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Race and Place Newspapers
Richmond Planet
Location: Richmond, VirginiaArticle Transcripts
Date of Publication: March 24, 1906 (Wednesday)
Frequency: weekly
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United States Supreme Court Defied
A black man was taken from prison and lynched for the alleged assault on a white girl. The victim had been granted a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court. He reportedly confessed when he was taken from jail, but declared his innocence when the rope was put around his neck. He was hung from a bridge and, when the rope broke, had his body shot many times to insure his death.
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Resolutions
A remembrance for a deceased member of the Knights of Pythias. The Knights of Pythias are a fraternal and benevolent society.
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Knights of Pythias Anniversary
Announcement that the Knights of Pythias and the Orders of Calanthe are to celebrate their anniversary seperately. The Knights of Pythias are an all-male subdivision of the Orders of Calanthe; both are fraternal and benevolent societies.
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An announcement of a large church gathering.
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Another New Court in Lynchburg.
A new all-female "court" of the Orders of Calanthe was organized in Lynchburg, Va.. The Orders of Calanthe is a benevolent and fraternal society. The induction ceremony was presided over by John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia's Grand Worthy Counsellor, who is also the editor of the Richmond Planet.
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Another Court in Roanoke--Grand Worthy Counsellor There
A new all-female "court" of the Orders of Calanthe was organized in Roanoke, Va. The Orders of Calanthe is a benevolent and fraternal society. The induction ceremony was presided over by John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia's Grand Worthy Counsellor, who is also the editor of the Richmond Planet.
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Industrial Class to Open
A new Richmond resident orginally from Newark, NJ will open a female industrial class on sewing, crocheting, and similar uses of needlwork.
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Services at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Sunday, the 25th
Announces the services at a local church, which include preaching from the Field Secretary for the National Baptist Convention and the annual celebration for the Courts of Calanthe, a fraternal and benevolent society.
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Grand Pink Tea Party
Announces a tea party given by the Ladies Auxiliary.
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Rev. Smith Wants Peace
A Reverend pleads with Virginia's Baptists to stop intra-dominational feuding. He feels that such discord undermines unity, spiritual values, and fund-raising.
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Editor Mitchell in Prince George County
The Editor of the Planet, John Mitchel, Jr. describes a trip he took to Petersburg. The tale includes instances of difficulty with the wagon, two brief ghost stories, and the general conversation between Mitchell and his companions.
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A Progressive Firm
Reports on a fairly young but reputable Richmond real estate firm.
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Says that Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina will not get a railroad bill through the Senate. His efforts to convince others about its value have not been successful, and there are some who object to his comments about President Roosevelt.
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Reports that Virginia's legislature has recently adjourned, and says that it was one of the poorest such assemblages in a long while. The editorial says that it doubled its own salary, caused trouble, and passed the "Jim Crow" street car bill. Says that those advocates of the segregationist bill who said that some Richmond blacks favored it were wrong to the point of being humorous. Rather, Richmond African-Americas fought the bill and continued to fight it.
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Tampering With the Laws
Reports that a subtle change in a Virginia state bill would have rendered it inoperative and disadvantaged some whites. Says that blacks cannot be continuously disadvantaged and cheated without the same happening to whites. The bill hoped to render blacks politically ineffective to keep "honest, justice-loving white men of means and respectability" from office.
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The Supreme Court Defied
A black man was taken from jail and lynched for allegedly assaulting a white girl after the Supreme Court had granted him a stay of execution. [See headline on first page.] The editorial says that this occurence shows the contempt lynchers have for the law and hopes that the Supreme Court will act with speed and firmness to preserve its dignity and authority.
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Mayor McCarthy's Declaration
Praises a speech given by Richmond Mayor McCarthy at the Academy of Music. Reports that the Mayor has made some mistakes, but is well-meaning and is a person of principle. Also notes that the Mayor made some credible charges about corrupt city politics and administration and notes that the purging of blacks from politics has not served to purify such matters as some had argued.
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The Butchery in the Philippines
Tells of the recent bombardment of six hundred men, women, and children in the Phillipines, and gives a speech on the matter by Rev. Dr. Chas. H. Parkhurst of New York. Rev. Parkhurst finds the military operation loathsome and an embarrassment to the United States. He is surprised and dissapointed to find that President Roosevelt applauded the operation, in light of the American program of "benevolent assimilation." The Planet's editorial agrees completely with Parkhurst's feelings.
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Earthquake Kills Thousands
Reports that a recent earthquake in Formossa, Japan reportedly killed thousands and caused $45,000,000 in damage.
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William Rockefeller Has Cancer
Reports from the New York "World" says that William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller is in Europe and has stomach cancer.
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Steamer Caerense Floated
A British steamship running from Peru to New York that ran ashore near Atlantic City was successfully floated and will be inspected for damage.
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"Black Hand" Leaders in Toils
Tells of two apprehended Italians, reported to be leader of the "Black Hand" criminal organization in the region. They allegedly extorted money and intimidated people who resisted them. The judge set the bail at 18,000 per person to prevent flight.
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Murder at Columbia, Pa.
A man shot and killed another for supposedly prejudicing his sweetheart against him.
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Twelve Dead in Snowslide
Twelve miners died when a snowslide struck their boarding house.
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Grover Cleveland is 69
Reports that former president Grover Cleveland left his home in Princeton and travelled to Florida in order to improve his health.
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Three Men Killed by Cave-in
Three workers on the Atlantic City railroad died when an embankment collapsed.
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Palma Re-elected President
Reports that Tomas Estrada Palma was unanimously re-elected president of the Cuban Republic.
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Count Witte Will Retire
Reports that the Russian premier has suggested that he would retire and be replaced by the former minister of finance.
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Robbers Get $425,000
Twenty robbers escaped with over 425,000 dollars from one of Moscow's largest banks.
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Negro Murderer Recaptured
A black man sentenced to hang for mnurdering a toll-gate keeper escaped and, after eluding searchers for two weeks, was recaptured.
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Wants New Judicial System for Jersey
A commission appointed to make reccomendations on how to improve New Jersey's judicial system reported back with several ideas that would increase efficency and streamline the judicial mechanism.
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Mother and Child Killed by Train
A mother and her child were struck by a train while driving across a railroad track.
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Cashier an Embezzler
A cashier and a lawyer of a bank face indictment for embezzlement and consipracy in excess of fifty thousand dollars.
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May Punish Lynchers
Reports that the Supreme Court is considering investigating a Tennessee mob which took a black man from jail and lynched him. The man had been granted a stay of execution by the Supreme Court.
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Over $4,000,000 Involved
Reports on a suit over a large amount of securities and real estate involved in the estate of a deceased Pittsburg millionaire coal operator.
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Hazing Bill Agreed On
A congressional sub-committee reported on hazing at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The report suggested, among other things, that a graduated system of discipline be employed, rather than the automatic dismissal currently employed.
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Boy Shot in Quarrel
A fourteen year old boy shot and killed his sixteen year old friend after an argument over a ring.
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A Week's News Condensed: Thursday, March 15
The North Carolina Pine Association will hold its annual meeting in Norfolk; A Philadelphia girl dies from injuries sustained from a fall while jumping rope; A railroad worker was struck and killed by a train while clearing the tracks of snow; A Georgia warehouse was destroyed by fire, incurring a 175,000 dollars loss.
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A Week's News Condensed: Friday, March 16
The publisher of the Washington Evening News died suddenly; A well known minister of Georgia died at the age of seventy-seven; Five women were injured and three killed when hot metal exploded in a Pennsylvania mill; Appropriations were approved for a temporary home for soldiers and sailors in Washington.
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A Week's News Condensed: Saturday, March 17
Several stores were destroyed by fire in Pennsylvania; The father of Army Captain John Pershing died; Four guests died in a hotel fire in Michigan; A New York iron worker was sentenced to one year for assaulting a non-union worker; A Tennessee doctor was arrested for murdering a woman; A machine tool company was destroyed by fire in Cincinnati.
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A Week's News Condensed: Monday, March 19
A man was ejected from the Royal Arcanum in Rome, New York for improper conduct; Three men were wounded and one was killed in a Chicago bar fight; Trustees of the New York Life Insurance company failed to pay back a $148,000 that was presented to the Republican campaign fund.
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A Week's News Condensed: Tuesday, March 20
The U.S. Supreme Court recessed until April 2; A Pennsylvania man arrested for bigamy attempted suicide; Postal appropriations increased by about 5 percent, or ten million dollars; A clerk in Buffalo;s city controller's office committed suicide during an investigation of his accounts.
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A Week's News Condensed: Wednesday, March 21
The body of an anarchist was cremated in Cincinnati; The pension appropriation bill in the amount of 140 million dollars was passed by the Senate; A railroad snow plow hit a horse and killed the three men who operated it; A prominent Pennsylvania lawyer died suddenly during a legal investigation in Michigan; A Pennsylvania train ran into lumber on a track and the engineer was killed.
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