Officials to witness Czolgosts execution in New Jersey
Albany, Oct 16. Superintendent Wellings will seek Secretary Hay's designation of an official government representative to witness Leon Czolgosz's electrocution. Only 76 witnesses allowed. Warden Mead has requested attendance for over 1,000. The state prions department denies claims of Czolgosts collapse.
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Albany
N. J
Cornelius Wellings
Hay
Leon Czolgosz
McKinley
Mead
Auburn Prison
Wellings
State Department of Prisons
Czal- Bosz
Collins
State
Czolgosz
Most Sent to Prison for Harsh Anarchist Article
Johann Most, the Anarchist, was sentenced to one year in Sing Sing for publishing the Freheit a supposed sedition article titled Murder Against Murder the day after McKinley was shot. Judge Hinsdale called the republication decades old evidence of deliberate intent to promote murder as remedy against rulers.
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New York
Johann Most
McKinley
Most
Hinsdale
Cheriton Hermit Murdered in Cabin Near Eureka
Cheriton Iowa October 16 Joseph Buchanan an aged hermit reputed wealthy was found in his cabin with his head split open by a hatchet. Bluffton Ohio October 16 burglars dynamited the Bluffton Milling safe starting a fire destroying the building. The burglars fled with nothing. Dayton Ohio October 16 Mrs Mary Witwer charged with murder in the first degree in connection with arsenic deaths of two sisters including Mrs Ruth Witwer.
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Cheriton
Cheriton, Ia
Joseph Buchanan
Bluffton, O
Bluffan Milling Company
Dayton
Maryelle Witwer
Meride
Ugh
A Royal Romance Ends in Austrian Archduchess Betrothal
Berlin reports Archduchess Elizabeth daughter of the late Crown Prince Rudolf will wed Otto Windisch Graetz a lieutenant of Uhlans from a poor ancient family. The match described as a love match follows a court ball meeting two years ago with approval sought from the king after persuasion. Elizabeth is 18, Otto is older, and the union is not to be considered morganatic though the groom lacks wealth. Engagement to be announced at Schoenbrunn family dinner.
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Ress
Austria
Berlin
Joseph
Elizabeth
Tughter
Rulf
Otto Windisch-Graetz
Morn
Schoenbrunn
Otto
Uhlans
Beautilands
May Resign The Championship
Washington October 15 A sensational turn in party policy arises as Senator Hanna may denounce Roosevelt's southern patronage plan and resign as national committee chairman. Roosevelt seeks broader southern appointments, leaving Hanna unable to execute feared machine-driven plans and face renewed pressure from loyalists.
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South
Hanna
Washington
Roosevelt
National Committee
McKinley
St. Louis
Louisiana
South Carolina
Alabama
Texas
Philadelphia
Croesus Once a Convict Revealed to Blackmailers
Columbus, October 15. Robert F. Wolf head of Wolf Bros. Shoe Co. and president of the Boot and Shoe Trust, disclosed he had been a penniless convict in Jeffersonville prison twenty years ago. He rose to wealth after release, and his public admission aims to deter blackmailers who exploited the past.
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Shoe Trust
Columbus
Robert F. Wolf
Wolf Bros.’ Shoe Company
Jeffersonville
Ind
Wolf
Boot and Shoe Trust
Cataract
Owen County
John Garrard
Jeffersonville Penitentiary
Congress May Be Asked to Pay Mrs McKinley
Buffalo Oct 15 Congress may be asked to appropriate 100000 for Mrs McKinley to cover a year's salary of her late husband and a pension of 5000 a year She would not receive the unexpired term salary but would follow Lincoln and Garfield precedents Surgeons and physicians who treated McKinley may also receive compensation with bills expected to be larger than twenty years ago due to higher costs and longer service.
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Congress
Buffalo
Washington
Senator Foraker
M&s. McKinley
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
President McKinley
Notes From Washington Civil Service Plans and Appointments
Washington reports a civil service exam for a weather bureau messenger boy in Huron on November 19. Redfern South Dakota gains a postmaster Margaret Davey. Isabel J. MacKay of Hartford becomes kindergarten teacher at Lower Brule Indian school. First National Bank of Wooden Iowa organized with 25000 capital. Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis approved as reserve agent for Commercial National Bank of Charles City Iowa. Pensions granted include Demas Priddy 12, Jacob Waltz 10, Samuel Young 17, Owen Cary 17. Mary Gause West Liberty receives special widows pension of 6. Rebecca Herriott Creston 8, Anna Wertz Burlington 8, Mary Burd Cedar Rapids 8.
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Washington
Civil Service
Huron
Weather Bureau
Redfern
Pennington County
Margaret Davey
Isabel J. MacKay
Hartford
First National
Wooden
John O. Lewis
Thomas A. Way
J. P. Healy
Stitzell S. Way
A. J Cole
Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis
Demas M. Priddy
Greenfield
Jacob M. Waltz
Belmond
Samuel W. Young
Promise City
Owen Cary
Cedar Rapids
Mary Gause
West Liberty
Rebecca W. Herriott
Creston
Anna Wertz
Burlington
Mary C. Burd
McKinley Memorial Plans Draw Fire At Canton
Trustees outline voluntary contributions for a McKinley National Memorial at Canton with funds raised nationwide. Board includes Day Hanna Herrick and Bliss. memorial aims to honor the late president and place it in Canton as his home and final resting place. An honorary national scope includes governors, officials, and press support. The related Washington effort forms the Memorial Arch Association to fund a memorial arch on the Potomac side of the proposed bridge.
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Cleveland, O
McKinley National Memorial Association
Hanna
Cleveland
United States
New York
Thos. Delan
Philadelphia
W. Murray Crane
Boston
Alexander H. Revell
Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Henry M. Duffield
Detroit
George B. Cortelyou
Washington
Eli Torrance
Minneapolis
William A. Lynch
Canton
Marcus A. Hanna
John G. Milburn
Buffalo
William McConway
Pittsburg
David R. Frances
Myron T. Herrick
Ryerson Ritchie
National Capital
McKinley
Association
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Masonic Temple
National Memorial Bridge Association
William McKinley National Memorial Arch Association
H. B. F. McFarland
Lyman J. Gage
Smallpox Among Indians Spreads Across Reservations
Indian bureau officials estimate 100 to 150 cases of smallpox on western reservations with about ten deaths in the past week. Bad River Wisconsin reports eighty cases with no deaths. other affected areas include Leech Lake Mille Lacs Fond du Lac in Minnesota Devil's Lake North Dakota Yankton South Dakota Crow Creek South Dakota Seger Colony Oklahoma Pima Arizona Bloomfield Nebraska.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
West
Bad River Reservation
Wisconsin
Leech Lake
Mille Lac
Fond du Lac
Minn
Devil's Lake
N. D
Yankton
Crow Creek
Nome Steamer Arrives with Miners and Dust
Port Townsend reports the steamer Santa Ana has arrived from Nome carrying ninety five passengers and one hundred thousand dollars in dust belonging to returning miners.
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Nome
Port Townsend
Wash
Santa Ana
Nnety
Minera
Deserters Said To Fuel Boer Actions In South Africa
New York Oct 16 London correspondent of the World reports that many Boers are believed to leave English ranks to rejoin the Boers. He cites suspected desertions of British soldiers underpaid and mistreated who then join Boer commandos, aiding incursions through cordons and complicating reinforcement tallies from Cape Town.
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New York
London
The
World
South Africa
Cape Town
Episcopal Deputies Adopt Divorce Canon Amid Bishops’ Endorsement
The Episcopal House of Deputies voted 182 to 158 to adopt a canon barring remarriage of divorced persons for causes arising after the former marriage. The action mirrored by the House of Bishops awaits final ratification by the 30-member delegation body as the convention proceeds.
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Episcopal House of Deputies
San Francisco
House of Deputies
Episcopal Church of America
House of Bishops
Huntington
New York
Railway to tour the South with good road exhibits
The good roads special a twelve car train carrying a full roadmaking equipment will depart Washington around November 1 for southern exhibitions. Promoted by Southern railway the tour follows the Buffalo good roads convention with Director Dodge and N E Eldridge leading a team including President Moore and eighteen expert roadmakers. Stops will showcase a practical road building demonstration and mobilize local business groups to form or strengthen good roads associations.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Buffalo
Railway Company
Dodge
Public Roads Office
Department of Agriculture
N. E. Eldrege
Moore
National Good Roads Assoccution
Lirt
Mavadam
Flags Remain Half Mast as Mourning Extends
Washington reports that flags on the White House and executive offices stayed at half mast. The 30 day period, begun after President McKinley's death, was extended by President Roosevelt until the funeral on September 19, with half mast continuing at public buildings and military posts through October 19.
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Jewelt
Washington
White House
McKinley
Roosevelt
Union
No Hope for Pillsbury in Bright's Disease
Minneapolis dispatch reports ex governor Pillsbury near fate of Bright's disease as physicians admit little chance of recovery. Dyleg of Bright's Disease noted among medical updates aboard the Minnesota political scene.
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Minnesota
Dyleg
Bright
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Miss Stone Kidnapping ransom demand and captivity
The Daily Telegraph reports the United States will press Turkey to pay and refund ransom for Miss Stone. A Sofia dispatch says the brigands have moved into Macedonia toward Nevrokop and that Miss Stone and fellow captive Miss Sidhe are being kept in a subterranean retreat and treated kindly.
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Miss Stone
London
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
Macedonia
Nevrokop
Sofia
Dimikroff
Zirkoff
Vienna
Daily Express
Daily News
Europe
Samakoff
Sarnoff
Macedonian Committee
Madame Tsilka
Miss Sidhe
Bankers Convene in Milwaukee for 27th ABA Session
National bankers from nearly every state attend the twenty-seventh annual convention of the American Bankers Association at the Pabst theater Milwaukee. President Alva N. Trowbridge opens with remarks honoring the late Buffalo chief executive and calls for unity, loyalty, and safeguarding the nation’s laws.
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National Association of Bankers
Milwaukee
American Bankers’ Association
Pabst Theater
Alva N. Trowbridge
New York City
Rose
Trowbridge
Hom
United States
Typhoid Epidemic Spreads Across the Nation in 1900
Chicago reports a sharp rise in typhoid deaths in the third quarter, 272 percent higher than the first half of the year. Hospitals in New York Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Minneapolis New Orleans Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and Washington grapple with increased cases as public health reports warn of an autumn surge.
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Chicago
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Washington
United States
Miss Stone Rescue Efforts Continue Amid Ransom Talks
Washington reports officials say efforts to free Miss Stone from Turkish brigands in Bulgaria are ongoing though details of the lease and ransom remain unclear. Vienna notes the kidnapper group includes Turks. the need to raise $60,000 is emphasized by Mission boards in New York and Boston, with $50,000 already collected and calls for more donations.
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Washington
Officinia Helley
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Netho
Baird
Haskell
M ‘ Aries
Miss Stone
London
Vienna
Todaroff
Sofia
Expregg
New York
Chariey Creegan
American Board of Foreign Mission
American Board
Roosevelt
Boston
The
East Twenty-second Street
C. C. Creegan
Henry A. Stinson
Creegan
United States
Croker Boys Leave Cornell After Press Intrusion
Richard J and Herbert Croker, sons of Tammany leader Richard Croker, quit Cornell University in Ithaca New York amid criticism and innuendoes. Croker blamed sensational newspaper reports and uproar over their prize bulldogs Rodney Stone and Bromley Crib for the decision, noting the dogs were never taken to Ithaca and that pressure from readers led to their departure.
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Tammany Leader
Ithaca
New York
Richard Croker
Richard J
Herbert
Cornell University
Croker
Sioux City Live Stock Markets Report
Sioux City stock yards show hogs mixed and light at 6.60 to 6.25, heavy 6.10 to 6.25, cattle various grades from 2.00 to 6.00, fat cows up to 4.00, yearlings 2.50 to 4.00, and feeders 2.50 to 4.10. Chicago and South Omaha listings note hogs lower to higher ranges, cattle steady to stronger, sheep steady to higher, with regional receipts and top prices across several markets. Kansas City reports strong hogs and cattle with higher top quotes and varied stocker and feeder prices.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Q
Maka
South Omaha
Hansses City
Kansas City
Ranse Wethers
Grain and Provisions Market Updates from Chicago
Cash quotations show flour steady while wheat and oats move in narrow ranges. Futures for wheat and rye highlight slight gains and steady tones, with No 1 northern corn and oats futures noted. Provisions list pork and lard bids within narrow spreads as butter and eggs hold firm.
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Chicago
Northwestern
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Croesus
M’kinley Doctors
M’kinley
National Association
Almed
McSim
Hanxon
Charles H. Brent
Philippines
Frederick William Keator
Olympia
M. Gabel Brown
Charles Campbell Pierce
North Dakota
Honolulu
Synod of
Mexico
Sultan
Alyy
Croker Boys
Cornell
Grain Markets
Aainneapolis
Noeh Eros
Oeteae
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