28 Sep 1901
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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1901
Page
1
No clear borders or directions in a tribute to the nation’s dead. Citizens mourn a great man whose words and example sought to unite. The piece notes assassinations over 37 years of three Republican presidents and cites anarchists' thrill in striking free representatives.
All armed Boers taken since September 15 face perpetual banishment. On September 18 they captured three British mounted infantry companies with their guns. The exile decree offers no provision for such a contingency.
An advocate notes that Americans who joined in paying homage to the murdered president are united in opposing anarchy, urging anarchists to consider the meaning of the national tribute and its resolve to erase disorder.
President Roosevelt becomes the third Harvard College graduate to reach the presidency. Earlier Harvard alumni include John Adams class of 1735 and John Quincy Adams of 1787. Theodore Roosevelt earned his degree in 1880 while Gen. Hayes attended Harvard law lectures but was a Kenyon College man.
The late Mr Gladstone described archists as chiefly mischievous with a drive to murder. In another address he urged isolating such cranks, stating the only safe remedy is to consign them to cold shades of isolation.
The text notes Nicholas IT lavishes compliments on France as he departs, praising French mastery of spectacular entertainments and considerate hosting. It claims the czar is a man of peace and implies no rivals are favored in his compliments.
Citizens seek a fair trial for the Buffalo killer with all possible defense offered, while the country demands a swift conclusion. The world watches as the United States faces a crisis, unwilling to tolerate delay in these times.
A fragment notes Filipino leaders extend sincere regrets over President McKinley’s death. It asserts he was a friend to Filipinos, and that Roosevelt and the American people share a concern for the Philippines and its inhabitants and their safety.
Fragmentary text notes opposition within the Navy Department to building cruisers like the New York and Brook, suggesting debates over naval assets and hardware in a historical context. The exact details and dates are unreadable in the source.
A hazing incident at Morgan Park Military Academy Chicago left Albert Cobb 20 hurt with knife wounds to hands and back. James Etzler and town youths attacked after freshmen were gathered. Cobb allegedly urged a taste of college life. Cobb is hospitalized in precarious condition at West Hall University of Chicago dormitory.
Laura B. Green daughter of a Bloomington business man aged 15. Mrs Nancy A. Combs aged 49 at Centralia home. Joshua Armour at Quincy. D J Denton at Mills-ville near Pana aged 90. Horace Gassette Bloomington pioneer aged 72. Mrs Francis Duke Bloomington aged 75. Henry C Niles Tuscola historian at home. William Fisher oldest Pana resident aged 67. Wiley O Bell West York aged 85 with 82 years in area. Isaac Cannon former Paso business man at Altoona Pennsylvania. Mrs Elizabeth Lisbeffel Sumnerfield aged 75. Isaac Jenkins aged 65 at Rushville.
The state board of pardons reviewed Charles W. Spaulding the former Globe Savings Bank president and treasurer of the University of Illinois board of trustees. He was found to have embezzled $300000 and will serve the maximum ten years, with early release possible after good time in August 1904.
Mary Gipson, 14, who lived with her family at Alto Pass, was abducted four years ago by her stepfather John Woolen a horse trader and forced to travel with gypsies. She escaped near Covington Kentucky told a county official and found her way back to Alto Pass, where relatives had believed her dead.
The lure of speed on the Diamond Special led a buggy accident near Farmersville. Alvey Fox and John Graham, asleep in the buggy as the horse bolted, were killed and died within hours. Graham died instantly, Fox succumbed later the same day.
State Auditor McCullough issues a permit for the organization of the State Bank of Hammond in Hammond Pratt county with capital stock of 25000. Organizers listed are John N. Dighton Thomas J. Wizer John A. Bryson John R. Ponder and A C Thompson.
The Central Kinois conference of the Free Methodist church met at Pana with seventy five ministers present. Elders for the ensuing year were elected as W. D. Cochran B. J. Grigg and C. A. Flemming.
George W. Bowman, a member of the Miners' Association of Colorado, deeds one million dollars from earnings of two of the richest gold mines in Arizona and New Mexico to the People's Church of Chicago and America.
While Mr and Mrs A C Farrison entertained friends at their Casey residence a fire broke out and engulfed the house completely destroying it. Firefighters battled the blaze but the home was a total loss with no reported injuries.
Charles A. Hensel, a well known farmer living near Princeton, has been indicted by the Bureau county grand jury on a charge of wife murder.
Leon F. Czolgosz alias Fred Nieman was found guilty of first degree murder in the assassination of President William McKinley. Judge Lewis urged reverence for law, warning against mob violence and stressing that the trial upholds due process. District Attorney Penney summarized the prosecution and readiness for sentencing.
A judge and prosecutor urge restraint and uphold due process in the Buffalo murder case. They defend the rule of law and urge jurors to weigh evidence fairly, stressing the need for a verdict based on premeditation and the presumption of sanity. The judge defines degrees of murder and manslaughter and instructs jurors to retire for verdict after emphasizing no lynch law.
Leon F. Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley, was sentenced in Buffalo to death by electric chair at Auburn State Prison in the week beginning October 28, 1901. Judge White presided, citing that only the prisoner bore responsibility for the crime and detailing the death sentence to be carried out within prison walls.
Sheriff Caldwell and sixteen men left at 10 06 last night with Czolgosz in a special car attached to the rear of the second section of the 9 20 train on the New York Central for Auburn.
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