowd had taken naerly every Beat" within five minutes. ? In the audience were the families of many senators and mon (Continued on page seven.) ; Ilt-rlcs fc2 StKci !!3NEYElKIGCONCE!u ft s by twmttw rwar 1 ar (e IS4r Wn ha TVM Ib. H-al Pwraa II. d aa tar M f MakU laflttaat " Ing W ia Itawi lamUr la tat 4Dy tka Aaa..1atad Prat Waktaio iim Ihe y ! Crt of thr I a It. 4 Ktataa ly de cided that th" aatuaaal go r m bm st aaay property tat tha UtatO lifaur CIPBaart of Hoalh Caretlaa. The opinion aa drltvrreel by Jeatlee Drawer la th raw of tka Riaty of Huath Carolnr. v tkn l aitxd RUiae I Thia artloa inatitatad by tha Mtaie of Sooth Carol aa to recover I IC.eOt paid to tha rareaue officrra of. the national goveraaiant on ar coant of the sale of liquors by the tat aad county dltprnarr under the dlpaniarjr law. Th State took th poaltlon that aa the dUpea. r aold liquor without I profit they should not be taied by the government, but the tax haa been collected since 111. Thia la Bald to have been the Arst case in which a State unite In one adertaklng the en rt-lae of Ita pollro power together with the prosecution Of commercial buslaett. The court of claim dlem!s'd the petition on the ground that the eierrlse of police power waa but thinly dUgulaed, hold-1 In? that tha roal rttiriumn waa mnnnv making, ar.d thl doclsion was to day affirmed. The con ton tlon on behalf of the Ul.lk . I . . t. . t. . - . aia ... w.av aa iu Kiineu Diaiea ia eeyona tne ream of State taxa tion, so la. the State -equally beyond the reach of Cnited Bta'.ea taxation; that ndthor the properly nor the agenrloi and instrumentalities used by the 8fte for the transaction 'of Ita buslnesa can be suhjwted to any burden of taxation by the United State. In aupport of tho prorcoilinR by the national authorities it wan urged that while this may be true aa to any strictly governmental functions, yet when tho State cnKiigod In what was looked upon at the time of the adop tion of the ConslllnMon n a private buslnesa the Individ uals acting for th State in the transaction of that business "become amenable to the taxing- powers of the United States. The court sustains the latter con tention, .--i CHILES CASE SET FOR NEXT MONDAY. ! ' (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, 'Va., Dec. 4. The irrand jury- to-day returned two true bill of Indict ments, One of which was for murder against Dr.. h. R. Chiles in connection with th recent death of Mis Sarah Atkinson, who died following an alleg ed criminal , operation. An indictment was also found antnst Miss Atkin son's former lover, James E. Franklin, who li accused as an accessory before the fact. The Chiles case was set for trial oh Monday next. REV. R. J. BATEMAN CALLED TO NORFOLK Norfolk,. Vo... Doc. 4. Rev. r! J. Bateman, of Raleigh, N. C, waa last night called to the pastorate of Spur geon -' Memorial Baptist Church, this city. He took the call under advise ment and left fon RaleiRh this morn ing. 7 - . . ... - - Mr. Bateman, who is now paBtor of the Fayettevllle Street Baptist Church, here, ' left Raleigh Saturday for Nor. folk, where he preached Sunday In the Spurgeon .Memorial church.,. Heis popular with his RaeligKieongi'egatlon, land they would regret to. . pee . him, leave. ' ' ,g T'' A-j.'5- 4 WOIIAN STILI, . . v ; HOLDS THE CAR. , ,' ' CBy the Associated Press.) , tOfrard,! Kan., pec. 4.-Mrs. Ina Berry, who for several days has held possession of a passenger car here, and has resisted all efforts to dls lod'ge hefv waa stllf In full possession this afternoon, " y ' -, ' ' j V!ct:::j tllrjcVcal J!01UL EFFECT IS HAD ft t: tWalmr i Taka V:laV-M I al lYM4a4rr la-eVra at aa h..y . H.. i., I iat.a lly tWaetihrr l l.-urr II. M rvdaS IrabPymW-M aad 1aary Maaoal Rt I V 1 a.aaf. TtWr. (lly ta Aaaariai firm Talk. 1m at mm a rKa4ia of 1 1 Inaataaaw uvatla aU lu-aay (kit IVr' aiHta liabraaaauai QXai l ' rmtimltta waukd i.l Hi, lflmill. Ihr M-lMtlttl( lflalaluia. mi.1 mi aat ui.l '..tillnur inllnu, tu tit Uir ISla- Klrlf-il It to t th aext avaaiaa) ! II n January (. TWa. t Hue. Tba eemnritto, u In ttatMjM and fOul and take evidence mi. la i ui by Joint aci.. atup the InvMtlsaUiH "V hoi and ant ml Hiiator I -Ull'l Armtn.ng, ""te iajli Uu. ln-ailra- tlon by IVn-arober tl. u , ! u, ni.ki oui report to the Ue(l ! .iiuit h-n It ih.- main I had ' itW' that u atul Por- rlena. W hava "i a thing and the moral . n.-. i Th Senator aatd It i i PrMtmaater (eenaraf '' t . i . liellu N. Bllas, of hr u. puhh, an Na tional Committee will u . nil.l liut.he doe not aoa BBy n ai'i why they should. Aaketl about the pi ol,nl.i H of call lug other altneaar anions h on H II Kinrer had been mertiontd n alblllty, th senator aai.1 I he m mli- lee was not appotntril ii lnvmlK"te the Hlandard Oil ConiM'.i "There are lnanrslnf men." he inld. u'h.t rmilit ha all In h ' iih ..nlf "... " ' th twetity-thrae 'remaining dnya to something- clue thgs .assurance." Oedrge D. Kldretlse. vk-e-pi eHiilent and actuary of Die Mutual Itenerve IJfe I nun ranee t'ompaiiy. b the first wHnea before t li oniinltici' to-iluy IS LIKELY TO WAIVE Cause of Matthews Case this Afternoon His Attorneys Apt to Waive Exami nation and I-' t Their Client Ke Round Over to Superior Court. Which MeHs Next JJonday Pris oner Is More Hnllonal. (Special to The Evening Times.) Greensboro, N. C. Dec. 4. While the general public seems milch inter ested In the preliminary hearing before Mayor Murphy this afternoon of Un charge of murder against Dr. J. B. Mathews; and he himself seems anx ious to be ittven nn opportunity to "tell it all," as he expresses It, those who know about such things do not ex-, pect anything to be done except a waiv ing of examination by his attorneys, and the ease being sent on to court. Superior Court for the trial of crim inal, cases meets ' hee next Monday, and as Mathews would probably be held without bail anyway, the case will be probably sent on to court without either side show ing Its' hand. The prisoner wus not at all raving yesterday and to-day has been able to -sleep some and has eaten a portion of two meals. In hi , celt, was t a waiter of food untouched, but tie had been persuaded to eat a little breakfast. DR. MATTHEWS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. (Special to The Evening Times.) Greensboro, N. Cv Dec 4. Dr. Matthews, the accused wife mur derer, attempted suicide In jail at 11 O'clockthis morning by cutting his wrist with-a tin spoon. . Physicians prevented - bleeding to death. i Last night he swallowed matches, cigarette stumps and chewing to hacco, an emetic saving' him. A guard haa been placed in his cell. The preliminary trial Of Matthews ba been, postponed until Tuesday at 10 o'clock by request ' of. Judge By num. who, stated that the dead woman's relatives had just employed him to assist in the prosecution. De? fendant's counsel agreed to. the. con tinuance, 5 V' . ' ',"-' D;l!ca Tlrsni Sec tie Sal it inusu ; OXE SUCIIT ACCIDENT I aadltl IWw tltVal Tltta MMg tit- Xrm Ti nil iSaU. Mm. a tU naia, i . . . , (watvaat f ikr krraMi Iraai Marl. Me He kaa Hraaiajaal Hw t ark M !- Traa HmIMuj. ill) tk Am.- mini !') N-a Turk !- 4 Ah thr.h Ih .ii Area ii'fht taviMiatl J r-i4ia aat la tli l.i.uu Urhih tiakixilr In kladiaoii Huait Ji i, i nimuitia Va att.hli.t tha rtaariaaa (itn uf mi err.ia-. ait da bkyi tiat. mhlrti bryia at ih. nr. of the "O ltiiftit and a 111 continue thnmghout era At the atart It a aa aetlmatxd that M iaa tTa,na tv mfadinl around lha I nut At thir uiUk Ihla morn ing ho la than nttm th.maanil i mairted In ihfli 'Mta and than day llaht broke half that BumU. allll rlung tu thrir iluiira. poartns down Un the oval alien- apparently tlre- J rMera were plulnt along only imif dutina ihr ntcht aa thur anything appro, hlng a aarioua acci dent. Just before thrae o'clock eeven i Uler became tangll during a apurt around the lngerou 241th street turn and men and marhlnea were Bent flying down the teep alilta of the board link. Luckily only one of them. Oougoltt of the Ho laa Italian it-am. was hurt. H linmedlately rmuined the race without giving phynlclant lime to examine his Injuiic. but before he hid ridden flv minute the other rider saw that he wni loalng hla alrrnglh Immediately they begun a urt In order to aeeur n lead on him. The Immense crowd In an Instant realised th situation. and a OoukoIIi lowiy dropped be hind the flying crowd, with hi wheel at t linen jerking dangerously to one side as he In a condition of Bcrnl-cnl-lapMe, Iciined over the liar, but al ways tilling gamely, the spectators howled their dlRapproval of the action of the other rldem. Uoulolts kept up the uueuual struggle several minutes, losing two laps before he fainted on his wheel and lolled to the bottom of the saucer track. It was then found that he hail a broken rib. His part ner Vanonl Immediately took the va cant place ami made up one of the lost laps. , Vanoni was unable to continue the terrific pace unassisted, however, and lie soon left l he track. Later It was an nounced that the team probably would be forced to retire from the contest. Soon afterward Vanonl and Gou goltz withdrew their team, but Van oni was able to continue in the race under other colors, owing to an acci dent which happened to the Mexican team. Emile Agraz, a member of this team, fell and Injured his knee so badly that he was obliged to retire. Kivd E. Castro, the remaining mem ber of the Mexican team, and Vanonl then formed a new Mexican team. Under the rules of the race this new team was allowed to start with the score which the old Mexican team had made up to the time of Agraz's injury. FIVE BLOCKS OF HOUSES DESTROYED (By the Associated Press.) Shenandoah, Pa., Dec. 4. Five double blocks of houses belonging to the Reading Coal & Iron Company were destroyed by Are at Yatesville to-day. The whole village was in danger of being wiped out until the Shenan doah fire department responded and extinguished the flames. Loss about f 20,000, MRS. CHADWICK NEARLY COLLAPSES. (By the Associated Press.) ; Cleveland O., Dec, 4. Mrs". "Cassis L, Chad wick waa '.taken Into the Federal bankruptcy court to-day upon her own request, for the purpose, ashe stated, of completing her testimony. as to some of her. financial dealings, v Although she haa recently stated that she could, reveal certain, facta of im portance, nothing' of that -nature was brought out, and the hearing : ended with' Mrs.. Chadwlck in a condition bordering on collapse, . ' ATUNTA HAN SOOT OFFICER NEAR RIMLA - r I (tar I tA ktaaUa l-ikal ( haitaa rv4 Hilala araarad fr aaitv aoidwwa iatu la. tckitat ' ka aat 4Mna k aa'tra Hl"" - t Uh-I4 W'n aa4 6ri hla ta Itjtl lha laata " ik aktrU aa Pn,4iaM kut kira H j ttaia iuiiau4 aa kl aa. tut lia '4aruf4 aad a4iaa4 tha 1 I a U h kr eVUvrr i lartin that ho I ta tha polioa, kad fouac the ansa i dead oa Ih ruad The exist a txt)iB.i ti.g k liu oti6rad kit tor until todai a bra thr bruke dull 1'idtaloB had Ian drlaklag Prndlriua t family It st Atlanta. Ga He a a formerly a argeai la ' tha aerraty flrat rg1maat of Sea York He ha barn held for murder NO PARDON FOR MRS. ROGERS. Hy the Aaancialed 1'reaa ) Chbago. lec 4 Go C. J Bell, of Vermont, arc oiupaBlrd by hi wife , and a Dumber of mcrolters of his Blair, arrived In Chicago last night to attend the annual dinner of the New England Society to-morrow evening. He denied (hat he Intended (o pro long his tbaence from hi Bute until after the execution of Mra. Mary Rogers next Friday He added that the execution would not be Inter fered with by any action of the Governor. Nut Guilty of Forgery- ("peclul to The Evening Timet.) Ooldinoro, N. C, Dec. 4. Th forgery cas of the Southern Railway against Clarence Ward, charging him with raising a pay check, that has bean on trial here for the past two days in the uperkir court, was finished Saturday afternoon at 6 o'clock. The Jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. TWO BURGLARY CASES Trial of Win. Barbee for En tering Cousin's House Durham Superior Court Convened This Morning, Judge Ward Pre siding One Week Term With 156 Cases on the Docket Several Highway Robbery Cases. (Special to The Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, Dec. 4. Superior Court convened here this morning with Judge Ward on the bench. The term is for one week and there are now a total of 1G6 cases on docket, many of them being Important. Among the criminals are two charged with burglary William Barbee (white) and Lewis Williams (colored). It is probable that Wil liams will not be tried on the capital charge. The young man, Barbee, is charged with having burglarized the home of Reuben Barbee, his cousin, and the prosecuting witness is his cousin and cousin's wife. Their evidence is that they heard a noise in the room and Investigation proved that William Barbee was in there, having removed his hat and shoes. There is other evidence to substantiate their state ment, one being that the prisoner was heard t0 say tnat Reuben Bar. bee had money in his home and he was going to get a part or all of it. There are several highway rob bery cases and many cases in which selling whiskey without license is charged. CUT WIPE'S THROAT AND HIS OWN. (Bv tha Associated Press. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 4. Edward Lovett, former sealer of weight and measures of this city, to-day killed his wife and then committed suicide at their home here. Lovett slashed his wife's throat and then severed his jugular vein -fVitlt the same . instrument. The woman survived a few minutes. No cause for the act is known ex cept that tne couple did not live to gether happily. Lovett was about 50 years old. 11 .: ;.- First .Sale After r.;; Was QaUrttf Ceil a hJaini Ecttcr THEH FaiCES FILL ID TQ ispoiNTSin EEi.GTt::;. - Ortnaaaa Oaltaai imm'rj t S3 la 41 fkiaxa M Kaiadlag ( rUlaaa't Hrpart To-laaf IxIsBleo (uf) at rub-Lit.t KfM ( tiailfiofa Krfn IO.ICTjil Ar) fJaVIIT.ISS (fir tha Aaaortatad Free) WaahlagtoaV. Dae. 4. Th eofto crop bnlkatia leased to-day r ta I depart meat of Agrt altar aatlmtia-a tha total ylaid at ll.KT.tll tWa of (Of pound grata voigat, not l rludlng llBtora. ' . Th ara picked kad to b picked la eat lag tad at H. UT.lt! acraa, a red actio of III.SII acre or I.I per cent, raductloa frocn th acreage -Umatad aa planted. The total nambar of ' pouad a-a-duead la th IBOt-M wUI trnoul ta .Mo.rn.tU. oat taclodlng ltnura. The aatlmatad pradactioei la M0 pound baJaa, by BtaUa, I aa followa: Virginia. lt.MIL North Carolina, ttt.ftU. , South Carotin, W&,orr. Oaorgia, LM4.aU. norida.rr.in. Alabama, LXM.TT. , - MlaalaalppC Lxlt.14. : , ' Loulalan, Ut.441 . ' ,' . Texaa. ,Hs,Ta. " .. ';'. . Arkansas. (H,Ct. . -.-a - Tanneasaa, UM17. . MlBsouri, 40.KT. v .. ' Oklahoma, xi.m. ? ; J i Indian Territory, ni.lol ' " v It waa officially announced that th , delay In th Isauane of th report .wa caused by a wld diverge no la th report of yield per acre, which eauaed prolonged dlaoaaaloii. : y Cotton Jampa Vp. " V : New Tork, Dee. 4. Th Drat atlas following the announcement of th government's figure waa made at M points or a quarter a cent pound higher than the price Just btfora th announcement. i - ? ' . The market advanced rapidly after the report, March selling at liM with in a few mlnutea after t,n figure were known. Thia waa an adranoa of 76 points or 8-4 of a cent per pound since Saturday's close, Th market . was excited and fevertah, and after the first advance there wa a reaction of 10 to IS point. - ; .V National Glnnera' Report. . Dallas,. Tex., Dec. 4. Th report of the National Glnnera' Association on this year's cotton crop wa mad public at noon to-day. The report gives 9,623,000 baes a the season' yield 'i::r; '.$?: President J. A. Taylor Issued statement saying that the crop, re-' port has been practically completed and he ha allowed two per cent, for' an underestimate. '..v-. BILL TO CHANGE ; . V .'. ' THE LAND LAVS (.By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec 4. At least wo bills providing for Important change In the land lawa will be Introduced at ., the approaching session of Congress. ' One will provide for tha repeal of the ' timber and atone act and the - other will make it possible for purely agri cultural land In forest reserve to b , . acquired by settlers under the home -stead law. Representative Lacy, chairman of the House commute ort ' public lands., will introduce both of ' these measures In the House. .-- Secretary Hitchcock favors th re peal of the desert land law but aa yet ' It Is not known that any -bill providing : for the repeal of thia law Is In prepare 4 ation, - Opinion is divided among - the ' -members of Congress as to the ad visa-' bllity of striking this taw oft the stat ' ute books. Mr,, Laoey aaya It is true there . have been many frauds under ; th desert land act,, but that they oc- ' curred entirely before its amendment ! in 181. . . , i . Upton's Postmistrets, (By the Associated Press.! v . Washington, Dec4,Mls OUle Este wa appointed to-day postmistress at Upton, N. C - ' , ,1 - MX 1.