Race and Place Newspapers

Richmond Planet

Newspaper Information
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Date of Publication: March 31, 1906 (Wednesday)
Frequency: weekly
Article Transcripts

Page 01

Column 1
A Death-Bed Wedding

Summary of Article
A couple was married as the bride lay dying. She was only married for seven hours.

Column 2
Mr. Nixon Speaks--He Objects to the Rate Bill

Summary of Article
The writer of this letter opposses a bill that would reduce southern representation because the southern states prohibit the majority of African-Americans from voting. He feels this way because if southern representation was reduced pursuant to the fourteenth amendment, the blacks who could vote at the time would certainly be disfranchised. He sees the fifteenth amendment as forbidding this result, and so thinks that the plan is unconstitutional.J.O. Nixon

Column 3
Pythian Anniversary

Summary of Article
Reports on the large and successful celebrations of anniversaries of the Knights of Pythias and the Courts of Calanthe. The Knights of Pythias is a male fraternal and benevolent society, and the Courts of Calanthe is its female counterpart.

Column 4
Governor Whipped a Convict

Summary of Article
Governor Vardaman of Virginia admitted to kicking over a black convict who was shining his shoes and beating him with a broom because he "made some impudent remark."

Column 4
Is Generally Public

Summary of Article
Follows up the above article, and says that Governor Vardaman should be investigate rigorously, because the prison board recently prosecuted a guard for cruel and inhuman treatment of a white convict.

Column 4
From Tennessee

Summary of Article
A man from Tennessee reports that in that state, Emancipation is celebrated on the ninth of April, whereas in Virginia it is celebrated on April 3rd. He says that this is because April 9th was the day when freed men and women found out about their freedom and rejoiced and celebrated. He tells of the Tennessee celebration, which includes fellowship and good food, and sends his good wishes for a successful Virginia celebration this year.I remain as ever yours truly, Rev. Isaac J. Persons.

Column 5
Afro-American Emancipation Association's Line of March

Summary of Article
Gives plans for the marching route for the Emancipation Celebration coming up on April 3rd.

Column 5
$150.00 Endowment Paid

Summary of Article
Certifies that John Mitchell, Jr., the Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and the editor of the Planet, paid the $150.00 death claim on a deceased member of the organization. The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal and benevolent society.Signed--Beverly Diamond, Administrator

Column 5
Bernhardt Played in Tent.

Summary of Article
Reports that Sarah Bernhardt performed in the play "Camille" in a Dallas circus tent in front of five thousand people.

Column 5
$665,000 for Tuskegee Institute

Summary of Article
A New York merchant left the Tuskegee institute an amount which is estimated at $665,000.

Column 5
Receivers for Baltimore Newpaper

Summary of Article
Reports that the Evening Herald has had receivers appointed, but will continue operations until further notice.

Column 6
All Right on Lynching

Summary of Article
Speaks about the case of an African-American man who was granted a stay of execution by the Supreme Court, but was taken from his Tennessee jail and lynched. Says that prosecution of the members of the mob may come under the federal laws making it a felony to conspire to deprive a person federal rights, or to injure him from having sought to excercise those rights.

Column 7
From Philadelphia

Summary of Article
Gives several items of news from the Philadelphia African-American community. These include reports about the opening of a new black resort in Atlantic city; concerts and celebrations; and church news.

Column 7
Notice!

Summary of Article
Reports that the Knights of Pythias of Louisville, Ky. are raising money for a celebration and asks that, to insure the proper receipt of donations, all interested parties contact the Executive Chairman in Louisville. The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal and benevolent society.

Page 04

Column 1

Summary of Article
Says that Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina is so grateful to Senator Aldrich, who appointed Tillman over an important bill, that he is being led around by Aldrich. The bill is to regulate railroad rates, and the editorial suggests that Aldrich is not in favor of it and is influencing Tillman in that direction.

Column 1
More Suits Against McCurdy

Summary of Article
The former president of Mutual Life Insurance company is facing several suits from the company, including one for fraudulent and corrupt conspiracy. The total amount sued for is over five million dollars.

Column 1
Crossed Baltic Sea in a Balloon

Summary of Article
Two German soldiers crossed the Baltic Sea in a snow storm and had to make a dangerous emergancy landing.

Column 1
Carnegie gives schools $2,000,000

Summary of Article
Andrew Carnegie made a new gift of two million dollars to the Carnegie Technical Schools of Pittsburg.

Column 2
Five Arrests in Bank Case

Summary of Article
Three employees and two other men were arrested in connection with the collapse of the Enterprise National Bank of Pittsburg. Apparently the men conspired to systematically withdraw more money than the criminal customer had on account.

Column 2
Johnson and Small Hanged

Summary of Article
Two black men were hanged for the murder of a woman from Moorestown, New Jersey.

Column 2
Buffalo Grafters face Arrest

Summary of Article
A contractor received a city job to remove bodies from an old cemetary, and paid one-third of the profits to the officials who gave him the contract. He had been convicted of grand larceny and the officials who were complicit in the scheme now face arrest.

Column 2
Man and Dog Drowned

Summary of Article
An employee of the Hudson County, N.J. almshouse and his dog drowned in a reservoir.

Column 2
The Dewey Passes Gibraltea

Summary of Article
Reports that the dry dock Dewey passed Gibraltar during bad weather, but that all was well on board.

Column 2
Five Prisoners Burned to Death

Summary of Article
A black prisoner at the county farm near Corsicans, Tex. set a fire in his cell in order to escape, but instead killed himself and four others.

Column 3
Asks Warrants in Inurance Case

Summary of Article
Warrants were requested without specific suspects in order to test the legality of contributions of insurance companies to political campaign committees.

Column 3
Struck by Lightning in Pulpit

Summary of Article
An Iowa preacher was struck by lightning during a sermon and died an hour later.

Column 3
Big Fire at Johnstown

Summary of Article
Several buildings in Johnstown, Pa. were destroyed by fire at a loss of over $700,000.

Column 3
Seven Killed by Train

Summary of Article
Seven family members were killed when a train struck their wagon.

Column 4
High License for Ohio

Summary of Article
Ohio passed a law raising the liquor tax from $350 to $1000. It was predicted that the law would drive half of the saloons, or about 6000, out of business.

Column 4
New Tax Bill For Jersey

Summary of Article
New Jersey's legislature almost unanimously passed a bill creating county boards of taxation.

Column 4
Three Trackmen Killed in Tunnel

Summary of Article
Three track repairmen were killed and one was injured when they were struck by a tunnel.

Column 4
Died Trying to Save Grandmother

Summary of Article
A grandson died in a fire trying to save his grandmother, who also perished.

Column 4
A Bloody Church Social

Summary of Article
Two arguing church factions began a gun fight at a church social which resulted in one death and several injuries.

Column 4
Shot on Her Wedding Day

Summary of Article
A father shot and mortally wounded his daughter and shot and killed himself rather than let her be married and leave him.

Column 4
Receiver for Paper Mills

Summary of Article
A federal judge was appointed receiver for a set of mills made financially insecure by the failure of their supporting bank.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Thursday, March 22

Summary of Article
A Pennsylvania congressman died suddenly in Washington; Almost twenty families lost their homes in a New Jersey fire; The world record in blindfold typewriting was broken by a Chicago woman who wrote 4007 words in 60 minutes; A Philadelphia woman committed suicide by inhaling gas; A doctor from Norfolk, Va. was found not guilty on a charge of having performed a criminal operation on a woman.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Friday, March 23

Summary of Article
A state bill to legalize pool selling at Ohio race tracks was defeated; A New Jersey man committed suicide by swalling carbolic acid; Two workers were killed in a New York train wreck; A 300 acre Delaware farm was sold at a sheriff's auction for $35,000; The former South Carolina state railroad comissioner died of heart disease on his farm.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Saturday, March 24

Summary of Article
A famous summer resort in Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire; General Julio Sanguilly, famous from the Cuban revolution, died in Havana; A man from New York dropped dead at the funeral of his sister in Pennsylvania; A bill was introduced in Congress asking that $50,000 be appropriated for a bronze statue of Samuel J. Tilden; A Pennsylvania man committed suicide with dynamite.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Monday, March 26

Summary of Article
Five family members of a minor Mexican president were killed by Yaqui Indians; The President of Western Reserve University reported in a Chicago lecture that no more than five percent of college graduates go bad; Two employees of a St. Louis powder plant were killed when a stray spark caused an explosion; A young Pennsylvania boy broke his arm with scissors while cutting pictures from a paper.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Tuesday, March 27

Summary of Article
A gas explosion destroyed two dry good stores in Iowa; Andrew Carnegie will give $25,000 dollars to Roanoke (Va.) College if a like sum is raised; A fire in Fayetville, North Carolina destroyed 11 buildings; An 40 year associate of the Baltimore Sun died of pneumonia at the age of 69; A policeman from Harrisbur, Pa. was acquitted of murder for shooting a 12 year old African-American boy who fled after robbing a jewelry store.

Column 5
A Week's News Condensed: Wednesday, March 28

Summary of Article
A gasoline engine in Pennslvania exploded and destroyed a dozen buildings; A department store in Reading, Pa. made an assignment. Its liabilities were $35,000 and its assets $50,000; A black man from New York was convicted of abducting white women and detaining them in an African-American resort was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

Column 6
Daring Ride Over Mountain Trail

Summary of Article
A stage driver rode eight and a half hours over mountain trails, at night, in minus seventy degree weather, in order to get fresh milk to the ailing wife of a millionaire mine operator.

Column 7
Awful Scene Occurs at Triple Hanging

Summary of Article
A hanging of three murderers in Australia went awry when the Chief Warden fell through the trapdoor and one of the criminals had his hands unbound and grasped desperately at the rope around his neck.

Column 7
Couple Wed for Third Time

Summary of Article
A man and woman from Wisconsin married for the third time after two divorces.

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