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The leader., 1904-01-27
AFTER THE MIGRANTS.

The editor of The Leader spent
Monday in jackson and was in
the hall of the House of Represen-
tatives when that august body was
considering the Wells vagrancy
bill, which had been made the spe-
cial order for that day. The main
features of this bill are copied
from the Georgia law, which
has proved terror to idlers and
Migrants in the Peanut State. The
bill had been printed and a copy
placed upon the desk of every
member before the hour for the
special order arrived, and the
close attention given to its consid-
Grafton by the entire House,
showed that it was a subject in
which the members felt a keen in
terest. If one might Judge from
the speeches made, the drastic
amendments offered and the unani-
nifty of sentiment on the main
features of the bill, the yagrant-
the fellow who can work and
won't white or black, hasn't a
friend among the States law max
ers.
The first section defines who
are .yaglants, and those who are
considered as in this class are
persons who are wandering or
strolling about able to work and
have no property to support them;
persons who lead an idle or i'm
moral life and who have no pro-
perty to support them; persons
who have no visible means of MAX
ing an honest living; persons who
beg for a living; every common
prostitute sleeper of house of pros
titution; keeper of gambling
house; blind tigers; all persons
who are able to work but who hire
out their minor children and live
on their wages; every person who
is an habitual drunkard.
Section 2 makes it the duty
of every city and county officer to
give information under oath of all
Migrants within their knowledge.
Section 5 makes the mayor or the
justice Of The peace file in his Office
any information given in regard
to Migrants. All information shall
be made under oath, and can be
made BY any citizen Of the State.
Section 4 provides that any per-
lson arrested on the charge Of
lvagrancy shall give bond before
| "a Justice Of the peace or mayor
| for one year for future behavior.
This bond is payable to the State,
land is transferred to the circuit
court If a breach is made.
Section ) provides that If the
bond is forfeited by any miscon-
duct, The vagrant can be rear
lrested, placed Oh trial before d
Justice Of the peace or indicted
The leader., 1904-01-27
Wasn't Governor Longino's Fault.

There has been great deal of
comment on the fact that Cover
nor Longino had no part in the
Inauguration of Governor Varda-
man yesterday, and some persons,
not knowing the facts have been
inclined to blame the retiring gov
ernor. A News reporter, hearing
a great many versions of the affair,
sought out the truth of the mat
ter and is able to state today that
the fact that Governor Longino
had no part in the Inauguration of
Governor Vardaman was because
the latter desired it that way. A
member of the Senate Committee
on the Inauguration who was APP
preached on the subject said that
he did not desire in the least to
break into the public prints in re-
gard to the matter, but he thought
it was due Governor Longino that
the exact facts in the case be
stated SO that the public could
draw their own conclusions.
Governor Longino, said the
member of the committee, "came
to the committee and said that he
was willing to do anything that
was proper under the circum-
stances and would introduce the
new governor if it was desired.
This was communicated to Gov
ernor Vardaman, who informed
the committee that he did not de-
sire Governor Longino to have
anything to do with his inaugu-
ration. This ended the matter, and
Governor Longino was so in
formed. The committee then as
signed Governor Longino to his
seat in the hall, and this was all
there was to it. jackson Even
ing News, Goth inst.
The Lawrence County Press has
begun the publication of a tenn
perance column.
The leader., 1904-01-27
CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION.
Amendment introduced in the House
Wednesday.
An Amendment Also Submitted on Pub
lie Roads.
[Times-D Democrat Special.

1 DVAAAOSA0S OESNOAeAs1
jackson, January 20. The con-
current resolution amending the
State Constitution so as to forbid
the traffic in intoxicating liquors
was introduced today in the
House and referred to the
Committee on Constitution. 1t
seems conceded that the COM
mittee is in favor of a
measure of that sort and will re-
port it favorably. At least, it
will do it unless there has been
considerable change in sentiment
among the majority since the ear
lier days of the session. The fight
may be said to be now on in earn
est. The local optionists and the
liquor men will oppose the amend
ment at every step. The issue is
in doubt There is no question
that the proposed change has a
large majority in both houses, but
whether it can get the necessary
two-thirds majority ON three sue
cessive days required for its sub
mission to the people is the ques-
ton that is still somewhat un-
settled.
The resolution reads as follows:
"Be it resolved by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi,
two-thirds of each house agreeing
thereto, That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the
State be submitted to the qualified
electors for ratification or rejec-
ton at the next election:
Section 275-The traffic in or
sale of intoxicating liquors or
drinks in the State is forever pro-
hibited and no license therefor
shall ever be granted. All laws
authorizing, providing for or re-
cognizing such traffic are hereby
repealed.
1.-THE Legislature shall enact
such laws as shall be necessary for
the enforcement thereof. The
Legislature may, under proper
restrictions, authorize the sale of
alcohol or spirituous liquors for
necessary medicinal or scientific
purposes. "
Another important constitu-
tional amendment was reported
favorably today by the House Con-
stitutional Committee. It is to
amend Section IS, and provides
that the Legislature shall provide
by general law for the working
of public roads by contract or by
county prisoners or both. Such
laws may be put in operation only
by the vote Of the Board of Super
visors or by a majority vote of the
qualified electors voting at an cleo
ton to be held for the purpose of
adopting or rejecting either or
both in those counties where it
may be desirable.
The leader., 1904-01-27

The House of Representatives
have accepted an invitation to
visit Vicksburg in body to-mor-
row to inspect the National mill
tary park at that place. A bill
is pending in the Senate to APP
propriate 100000 for the pur-
pose of erecting monuments to
mark the spots occupied by Missis-
sippi troops during the memora-
BILE siege of '63, as has been done
by other States, and it is hoped
by this visit the makers will
be more favorably impressed with
the idea. incidentally, those So
Ions who have no scruples on the
subject will be given an opportu
nifty to sample the Hill City's
wet goods, though Representa-
tive Errington, of Copiah, de-
clares the Legislature is by no
means looking for ga hot time in
the old town.
The leader., 1904-01-27

The Judiciary Committee of
the House has recommended the
passage of the bill exempting
from taxation vendors liens and
money which is loaned at six per
cent or less. There has always
seemed to us an element of in
justice in the States taxing the
man who loans a thousand dol
lars and at the same time taxing
the borrower on the goods or 9TH
Ell property he purchased with
the money or, as in the case of
the farmer who buys piece of
land on a credit and gives lien
and his note for a thousand dol
lars for the purchase money. AS
the law is now, the farmer is as
sessed with thousand dollars
on the land, and his note is as
sessed as a solvent credit Of a
thousand dollars to the man who
sold him the land. It amounts to
double taxation. The pending
bill, if we are correctly inform
ed, obviates this and at the same
time, if it becomes a law, will re-
suit il bringing q great deal Of
money into the State at i reduced
rate Of interest.
The leader., 1904-01-27

by the grand jury, and sentenced
to Jail for less than six months or
more than eighteen.
Section 6 makes all bonds taken
returnable to- the circuit court
and docketed on the criminal
docket.
Another section requires circuit
judges to call attention to the law
in their charges.
The leader., 1904-01-27

The House Committee on Reg
istration and Elections made a IA
vorable report yesterday on the
Sample bill, proposing amend
ments to the Noel Primary Elec-
ton Law. The bill abolishes the
electoral vote feature of the Noel
law. A section has been added
to the bill providing that the flo
torial executive committees shall
be named by the county executive
committees in cases where two
counties are entitled to foater
representative. The bill elimi-
mates the plurality and electoral
features of the present law and
provides that county and State
elections shall be held on sep
arate days.
The leader., 1904-01-27

Miss Made Eagan, of Crystal
Springs, and Mr.. r. C. Smith
we're married at Jackson during
the Inauguration ceremonies.
Bishop Galloway performed the
ceremony.
The leader., 1904-01-27

VIM. j. Bryan will be prom
inent and influential figure in
the next National Democratic
Convention. He is not candi-
date himself, but he will have
much to do with shaping the plat
form and naming the nominee.
The leader., 1904-01-27

A good deal of opposition is
developing in the denomination of
President Roosevelt. 1t may be
Mark Hanna after all.
The leader., 1904-01-27

Mississippi has three living ex-
governors-Ex-G Gov. Robert Low
ry, Ex-Gov. A. j. McLaurin,
and ex-Gov. A. H. Longino.
The leader., 1904-01-27
B. t. HOBBS. Editor and Proprietor.

The Democrats will hold their
National Convention in St. Louis
in June.
The leader., 1904-01-27

Blnck-D Drought Stock ana Poultry
Medicine IS the best ever tried, Our
stock was looking bad when you oant
me the medicine and now they are
getting 50 fae. They are looking 20
per cent. better
SIP. BRocKINGrON.
The leader., 1904-01-27

The Mississippi Legislature in
tends to put the Migrants to work.
The Legislature is right.
The leader., 1904-01-27

Jackson's artesian wells are
deficient in the amount of water
supplied.
The leader., 1904-01-27
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The leader., 1904-01-27

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
OFFERS 500, 900 ON STATE.
n Business Man VIII Bet EUeR on
Roosevelt an Nezc-Y York.

Representing business man who does not care
To make a bet but who believes that New-fork
will cast it's electoral vote for Roosevelt and Fair
hapks r F. Wilson Of No 35 Broad-st.. offers
500 OoO even that the Republican electors for the
State of New-YOrk will be elected.
Arthur s. Leland & Co. have 1900 Roosevelt
money for which they want 800 OF Parker money.
Artbur Tipper & Co have been commissioned TO
place 81 900 TO $500 on Roosevelt
Parker money still continues to be an unknown
quantity in TenderlOn betting circles, where bets
are not made for spectacular pohtieai erect Out
sor b,,siress reasons Tom" O'Rourke. Johnny
Considine and all the other we'll known TenderlOin
sports declare that it is hard TO find men willing
To take the Democratic side OF bet, even at odds
of to ! on Roosevelt. Even at the Hoffman House.
Democratic stronghold Parker money fails TO
reveal itself Yesterday Marcus Mayer placed in
the hands of Ed Mulcay. cashier of the Hoffman
House 81 900 In bills, to be Wagered on hOoseVelt :
election al odds OF 70 l. and that Roosevelt would
carry the state at even money. Muleay SAID l9st
night that ne could find takers for Mayors offer.
Never saw betting so slow said Mulcay
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
PERIODICAL M4RRI4GE.
George Mereditk's Startling Predic-
tion for Wedded Life.

London. Sept. PA silly season. newspaper
discussion of the marriage question has provoked
a remarkable. statement of opinion from the
novelist, George Meredith, who, in an interview.
In "The Daily Mail" welcomes free dlscussiop
OF the subject. though. as he confesses. ..everv-
thing that ought to be said has to be cut in
half" He predicts change I'm the legal con-
ditlons of marriage and foreshadows a state OF
society permitting marriages for certain limited
periods. the state enforcing provision of money
during that period TO provide for and educate
children. the government possibly taking charge
OF this fund. Mr.. Meredith says:
There win be devil OF an uproar before such
a change can be made 1t will be a great shock
but look back and what shocks there have
been and what changes have nevertheless oc-
CURED IN the marriage business in the past.
Mr. Meredith foresees great difficulty in Eng
llsh conservatism. notably revealed in criticism
OF America. indicating the Englishman's per-
sistency IN regarding any new trait as a sign OF
disease. Yet" Mr.. Meredith says, III IS sign
of health, and ] am very glad u any words OF
mine can help air the subject"
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
TRAIN HITS DYNAMITE.
TrCO Men Killed and Several Injured
Near Cumberland, Nd.

Cumberland Md, Sept. 23-Fast freight No.
%, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. struck
a wagon loaded with $50 pounds of dynamite
at the crossing at North Branch. W. Va four
miles east of here. this afternoon. Two persons
were killed and nine injured. three Of them seri-
ously.
The dead are:
WHITEHAIR c. Walter, front brakeman, Brunswick.
PIKE Nelson. Martinsburg veteran engineer: scalded
all over and internally; lived two hours.
The injured are:
SANDERS, A. B.. fireman. North Mountain W. Va /:
HAMILTON Charles. Baltimore and Ohio operator
ana postmaster at North Branch cuts In face and
HAMILTON Scott of Little Orleans Nd: cuts in face
and body. at least fifty number
AsHKETTLE. James Little Orleans: cut in face
TwIGG' Mary oIdtown; in face.
HAMILTON Raymond. cut ir face
sEIBERT Maude. in face.
LAING James aged twentv-one who was driving the
ured
The Baltimore and Ohio tower was wrecked.
as were several houses near by. The commits
sary OF Mike Elmore. Wabash sub-contractor.
and the Wabash temporary hospital with other
small buildings, were demolished. The windows
OF the schoolhouse and of the home of G.. A.
Zimmerly, on the mountain. half mile away,
were all broken out No house in the neigh
bOrhOOd escaped damage.
Engineer Pike was held under iron scraps on
top of the boiler. while being slowly cooked to
death IL required four men to extricate him.
The explosion knocked nearly every person in
the neighborhood down. hurled Hunter Bowen
through n roof, but did not hurt him. and threw
parts OF the engine two hundred yards. Slack
telegraph wires were snapped midway between
poles by the conclusion.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
CASTRO ACCUSES TRUST
Criminal Proceedings Begun against
the asphalt Company.
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Caracas. Sept 2S-Criminal proceedings
against the New-York and Bermudez Company.
OF the Asphalt Trust. we're begun to-day in the
High Federal Court by the Attorney General
The government OF Venezuela says it has con-
elusive evidence that the trust "instgated. or
ganlzed and maintained" the rebellion OF Gen
eraI Manuel A. Matos against President Castro.
Venezuela places the amount OF damages
wrought by this uprising at SOOOOOOO bolIvares
(S1OOOOOOO). for which the New-York and Ber-
mudez Company will be liable should II be
found guilty.
The action mentioned in the message from
Caracas is separate from the proceedings now
pending In the courts against the New-YOrlS and
Bermudez Company. This latter suit was for
non -fulalment Of its contract. and the High
Federal Court has appointed Ambrose Howard
Garner. of this city. as receiver OF the trusts
plant at GuanOcO until the case is decided
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
SUICIDE ON ELEVATED.
IN FULL VIEW OF CROWD.
Waiter Jumps on Third Rail and Is
Struck by Train.

In view Of a horrOr-stricken crowd, Paul
Schmidt. twenty-eight years old. waiter In
a Harlem restaurant living at No. 4O1 East
Sixty-fourth-st.. committed suicide early last
evening by leaping in front of southbound
train OF the Second-ave. elevated line at the
Eighth-st station.
AS he fell across the tracks his head hit the
third rail-. The body twitched a second. and
then the forward truck of the first car OF the
train struck IL.
Detective Wasserman, of the Fffth-st. station,
standing on the uptown platform when the
man leaped. When the train stopped. sud
denly that many passengers were thrown from
their seats. WasseTman looked under the for
ward truck. and saw that the man VISA dead.
Then the detective arrested the motOrman,
Adolphus H. Mason. Of No. 1875 Lyman Place.
The Bronx.
When Schmidt leaped the crowd was still
with the horor OF Il. but In a few seconds wom-
en- began 20 scream and men to shout Passen-
gers I'm the train crowded to the windows and
platforms and Joined in the general tumult.
Nearby windows were opened by curious per-
sons. on the third floor OF No. 15S First-ave,
nearly opposite the scene OF the accident. cur
tain was blown against the gas Jet In the apart
leaning ont f the window ara did not notice
the blaze until the crowd on the station plat
form shouted to them Then they ran to a
place of safety. An alarm OF fire was turned
IN and In two minutes the fire apparatus
changing through the streets.
with the hremen a still greater crowd
and a call was sent for the reserves OF the
Flfth-st. station
The body OF the waiter tightly wedged
under the car that the wrecking crew labored
half an hour before getting II out.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
CAPTURE ON CAR TOP.
THREE YEGG MEN JUMP.
DetectiUes Catch Them Holding Up
on Speeding Train.

For some time Inspectors Walsh and Smith
have had detectives out hunting for members
Of the 'yegg" gang who for months have worked
on the freight cars which run along the Hud-
son River. robbing persons who were stealing
rides Detective Trojan yesterday followed
four men who. he says. are members Of the
gang. TO the freight yards, at Thirtieth-st and
Twelfth-ave He called Detectives McGn and
George and Agent McLane. OF the railroad. All
concealed themselves IN an empty freight car
and watched the mems movements.
When the train started. at 7:30 p. m. the de-
tectives went TO the top Of the car. The four
''yegg' men crawled along the tops of the cars
until they reached an empty coal car. In this
were about twenty men. who were stealing a
ride TO Albany.
Trojan crawled over the car next TO the coal
car and peered over the side. Two OF the
''yegg' men had pistols pointed at the crowd
and the other two were going through tho men s
pockets.
Trojan called TO his companions All four
drew their revolvers and ordered the "yegg"
men to throw up their hands. The robbers
we're surprised and dropped their pistols.
A brakeman was ordered TO have the train
stopped, as owing TO its speed the detectives
acre unable 10 gef~intO the coat 6Gfs-. When the
train slowed three OF the "yegg" men climbed
vNNA AtE SNF "a S-Nt iit1 40tAfNN- AAS hA"fti
was going about twenty miles an hour. and the
police did not follow them
The fourth climbed top OF refrig-
orator car. Trojan was at his heels and saw
MIN enter the covering on top OF the car and
disappear The detective followed and found
the man hidden between some ice boxes. He
started 10 fight the detective. but subdued.
When the train was brought 10 standstill. at
about One-hundTed- d-and-seventieth-st.. the de-
tectives arrested eight OF the men who We're
stealing a ride. They were taken TO the West
one hundred and fifty -second-st. station.
The 'yegg men had taken IS and razor
from Elmer Bul.ant and had made Harry Bun
nell take off MS shoes The "yegg'' man caught
wore BunnelPs shoes. He said he was Alfred
Thompson. nineteen years old. of No. iO9 Am
sterdam-avc. He was charged with highway
robbery.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
DATES FOR SPEAKERS.
Meetings announced for Brooklyn
Taft and Depe1C to TGlk.

Announcement was made OF important en-
gagements OF leading Republican orators last
night Although no large meetings were an
nounced for Manhattan. dates for two meetings
for Brooklyn were given out The first is on
October 12 at which the entire State ticket
nominees win be present. and Tirothyl- Wood
ruff will preside The principal speaker VIII be
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew. The other meet
ing will be on October "a. when William II,
Taft. Secretary Of War; win make an address
Secretary Taft will speak in Syracuse on Oc-
tober %, Rochester october Is and Buffalo
on october %
Leslie NJ Shaw. Secretary Of the Treasury.
will sneak In Oswego on October 10. Ogdens-
burg on October IL Wstertown on October 4,
and Paterson. N. J.. on october Is.
Charles Emory smith, eN-Postmaster General
win speak IN Syracuse on October s. AT tha
same meeting John Barrett. Minister 70 Pan
ANA viii be q speaker. Mr., smith VIII speak IA
Lancaster. PENN, on October ana IN fi''s-
burg on october -
Ex-senator John NJ Thurst0n. OF Nebraska.
will speak in Boston on October H. JOB =
pledges viii be the principal speaker at a meet
fne in Princeton on October 15.
Speaker Cannon. accompanied BY Congress
man ]. Adam Beoe. VIII make three speeches m
West Virginia-at Huutingtonon october 10. al
Parlersburg ON October u and at MorsantoNn
on October rs. These viii be day meetnss
night meeting win be held az Fairmount on Oo-