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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1912
Page
4
The cotton market shows a slight tendency to sag with New Orleans opening dates listed for March May and July deliveries. Prices quoted include May at 9.87, July at 9.29, and March at 9.79 with notes of futures timing and regional opening in New Orleans.
The Democratic revision bill providing reductions in aging steel and iron duties under the Payne-Aldrich law passed the House today by 410 to 109. Insurgent Republicans and some Colorado delegation members opposed. the bill moves to the Senate where it faces a stormy reception from Senate Democrats.
The Laurel streets show improvement with recent work while residents await paving of the town. A charity tale recalls gifts, and Millsaps hosts a basketball series versus South Mississippi. A runaway wagon at the G and I depot spurred a brief scare as a horse and hardware spilled into a lakelet. A crowded city election unfolds with results pending tonight.
The notice outlines passenger service routes from New Orleans to Cincinnati and other cities, with northbound and southbound timings and sleeping and dining car offerings. It lists connections via Birmingham, St Louis, Meridian, Hattiesburg, and New York, with through sleeping cars to Birmingham Cincinnati and New York. Rates and details are available from RB Benders in Laurel Mississippi and shipping offices in New Orleans.
In Boston on January 30 Governor Foss ordered twelve additional companies of infantry and two troops of cavalry to Lawrence to preserve order during the unrest surrounding the mill strike. The action aims to restore peace as tensions rise in the city.
Henry Watterson said the quarrel with Governor Wilson was about a single issue and vowed to prove Wilson could not face the facts. He denied soliciting contributions from Thomas F. Ryan but said he feared disclosure could harm the Wilson campaign. Governor Wilson declined to respond in Trenton on January 30.
Washington January report states Senator elect James K. Vardaman received complete exoneration from resolutions adopted by Mississippi legislature committees. The resolutions, signed by Frank Burkitt and others, request printing in the congressional record and detail findings of the executive contingent fund inquiry.
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