Mississippi Legislature Advances Referendum Initiative and Cuts Appropriations
The Mississippi legislature pushes forward the initiative and referendum measure with an 82 to 21 approval in the senate, while the Meridian bill fails 27 to 2. In costary cuts, funding for normal school and cattle tick eradication drops, and the medical practice standard bill passes 64 to 43.
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Mississippi
Rian Commission
Meridian
Senate
Berth Tills
Livestock Sanitary Board
Legislature debates refining Prohibition law amid industrial aims
Lawmakers consider a bill to balance Prohibition strictness with industry needs by using sawmill waste for alcohol production not for sale domestically but for shipment across borders. The official fund distribution plan lists a two thirds appropriation for 1912, with the remaining drafts totaling 1,155,007.66.
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Stovall
Committees Report on University Probe Cites No Fault
Senate and House committees conclude no wrongdoing by Chancellor Kinean or Secretary Ross in university investigations. They find grounds for their statements baseless and expect a clean bill of health, while recommending improvements in fund handling and facilities.
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Senate
House
Kinean
Ross
Mississippi railroads tax totals 1909 1911 report Senate
The railroad commission filed a Senate resolution detailing railroads and public service companies in Mississippi and the state taxes they paid from 1909 to 1911. Values show 1909 79,047 1910 51,002,284 1911 449 with taxes 305,874 921,195 300,008 and 152,482,774 for value and 60 for taxes.
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Railroad Commission
Senate
Mississippi
Pension Bill Approved for Confederate Soldiers and Sailors
The senate passed the Confederate soldiers and sailors pension bill with annual appropriations of 450 000 and 95 000 for two related measures. The funds cover pensions and support for veterans and a Soldiers' Home project.
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Senate
Privilege Tax Proposal Targets Medical Profession
The House advances a $4 privilege tax and a $10 fee on physicians statewide. Edens of Man opposes the measure but support may grow if the Senate approves. The state faces hard times and revenue efforts to cover next two years expenses continue as all classes may face higher taxes.
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House
Edens
Senate
Bankers Push State Bank Plan Bill Through Legislature
Senator Kyle introduces a bill proposing a state banking system and a state bank examiner to align with the national bank law. The measure, described as well regarded, faces likely approval in both houses with little opposition and echoes broader banking reforms.
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Kyle
Mississippi passes Corporation Land-Holding Bill No 309
The Mississippi House approved a bill prohibiting corporations from buying or owning farm lands in the state. The measure, passed 04 to 19, bans future land ownership by corporations including foreign ones and authorizes chancery courts to appoint receivers to enforce and dissolve violators. The act targets agricultural land holdings and strengthens charter prohibitions.
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Corporation
Mississippi
Chancery Courts
Revision of Criminal Laws and Governor’s Reform Plan
Gov Hrewer urges Mississippi legislature to authorize appointing three criminal lawyers to revise laws and procedures. He argues a concise code will advance moral welfare, industrial development, and civil progress by making law plain and enforceable.
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Hrewer
Mississippi
Amall Coat
Brewer seeks Supreme Court opinion on elective judiciary amendment
Gov. Brewer asked the legislature to join the executive in requesting the Supreme Court to rule on the validity of the people adopted constitutional amendment making circuit and chancery judges elective. The move aims to avoid chaotic judicial conditions before insertion into the constitution. The senate adopted a concurrent resolution for the court’s opinion.
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Gov. Brewer
Lawmaking Department
Executive Department
Supreme Court
Circuit
Chancery Court
Senate
Bond
Boards of Supervisors
Gulfport
Committee On Agriculture
House
Hattiesburg
Stone County Bill Passes Both House For New County
The bill creating Stone County has passed both houses. The county will form from northern Morrison, southern Forrest and Perry, and western George. Wiggins will be the county seat of government.
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County of
Stone
Morrisom
Forrest and
Perry
George
Wiggins
Child Labor Bill Passes With Revisions
The measure prohibiting employment of children under 14 in mills factories or canneries was called up and passed 37 to 6. It amends the 1905 law that set the age at 12.
Night sessions extend legislative work toward March deadline
Legislators work overtime holding three weekly night sessions in the house with a goal to finish business and head home by March 1 if possible.
Liberal Appropriations for Mississippi Insane Hospitals Debated
The house committee on appropriations plans generous funding for two overcrowded insane asylums in Jackson and Meridian. Many confined in jails due to lack of space, with no bill yet following Dr. Nolan Stewart’s suggestion to repurpose Oakley penitentiary farm for a Negro asylum built by convict labor.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Jackson
Meridian
Nolan Stewart
Oakley Penitentiary
Legislation Endorses Cholera Serum Manufacture in State
A bill by Mr. Hemphill of Carroll County seeks state backed hog cholera serum production by the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. The plan would price serum at actual manufacture cost plus minimal profit to keep the program running and available to farmers.
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Hemphill
Carroll County
Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station
Dynamite Plot Linked to Iron Workers Leaders Seized Letters
Prosecutors say 40 000 letters and telegrams implicate officials of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in a six year conspiracy to destroy property of nonunion contractors. Indictments name Ortie McManigal Herbert S. Hockin and James B. McNamara as a dynamiting crew with charges against 64 defendants.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Frank M. Ryan
Iron Workers
Irom
International
Ortie E. McManigal
Herbert S. Hockin
Yrank M Ryan
Fodtunapelle Peat
Munder and
Mtreetiral
Jown Marky St Laie
Watleing
Eritee and Strecturel Iron Workers
Cohn Paul
Mornin
St Lowe
Toulinan Ohleoem
Kewl Structural Iron Worker
Unten Bwa CT
AIK
Letnmath
Uitermetiest Anwewrtge Ton Birtdge
Hsbevy
Ernest
W. Rasey
Clerianat
Tateres
Clarence F. Dowd
Rochester N. T
International Association of Machintete E Kh
Syrecier
Structural Iron
Wwnebo
John Carrolt
Syramuee
Patrick F Parrell
New York
Daniel
Wropeiy
Pireakien
Michael
San Francisco
J. K. Munsery
Salt Lake City
Olaf A. Twirtmor
Jotun
J. McNamara
James B. McNamara
W. J. Cain
Kansas City
George (Nipper) Antbirron
Cleveland
Peter J. Smith
Five Hanged at Chicago Jail in Castro Murder Case
Four murderers of Fred Guerlow, Ewald Shiblawer, Frank Shiblawer, Philip Sommerting, and Thomas Schultz, died in the Cook county jail. Thomas Jennings, the slayer of Clarence Hiller, was executed next, per records of the hangings.
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Chicago
Fred Guerlow
Cook County
Ewald
Frank Shiblawer
Philip Sommerting
Thomas Schultz
Thomas Jennines
Clarence Hiller
Washington centers open as preconvention campaigns bloom
In Washington D C six political headquarters opened as both parties begin preconvention campaigning. The article notes the city’s unusual role as a non voter locale and questions why Washington has become the campaign battlefield amid unprecedented activity.
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Washington
D. C
Mob Rule Talk Sparks Direct Nominations Debate
Washington reports Senator Owen criticizes Judge Gary's mob rule speech and argues direct nomination and direct election will return government to the people. He urges curbing credits monopoly by a few New York financiers to prevent public danger and asserts the rich must accept equal opportunity.
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Washington, D. C
Owen
Dem
Oklahoma
Gary
Steel Corporation
New York
Federation leaders face contempt charges in immunity case
Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor defended contempt charges before Justice Daniel Thaw Wright. Morrison, along with President Gompers and Vice-President Mitchell, said he would not take advantage of the immunity statute and stated that obedience to the country always comes first when asked about oath duties.
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Washington
D. C
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mitchell
Daniel Thaw Wright
Oil Trust Suit May Be Revived in St Louis
Attorney General Wick ersham and Solicitor General Leh mann conferred in St Louis regarding Waters Pierce Oil company demand that the federal government again proceed against the Rockefeller trust and place its controlled property in receivership.
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St. Louis
Wickersham
Lehmann
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Rockefeller Trust
Police trace leads to vacant house in Bluffs
Council Bluffs officers, aided by Ian A D Aiken alias Albert Kreutsinger, locate a vacant residence in the southern city area where a mail pouch with $75,000 in bank exchange stolen from the Milwaukee railroad station platform is recovered from a well.
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Council Bluffs
Ian A. D. Aiken
Albert Kreutsinger
Georgia Republicans endorse Taft renomination in convention
The Georgia Republican state convention adopted resolutions praising President Taft and pledged delegates to the Chicago Convention in support of his renomination. They backed protective tariffs and opposed free trade, tariff for revenue only. The prohibition issue was not addressed.
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Atlanta
Taft
Georgia
Roosevelt backs Taft on national labor commission
In New York Roosevelt urges Congress to back President Taft's call for a commission to investigate industrial conditions and foster closer cooperation between capital and labor.
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Anderson Taft
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
President Taft
Bank Robbery In Seminole Nets $3500 From Texas Bank
In Seminole Texas two mounted men robbed the Seminole National Bank of 3500 dollars forcing assistant cashier John Hanley to surrender cash in sight. The robbers escaped.
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Texas
el Paso
Tex
Seminole National Bank of
Seminole
John Hanley
Colorado to Vote on Prohibition Petition in Colorado
Colorado lawmakers report a statewide prohibition petition filed with the secretary of state by the state organization of the W. S. T. U. and backed by more than 25 000 signatures urging a statewide vote.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
State Organization of the
Secretary of State
Collision injures fifteen in Milwaukee railway crash
Two heavily loaded city railway cars collided head on in Milwaukee. Motorman Sylvester Dempke lies critically injured and may die while about a hundred other passengers and bystanders suffer bruises and minor injuries.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Sylvester Dempke
Rate Fight Planned West of Mississippi
Representatives from 11 state railroad commissions will convene at Planters' hotel to begin discussions on a proposed freight rate increase for territories west of the Mississippi River. The meeting signals coordinated action across western lines to set new pricing.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Planters’ Hotel
Wreck Injured to Recover
Huntington physicians say 31 injured in the Pennsylvania Limited wreck at Warrior's Ridge are in recovery and none are expected to die.
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Huntington
Pennsylvania Limited
Warrior's Ridge
One Cent Postage Urged by Merchants Group
St Joseph Missouri a Merchants association campaign seeks national support for universal one cent postage for cities where male originated and urges all commercial bodies in the United States to join this movement aiming to reduce mailing costs.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Washington Report Details Hook Worm Treatment Reach
The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission reports more than 140 000 people in nine southern states were treated for hook worm disease last year. The annual findings underline the scale of the campaign and its regional impact.
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Washington, D
South
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission
Commission
Consul George F. Davis Drowns in Monduras River Swim
Word from Warrenton Missouri reports George F. Davis United States consul to Ceiba Monduras drowned while swimming near the river mouth. He attempted to reach a bar in the river.
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Warrenton
George F. Davis
United States
Ceiba
Monduras
Caledonia Sails After Boston Incident
Queenstown Ireland reports doctors hurried to the Leyland liner Caledonia after a wireless dispatch claimed an accident on board. In Denver Colorado, the farmers union calls for direct election of US senators by popular vote and establishes a par cel post.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Caledonia
Boston
Colorado
Denver
Colo
The
Farmers’ Union
United States
Twenty two Camorrists Freed by Italian Judge
In Viterbo Italy Judge Bianchi ordered the release of twenty two Camorrists who had served five years of the maximum sentence for associating with criminals.
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Viterbo
Italy
Bianchi
Knox Sails February 20 for Latin American Cruise
Secretary of State Knox will depart from Palm Beach Florida aboard the cruiser Washington on February 20 for a tour of Central and South American and Caribbean republics, as announced.
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Knox
Washington, D. C
State Knox
Washington
Palm Beach
Fla
Widow plans socialist colony on Kinman tract
Mrs Marguerite Warren Springer widow of a $2,000,000 estate heir announces plans to train the poor under mutual aid principles. She will supervise the estate at 308 South Canal street and seek Prof Oscar Lovell Triggs aid to establish a 2000 acre colony near Kinman sixty miles from Chicago to brew crafts and artisanal work in a country home setting. The aim is to provide homes for the poor and foster utilitarian art and self made goods.
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Chicago
Marguerite Warren Springer
Kinman
Oscar Lovell Triggs
University of Chicago
Locomotive Crash Kills Five at Bank in Utah Town
A locomotive derailed near Bingham Utah sending the engine down a 75 foot slope and through the Citizens' bank striking a neighboring building. Five men died and three were seriously injured including workers sleeping beside the bank. Engineer Fred Annis lost control on the steep grade above the town.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bingham
Citizens’ Bank
Fred Annis
Minister Guilty of Bigamy in Beecher Case
Reverend John Horton was found guilty of bigamy by a Joliet jury largely on testimony from Amanda Breaker. The defense argued the Cook county marriage and Will county jurisdiction were invalid, but Breaker testified Horton and she lived as husband and wife in Beecher for two days. he faces one to five years.
Goebel Governor assassination confession and rail loss ruling
In Helena Arkansas James Gilbert admitted fatally wounding a bartender duel and confessed to killing Governor Goebel in Frankfort Kentucky in January 1900. Meanwhile Washington reports the interstate commerce commission allowing railroads to haul certain freight at a loss if profits would harm economic conditions.
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Helena
Ark
James Gilbert
Kentucky
Goebel
Frankfort
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Six Children Witness Parents Slain in Chicago Home
Al Johnston Tandyk shot and killed his wife at 5017 South Ashland Avenue before taking his own life. Six children in the home stood paralyzed as they witnessed the double tragedy.
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Chicago
John Tandyk
Ashland Avenue
House Ratifies Convention on Far Seals Protection
The house passed the Sulzer bill to implement a treaty between the United States Great Britain Japan and Russia for preservation and protection of fur seals in the North Pacific Ocean.
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House
Washington, D. C
Sulzer
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
North Pacific Ocean
Fortifications Bill Increases War Department Appropriations
Washington report states the fortifications bill provides a net increase of 1 million dollars over last year by cutting the war department estimate by 3 million while awarding 4 million more than the prior year. The measure aims to fund defense projects and related mobilization needs.
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War Department
Washington, D. C
Labor leaders arrested coast to coast in dynamite plot indictments
Federal action sweeps up 54 defendants including Frank M. Ryan and Herbert Mackin in a nationwide conspiracy to transport explosives. Indictments charge complicity with the McNamara case. arrests span Indianapolis and multiple unions across the country with march 12 arraignments set for defendants.
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McNe Mares
International
Iroe Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
United States
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Brides and Structural Iron Workers
Herbert S. Mackin
J. J. McNamara
Ryan
Frog
Banker Morse Quits U S for Europe with Wife
Charles W. Morse the ex convict banker and his wife sailed secretly for Europe aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victorin. Plans were frustrated as they attempted to leave unnoticed. Adjutant General relieved over insulting letters to War Secretary and Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth.
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New York
N. Y
Charles W. Morse
Taft
Europe
Washington
Secretary of War
Army
Fred C. Ainsworth
Negro Convict Albert Prince arraigned in Davis murder case
In Lincoln County court Albert Prince a Black convict pleaded not guilty to the murder charge of Deputy Warden Edward D. Davis. Prince faces trial in the county court for the killing deemed an assault on the prison official.
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Lincoln,Nd
Albert Prince
Edward D. Davis
Clayton Named Military Aid to Knox on South American Tour
Capt. Powell Clayton Jr. of the Eleventh Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe Ga. designated as military aid to Secretary Knox during the tour of Central and South American republics.
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Clayton
Knox
Washington, D. C
Powell Clayton, Jr
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Central
South American
Gas Fatal to Two Lodgers in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri R E Barnet of Columbia and A R Saunders of Parsons and Columbus Kansas were found dead in a rooming house. Fumes from a 28 crore stove or device killed the men.
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Joplin
R. E. Barnet
Columbia
A. R. Saunders
Parsons and Columbus
Kas
Frivolities and Practical Style for Limited Means Women
Fashion notes describe two piece waists combined with skirts to create versatile four piece outfits. The look blends practicality with elegance, using cloth silk and wool in narrow silhouettes and high waistbands. The article notes cost efficiency for thrifty women and traces a history of plaid silk Dionees and adjustable fronts.
Dress design notes for day or evening wear
A dress description notes a silver grey colleine model with a skirt featuring an added foot piece and grey silk oxidized trimming. The front wraps to the left, edged with tiny oxidized buttons. The cross over bodice bears oxidized trim at bust and sleeves with small button edging. For day wear an adjustable yoke and under sleeves in spotted oxidized net are described.
Hosiery Fad for Spring Two-Tone Silk Stockings
Fashion notes endorse two tone hosiery for spring with gray and black subduing options and cerise with black or white accents. French made silk stockings are costly yet well woven and suitable for early wear with pumps. Embroidered pieces and Valenciennes lace trims enhance evening slippers and match stock colors.
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Real Valenciennes
New Pilaid Plaids Displayed With Contrasting Satins
Several handsome pew plaids are being shown. One features a white taffeta background with wide horizontal bars of colored satin and narrow satin strips near the edges. These plaids are effective and stylish.
Garment Materials Listing From 1940s Catalog
A catalog entry lists needed materials including five yards of 46 inch wide fabric about three yards of trim, several dozen buttons, and one and a half yards of spotted net for a sewing project.
New Dollies Win Praise For Delicate Linen Tableware
Dollies described as thin as gossamer now accompany crystal glass and fine china. The newest peridons appear cobweb like with linen embroidery. Finger bow sets showcase sheer bolting cloth edges with delicate embroidered scallops and a trellis of microscopic powers.
Flowers Adorn Hats for Spring Wear Across Styles
The article describes flowers on straw hats for spring southern wear with corsages ranging from orchids to phlox. Lilac, both white and colored, gives a springlike look. notes black velvet hats with lilac massed crowns and white lilac groups trimming models.
Fichu Velvet and Venetian Paint Veil Odd Garments
A description of a velvet fichu cut for a light look over a pale onion color in straw and billot rope. Another fichu uses heavy Venetian paint tinted gray over aluminum tissue with a fringed finish.
Bone High Collars Sewn With Linen Tape Guidance
Short sewing tip explains adding narrow linen tape to collar to hold featherbone in place on washable blouses. Tape stitched across, bone slipped in, tape ends folded and fastened. to remove open seam, bones are taken out and blouse is ready to wear again.
Potato crop estimate for the United States reaches 16 million bushels
A fragmentary report notes the Us potato crop at around 16 000 000 bushels, with unclear context and missing dates or sourcing. The figure appears in a brief agricultural note.
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Ates
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