Mississippi Legislature Faces Long Session With Few General Bills
The eighth week of the Mississippi Legislature sees only the general school appropriation bill passed by both houses, carrying 1.56 million dollars. Despite 450 house and 295 senate bills, few general measures pass. many departments remain unpaid for months, and debates intensify over the Wells vagrancy bill, Jim Crow streetcar provisions, and district judge salaries.
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Senate
House
Supreme Court
House Passes Franklin Uniform School Book Bill with Amendments
The House approved the Franklin uniform school book bill with amendments after a strong vote and sent it back to the Senate for concurrence. Changes remove the governor and attorney general from the textbook commission, add agriculture to the curriculum, remove Confederate standpoint history, and delete natural philosophy. Commissioners pay rises to five dollars a day. The Senate is expected to concur. no notable Senate actions occurred today.
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House
Senate
Mixon
Pike
Senate defeats Friars Point abolition bill in Coahoma
After a long morning session bitter exchanges, the senate rejected a local measure to abolish Friars Point as a Coahoma county site by a 14 to 10 vote. Senator J Alcorn Glover led the bid, while opposition from Friars Point citizens persisted from the capital. The finance committee also opposed the University of Mississippi land grant interest for 1904 1905, and the house may take up the measure. The health committee opposed a bill to regulate osteopathy and create a state board of examiners.
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Senate
Friars Point
Coahoma County
J. Alcorn Glover
Senate Committee On Finance
University of Mississippi
Public Health and Quarantine Committee
Mississippi Legislature Advances Several Measures at Session
The house approved 21000 for boll weevil prevention in Mississippi and failed a 15000 World’s Fair exhibit grant by nine votes. Senate handled Wells vagrancy bills, passing with few dissenters. A proposal for an elective judiciary system gained approval in the house. Insurance bill amendments were debated and the measure passed 81 to 25. The real property clause remains in the valued policy law. Watts opposed a corporation employee clause, but was defeated. Senate cut 15000 from the University of Mississippi appropriation. other colleges face similar outcomes. Dunn pushed railroad commission power to appeal to the interstate commerce commission on freight rates. Friars Point county seat status was reconsidered and passed to abolish it. Dunn’s bill on distributing the common school fund between counties and separate districts also passed. Hebron bill to abolish tax collector for the Mississippi levee board and regulate staff duties passed. Pension fund balance was appropriated to pensions for late-enrolled applicants, and Farley’s timber sale authorization on sixteenth section lands was approved.
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Senate
Friends of the
Tuesaday
Lower Levee Board
Stone
Tunica
Coahoma
DeSoto
Mississippi River
McLaurin
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Watts
Lauderdale
University of Mississippi
Dunn
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Friars Point
Coahoma County
Hebron
Mississippi Levee Board
Farley
Boards of Supervisors
Lawmakers Pass Beauvoir Home Funding And Exhibits Bill
The lower house approved 100000 for year one and 12500 for year two to support the Confederate home at Beauvoir with a per capita limit of 150. The World’s Fair bureau gained 10000 to finalize the State exhibit after a prior defeat. Senate action on abolishing the county convict leasing system continued unresolved at adjournment.
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Beauvoir
Senate
Legislature Session Passes Quiet Day with Tabled Reconsiderations
The day's session of the legislature proved uneventful as several motions to reconsider key bills were tabled. Large sums and policy implications were not advanced, leaving major items for future sessions.
Governor Vardaman Rejects Enrolled Bill Interlineations
Opinion reflects on legislative preemption by Governor Vardaman who will not sign enrolled bills with interlined changes. He warns clerks against post passage tampering and requires margin notations to confirm clerical corrections. The move follows past incidents and aims to prevent future manipulation during his term.
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Vardaman
Bonds or No Bonds shaping state finance debate
Lawmakers weigh whether to issue bonds or raise taxes as treasury cash dwindles after appropriations. Some oppose bonds as unnecessary others favor a bond issue to avoid higher tax levies. A special committee may study options before school distributions exhaust funds.
Municipal Bond Plans Grow in Legislature for City Improvements
Municipalities seek authority to issue bonds exceeding 1 million dollars during the current legislative session. The primary aim is municipal improvements including waterworks, sewerage, and electric light plants. Jackson heads Mississippi cities with authority for a 250 thousand dollar waterworks bond.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Decline in New Bills Ahead of Adjournment
The article notes a clear drop in bills introduced recently and predicts most upcoming measures face slim chances, as lawmakers push to pass what they can and adjourn quickly.
Governor Vardaman Signs Bills to Alter State Offices and Create Lamar County
Governor Vardaman reports progress on enacted measures with only a few enrolled bills awaiting examination. He signed laws changing office hours for the secretary of state, auditor, and attorney general to exclude the noon dinner hour. The actions include creation of Lamar County and several local and private measures.
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Vardaman
Lamar
Legislature blocks constitutional amendments by two thirds rule
Lawmakers from both parties resist changing the constitution as several proposed amendments fail to reach the two thirds threshold required for passage.
Mississippi House Sees Unfavorable Report On Byrd Charter Measure
The house judiciary committee last week issued an unfavorable report on Byrd of Newton introduced bill compelling foreign corporations doing business in Mississippi to obtain domestic charters.
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House Judiciary Committee
Byrd
Newton
Mississippi
Telephone Companies Fight Sample Bill in House Committee
Long distance firms oppose the Sample bill requiring connections with local exchanges. The measure raises constitutional questions and has been sent to a three member subcommittee to study its legal implications.
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House Committee On Corporations
Bil
Pike County Fight for New Judicial District
Nearly 200 McComb City residents urged passage of a bill creating a second Pike County judicial district with McComb City as county seat. A large Lumberton delegation asked the senate committee to annex their town to the new Lamar County.
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Pike County
McComb City
House Committee On
Lumberton
Senate
Lamar
Senate approves archives department funding with $45000 yearly
The senate passed a bill last week to support the department of archives and history with an annual appropriation of 45000 dollars and only one dissenting vote was cast. Director Rowland is praised by legislators for the department's progress since inception and expects notable achievements over the next two years with increased funds.
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Senate
Department of Archives and History
Rowland
Japanese Meet With Repulse in Port Arthur Action
Telegraphic dispatches recount the February 24 clash at Port Arthur. Retvizan and land batteries repelled Japanese torpedo boats and steamers, with several enemy vessels sinking or damaged, while Russian forces suffered no losses. Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo detail subsequent engagements and regional developments through February 27.
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Alexieff
Retvizan
Tiger Peninsula
Goldenhill
Sfil
Port Arthur
London
Pflug
Viceroy Alexieff
Dalny
Askold
Ragan
Novik
Golubinsja Bay
Vladivostock
Japanese Fleet Overwhelms Port Arthur Defeating Russian Cruisers
Yin Kow reports a Japanese squadron of fifteen ships attacked Port Arthur this morning. The battleship Retvizan was heavily damaged while cruisers Novik and Askold sank or were sunk. Bayan retreated. Japanese torpedoes and gunfire left the Russians with heavy losses and no Japanese casualties.
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Port Arthur
Novik
Askold
Retvizan
Ingaller
Bayan
Straigh
Governor Enlists Troops After Meridian Mail Murder
In Meridian Mississippi Gov Vardaman orders a battalion to guard the Lauderdale county jail after a masked gunman killed mail clerk John R Stockton and wounded A J Bass on the Mobile and Ohio line. The suspect J P Paris is in custody. Warren Monroe charged as accessory. The city braces as a speedy trial is planned.
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Meridian
Miss
John R. Stockton
A. J. Bass
Mr. Ivans
Bass
Horne
Price
Monette
All- Colt
Circuit Court
J. P. Paris
Selma
Ala
Southern
Alabama Great Southern
Gulf and Ship Island
Hattiesburg
Birmingham
Joe Murray
Stockton
Trussville
Warren Monroe
Pariy
Locomotive Explosion Kills Two on Philadelphia and Erie
In Kane near Williamsport on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad a freight locomotive exploded Tuesday killing Engineer James Quinn and Fireman Jones instantly. The wreckage caught fire and several freight cars were destroyed.
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Williamsport
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Kane
James Quinn
Jones
Populist Wings Plan Joint National Convention in Springfield
St Louis Feb 24 The fusion and middle of the road wings of the populist party agree to hold a joint national convention in Springfield Illinois on July 4 to unify their factions and set policy.
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St. Louis
Fusion
Springfield
Ill
Two Petreske Brothers Sentenced in Kishineff Massacre Trial
In Kishineff Russia on February 26 two brothers named Petreske were tried for involvement in the Jewish pogroms. Each received a four year penal servitude sentence. In St. Louis the National Negro Democratic League set its next national convention for July 7 to 9 in 1904.
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Kishineff
Russia
Petreske
St. Louis
National Negro Democratic League
League
Fire at Bowley's Wharf Ends in Charred Body Found
Baltimore investigators believed no life was lost in the blaze but a heavily burned body, likely a Black man, was recovered from the water at Bowley's wharf. The identification remains unclear due to the extent of the damage.
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Baltimore, Md
Bowley’s Wharf
Avalanche Buries Seventeen in French Alps Patrol
A company of the One Hundred and Fifty seventh regiment of the line in Jausiers Lower Alps was swept by an avalanche crossing Col de La Parre. Nineteen men were buried and six killed.
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Barcelonette
France
Jausiers
Lower Alps
Col de la Parre
Sandusky Officer Killed in Idaho Snow Slide
Capt. Avery Henderson longtime Ohio Republican leader and Sandusky resident was killed in a snow slide at Roosevelt Idaho on Wednesday. His death removes a prominent military figure and party official from the public scene.
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Sandusky
Avery Henderson
Republican Executive Committee of
Ohio
Roosevelt
Idaho
Abbott ten-year-old trotter dies at Scannell stock farm
Fishkill Land New York February 22 The Abbott a celebrated ten-year-old trotter owned by John J Scannell died at the Scannell stock farm here Friday night after a two day illness
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N. Y
Abbott
John J. Scannell
Trotter
Scannell
Battle near Madisonville leaves Sam Seay dead
Bryan Texas February 24 a pitched clash between white and black residents near Madisonville ends in the death of Sam Seay a prominent young man and several other whites wounded.
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Bryan
Tex
Madisonville
Sam Seay
Fire at Phelps Piano dry kiln in Brockport
Fire in the Phelps Piano company's dry kiln at Brockport, near Rochester, burned for hours and caused an estimated total loss of 150000 dollars threatening the business district.
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Rochester
N. Y
Phelps Piano Company
Brockport
Port Arthur Holds as Japan-Russia Clash Reverberates
London dispatch reports Russian fixation on Port Arthur as a fortress deemed impregnable. Gen Stossel’s orders spur enthusiasm and underline fortress value in Korea plans. Russian authorities cite failed Japanese fleet bottle-up as proof Port Arthur cannot fall and predict destruction of the Japanese fleet by fortress and fleet guns.
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Liaotung Peninsula
Dalny
Port Arthur
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Yalu
Harbin
Lake Baikal
Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
London
Moscow
London Times
Stossel
Korea
Japanese Warships Guard Possiet Bay In Russian Port
Rome reports the minister of marine has received confirmation that Japanese warships are in Possiet Bay with troops prepared to support infantry if an assault occurs.
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Yin Kow
Possiet Bay
Hunchun
Kirin
Newchwang
Rome
Minister of Marine
Korean court donates to Red Cross hospitals in Tokyo
The Korean court contributed $100,000 to Red Cross hospitals in Tokyo. US and UK ministers at Seoul favor the Japanese Korean protocol. Tokyo instructs protection for the Russian consul at Fusan and his travel to Russia. In Nagashi, 650 Japanese refugees from Manchuria arrived, alleging maltreatment by Russian soldiers.
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Red Cross
United States
Great Britain
Seoul
Fusan
Korea
Moji
Japan
Russia
Nagashi
Manchuria
Brainard Found Guilty in Bank Failure Case
Le Sueur Minnesota February 24 George F Brainard president of the Montgomery bank a state institution which recently failed was found guilty of receiving money knowing the bank was in solvent
Seventh annual Federation of American Zionists convention
Cleveland reports the seventh annual Federation of American Zionists convention will convene in the city from June 4 to 7. Prominent Jews from across the United States are expected to attend the gathering.
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Cleveland
The
Federation of American Zionists
Fhia City
United States
Russian cruiser fleet sighted west of Colombo
At Colombo in Ceylon on February 29 a vessel of the Russian volunteer cruiser fleet was reported cruising about 370 miles to the westward of the port.
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Colombo
Island of Ceylon
Fight to the Death at Port Arthur Denied Escape
Gen. Stoessel declares port defenders will not surrender to Japanese siege. He orders troops and residents to fight to the finish as Japanese bombardments and landings threaten the fortress with no escape except by combat. Japanese scouts observed offshore amid gale and darkness.
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Stoessel
Bat
Mississippi levee commissioners issue bonds for district works
Greenville Mississippi February 29 the board of levee commissioners ordered a million dollar bond sale to fund levee construction. Bids will be opened April 18 with delivery dates set for May 1 July 1 September 1 and December 31.
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Greenville
Miss
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
William Skewes Dies From Accidental Gun Discharge
William Skewes 32 of New Madrid died at St Marys Infirmary Cairo after injuries from an accidental gun discharge while hunting last Friday. He supervised the Southern Land and Lumber Company plant near New Madrid and left a wife and three children. Remains to be buried in St Genevieve Mo.
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Lll
William Skewes
New Madrid
St. Mary's Infirmary
Decessed
Southern Land and Lumber Company
St. Genevieve
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