Mississippi Legislature Fifty Fifth Day Review
The Mississippi Legislature devoted much of the day to local bills and minor general measures including a Confederate pension bill with House amendments increasing the appropriation by 50,000. Other actions covered county boards, convict labor for road work, and a variety of fiscal and public works items with votes recorded on multiple appropriations and regulatory measures.
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Yazor Missinnippi Delta Levee Board
Boards of Supervisors
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Roberson
House
Messrs
Vance
Seawright
Danke
Howe
Howse
Farmers’ Institute
Price
Mr. Sanders
Lawmakers Tackle Tax Bills and Industry Measures
The House passed the Mc Millan horticulture pest bill and a cotton weighing bill. The Senate advanced the Adair banking bill and several tax changes. Express company taxes rose to 1000, meat packing doubled, patent medicine vending faced changes, and peddler and equipment taxes were debated with adjustments across telephony, peddling, and machinery lines.
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McMillan
Carroll
Senate
Adair Banking
Industrial Institute and College
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Pollard
Harper
Monse
Brown
East
Senate and House Settle Most Day’s Business
Three long sessions see both chambers clear much agenda with most disagreements resolved. A notable setback comes from the failure to pass a 5000 dollar donation bill for the battleship Massachusetts testimonial, as the Senate favored the amount but the House did not.
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House
Senate
Local bills pass in bunches with road and relief measures
Local and private bills moved through the House in bundles. Passed were H B 609 authorizing Warren county to donate funds to King’s Daughters for aid of the destitute, H B 728 authorizing Bolivar county to issue 100000 bonds for roads and bridges, H B 603 for relief of Henry Carter of Monroe county, and H B 666 authorizing Carroll county to refund to Merchants and Farmers’ bank.
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House
Warren County
King’s Daughters
Bolivar County
Henry Carter
Monroe County
Carroll County
Simmons land tax bill passes amid veto dispute
Legislature moved to pass the Simmons land tax bill despite Governor veto with a near four to one vote. He cited constitutional concerns in a lengthy message while the Senate advanced other measures including an East bill on land redemptions being indefinitely postponed. The House also approved the Debron anti convict leasing bill for counties as opposition persisted, and mileage book use for families was debated with penalties set for railroad noncompliance.
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Simmons
Senate
House
Debron
Legislature Passes Simmon Bill Over Veto And Advances Public Measures
The Senate and House moved to back Gov Noel's vetoed Sim mons bill to relinquish the state claim on delinquent tax land. The House voted 74 to 23 to pass the measure. A separate resolution to fund a battleship testimonial with at least 7500 dollars from public subscription also gained Senate approval.
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Gov
Noel
Simmons
Orward
Leftwich
Whitman
House
Yeas
Mississippi legislative actions list partial items report
An itemized Senate and House ledger shows authorizations including reimbursements to J E Montroy for assessor work in Coahoma county, restoring James Devine’s suffrage, paying E J Hoffman in the Louisiana boundary suit, allowing H J McLaurin to sue the State, and an appropriation cut from 20000 to 10000 as amended by the Senate, plus relief for R M Arnette of Jefferso n.
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Coahoma County
J. E. Montroy
James Devine
E. J. Hoffman
Louisiana
H. J. McLaurin
Senate
R M. J. Arnette
Jef
State board warns druggists on unregistered practice in Mississippi
An open letter from the secretary of the State board of pharmaceutical examiners urges Mississippi druggists to ensure all employed pharmacists are registered. The spring exam will be held in Jackson on the first Tuesday in April, and violators will be prosecuted. The board plans to inform judges and district attorneys to enforce the law.
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State Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners
Mississippi
Indianola
Miss
Jackson
L. H. Wilkinson, JR
Avert Coal Strike Mitchell Plan Endorsed by Convention
Indianapolis reports the International convention of mine workers Thuredar adopted its scale committee's report. The policy allows separate districts to set one year face contracts with operators and maintain present wage rates. The Southwest district can settle immediately, with Indiana operators ready to sign, signaling broader regional adoption.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Convention of Mine Workers
Thuredar
Indiana
Counsel files bankruptcy petition for Charles W Morse
New York counsel filed a de Maurier to a petition seeking Morse declared bankrupt in federal court. The petition was brought by Receiver Hanna of the National Bank of North America Frederick Pringle and Edward D Shotwell. An answer denying insolvency was also filed and requests jury determination on insolvency.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Unite States District Court
de Maurier
Morse
Hanna
The
National Bank of North America
Frederick Pringle
Edward D. Shotwell
Man Jumps From Wabash Train Near Sam Creek
Adrian Michigan resident John Santica of Stone City Iowa jumped through a Wabash passenger coach window near Sam Creek while traveling from Fall River Massachusetts to Stone City. He was found in the woods and taken to Wabash hospital in Peru Indiana, nearly dead from injuries after escaping pursuers.
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Mich
John Santica
Stone City
Iowa
Wabash
Sam Creek
Fall River
Mass
Wabash Hospital
Peru
Ind
Man Gored to Death at Mexican Bull Run in Guadalajara
In Guadalajara, Mexico, more than 200 spectators watched Jose Maria Moreno enter a cattle pen and allow a bull to gore him to death. Moreno, owner of the San Pedro ranch in Conposital, had gathered neighbors by invitation and spoke briefly before the fatal encounter.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Jose Maria Moreno
San Pedro
Conposital
Moreno
Embezzlement Case Tied to Drugged Orange Incident
Pittsburg ArthurFP Bennett is sought by police on embezzlement charges. H J H Nulty, a wealthy broker, says Bennett handed him a poisoned orange and, while under its influence, Nulty signed away fifty thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Arthur FP. Bennett
H. J. H. Nulty
Hennett
Bennett
Pope Seeks to Renew Bolivia Vatican Ties
A papal delegate arrives in La Paz to renew diplomatic relations between the Bolivian government and the Vatican, signaling a move to restore formal ties after a diplomatic break.
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Bolivia
Holy See
Vatican
Invented Automobile Clock by Hazleton man
Charles Miller of Hazleton Pennsylvania, longtime chauffeur for Alvan Markle, developed an automobile clock that indicates start time usage duration and stop time. In Carlisle, Mrs Julia Smith aged 102, a cousin of Mrs Woods who died weeks earlier at nearly the same age, was born in Shepherdstown West Virginia.
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Hazleton
Charles Miller
Alvan Markle
Carlisle
Woods
Julia Smith
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Unexpected Voice Returns in Hanover Woman
Misa Rose Fisser of Littlestown, an operator at the Hanover telephone exchange, has unexpectedly regained her speech after seven weeks of mute condition.
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Hanover
Misa Rose Fisser
Littlestown
Hanover Telephone Exchange
Czar Seizes Turkish Ships in the Black Sea
A rumor from Vienna reports two Turkish steamers seized by Russian warships in the Black Sea carrying arms and ammunition. No confirmation yet from official sources.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Black Sea
Farewell to Mitchell at Indianapolis Convention
The 3 Wasted Mine Workers concluded national contention was adjourned by President Mitchell. The Scale Committee report was adopted in full as Mitchell, presiding, urged united action and an incoming administration. A reception followed, leaving Mitchell emotional as tears flowed.
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Indianapolis
Mitchell
Tle
Orchard Sentenced to Death in Cabkinell Court
Judge Wood of the district court at Cabkinell sentenced Harry Orchard to death for the murder of Em tior Stegnenbers and urged the Board of Pardons to commute the sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary. The recommendation cites Orchard’s truthfulness in testimony in the Haywood and Pettibone trials.
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Wood
Cabkinell
Harry Orchard
Emtior
Stegnenbers
Board of Pardons
Wood Cives
Orchard
Haywood and Pettibone
Police officer shot and killed at Jackson Park station
Edward C Heffee man special police officer was shot and killed last night. J L Morelan bystander seriously wounded by Donald Starr the intoxicated man ejected from the elevated station at Jackson Park Avenue terminus. Starr then shot himself with a likely fatal wound.
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Chicago
Edward C. Heffeeman
J. L. Morelan
Donald Starr
Jackson Park Avenue
South Side
Starr
Saloon Keeper Tarney Coffey Cleared in Sunday Closing Case
Tarney Coffey, owner of a Halsted Street saloon, was acquitted by a jury on Thursday of violating state Sunday closing laws. No defense evidence was presented. This marked Coffey's second trial after a prior jury disagreed.
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Chicago
Tarney Coffey
Halsted Street
Coffey
Insane Soldier Convicts Escape From Leavenworth Guard
Three insane soldiers escaped last night from Leavenworth under guard en route to the army asylum in Washington. They had been confined in the federal penitentiary. One, Lieutenant Allen Lefort, formerly of the coast artillery in Cuba, was convicted of forging officers' signatures and sentenced to five years.
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Allen Lefort
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Federal
Lefort
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Cuba
Immigrant Colony Expands in Augusta Georgia
Augusta gains a growing immigrant colony as the German nursery employs thirteen Austrians in an experimental program. Positive results for labor and conditions have encouraged more arrivals.
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Augusta
Ber
Society Leader Opens Store in Washington Center
Washington society notes Mrs. H. H. Hosley widow of Commander Hosley who sailed the Dewey to Manila has opened a millinery shop in the heart of Washington attracting social interest and attention.
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H. H. Hosley
Hosley
Dewey
Manila
Man Stabbed in Chester Refuses To Name Attacker
William Jefferson is hospitalized in Chester after a stabbing. He refuses to inform authorities about the assailant. doctors warn the wound could have serious consequences.
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Chester
William Jefferson
Chester Hospital
Baxley Man Sentenced to Death for County Killing
Neal Ryals found guilty of the September assault on Mrs. Lizzie Overstreet in Baxley County and sentenced to be executed on March 31.
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Neal Ryals
Lizzie Overstreet
Famine Ravages Northern Siberia Amid Growing Starvation
Hundreds in Northern Siberia are reported dead from starvation as the famine worsens day by day. Authorities struggle to provide relief while the government remains unable to avert the crisis.
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Siberia
London
Dog Bites Youth in Eye in Millville
Artie Brown, playing with a pet dog, was seized by the animal causing facial injuries including an eyelid tear and a bruised eye. Doctors fear the eye may be lost as a result of the attack in Millville New Jersey.
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N. J
Artie Brown
Ocean mail subsidy bill passes in Senate and tariff commission bill offered
Washington reports show the Senate passed the ocean mail subsidy bill without division. Senator La Follette Friday introduced a tariff commission bill and aims to present it soon in the Senate while keeping it on the table. The House naval affairs committee favored a bill by Mr Watler to establish warrant officer ranks for machinists in the Navy and raise pay for mates to 1200 at sea 1050 on shore and 460 on leave or waiting orders.
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Senate
la Follette
House Committee On Naval Affaires
Watler
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia Tuberculosis Registry Bill Favored
A bill in the District of Columbia legislature was reported favorably to create a free tuberculosis sputum examination registry for all cases and to implement measures to prevent disease spread. Local officials emphasize public health and early detection.
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Washington
House Committee On
Columbia
Senate passes life savings service pay bill with dependent mother amendment
Washington Senate approves an administration bill increasing pay for life savings service personnel and extends the same pension allowances to a dependent mother. An amendment ties the policy to widows, while another provision on reenlistment of Twenty Fourth Infantry African American soldiers from Browneville remains stalled before a military affairs committee.
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Life Savings Service of
United States
Senate
Browneville
Ator Warner
Missouri
Committee On Military Affaire
Washington House Approves Pension Consolidation Bill
After hours of debate the Washington house passed the pension appropriation bill authorizing 150,869,000 for pension disbursements. The vote was 139 to 97 and kept the recommendation for one general agency unchanged.
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Washington
United States
House
Committee On Appropriations
La Follette Presses Railroads Valuation Plan In Senate
Wisconsin senator La Follette continued his speech on Thursday urging physical valuation of railroads. Oklahoma senator Gore tried to draw him into criticizing the president and Cortelyou over the recent financial disturbance, but La Follette defended the president’s actions as in the country’s best interest. The Senate then returned the omnibus claims bill to committee for further work.
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Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Gore
Cortelyou
Washington Debates Pension Bill as Houses Adjourn
Both Houses adjourned after four hours of debate in the House on the pension appropriation bill. Discussions covered politics finance trusts and the president s last special message. At 4 24 p m the House adjourned to honor late Senator William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland. The Senate also adjourned in respect to Mr Whyte.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
United States
Willam Pinckney Whyte
Marrland
Senate
Whyte
Senate panel backs fee restoration to land office
Washington Senate committee on public lands on Wednesday ordered a favorable report on a bill to return the $1 cancellation fee from land entries to the land office register. Since 1892 the fee was collected on each cancellation and previously retained by registers before later regulations required turning it into the treasury.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Register of the Land Office
Treasury
Banana growing under Southern California mansion?
Long Beach resident Mrs. Adelaine Tichner, owner of a home at First Place and Ocean Avenue, reports successful cellar banana cultivation. She believes she is the first in Southern California to grow the fruit indoors with a full grown crop.
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Long Beach
Adelaine Tichner
First Place
Ocean Avenue
Smith Family Arrives with Thirteen Children
A New York state family named Smith arrives with thirteen children. Miller reports this large immigrant arrival as part of the new settlers settling in.
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Miller
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New York State
S Smith
Servant Leaves Bequests For Cat In Will
Elkton Maryland report details Tiny Sims a longtime servant bequeathing 1200 to Harmony Presbyterian church 200 to Mrs Isabella P Milton and 200 to a woman who died in a brothel with the Milton bequest income to be used for the upkeep of her black cat Dixtle.
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Tiny Sims
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Isabella P. Milton
Milton
Dixtle
Preacher Killed in Dispute at Searight
Elder L. T. Wells a Hoplist preacher was killed by Riley Odom at Searight Crenshaw County in a dispute reported by Alan News.
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Alan
L. T. Wells
Riley Odom
Searight
Crenshaw County
Man ends life after fight over wife
A married couple’s dispute led to a stabbing between rivals and a man’s suicide to escape the feud. Police report the fight ended with one rival fatally stabbing the other before the death by self-inflicted action.
Tragic Stabbing and Officer’s Death Shock Evansville
In Evansville Indiana a woman Mrs Farmer is said to have wounded her rival Mrs Davenport during a confrontation in Dr Henry Jorgensen’s office. Jorgensen was later found dead in his office with a possible suicide. Police and the coroner planned an autopsy as details emerge of a quarrel that began with accusations of romantic entanglement and threats.
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Parmer
Mra Davenport Cave
Kansas
Russian Troops Raid Delegates Meeting in Berlin
Russian forces storm a delegates gathering at Char kom hall arresting 62 delegates from a Jewish organization. They were seized taken to prison, tortured, and held without trial or charges as leaders from across the empire faced treatment in custody.
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Charkom
Russia
Empire
Troope
Thaw to Stay in Asylum Amid Divorce Bid
New York reports that Harry Kendall Thaw will remain at Matteawan until his mental state improves, as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw pursues divorce on the grounds of insanity. The timing hinges on the outcome of Evelyn's suit and Thaw's condition in the asylum.
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New York
Harry Kendall
Matteawan
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Thaw
Asylum For
Evelyn
Two Guards Found Dead in Rio Grande Bed
El Paso Texas Charles Jones and Charles Logan mounted customs guards were killed by smugglers. Firing was heard Thursday midnight and Friday morning the two men were found dead in the dry bed of the Rio Grande surrounded by smugglers footprints.
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el Paso
Texas
Charles Jones
Charles Logan
Rio Grande
Condition of Senator Bryan of Florida Critical
Washington D C The condition of Senator W J Bryan of Florida was reported very critical Thursday His physician Dr Samuel Fry was at his bedside all night together with the Senators brother who arrived yesterday from Florida in response to summons by telegraph.
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W. J. Bryan
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Samuel Fry
Southern Pacific to bore Sierra Nevada tunnel in Nevada
Julius Kruttschmint of the Southern Pacific confirms plans to build a tunnel through the Sierra Nevada from Reno to Tunnel Mountain Range. The project would be the longest in the country and cost about 10 million dollars. A separate report notes a soldier was killed Thursday in an engagement with brigands while convoying contraband.
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Reno
Nev
Julius Kruttschmint
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sierra Nevada Range
Tifis
Tragedy Strikes Dillerville Boy Run Over by Train
Ten year old Pat George M Jones of Dillerville was run over by a Reading railway train while walking to Lancaster. Both legs were crushed and amputated in a life saving effort.
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Lancaster
Pat George M. Jones
Dillerville
Reading
Governor Grants Thuman Respite for Autobiography
Norfolk Va Gov Swanson grants Leo C Thuman under sentence to be hanged for murder a respite to March 27 to give him a fortnight to complete his autobiography
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Swanson
Leo C. Thuman
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