Czolgosz Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree
The Buffalo jury convicts Leon Czolg process the anarchist assassinating President McKinley of murder in the first degree after an eight hour trial. Judge White will sentence Czolg later Thursday with the defense defense counsel noting the issue of lynch law.
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Buffalo
Leon F. Czolgosz
McKinley
Czolgosz
Truman Co. White
Loren al. Lewis
Leon Czolgosz
Titus
Penney
Pacific Cable Firm Plans Philippines Link from California
Articles filed in Albany reveal a new Pacific Cable company linked to the Commercial Cable Co. to lay an 8500 mile transpacific cable from New York to the Pacific via California and the Hawaiian Islands to the Philippines. Initial segment California to Hawaii to begin in nine months. Remaining section to Philippines could take up to two years depending on cable manufacture. Capital set at $100,000, 100 shares each. Term of existence 1000 years.
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Albany
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Commercial Cable Company
California
Hawaiian Islands
New York City
Gloucester Woman Loses Finger After Mosquito Bite
Mrs. Thomas Eaves of Fourth and Walnut, Gloucester, N. Y., was bitten on a finger weeks ago by a mosquito. The finger swelled and doctors at Cooper Hospital, Camden, amputated it. The bite is thought to have involved a mosquito that fed on poisonous weed.
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Thomas Eaves
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Gloucester
N. Y
Cooper Hospital
Camden
The Sultans Yildiz Palace A Fortified Imperial World
A World's Work writer depicts Constantinople's Yildiz palace as a fortified realm. An immense wall surrounds the domain with inner barriers and armor filled walls. Five thousand residents plus 7,000 guards live among shops arsenals stables library museum theater and a menagerie. The sultan avoids dynamite fears and bans telephones and balloons to prevent attacks.
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Yildiz
Constantinople
Chicago News
The Girl of Today and Notions of Women Then and Now
A New York Weekly excerpt contrasts nineteenth century female restrictions with modern freedoms. It notes chaperoned courtship and limited work opportunities in the past, while today women enjoy broader social liberties. It also mentions France’s bakery workers at high temperatures and the Danish monarch walking unguarded.
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New York Weekly
McKinley Will Read To Widow At Estate Hearing
Secretary Cortelyou reads the late president’s will to Mrs. Ida McKinley as probate actions begin. Judge Day and Cortelyou file the will and seek appointment of administrators with will annexed, noting estate value around 225000 to 250000 and life insurance of 67000.
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Canton
Cortelyou
McKinley
Judge Day
Secretary Cortelyou
President McKinley
T. Ida S. McKinley
William McKinley
William R. Day
George B. Cortelyou
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Ida S. McKinley
Helen McKinley
City of Washington
District of Columbia
William M'Kinley
G. B. Cortelyou
Charles Loeffler
Washington
War Declared? Castro to Declare War on Colombia
Dispatches from Caracas claim President Castro will declare war on Colombia by month end. Venezuela struggles financially and contemplates forceful funding, with widespread loss of confidence in the government.
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Willemstadt
Haytien
Caracas
Castro
Colombia
Venezuela
Autos for Mail Service Contemplates Motor Vehicles
The post office department issues the first call for bids to use motor vehicles in the postal service excluding collections. Bids due October 12 in Washington for furnishing five vehicles to serve Minneapolis. Each vehicle must weigh at least 1,000 pounds and service runs January 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Minneapolis
Minn
Livestock Market Report from South Omaha
Cattle receipts were light with steady demand for good cattle and steady prices for desirable grades. Hog prices opened 5 to 10 cents lower, then held, with most hogs at 6.72 to 6.95, while sheep and lambs sold at near steady values amid active trading and strong feeder demand.
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South Omaha
Chicago
Livestock Market Report from Kansas City Trade
Cattle prices show mixed changes with corn fed steers steady to 110 cents higher and heavy feeders steady while other categories slip up to 10 cents. Texas cows and mixed cattle ranges quote a wide spread with hogs and sheep showing varied gains and losses across the sale.
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Kansas City
Texas
Czolgoss nerve fails him en route to Auburn pen
Czolgoss, McKinley’s assassin, arrived in Auburn in custody with 21 deputies. He collapsed from fear upon entering the prison, was carried, stripped, and placed in the condemned cell where Dr. Gerlin ordered continued confinement until execution. He expressed sorrow for Mrs McKinley and claimed no accomplices. He described how the handkerchief was used to conceal the pistol at the Temple of Music.
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Auburn
N. Y
Czolgosz
McKinley
Caldwell
Erie County
Szolgosz
John Gerlin
Buffalo
St. Louis
Temple of Music
All but Two Represented in Pan American Congress
All but two South American republics have named their delegates for the Pan American congress set for October 21 in Mexico City. Honduras and the Dominican Republic have yet to appoint reps, to be named before the meeting. US delegates include Henry G. Davis of West Virginia and William S. Buchanan of Iowa, among others.
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Washington
Mexico
Honduras
Dominican Republic
United States
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
William S. Buchanan
Iowa
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Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Isaak
Free Society
Tuug
Order of the Golden Eagle
Penny
City of
Lewis
Emme Goldman
Anarchy
Hearthstone
Emma Goldman
John Owens
Goldman
Prindiville
Judge White
Philippines
la Rochefoucauld
France
Europe
Denmark
Mkinley
Kanena City
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