Mississippi Legislature Near Adjournment After Ninth Week
As the legislature enters its ninth week, both chambers pursue a steady grind toward adjournment possibly by the 20th. Key measures include general privilege tax and general appropriation bills awaiting passage, while bond issues remain debated. The senate defeated a 45 district court plan. a capitol commission bill moves to the governor for signature. others focus on appropriation outlines including $213,000 for the Mississippi A and M College.
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Jackson
Old Capitol
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Mississippi A. and M. College
College
Legislature Pays Tribute to Senator W B Walker of Monroe
In a joint session the legislature paused for hours to honor State Senator W B Walker of Monroe County. Bishop Galloway delivered a moving tribute and recalled their long friendship and the senator’s marriage to Mary Dudley Sykes twelve years ago.
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Monroe County
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House Committee On Corporations
Foster
Warren
Mobile & Ohio
Southern Railways
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E. L. Russell
Thomas C. Catchings
Southern
Senate
Lawmakers Approve Oil Inspection System and Electoral Judiciary Changes
The lower house passes a bill creating a coal oil inspection system with county inspectors and a 35 cent per 100 gallon fee, and vows penalties for adulterated products. Senate backs constitutional amendments for an elective judiciary, five member Supreme Court bench for ten years. Other measures include jury impaneling rules, later Supreme Court terms, municipal consolidation, and pole rights on rail corridors. Bills grant supervisor authority to build telephone fines, county refunds, and 10 mil tax levies with voter consent. Reports note errors in University of Mississippi investigation and call for corrections.
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Supreme Court
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Supreme Bench
Boards of Supervisors
Warren County
Ben Grider
University of Mississippi
Pras
Legislature Debates Key Measures On Education and Elections
The session saw the geological survey measure split between University of Mississippi and Mississippi A and M College, with government geologic work coordination. House reconsiders coal oil inspection, wary of governor patronage potential. Senate amends primary election law, prompting a heated debate over intoxicated voting. Non fraternity factions lose bid to abolish Greek fraternities at Ole Miss as university appropriation is debated and approved.
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University of Mississippi
Mississippi A. and M. College
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Tippah
House
Judiciary Committee
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Board of Trustees
Thomas
Supreme Court
Industrial Institute and College
Legislature Votes on Eminent Domain and Peruna Ban
After a three day debate the lower house passed a bill allowing telegraph and telephone firms to exercise eminent domain amid strong opposition. The senate approved the general state appropriations and a pension supplement measure. A bill to prohibit sale of Peruna Jamaica ginger and similar bitters passed the senate on a 22 to 12 vote and faces governor signature.
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Industrial Institute and College
Patterson
Senate
Boards of Supervisors
Jamaica
Mississippi
Confederate veterans stir senate in tense session
In a heated senate debate, Confederate veterans drew strong reactions from members as discussions centered on veteran affairs and memorial issues. The chamber observed heightened emotions and sharply divided opinions amid the contentious proceedings.
Mississippi House Debates Lincoln County Rename Bill
The House considers renaming Lincoln County to Jeff Davis County to honor a Confederate leader but votes to postpone the measure. Education and appropriation bills advance, including funding for East Mississippi Insane Hospital and archives, a misdemeanor for exam question sales, and Labor Day as a legal holiday. A bond issue up to one million dollars is debated. tax mill levy rises narrowly defeated, with funds to support state government. The deaf and dumb institute project advances with up to 100000 for new buildings and up to 125000 for current property sale proceeds.
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Jeff Davis County
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Henry
Gordon
Lincoln
Mississippi
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East Mississippi
Yazoo County
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Deaf and Dumb Institute
Jackson
Insane Hospital
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Desperate Senate Clash Over Kid Glove Farming Bill
The senate debated the appropriation for the agricultural experiment station at McNeill with a futile push to defeat it. Veterans mocked experimental farming as Senator Thrasner dismissed the idea, preferring information from practical farmers over kid glove experimenters.
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McNeill
Thrasner
Appropriation Bills Finished in State Legislature
The two bodies finished nearly all appropriation bills last week. Education institutions were largely covered. The university appropriation moved from the house to the senate while the J S and C appropriation passed by the senate awaits house action. The Mississippi and M College bill moved from house to senate.
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House
Senate
House Committee On Universities and Colleges
House Committee Reports Favorable on Long Distance Bill
After a hard committee session the house committee on corporations favors the bill by Hon. S. N. Sample of Holmes compelling long distance telephone firms to connect with local exchanges. The bill passed the house and now goes to the senate.
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House Committee On Corporations
8. N. Sample
Holmes
House
Senate
Legislature to Restrict Oyster Fishing and Bohemian Labor
A special committee report backs restricting oyster imports by Gulf Coast canneries during oyster season and limiting Mississippi oyster fishing to bona fide state residents. The Barber bill aiming to enforce these provisions appears likely to pass.
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Mississippi Insane Hospital land deal sparks potential charges
The committee on humane and benevolent institutions in the lower house last week reported the land purchase for the hospital as a sensation, alleging the transaction benefited Edgar Wilson. The attorney general is authorized to pursue recovery from the state funds, and a grand jury inquiry may follow.
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Mississippi Insane Hospital
Committee On Humane and Benevolent Institutions
Edgar 5. Wilson
Legislature balks at higher state official salaries
The legislature shows reluctance to raise salaries for state officials and employees this session. A bill to raise the governor's private secretary to 1500 dollars per year passes the house but had been cut from 1800 dollars by an amendment.
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House
Lincoln County Bill Would Rename County Jeff Darvis
Comments in Brookhaven papers show Lincoln county residents oppose a bill by an Amite County member to rename the county Jeff Darvis County. The measure draws criticism from locals concerned about identity and history.
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Lincoln County
Brookhaven
Amite County
Jeff Darvis County
Mississippi faces struggle over uniform textbook bill
The house and senate conference on the uniform textbook bill remain at odds with little chance of a single bill this session. Proponents may push an amendment to require Mississippi books sold to county boards to be priced as low as any other state in the union.
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House
Senate
Mississippi
Gulfport Harbor Growth Shown in City Lot Sale
T P Gary a Gulfport real estate agent sold four city lots for 10000 to Judge R C Beckett a prominent West Point attorney. Four years earlier Gary bought the lots for 600, illustrating rapid harbor area growth and investment potential.
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Gulfport
Mississippi
T. P. Gary
R. C. Beckett
West Point
York Taylor Released on Bond in Weatherly Case
York Taylor was released on a $500 bond by Justice Brooks in Attala County after being charged as an accessory to the killing of Conner Weatherly. Joe Taylor, identified as the principal in the killing, is jailed without bail.
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York Taylor
Attala County
Conner Weatherly
Justice Brooks
Joe Taylor
Tragedy at Mendenhall In Gulf & Ship Island Accident
At Mendenhall last week a Gulf and Ship Island fast train struck two sober men from a saw mill who, reportedly drunk, walked onto the track after eleven. The engineer blew the whistle and applied brakes but could not stop in time. the victims’ names are not known.
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Mendenhall
Gulf & Ship Island
Local oil discovery near Collins sparks venture plans
It is thought that J. E. Odum, a prominent citizen seven miles south of Collins, has struck rich mineral oil on his land. Scores of locals believe the oil is genuine and a company will be formed to explore the field and test for commercial quantities.
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J. E. Odum
Collins
Oliver Ellzey Held for Slaying at Silver Creek Church
Oliver Ellzey is jailed at Magrovia on a charge of killing a black companion at Silver Creek church in the county. The dispute stems from a long standing quarrel. A Pike County Circuit Court trial is set for the present week.
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Oliver Ellzey
Magrolia
Silver Creek Church
Pike County
February Penitentiary Report Shows 1070 Inmates
The Mississippi board of control reports for February ending the 25th that 1,070 convicts are in the state penitentiary. The month recorded 2 pardons 1 escape 24 discharges and 8 deaths including six from pneumonia.
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Mississippi Board of Control
State Land Commissioner Reports Land Sales and Records
State Land Commissioner E H Nall reports land sales totaling 6452.87 for the last month. Secretary Power’s February vouchers show 1925 collected and paid into the treasury, including 185 for notary public commissions. Forty three new corporations were recorded during the month.
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E. H. Nall
Power
Treasury
New Mississippi Industries Reported Amid Growth
New corporations are being organized across Mississippi as industrial prosperity continues. New oil mills fertilizer factories saw mills and wood working plants are emerging in various regions of the state.
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Mississippi
Capitalists Launch Drive for Hattiesburg Cotton Factory
Several well known capitalists have organized a movement to establish a cotton factory at Hattiesburg, aiming to boost local industry and employment. The effort signals investment in the region and could create new jobs if plans proceed.
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Hattiesburg
Mississippi timber exhibit and corn display for fair
Copiah county citizens arrange twenty seven varieties of timber in a display to be sent to Commissioner Henry for the Mississippi exhibit at the World’s Fair. Over a dozen corn varieties are set for a Clay county planter’s special exhibit. Hon Charles Scott of Bolivar county will ship an entire carload of agricultural and forestry exhibits.
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Lawrence
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Tatlorsville Eee
Sharkey
Eimpson
Smith
Woodville
Mississippi
Copiah County
Clay County
Charles Scott
Bolivar County
Mormon Church Faces Open Defiance Revealed in Senate Testimony
Salt Lake City March 6 The Mormon church leader President Smith testifies before a senate committee shocking church members and gentiles alike. The church official organ defends Smith and attacks the anti Smoot faction, accusing Attorney Taylor of prying into private affairs and bed clothing of Mormon homes.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
Smith
Senate
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Standard Oil to Build WorldLargest Oil Refinery at Kansas City
The Standard Oil Co plans a vast refinery in the Sugar Creek valley ten miles south of Kansas City on 120 acres. Surveying is under way with operations aimed to start by October, including acid, paraffin, and tallow works and 1700 jobs. A 200 mile pipeline from Neodesha will supply the plant, with land deals conducted in secrecy.
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Standard Oil Co
Kansas
Sugar Creek Valley
Missouri River
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Kas
Would Die With Rudolph Collins Seeks Shared Execution
In St Louis on March 6 Collins the respited murderer said he would welcome dying with his fellow inmate Rudolph. He told Jailer Dawson he believed Rudolph’s trial would end similarly and that if Rudolph is hanged the two should be executed together, saying they have lived and should die together.
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St. Louis
Collins
Dawson
Bill
Rudolph
Brained Foster Father Slays Orphan Girl in Arkansas
In Logan county near Paris the farm of Joseph Wagner near Paris was the scene of a tragedy. Joseph Wagner Jr. became insane and struck an orphan girl adopted by the family with an axe killing her. He also killed five cows with the same weapon and then cut their throats. The girl screamed at the barn before the attack. Wagner is in custody.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joseph Wagner
Paris
Logan County
Joseph Wagner, Jr
Wagner
Groff Sentenced to Two Years and $10000 Fine
Samuel A Groff was sentenced by Judge Pritchard after overruling his motion in arrest of judgment. Groff, a convicted defendant in the post office trials, received two years at Moundsville penitentiary and a $10000 fine, with sentence to begin on arrival. He posted a $20000 bond pending appeal.
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Pritchard
Washington
Samuel A. Groff
Post Office
Moundsville
Groff
Bridge Collapse Kills Eight on Cleveland & Pittsburg Line
Eight lives are reported lost when two engines of the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad plunged through a weakened bridge over Yellow creek near Irondale due to high water. Support crews will take charge of the wreckage and investigation proceeds. Mrs. W. W. Berthe of Winona Minnesota is named general superintendent of the bee and honey exhibit at the St Louis World's Fair. She previously led Minnesota display efforts.
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Cleveland & Pittsburg
Yellow Creek
Irondale
Winona, Minn
W. W. Berthe
Winona
Minnesota
Fatal Halifax Fire Destroys British American Hotel
Halifax Nova Scotia March 6 Friday night blaze destroyed the British American hotel and three adjacent buildings. Loss set at sixty thousand dollars with one fireman killed.
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Halifax
N. S
Lord Barrington Guilty of Murder in First Degree
The jury found F Seymour Barrington guilty of murder in the first degree for the 1903 killing of James P McCann near Bonfils Missouri. The judge postponed sentence while post trial motions and an appeal are pursued. Barrington faced a furious courtroom crowd and noted defense and state attorneys as they prepared for a new trial or appeal.
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St. Louis
F. Seymour Barrington
J. P. McCanun
Barrington
James P. McCann
McElhinney
R. E. L. Gardner
Ohio City in Danger as Ice Gorges Hit Toledo
Toledo Ohio reports imminent danger as rain floods the Maumee River and forming ice gorge nears the city. Water levels rise seven feet above normal with six inch hourly increase while guards monitor the river and bridge damage near Maumee.
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Toledo
Brige
Toledo Railway & Terminal Co
Urban and Inter- Urban Railway Co
Maumee City
Fremont Flood Holds High Water Mark Across Platte
March 7 report from Fremont Nebraska says flood level remains at the Saturday high mark. Ice in the Platte moves slowly, but the gorge causing overflow stays intact. Union Pacific cannot move trains east of Fremont and plans to dynamite the gorge and launch a steam boat to repair the Valley bridge.
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Fremont
Neb
Platte River
Union Pacific Railroad
Valley
Mutiny Charges Drop As Nina Crew Are Discharged
Sixteen crew members from the US lighthouse tender Nina arrested for mutiny have been discharged at San Juan. Some will stay to press a complaint against Capt. William G. Cutler for false imprisonment. The Nina sailed to Pensacola for repairs with a Gloucester crew aboard.
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San Juan
United States
Nina
Pensacola
Gloucester
William G. Cutler
New York
Murder trial to begin for Gillespie killings in Rising Sun
Rising Sun Ind March 7 The murder trial of James Gillespie for the deaths of his twin sister Elizabeth and sisters in law Mrs Belle Seward and Mrs Myron Barber as accessories will begin Monday. Gillespie is in jail while the others are out on bail. Leading counsel Capt Coles is seriously ill but the defendant insists on proceeding. Congressman Griffith and other defense attorneys were in town Sunday.
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Rising Sun
Ind
James Gillespie
Elizabeth
Belle Seward
Myron Barber
Capt. Coles
James
Griffith
Funeral Plans for Count von Waldersee Named
Berlin March 7 The funeral of the late field marshal Count von Waldersee will take place at noon Wednesday. Emperor William Empress Augusta Victoria and the house of Hohenzollern with many sovereigns abroad have sent condolences to Countess von Waldersee.
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Count von Waldersee
William
Empress Augusta Victoria
House of Hohenzollern
Countess von Waldersee
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