Gimbel Dies After Hotel Cutting Incident
Benedict Gimbel wealthy Philadelphia merchant died in Hoboken after cutting his throat and wrists with broken glass. He had been released on bail following bribery allegations and had been with a 16 year old boy when detectives pursued him. His family said overwork and mental stress led to his collapse and his business will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benedict Gimbel
Mer’ Ehant
Hoboken
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ivor Clark
Clark
Gimbel
District Attorney’s Office
Krotel
Guin
Philadelphia
Palac
Charters and Permits Filing Fee Bill Passes in House
Austin April 22 bill increasing filing fees for charters and permits passed finally in the house. A separate bill for delinquent tax list publication was engrossed. The senate struck out the nine jurors provision in civil cases after two hours debate. The governor vetoed the textbooks bill citing objections to the supplemental book feature and a trust representative on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate
Mobile Endures One of History’s Heaviest Showers
Mobile faced a record downpour from midnight Sunday into Monday morning flooding streets one to two feet deep. The school board closed schools as the new union station flooded and damage to homes and buildings was heavy. Some areas were cut off from a radius of ten blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
Union Station
Matt Hicks Dead First Mutuals Catcher Found Dead
In Hoboken a former baseball figure from the New York Mutuals and Cincinnati Red Stockings was found dead in a hotel room. Matt Hicks, 60, longtime billiard room manager, appears to have been assyxiated by gas likely turned on accidentally in a Hoboken hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matt" Hicks
New York Mutuals
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Hoboken
Hicks
Woman Claiming Czar Cousin Detained on Ventura
In San Francisco on April 22 Martha Covalinsky who says she is a Russian czar’s cousin and a princess is detained aboard the liner Ventura. She awaits an immigration commission decision on whether she is a victim of trachoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
San Francisco
Martha Covalinsky
Russia
Immigration Commission
Plant Consumed by Large Fire at Seacoast Canning
The Seacoast Canning Company plant in North Lubeck leased to American Can Company of New York burned completely. Estimated loss reaches 200000 dollars. Fire began April 22 in Lubeck Maine, causing extensive damage to the facility and its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seacoast Canning Company
Lubeck
American Can Company of
New York
North Lubeck
Independent Propositions at Hague Peace Conference
Tokio April 22 The Japan Mail reports the Japanese delegation will present independent propositions at the Hague peace conference. They include conventions on land battle conduct, mining commercial routes, wireless telegraphy between besieged forts and neutral territory points, and use of neutral ports for belligerent purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan Mail
In Room of Lover French Girl Ends Life in NYC Boarding House
Isabella Bouttelot, a French girl, killed herself in her lover Louis Belleville's room at a boarding house in New York. She left a letter saying life was no longer worth living after seeking him in his room via a back yard fire escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Isabella Bouttelot
Louis Belleville
Hammerstein's
Opera House
Riot in Free Will Baptist Church Sparks Fights
In Portsmouth Ohio on Sunday a faction opposed to Rev Freeman Chase clashed at the Free Will Baptist church during a bid to depose him and install another minister. Women fainted and many fled as authorities did not intervene until the new minister and elders withdrew the scene was calmed. Chase has since left the conference and is leading the church independently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Freeman Chase
Free Will Baptist Church
Chase
Union committee to seek Roosevelt interview in Washington
The Central Federated union selects a committee to travel to Washington and press for a public withdrawal of Roosevelt’s reported remarks regarding Moyer and Haywood in the Harriman letter incident. The aim is to obtain an interview with President Roosevelt if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Federated Union
Washington
Roosevelt
Moyer and Haywood
Harriman
One Participant Killed In Virginia Pistol Duel
In Evington Campbell county, John Grossman a telegraph operator was killed and merchant Early was wounded in the leg in a pistol duel. The dispute reportedly involved Early over a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynenburg
Evington
Campbell County
John Grossman
Early
Baltimore leader dies during annual board report
During the Hebrew Orphan asylum annual meeting in Baltimore on April 22 the president Moses J. Oppenheimer collapsed and died from heart disease after finishing the first page of his remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
The
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Moses J. Oppenheimer
OPPENHEIMER HONORED AS PREMIER OF BNAI B'ARITH
Memphis April 22 The opening session of the thirty fourth annual convention of the grand lodge of the seventh district Independent Order of the B N A I B A R I T H elected officers led by J M Oppenheimer of San Antonio as president. Other officers include Charles Rosen New Orleans first vice president Charles J Haase Memphis second vice president Isaac Schwarz Alabama treasurer Nat Strauss New Orleans secretary and H J Dannebaum Texas sergeant at arms The seventh district covers Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Florida and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Memphis
Grand Lodge
Seventh District
Independent Order of the
B’nai B’arith
J. M. Oppenheimer
San Antonio
Charles Rosen
New Orleans
Charles J. Haase
Isaac Schwarz
Alabama
Nat Strauss
H. J. Dannebaum
British steamship Barnstable Hits Port Side in Collision
The Barnstable under Captain Davidson arrived from Port Antonio Jamaica with a large hole in her port side and a twisted stem after colliding at full speed with the Old Point Comfort from Cape Charles City to Old Point Virginia. No injuries reported. cause of collision unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Barnstable
Davidson
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Old Point Comfort
Cape Charles City
Old Point
Archangelsk Ferry Disaster Claims Thirty-Nine Lives
In St. Petersburg on Saturday night the ferry steamer Archangelsk foundered on the Neva. It is confirmed that thirty-nine persons died. Divers recovered several bodies, while many others were swept into the Gulf of Finland by the current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Archangelsk
Neva
Gulf of Finland
Revenue official Bell commits suicide in Nashville hotel
Deputy Revenue Collector BE. E. Bell shot himself with morphine in a Nashville hotel on April 22. He had served many years in the revenue department and was feared by Tennessee moonshiners in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
BE. E. Bell
Revenue Service
Tennessee
Sugar Duty Reduced in Buenos Ayres
Argentina government cuts sugar duty to 6 centavos gold, announced in Buenos Ayres on April 22. The move aims to influence trade and pricing within the national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
No Foundation In Roosevelt Conspiracy Claim
Washington officials announce no further attention will be paid to Jan Bartula's claim of an archists conspiracy to assassinate President Roosevelt. They state the story had no foundation and his mind was unbalanced by his wife’s death weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service
Jan Bartula
Newark
Hazleton
Roosevelt
Buarula
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. E. Bullock & Co
Will S. Higgs
Ed Hall
Howell Bros
B. Kaczer & Co
D. Mike Jr
J. H. Mawhinney
Sanders Bros
Jno
M. Sebesta
Higgs & Haygoods
Accidens
L. E. Brockman
M. H. James
J.W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
Bryan Street
Matt” Hicks
Oppenheimer
Blondwood
King Nutwood
Nutwood
Mary Glenn
Red Wilkes
George Wilkes
Reagan, Tex
Bloadwood
Henry & Brogdon Bros
Bryan, Tex
S.W. Higgs
Bryan
Alwrasts Freaasz
Wmmen’s
John Wittman
S. H. Franklin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!