Death of McKinley Assassin Czolgosz Reported
Auburn New York October 29 Leon F Czolgosz the assassin of President McKinley paid the penalty of his act with his life this morning at 7 12 30 oclock. Witnesses assembled at 6 45 in the warden s office and watched the execution. The chair was prepared the electrodes fastened and the current passed swiftly. Death was instantaneous and he died unrepentant refusing religious consolation.
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Auburn
N. Y
Leon F. Czolgosz
McKinley
Mead
Czolgosz
Collins
Irs
Prizon
Czolgoss
Chief Wilkie Tracks Counterfeiting Gang Across Cities
Secret Service officers suspect a nationwide counterfeit penny ring with members in Boston and New York. Arrests include M Weiner and Israel Usher in Boston for making and passing coins, and M Levine in New York for buying dies. A grand set of plans and machinery was seized in Boston. For five years the fake pennies have reached the New York sub-treasury at about weekly rate.
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Secret Service
M. Weiner
Boston
Israel Usher
M. Levine
New York
Teol.steel
A.d. Agaifet
Wilkie
Sub-Treasury
Cambridge men arrested for illegal cent coinage scheme
William Winer and Charles Saronsky were arrested by United States officers in Cambridgeport for illegally coining one cent coins. Police seized the coinmaking tools and Winer was held in 3000 bail after a prior sentence. Saronsky’s bail was 1000. The case was continued for a hearing.
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William Winer
Charles Saronsky
United States
Cambridge
Main Street
Cambridgeport
Winer
Eeeeer
Stam
Secret Service
Barker
Federal
Hale
Race riot in Washington parish leaves several dead in Louisiana
Reports from Ball town near Franklinton detail a deadly confrontation during a negro camp meeting. Three white men and an unspecified number of black individuals are reported dead with several wounded as Louisiana troops are asked to pass through Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Picayune
Jackson
Miss
Heard
Louisiana
Longino
Mississippi
Balltown
Washington Parish
Marion County
Picayune Amite City
Franklinton
Cornelius Mixon
Worng
Baltown
Mixon
Creer Lott
Are Sears
Charles Elliott
Connelly
Generally Fair Local Forecast Update
Local forecast calls for fair conditions Tuesday. Unsettled weather is expectedWednesday with warmer temperatures. Southeast winds shift to the south and southwest as the pattern evolves.
Warrants Served On Boston Brokers J M Fisher & Co
United States Marshal and deputies seized Boston brokers J M Fisher & Co at 8 State street with warrants naming partners Frederick Betts and Charles Adams. Fisher and Betts were not found, Adams visiting New York. Officials allege illegal mail schemes to secure patrons and note firms tied to pools like the Miller syndicate. Investigations extend to connected firms and possible technical penalties.
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United States
Charles K. Darling
Boston
J. M.fisher & Co
State Street
Fisher
Frederick B. Betts
Quincy
Charles Adams
New York
Fisher and Betts
Adams
J. M. Fisher & Co
Ed J. Fisher. Co
New York Miller Syndicate
District Attorney’s Office
Fisher & Co
New England
Post Office
Washington
Fiske Building
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Marksman
East
Union
Joe Greenery
Auburn Prison
J. W. Mead
Harvard
Vorenberg’s
Washington, Hanover
Elmets
Summer Street
Thos. O'Callaghan & Co
Milford
Bellingham
Cuba
Cigarro
Spry
Ing. South
Jacksonville
Fletcher
U. S
Fdr
U. A. Grant
Julia Dent Grant
U. A Grant
Canada
Turkey
Furnich
BRE K
North Market
Bosten
Washington St
Hee
Clubmans
Havana
Ledng Cb
Codman & [& Hall Co
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