Senator Orville Platt Dies of Pneumonia at Home
United States Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt died at his summer home in Washington CT from a lung abscess rupture and pneumonia. The funeral is planned for Tuesday at the Congregational Church. He was a leading figure with New England ideals and Puritan integrity, admired by President and colleagues.
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Hartford
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New England
Death of Senator Platt prompts national mourning
Washington reports unanimous view that Senator Platt's death is a distinct loss to the senate and the country. President Roosey notes the senator's frequent White House visits and consultations on important state matters. Congress plans large funeral turnout to honor his memory.
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Storm halts season opener as Washington tops New York in New York
A powerful thunderstorm interrupted the opener between Washington and New York at American League Park, drawing nearly 20,000 spectators. Fans demanded the game be called, riot threats followed, and play resumed in the final half of the fourth inning with Washington leading 3 to 1. The game did not count in the series. In Philadelphia, 18,000 saw Philadelphia defeat Boston 5 to 4 in the opener.
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Washington
Chesbro
Philadelphia
Boston
Memphis and Little Rock Open Season With Errorless Game
Memphis and Little Rock opened the Memphis Southern League season with an errorless contest. Bolin's first inning wildness produced a run for Little Rock, but Memphis won 2 to 1 before a large crowd.
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Little Rock
Bolin
Two Tramps Killed In Freight Wreck Near Haughton
A fast freight on the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific derailed near Haughton thirty miles from Shreveport. Twelve cars went off the track and two tramp laborers, one white man and one Black man, were killed in the accident reported April 22.
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Fire in Brownsville destroys tenements. one firefighter injured
A blaze at 37 Belmont Street in Brooklyn's Brownsville section destroyed more than twenty small tenement buildings and damaged property valued at $100,000. One fireman sustained injuries while battling the flames at the furniture factory owned by Mrs. Bertha Glass.
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Mutualization Urged For Equitable Life Society
Albany April 22. The crisis in Equitable Life Assurance was presented to Governor Higgins by a committee of managing agents who traveled from Syracuse to seek immediate mutualization. Joseph Bowes spoke for the Baltimore office as the agents urged charter amendment, appealing to the governor and legislature to act promptly.
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Jas. B. Hyde
Bowes
Hyde Replies to Equitable Agents on Board Control
New York April 22 Vice President Hyde contends a system of control that places agents over directors is sound in principle. He urges agents to submit loyalty to the lawful direction of the board and avoid stirring further strife or overriding the board's action.
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Russian Second Pacific squadron leaves Kamranh Bay
Reports from St Petersburg say the squadron has departed Kamranh Bay for Vladivostok while Japan protests will be handled as if the voyage had not begun A special Admiralty church service honored the squadron with Grand Duke Alexis and Admiral Avellan among the attendees in London a Pekin dispatch notes coaling at Hainan Island
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Delivering Deeds Sparks Choctaw Approval Clash
Chief McCurtain of the Choctaw nation began delivering deeds to Choctaw Indians in Kinta on Friday. The deeds have not been approved by Secretary Hitchcock nor recorded by the Dawes commission, amid a long contention over land title supervision. Chairman Bixby says the chiefs fight with the secretary and the commission awaits orders.
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Horse Trader Crumley Shot at Terry's Store
Muskogee on April 22 reports William Crumley a horse trader was shot and killed almost instantly at Terry's store near the oil fields. Terry sixty claimed Crumley entered with a stone threatening his life over stock running at large. Terry was jailed.
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Nan Patterson to share cell with sister after services
New York on April 22 reports Nan Patterson will share a cell with her sister Mrs. J Morgan Smith. On Good Friday they attended services at a Presbyterian chapel and afterward her counsel and her father visited.
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Nan Patterson
J. Morgan Smith
Presbyterian
Minor Matters Dusts of Death and Trials
Rev B W Hartley died suddenly at Lucerne Oklo while Garfield heads to California. French senate approves budget and adjourns to May 31. Beaumont indicts thirteen saloon men for Sunday law violations. Claude Wilkerson of Mannville L T dies after eating canned sardines. White Oak residents escape wolves near disaster. Enid merchant William Kennedy, former Citizen’s Bank president, placed under bond for making false statements about the bank.
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Claude Wilkerson
White Oak
Postal raid targets lottery offices across several states
Houston officers raided lottery offices Friday arresting Otto Taub in Houston J H Scheifest and T J Tiernan in San Antonio The sweep extended over several states and aimed to treat all parties alike The charge centers on conspiracy to bring lottery tickets from Mexico into the United States
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Mexico
Printing Plant Seized In San Antonio Lottery Ring
United States secret service officers seized a San Antonio printing plant on Friday used to print lottery tickets for several Mexican lotteries. Several arrests were made in connection with the case and the tickets were distributed nationwide.
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United States Secret Service
Tragedy in Texas Yards Strikes Two Workers
West Wethersby is killed after being struck by a moving freight car in the Texas and Pacific yards in Bonham. Pink Bailey is severely injured with his right leg mangled and likely to be amputated. both men crossed the track in front of the train and were pulled beneath the wheels.
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Banquet Honors Texas Pioneers and Dawson Monuments
In La Grange on April 22, 2000 guests attended a Veterans and Daughters of the Republic banquet where ex Governor Lubbock praised Texas pioneers. A fund was begun for a monument to Dawson and his men and the Miers prisoners. Hon J F Wolters spoke of these deeds.
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Miers
J. F. Wolters
Texas murder confession by dying fugitive in Tacoma
A Tacoma man named J. C. Johnson died after confessing to relatives that his real name was George W. Deal and that he had killed a man in Texas. He said the murder followed the Galveston flood and that he had been a fugitive. He died before detailing the crime.
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J. C. Johnson
George W. Deal
Texas
Johnson
Galveston
Attempted crime case in Houston jail involving Robbin Meritt
A seventeen year old Black youth Robbin Meritt is jailed in Houston after a sworn confession admitting an attempted crime against a Caucasian girl. The report notes the incident occurred on April 22 and classifies the act as an attempted criminal offense.
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Robbin Meritt
Death of Aunt Deecie Bailey in Taylor Texas
Taylor Texas April 22. Aunt Deecie Bailey a Negro woman forty five years old is dead. She weighed nearly 335 pounds.
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Tex
Deecie Bailey
Natchez Old Men Hold Anti-Osler Birthday Outing
Natchez Mississippi on April 22 eighty citizens from bankers cotton factors and merchants attended Captain John C Fowler on his Ivanhoe plantation twelve miles below Natchez. Grayhaired men of seventy played baseball marbles tops and jacks then shared an al fresco dinner. The party challenged a Baltimore professor’s view that old men have passed their usefulness.
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Enormous Telegraph Damage From Wyoming Storm
Cheyenne Wyoming reports extensive telegraph damage after a midweek storm. Wires were snapped between poles and hundreds of poles broke or weighed down by snow and ice. Fifteen inches of snowfall blanketed the region, delaying repairs amid continuing severe weather.
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Yukon appoints McInnes as new governor
Ottawa reports W. W. B. McInnes member of the British Columbia legislature for Alberni has been named governor of Yukon with residence at Dawson. Salary is $12,000 annually. He succeeds Gov. Congdon who resigned to run for the Yukon seat in the Federal parliament and was defeated.
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Yukon Territory
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Yukon
Earl of Chister Passes Away in London
London reports the death of Earl of Chister Reverend Francis Godophlin Phelpam. Born October 28, 1844, his obituary notes his lineage and status in society.
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Earl of Chister
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