Pallium Investiture of Archbishop Blenk at St Louis Cathedral
In New Orleans on April 24 Cardinal Gibbons presided as pallium was placed on Archbishop Blenk at St Louis Cathedral. A large clergy procession and many prominent bishops attended as Blenk renewed the oath to the Holy See and took office for the archdiocese covering six states.
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St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Blank
Church
Archbishop Chapelle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Archbishop Blenk
Rome
Blenk
Holy See
Gibbons
Glennon
Morris
Little Rock
Ark
Byrne
Nashville
Garrigan
Sioux City
Kennedy
St. Augustine
Fla
Verdaguer
Brownsville Tex
Dunne
Dallas
Gallagher
Galveston
Meerschaert
Guthrie
Heslin
Natchez
Allen
Mobile
van Deven
Natchitoches
OUSTER SUIT AMENDED IN MO PAC AND WABASH CASE
Attorney General Hadley filed in the Missouri supreme court an amended information in the ouster suit against the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railroads. The action alleges Gould stock controlled and sold to Missouria Pacific giving control of the Wabash. Attorneys expect the case to proceed on an agreed statement of facts. The Standard and Waters-Pierce and Republic oil suits were postponed awaiting Special Commissioner Anthony’s report, expected by May 1.
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Hadley
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Goulds
Missouria Pacific
Custer
Standard and Waters-Pierce
Republic Oil
Mrs. Lubbock Dead Widow of Governor Dies in Austin
Mrs. F R Lubbock widow of the late Governor Lubbock died Wednesday morning at her Austin residence after illness. Her remains will be shipped to Abilene, her former home, accompanied by several members of the legislature.
Million Dollar Gift Donated by Philadelphia Quakeress
A Philadelphia Quakeress presented a substantial cash gift valued at about one million dollars. The donor’s name is withheld in the report, and the contribution is described as the largest philanthropic gesture in recent city history, aimed at supporting charitable initiatives and educational causes.
Million Gift for Southern Negro Education Named for Rural Schools
Philadelphia April 24 A $1,000,000 fund for rudimentary schools for southern Negroes is donated by Miss Anna T. Jeanes. Booker T. Washington and Hollis Burke Frizzell are named trustees to run the program with income used only for rural and community schools in the southern United States. The deed he gifts Washington and Frizzell may appoint a board. Pennsylvania Company for Insurances acts as fiscal agent.
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Philadelphia
Anna T. Jeanes
Quakress
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Hollis Burke Frizell
Halypton Norgoal and Industrial Institute
United States
Washington and Frizell
Pennsylvania Company For
Jeanes
Society of Friends
Washington
Texas Division Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps Meet in Dallas
The twenty second annual encampment gathered veterans in Dallas on April 24. Robert McCormick welcomed attendees while Mayor Smith sent a welcome letter. W F Conner and Dr L L Whittaker spoke, and Carrie Sparklin of St. Louis addressed the group amid warm greetings and a memento presentation from Houston’s George B. McClellan post.
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Dallas
Texas Division
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Robert McCormick
Richard J. Oglesby
Smith
W. F. Conner
L. L. Whittaker
San Antonio
Lone Star
George B. McClellan
Houston
Bislow
Death's Heavy Hand in Temple Area Family
Four siblings died within three weeks in a Temple Texas area family near Onenville from measles and complications leaving only the parents and two remaining children. The seven member household saw five deaths in short succession as health officials note the outbreak.
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Temple
Tex
J. W. Schillings
Onenville
Tillman lecture Provokes Silence on Racial Equality
In Northampton on April 24 at the Academy of Music Senator Tillman of South Carolina asked the audience to raise hands on two racial questions. He first asked if they believed the Negro was not the equal of the white man and received no response. He then asked if they believed in white supremacy and a few hands went up. He concluded by requesting reasons for the lack of response.
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Northampton
Mass
Academy of Music
Tillman
South Carolina
Question of Deficit Raises Oklahoma Statehood Debate
Guthrie April 24 Governor Frantz weighs an attorney general opinion on whether Oklahoma can legally call a constitutional convention and an election of state officers. The opinion concerns funding for the submission and election and the potential impact on statehood prospects.
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Guthrie
Frantz
United States
Oklahoma
Bonaparte
Veteran Treasurer H T Smith Dies in California
Captain H T Smith longtime treasurer of the Southern Pacific died at his San Carlos home in San Mateo county. Pneumonia and paralysis contributed to the death, reported from San Francisco on April 24.
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San Francisco
H. T. Smith
The
Southern Pacific
San Carlos
San Mateo County
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