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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Sad Result Of Reckless DRIVING.

Sandusky, o., June 19.-Reckless
driving on the part of two young
men resulted in the death of the two
year-old child of George Leibacher,
the serious injury of his wife and
lesser injuries to three other chill
dren. Arthur Hartzel, of Fort Wayne,
and Peter Duilnan attempted to pass
the Leibachers on the Huron road
and the two buggies collided. Both
vehicles upset, the baby being thrown
out on its head. Mrs. Leibacher may
die. Hartzel, who was injured, was
arrested on the charge of manslaugh-
ter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Cited for Contempt,

Detroit, Mich, June 19.-Judge
Brooke, of the Wayne county circuit
court, Tuesday cited the "a members
of the common council of Detroit to
appear before him June 2 and show
cause why they should not be pun
ished for contempt of court. June 10
the council was served with a man
damus ordering them to pay a claim
against the city of $1,75o for injury to
property owned by the Ralph Phelps
estate, owing to the building of the
Fourteenth avenue bridge. The coun-
Gil failed to obey this mandamus.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Loon,i. Is

Paris, June 19.-Francis B. LOOMS,
until recently United States minister
to Venezuela, in an interview Tues
day with the correspondent here of the
press said he was very much pleased
at his appointment to the post of min
lister at Lisbon. His health had suf-
fered by his stay in tropical Venezuela,
and he considered his transfer to q
European legation as being not merely
an agreeable change, but a promotion.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Anarchi.t. Arrested.

Berlin, June 19.-Special dispatches
from Meissen. Saxony, say that three
italian anarchists have been arrested
in the Senftenberg Mires upon evil
dence that they had been connected
with Bresci in the assassination of
King Humbert. The three anarchists
were delivered over to the Italian au-
thorities,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
RATIFIED by Pope.

Rome, June 19.-The pope has rati-
fed the appointment of DR.. Thomas
F. Kennedy, of Philadelphia, as rector
of the American college, in succession
to Mgr. O'Connell, appointed bishop of
Portland, Me. The appointment of DIR.
Kennedy was recommended by the
congregation of the propaganda, Sat-
urday.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
VIII BE Dedicated July 2

Springfield, ILL.,, June 19.-It was Of
ficially announced Tuesday that dedi-
cation of the Illinois building at the
Pan-American exposition, Buffalo.
would take place Tuesday, July 2.
Gov. Yates will be unable to be pres
ent, and will be represented by his
private secretary, Col. John D. G.
OgleSby.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Given New Command.

Washington, June 19.-,Brig. Gen.
John C. Bates, who recently returned
from the Philippines, has been or
dered to commend the department of
Missouri, with headquarters at Omaha,
Neb. The department has for some
time been under the command of Gen.
Merria, who is in permanent command
of the department of Colorado.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Killed bx the Cars.

Muncie, Ind, June 19.-Samuel Lie-
get, aged IS, a retired wealthy resi-
dent of Madison, was instantly killed
on a street crossing of the Big Four
railroad in Muncie Tuesday while
walking to the tracks. At the point
two roads parallel and the old man
was watching a train on the other road
and did not heed the warning. The
body was mangled almost beyond rec
ognition. The victim was visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Harry Lyons.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Cannot Join the National Guard.

Washington, June LIT was decid-
ed that the pressmen would not here
after join any state national guard
organization, on the ground that they
do not believe in utilizing that power
in strikes and that they have no SYM
pathy with state interference in labor
troubleS.
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Hein.e wins sweepins victory.

Butte, Mont, June 19.-Judge Har-
ney, in the district court, Tuesday
awarded the Minnie Healy
mine, valued at $4,000, 900, to F. Au-
gust Heinze, deciding against Miles
Finelan and the copper trust.
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Heavy snowfalls i'm Alps.

Berlin, June 19.-There have been
heavy snowfalls in the Bavarian and
Tyrolean Alps, and railroad COM
munication between Munich and
Italy are interrupted.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Killed by Falling Roof.

Newark, O., June ia section of
the roof of the Baltimore & Ohio
roundhouse here caved in Monday
night, killing n man and injuring
three others,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
To Welcome SQUADRON Home

Berlin, June 19.-Emperor William
has ordered the squadron command
ed by Prince Henry of Prussia to pro-
coed to Cadiz to meet the German
squadron returning from China.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
Mustered Ont.

San Francisco, June 19.-The Thir.
ty-frst infantry. United States volun-
teers, was mustered out Tuesday.
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Nominated by Referendum Vote.

N0mihated by vote.
Columbus, o., June 19.-The refer
endsm vote for the selection of candi-
dates on the state ticket of the union
reform party was canvassed and a
ticket named with John Richardson,
of Westerville, for governor.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21

Berlin, June 19.-Cornel Guerlitt, the
musical composer, is dead.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21
A Destructive Cyclone.

Delaware, O., June ia cyclone
of great force swept over a large
area of territory in this country
Monday night. While much damage
was done, no one was injured SO far
as known. Houses and barns were
unroofed, trees uprooted and fences
torn down. The cyclone covered a
track 100 feet wide and about nine
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Czolgesz rested exceedingly well for a
man In the shadow of death. 1t was 4:4J
O'Clock before he finally awoke and left
his cot. He did not break his silence when
he awoke nor did he show any indication
of failing courage
Czolgosz laid down again shortly after .
o'clock but did not sleep again. Shortly
after o'clock the clothing in which he
was executed was sent to his cell and he
got up and dressed. few minutes after
he had finished dressing q substantial
breakfast was sent to his cell,
At 6:45 the witnesses of the execution
began assembling The warden waited I'M
til the witnesses were seated and then
made the usual formal declaration that
those present in the room were merely
there as witnesses to legal execution OF
murder and that under no circumstances
and no matter what the provocstlon no
one was to leave his seat or make any dis
turbance.
Electrician Davis then put on the arms
of the chair bank of twenty-five mean.
descent electric lamps and attaching the
wires passed the current through them
SO that the lights glowed out brightly.
The Jury that witnessed the execution
and returned the formal finding In the
case was composed as follows: Foreman
John P. Alckel, Auburn Ashley w Cole
Albany; II. H. Bender, Albany; Charles
R. skinner Albany; George Weston, Nor
wich; D. l.. ingalls,, Weston; II. o. Ely
Binghamton; Charles R. Huntley, Buffalo
DR.. w. A. Howe, Phelps DR.. G. r. Trow
bridge, Buffalo, and John A. scleicher, New
York.
THE physicians were DR.. Charles A. Me
Donald Of New York and DR.. Germ Of
Auburn.
Other witnesses were: II. Bonestel, Troy
w. D. Wolfe, Rochester; c. f. Rattigan
Auburn: George II, Peck, Auburn W. n
Thayer, former warden of Dennemora
prison. who assisted Warden Meade, anc
three newspaper correspondents.
Warden Meade gave the signal TO have
the prisoner brought in and at 7;10:SC
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MANY WERE KILLED.
The Results of the Battle Between the
Whites and Blacks in Louisiana.

have shouted: "By God, one negro has
be the next"
Wade Walker. one OF the constable
posse. was struck with a Winchester ride
over the head and then the carnage began
The blacks fed from the frail wooden
church. for II was no shelter for the ram
OF bullets Lott retired 70 his tent, shoot.
Ing and fighting. Joe Seals received ms
death wound. 4 torrent OF Lead was sem
whlzzing through the tent and through the
church while the negroes lied.
Preacher COnnerly was shot IN MS yhIu'
Hts daughter fell just inside me hVuse,
The other negroes around Lot9 piase dnetb
up a steady pour OF shots u was aeatn
/ and bloodshed and the wounded ana uylnr
wer on every side. Washington parish hai
never witnessed such terror ana bloonsst isu.
Lofts old mother-ln-law. his two daughters
and the little boy fell In heap inside tne
shelter. Sophie Lott saved her He by con
ceallng herself behind tine stove. Inen she
escaped and the men did not harn hef'
They were after Crear Lott,
lie was bnrricaded and the next move
was 10 flre the place, when tney Hlu' Nhsn
the fire forced him from under cover, , a.
appeared In the doorway ana twenty itnms
balls went crashing through him. ne leiI
In a heap, head foremost, on the gioutIt.
Parker and Beverly, both blacks rev WIN
him. .,,
Joseph Seals. Charles Elliott and Edward
Thompson the wounded whites. were car
Tied away 10 the home OF the eonty, "DV 3,l
third Of mile away through the plne
woods, which was hastily converted INTO y
hospital There Seals died YESTERDAY anu
was buried this afternoon from ms nome
In Narando, SIX miles away. ana ta ~. ~ ~
the sones emergency hospital Elliott hes
dying. -, -,
For twenty hours It looked IKE gen,
eral uprising to wipe out the black fhe ,., 4
the WashlngtOn parish The news spreaa
like wildAre- and yesterday over 100 altl lt
men had reached the scene or tne ba ,.
They came for miles and miles, some Aop
as far away as Monticello - III
Shean Norman II. Simmons ana S"AA -
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o'clock Chief Keeper Upper swung omen
the big steel door leading to the condemned
cells and as the steel bars behind which
Caolgosz had heen kept were swung aside
two guards marched the prisoner out into
the corridor. two others followed and the
chief keeper walked In front. The guard
on either side OF czoigosz had hold OF his
arms, as II either to support him or to
keep him from making demonstration.
As he stepped over the threshold he stun.
bled but they held him up and ~ they
urged him forward toward the chair he
stumbled again on the little rubber GOV.
cred platform upon which the chair rests.
His head was erect and with his gray
flannel shirt turned back at the neck he
looked quite boyish. He was intensely
pale and as he tried to throw his head
back and carry himself erect. his chin qulv.
cred very percephbly.
As he was being seated. he looked about
at the assembled witnesses with quite a
steady stare and said: 81 killed the presl.
dent because he was an enemy of the
coed people-.of the working people," His
voice trembied slightly at first. but gained
strength with each word and he spoke per.
feet English.
~ am not sorry for my crime" no said
loudly, Just as the guard pushed his head
back on the rubber headrest ana drew the
strap across his forehead and chin. As
the pressure OF the straps frightened and
bound the jaw slightly, he mumbled 81
am awtully sorry could not see my
father"
1t was just exactly I'll o'clock when he
crossed tho threshold but minute had
elapsed and ne had just finished the last
statement when the strapping was com
pleted and as the guards stepped backward
Mr.. Meade raised his hand end at 7:12;St
Electrician Davis turned the switch that
threw 100 volts of electricity into the liv
Ing body.
The rush of the current threw the body
so hard against the straps that they creak
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New Orleans, October pa special to
the Picayune from Balltown, La, says;
, race war between the blacks and whites
started at negro camp meeting at Dun
cans chapel Sunday afternoon at o'clock,
has left carnival of blood up the Pearl
river valley, unequalled in the history Of
that country.
ono white man is dead, another Is now
diving with bullet hole through his stom-
acb and a third white man is badly In
jured.
Nine negroes were killed in the bloody
.Grav-dve men, three women and one
cnnd A dozen or perhaps more negroes
osc,ned 10 the woods and swamps With
Wounds vat are believed to be certain
death. Many are perforated with lead
WHITE.
The dead: go
Joseph SEALS. son of Willis Seals
aged 80. residence Yarando, La.
wounded: .,,.
charles Thomas Elliott, aged 20, sataiiy'
NOW diving: reaueEce NhrahuV' ..,., tho
ny award Thompson, As, shot through tne
.bIgh and feshy part OF legi iesluehve
yarando. roroRED
HRs ul ALEX coNNERLY. aged 50, pastor
NJ duncan chapel,
CREAR LOTT. 40. o.
JULIA PETERS, bis S dang inIiG a geo
Any TONY, aged rs mother-inlaw OF
LgI.EFwIs DUNN, IS; son Of Helen Dunn
i,ving In Poplnryllle.
THOMAS PARKER. "a
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KID BEVERLY, IS, turpentine work
err from Georgia.
No one is able to estimate the number OF
wounded negroes who escaped the awful
carnage behind the clip.
They scattered to the four winds some
are known to have been shot, but they
have not been found.
The fierce conflict ragged for half an hour.
Those at a distance say the firing sounded
like pitched battle between troops.
The quarterly meeting was turned into
camn meeting. Negroes came from 200
,,,,os nm and down the valley. Elder
stenbsn Duncan Of New orleans, for whom
the chanel was named, was present On
,..+ thursday the meeting opened with
sorero, hundred negroes encamped around
-, o,,rch and rudely constructed shanties
around the place. 1t was to continue a
,oot They ate and slept and had services
in the chapel.
one dag previous to the camp meeting
nm Morris. the negro mad been burned at
49, st.te near Ballfown for an assault on
- nall. Public sentiment was AZ
80 n, nitch Under those conditions the
4 80 Gathered at Live OAK. There was
nss ,'s,a over license and crear Lott be-
lioep's ~ center Of contention. some trou-
e1l"e sr saturday evening, but no
bloodshed. Then u came up asa.n $3.50 80.
= Afternoon when Constable Boon ana a pOSss
rode up to Lofts tent Win $3.50 .n.,sr :.
IN. nsgr. came cut and iS reported y
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oseoosssssosso oooosossossss,
autopsy and all coucurred IN the hnd-
iugs uf the examiners.
Carlos r. Mcdonald. NJ. u.
John Gefln. NJ. ID.
Il. A. SpitYkn

The lengthy report prepared this after
noon by the autopsy surgeons related en-.
tirely to the brain and was Of slightly
technical character. After scientific colo
guy describing to the minutest detail the
brain Of the dead murderer. tho report
concludes as follows; "'No anomalies found
The brain in sencrnl is well developed, sui
ficlcntly marked with assures and the lobes
are In noraml proportion"
The surgeons have not yet drawn a re-
port on whnt the autopsy disclosed as TO
the other organs,
The body was placed IN n black stained
nine coffin. every portion OF the anatomy
being replaced under the supervision Of
Or. Germ aud Warden Meade. Shortly
afterward IL was taken TO the prison come.
terry and every procautlon was taken 10
completely destroy Il. fcw days ago
under the wardens order an experiment
was made 10 determine the power Of quIck
limo in tho destruction OF flesh and bone.
which was not satisfactory.
Warden Meade conferred with some Of
the physicians present and determined that
as the purpose OF tho law was the de
struction Of the body, that II was not neces.
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lie Declared While Seated in the
Chair He Was Not Sorry.
THREE TIMES THE CURRENT WAS SENT
THROUGH THE MURDERER.
IL e BODY Vas Taken to the Prison Yard and Acid
pouit m 1t that Every Vestiee of II
May Be Destroyed.

Auburn, N. Y, October 2o.-At 7n7:4o this morn
ing Leon F. Czolgosz, the murderer of President
Mckinley, paid the life penalty for his crime in the
electric chair at the Auburn State prison
Inc prisoner made brief speech in the chair
he said he was not sorry for what he had done but
expressed regret that he had not seen his father.
The prisoner given three contacts of cleo
trcity before he was finally pronounced dead
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SIXTY-EIGHT DIED IN BATTLE.
Important Engagement Between the Boer
and British Forces.

pubHcans appear to have paid special ar
ten,ion to the guns, as thlrtyseven gunncrs
and drivers were killed or wounded.
Lord Kitchener mentions number Of
minor affairs and says this weeks 'bag"
consisted Of seventy-four Beers killed, six
teen wounded and s5S made prisoners. In
addition forty-hye Beers surrendered and
the British captured All rides, 1880
rounds Of ammunition, 30 wagons, $50
horses and 5000 cattle.
ssesssssssssssssssssssessSss
by Sheriff simmons ana message was
sent to the negroes: do you want any
moreT' was the query
mo" came the reply.
This had a quIeting effect and peace again
1she negroes left the country. They car
Ned All Inc personal effects possible All
,,s,a oouid went on horseback and In bug
eIes and those who could not took 10 the
woods afoot. Those who We're little bold
er lined the roads getting out OF the com
rnunity The Picayune correspondent ielI
III scene this afternoon and all WAS quiet
The negroes are gone and the WHITES pe-
hove there will be no further trouble.
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THE ELECTRIC CHAR IN WHICH THE ASSASSIN DIED,

Hary TO use quick lime for that END. Ac.
cordlng carboy Of acid was obtained
and poured upon t1ne body In tho coffin
after & had been lowered into the grave.
Straw was used in the four corners Of tho
grave az the earth was put In to give vent
to such gases as might form. II is the
belief Of the physicians that the body will
entirely dlsIntegratc within twelve hours.
During that time and az long as necessary
a guard Will be kept over the unmarked
grave.
waldeck Czolgosz and waldeck Banow-
SKI, brother ana brotherin.law Of the Az
sassin. called at the prison at o'clock
this afternoon. They sent word in to war.
den Meade that they wished to see tho
body Of Czolgosz. The warden told them
that tho body had been buried for mora
than au hour ana that II they wished he
would send a guard 10 guide them so tho
grave They answered that they did not
care to go 30 the cemetery. but were anx-
ouB 20 arrange for the collection of the
insurance on the life Of the dead murderer
and asked that certificate Of death he
given them. The warden promised them
a certi6oatc As they departed. The insur.
nnce about which they talked is supposed
to be 10 fratornnl society to which the
murderer belonged.
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SNVN"eeeesooea . .
ed perceptibly. The hands clinched sudden.
ly and the whole attitude was one Of ex.
IRENE tenseness. For forty.hye seconds
the full current was kept on and then,
slowly, the electrician threw the switch
back, reducing the current volt by volt un.
I'll 1t was cut of entirely.
Then, Just as it had reached that point.
he threw the level back again for two or
three seconds. The body, which had col.
lapsed as the current was reduced, stinfenrd
up again against the straps. When 1t was
turned or again pr. Mcdonald stepped to
the chair and put his hand over the heart
He said nc felt no pulsation, and suggest.
ed that the current be turned on for few
seconds again.
Once more the current was turned OF for
good.
From the time CEOlgosE had left his cell
until thu full penalty was paid, less than
four minutes had elapsed.
The physicians present used tho stetho-
scope and other tests to determine II any
life remained and at 7.17 the warden, rails
ing his hand, announced, "GentIemen, the
prisoner is dead"
The witnesses nled from the chamber,
many of them vislbly affected, and the
body was taken from the chuir and laid on
the operating table.
Naturally, almost the entire attention OF
the physicians assigned 10 hold The autopsy
| was directed towards discovering II posi-
bic, whether the assassin was In any way
mentally irresponsible. The autopsy was
conducted by Dr. Carton u. Mcdonald, H.
A. spltzka and Prison Physician Germ.
The top Of the head was sawed OF Through
the thickest part OF tho skull, which was
found to be of nornlai thickness and # was
the unanimous agreement Of the micro
scopical examination that Il was normal Of
slightly above normal This demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the physicians that
in NO way was Czogoss's mental condition,
except as it might have been perverted, re
sponsible for the crime
The autopsy was completed shortly before
noon, when the surgeons issued the follow
ing brief statement:
The autopsy was made by DR.. Ed
ward A. Spitzka Of New York under
the immediate supervision and direction
of DR. Carlos Mcdonald Of New York
and Or. John Germ, prison physician.
| The autopsy occupied over three hours
and embraced "A careful examination OF
all the bodily organs including the
| brain The examination revealed per-
fectly healthy state 81 all the organs,
including the brain.
| All Of the physicians who attended
the execution were present at the
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HEDEATH OF THEASSAS

WgegNo q 4 q
The second edition Of The :
Post yesterday, issued at z a. M,
contained the full report Of the :
execution Of Leon czoloosz, the :
assassin Of President Mckinley,
which took place at Auburn. N.
v. the same morning at 7:t2.
according to New York time.
This is a piece of journalistic en-
ternrise that was not equalIed in
Texas. nor surpassed anywhere
in the United States. The report
beosn to arrive over The Pests
private wires at 6i5, Houston
time, and at 7:o6 the paper con-
tanning It was on the streets, be-
ING cried by the newsboys.
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Gordan, clerk Of the parish. arrived from
Franklinton yesterday and the feeling sub
sided.
Governor Longino Of Mississippi and Gov
ernor Heard Of Louisiana were wired and
the replies came that troops would be hur-
ried to the scene.
Yesterday afternoon the nine negroes who
were left In a heap where they had died
were piled into three unmarked graves, dug
near the charred ruins OF Lofts tent house.
There was no ceremony. The minister and
Als daughter hilea one OF tne ne, holes, tAs q
third. At the same time prominent citi-
gems held conference which was attended
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London, October 2o--A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria, October 2s,
says he has received reports of important
hghtlng October "a near Great Marco river,
when Deiarey and Kemp attacked a Brit
ish force and was only repulsed after Sc
we're lighting, leaving forty dead on the
field including Commandant omslrheysen.
The British lost twenty-elght men killed
and had 6fty-aye wounded The Beers
carried on eight British wagons. Tie re-
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Texans in New York.

New York, October 29.-The following
Austln--A. j. Zeilker, Mrs. W. 7. Gaines
Fifth Avenue.
Galyeston-W. Munsheimer Imperial.
Dallas-A. Campbell, c. S. Clements, I'm
Navarro
San Angelo-Phll Lee and wife, Gllsey.
San Antonio-D. b. Garnsey and wlfe'
Albert