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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
A STREET INCIDENT.
A Little Girl Crying Over Split Mil

A Little Girl Crying Over Split Milk | Meets Unexpected Sympathy.
 | About o'clock last evening an incl dent amusing to onlookers, but painful to one of the participants occurred on State street in front of the Journal and Courier office. A little tot of a girl, not more than six years old was hurrying along homeward tightly hugging under her arm a pint bottle of milk which she had evidently been sent to purchase before supper at one of the grocery stores in the vicinity. Suddenly the bottle slipped and the little girl clutch ed 1t tightly, but too late, and the bot tie dropped to the pavement and smashed on the pavement, the contents running over the sidewalk. The little girl stopped short and it was some mo- ments before the enormity of her mis- fortune jdawned upon her, and then she began to cry piteously. Just then two young ladies hurrying along stopped to see what was the matter and, learning, gave the child money with which to buy another bottle of milk. The child was overwhelmed with the generosity of the ladies. and, sobbing and smiling at the same time, went into a store for anoth- CT bottle of milk, and the amused crowd of spectators moved on.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
U.4LLINGFORD

l
 Snow fiurries were in order both yes- ! terday morning and late in the after noon.
 The polo season opens up in the Hi bernia.n armory this evening, with the Merdens as the visiting team. If the home team wins from Meriden tonight a good start will be made and a big crowd for the next home game will be assured.
 Invitations were sent out yesterday for the wedding of Miss Florence Ma tilda Spokes, daughter of Arthur G.. Spol1es, and James Forbes Crum at the brides home on Whittlesey avenue at 6;30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Mo- vember 27
 Albert Frederick Shultz and Miss Anna Elizabeth Saleski will be married in the Holy Trinity church at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, November 27.
 The number of applicants for the night school has now been raised to 11o, and it will be necessary to use an- other room.
 "The Great White Diamond" will be the attraction at the opera house this evening.
 The Colony street school was closed yesterday, as all the teachers were wis., ting schools in Hartford, New Britain and New Haven.
 Work on the North Elm street sewer has begun.
 Compass lodge No. g, r. and A. M., will hold special communication Sat- urday evening for work on the Fellow craft degree.
 Benjamin Church, jr., is out again after a number of weeks illness with malarial fever.
 The Golf club netted about s10o by Tuesday nights fair.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
WHO SHOULD STUDY MEDICINE

Some of the Qualifications and Charac-
 teristic Desirable in the Medical Man Among the large number of young men who are taking up the study of
 medicine this fall there will be repre-
 sented almost every possible class.
 Many of the best educated, most intel
 ligent men, of high social standing and
 the highest personal character are
 attracted to the profession by the op-
 portunties which it offers them of fdevel-
 oping that which is the best in their minds and characters.
 On the other hand, there is a very large undesirable element always en- tering upon the study of medicine. Re- gently more stringent state laws have led the medical colleges of the country to make greater educational require ments. and the necessity for better in- struction and broader courses have al- so necessitated an increase in expense and large college fees. This shuts out certain percent of the undesirable element, but there are still many who are better fitted to take their places among laborers and artisans than in learned profession. In an editorial addressed to students in the Educa- tional number of the Lancet, Septem- Der ', 1901, attention is called to some of the more important qualified tions in the student himself for the study of medicine The educational writer first calls attention to the importance of a good general education. Apart from the mental training which is obtained by a higher education, a general much above the level of people is important for pro- fessional men, and the man who enters upon his professional studies insuffi- ciently equipped in general knowledge encounters difficulties at every step which may be surmounted only at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
FISHERMEN NOT FOUND.
Story That Two of Them Were in Bos-
 ton Was Untrue

Story That Two of Them Were in Bos- | ton Was Untrue | A report was circulated to some ex- I tent in the city yesterday that two of the men who went fishing off Wood mont Sunday and were presumably lost had been picked up by schooner and taken to Boston. It was said that they were unconscious when found and were in a hospital in Boston receiving medi- cal attention.
 The authorities made inquiry con- cerning the report and found it was hoax. MT. Stetfins father of one of the young men, took so much stock in the day.
 Nothing has been heard of the other Sunday.
 MT. Steffins and MT. Pitt, two of the missing fishermen, went out from Whites boat pier in boat owned by MT. Steffins. As he was leaving home in the morning he went back after something which he had forgotten. Ills mother who seemed to have premoni- tion, told him that he had better give up his fishing trip, as 1t was bad luck to forget something and come back. He laughed at her fears and went away, and that was the last seen of him by his mother. His parents are almost prostrated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
YALE BIcENTENNIAL GREET.

| Formal greetings or congratulatory
 addresses, have been received by the
 university from the following institu-
 tions of learning: Catholic University
 of America, Washington, D. O.. Center
 college, Danville. Ky; College of the
 City of New York; Columbia universi- | ty; Cornell university; Hamilton col | lege, Clinton. N. r.; Harverd universi-
 ty; State University of Iowa; Johns Hopkins university; Lafayette college;
 Legigh university; Luther college, De- cord, Iowa; Marietta college, Marietta,
 O.; McGill university, Montreal, Cana
 da; Princeton university; Rutgers col
 lege, New Brunswick, N. J.; Swath- more college; Trinity college, Toronto, Canada; Tulan university, New Or leans, La; University of Chicago; Uni- versity of Cincinnati; University of Mississippi; University of Missouri; University of New Brunswick, Fred rickton, N B.; University of Pennsyl- vania; University of Toronto; Univer- sity of Virginia; University of Wash ington; University of Wisconsin,; Wellesly college; Wesleyan university; Western Reserve university
 Great Britain and Ireland-Oxford university; Mansfield college, Oxford; Cambridge university; London univer- sity; Victoria university, Manchester; Durham university; Edinburgh univer- sity; St. Andrews university, St. An drews; Aberdeen university; Glasgow university; Trinity college, Dublin.
 France-University of Ak; Universi- ty of Besancon; University of Cler- mont; University of Montpelier; Uni versity of Paris.
 Germany-Royal Technical High school, Aachen; University of Bonn; Royal university Breslau; Royal Tech nical High school, Brunswick; Royal Hessian Technical High school, Darm- stadt; Royal Saxon Technical High school, Dresden; University of Erlan- gen; University of Freiberg Universi- ty of Giessen; University of Gottin- gen; University of Greifswald; Univer- sity of Halle; University of Jena; Un- iversity of Konigsberg; University of Leipsic; University of Marburg; Acad- emy of Munster; University of Strass- burg; University of Tubingen Univer- sity of Murzburg.
 Austro Hungary-University of Prague; University of Innsbrusk; Un- iversity Of Krakau.
 itzerland-university of Balse; University of Geneva
 Italy-University of Naples; Univer- sity of Padva.
 Russia-University of Moscow; Uni versity Of St, Petersburg; University of Karbox; Univerity of Odessa; Uni of Finland.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14

Sweden and Norway-University of Upsala; University of Lund; Free UrtsE versity of Stockholm; University 0fE Christiana.
 Holland-University of Leyden; un- iversity of Utrecht; the University of Amsterdam.
 India-University of Madras.
 Chili-University of Chilli, Santiago, #
 Denmark-University of Copenhagen,
 Turkey-Central Turkey college; Syrian Protestant college, Beurit, Syria.
 Japan University oe Tolgio, Y
 METEORS PHOTOGRAPHED
 A number of photographs of meteors were taken last night at the Yale ob-s servatory on Prospect hill. and 1t is thought that they were successful. The weather was partly cloudy and for tkte reason the best of results were not ob- tained.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

Rathbone lodge Knights of Pythias initiated one candidate in the first ant second ranks at it's session last even ing The lodge will celebrate it's thir- y-third anniversary next Wednesday evening. The exercises will be of g general character, these to be followed by a. banquet A general invitation Is extended to all members of the order The third rank will be worked on one candidate, and all members of the order in good standing will be welcome.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
DAUGHTERS OF ERIN socIABLE.

DAUGHTERS OF ERIN SOCIABLE
 A social meeting of the Ladies aux Hilary No. 12, Daughters of Erin, was held in their hall in the Insurance build ing last night. There was a very large attendance including visitors from many of their sister lodges. Numerous speeches were made and short pro- gramme was given by James and Mollie Stanford, violin and piano, and by the Gildren children, recitations and danc- ing.
 Arrangements were made for the an nual ball to be held in Music hall De- cember 21.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
COURIER NOVEMBER

burning piece of straw. But nothing 1 Is so forcible In drawing the truth from | a Chinaman as getting him to cut off a cocks head This, like the breaking of the saucer, has religious foundation. The Chinese believe that if their bodies are mutilated on earth their souls will be similarly mutilated in heaven.-St. James Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
Pill-Age.

pr. Agnew's Liver Pills, 10 cents yiAis are planned after the most modern In rnedis cal science. They are as great an improve
 ment over the 30 years old strong dose pill
 formulas as e bicycle is over an ox-cart in
 travel They never gripe and they never
 fall 40 doses. 10 cents. or 100 doses, 25
 cents. Sold by W. H, Hall, D. Hewitt ca
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-14
FEz AND TEXANS.
THE UNKNOWN EMPIRE or MOR-
 OCCO,

With Its Three Capitals and Eight Million Inhabitants The sultan's Wild Army of Horsemen Excellent Reasons Why People Will Not Work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29

had elapsed and he had just finished the
last statement when the strapping was
completed and the guards stepped back.
Warden Mead raised his hand and at
7:12:30 Electrician Davis turned the
switch that threw LOO volts Of electric
ity into the living body.
The rush of the current threw the
body so hard against the straps that
they creaked perceptibly- The hands
clinched suddenly and the whole attitude
was one of extreme tenSeneSS- For
forty-five seconds the full current was
kept on and then slowly the electrician
threw the switch back reducing the cur
rent volt by volt until it was cut off en-
tirely Then just as it had reached that
point he threw the lever back again for
two or three seconds The body, which
had collapsed as the current was re-
duced. stiffened up again against the
straps When it was turned off again
Dr. Macdonald stepped to the chair and
put his hand over the heart. He said he
felt no pulsation, but suggested that the
current be turned on for a few seconds
again Once more the body became
rigid At 7:15 the current was turned off
for good.
From the time Czo1gosz had left his
cell until the full penalty was paid, less
than four minutes had elapsed. The
physicians present used the stethoScOpe
and other tests to determine if any life
remained and at 7:17 the warden, rails
ing his hand, announced:
Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead
The witnesses filed from the chamber,
many of them visibly affected and the
body was taken from the chair and laid
on the operating table.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29

After the superintendent left, the
guards brought Czolgosz's breakfast,
consisting of coffee, toast. eggs and
| bacon and he ate with quite good
deal of relish. While he was partaklng
of this the witnesses were gathering In
the office of Warden Mead and at 1908
the procession passed to the death
chamber, going through the long south
corridor.
In the chamber Electrician Davis and
former Warden Thayer of Dannemora,
had arranged the chair test. placing a
bank of % incandescent lights across
the arms and connecting the electrode
wires at either end. The witnesses were
ordered to be seated and then Warden
Mead briefly addressed them saying:
You are here to witness the legal
death of Leon F. Czolgosz. desire that
you keep your seats and preserve alb
solute silence in the death chamber, no
matter what may transpire- There are
plenty of guards and prison officials to
preserve order and attend to the proper
details.''
The prison physician, DR.. Germ and
DR.. Carlos F. Mcdonald of New York
took position to the left of the chair,
Warden Mead stood directly in front,
and Electrician Davis retired to the lit
tie room containing the electrical
switch board.
Thayer gave the signal and the Cur
rent was turned through the electric
lights, flooding the chamber with bril-
liant light and dramatically showing
the power that was used to kill the
prisoner
Warden Mead gave the signal to have
the prisoner brought in. and at 7:10:30
o'clock Chief Keeper Tupper swung
open the big steel door leading to the
condemned cells. and as the steel bars
behind which CzoIgosz had been kept
were swung aside two guards marched
the prisoner out into the corridor, two
others following, and the chief keeper
walking in front.
The guards on either side of CzoIgosz
had hold of his arms as if either to sup
port him, or to keep him from making
a demonStra ton AS he stepped over
the threshold ne stumbled but they
held him up and as they urged him for
ward toward the chair he stumbled
again on the little rubber covered plat
form upon which the chair rests.
HIS HEAD UP.
His head was erect, and with his gray
flannel shirt turned back at the neck,
he looked quite boyish. He was intense
ly pale and as he tried to throw his
head back and carry himself erect his
chin quivered very perceptibly. AS he
was being seated he looked about at the
assembled witnesses with quite a steady
stare and said:
Il killed the president because he was
an enemy of the good people-of the
working people,
His voice trembled slightly at first but
gained strength with each word and he
spoke perfect English. Il am not sorry
for my crime he said loudly just as the
guard pushed his head back on the rub
Der head rest and drew the strap across
his forehead and chin. As the pressure
on the straps dghtened and bound the
jaw slightly, he mumbled, Il am awfully
sorry 1 could not see my father
1t was just exactly TIL o'clock when
he crossed the threshold, but a minute
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
THE NEWS AT Topeka.
The State Journal Gives First News
of the Execution.

The first news of the execution Of
Czolgosz was given to the Topeka pub
lie by a bulletin placed on the State
Journal window at 6:25 this morning
reading 81 :12 12:30-Czolgosz electrocuted-
This had been flashed over the Asso-
ciated Press wire
Immediately thereafter the State
Journal sent printed bulletins of the
event to the hotels.
Quickly thereafter some details of the
execution and events just before It
We're spread upon bulletin sheets until
within a few minutes the window was
nearly filed. These told how the as
sassin passed the night; his sullenness
after he awoke; his breakfast and how
partaken; his talk before going to the
room of execution and his last words
and conduct before the current was ap-
piled.
All this was given in detail before 8
o'clock-that being the time of the ap-
pearance today of the morning paper
held back until that hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
SMASHED.
Buffalo Bill's Show Train
Wrecked in North Carolina.
Four Cars Demolished and 100
Horses Killed.
ENGINES STAYED ON.
Master of the Show Train Was
Badly Hurt.
Engineer and Fireman Also
Slightly Injured.

Washington, Oct ga head on COL
lision occurred at Linwood, N. c., today
between Buffalo Bill's'' show train and
a freight train. The master of the show
train was badly hurt and the engineer
and the fireman of the same train re-
ceived slight injuries. About one hum
dred of Buffalo Bill's'' horses were
killed and the four cars containing
them totally wrecked. One car of the
freight train was demolished. Neither
engine left the track
Buffalo Bills" train was, travelling
as second section to fast freight No
72, and according to the orders, had a
right of way. 1t is said that the freight
conductor overlooked the fact that
there was a second section to the fast
freight, the accident being due to this
oversight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
HOW THE ASSASSIN WAS EXECUTED.

made My plan is to get the addresses
of these people and keep the list for po-
lice reference. L believe that there may
come a time when such a list would be
valuable in running down anarchists.
/ have decided to bury the body of
Czolgosz in the regular prison plot in the
local cemetery. The funeral will take
place some time within the next forty
eight hours. We will keep the grave
guarded day and night until such time
as the quick lime, which will be placed
around the body. shall have entirely
destroyed it
Electrician Davis made this statement
as to the execution:
Il used 1,700 volts of electricity, turn
ing it into the body at full voltage for
seven seconds and then slowly reducing
it for forty-five seconds. Then I threw
the full voltage on again for eight sec
onds. Then, at the suggestion of DR..
Macdonald, I turned it on again for a
few seconds. 1 did not think there was
any necessity for the third contact and
the lack of resistance shown when it
was administered proved that life was
extinct. The body showed eight amperes
of resistance That is little more than
would be given by a larger or stouter
man where the current could have more
chance to percolate. 1t was as success
full an execution as have ever operated
at in all my experience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
WAS FIRM TO THE LAST.
Assassin Steadily Denied That He
Had Accomplices.


Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 29.-Czolgosz was
a carefully secluded prisoner in Auburn
penitentiary and his confinement and
execution were devoid of sensationalism-
State Superintendent of Prisons Cornell
ius V. Collins was determined that the
prisoner, despite the enormity of his
crime, should gain no undue notoriety
and issued strict orders for his complete
seclusion. These orders were carefully
carried out and from the time the pris-
oner entered the prison until he was
brought to the death chair today, he was
practically out of public view
During his Imprisonment the post
brought more than 1,500 letters, papers
and packages to the prisoner, but none
of these was ever delivered to him. They
came from the army of letter writing
cranks and were of every character,
from harmless to vicious. The prison
officials felt that the delivery of such a
quantity of mail would not only serious
~ disturb him. but would have given
him false ideas as to his Importance and
death house were not permitted to talk
to him, and the guards who kept the
death vigil watched in unbroken silence.
The sec1usion of the prisoner operated
both ways for if the world went on in
ignorance of the life of the prisoner from
day to day, the prisoner lived in ignor-
ance Of what went forward in the world
even as to the great question affecting
him The rule of silence as to the
prisoner was broken that he might have
opportunity to prepare himself spirit
ually for his death.
effort to secure confession from the
condemned man. The prison officials
felt that it was their duty to again seek
to ascertain If others plotted with him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
THE JURY.
Those Who Witnessed the Execution
and Returned a Formal Finding.

Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 2s-The jury that
witnessed the execution of Czolgosz and
returned the formal finding in his case
was composed as follows:
Foreman. John P. Jaeckel, Auburn.
Ashley w. Cole, Albany.
H. H. Bender, Albany.
Charles r. Skinner, Albany.
George Weston. Norwich, N. Y.
D. l. Ingalls,, Westfield.
H. o. Oely, Binghamton.
Charles r. Huntley, Buffalo.
DIR. w. A. Howe, Phelps.
DR.. G. r. Trowbridge, Buffalo.
John A Sleicher, New York
The physicians were:
DR.. Carlos A. Mcdonald, of New York,
and DIR. Germ, of Auburn.
Other witnesses were:
Fl. Bonesteel, Troy.
Mr. w. D. Wolff, Rochester.
c. F. Rattigan, Auburn.
George r. Peck, Auburn.
w. n. Thayer former warden of Dam
nemora prison, who assisted warden
and three newspaper correspondents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
CLOTHING BURNED,
Czolgosz Told Many Stories and De-
MED Them Afterward.

Auburn, N. Y, Oct. 29.-Rev. Corde1o
Herrick chaplain of the prison, was in
the death chamber ready for any call
that might be made for his services. He
was not wanted by the prisoner, how
ever, and sat quietly in the rear of the
chamber throughout the execution.
The clothing and personal effects of
the prisoner were burned, under direc-
ton of Warded Mead shortly after the
execution.
In his interview with Superintendent
Collins last night Czolgosz made another
explanation of his visit to Chicago just
before he went to Buffalo but later ad-
mitted he had lied. He said that when
he reached Chicago a boy whom he does
not know, approached him at the depot
and handed him packet of money He
said the money was for use on the Buff
falo trip, but that he never knew who
sent it to him or the identity of the lad
who delivered it. He then explained that
most of the meetings of anarchists that
he attended at Cleveland were held in
saloons designated by an anarchist
newspaper. Half an hour later, when
the superintendent called in the brother
in-law of the prisoner, he brought the
subject up again and said:
How about that money you got at
Chicago?''
What money! asked the prisoner
why the money you told me about
here earlier in the evening"" said the
Superintendent.
did 1 tell you that? I have forgot
ten if I did. I did not get any money.
If I said SO, it was not true"
Another demonstration of the many
falsehoods told by the prisoner was fur
nished by Waldeck Czolgosz. He posi-
lively assured Warden Mead that his
brother Leon could read and write. in
direct contradiction of the oft-repeated
claim of the prisoner that he was illit-
crate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-29
FAMILY HEARS THE NEWS.
Father and Brothers Await Tidings of
the Execution.

Cleveland, O., Oct 29-Next to the wit
nesses in the death chamber at Auburn
prison where Leon Czolgoszs life was
shocked out of existence, there were no
more interested witnesses to the far
away vindication of justice, than a little
group of men who had gathered in the
local office of the Associated Press to
learn of the final act early today This
group included the next of kin, the near
est of all human being to the assassin,
his father and two brothers, and half
city.
The same seeming Indifference that
has characterized the members of the
Czolgosz family was maintained to the
end and when the statement that Leon
Czolgosz had been put to death was told
the man in Polish his fingers twitched
nervously for a minute or two. a sus-