Mississippi Education Dominates Four Year State Spending
Auditor Cole reports four year state revenues totaling 8.426 million dollars, with about 4.622 million spent on schools and colleges, plus 1.25 million in county funds and 158 thousand for deaf and blind institutes. After adjustments the state notes under 500 thousand spent on executive, legislative, and judicial branches. In Oxford, white voters discuss white primaries as a response to black voters perceived as balance of power.
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Mississippi
Cole
Nhat
Enormus
Deaf and Dumb Institute
The
Blind Institute
Sheriff apprehends released inmate in Tunica County
Sheriff Ivey of Tunica County chased Will White after learning he had been released from Rankin farm prison. White returned to the prison, paid $10, and suit of clothes before Traveling Sergeant Dodd arrested him for grand larceny. White was taken to Tunica for trial.
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Jackson
Ivey
Tunica County
Will White
Rankin Farm
White
Dodd
Appraisers Named for Penitentiary Property
The board of control appointed M. M. Evans of Mount Olive and Leroy Taylor of Verona as appraisers. They, with warden Henry, will form the appraisal board and begin work soon. The Sunflower farm is estimated at $300,000, plus numerous mules and other personal property, and several other farms will be appraised.
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Board of Control
M. M. Evans
Mount Olive
Leroy Taylor
Verona
Henry
Corinth Woolen Mills Seeks Charter Amendment To Double Capital
The Corinth Woolen Mills apply for a charter amendment to raise capital from $52,900 to $100,000. Directors plan to use the increased stock to double the plant capacity, as the current facility cannot accommodate growing orders.
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Corinth Woolen Mills
Railroad rivalry reshapes Mississippi traffic routes
In the southeast corner of the state a contest unfolds between Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City line. The former expands feeders along its main line to challenge the rival for regional trade. Mississippi gains more rail facilities as the competition continues.
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
Mississippi
Secretary Power Prepares Thousands of Official Commissions
Secretary Power begins issuing almost 3000 commissions for state county and beat officials to take effect with the new year. Each commission requires signature by the governor and secretary of state, attachment of the great seal, and entry in the roster before being mailed to the counties.
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Power
Secretary of State
Revenue agent to present report on back taxes
The next legislature report will be by the State revenue agent. Mr. Adams has not finished it yet but expects completion soon. It will indicate nearly a million dollars of back taxes paid into the State treasury in the past two years.
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State Revenue Agent
Adams
McLaurin
Mississippi
Senate
United States Senate
United States
Legislator to push levee bonds for delta improvements
The Hon. W. W. Stone of Washington county, newly elected to the legislature, plans to introduce in the next session a bill authorizing the issue of one million dollars in levee bonds for levee construction and improvements. The bill is published in delta papers to inform local readers and allow study of the proposal.
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W. W. Stone
Washington County
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Northern investors flood delta land market
A large influx of northern visitors is targeting delta lands to invest. Delta residents report record activity with inquiries and purchases rising as buyers from within and beyond the state seek attractive investment options and good prices.
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Delta
Friction pulley in mill injures man, dies hours later
In McLean's sawmill at Hiwanee a rapidly revolving friction pulley broke last week. A fragment struck Charles Bailey in the face, killing him within an hour. The accident prompted an investigation into mill safety.
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McLean
Hiwanee
Charles Bailey
Postmaster Edwards Secures Extra Clerk in Jackson
Washington approves an additional clerk for the Jackson post office to handle rising holiday business and the forthcoming legislative session.
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Edwards
Jackson
Department
Washington
Washington department awards Ship Island quarantine remodel
The Washington department will remodel the Ship Island quarantine station and has awarded the contract to a Biloxi firm for 5000 dollars.
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Washington
Ship Island
Fire at Refuge Cotton Oil mill in Columbus
A fire damaged the Refuge Cotton Oil Company's Columbus mill last week but was extinguished with no major damage. Loss was about $2,000 and fully covered by insurance.
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Refuge Cotton Oil Company
Columbus
Colored Elks Change Name In Mississippi Charter
E B Jones of Vicksburg reported to the governor that the Colored Elks incorporators will rename the group Reformers of America Asia and Africa. The governor approved the charter change and sent it to the Secretary of State for record.
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Colored Elks
Mississippi
E. B. Jones
Vicksburg
Reformers
America
Asia
Africa
Stat
Indianola cotton buyer shot in hunting accident
R. E. Avent a prominent cotton buyer in Indianola was seriously wounded last week when a shotgun discharged as he stopped his buggy to lift his dog. The load tore through the right side of his chest and lung, exiting the back. Doctors hold some hope for his recovery.
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R. E. Avent
Indianola
Mississippi agriculture urged to diversify crops at institute
An Mississippi agricultural report quotes Dr H E Stockbridge urging diversification beyond cotton. He notes state soils vary from pine lands to delta fields and says diversification is essential for prosperity, with sugar cane rarely grown commercially. The Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad seeks to move its southern terminus to Scranton and rename as Mississippi Central Railroad Company. The line runs from Hattiesburg to Prentiss and began as a logging road before expanding.
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Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
McNeill Branch
Farmers’ Institute
Colorado
H. E. Stockbridge
Florida Experiment Station
Mississippi
Blue Ridge
Pearl and Leaf Rivers Railroad Company
The
Railroad Commission
Hattiesburg
Scranton
Mississippi Central Railroad Company
Perry County
Prentisss
Lawrence County
Mississippi Senator Williams Leads House Minority in Reform Push
Notes from the nation’s capital highlight Senator Williams of Mississippi guiding minority forces in the House, with key committee assignments and talk of Senator McLaurin as a potential vice presidential candidate. The piece notes travel allowances for members, historical mileage comparisons, and Mississippi archival work by Dunbar Rowland as Congress debates Cuban matter and roster compilations.
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Congress
Senator Gorman
Maryland
John Sherp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Williams
Joseph G. Cannon
Ilinois
House
Mississippi to Inaugurate Gov Vardaman Quietly
On January 19 Hon J K Vardaman will be sworn in as governor of Mississippi. Inauguration plans indicate a very quiet ceremony in line with the new governor’s wish, with the sole social event a ball by the Elks of Jackson on the eve.
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Mississippi
J. K. Vardaman
Gov. Vardaman
The
Elks of Jackson
Navy orders probe Colombian landings near Isthmus
Rear-Admiral Glass dispatches the Mayflower to the Atrato river mouth to verify reports of Colombian troops on the isthmus. The Atlanta will patrol the northern coast. The torpedo boats Perry and Paul Jones head from Mare Island to join the effort, with Paul Jones to be commissioned.
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Washington
Navy Department
Glass
Atrato
Colombia
Atlanta
Colon
Perry
Paul Jones
Mare Island
Cal.) Navy Yard
Panama
Panama Forms Permanent Republican Government
The U S state department was informed final steps for a permanent republican government in Panama are completed. Consul General Gudger reports election for a constitutional convention on January 4 and that the convention will convene January 20.
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Washington
State Department
Panama
Gudger
New Orleans Flyer Wrecked Near East St. Louis
At 7 40 a m the New Orleans Flyer of the Louisville and Nashville and a St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern freight train collided at Third Street and St Clair Avenue East St Louis. The mail car telescoped and toppled down a 20 foot embankment injuring three clerks. Engine crews escaped with injuries and passengers were shaken but largely unharmed.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad
Third Street
St. Clair Avenue
East St. Louis
Russell McCormick
Nashville
Iron Mountain
Forged signatures punished in German Grenadier tale
Berlin reports the Spanish American war blamed for the ruin of Lieut-Col Goetz and Schwanenfreiss of the King Friedrich Wilhelm IIIs grenadier regiment. Thursday they received two years and three months in a penitentiary for forging comrades and wives signatures on promissory notes. Schwanenfliess had married a Cuban heiress with $12,500 income prewar. income fell after the war, debts mounted, and forgery followed.
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Berlin
Schwanenfliess
Emperor William and Empress Arrive in Berlin from Potsdam
Emperor William and the empress reached Berlin from Potsdam and were warmly cheered by crowds. It was the emperor's first public appearance since throat operation, and he appeared strong with a healthy color from time spent in the open air.
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William
Berlin
Potsdam
New Palace
Will Train Its Trainmen
Chicago and Eastern Illinois officials announced a first aid training program for train crews after their annual banquet with system surgeons. The plan includes division headquarters schools, compulsory lectures and demonstrations, periodic exams, and emergency kits in at least one car per Eastern Illinois train.
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Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Company
Chicago
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road
Great Northern
Illinois
Grant Gillett Plans Return to Mexico
Abilene Kansas December 13 A telegram from Fostoria Ohio says Grant C Gillett once negotiating with creditors to return to this region will head to New York and then Mexico He has dropped plans to return to Kansas for now and will wait instead for a later time.
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Abilene, Kas
Fostoria
Grant C. Gillett
Kansas
New York
Mexico
Gillett
Hoosiers of St. Louis hold fifth Indiana Society banquet
The Indiana Society of St. Louis hosted its fifth annual banquet at the Planters' hotel in St. Louis on Friday night. Lieut.-Gov. Newton W. Gilbert of Indiana spoke on "The Hoosier Lawyer" with Judge Leo Bassieur Dr. C. C. Morris and Don C. Summers also addressing the gathering, toastmaster Joseph Flory presiding.
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St. Louis
Indiana Society of St. Louis
Planters’ Hotel
Indiana
Newton W. Gilbert
Leo Bassieur
C. C. Morris
Don C. Summers
Joseph Flory
Ben Ayler Acquitted in Gordon Allen Murder Case
Carthage Missouri December 13 Ben C Ayler Webb City mine owner shot and killed Gordon Allen Joplin man and was acquitted by a circuit court jury after eight minutes of deliberation self defense was found to be the plea Washington December 13 Chicago chosen for next national Republican convention with 43 votes to 7 for Pittsburgh and 1 for St Louis committee sets June 21 for the meeting Dallas December 13 Fred Lenzen Commissioner John R Proctor died of heart neuralgia at Cosmos Club after attending a Saturday tea
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Ben. C. Aylor
Webb City
Gordon Allen
Joplin
Ayler
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
Fred Lenzen
John R. Proctor
Cosmos Club
Executive nominations reach Senate in Washington dispatch
President sends to the senate nominations for an assistant treasurer in St. Louis Missouri and an envoy to Panama William S Buchanan of New York. In Chicago James Koterba shot his wife in bed and then killed himself. he is in a hospital in a dying condition. Secretary Moody orders the training ship squadron to Pensacola after the New Orleans celebration.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas J. Atkins
St. Louis
Panama
William S. Buchanan
New York
Chicago
James Koterba
South Kensie Avenue
Pensacola
Fla
Mallory
Moody
New Orleans
Double Harness Marriage Vows and A Honest Answer
A light hearted caption from the Chicago News recalls a couple newly paired in double harness. The wife questions the proposal choices while George honestly admits he did not expect acceptance the first time and only agreed after a second inquiry.
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George
Jersey Cattle at the Fair Represent Jersey Breed at World’s Fair
A 40 head Jersey herd from across the United States, headed by two champion bulls Mary Maiden's Third Son and Flying Fox's Foxhall, is housed at the fairgrounds to test milk production against Holstein Friesen, Ayrshire, and Brown Swiss. Cows are registered with pedigrees spanning generations and tagged for identification. Milk output and butter-fat content will be measured against feed consumed to determine breed performance at the World’s Fair.
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St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Committee
American Jersey Cattle Club
Fair Grounds
Jersey
C. T. Graves
Maitland
Rolla Oliver
American Jersey Club
United States
Portland
Ore
Dorinda’s Darling
Ladd
Conan the
Hood
C. L Hood
Lowell
Mass
Florence
H. F. Probart
Jackson
Mich
Eastlake
R. A. Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
Mary Maiden
H. C. Taylor
Orfordville
Wis
Brown Bessie
Flying Fox
Thomas W. Lawson
Isle of Jersey
First Minister to Panama Named from New York
President selects W. I. Buchanan of New York as the first United States minister to Panama. A veteran diplomat, he has long service as ambassador to Argentina and familiarity with Latin American races. Buchanan hails from Ohio and served as agricultural commissioner at the Chicago World’s Fair. He later led the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo and has represented St. Louis exposition interests.
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Washington
W. I. Buchanan
New York
United States
Panama
Buchanan
State Department
Ohio
Chicago
Buffalo
Bad wreck on the B and C near Piedmont WV
Five men were killed and several injured when two engines and 24 loaded coal cars toppled from the Baltimore and Ohio freight train on the 17 mile grade near Piedmont West Virginia. The wreck closed the line but traffic is expected to resume late Sunday night.
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Piedmont
W. V
Baltimore & Ohio
Postal Clerks Sentenced for Postal Frauds in Washington
Baltimore reports that Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Charles W McGregor former Washington post office clerks were found guilty of postal frauds and sentenced by Judge Morrie to two years in Maryland state penitentiary and fines of one thousand dollars each. In Cairo Illinois a second incident notes James Stout fatally stabbing Deputy Sheriff D D Lockwood after a quarrel over the Harrisburg judges.
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Baltimore
Columbus Ellsworth Upton
Charles W. McGregor
Post Office
Washington
Morrie
Maryland State Penitentiary
Cairo
Ill
Harrisburg
James Stout
D. D. Lockwood
Lockwood
Margot Stone Engaged to Austrian Count Beroldin gen
Announcement from New York states Margot Stone daughter of Mrs. Joseph F. Stone is engaged to Count Alexander Beroldin gen of Austria. Mrs. Stone formerly Miss Mary Burnet of Cincinnati.
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New York
Joseph F. Stone
Margot
Count Alexander Beroldingen
Austria
Stone
Mary Burnet
Cincinnati
Randolph eats thirty quail in thirty days feat
Virginia Illinois December 13 Howard F Randolph a young clothing merchant proves a man can eat 30 quail in 30 consecutive days He consumed the thirtieth third Friday with the same zest as the first one
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Virginia
Howard F. Randolph
Choate Accepts Edinburgh University Honor Presidency
London December 13 United States Ambassador Choate has accepted the presidency of the associated societies of Edinburgh University in succession to General Lord Wolseley.
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London
United States
Choate
Associated Societies of
Edinburgh University
Lord Wolseley
Signal Man Louis Collins Dies At White River Bridge
Louis Collins a signal man on concrete work at the White river bridge in Cotton Arkansas fell 44 feet from the pier and died four hours later. He was killed while performing overhead cable duties.
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Cotton, Ark
Louis Collins
White River
Collins
Nebraska Delivers Mild Change After Snow
Omaha reports zero weather all day with a slight moderation expected Sunday night. The weather bureau forecasts higher temperatures for today.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Sheriff Robbed and Forced onto Moving Train at Baxter Springs
Sheriff Charles L. Raines of Cherokee county was held up by two bandits in Baxter Springs station. They relieved him of money and a revolver, forced him to board a departing train, then robbed the station agent and escaped in a livery rig. Raines pursued one suspect, Cunningham, amid a staged chase, while the bandits left his gun behind and headed toward the countryside to inspect cattle before promising to return.
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Galena, Kas
Charles L. Raines
Cherokee County
Baxter Springs
Sheriff Raines
Columbus
Here
Clarence Cunningham
Laxter Springs
Cunningham
Raines
Chicago Cold Wave Sets Record Then Fire Destroys Store
Chicago records a record cold of 13 below at 8 am on Sunday the coldest since 1876 with only 14 below previously. Snowbound streets hindered fire crews as Bodzinski & Co three story store burned completely in West Twenty-second Street with an $85,000 loss. One death reportedWilliam Duffy a switchman found frozen in the railroad yards.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Bodzinski & Co
West Twenty-second Street
William Duffy
Chicago & Northwestern
Secretary Hay Improving at Home in Washington
Secretary Hay continues to improve satisfactorily resting comfortably and transacting necessary business at his Washington home keeping the public informed of his steady recovery.
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Hay
Washington
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