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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
2
A compact feature gathers people places and things from the world and regional notes. It offers glimpses of notable names and minor affairs across northern southern eastern and western perspectives, stitched into a brief syndicated style item.
A mob seized Silas Esters from Hodgenville jail and hanged him on the courthouse steps after a charge of forcing Granville Ward, a one year old, to commit an alleged crime. The crowd fired as they pursued him, and he was dragged back to the jail and killed by bullets and a final hanging.
Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley, was electrocuted at 7 am Tuesday in Auburn prison. The execution proceeded with strict controls, witnesses limited, and the condemned man offered no penitence, declaring no remorse for his act as the body was disposed of by chemical processes and lime.
The article recounts Leon Czolgosz’s execution by electric chair, noting his belief in God but lack of sympathy for priests. It details the method, apparatus, and circuit that killed him, including multiple shocks, the morgue autopsy, and a final Father’s message from Cleveland urging acceptance and reconciliation.
The execution of Waldeck Czolgosz proceeded with clockwork precision as guards doubled and the death cell was sealed for surveillance. The prison physician confirmed life extinct within minutes after the 1700 volt current was applied, while the institution maintained its routine and silent efficiency.
Report outlines the sequence from the Sept 14 death of President Afchinsey through Sept 1 indictment of Ausansin, Sept 23 trial opening, Sept verdict, death sentence, death cell confinement, and Oct 20 execution. It notes gaps: 18 days from crime to conviction, 10 days from president's death to conviction, and 53 days to execution.
The Wichita mountains on Kiowa and Comanche reservations draw many with 6000 mineral claims filed but payoffs unproven. Hundreds enter daily, few return, as California and Colorado miners pursue elusive gold. Some depart wealthy, others stay guarding claims. If profitable, they stay silent about discoveries while the rush grows. Holiday trade opens early with strong orders and expectations of a large season. Jobbers seek prompt deliveries. fashion goods move ahead despite cold. Trade notes cite favorable prices and prompt southern payments as the weekly review records 240 US failures and 29 in Canada.
The dead body of 10 year old My Beard was found in a buggy four miles north of Plymouth at daylight Tuesday morning. The horse had dragged him to his father’s farm gate and the buggy remained at the scene until found by a baby. There was a blood stain in the buggy and no bullet hole in the temple, suggesting murder though no murderer identified.
Chicago jeweler William Richon arrived with his wife in Winston Salem and later alleged a theft of about $9000. He accused three Washington, D C men, H T Hammond William Schade and James Pinkley, who stayed at the hotel and drank with him. Schade posted a $200 bond for court appearance as a sack of silver was found in his room. The other two were jailed.
York fruit traders warn of a worsening apple famine with forecasts of a 23 million barrel crop versus 48 million last year and 70 million the year before. Prices in Chicago are up about 25 percent, while Canadian and eastern crops fail or are light. Southwest orchards fare better, and Kansas and Missouri say the Chicago market will stay supplied despite Michigan shortages.
Hundreds of penniless Nome miners face a brutal Alaskan winter as destitution fuels potential outbreaks of violence. Advices note 500 men without means, with 100 stowaways aboard the Queen and 400 aboard the Viencia on the voyage to Port Townsend.
A head on crash at Linwood North Carolina between Buffalo Bill's show train and a freight train badly injuring the show’s master and lightly injuring the engineer and fireman. About a hundred buffalo bill troupe were killed and the freight cars and engine severely damaged. The freight conductor allegedly overlooked the second section's right of way.
A chaotic broad summary of violent acts and crimes reported from St. Louis to Pittsburgh. The text describes a stepfather shooting his stepdaughter and attempting to kill others before killing himself, multiple hangings and jealous rage killings, a confrontation between garrison soldiers and peasants in Belgium, deeds of deportation for a missionary with leprosy, a fatal gun explosion at Fort Leavenworth, a pottery plant fire, name changes, bank robbery, Dooley era obituaries, an accidental shooting in Ohio, and a fatal fire caused by a lamp in Pittsburgh.
Bundled figures show grain and livestock values across markets in Indianapolis and Toledo plus New York and Milwaukee. Cattle hogs sheep and wheat prices are listed, with many No. 2 grade quotes and small fluctuations in corn rye oats and butter eggs and potatoes.
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