Mississippi Legislature on 31st Day Passes School Fund Bill
The House passed a codification bill and voted to send an oyster industry investigation to a Gulf Coast committee. The Senate debated and approved a 1 250 000 dollar annual appropriation for public schools with poll tax, despite calls to cut the fund. The governor is expected to sign. this marks the largest common school appropriation in the state's history. The House also advanced bills on real estate finance and a Mississippi levee board bond issue, while committee actions touched on Greek fraternities and eminent domain.
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House
Gulf Coast
Senate
Farley Woted
Treasuries
Boyd
Parks
Greaves
Hightower
Henry
Franklin
National Park
Vicksburg
Robbins
Barber
Harrison
Committee On Universities and Colleges
Dent
Dunn
Elmore
Farley
Gordon
Mounger
Sanders
Mississippi
Thomas
Smith
Holmes
Cowley
W. B. Walker
Monroe County
Judiciary Committee
Mississippi Levee Board
Miller
Sharkey
Stennis
Ways and Means Committee
Walkers
Committee On Levees
Treasury
House Committee On Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Legislature Adopts Bucket Shop Tax and School Fund Increase
The house voted to tax bucket shops at 500 a year and debated adjournment as a tribute to the deceased Senator Walker. Much business saw unfavorable committee reports while levee bonds of 1.6 million were passed with a par constraint. The common school fund rose to about 1.6 million yearly, with opposition lingering.
Senate Proceedings Dull Amid Walker Funeral Absence
With many members at Senator Walker's funeral the senate transacted little. The McLaurin District Court bill to create forty five districts at 75 dollars a month was continued to next Monday. The bill expands district court powers and patronage while governors appoint district judges. The house spent most of the session on the privilege tax bill and related measures.
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Walker
Senate
McLaurin
House
Lamar
Twentieth
Bolivar
Washington
Issquena
Bloomfield
Pascagoula River
Green County
Moore
The
Twenty-eighth
Congress
Congressman Brownlow
Tennessee
L. Brame
Phil A. Rush
Bolivar County
Foster
Warren
Mobile & Ohio and
Southern Railways
East
Against Railroad Merger Sparks Legislative Debate
The Foster resolution in the lower house calls on the attorney general to initiate proceedings to set aside the Southern Railway and Mobile Ohio merger. It provokes strong comments as the measure challenges a past consolidation once approved by the governor after talks with both companies and assurances against action.
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Foster
Attorney-General
Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio
Committee
McClurg
Appropriations in Jeopardy Over Bond Issue Doubt
The legislature confronts uncertainty over a bond issue of 500000 to 1000000 dollars as governors and committees weigh finances. Senate finance plans retrenchment, including the 100000 monument bill for Mississippi troops at Vicksburg, with broad reluctance to spend amid treasury concerns.
Friends of Cole Insurance Bill Expect Smooth Passage
The group backing the Cole insurance bill foresees little trouble in passage after committee redrafts remove a full repeal of the valued policy law and limit changes to personal property. A companion bill would exempt insurers from the anti trust law to allow rate making, effectively reenacting Noe anti trust provisions.
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Friends of the Cole
Iisofar
Lumberton Delegation Seeks Change in Lamar County Bill
A Lumberton delegation led by H. A. Champ and A. B. Hinton plus Prof. B. A. Steel and P. E. Williams travels to the capital to urge reconsideration of the Lamar county creation bill. They seek to shift the line one mile to include Lumberton in Lamar, arguing it would curb crime and allow a separate school district with better terms. They warn enforcement challenges if Lumberton remains in Marion. The measure has passed both houses and faces potential action this week.
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Lumberton
H. A. Champ
A. 8. Hinton
A. Steel
Lumberton Industrial School
P. E. Williams
Lamar
Marion County
Pearl River County
Lamar County
Vicksburg Hospital Board Seats Seek Expansion
Representative Collier proposes enlarging the Vicksburg charity hospital board from five to seven with governor named five members, one by city, one by county, governor ex officio chair. Trustees select surgeon and steward. visiting physicians board to inspect monthly. salary $150 for surgeon. governor can remove trustees.
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Vicksburg Hospital
Collier
Warren
Vicksburg
Norment
Oktibbeha
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Opposition Report Attacks Greek Fraternities at University
A minority report signed by Ellis and Mitchell denounces Greek-letter fraternities as an outrage on decency and a social evil. It accuses members of midnight revels, expulsion for drunkenness, and shielding of guilty peers, detailing harm to student studies and university function.
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House Committee On Universities and Colleges
University of Mississippi
Messrs
Ellis
Mitchell
Agricultural and Manual Training in Mississippi Schools
Prof J C Hardy president of the Mississippi A and M College urges establishing a Department of Industrial Education at the Agricultural and Mechanical College to train teachers in agriculture and manual training. He cites support from the State Teachers Association and State Superintendent Whitfield for unified rural and consolidated country schools with enhanced funding.
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J. C. Hardy
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
State Teachers’ Association
Vicksburg
Mississsippi
South
Industrial Institute and College
Agricultural and Mechanical College
L. D. Harvey
Wisconsin
Europe
A. C. True
Office of
Agricultural College
Consolidated Country Schools
Rural Agricultural High Schools
City
State University
Whitfield
Mississippi
Penitentiary Struggles With Cash Shortage in Mississippi
The Mississippi penitentiary faces a cash crisis as the pending appropriation bill delays funds. Warden and staff lack money for routine operations and prisoner transportation. Discharged convicts cannot be paid yet, and current funds are exhausted, though a $500 loan and a hoped $200,000 annual appropriation are expected.
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Mississippi
Legislatirn
Board of Control
Jackson
Petition to Postpone March Term of Itawamba Circuit Court
County faces measles mumps and smallpox outbreaks prompting a petition to Judge E. O. Sykes to delay the Itawamba county circuit court term in March.
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E. O. Sykes
Itawamba County
Insurance reports awaited from fire and life firms
Insurance Commissioner W Q Cole collects annual reports from fire and life companies in Mississippi with March first filing required. Department will compile statistics on business volumes premiums and loss ratios. Mississippi State Teachers Association announces rate of one fare plus 25 cents for Meridian meeting May 5 6 7 with tickets on sale May 4 5 6 return May 9.
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W. Q. Cole
T. P. Scott
Mississippi State Teachers’ Association
Meridian
Pearl Button Factory Sparks Local Bonanza Claim
Near Aberdeen, Black residents believe the new pearl button factory will bring wealth. An elderly woman and her son reportedly collected 1000 pounds of mussel shells in a day and sold them for 3.50, discovering inner pearls later sold for 75, totaling 78.50 in a single day.
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Aberdeen
Tuberculosis Contagion Warned By Mississippi Hospital Chief
Dr T J Mitchell superintendent of the Mississippi Insane Hospital urges special provisions to isolate tuberculosis patients and prevent spread in wards. He notes alarming spread of tuberculosis among negroes and calls for action to remove these patients from other quarters.
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T. J. Mitchell
Mississippi Insane Hospital
Mitchell
White capist outrages spur Jefferson county action
Reports from Jefferson county describe several outrages tied to white capism. Law abiding citizens have organized to promptly curb the outlawry to prevent labor conditions from deteriorating in the county and the state.
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Jefferson County
Bryan Delivers Key Lecture at Blue Mountain College
The 1903 1904 lyceum at Blue Mountain Female College featured a lecture by Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska in the college chapel. The crowded hall listened for more than an hour as he spoke on "The Value of an Ideal," leaving the audience spellbound.
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Blue Mountain
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Mississippi watchers foresee favorable farming season
Old residents in Mississippi who study weather conditions believe the dry open winter bodes a good farming year. They contend such winters are followed by bountiful harvests, and recent wet winters and springs further support optimism for favorable conditions ahead.
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Mississippi
Levee Engineers to Meet in Memphis on Friday
Government engineers and state levee boards from districts along the Mississippi River will meet in Memphis at 10 30 am Friday to plan improved levee protection for the spring rise. Attendees include officials from Cairo to Vicksburg and several Arkansas Missouri Tennessee and Louisiana districts.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River Improvement
E. W. van C. Lucas
Cairo
Ill
Vicksburg
Miss
St. Francis
Missouri
Arkansas
Reelfoot
Tennesse
Upper
Lower Yazoo
Mississippi
Cotton Belt
White River
Desha
Chico County
Upper Tensas
Louisiana
Lucas
H. N. Pharr
St. Francis Levee
Tennessee
Capt. Lucas
Populist Convention Decide on City for Allied People's Party
The Allied People's party national convention will be held in either Indianapolis Indiana or Springfield Illinois after discussions by fusionist and middle-of-the-road national committees in St Louis. Date and exact city to be settled the next day.
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St. Louis
Allied
People's Party
Indianapolis
Ind
Springfield
Bandits Try to Hold Up Northern Pacific Train
A Billings special reports an attempted robbery of Northern Pacific train No. 1 between Fargo and Valley City. A rail was removed by the would be robbers but they were discovered and fled. A posse is in pursuit.
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Helena
Mont
Billings
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Fargo
Valley City
N. C
Indianola's New Regime Postmaster Named
Indianola Mississippi prepares a switch tomorrow as all mail will be handled at a re established office with Dr. Martin named postmaster. The move marks a regime change in local postal operations and aims to streamline service for residents and businesses.
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Indianola
Miss
Martin
Alarm on War Preparations Between Turkey and Bulgaria
Telegrams from Vienna and Salonica report alarming details of possible war between Turkey and Bulgaria. The Sofia correspondent says Bulgaria has declared a state of siege over a 19 mile wide frontier zone from Kustendin to the Black Sea to prevent incursions by armed bands.
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Austria
Turkey
London
Vienna
Salonica
Bulgaria
Sofia
Daily Mail
Kustendit
Black Sea
Episcopal Leader Considered for Kentucky See
Helena Arkansas February 22 Rev Dr Charles H Lockwood of this city long rector of St Johns church a major Southwest Episcopal parish is favored as the likely successor to the late Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley of Kentucky Lockwood served in Kentucky under Dudley was ordained by him and was a close friend for thirty years Dudley five years ago consecrated St Johns new church building in Helena
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Helena
Ark
Charles H. Lockwood
St. John's Church
Thomas Underwood Dudley
Kentucky
Lockwood
Dudley
St. Jhn
Plans for San Domingo under U S flag near execution
Washington rumors say the Roosevelt administration plans a show of force to annex San Domingo. Loomis and the Navy Board will visit the island to be ready when the president moves, with the firing on the Clyde liner New York used as impetus.
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Washington
Loomis
Navy Board
San Domingo
United States
New York
War Department
White House
Panama
Colombia
Roosevelt
General Navy Board
Caribbean
Navy dispatch corrects bugler name from Painter to Doctor
The Navy Department released Capt Miller’s cablegram from San Domingo dated February 12. It states the wounded bugler is Charles Doctor, not Painter as announced earlier. The message adds no new facts.
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Washington
Navy Department
Miller
Columbia
San Domingo
Charles Doctor
Painter
Fire devastates Alhambra Theater Hotel in Chicago tragedy
In Chicago on February 22, a three story Fire destroyed the Alhambra Theater Hotel and apartments on Archer Avenue. Three bodies were found in the ruins two men and a woman identified as William Fisher Frank Beckman and Anna Smith. Fire officials credit night clerk Philip Vingo with saving 200 guests. The loss is estimated at 75000 and the theater portion suffered extensive damage.
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Chicago
Alhambra Theater
Archer Avenue
State
Alhambra
Philip Vingo
Stair & Havilan
William Fisher
Frank Beckman
Cincinnati
Anna Smith
Wealthy West Virginia merchant shoots neighbor then torches store
In Dingess West Virginia on February 22 John Stepp a wealthy local merchant shot and killed Elmer Brewer a wealthy farmer and neighbor. Two hours later a torched destroyed Stepp’s large store though his residence was saved. Stepp is in hiding.
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Dingess
W. Va
John Stepp
Elmer Brewer
Stepp
Train wreck on Iron Mountain near Olla injures Dr Pratt
In Monroe Louisiana on February 22 a north bound Iron Mountain train derailed at Olla. Two coaches and the Pullman sleeper left the track and rolled over. Dr Pratt of Little Rock Arkansas suffered serious head cuts but continued his journey. Initial reports cite a broken rail as the cause.
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Monroe
Iron Mountain Railroad
Olla
Pratt
Little Rock
Ark
Mob Foiled In Effort To Lynch Two Men In Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien Wis Feb 22 A mob of about 500 villagers from Soldiers Grove attempted to lynch James Dunn and George Gaskell accused in the murder of Andrew Overburg. Police protection saved the prisoners and dispersed the crowd. Gaskell made a partial confession as the hearing adjourned until the next day.
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Ing. Prairie du Chien
Wis
Grove
James Dunn
George Gaskell
Andrew Overburg
Gaskell
Eight Prisoners Escape from Anniston Jail
Eight inmates escaped from the Anniston city jail early today after prying open a corridor window and dropping fifteen feet to the ground. The warden was tending to duties elsewhere and acting warden Bozelle was suspended on account of the escape.
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Anniston
Ala
Bozelle
Two Dynamite Cars Explode Killing Dozens at Jackson Station
A massive blast at Jackson station on the Ogden-Lucia cut of the Southern Pacific railroad killed at least 23 people and injured many more. Five locomotives were wrecked, equipment and the telegraph office suffered heavy damage, and Greek laborers were among the dead. A water train caused the explosion by colliding with the dynamite cars.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
The
Herald
Ogden
Ogden-Lucia
Southern Pacific
Jackson Station
George Dermody
Burt
Taylor
Lusin
Jackson
Six Shot In Madison Poolroom Raid
Six men were shot and many more bruised Friday afternoon when a Madison Michigan posse raided a poolroom in the town. A pitched battle involved more than a hundred citizens, police and patrons before the place was captured and closed. The crowded room emptied as gunfire began and many fled to trains back toward St Louis.
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St. Louis
Madison
Publishers and Editors Elect Officers at Meeting
Chicago Feb 20 publishers and editors from six central western states attended the International and Daily Press association annual meeting. Officers elected for the year include President A W Glessner Galena Illinois and Secretary Treasurer W V Tafford Clinton Iowa with other officers from Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Iowa and Minnesota. The summer session will be in St Louis to visit the World Fair.
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Chicago
Chicago Press Club
International and Daily Press Association
St. Louis
A. W. Glessner
Galena
Congress Asked for Flood Work Funds in Kansas City
Kansas City Missouri February 20 Con gress will be asked to provide one and one half million dollars in this session for constructing flood control measures to protect both Kansas Citys. The river improvement commission adopted the resolution unanimously and will forward it to Missouri and Kansas representatives in Washington urging swift action.
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Kansas City
Congress
Kansas Citys
River Improvement Commission
Missouri
Kansas
Washington
Federal Asphalt Co. Put In Receivership By Judge Kohlsaat
In Chicago on February 20 Judge Kohlsaat placed the Federal Asphalt Co. in bankruptcy receivership after creditors filed petitions. The action moves the firm into court supervision to manage assets and obligations.
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Chicago
Federal Asphalt Co
Kohlsaat
United States District Court
Mines suspend work in Kansas districts for Hanna
Work stopped at Leavenworth Pittsburg and other mining districts at noon Friday as a respectful tribute to the memory of Senator Hanna.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Pittsburg
Otter
Kansas
Hanna
Denver embezzlement case tied to Plaza Cobre Mining
Charlea Mc Culley was arrested in Denver on Friday charged with embezzling 18000 dollars from the Plaza Cobre Mining Co of Arizona. He acted as the companys London representative.
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Denver
Col
Charlea McCulley
Plaza Cobre Mining Co
Arizona
London
Fatal breech lock accident aboard US cruiser Poston
In Panama on February 20 Seaman Kane of the United States cruiser Poston was killed when the breech lock of a six inch gun struck him during target practice Friday morning.
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Panama
Seaman Kane
United Sates
Poston
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Jefferson
Bryan
Call
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Dr. Martin
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the Stars and Stripes
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Chilsena
Deen
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